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SK58 Official Species List
Updated: 9 April, 2013

 

A complete list of all species recorded and accepted in an apparent wild state within the boundaries of SK58-since the groups inception in 1993.

SK58 Top Listers: name & no.of species

Andy Hirst SK58 Species  List Mick Clay 180

Andy Hirst SK58 Species  List Andy Hirst 175 Brian Chambers SK58 Species  List Brian Chambers 163 Geoff Facers SK58 Species List Geoff Facer 154

Earliest & Latest Migrant Dates within SK58

Species underlined indictates a link to the actual species account that was accepted at Local/ Regional or National level.

 

        1. Little Grebe
        2. Great Crested Grebe
        3. Red-necked Grebe Link to video RX Video
        4. Black-necked Grebe Link to video BN Video
        5. Gannet
        6. Cormorant
        7. Bittern
        8. Little Egret
        9. Grey Heron
        10. White Stork
        11. Mute Swan
        12. Bewick's (Tundra) Swan
        13. Whooper Swan
        14. Pink-footed Goose
        15. Greylag Goose
        16. Canada Goose
        17. Brent Goose
        18. Egyptian Goose
        19. Shelduck
        20. Wigeon
        21. Gadwall
        22. Eurasian Teal
        23. Mallard
        24. Pintail
        25. Garganey
        26. Shoveler
        27. Red-crested Pochard
        28. Pochard
        29. Tufted Duck
        30. Scaup
        31. Eider
        32. Goldeneye
        33. Goosander
        34. Ruddy Duck
        35. Mandarin C1
        36. Honey Buzzard
        37. Black Kite
        38. Red Kite
        39. Marsh Harrier
        40. Hen Harrier
        41. Montagu's Harrier
        42. Goshawk
        43. Sparrowhawk
        44. Buzzard
        45. Osprey
        46. Kestrel
        47. Merlin
        48. Hobby
        49. Peregrine
        50. Red-legged Partridge
        51. Grey Partridge
        52. Quail
        53. Pheasant
        54. Water Rail
        55. Corncrake
        56. Moorhen
        57. Coot
        58. Crane
        59. Oystercatcher
        60. Little Ringed Plover
        61. Ringed Plover
        62. Dotterel
        63. American Golden Plover
        64. Golden Plover
        65. Grey Plover
        66. Lapwing
        67. Sanderling
        68. Dunlin
        69. Buff-breasted Sandpiper & 2009
        70. Ruff
        71. Jack Snipe
        72. Common Snipe
        73. Woodcock
        74. Black-tailed Godwit
        75. Whimbrel
        76. Curlew
        77. Spotted Redshank
        78. Redshank
        79. Greenshank
        80. Green Sandpiper
        81. Wood Sandpiper
        82. Common Sandpiper
        83. Arctic Skua
        84. Mediterranean Gull~
        85. Black-headed Gull
        86. Common (Mew) Gull
        87. Lesser Black-backed Gull
        88. Herring Gull
        89. Iceland Gull
        90. Glaucous Gull
        91. Yellow-legged Gull
        92. Great Black-backed Gull
        93. Kittiwake
        94. Sandwich Tern
        95. Common Tern
        96. Arctic Tern
        97. Black Tern
        98. Feral Pigeon
        99. Stock Dove
        100. Woodpigeon
        101. Collared Dove
        102. Turtle Dove
        103. Rose-ringed Parakeet C1
        104. Cuckoo
        105. Barn Owl
        106. Little Owl
        107. Tawny Owl
        108. Long-eared Owl
        109. Short-eared Owl
        110. Swift
        111. Kingfisher
        112. Green Woodpecker
        113. Great Spotted Woodpecker
        114. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
        115. Woodlark
        116. Skylark
        117. Sand Martin
        118. Swallow
        119. House Martin
        120. Richard's Pipit~
        121. Tree Pipit
        122. Meadow Pipit
        123. Rock Pipit
        124. Yellow Wagtail
        125. Grey Wagtail
        126. Pied Wagtail
        127. (Bohemian) Waxwing
        128. Dipper
        129. Wren
        130. Dunnock
        131. Robin
        132. Black Redstart
        133. Redstart
        134. Whinchat
        135. Stonechat
        136. Wheatear
        137. Ring Ouzel
        138. Blackbird
        139. Fieldfare
        140. Song Thrush
        141. Redwing
        142. Mistle Thrush
        143. Grasshopper Warbler
        144. Sedge Warbler
        145. Reed Warbler
        146. Lesser Whitethroat
        147. Whitethroat
        148. Garden Warbler
        149. Blackcap
        150. Wood Warbler
        151. Common Chiffchaff
        152. Willow Warbler
        153. Goldcrest
        154. Firecrest
        155. Spotted Flycatcher
        156. Pied Flycatcher
        157. Long-tailed Tit
        158. Marsh Tit
        159. Willow Tit
        160. Coal Tit
        161. Blue Tit
        162. Great Tit
        163. Nuthatch
        164. Treecreeper
        165. Golden Oriole
        166. Great Grey Shrike
        167. Woodchat Shrike*
        168. Jay
        169. Magpie
        170. Jackdaw
        171. Rook
        172. Carrion Crow
        173. Raven
        174. Starling
        175. House Sparrow
        176. Tree Sparrow
        177. Chaffinch
        178. Brambling
        179. Greenfinch
        180. Goldfinch
        181. Siskin
        182. Linnet
        183. Twite
        184. Common Redpoll
        185. Lesser Redpoll
        186. Common Crossbill
        187. Bullfinch
        188. Hawfinch
        189. Lapland Bunting
        190. Snow Bunting
        191. Yellowhammer
        192. Reed Bunting
        193. Corn Bunting

        * denotes species accepted at a local level, awaiting acceptance by Yorkshire Naturalists Union and/ or British Birds Rarities Committee

        ~ denotes species reported, but description outstanding at a local level.

PDF Monthly Recording sheet Click for free Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader.

Microsoft Excel Monthly Recording form This can be printed off and posted, or emailed back to SK58 Birders as an attachment or:

Email the SK58 Birders Recorder

Information required when submitting a description.

Rarity Description Form (MS Word)

Species Recording and Description Records

  • The following species require supporting descriptions.
  • Any national rarity designated by the British Birds Rarities Committee.
  • Any species not recorded in grid square SK58 (see map for boundary) since the groups formation in 1993 will also require a description.
  • The recorder upholds the right to request a description if he/ she considers a record particularly unusual.
  • All of the following species: Red-necked Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Gannet, Bittern, White Stork, Bewicks Swan, Brent Goose, Egyptian Goose, Garganey, Scaup, Eider, Honey Buzzard, Black Kite, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Goshawk, Osprey, Corncrake, Common Crane, Dotterel, American Golden Plover, Sanderling, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, Iceland Gull, Kittiwake, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern, Black Tern, Woodlark, Rock Pipit, Black Redstart, Wood Warbler, Golden Oriole, Great Grey Shrike, Woodchat Shrike, Twite and Snow Bunting.
  • Species reported within SK58, awaiting description/ acceptance at local, regional or national level: Mediterranean Gull 1997 & Richards Pipit 2002.
  • Where applicable, all field descriptions will be passed on to the relevant committees of the Yorkshire Naturalists Union and the British Birds Rarities Committee for consideration. All records and species descriptions should be sent to the SK58 Recorder:
  • Andy Hirst, 15 Hunters Drive, Dinnington, Sheffield, S25 2TG-Tel: 01909 569575

 

 

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