The birds listed here are Miss Davis' record of sightings at Middleton Hall. Only the Great White Egret is not
independently confirmed. The sightings were made over a period of 20 years from 1980.
Wherever possible our own photographs have been used. Otherwise reference is made to illustrations available on the web.
If there was an illustration of the bird in Willughby's Ornithology this is shown by using the Willughby hyperlink.
Red Throated Diver Willughby
Great crested grebe
Great White Egret
Whooper Swan
Pink Footed Goose
Barnacle goose
Mallard
Shoveller duck
Garganey
Goldeneye
Goosander
Buzzard Willughby
Kestrel
Merlin Willughby
Pheasant (Torquatus variety)
Spotted crake
Oystercatcher
Golden Plover
Temminck's Stint
Green sandpiper
Bar Tailed Godwit
Grey Phalarope
Common gull Willughby
Greater black backed gull
Rock dove
Collared dove
Tawny owl Willughby
Barn owl
Kingfisher
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Swallow
Pied Wagtail
Grey wagtail
Robin
Redwing
Blackbird
Lesser whitethroat
Grasshopper warbler
Chiff chaff
Pied flycatcher
Blue tit
Long-tailed tit
Magpie
Rook
House sparrow Willughby
Brambling Willughby
Goldfinch
Bullfinch Willughby
Yellowhammer
Slavonian Grebe
Cormorant
Grey heron
Bewicks Swan
Greylag Goose
Shelduck
Gadwall
Wigeon
Pochard
Velvet Scoter
Ruddy duck
Sparrowhawk
Hobby Willughby
Red Legged Partridge Willughby
Pheasant (Colchicus variety)
Moorhen
Little Ringed Plover
Lapwing Willughby
Wood Sandpiper
Redshank Willughby
Snipe
Ruff Willughby
Herring gulls
Common tern
Stock dove
Turtle dove
Long-eared owl Willughby
Little owl Willughby
Green woodpecker
Skylark
House martins
Yellow wagtail (flavissima)
Wren
Wheatear
Mistle thrush
Garden warbler
Whitethroat
Reed warbler
Goldcrest
Great tit
Marsh tit Willughby
Nuthatch
Jay
Crow
Tree sparrow
Linnet
Greenfinch
Crossbill Willughby
Dabchick
Little egret
Mute swan
White Fronted Goose
Canada goose
Egyptian goose
Pintail duck
Teal
Tufted duck
Long Tailed Duck
Osprey
Goshawk Willughby
Peregrine Willughby
Grey partridge
Water rail
Coot
Ringed Plover
Dunlin
Common sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Jack Snipe
Black headed gull
Lesser black backed gull
Arctic tern
Wood pigeon
Cuckoo Willughby
Short-eared owl Willughby
Swift
Great spotted woodpecker
Sand martin Willughby
Meadow pipit
Yellow wagtail (flava)
Dunnock
Song thrush
Fieldfare Willughby
Blackcap
Sedge warbler
Willow warbler
Spotted flycatcher
Coal tit
Willowtit
Tree creeper
Jackdaw
Starling
Chaffinch
Redpoll
Siskin
Reed bunting