West Midland Bird Club

County Lists for the Region, 2002

Introduction

The following table shows all species in categories A to C of The British List that have been reliably recorded in the area covered by the current boundaries of the four counties of our Region, since records were kept. The regional total as at 31 December 2002 was 340 (up three from 2001, with Warwickshire's Franklin's Gull; plus the newly- recognised species, Caspian Gull and Yellow-legged Gull). The year shown is the latest in which the species has been observed in each county.

Species in [square brackets] refer to birds on The British List which, within the Region, are not thought to have occurred except as escapes or releases from captivity and these do not contribute towards county totals: "nk" refers to reliable, but undated, 19th century records. Subspecies or races are shown in {curly brackets} and they too are not included in the totals. A record shown as "<1836" occurred before that year. "(F)" denotes birds of feral origin.

We would welcome details of birds you have seen in the four counties of the West Midland region.

The Lists

County Lists (as at the end of 2002)
Common Name Scientific Name Warks Worcs Staffs WM
Mute Swan Cygnus olor 2002200220022002
Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 2002200220021999
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 2002200220022002
Bean Goose Anser fabalis 1996199920020
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 2002200220022002
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 2002200220022002
[Lesser White-fronted Goose] Anser erythropus 1991019920
Greylag Goose Anser anser 2002200220022002
[Snow Goose] Anser caerulescens 2002199920022002
Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2002200220022002
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 2002200220022002
Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2002200020022002
[Red-breasted Goose] Branta ruficollis 1973199619920
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 2002200220001999
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 2002200220021998
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 2002200220022002
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 2002200220022002
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 2002200220022002
American Wigeon Anas americana 2002019980
Gadwall Anas strepera 2002200220022002
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 2002200220022002
Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 2002199320020
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 2002200220022002
Northern Pintail Anas acuta 2002200220022002
Garganey Anas querquedula 2002200220022002
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 1989198920020
Shoveler Anas clypeata 2002200220022002
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 2002200220022002
Common Pochard Aythya ferina 2002200220022002
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 2002200219772002
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 2002200219991998
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 2002200220022002
Greater Scaup Aythya marila 2002200220022000
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 0019870
Common Eider Somateria mollissima 1993200220021993
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 2002200220022002
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 2002200220022002
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 1986200000
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 2002198519921994
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 2002200220022002
Smew Mergellus albellus 2002200220021999
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 2002200220022002
Goosander Mergus merganser 2002200220022002
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 2002200220022002
Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 0020021868
Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix 0191520001897
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 2002200220022002
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 2002200220022002
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 2002200220002002
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 2002200220022002
[Lady Amherst's Pheasant] Chrysolophus amherstiae 2002200200
[Golden Pheasant] Chrysolophus pictus 1995200219981985
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 2002199720022002
Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 2002199520001997
Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 2002200220021986
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 2002200220022002
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 2002200220022002
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 2002199620001996
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 2002200220021999
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 2002200220022002
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 1994200019931996
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 0019710
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 2002200219961990
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 1983196819901970
Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 2000199719892002
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 2002199720021991
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 2002200220022002
Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 2002200220001998
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 2002200219991995
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 198118651901<1836
Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 2002198320001994
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 0018740
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1994199319870
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 2002200220022002
Great White Egret Ardea alba 2000199920022002
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 2002200220022002
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 1990200019940
Black Stork Ciconia nigra 0195619850
White Stork Ciconia ciconia 1999200220021986
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 0018400
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 2002200219982002
Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 2002200020022002
Black Kite Milvus migrans 0198619911998
Red Kite Milvus milvus 2002200220022002
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 1891194519050
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 2002200220021998
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 2002200220021997
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 2000199520001951
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 2002200220022002
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 2002200220022002
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 2002200220022002
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 1994197920021996
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 00nk0
Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2002200220022002
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 2002200220022002
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 1967200219771973
Merlin Falco columbarius 2002200220022002
Hobby Falco subbuteo 2002200220022002
Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus 18520<18440
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2002200220022002
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 2002200220022002
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 2002200220021998
Little Crake Porzana parva 1974000
Corn Crake Crex crex 2000198819881965
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 2002200220022002
Common Coot Fulica atra 2002200220022002
Common Crane Grus grus 2002199920002002
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax 00C1899nk
Great Bustard Otis tarda 0C182500
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 2002200220022002
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 1987198619950
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 2002199620021999
Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 2002199619561991
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 1996199400
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 2002200220022002
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 2002200220022002
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 1993194019950
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 2002199920021978
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1991000
European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 2002200220022002
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 2002200220021997
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 1975000
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 2002200220022002
Red Knot Calidris canutus 2002200220022002
Sanderling Calidris alba 2002200220022002
Little Stint Calidris minuta 2002200220022002
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 2002200020022002
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 0198820020
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 0199619890
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 1996019960
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 2002200220021988
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 2002200220022002
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 1993198820001985
Dunlin Calidris alpina 2002200220022002
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus 1985000
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 1995019800
Ruff Philomachus pugnax 2002200220022002
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 2002200220022002
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 2002200220022002
Great Snipe Gallinago media 1894019541995
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 1983199000
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 2002200220022002
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 2002200220022002
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 2002200220022002
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 2002200220022002
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 2002200220022002
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 1851000
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 2002200220021999
Common Redshank Tringa totanus 2002200220022002
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 0019740
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 2002200220022002
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 0019950
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 2002200220022002
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 2002200220022002
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 2002200220022002
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 1990019820
Turnstone Arenaria interpres 2002200220022002
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1996198500
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 2000199920021893
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 2002200220022002
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1997199919911985
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 2002199620022000
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 0198719941991
Great Skua Stercorarius skua 2002200019971994
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 2002200220022002
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan 2002000
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla 0199601997
Little Gull Larus minutus 2002200220022002
Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 1989199720020
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia 1992019960
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 2002200220022002
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 1998200219991996
Common Gull Larus canus 2002200220022002
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 2002200220022002
Herring Gull Larus argentatus 2002200220022002
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 2002200220022000
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 2002200220022002
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 2002200220021998
{Kumlien's Gull} Larus g. kumlieni 2002019990
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 2002200220021999
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 2002200220022002
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 2002200220022002
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 1899nk19891896
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia 1993197119991979
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 2002200220021998
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 2002199920020
Common Tern Sterna hirundo 2002200220022002
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 2002200220022002
Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata 0018520
Little Tern Sterna albifrons 2002200220022000
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 1987199419700
Black Tern Chlidonias niger 2002200220022002
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 2002200019991977
Common Guillemot Uria aalge nk019201980
Razorbill Alca torda nk195301912
Little Auk Alle alle 1995199820021999
Puffin Fratercula arctica 1984196319831999
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus 1888188819081888
Feral Pigeon Columba livia 2002200220022002
Stock Dove Columba oenas 2002200220022002
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 2002200220022002
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 2002200220022002
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 2002200220022002
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 2002200220022002
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 2002200220022002
Barn Owl Tyto alba 2002200220022002
Little Owl Athene noctua 2002200220022002
Tawny Owl Strix aluco 2002200220022002
Long-eared Owl Asio otus 2002199920022002
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 2002200220022002
Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus 0190100
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 2002199820021979
White-throated Needle-tail Hirundapus caudacutus 0019910
Common Swift Apus apus 2002200220022002
Alpine Swift Apus melba 0199719961988
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 2002200220022002
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 1886197001955
European Roller Coracias garrulus 0019080
Hoopoe Upupa epops 2002199919962002
Wryneck Jynx torquilla 2002200220022002
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 2002200220022002
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 2002200220022002
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor 2002200220022002
Wood Lark Lullula arborea 2002199720021998
Sky Lark Alauda arvensis 2002200220022002
Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 1994199620021997
Sand Martin Riparia riparia 2002200220022002
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 2002200220022002
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica 1972200200
House Martin Delichon urbicum 2002200220022002
Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 2002196720021994
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 0019530
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 2002200220022002
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 2002200220022002
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 1994000
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus petrosus 2002200220022002
{Scandinavian Rock Pipit} Anthus petrosus littoralis 1999199719981996
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 2002200220022002
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima 2002200220022002
{Blue-headed Wagtail} Motacilla f. flava 2002199919992002
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 1997000
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 2002200220022002
Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii 2002200220022002
{White Wagtail} Motacilla alba alba 2002200220022002
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 2002200220022002
Dipper Cinclus cinclus gularis 1991200220022002
{Black-bellied Dipper} Cinclus cinclus cinclus 1996000
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 2002200220022002
Dunnock Prunella modularis 2002200220022002
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris nk000
Robin Erithacus rubecula 2002200220022002
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 2002200219811979
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 1995198119941985
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 2002200220022002
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 2002200220022002
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 2002200220022002
Stonechat Saxicola torquata 2002200220022002
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 2002200220022002
{Greenland Wheatear} O. oenanthe leucorrhoa 2002200219992002
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 0019960
White's Thrush Zoothera dauma 1895000
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 2002200220022002
Blackbird Turdus merula 2002200220022002
Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni 0197900
Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis 0199619780
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 2002200220022002
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 2002200220022002
Redwing Turdus iliacus 2002200220022002
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 2002200220022002
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 2002200220022002
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 2002200220022002
River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis 0019960
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 1995199919770
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 0198300
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 2002200220022002
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 2002199819961982
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 2002200220022002
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 1979000
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 1997194219930
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 2000019960
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 2002200220022002
Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 2002200220022002
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 2002200220022002
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 2002200220022002
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 1979000
Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata 19142002nk0
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 0019930
Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 2002198719700
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 1996199920021998
Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei 0019940
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 0001996
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 2002200220022002
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 2002200220022002
{Siberian Chiffchaff} Phylloscopus c, tristis 2000200220020
{Scandinavian Chiffchaff} Phylloscopus c. abietinus 0200219901991
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 2002200220022002
Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2002200220022002
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 2002200220022002
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 2002200220022002
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 1992000
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 2002200220022002
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 2002199420021993
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 2002200220022002
Marsh Tit Parus palustris 2002200220022002
Willow Tit Parus montanus 2002200220022002
Coal Tit Parus ater 2002200220022002
Blue Tit Parus caeruleus 2002200220022002
Great Tit Parus major 2002200220022002
Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 2002200220022002
Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 2002200220022002
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 2000200019971990
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1983200019761984
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 0198700
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 2002200020021998
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 0189301999
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 2002200220022002
Magpie Pica pica 2002200220022002
Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes 0019910
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 0182600
Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula 2002200220022002
Rook Corvus frugilegus 2002200220022002
Carrion Crow Corvus corone 2002200220022002
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 1987198319941984
Common Raven Corvus corax 2002200220022002
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 2002200220022002
Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus 2002200220021890
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 2002200220022002
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 2002200220022002
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 2002200220022002
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 2002200220022002
European Serin Serinus serinus 2002198120020
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 2002200220022002
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 2002200220022002
Siskin Carduelis spinus 2002200220022002
Linnet Carduelis cannabina 2002200220022002
Twite Carduelis flavirostris 2002200220021991
Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret 2002200220022002
Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea 2002200220022002
Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni 0200219960
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera 0183819800
Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 2002200220022002
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 2002200220022002
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 2002200220021999
Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 1981020021996
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 2002200220001997
Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos 0199600
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 2002200220022002
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 1959198319511950
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 0198700
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 1902199419950
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 2002200220022002
Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra 2002200220022002
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 0001968
2002 Totals (regional = 236) 212198209170
County Totals (regional = 340)300297308268

Changes

New addtions for 2002 are:

Notes

The records of Red Grouse and Black Grouse on the West Midlands list refer to Sutton Park which, at the time of the records, was part of Warwickshire.

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