Ver Valley Bird List

Birds seen along the Ver Valley since 2000.

Please contact John Fisher if you have any interesting bird sightings. Please email or call 01582 792843.

Common Birds Seen All Year

Species	Status	Season	Breeding	Comments
Barn Owl	Common	All Year	Yes
Blackbird	Common	All Year	Yes
Black-headed Gull	Common	All Year
Blue Tit	Common	All Year	Yes
Bullfinch	Common	All Year	Yes
Buzzard	Common	All Year	Yes
Canada Goose	Common	All Year	Yes
Carrion Crow	Common	All Year	Yes
Chaffinch	Common	All Year	Yes
Coal Tit	Common	All Year	Yes
Collar Dove	Common	All Year	Yes
Common Gull	Common	All Year
Coot	Common	All Year	Yes
Cormorant	Common	All Year	Yes
Dunnock	Common	All Year	Yes
Feral/Rock Pigeon	Common	All Year	Yes
Gadwall	Common	All Year	Yes
Gold Crest	Common	All Year	Yes
Goldfinch	Common	All Year	Yes
Great Crested Grebe	Common	All Year	Yes
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Common	All Year	Yes
Great Tit	Common	All Year	Yes
Green Woodpecker	Common	All Year	Yes
Greenfinch	Common	All Year	Yes
Grey Heron	Common	All Year	Yes	Breeding colony at lake
Grey Partridge	Common	All Year	Yes	Declining breeding species
Grey Wagtail	Common	All Year	Yes
Greylag Goose	Common	All Year	Yes
Herring Gull	Common	All Year
House Sparrow	Common	All Year	Yes
Jackdaw	Common	All Year	Yes
Jay	Common	All Year	Yes
Kestrel	Common	All Year	Yes
Kingfisher	Common	All Year	Yes
Lapwing	Common	All Year	Yes	Passage and breeding bird
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Common	All Year
Linnet	Common	All Year	Yes
Little Egret	Common	All Year	Yes	Breeding at lake since 2014
Little Grebe	Common	All Year	Yes
Little Owl	Common	All Year	Yes
Long-tailed Tit	Common	All Year	Yes
Magpie	Common	All Year	Yes
Mallard	Common	All Year	Yes
Meadow Pipit	Common	All Year		Mainly passage only
Mistle Thrush	Common	All Year	Yes
Moorhen	Common	All Year	Yes
Mute Swan	Common	All Year	Yes
Nuthatch	Common	All Year	Yes
Pheasant	Common	All Year	Yes	Introduced species bred for shooting
Pied Wagtail	Common	All Year	Yes
Red Kite	Common	All Year	Yes	Seen regularly since 2006
Red-legged Partridge	Common	All Year	Yes	Introduced species bred for shooting
Reed Bunting	Common	All Year	Yes
Robin	Common	All Year	Yes
Rook	Common	All Year	Yes
Skylark	Common	All Year	Yes
Song Thrush	Common	All Year	Yes
Sparrow Hawk	Common	All Year	Yes
Starling	Common	All Year	Yes
Stock Dove	Common	All Year	Yes
Tawny Owl	Common	All Year	Yes
Treecreeper	Common	All Year	Yes
Wood Pigeon	Common	All Year	Yes
Wren	Common	All Year	Yes
Yellowhammer	Common	All Year	Yes

Rarer Birds Seen All Year

Species	Status	Season	Breeding	Comments
Black Redstart	Very Rare	Vagrant		Passage only
Bohemian Waxwing	Rare	Vagrant		Influx some winters
Brambling	Very Rare	Winter Visitor		Good numbers some winters
Common Sandpiper	Very Rare	Vagrant		Passage only
Common Tern	Rare	Vagrant		Passage only
Corn Bunting	Very Rare	All Year
Crane	Very Rare	Vagrant		5 birds flew over in 2005
Crossbill	Very Rare	Winter Visitor
Dunlin	Very Rare	Vagrant		6 seen 2001
Firecrest	Very Rare	Vagrant
Goshawk	Very Rare	All Year	Possible
Grasshopper Warbler	Very Rare	Vagrant		Passage only – did breed previously
Great Black-backed Gull	Rare	Vagrant		Passage only
Jack Snipe	Very Rare	Vagrant		Passage only
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Very Rare	All Year		Declining breeding species
Little Ringed Plover	Very Rare	Vagrant	Yes	Bred in 2001 and 2009
Mandarin	Rare	Vagrant
Marsh Harrier	Very Rare	Vagrant		1 seen 2001
Marsh Tit	Rare	All Year
Merlin	Very Rare	Vagrant		Female present for few days in Nov 2008
Osprey	Very Rare	Vagrant		1 seen Sept 2009 – Park Street / 1 seen Redbournbury Aug 2015
Peregrine	Very Rare	Vagrant		Passage only
Pintail	Very Rare	Vagrant
Raven	Very Rare	All Year	Yes	Now breeding
Redshank	Very Rare	Vagrant		Passage only
Redstart	Very Rare	Vagrant		Passage only
Ring Ouzel	Very Rare	Vagrant		Male on passage in April 2007
Ring-necked Parakeet	Rare	Vagrant		Introduced species spreading through home counties
Ringed Plover	Very Rare	Vagrant
Ruddy Shelduck	Rare	Vagrant		1 seen 2009
Short-eared Owl	Very Rare	Winter Visitor		1 seen in the 2015/16 winter
Spotted Flycatcher	Very Rare	Summer Visitor	Yes	Breeds most years
Tree Sparrow	Rare	Vagrant	Yes	Breeding colony nearby
Tutle Dove	Very Rare	Vagrant		Passage only – did breed previously
Wheatear	Rare	Vagrant		Passage only
Whinchat	Rare	Vagrant		Passage only
Wood Warbler	Very Rare	Vagrant		Passage only – seen 2006
Woodcock	Very Rare	Vagrant		Passage only

Birds Seen Mainly During Winter Months

Species	Status	Season	Breeding	Comments
Common Redpoll	Rare	Winter Visitor		Good numbers some winters
Fieldfare	Common	Winter Visitor
Golden Plover	Common	Winter Visitor		Passage only
Green Sandpiper	Rare	Winter Visitor
Greenshank	Rare	Winter Visitor		Passage only
Pochard	Common	Winter Visitor
Redwing	Common	Winter Visitor
Ruddy Duck	Common	Winter Visitor
Shoveler	Common	Winter Visitor
Siskin	Rare	Winter Visitor		Good numbers some winters
Snipe	Common	Winter Visitor		Previously breeding species
Stonechat	Rare	Winter Visitor		Over winters most years
Teal	Common	Winter Visitor
Water Rail	Rare	Winter Visitor
Wigeon	Rare	Winter Visitor

Birds Seen Mainly During Summer Months

Species	Status	Season	Breeding	Comments
Blackcap	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Chiffchaff	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Cuckoo	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes	Declining breeding species
Garden Warbler	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Hobby	Common	Summer Visitor	Some years	Seen mainly on passage
House Martin	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Lesser Whitethroat	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Reed Warbler	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Sand Martin	Rare	Summer Visitor		Passage only
Sedge Warbler	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Swallow	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Swift	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Whitethroat	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Willow Warbler	Common	Summer Visitor	Yes
Yellow Wagtail	Rare	Summer Visitor		Breeding some years