Birds of Jersey
Jersey hosts 186 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- RazorbillAlca torda
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi