DONCASTER BIRD CHECKLIST 1950–2000


The following checklist of 281 species includes all accepted birds (Cat.A–C) recorded in the Doncaster district (a ten mile radius of Doncaster Museum, and including Southfield Reservoirs) since 1950.

A - C           D - F           G - I           J - L           M - O           P - R           S - U           V - Z
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A - C


Alpine Swift  A. melba

American Golden Plover  Pluvialis dominica
American Wigeon   A. americana

Arctic Redpoll   C. hornemanni
Arctic Skua   S. parasiticus
Arctic Tern   S. paradisaea

Avocet  Recurvirostra avosetta




Baird’s Sandpiper   C. bairdii
Bar Tailed Godwit   L. lapponica
Barn Owl  Tyto alba
Barnacle Goose  B. leucopsis
Barn Swallow   Hirundo rustica
Barred Warbler   Sylvia nisoria

Bean Goose  Anser fabalis

Bearded Tit   Panurus biarmicus

Brent Goose   B. bernicla

Blackbird   T. merula
Blackcap   S. atricapilla

Black Kite&NBSP;&NBSP; Milvus migrans
Black Grouse   Tetrao tetrix
Black Headed Gull   L. ridibundus
Black Necked Grebe   P. nigricollis
Black Tailed Godwit   Limosa limosa
Black Tern   Chlidonias niger
Black Throated Diver   G. arctica
Black Redstart   Phoenicurus ochruros
Black Winged Stilt   Himantopus himantopus

Bluethroat   L. svecica

Blue Tit   P. caeruleus
Blue Winged Teal   A. discors

Blyth’s Pipit   Anthus godlewskii

Bohemian Waxwing   Bombycilla garrulus

Brambling   F. montifringilla

Buff-breasted Sandpiper   Tryngites subruficollis

Bullfinch   Pyrrhula pyrrhula




Canada Goose   Branta canadensis

Carrion Crow   C. corone

Cattle Egret   Bubulcus ibis

Caspian Tern   Sterna caspia

Cetti’s Warbler
Cettia cetti

Chaffinch   Fringilla coele

Chiffchaff   P. collybita

Coal Tit   P. ate

Collared Dove   Streptopelia decaocto

Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo
Common Coot   Fulica atra
Common Crane   Grus grus
Common Crossbill   L. curvirostra
Common Cuckoo   Cuculus canorus
Common Eider   Somateria mollissima
Common Goldeneye   Bucephala clangula
Common Greenshank   T. nebularia
Common Guillemot   Uria aalge
Common Gull   L. canus
Common Kestrel   Falco tinnunculus
Common Kingfisher   Alcedo atthis
Common Pheasant   Phasianus colchicus
Common Pochard   Aythya ferina
Common Quail   Coturnix coturnix
Common Raven   C. corax
Common Redpoll   C. flammea
Common Redshank   T. totanus
Common Redstart   P. phoenicurus
Common Sandpiper   Actitis hypoleucos
Common Scoter   Melanitta nigra
Common Shelduck   Tadorna tadorna
Common Snipe   Gallinago gallinago
Common Starling   Sturnus vulgaris
Common Stonechat   S. torquata
Common Swift   Apus apus
Common Teal   A. crecca
Common Tern   S. hirundo
Common Whitethroat   S. communis

Corn Bunting   Miliaria calandra
Corn Crake   Crex crex

Curlew Sandpiper   C. ferruginea

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