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The London Area is the area defined by the London Natural History Society as that within 20 miles of St Paul's Cathedral, see LNHSAreaMap. The current list stands at 374 species (latest addition: Pallid Harrier, 2022). The taxonomic order follows that of the BOU (2022).

Species marked as N or D mean that Notes or a Description is required; those marked BBRC require a formal description to the British Birds Rarities Committee which should be made online through their website.

To find out about each species' status in London, including all records for rarities click on the species name (work in progress).

Species Scientific Name Description Required
Brent Goose Branta bernicla
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis BBRC
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens D
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus D
Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris D
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus N
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus N
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors BBRC
Shoveler Spatula clypeata
Gadwall Mareca strepera
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Pintail Anas acuta
Teal Anas crecca
Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis D
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Pochard Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca BBRC
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris D
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Scaup Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis BBRC
King Eider Somateria spectabilis BBRC
Eider Somateria mollissima N
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca D
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis N
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Smew Mergellus albellus
Goosander Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix D
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Quail Coturnix coturnix
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor BBRC
Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus N
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba D
Swift Apus apus
Great Bustard Otis tarda BBRC
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus BBRC
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus BBRC
Rock Dove Columba livia
Stock Dove Columba oenas
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis BBRC
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Corncrake Crex crex D
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana D
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Coot Fulica atra
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla BBRC
Little Crake Zapornia parva BBRC
Crane Grus grus D
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps BBRC
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus D
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus D
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius BBRC
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus BBRC
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva BBRC
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica D
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus BBRC
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus BBRC
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus D
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Curlew Numenius arquata
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Knot Calidris canutus
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus BBRC
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata BBRC
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii D
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima D
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii BBRC
Little Stint Calidris minuta
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis D
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis D
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos D
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri BBRC
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus BBRC
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Great Snipe Gallinago media BBRC
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor BBRC
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus D
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius D
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius BBRC
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria BBRC
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes D
Redshank Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis BBRC
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor BBRC
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola BBRC
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini D
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia BBRC
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla BBRC
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan BBRC
Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Common Gull Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis D
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens BBRC
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus N away from Rainham, Beddington & west London reservoirs
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides N away from Rainham, Beddington & west London reservoirs
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michaellis
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus BBRC
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica BBRC
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia BBRC
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus BBRC
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii D
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus BBRC
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus D
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Great Skua Stercorarius skua D
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus D
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus D away from Thames
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus D
Little Auk Alle alle D
Guillemot Uria aalge D away from Lower Thames
Razorbill Alca torda D
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle D
Puffin Fratercula arctica D
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata N
Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica N
Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus D
Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous D
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis D
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis D
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus D
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus D
Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli BBRC
Black Stork Ciconia nigra BBRC
White Stork Ciconia ciconia D
Gannet Morus bassanus N
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Shag Gulosus aristotelis
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus D
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia N
Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus BBRC
Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax D
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides BBRC
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea D
Great White Egret Ardea alba
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus D
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos D
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis D
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus D May-Sep
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus D
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus BBRC
Red Kite Milvus milvus
Black Kite Milvus migrans D
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla D
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus D
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus BBRC
Little Owl Athene noctua
Scops Owl Otus scops BBRC
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus BBRC
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Hoopoe Upupa epops D
Roller Coracias garrulus BBRC
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Bee-eater Merops apiaster D
Wryneck Jynx torquilla D
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni BBRC
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus D
Merlin Falco columbarius N away from Lower Thames
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus BBRC
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus BBRC
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio D
Daurian/Turkestan Shrike Lanius isabellinus/phoenicuroides BBRC
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor BBRC
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor D
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator D
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus D
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Magpie Pica pica
Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes BBRC
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix D
Raven Corvus corax
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Coal Tit Periparus ater
Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus D
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
Willow Tit Poecile montanus D
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus BBRC
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
Woodlark Lullula arborea
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Crested Lark Galerida cristata BBRC
Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris D
Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla D
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Swallow Hirundo rustica
House Martin Delichon urbicum
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropsis daurica D
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei BBRC
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus D
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi D
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus D
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus BBRC
Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus BBRC
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus BBRC
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola BBRC
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola BBRC
Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum D
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris D
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta D
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina D
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides BBRC
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria D
Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala BBRC
Subalpine Warbler sp Curruca cantillans/iberiae/subalpina BBRC
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla BBRC
Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus D
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus BBRC
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Blackbird Turdus merula
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni BBRC
American Robin Turdus migratorius BBRC
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica D
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva D
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Stonechat Saxicola torquata
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti BBRC
Dipper Cinclus cinclus D
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris BBRC
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola D
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi D
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris BBRC
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni D
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus BBRC
Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens BBRC
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator BBRC
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus D
Greenfinch Chloris chloris
Twite Linaria flavirostris D
Linnet Linaria cannabina
Common Redpoll (Mealy) Acanthis flammea
Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni D
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus D
Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera BBRC
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Serin Serinus serinus D
Siskin Spinus spinus
Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus D
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis N
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos BBRC
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana D
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus D
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla D
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica BBRC
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala BBRC
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis BBRC
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