Mersey Birders

Mute Swan	Breeds on Reserve
Bewick’s Swan	Scarce Winter Visitor
Whooper Swan	Scarce Winter Visitor
Pink-footed Goose	Scarce Winter Visitor on Reserve
White-fronted Goose	Rare Winter visitor
Greylag Goose	Regular feral birds
Snow Goose	Rare Winter Visitor
Canada Goose	Regular Visitor/now breeds
Barnacle Goose	Scarce Winter Visitor
Brent Goose	Scarce Winter Visitor
Ruddy Shelduck	Rare Visitor has occurred in influx years
Shelduck	Breeds on reserve
Mandarin Duck	Scarce Visitor
Wigeon	Regular Winter Visitor
American Wigeon	Rare Vagrant	1
Gadwall	Breeds on Reserve
Teal	Regular Winter Visitor
Green-winged Teal	Rare Vagrant	3
Mallard	Breeds on Reserve
Pintail	Occasional Winter Visitor
Garganey	Occasional Spring/Autumn Visitor
Shoveler	Regular Winter visitor
Red-crested Pochard	Rare Winter Visitor	1
Canvasback	Rare Vagrant/Escape?	1
Pochard	Regular Winter Visitor
Ferruginous Duck	Rare Winter Visitor	3
Tufted Duck	Regular Winter Visitor
Scaup	Regular Winter Visitor
Eider	Scarce Winter Visitor
Long-tailed Duck	Scarce Winter Visitor
Common Scoter	Scarce Winter Visitor
Velvet Scoter	Rare Winter Visitor
Goldeneye	Regular Winter Visitor
Smew	Rare Winter Visitor
Red-breasted Merganser	Occasional Winter Visitor
Goosander	Occasional Winter Visitor
Ruddy Duck	Occasional Winter Visitor
Red-legged Partridge	Occasional Visitor
Grey Partridge	Now Scarce Visitor/has bred
Pheasant	Occasional Visitor
Red-throated Diver	Scarce Winter Visitor
Black-throated Diver	Rare Winter Visitor
Great Northern Diver	Rare Winter Visitor
Little Grebe	Regular Winter Visitor/now breeds
Great Crested Grebe	Occasional Winter Visitor
Red-necked Grebe	Rare Winter Visitor
Slavonian Grebe	Rare Winter Visitor
Black-necked Grebe	Scarce Winter Visitor
Fulmar	Regular Autumn visitor offshore
Sooty Shearwater	Rare Autumn Migrant offshore	1
Manx Shearwater	Regular Autumn visitor offshore
Balearic Shearwater	Rare Autumn Migrant offshore	2
Macaronesian Shearwater	Rare Migrant offshore	1
Storm Petrel	Regular in late Summer/Autumn offshore
Leach’s Petrel	Regular Autumn visitor offshore
Gannet	Regular Autumn visitor offshore
Cormorant	Regular Visitor
Shag	Scarce Visitor/Autumn/Winter
Bittern	Rare Winter Visitor	3
Little Egret	Scarce Summer Visitor
Great White Egret	Rare Vagrant	1
Grey Heron	Regular Visitor
Purple Heron	Rare Vagrant	1
White Stork	Rare Vagrant	1
Spoonbill	Scarce Summer Migrant	11
Honey-buzzard	Scarce Spring/Autumn Migrant
Black Kite	Rare Vagrant	1
Red Kite	Scarce Spring/Autumn Migrant	3
White-tailed Eagle	Rare Vagrant	1
Marsh Harrier	Scarce Spring/Autumn Visitor
Hen Harrier	Scarce Spring/Autumn Visitor
Montagu’s Harrier	Rare Summer Migrant
Goshawk	Rare Spring/Autumn Migrant
Sparrowhawk	Regular Visitor
Buzzard	Now Regular Spring/Autumn Visitor
Osprey	Occasional Summer Visitor
Kestrel	Regular Visitor
Red-footed Falcon	Rare Vagrant	1
Merlin	Regular Spring/Autumn Migrant
Hobby	Scarce Summer Visitor
Peregrine	Regular Visitor
Water Rail	Occasional Winter Visitor
Spotted Crake	Scarce Autumn Visitor	3
Moorhen	Breeds on Reserve
Coot	Breeds on Reserve
Crane	Rare Vagrant	1
Oystercatcher	Regular Visitor/Occasional Breeder
Avocet	Scarce Summer Visitor
Little Ringed Plover	Regular Summer Visitor Now Breeds
Ringed Plover	Breeds on Reserve
Kentish Plover	Rare Vagrant	1
Pacific Golden Plover	Rare Vagrant	1
Golden Plover	Regular Winter visitor
Grey Plover	Occasional Winter Visitor
Lapwing	Breeds on Reserve
Knot	Regular Winter Visitor
Sanderling	Occasional Winter Visitor
Little Stint	Regular Summer/Autumn Visitor
Temminck’s Stint	Scarce Summer Visitor
White-rumped Sandpiper	Rare Vagrant	2
Curlew Sandpiper	Regular Summer/Autumn Visitor
Purple Sandpiper	Scarce Winter Visitor
Dunlin	Regular Winter Visitor
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Rare Vagrant	1
Ruff	Scarce Summer/Autumn Visitor
Jack Snipe	Regular Winter Visitor
Snipe	Regular Winter Visitor
Long-billed Dowitcher	Rare Vagrant	2
Woodcock	Scarce Winter Visitor
Black-tailed Godwit	Regular Visitor
Bar-tailed Godwit	Regular Winter Visitor
Whimbrel	Regular Spring/Autumn Migrant
Curlew	Regular Winter Visitor
Terek Sandpiper	Rare Vagrant	1
Common Sandpiper	Regular Summer Visitor
Green Sandpiper	Scarce Autumn Migrant
Spotted Redshank	Scarce Summer Visitor
Greenshank	Regular Summer Visitor
Marsh Sandpiper	Rare Vagrant	4
Wood Sandpiper	Scarce Summer/Autumn Visitor
Redshank	Regular Visitor
Turnstone	Regular Winter Visitor
Wilson’s Phalarope	Rare Vagrant	1
Red-necked Phalarope	Rare Autumn Migrant	2
Grey Phalarope	Rare Autumn Migrant
Pomarine Skua	Scarce Spring/Autumn Migrant
Arctic Skua	Scarce Spring/Autumn Migrant
Long-tailed Skua	Scarce Autumn Migrant offshore
Great Skua	Scarce Autumn Migrant offshore
Sabine’s Gull	Scarce Autumn Migrant
Kittiwake	Regular Visitor
Bonaparte’s Gull	Rare Vagrant	7
Black-headed Gull	Regular Visitor
Little Gull	Regular Spring/Autumn Migrant
Ross’s Gull	Rare Vagrant	3
Mediterranean Gull	Regular Visitor
Common Gull	Regular Visitor
Ring-billed Gull	Scarce but Regular Vagrant
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Regular Visitor
Herring Gull	Regular Visitor
Yellow-legged Gull	Regular Visitor
Caspian Gull	Rare Winter/Spring Migrant	7+
American Herring Gull	Rare Vagrant	3-4
Iceland Gull	Scarce Winter Visitor
Glaucous Gull	Scarce Winter Visitor
Great Black-backed Gull	Regular Visitor
Little Tern	Regular Spring/Autumn Migrant
Gull-billed Tern	Rare Vagrant	1
Black Tern	Regular Spring/Autumn Migrant
White-winged Black Tern	Rare Vagrant	7
Sandwich Tern	Regular Summer Visitor
Forster’s Tern	Rare Vagrant	1
Common Tern	Breeds on Reserve
Roseate Tern	Scarce Summer Visitor
Arctic Tern	Regular Spring/Autumn Migrant
Guillemot	Regular Autumn Migrant offshore
Razorbill	Scarce Autumn Migrant offshore
Little Auk	Rare Winter Migrant offshore	2
Puffin	Scarce Autumn Migrant offshore
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon	Regular Visitor
Stock Dove	Regular Visitor
Woodpigeon	Breeds on Reserve
Collared Dove	Regular Visitor
Turtle Dove	Rare Summer Migrant
Ring-necked Parakeet	Scarce Migrant	1
Cuckoo	Scarce Summer Visitor
Barn Owl	Rare Visitor	2
Little Owl	Occasional Spring/Autumn Migrant
Tawny Owl	Rare Local breeder
Long-eared Owl	Rare Visitor	1
Short-eared Owl	Occasional Spring/Autumn Migrant
Swift	Regular Summer Visitor
Little Swift Pallid Swift	Rare Vagrant Rare Vagrant	1
Kingfisher	Occasional Spring/Autumn Migrant
Hoopoe	Rare Spring Migrant	1
Wryneck	Rare Autumn Migrant	3
Green Woodpecker	Rare Visitor	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Occasional Spring/Autumn Migrant
Woodlark	Rare Spring migrant	1
Skylark	Breeds on Reserve
Shore Lark	Scarce Winter visitor
Sand Martin	Regular Summer Visitor
Swallow	Regular Summer Visitor
House Martin	Regular Summer Visitor
Richard’s Pipit	Scarce Autumn Migrant	1
Tree Pipit	Regular Spring/Autumn Migrant

Birding the North West