Birds of Guernsey
Guernsey hosts 160 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Common LoonGavia immer
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius