Hampshire bird list

The Hampshire List is up to date to the end of December 2025 and includes 393 species. Of these 373 are in Cat A, 8 in Cat B and 12 in Cat C. There have been five additions since the last update. Forster’s Tern in 2023, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Common Yellowthroat in 2024 and Black-throated Thrush, Hudsonian Godwit and Great Shearwater in 2025. The sequence and taxonomy follows the 58th Report of the BOU following the adoption of Avilist2025 and can be downloaded here (https://www.bou.org.uk/british-list/https://www.bou.org.uk/british-list/)

Alan Cox and Martin Pitt, January 2026..

An explanation of the various categories, as defined by the BOURC and applied in the Hampshire context, is set out below.

A Species that have been recorded in an apparently natural state at least once since 1 January 1950.

B Species that were recorded in an apparently natural state at least once between 1 January 1800 and 31 December 1949, but have not been recorded subsequently.

C Species that, although introduced, now derive from the resulting self-sustaining populations.

C1 Naturalized introduced species – species that have occurred only as a result of introduction, e.g. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca.

C2 Naturalized established species – species with established populations resulting from introduction by Man, but which also occur in an apparently natural state, e.g. Greylag Goose Anser anser.

C3 Naturalized re-established species – species with populations successfully re-established by Man in areas of former occurrence, e.g. Red Kite Milvus milvus.

C4 Naturalized feral species – domesticated species with populations established in the wild, e.g. Rock Pigeon (Dove)/Feral Pigeon Columba livia.

C5 Vagrant naturalized species – species from established naturalized populations abroad, e.g. possibly some Ruddy Shelducks Tadorna ferruginea occurring in Britain. There are currently no species in category C5.

C6 Former naturalized species – species formerly placed in C1 whose naturalized populations are either no longer self-sustaining or are considered extinct, e.g. Snow Goose Anser caerulescens.

The Hampshire List, tabulated below, comprises only those species in Categories A, B and C.

Vernacular Name Scientific Name Status
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis C1
Mute Swan Cygnus olor A
Bewick’s Swan Cygnus c. bewickii A
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus A
Brent Goose Branta bernicla A
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis A
Canada Goose Branta canadensis C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis A, C2
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens C6
Greylag Goose Anser anser A, C2
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons A
Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris A
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus A
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis A
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata C1
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca C1,C5
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna A
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea B, C5
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis A
Eider Somateria mollissima A
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra A
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata A
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca A
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula A
Smew Mergellus albellus A
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator A
Goosander Mergus merganser A
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina C2, C5
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca A
Pochard Aythya ferina A
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris A
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula A
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis A
Scaup Aythya marila A
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa A
Garganey Spatula querquedula A
Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors A
Shoveler Spatula clypeata A
Gadwall Mareca strepera A, C2
Wigeon Mareca penelope A
American Wigeon Mareca americana A
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos A, C2
Black Duck Anas rubripes A
Pintail Anas acuta A
Teal Anas crecca A
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix B
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix A, C2
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus C6
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus C1
Quail Coturnix coturnix A
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa C1
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis A
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus A
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena A
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus A
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis A
Great Bustard Otis tarda B
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax A
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius A
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus A
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus A
Pallas’s Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus B
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur A
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto A
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus A
Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove Columba livia C1
Stock Dove Columba oenas A
Crane Grus grus A, C3
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus A
Corncrake Crex crex A
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana A
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus A
Coot Fulica atra A
Little Crake Zapornia parva A
Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla A
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus A
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta A
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus A
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus A
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola A
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria A
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica A
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva A
Dotterel Eudromias morinellus A
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus A
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula A
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus A
Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius A
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus A
Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius A
Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus A
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus A
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus A
Curlew Numenius arquata A
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica A
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa A
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica A
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus A
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus A
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola A
Great Snipe Gallinago media B
Snipe Gallinago gallinago A
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus A
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos A
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius A
Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor A
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius A
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus A
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus A
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis A
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola A
Redshank Tringa totanus A
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes A
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus A
Greenshank Tringa nebularia A
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca A
Turnstone Arenaria interpres A
Knot Calidris canutus A
Ruff Calidris pugnax A
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus A
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea A
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus A
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii A
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta A
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis A
Sanderling Calidris alba A
Dunlin Calidris alpina A
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima A
Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii A
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos A
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla A
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri A
Little Stint Calidris minuta A
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla A
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis A
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor B
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola A
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus A
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus A
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus A
Great Skua Stercorarius skua A
Puffin Fratercula arctica A
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle A
Razorbill Alca torda A
Little Auk Alle alle A
Common Guillemot Uria aalge A
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
A
Little Tern Sternula albifrons A
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia A
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica A
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida A
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus A
Black Tern Chlidonias niger A
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis A
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans A
Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri A
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea A
Common Tern Sterna hirundo A
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii A
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus A
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla A
Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini A
Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia A
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus A
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla A
Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan A
Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus A
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis A
Common Gull Larus canus A
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans A
Herring Gull Larus argentatus A
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis A
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus A
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus A
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus A
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides A
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata A
Great Northern Diver Gavia immer A
White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii A
Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica A
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus A
Leach’s Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous A
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis A
Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis A
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea A
Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis A
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus A
Mediterranean Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan A
Black Stork Ciconia nigra A
White Stork Ciconia ciconia A, C3
Gannet Morus bassanus A
Shag Gulosus aristotelis A
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo A
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus A
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia A
Bittern Botaurus stellaris A
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus B
Little Bittern Botaurus minutus A
Little Egret Egretta garzetta A
Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax A
Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus A
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides A
Great White Egret Ardea alba A
Cattle Egret Ardea ibis A
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea A
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea A
Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus A
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus B
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba A
Little Swift Apus affinis A
Swift Apus apus A
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus A
Barn Owl Tyto alba A
Little Owl Athene noctua C1
Scops Owl Otus scops A
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus A
Long-eared Owl Asio otus A
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus A
Tawny Owl Strix aluco A
Osprey Pandion haliaetus A
Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus A
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus A
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus A
Goshawk Astur gentilis A
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus A
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus A
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus A
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus A
Red Kite Milvus milvus A, C3
Black Kite Milvus migrans A
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla A, C3
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus A
Buzzard Buteo buteo A
Hoopoe Upupa epops A
Roller Coracias garrulus A
Bee-eater Merops apiaster A
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus A
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis A
Wryneck Jynx torquilla A
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis A
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major A
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor A
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus A
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus A
Merlin Falco columbarius A
Hobby Falco subbuteo A
Peregrine Falco peregrinus A
Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri C4
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus A
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor A
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor A
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator A
Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus A
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio A
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus A
Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax A
Jay Garrulus glandarius A
Magpie Pica pica A
Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes A
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula A
Rook Corvus frugilegus A
Raven Corvus corax A
Carrion Crow Corvus corone A
Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus A
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus A
Great Tit Parus major A
Coal Tit Periparus ater A
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris A
Willow Tit Poecile montanus A
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus A
Woodlark Lullula arborea A
Skylark Alauda arvensis A
Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris A
Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla A
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina A
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta A
Booted Warbler Iduna caligata A
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida A
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus A
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola A
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola A
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris A
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus A
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus A
Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola A
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata A
Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides A
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia A
Sand Martin Riparia riparia A
Swallow Hirundo rustica A
House Martin Delichon urbicum A
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula A
American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota A
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus A
Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti A
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix A
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus A
Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei A
Pallas’s Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus A
Radde’s Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi A
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus A
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus A
Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus A
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita A
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin A
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla A
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria A
Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca A
Whitethroat Curruca communis A
Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata A
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata A
Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae A
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus A
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla A
Goldcrest Regulus regulus A
Nuthatch Sitta europaea A
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris A
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes A
Starling Sturnus vulgaris A
Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus A
Dipper Cinclus cinclus A
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus A
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos A
Redwing Turdus iliacus A
Blackbird Turdus merula A
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris A
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus A
Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis A
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata A
Robin Erithacus rubecula A
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos A
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica A
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva A
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca A
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus A
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros A
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus A
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra A
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus A
Stonechat Saxicola rubicola A
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti A
Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica A
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka A
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca A
Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe A
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris A
Dunnock Prunella modularis A
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus A
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis A
House Sparrow Passer domesticus A
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea A
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla f. flavissima A
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola A
Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis A
Pied Wagtail Motacilla a. yarrellii A
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris A
Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi A
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis A
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni A
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus A
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis A
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus A
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta A
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla A
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs A
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes A
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus A
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula A
Greenfinch Chloris chloris A
Twite Linaria flavirostris A
Linnet Linaria cannabina A
Lesser Redpoll Acanthis f. cabaret A
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera A
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus A
Crossbill Loxia curvirostra A
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis A
Serin Serinus serinus A
Siskin Spinus spinus A
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis A
Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus A
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus A
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla A
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica A
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala A
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra A
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana A
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus A
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella A
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis A
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis A
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas A
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla A
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata A

 

The following subspecies are formally recorded

Vernacular Name Scientific Name Status
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus columbianius A
Light-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota A
Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans A
Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris A
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca carolinensis A
Kumlien’s Gull Larus glaucoides kumlieni A
Thayer’s Gull Larus glaucoides thayeri A
Hooded Crow Corvus corome cornix A
Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita tristis A
Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava flava A
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba A
Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea A