|
Breeding in the Oswestry area:
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Tufted Duck Anthya fuligula
- Goosander Mergus merganser
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Sparrowhawk Accipter nisus
- Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Peregrine Falco peregrinus
- Red Legged Partridge
Alectoris rufa
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Coot Fulica atra
- Oystercatcher Haemotopus ostralegus
- Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Curlew Numenius arquata
- Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleaucos
- Black Headed Gull Larus
ridibundus
- Feral Pigeon (Rock Dove) Columba
livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
- Collared Dove Streptopelia
decaocto
- Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Cuckoo Cuculua canorus
- Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Swift Apus apus
- Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopus minor
- Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Martin Delichon urbica
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinarea
- Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Redstart Poenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Stonechat Saxicola torquata
- Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Blackbird Turdus merula
- Song Thrush Turdus philomenos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesse Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
- Whitethroat Sylvia communis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Wood Warbler Phyloscopus sibilatrix
- Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos
caudatus
- Marsh Tit Parus palustris
- Willow Tit Parus montanus
- Coal Tit Parus ater
- Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Magpie Pica pica
- Jackdaw Corvus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Raven Corvus corax
- Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
- Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Siskin Carduelis spinus
- Linnet Carduelis cannabina
- Redpoll Carduelis flammea
- Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra
|
Possible visitors to the Oswestry area,
some breeding in neighbouring areas,
others breeding overseas but reported locally:
- Black Necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Pink Footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- White Fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
- Barnacle Goose Branta Leucopsis
- Snow Goose
- Egyptian Goose
- Muscovy Duck
- Wigeon Anas penelope
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Pintail Anas acuta
- Pochard Anthya ferina
- Mandarin Aix galericulata
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
- Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus
- Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix
- Golden Pheasant
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corncrake Crex crex
- Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
- Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Ruff Philomachus pugnax
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
- Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Long Eared Owl Asio otus
- Short Eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black Redstart Poenicurus ochruros
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Firecrest Regulus ignicpillus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
|
