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Checklist of birds seen at Prescot Reservoirs

Please remember, several birders put in a lot of hours, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year at Prescot Reservoirs. This list is evidence of what can be seen if you are prepared to work at it, but on many days only common species are seen.

  Red-throated Diver
  Black-throated Diver
  Great Northern Diver
  Little Grebe
  Great Crested Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  Slavonian Grebe
  Black-necked Grebe
  Fulmar
  Cormorant
  Little Egret
  Grey Heron
  Mute Swan
  Bewick's Swan
  Whooper Swan
  Bean Goose
  Pink-footed Goose
  Greylag Goose
  Canada Goose
  Barnacle Goose
  Shelduck
  Wigeon
  Gadwall
  Teal
  Mallard
  Pintail
  Garganey
  Shoveler
  Canvasback
  Pochard
  Tufted Duck
  Scaup
  Long-tailed Duck
  Common Scoter
  Goldeneye
  Smew
  Red-breasted Merganser
  Goosander
  Ruddy Duck
  Red Kite
  Marsh Harrier
  Hen Harrier
  Sparrowhawk
  Buzzard
  Osprey
  Kestrel
  Merlin
  Hobby
  Peregrine
  Red-legged Partridge
  Grey Partridge
  Quail
  Pheasant
  Water Rail
  Moorhen
  Coot
  Common Crane
  Oystercatcher
  Avocet
  Little Ringed Plover
  Ringed Plover
  Golden Plover
  Grey Plover
  Lapwing
  Knot
  Sanderling
  Little Stint
  Dunlin
  Ruff
  Jack Snipe
  Snipe
  Woodcock
  Black-tailed Godwit
  Bar-tailed Godwit
  Whimbrel
  Curlew
  Spotted Redshank
  Redshank
  Greenshank
  Green Sandpiper
  Wood Sandpiper
  Common Sandpiper
  Turnstone
  Great Skua
  Mediterranean Gull
  Little Gull
  Sabine's Gull
  Black-headed Gull
  Ring-billed Gull
  Common Gull
  Lesser Black-backed Gull
  Herring Gull
  Yellow-legged Gull
  Iceland Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Great Black-backed Gull
  Sandwich Tern
  Common Tern
  Arctic Tern
  Black Tern
  Stock Dove
  Woodpigeon
  Cuckoo
  Barn Owl
  Tawny Owl
  Long-eared Owl
  Short-eared Owl
  Swift
  Kingfisher
  Green Woodpecker
  Great Spotted Woodpecker
  Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
  Skylark
  Sand Martin
  Swallow
  House Martin
  Tree Pipit
  Meadow Pipit
  Rock Pipit
  Blue-headed Wagtail
  Yellow Wagtail
  Grey Wagtail
  Pied Wagtail
  White Wagtail
  Wren
  Dunnock
  Robin
  Redstart
  Whinchat
  Stonechat
  Wheatear
  Ring Ouzel
  Blackbird
  Fieldfare
  Song Thrush
  Redwing
  Mistle Thrush
  Grasshopper Warbler
  Sedge Warbler
  Reed Warbler
  Lesser Whitethroat
  Whitethroat
  Garden Warbler
  Blackcap
  Chiffchaff
  Willow Warbler
  Goldcrest
  Spotted Flycatcher
  Pied Flycatcher
  Long-tailed Tit
  Willow Tit
  Coal Tit
  Blue Tit
  Great Tit
  Nuthatch
  Treecreeper
  Jay
  Magpie
  Jackdaw
  Rook
  Carrion Crow
  Raven
  Starling
  House Sparrow
  Chaffinch
  Brambling
  Greenfinch
  Goldfinch
  Siskin
  Linnet
  Common Redpoll
  Lesser Redpoll
  Crossbill
  Bullfinch
  Yellowhammer
  Reed Bunting
  Pink-backed Pelican
  Red-breasted Goose
  Egyptian Goose
  Rose-ringed Parakeet
 

 

 

 

 

 


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