Checklist
Photographing the most common birds found in Britain, listed in the "RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds"
Bewick’s Swan
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
White-Fronted Goose
Bean Goose
Pink-Footed Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Barnacle Goose
Brent Goose
Egyptian Goose
Shelduck
Mandarin
Gadwall
Mallard
Shoveler
Pintail
Wigeon
Garganey
Teal
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Scaup
Common Scooter
Velvet Scooter
Eider
Long-Tailed Duck
Goldeneye
Smew
Red-Breasted Merganser
Goosander
Quail
Corncrake
Red Grouse
Ptarmigan
Capercaillie
Black Grouse
Pheasant
Grey Partridge
Red-Legged Partridge
Great Crested Grebe
Little Grebe
Red-Throated Diver
Fulmar
Manx Shearwater
Gannet
Shag
Cormorant
Little Egret
Spoonbill
Bittern
Osprey
Grey Heron
Common Buzzard
Rough-Legged Buzzard
Honey-Buzzard
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
Hen Harrier
Goshawk
Sparrowhawk
Golden Eagle
Peregrine
Merlin
Hobby
Kestrel
Water Rail
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Avocet
Stone-Curlew
Dotterel
Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Lapwing
Ruff
Dunlin
Little Stint
Curlew Sandpiper
Knot
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Turnstone
Woodcock
Snipe
Black-Tailed Godwit
Bar-Tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Curlew
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Redshank
Greenshank
Arctic Skua
Mediterranean Gull
Black-Headed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Great Black-Backed Gull
Common Gull
Kittiwake
Little Gull
Black Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Little Tern
Guillemot
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Puffin
Turtle Dove
Collared Dove
Stock Dove
Rock Dove
Ferral Pigeon
Woodpigeon
Ring-Necked Parakeet
Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Short-Eared Owl
Nightjar
Swift
Kingfisher
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Woodlark
Skylark
Swallow
Sand Martin
House Martin
Rock Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Waxwing
Dipper
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Nightingale
Whinchat
Stonechat
Wheatear
Ring Ouzel
Fieldfare
Redwing
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Blackbird
Grasshopper Warbler
Cetti’s Warbler
Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Dartford Warbler
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Firecrest
Goldcrest
Bearded Tit
Long-Tailed Tit
Crested Tit
Coal Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Chough
Magpie
Jay
Jackdaw
Raven
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Rook
Starling
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Goldfinch
Brambling
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Siskin
Crossbill
Lesser Redpoll
Twite
Linnet
Bullfinch
Cirl Bunting
Yellowhammer
Snow Bunting
Reed Bunting
Corn Bunting
