Arctic Tern

Birds


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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. In the latter case if there was an illustration of the bird in Willughby's Ornithology this is shown by using the Willughby hyperlink.


Red Throated Diver
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   Willughby
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
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