Recording area: Hampstead Heath including Kenwood & Heath Extension.
| Species | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mute Swan | Breeds annually | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Bewick's Swan | Vagrant (1st rec 04/01/65) | LBR 1965 |
| Whooper Swan | 9 flew W on 25/11/23 (1st for HH) | London Bird Wiki |
| Snow Goose | ||
| Bean Goose | ||
| Pink-footed Goose | ||
| White-fronted Goose | 1st rec 03/01/1954 | LBR 1954 |
| Greylag Goose | 1st rec 05/02/1995 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Canada Goose | Regular visitor, has bred | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Barnacle Goose | ||
| Brent Goose | 1st rec 13/11/94 | HHOR 1994 |
| Red-breasted Goose | ||
| Egyptian Goose | Regularly breeds | 2023 |
| Common Shelduck | 20/04/92, Very scarce | HHOR 1992 |
| Mandarin Duck | Breeding resident | 2023 |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Scarce winter visitor | 2023 |
| Gadwall | Annual ( Sep - April) | 2023 |
| Common Teal | 1st rec 29/03/1995 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Green-winged Teal | ||
| Mallard | Breeding resident and migrant | 2023 |
| Pintail | Very scarce. (1st rec 16/12/34) | LN 1934 |
| Garganey | Now scarce (1st rec 21/03/76) | LBR 1976 |
| Blue-winged Teal | ||
| Shoveler | Annual (Sep- April) | 2023 |
| Red-crested Pochard | 1st rec 06/03/1973 | LBR 1973 |
| Pochard | Now sporadic visitor | 2022 |
| Ring-necked Duck | ||
| Ferruginous Duck | ||
| Tufted Duck | Breeding resident | 2023 |
| Greater Scaup | ||
| Lesser Scaup | ||
| Eider | ||
| King Eider | ||
| Long-tailed Duck | ||
| Common Scoter | undated record | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Velvet Scoter | ||
| Goldeneye | 1st rec 27/01/1962 | LBR 1962 |
| Smew | 1st rec 01/01/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | ||
| Goosander | 1st rec 15/02/1996 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Ruddy Duck | 1st rec 30/04/1996 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Black Grouse | ||
| Red-legged Partridge | undated record | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Grey Partridge | Last record was in 1961, formerly bred | HHOR 1961 |
| Quail | Bred near Parliament Hill 1883 | (Glegg) |
| Pheasant | Formerly bred, now scarce | 2023 |
| Red-throated Diver | 25/10/94 | HHOR 1994 |
| Black-throated Diver | ||
| Great Northern Diver | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | ||
| Little Grebe | Breeds most years (1st rec 18/10/95) | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Great Crested Grebe | Bred 1973 | LBR 1973 |
| Red-necked Grebe | undated record | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Slavonian Grebe | ||
| Black-necked Grebe | 1st rec 1743 | Harting (1866) |
| Fulmar | ||
| Manx Shearwater | One found dead on 03/05/52 | HHOR 1952 |
| Balearic Shearwater | ||
| Macaronesian Shearwater | ||
| European Storm-petrel | ||
| Leach's Storm-petrel | ||
| Gannet | 1st rec 24/09/18 after storm | Lon Bird Wiki |
| Cormorant | Regular visitor to ponds, increasing | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Shag | 1st rec 09/02/1991 | LBR 1991 |
| Bittern | 1st rec 14/02/- 26/02/12 | LBR 2012 |
| Little Bittern | 1st rec 18/06/1995 | LBR 1995 |
| Night Heron | ||
| Squacco Heron | ||
| Cattle Egret | ||
| Little Egret | 1st rec 25/07/1996 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Great White Egret | 1st rec 2022 | HHBR |
| Grey Heron | Regular on ponds and damp meadows | 2023 |
| Purple Heron | ||
| Black Stork | ||
| White Stork | ||
| Glossy Ibis | ||
| Spoonbill | ||
| Honey Buzzard | 1st rec 12/08/1995 | LBR 1995 |
| Black Kite | 1st rec 21/04/22 | LBC Wiki |
| Red Kite | 1st rec 08/05/1995 | LBR 1995 |
| White-tailed Eagle | ||
| Marsh Harrier | Scarce migrant, not annual (1st rec 03/04/65) | LBR 1965 |
| Hen Harrier | 1st rec 11/10/23 | Lon Wiki |
| Montagu's Harrier | 1st rec 02/09/1995 | LBR 1995 |
| Goshawk | ||
| Sparrowhawk | Breeding resident | 2023 |
| Common Buzzard | Returning breeding resident | 2023 |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | ||
| Golden Eagle | ||
| Osprey | 1st rec 21/09/1996 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Lesser Kestrel | 1st rec 31/05/1992 | LBR 1992 |
| Kestrel | Breeding Resident (est 6prs) | 2023 |
| Red-footed Falcon | ||
| Merlin | Scarce migrant, not annual | 2023 |
| Hobby | Annual summer migrant, has bred | 2023 |
| Gyr Falcon | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | Regular visitor ( 1st rec 1954) | LBR 1954 |
| Water Rail | Annual autumn/ winter (!st rec 30/11/54) | LBR 1951 |
| Spotted Crake | ||
| Little Crake | ||
| Baillon's Crake | ||
| Corncrake | 1st rec 1898 | Hudson (1898) |
| Moorhen | Breeding resident (1st rec 1898) | Hudson (1898) |
| Common Coot | Breeding resident ( 1st rec 1898) | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Common Crane | ||
| Great Bustard | ||
| Oystercatcher | 1st rec 27/05/1995 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Black-winged Stilt | ||
| Avocet | 1 flyover bird on 10th Aug 1909 | (Glegg) |
| Stone-curlew | ||
| Cream-coloured Courser | ||
| Collared Pratincole | ||
| Little Ringed Plover | ||
| Ringed Plover | ||
| Killdeer | ||
| Kentish Plover | ||
| Dotterel | ||
| American Golden Plover | ||
| Pacific Golden Plover | ||
| Golden Plover | Mostly autumn/ winter (1st rec 19/04/64) | LBR 1964 |
| Grey Plover | Scarce. 23/04/94 | HHOR 1994 |
| Sociable Plover | ||
| White-tailed Lapwing | ||
| Lapwing | Occasional flocks in aut/winter. Has bred | 2023 |
| Knot | ||
| Sanderling | ||
| Western Sandpiper | ||
| Little Stint | ||
| Temminck's Stint | ||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | ||
| Baird's Sandpiper | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | ||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | ||
| Purple Sandpiper | ||
| Dunlin | ||
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | ||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | ||
| Ruff | ||
| Jack Snipe | 1st rec 13/03/1949 | LBR 1949 |
| Common Snipe | Annual in small numbers (1st rec 1866) | Harting (1866) |
| Great Snipe | ||
| Long-billed Dowitcher | ||
| Woodcock | Annual in small numbers (1st rec April 1948) | LBR 1948 |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 1st rec 2023 | LonBWiki |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Scarce (1st rec 17/05/93) | HHOR 1993 |
| Whimbrel | Scarce (1st rec 28/08/57) | LBR 1957 |
| Curlew | Scarce (1st rec 17/04/60) | LBR 1960 |
| Spotted Redshank | ||
| Redshank | April 5th 1962 | HHOR 1962 |
| Marsh Sandpiper | ||
| Greenshank | 1st rec 24/08/1966 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | ||
| Solitary Sandpiper | ||
| Green Sandpiper | 1st rec 19/08/1995 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Wood Sandpiper | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Annual visitor to ponds | 2023 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | ||
| Turnstone | ||
| Wilson's Phalarope | ||
| Red-necked Phalarope | ||
| Grey Phalarope | ||
| Pomarine Skua | 1st rec 01/12/2010 | Lon Birders Wiki |
| Arctic Skua | 1st rec 19/09/97 | HHOR 1997 |
| Long-tailed Skua | ||
| Great Skua | ||
| Mediterranean Gull | 19/02/91 | HHOR 1991 |
| Laughing Gull | ||
| Franklin's Gull | ||
| Little Gull | ||
| Sabine's Gull | ||
| Bonaparte's Gull | ||
| Black-headed Gull | Regular from July to April | 2023 |
| Ring-billed Gull | ||
| Common Gull | Annual from Sep to April | 2023 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Regular visitor | 2023 |
| Yellow-legged Gull | 31/12/93 (1st for HH) | HHBR |
| Caspian Gull | ||
| Herring Gull | Regular visitor, breeds nearby | 2023 |
| Iceland Gull | 1st rec 16/02/92 | HHOR 1992 |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | ||
| Glaucous Gull | ||
| Slaty-backed Gull | ||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1st rec 05/02/1995 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Kittiwake | 1st rec 1900 then 1997 | HHOR 1997 |
| Sooty Tern | ||
| Bridled Tern | ||
| Little Tern | 1st rec 30/04/1914 | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Gull-billed Tern | ||
| Caspian Tern | ||
| Whiskered Tern | ||
| Black Tern | 20/05/48 | HHOR 1948 |
| White-winged Black Tern | ||
| Sandwich Tern | 14/07/92 | HHOR 1992 |
| Common Tern | Annual visitor in spring/ summer | 2023 |
| Roseate Tern | ||
| Arctic Tern | Scarce here 02/05/98 | HHOR 1998 |
| Guillemot | ||
| Razorbill | ||
| Little Auk | 21/10/91 | HHOR 1991 |
| Puffin | ||
| Black Guillemot | ||
| Pallas's Sandgrouse | ||
| Rock Dove | ie Feral Pigeon - Resident | 2023 |
| Stock Dove | Breeding resident, notably around Kenwood | 2023 |
| Woodpigeon | Breeding resident and passage migrant | 2023 |
| Collared Dove | Mostly flyovers. (1st recorded in 1992) | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Turtle Dove | Rare now, formerly annual (1st rec 1898) | Hudson (1898) |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | ||
| Ring-necked Parakeet | Common breeding resident | 2023 |
| Cuckoo | Scarce now, former breeder (1st rec 1898) | Hudson (1898) |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | ||
| Barn Owl | Recorded in June 2022 | HHOR 2022 |
| Scops Owl | ||
| Snowy Owl | ||
| Little Owl | Scarce. (Last seen in 2010) | LBR 2010 |
| Tawny Owl | Several pairs breed annually | 2023 |
| Long-eared Owl | 1st March 1997 first since 1945 | HHOR 1997 |
| Short-eared Owl | 19/10/10/ (1st rec 03/11/51) | LBR 1951 |
| Tengmalm's Owl | ||
| Nightjar | Bred 1852, Seen June 5th 1938 | Harting (1866) |
| Common Nighthawk | ||
| Swift | 1st rec 1898 | Hudson (1898) |
| Alpine Swift | 1st rec 09/04/06 -16/04/06 | LBR (mo) |
| Kingfisher | Breeding resident (1st rec 1995) | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Bee-eater | ||
| Roller | ||
| Hoopoe | Vagrant. One on 01/05/54 (1st rec 1830) | Harting (1866) |
| Wryneck | 1st rec 09/09/1969 | LBR 1969 |
| Green Woodpecker | Breeding resident | 2023 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Breeding resident | 2023 |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Bred 1966-1992, now rare | 2023 |
| Short-toed Lark | ||
| Crested Lark | ||
| Woodlark | Scarce migrant, mostly autumn | 2023 |
| Skylark | Regular migrant, mostly autumn, has bred | 2023 |
| Shore Lark | Vagrant (1st rec 24/03/57) | LBR 1957 |
| Sand Martin | Bred 1966 | LBR 1966 |
| Swallow | Annual migrant in spring and autumn | 2023 |
| House Martin | Annual migrant in spring and autumn | 2023 |
| Red-rumped Swallow | ||
| Richard's Pipit | 1st rec 05/10/1996 | LBR 1996 |
| Tawny Pipit | ||
| Olive-backed Pipit | ||
| Tree Pipit | Annual in spring and autumn | 2023 |
| Meadow Pipit | Annual in spring and autumn (Has bred) | 2023 |
| Red-throated Pipit | ||
| Rock Pipit | undated record | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Water Pipit | ||
| Buff-bellied Pipit | ||
| Yellow Wagtail | Annual migrant (Has bred) | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Citrine Wagtail | ||
| Grey Wagtail | Annual migrant, breeds nearby | 2023 |
| Pied Wagtail | Regular visitor (has bred) | 2023 |
| Waxwing | Sporadic, generally seen in irruptive years ( eg. 1996,2011) | 2023 |
| Dipper | ||
| Wren | Common breeding resident | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Dunnock | Breeding resident | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Alpine Accentor | ||
| Robin | Abundant breeding resident and migrant | Hudson (1898) |
| Nightingale | Scarce migrant. (Bred to 1899) | Harting |
| Bluethroat | ||
| Black Redstart | Scarce migrant (1st rec 1956) | LBR 1956 |
| Common Redstart | Annual migrant (bred 1956) | LBR 1954 |
| Whinchat | Annual migrant (formerly bred) | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Stonechat | Annual migrant (1st rec 19/09/50) | LBR 1950 |
| Northern Wheatear | Annual migrant | HHOR 2022 |
| Desert Wheatear | ||
| Grey-cheeked Thrush | ||
| Ring Ouzel | 1st rec 14/04/1951 | LBR 1951 |
| Blackbird | Common breeding resident and migrant | 2023 |
| Naumann's Thrush | ||
| Fieldfare | Annual autumn and winter migrant | 2023 |
| Song Thrush | Breeding resident and autumn migrant | 2023 |
| Redwing | Annual migrant (Sep - April) | 2023 |
| Mistle Thrush | Breeding resident in small numbers | 2023 |
| American Robin | ||
| Cetti's Warbler | Occasional since 2019 | Lon Birders Wiki |
| Grasshopper Warbler | 1st rec 21/04/1959 | LBR 1959 |
| Savi's Warbler | ||
| Aquatic Warbler | ||
| Sedge Warbler | Occasional migrant, not annual | 2023 |
| Paddyfield Warbler | ||
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | ||
| Marsh Warbler | ||
| Reed Warbler | Breeding summer migrant | 2023 |
| Icterine Warbler | ||
| Melodious Warbler | ||
| Dartford Warbler | 01/05/94 (1st rec 1866) | Harting (1866) |
| Subalpine Warbler | ||
| Sardinian Warbler | ||
| Barred Warbler | ||
| Lesser Whitethroat | Annual summer migrant. Has bred | 2023 |
| Common Whitethroat | Annual breeding migrant | 2023 |
| Garden Warbler | Annual migrant. Former breeder | 2023 |
| Blackcap | Annual breeder and migrant. Rare in winter | 2023 |
| Eastern Crowned Warbler | ||
| Pallas's Warbler | ||
| Yellow-browed Warbler | ||
| Hume's Warbler | ||
| Radde's Warbler | ||
| Dusky Warbler | ||
| Wood Warbler | Bred 1954 (1st rec 1898) | Hudson (1898) |
| Chiffchaff | Breeding resident (1st rec 1898) | Hudson (1898) |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | ||
| Willow Warbler | Annual migrant, former breeder | 2023 |
| Goldcrest | Breeding resident and autumn migrant | 2023 |
| Firecrest | Annual visitor, has bred | 2023 |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Annual migrant, former breeder | 2023 |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | ||
| Pied Flycatcher | Annual migrant (1st rec 27/08/50) | LBR 1950 |
| Bearded Tit | ||
| Long-tailed Tit | Breeding resident | 2023 |
| Blue Tit | Common breeding resident | 2023 |
| Great Tit | Common breeding resident | 2023 |
| Crested Tit | ||
| Coal Tit | Breeding resident | 2023 |
| Willow Tit | 1st rec 1971 | LBR 1971 |
| Marsh Tit | 1st rec 1866 | Harting (1866) |
| Nuthatch | Breeding resident (1st rec 1866) | Harting (1866) |
| Treecreeper | Breeding resident | 2023 |
| Short-toed Treecreeper | ||
| Penduline Tit | ||
| Golden Oriole | Rare usually May/ June (1st rec May 1993) | LBR 1993 |
| Isabelline Shrike | ||
| Red-backed Shrike | Rare (1st rec 1898) | Hudson (1898) |
| Brown Shrike | ||
| Lesser Grey Shrike | ||
| Great Grey Shrike | Rare (1st rec Nov. 1967) | LBR 1967 |
| Woodchat Shrike | Vagrant (1st rec 1882) | Birds of London |
| Jay | Breeding resident | 2023 |
| Magpie | Breeding resident | 2023 |
| Nutcracker | ||
| Jackdaw | Breeding colony at Ken Wood (c 25 pairs) | 2023 |
| Rook | Annual in small numbers | 2023 |
| Carrion Crow | Breeding resident, also roosts in winter | 2023 |
| Hooded Crow | 1st rec 11/01/1953 | LBR 1953 |
| Raven | Occasional visitor (as flyovers) | 2023 |
| Starling | Resident and migrant (former breeder) | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Rose-coloured Starling | ||
| House Sparrow | Regular in small numbers, has bred | 2023 |
| Tree Sparrow | Formerly bred now rare | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Chaffinch | Breeding resident and migrant | 2023 |
| Brambling | Annual migrant in small numbers | 2023 |
| Serin | ||
| Greenfinch | Breeding resident and migrant | HHOR 1995/96 |
| Goldfinch | Regular thought year, has bred | Hudson (1898) |
| Siskin | Annual migrant (Sep - April) | 2023 |
| Linnet | 1st rec 1866 | Harting (1866) |
| Twite | 1st recorded October 1866 | (Glegg) |
| Lesser Redpoll | Annual migrant and former breeder | LBR 1950 |
| Mealy Redpoll | 1st rec 2022 | HHOR 2022 |
| Arctic Redpoll | ||
| Two-barred Crossbill | ||
| Common Crossbill | Sporadic visitor (1st rec 12/09/62) | LBR 1962 |
| Parrot Crossbill | ||
| Common Rosefinch | 1st rec 05/10/1870 | Birds of London |
| Pine Grosbeak | ||
| Bullfinch | Formerly bred, now scarce | 2023 |
| Hawfinch | Scarce migrant, has bred | LBR 1952 |
| Lapland Bunting | Vagrant (1st rec 15/10/79) | LBR 1979 |
| Snow Bunting | ||
| Pine Bunting | ||
| Yellowhammer | Scarce migrant, has bred | 2023 |
| Cirl Bunting | 1st rec April 1855 | Harting (1866) |
| Ortolan Bunting | 1st rec 13/09/23 | Lon Bird Wiki |
| Rustic Bunting | ||
| Little Bunting | ||
| Reed Bunting | Annual in small numbers, has bred | 2023 |
| Black-headed Bunting | ||
| Corn Bunting | 1st rec 19/04/1978 | LBR 1978 |
| Total | 184 |
References[]
London Bird Reports
Hampstead Heath Ornithological Report 1995/96
Birds in London (1898), W.H. Hudson