These are the A, B & C List Species that Brian Stretch would be most interested in hearing about.
Generally speaking:
Category A - these species require a full written description to confirm that the correct identification has been achieved.
Category B - these species require the observers name(s) for the record to be accepted but a brief description may also requested, particularly if the record is from an unusual location or at an unusual time of the year.
Category C - these species do not fall within the above categories for recording purposes but are still of interest to be included on the sightings page of this website.
Other Species - these species will not generally be included on the sightings page due to the number of birds occuring annually but early/late records of summer & winter visitors will be included. All records can of course be submitted to the county recorder.
*Species Category
*Bewick's Swan A
*Whooper Swan A
*Bean Goose A
*Pink-footed Goose B
*White-fronted Goose A
*Brent Goose A
*Egyptian Goose B
*Mandarin C
*American Wigeon* A
*Green-winged Teal A
*Pintail C
*Garganey B
*Blue-winged Teal A
*Red-crested Pochard B
*Ring-necked Duck A
*Ferruginous Duck A
*Scaup B
*Lesser Scaup A
*Eider A
*Long-tailed Duck A
*Common Scoter B
*Surf Scoter A
*Velvet Scoter A
*Goldeneye C
*Smew A
*Red-breasted Merganser A
*Goosander C
*Black Grouse (extinct) A
*Grey Partridge C
*Quail A
*Red-throated Diver A
*Black-throated Diver A
*Great Northern Diver A
*Red-necked Grebe A
*Slavonian Grebe A
*Black-necked Grebe A
*Fulmar A
*Manx Shearwater A
*Storm Petrel A
*Leach's Petrel A
*Gannet A
*Shag A
*Bittern A**
*Little Bittern A
*Night Heron A
*Squacco Heron A
*Cattle Egret A
*Little Egret C
*Great White Egret A
*Purple Heron A
*Black Stork A
*White Stork A
*Spoonbill A
*Honey Buzzard A
*Black Kite A
*Red Kite C
*White-tailed Eagle A
*Marsh Harrier A
*Hen Harrier A
*Montagu's Harrier A
*Goshawk A
*Rough-legged Buzzard A
*Osprey B
*Red-footed Falcon A
*Merlin B
*Hobby C
*Spotted Crake A
*Corncrake A
*Common Crane A
*Great Bustard A
*Black-winged Stilt A
*Avocet A**
*Stone Curlew A
*Collared Pratincole A
*Kentish Plover A
*Dotterel A
*Golden Plover C
*Grey Plover A
*Knot B
*Sanderling B
*Little Stint B
*Temminck's Stint A
*Least Sandpiper A
*White-rumped Sandpiper A
*Pectoral Sandpiper A
*Curlew Sandpiper B
*Purple Sandpiper A
*Ruff C
*Jack Snipe C
*Long-billed Dowitcher A
*Woodcock C
*Black-tailed Godwit C
*Bar-tailed Godwit B
*Whimbrel B
*Spotted Redshank A
*Greenshank C
*Green Sandpiper C
*Wood Sandpiper A
*Turnstone B
*Wilson's Phalarope A
*Red-necked Phalarope A
*Grey Phalarope A
*Pomarine Skua A
*Arctic Skua A
*Long-tailed Skua A
*Great Skua A
*Mediterranean Gull C
*Laughing Gull A
*Little Gull B
*Sabine's Gull A
*Ring-billed Gull A
*Caspian Gull A
*Yellow-legged Gull C
*Iceland Gull A
*Glaucous Gull A
*Great Black-backed Gull C
*Kittiwake B
*Little Tern A
*Caspian Tern A
*Whiskered Tern A
*Black Tern B
*White-winged Black Tern A
*Sandwich Tern A
*Roseate Tern A
*Arctic Tern B
*Razorbill A
*Little Auk A
*Puffin A
*Pallas's Sandgrouse A
*Turtle Dove C
*Ring-necked Parakeet B
*Long-eared Owl A
*Short-eared Owl B
*Tengmalm's Owl A
*Nightjar A
*Alpine Swift A
*Bee-eater A
*Hoopoe A
*Wryneck A
*Lesser Spotted Woodpecker C
*Woodlark A
*Shorelark A
*Red-rumped Swallow A
*Richard's Pipit A
*Tree Pipit C
*Rock Pipit B
*Water Pipit A
*Yellow Wagtail C
*Waxwing A
*Dipper C
*Nightingale B
*Bluethroat A
*Black Redstart B
*Redstart C
*Whinchat C
*Wheatear C
*Ring Ouzel C
*Dusky Thrush A
*Black-throated Thrush A
*Cetti's Warbler A**
*Grasshopper Warbler B
*Savi's Warbler A
*Aquatic Warbler A
*Marsh Warbler A
*Icterine Warbler A
*Dartford Warbler A
*Pallas's Warbler A
*Yellow-browed Warbler A
*Wood Warbler C
*Firecrest A
*Spotted Flycatcher C
*Pied Flycatcher C
*Bearded Tit A
*Willow Tit A
*Golden Oriole A
*Red-backed Shrike A
*Lesser Grey Shrike A
*Great Grey Shrike A
*Woodchat Shrike A
*Chough A
*Hooded Crow A
*Rose-coloured Starling A
*Tree Sparrow C
*Brambling C
*Serin A
*Twite A
*Mealy Redpoll A
*Arctic Redpoll A
*Two-barred Crossbill A
*Crossbill C
*Hawfinch C
*Lapland Bunting A
*Snow Bunting A
*Pine Bunting A
*Cirl Bunting A - This species will be the next (previously unreported) to be sighted at Upton Warren
*Rustic Bunting A
*Little Bunting A
*Corn Bunting C
Data from:
Worcester Birding.
I know, it's a long post, but I thought it worth posting just once in this thread!