Recording area: Hampstead Heath including Kenwood & Heath Extension.
Species | Comments | Reference |
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Mute Swan | Breeds annually | HHOR 2023 |
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 Vagrant | LBR 1954 |
Greylag Goose | 1st rec 1950 - feral birds | HHOR 2023 |
Canada Goose | Regular visitor, has bred | HHOR 2023 |
Barnacle Goose | ||
Brent Goose | 1st rec 13/11/94 Vagrant | 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 | Annual ( Sep - April) | HHOR 1995/96 |
Green-winged Teal | ||
Mallard | Breeding resident and migrant | 2023 |
Pintail | Single record 16/12/34 - 1935 | 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 very scarce | 2023 |
Ring-necked Duck | ||
Ferruginous Duck | ||
Tufted Duck | Breeding resident and migrant | 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 Very scarce | LBR 1962 |
Smew | 1st rec 01/01/1957 Vagrant | 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 | 1st rec 18/04/89 vagrant | HHOR 1995/96 |
Grey Partridge | Last record was in 1961, formerly bred | HHOR 1961 |
Quail | Bred near Parliament Hill 1883. Vagrant | (Glegg) |
Pheasant | Formerly bred, now scarce | 2023 |
Red-throated Diver | 25/10/94 Single record | HHOR 1994 |
Black-throated Diver | ||
Great Northern Diver | ||
Pied-billed Grebe | ||
Little Grebe | Breeds most years | HHOR 1995/96 |
Great Crested Grebe | Annual breeder | LBR 2023 |
Red-necked Grebe | One record from 1913 | 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 | One record 09/02/1991 | LBR 1991 |
Bittern | One record 14/02/- 26/02/12 | LBR 2012 |
Little Bittern | One record 18/06/1995 | LBR 1995 |
Night Heron | ||
Squacco Heron | ||
Cattle Egret | ||
Little Egret | 1st rec 25/07/1996 increasing but still scarce | HHOR 2023 |
Great White Egret | 1st rec 2022 | HHBR |
Grey Heron | Regular on ponds and damp meadows | 2023 |
Purple Heron | ||
Black Stork | ||
White Stork | Sole record on 14/04/97 | HHOR |
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. 1 pair | 2023 |
Rough-legged Buzzard | ||
Golden Eagle | ||
Osprey | 1st rec 21/09/1996. Very scarce | HHOR 1995/96 |
Lesser Kestrel | Sole record 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) increasing | 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. Very scarce. | HHOR 1995/96 |
Black-winged Stilt | ||
Avocet | 1 flyover bird on 10th Aug 1909 | (Glegg) |
Stone-curlew | Sole record 26/04/2007 | HHBR |
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 | Vagrant 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 Vagrant | 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 | 1st recorded in 1939. Last recorded in 1983 | HHOR 1962 |
Marsh Sandpiper | ||
Greenshank | 1st rec 24/08/1966 Last 09/07/16 | HHOR 1995/96 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | ||
Solitary Sandpiper | ||
Green Sandpiper | 1st rec 19/08/1995 Vagrant | HHOR 1995/96 |
Wood Sandpiper | ||
Common Sandpiper | Annual visitor to ponds, declining | 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 Very scarce | 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) Very scarce | HHBR |
Caspian Gull | ||
Herring Gull | Regular visitor, breeds nearby | 2023 |
Iceland Gull | Sole record 16/02/92 | HHOR 1992 |
Glaucous-winged Gull | ||
Glaucous Gull | ||
Slaty-backed Gull | ||
Great Black-backed Gull | Annual but scarce | HHOR 2023 |
Kittiwake | 1st rec 1900 then 1997. Vagrant | HHOR 1997 |
Sooty Tern | ||
Bridled Tern | ||
Little Tern | 1st rec 30/04/1914. Rare | HHOR 2023 |
Gull-billed Tern | ||
Caspian Tern | ||
Whiskered Tern | ||
Black Tern | 7 on Highgate Ponds 20/05/48 | HHOR 1948 |
White-winged Black Tern | ||
Sandwich Tern | 1st in 1932. Vagrant | HHOR 2023 |
Common Tern | Annual visitor in spring/ summer | 2023 |
Roseate Tern | ||
Arctic Tern | Vagrant here 02/05/98 | HHOR 1998 |
Guillemot | ||
Razorbill | ||
Little Auk | Sole record on 21/10/91 | HHOR 1991 |
Puffin | ||
Black Guillemot | ||
Pallas's Sandgrouse | ||
Rock Dove | ie Feral Pigeon - increasing | 2023 |
Stock Dove | Breeding resident, notably around Kenwood. | 2023 |
Woodpigeon | Breeding resident and passage migrant | 2023 |
Collared Dove | Mostly flyovers. (1st recorded in 1967) | HHOR 2023 |
Turtle Dove | Rare now, formerly annual (1st rec 1898) | Hudson (1898) |
Oriental Turtle Dove | ||
Ring-necked Parakeet | Increasingly common breeding resident | 2023 |
Cuckoo | Scarce now, former breeder (1st rec 1898) | Hudson (1898) |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | ||
Barn Owl | Recorded in June 2022. Later found dead. | HHOR 2022 |
Scops Owl | ||
Snowy Owl | ||
Little Owl | Scarce. (Last seen in 2017) | 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 on ponds | HHOR 1995/96 |
Bee-eater | ||
Roller | ||
Hoopoe | Vagrant. One on 01/05/54 (1st rec 1830) | Harting (1866) |
Wryneck | 1st rec 09/09/1969 Vagrant | LBR 1969 |
Green Woodpecker | Breeding resident | 2023 |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Breeding resident | 2023 |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Bred 1966-1992, now vagrant | 2023 |
Short-toed Lark | ||
Crested Lark | ||
Woodlark | Scarce migrant, mostly October | 2023 |
Skylark | Regular migrant, mostly autumn, has bred | 2023 |
Shore Lark | Vagrant (1st rec 24/03/57) | LBR 1957 |
Sand Martin | Bred 1966 and formerly in 1920’s . Scarce | LBR 1966 |
Swallow | Annual migrant in spring and autumn. Can be very numerous | 2023 |
House Martin | Annual migrant in spring and autumn, declining | 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 | Very scarce last in 2019 | HHOR 2023 |
Water Pipit | ||
Buff-bellied Pipit | ||
Yellow Wagtail | Annual migrant (Bred in 1952) | HHOR 2023 |
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 | Abundant breeding resident | HHOR 2023 |
Dunnock | Breeding resident | HHOR 2023 |
Alpine Accentor | ||
Robin | Abundant breeding resident and migrant | 2023 |
Nightingale | Scarce migrant. (Bred to 1899) | Harting |
Bluethroat | ||
Black Redstart | Scarce migrant (1st rec 1956) | LBR 1956 |
Common Redstart | Annual migrant (bred 1954, 1962) | HHBR 2023 |
Whinchat | Annual migrant (formerly bred) | HHOR 1995/96 |
Stonechat | Annual migrant, increasing due to better land management | LBR 2023 |
Northern Wheatear | Annual migrant in Spring and early Autumn | HHOR 2023 |
Desert Wheatear | ||
Grey-cheeked Thrush | ||
Ring Ouzel | 1st rec 14/04/1951. Seen occasionally in Spring and Autumn | 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, declining | 2023 |
American Robin | ||
Cetti's Warbler | Occasional since 2019 | Lon Birders Wiki |
Grasshopper Warbler | 1st rec 21/04/1959 Very scarce | 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. Increasing | 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) Now scarce | HHBR 2023 |
Chiffchaff | Breeding resident and migrant | HHBR 2023 |
Iberian Chiffchaff | ||
Willow Warbler | Annual migrant, former breeder | 2023 |
Goldcrest | Breeding resident and autumn migrant | 2023 |
Firecrest | Annual visitor, has bred, increasing | 2023 |
Spotted Flycatcher | Annual migrant, former breeder | 2023 |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | ||
Pied Flycatcher | Annual migrant (1st rec 27/08/50) | LBR 1950 |
Bearded Tit | Sole record was a single bird in reedbed at Hampstead No.1 pond on 25/11/23 | |
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 1944 Last record 2001 | 2023 |
Marsh Tit | 1st rec 1866 Last record 1980 | Harting (1866) |
Nuthatch | Breeding resident (1st rec 1866) | Harting (1866) |
Treecreeper | Breeding resident | 2023 |
Short-toed Treecreeper | ||
Penduline Tit | ||
Golden Oriole | Vagrant - appeared 3 times in 1990’s. Last was heard only in 2000 | 2023 |
Isabelline Shrike | ||
Red-backed Shrike | Rare (1st rec 1898)
Last 22/08/17 |
Hudson (1898) |
Brown Shrike | ||
Lesser Grey Shrike | ||
Great Grey Shrike | First in winter 1936 on extension Last on 05/11/67 | LBR 1967 |
Woodchat Shrike | Vagrant (1st rec 1882) | Birds of London |
Jay | Breeding resident and migrant | 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 | Rare visitor (as flyover) | 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 vagrant | 2023 |
Chaffinch | Breeding resident and migrant. Declining | 2023 |
Brambling | Annual migrant in small numbers | 2023 |
Serin | ||
Greenfinch | Breeding resident and migrant. Stabilising after trichomonosis outbreak of 2017 | HHOR 1995/96 |
Goldfinch | Regular thoughout year, has bred occasionally | 2023 |
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 1925 | HHOR 2023 |
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 vagrant | 2023 |
Hawfinch | Scarce migrant, has bred | LBR 1952 |
Lapland Bunting | Vagrant (1st rec 15/10/79) | LBR 1979 |
Snow Bunting | ||
Pine Bunting | ||
Yellowhammer | Scarce autumn 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