Tirfounder Birds
Bird List for Tirfounder Fields spotted by James M Burton. Update 21st Oct 2016.

Area 1: Damp Meadow + Grassland. Area 2: Wet Ground. Area 3: Shallow Marsh
Area 4: Aquatic. Area 5: Hedgerows + Woods. Area 6: Disturbed ground.

Season (SE). All: Resident. Su: Summer. Wi: Winter. Vis: Visitor.
The summer/winter migrants & residents can be spotted everyday & usually nest & breed here (in the appropriate season). The visitors are uncommonly seen, passing through, flying overhead or foraging here.
Most of these will be breeding off site or in the valley.

Numbers (NO.) indicate the maximum of a species counted on one survey day.

Status (ST): Green: abundant. Amber: declining. Red: rare, endangered.

Total Number of species: 86. (13 Red. 26 Amber. 45 Green. 2 Non Status ).

ST Common Name Scientific Name Area No.SE
@ Blackbird Turdus merula 5+6
25All
@Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 5
8Su
@Black Headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus 3
5Vis
@Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 5
6All
@ Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 5
4All
@Buzzard Buteo buteo OH
3Vis
Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3
30Vis
@Carrion Crow Corvus corone 5
6All
@Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 21All
@Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 5
4All
@Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 5
17Su
@Coal Tit Periparus ater 5
2All
@Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto 5
2All
@CuckooCuculus canorus 1+2+5+6
2Su
@Coot Fulica atra 3
8All
@Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 4
2Vis
@Dipper Cinclus cinclus 4
2All
@Dunnock Prunella modularis 1+5
6All
@Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 1+5
2Wi
@Garden Warbler Sylvia borin5+6
3Su
@GoldcrestRegulus regulus5
2All
@Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis1+5+6
12All
@Goosander Mergus merganser4
6Wi
@Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia1
2Su
@Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major5
1All
@Great Tit Parus major 5
4All
@Greenfinch Chloris chloris 5+6
8All
@Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 5+6
1Vis
@Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 2+3+4
5All
@Greylag Goose Anser anser3
14All
@Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 4
2All
@Herring Gull Larus argentatus 2+370Vis
@House Martin Delichon urbicum OH
10Su
@House Sparrow Passer domesticus 5
6All
@Jackdaw Corvus monedula5
70Vis
@Jay Garrulus glandarius5
2Vis
@Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 4
3All
@Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus OH
70Vis
@Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret 5
2Vis
@Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 5+6
1Su
@Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 3
4All
@Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 5+6
8All
@Magpie Pica pica 5+6
11All
@Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 3+4
40All
@Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 1+6
10Vis
@Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 1+5+6
10All
@Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 3+4
16All
@Mute Swan Cygnus olor 3+4
2Vis
@Nuthatch Sitta europaea 5
2Vis
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 5
2Vis
@Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 4
70All
@RedwingTurdus iliacus 1+6
70Wi
@Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 3
6All
@Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 3
4Su
@Robin Erithacus rubecula 5
45All
@Sand Martin Riparia riparia OH
1Su
@Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 3
6Su
@ Siskin Carduelis spinus 5+6
40Wi
@Skylark Alauda arvensis OH
1Su
@Snipe Gallinago gallinago 1+2
6All
@Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 5+6
4All
@ Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus OH
1Vis
@ Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 5
1Vis
@Starling Sturnus vulgaris 1+5
20Su
@Stonechat Saxicola torquata 2
2Vis
@Swallow Hirundo rustica OH
10Su
@Swift Apus apus OH
10Su
@Teal Anas crecca 3
8Wi
@Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 5
2Vis
@Tawny Owl Strix aluco 5
2All
@Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 2
6All
@Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 6
1Vis
@Whitethroat Sylvia communis 5+6
6Su
@Wigeon Anas penelope 3
3Su
@Willow Tit Poecile montana 5+6
3Wi
@Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 5+6
6Su
@Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 1+5+6
70All
@Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 5+6
6All
Unconfirmed Reports from other Birdwatchers
@Barn Owl Tyto albaOH
1Vis
@Common Gull Larus canusOH
10Vis
@Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 6
1Vis
@Curlew Numenius arquata 1
1Vis
@Linnet Carduelis cannabina 5+6
1Vis
@Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 6
2Su
@Little Egret Egretta garzetta 3
1Vis
@Raven Corvus corax OH
1Vis