Birds Found in and around Wallasey in Merseyside

There are over 279 species of birds found within a five mile radius of Wallasey. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Birds found in Wallasey


(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
(Columba livia subsp. livia)
(Plectrophenax nivalis subsp. nivalis)
American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Blue-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flava)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Canary (Serinus canaria)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Black-Headed Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix subsp. cornix)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
Red-Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stone-Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
White-Winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
(Chloris chloris subsp. chloris)
(Delichon urbicum subsp. urbicum)
Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone subsp. corone)
Carrion/Hooded Crow (Corvus corone agg.)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Gull-Billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. glaucoides)
Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lanner (Falco biarmicus)
Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Red-Rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
Red-Throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Ring-Necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Saker (Falco cherrug)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Tailed Plover (Vanellus leucurus)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)