
The birds of Longham Lakes
The following table is a list of all the species found on the Longham Lakes site since March 2002. Scroll down to review the table. Where you see a highlighted bird name you can click through for more information.
Key to table abbreviations
Status
R – Resident
B – Has bred/held territory
S – Summer
W – Winter
P – Passage
V – Vagrant
Abundance
c – common
u – uncommon
r – rare
Species | Name | Status | Abundance | Records To Date December 2015 | Highest Count of individuals | |
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Branta canadensis | Canada Goose | More information | RB | c | 76 | |
Aythya affinis | Lesser Scaup | V | r | 1 rec | 1 | |
Melanitta nigra | Common Scoter | V | r | 1 rec | 4 | |
Melanitta fusca | Velvet Scoter | V | r | 1 | ||
Ardea cinerea | Grey Heron | More information | B | c | 14 | |
Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Platalea leucorodia | Eurasian Spoonbill | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Milvus milvus | Red Kite | More information | V | r | 7 rec | 1 |
Circus aeruginosus | Marsh Harrier | More information | V | r | 4 rec | 1 |
Accipiter nisus | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | More information | R | u | 4 | |
Buteo buteo | Common Buzzard | More information | RB | c | 8 | |
Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | More information | V | r | 9 rec | 1 |
Falco tinnunculus | Common Kestrel | More information | RB | c | 3 | |
Falco columbarius | Merlin | More information | V | r | 5 rec | 1 |
Falco subbuteo | Hobby | More information | SB | u | 3 | |
Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | More information | RB | u | 2 | |
Rallus aquaticus | Water Rail | More information | W | u | 2 | |
Gallinula chloropus | Moorhen | More information | RB | u | 5 | |
Fulica atra | Coot | More information | RB | c | 402 | |
Haematopus ostralegus | Oystercatcher | More information | V | r | 6 rec | 2 |
Recurvirostra avosetta | Avocet | More information | v | r | 3 rec | 1 |
Charadrius dubius | Little Ringed Plover | More information | SB | u | 6 | |
Charadrius hiaticula | Ringed Plover | More information | P | r | 4 rec | 4 |
Pluvialis apricaria | Golden Plover | More information | W | r | 5 rec | 50 |
Pluvialis squatarola | Grey Plover | More information | V | r | 2 rec | 1 |
Vanellus vanellus | Northern Lapwing | More information | RB | c | 325 | |
Calidris fuscicollis | White-rumped Sandpiper | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Calidris minuta | Little Stint | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Calidris alpina | Dunlin | More information | PW | r | 30 | |
Philomachus pugnax | Ruff | More information | V | r | 4 rec | 4 |
Lymnocryptes minimus | Jack Snipe | More information | W | u | 6 rec | 2 |
Gallinago gallinago | Common Snipe | More information | PW | u | 26 | |
Scolopax rusticola | Eurasian Woodcock | More information | W | r | 5 rec | 1 |
Limosa limosa | Black-tailed Godwit | More information | W | r | 263 | |
Limosa lapponica | Bar-tailed Godwit | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Numenius phaeopus | Whimbrel | More information | P | r | 8 | |
Numenius arquata | Curlew | More information | P | r | 5 rec | 2 |
Tringa totanus | Common Redshank | More information | P | r | 4 | |
Tringa nebularia | Greenshank | More information | P | r | 14 | |
Tringa ochropus | Green Sandpiper | More information | R | u | 3 | |
Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper | More information | V | r | 3 rec | 1 |
Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper | More information | P | c | 14 | |
Arenaria interpres | Turnstone | More information | P | r | 2 rec | 2 |
Phalaropus fulicarius | Grey Phalarope | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Rissa tridactyla | Kittiwake | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Larus melanocephalus | Mediterranean Gull | More information | WP | u | 209 | |
Hydrocoloeus minutus | Little Gull | More information | P | r | 4 | |
Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Black-headed Gull | More information | R | c | 482 | |
Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Bonaparte’sGull | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Larus canus | Common Gull | More information | W | c | 32 | |
Larus fuscus | Lesser Black-backed Gull | More information | R | c | 44 | |
Larus argentatus | Herring Gull | More information | R | c | 320 | |
Larus michahellis | Yellow-legged Gull | More information | V | r | 7 rec | 1 |
Larus cachinnans | Caspian Gull | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Larus marinus | Great Black-backed Gull | More information | W | u | 11 | |
Chlidonias niger | Black Tern | More information | P | r | 5 rec | 2 |
Sterna sandvicensis | Sandwich Tern | More information | S | r | 9 rec | 2 |
Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | More information | PS | u | 24 | |
Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern | More information | V | r | 3 rec | 5 |
Columba livia | Feral Pigeon | More information | RB | c | 150 | |
Columba oenas | Stock Dove | More information | RB | c | 92 | |
Columba palumbus | Common Woodpigeon | More information | RB | c | 730 | |
Streptopelia decaocto | Collared Dove | More information | RB | c | 22 | |
Cuculus canorus | Common Cuckoo | More information | SB? | u | 2 | |
Tyto alba | Barn Owl | More information | V | r | 4 rec | 1 |
Athene noctua | Little Owl | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Strix aluco | Tawny Owl | More information | RB | r | 1 | |
Asio otus | Long-eared Owl | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Caprimulgus europaeus | Nightjar | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Apus apus | Common Swift | More information | S | c | 600+ | |
Upupa epops | Hoopoe | More information | V | r | 2 rec | 1 |
Alcedo atthis | Common Kingfisher | More information | RB | u | 3 | |
Picus viridis | Green Woodpecker | More information | RB | c | 3 | |
Dendrocopos major | Great Spotted Woodpecker | More information | RB | u | 3 | |
Dendrocopos minor | Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Alauda arvensis | Sky Lark | More information | PW | u | 235 | |
Riparia riparia | Sand Martin | More information | SB | c | 300 | |
Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow | More information | SB | c | 5000 | |
Cecropis daurica | Red-rumped Swallow | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Delichon urbica | House Martin | More information | SB | c | 400+ | |
Anthus trivialis | Tree Pipit | More information | P | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Anthus pratensis | Meadow Pipit | More information | WP | c | 80 | |
Anthus petrosus | Rock Pipit | More information | V | r | 3 rec | 1 |
Anthus spinoletta | Water Pipit | More information | V | r | 3 rec | 1 |
Motacilla flava | Yellow Wagtail | More information | P | u | 12 | |
Motacilla flava flava | Blue-headed Wagtail | More information | V | r | 3 rec | 1 |
Motacilla cinerea | Grey Wagtail | More information | RB | c | 6 | |
Motacilla alba | Pied Wagtail | More information | RB | c | 100 | |
Motacilla alba alba | White Wagtail | More information | P | r | 17 | |
Troglodytes troglodytes | Wren | More information | RB | c | 19 | |
Prunella modularis | Dunnock | More information | RB | c | 13 | |
Erithacus rubecula | Robin | More information | RB | c | 14 | |
Luscinia megarhynchos | Nightingale | More information | P | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Phoenicurus ochruros | Black Redstart | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Redstart | More information | P | r | 1 | |
Saxicola rubetra | Whinchat | More information | P | r | 3 | |
Saxicola torquata | Common Stonechat | More information | RB | u | 6 | |
Oenanthe oenanthe | Northern Wheatear | More information | P | u | 5 | |
Turdus torquatus | Ring Ouzel | More information | P | r | 3 rec | 1 |
Turdus merula | Blackbird | More information | RB | c | 30 | |
Turdus pilaris | Fieldfare | More information | PW | c | 500 | |
Turdus philomelos | Song Thrush | More information | RB | c | 660 | |
Turdus iliacus | Redwing | More information | PW | c | 440 | |
Turdus viscivorus | Mistle Thrush | More information | R | r | 3 | |
Cettia cetti | Cetti’s Warbler | More information | RB | u | 3 | |
Locustella naevia | Grasshopper Warbler | More information | v | r | 1 | |
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Sedge Warbler | More information | SB | c | 5 | |
Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Reed Warbler | More information | SB | c | 20 | |
Sylvia curruca | Lesser Whitethroat | More information | P | r | 1 | |
Sylvia communis | Common Whitethroat | More information | RB | c | 10 | |
Sylvia atricapilla | Blackcap | More information | SB | c | 22 | |
Sylvia borin | Garden Warbler | More information | P | u | 1 | |
Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Wood Warbler | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Phylloscopus collybita | Common Chiffchaff | More information | RB | c | 40 | |
Phylloscopus trochilus | Willow Warbler | More information | P | c | 20 | |
Phylloscopus inornatus | Yellow-browed Warbler | More information | V | r | 4 rec | 1 |
Regulus regulus | Goldcrest | More information | PW | u | 12 | |
Regulus ignicapilla | Firecrest | More information | PW | r | 6 rec | 2 |
Muscicapa striata | Spotted Flycatcher | More information | P | u | 10 | |
Remiz pendulinus | Penduline Tit | More information | V | r | 2 rec | 2 |
Panurus biarmicus | Bearded Tit | More information | V | r | 2 rec | 1 |
Aegithalos caudatus | Long-tailed Tit | More information | RB | c | 20 | |
Periparus ater | Coal Tit | More information | V | r | 5 rec | 1 |
Cyanistes caeruleus | Blue Tit | More information | RB | c | 40 | |
Parus major | Great Tit | More information | RB | c | 25 | |
Sitta europaea | Common Nuthatch | More information | RB | u | 2 | |
Certhia familiaris | Eurasian Treecreeper | More information | RB | u | 4 | |
Garrulus glandarius | Eurasian Jay | More information | R | u | 7 | |
Pica pica | Magpie | More information | RB | c | 13 | |
Corvus monedula | Eurasian Jackdaw | More information | RB | c | 70 | |
Corvus frugilegus | Rook | More information | RB | c | 320 | |
Corvus corone | Carrion Crow | More information | RB | c | 152 | |
Corvus corax | Common Raven | More information | R | r | 8 | |
Sturnus vulgaris | Common Starling | More information | RB | c | 390 | |
Passer domesticus | House Sparrow | More information | RB | c | 25 | |
Fringilla coelebs | Common Chaffinch | More information | RB | c | 20 | |
Fringilla montifringilla | Brambling | More information | V | r | 3 rec | 1 |
Serinus serinus | Serin | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Carduelis chloris | Greenfinch | More information | RB | c | 106 | |
Carduelis carduelis | Goldfinch | More information | RB | c | 100 | |
Carduelis spinus | Siskin | More information | PW | u | 50+ | |
Carduelis cannabina | Linnet | More information | RB | c | 40 | |
Carduelis cabaret | Lesser Redpoll | More information | P | r | 30 | |
Loxia curvirostra | Crossbill | More information | V | r | 1 rec | 1 |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Common Bullfinch | More information | W | r | 5 | |
Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Hawfinch | More information | V | r | 2 rec | 2 |






















































































































































































