Birds Found in and around Shrewsbury in Shropshire

There are over 167 species of birds found within a five mile radius of Shrewsbury. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Birds found in Shrewsbury


Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Northern Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus subsp. caudatus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
Ring-Necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)