England bird checklist

845 bird species in 98 families have been recorded in England, according to eBird; about 348 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

The most common birds in England right now

  1. 1Common Wood-Pigeon
  2. 2Mallard
  3. 3Great Cormorant
  4. 4Green-winged Teal
  5. 5Eurasian Jackdaw
  6. 6European Starling
  7. 7Ring-necked Pheasant
  8. 8Eurasian Wigeon
  9. 9Northern Shoveler
  10. 10European Goldfinch
The top 20, and how they are ranked

England bird checklist

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Cassowaries and Emu

  • Emu

Rheas

  • Greater Rhea

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

  • White-faced Whistling-Duck
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck
  • Lesser Whistling-Duck
  • Bar-headed Goose
  • Emperor Goose
  • Snow Goose
  • Ross's Goose
  • Graylag Goose
  • Swan Goose
  • Greater White-fronted Goose
  • Lesser White-fronted Goose
  • Taiga Bean-Goose
  • Tundra Bean-Goose
  • Pink-footed Goose
  • Brant
  • Barnacle Goose
  • Cackling Goose
  • Canada Goose
  • Hawaiian Goose
  • Red-breasted Goose
  • Cape Barren Goose
  • Blue-winged Goose
  • Mute Swan
  • Black Swan
  • Black-necked Swan
  • Trumpeter Swan
  • Tundra Swan
  • Whooper Swan
  • Coscoroba Swan
  • Knob-billed Duck
  • Comb Duck
  • Orinoco Goose
  • Upland Goose
  • Ashy-headed Goose
  • Egyptian Goose
  • Ruddy Shelduck
  • South African Shelduck
  • Australian Shelduck
  • Paradise Shelduck
  • Common Shelduck
  • Muscovy Duck
  • Ringed Teal
  • Wood Duck
  • Mandarin Duck
  • Maned Duck
  • Baikal Teal
  • Garganey
  • Blue-billed Teal
  • Silver Teal
  • Puna Teal
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • Cinnamon Teal
  • Red Shoveler
  • Australasian Shoveler
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Gadwall
  • Falcated Duck
  • Eurasian Wigeon
  • American Wigeon
  • Chiloe Wigeon
  • African Black Duck
  • Yellow-billed Duck
  • Meller's Duck
  • Laysan Duck
  • Philippine Duck
  • Indian Spot-billed Duck
  • Eastern Spot-billed Duck
  • Mallard
  • American Black Duck
  • Cape Teal
  • White-cheeked Pintail
  • Red-billed Duck
  • Northern Pintail
  • Yellow-billed Pintail
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Yellow-billed Teal
  • Chestnut Teal
  • Bernier's Teal
  • Marbled Duck
  • Red-crested Pochard
  • Rosy-billed Pochard
  • Canvasback
  • Redhead
  • Common Pochard
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Ferruginous Duck
  • Baer's Pochard
  • Tufted Duck
  • New Zealand Scaup
  • Greater Scaup
  • Lesser Scaup
  • King Eider
  • Common Eider
  • Harlequin Duck
  • Surf Scoter
  • Velvet Scoter
  • White-winged Scoter
  • Common Scoter
  • Black Scoter
  • Long-tailed Duck
  • Bufflehead
  • Common Goldeneye
  • Smew
  • Hooded Merganser
  • Common Merganser
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Black-headed Duck
  • Ruddy Duck
  • White-headed Duck
  • Maccoa Duck
  • Lake Duck

Guineafowl

  • Helmeted Guineafowl

New World Quail

  • Northern Bobwhite
  • California Quail

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

  • Satyr Tragopan
  • Temminck's Tragopan
  • Wild Turkey
  • Red Grouse
  • Black Grouse
  • Gray Partridge
  • Reeves's Pheasant
  • Golden Pheasant
  • Lady Amherst's Pheasant
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Green Pheasant
  • Brown Eared-Pheasant
  • Edwards's Pheasant
  • Swinhoe's Pheasant
  • Kalij Pheasant
  • Silver Pheasant
  • Indian Peafowl
  • Green Peafowl
  • Red Junglefowl
  • Gray Junglefowl
  • Madagascar Partridge
  • Common Quail
  • Japanese Quail
  • Barbary Partridge
  • Red-legged Partridge
  • Chukar

Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Pigeon
  • Stock Dove
  • Common Wood-Pigeon
  • White-headed Pigeon
  • European Turtle-Dove
  • Oriental Turtle-Dove
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
  • African Collared-Dove
  • Laughing Dove
  • Diamond Dove
  • Mourning Dove

Sandgrouse

  • Pallas's Sandgrouse

Bustards

  • Great Bustard
  • Little Bustard

Turacos

  • White-cheeked Turaco
  • Fischer's Turaco

Cuckoos

  • Great Spotted Cuckoo
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
  • Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

  • Common Nighthawk
  • Eurasian Nightjar
  • Egyptian Nightjar

Swifts

  • Chimney Swift
  • White-throated Needletail
  • Alpine Swift
  • Common Swift
  • Pallid Swift
  • Pacific Swift
  • Little Swift
  • White-rumped Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • Water Rail
  • Corn Crake
  • Sora
  • Spotted Crake
  • Eurasian Moorhen
  • Eurasian Coot
  • American Coot
  • Purple Gallinule
  • Western Swamphen
  • Gray-headed Swamphen
  • Black Crake
  • Little Crake
  • Baillon's Crake

Cranes

  • Gray Crowned-Crane
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Demoiselle Crane
  • Common Crane

Thick-knees

  • Eurasian Thick-knee

Stilts and Avocets

  • Black-winged Stilt
  • Pied Avocet

Oystercatchers

  • Eurasian Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

  • Black-bellied Plover
  • European Golden-Plover
  • American Golden-Plover
  • Pacific Golden-Plover
  • Eurasian Dotterel
  • Killdeer
  • Common Ringed Plover
  • Semipalmated Plover
  • Little Ringed Plover
  • Northern Lapwing
  • Spur-winged Lapwing
  • Gray-headed Lapwing
  • Sociable Lapwing
  • White-tailed Lapwing
  • Siberian Sand-Plover
  • Tibetan Sand-Plover
  • Greater Sand-Plover
  • Kentish Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

  • Upland Sandpiper
  • Hudsonian Whimbrel
  • Eurasian Whimbrel
  • Little Curlew
  • Eurasian Curlew
  • Bar-tailed Godwit
  • Black-tailed Godwit
  • Hudsonian Godwit
  • Short-billed Dowitcher
  • Long-billed Dowitcher
  • Jack Snipe
  • Eurasian Woodcock
  • Great Snipe
  • Common Snipe
  • Wilson's Snipe
  • Wilson's Phalarope
  • Red Phalarope
  • Red-necked Phalarope
  • Terek Sandpiper
  • Common Sandpiper
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • Green Sandpiper
  • Solitary Sandpiper
  • Marsh Sandpiper
  • Wood Sandpiper
  • Common Redshank
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Spotted Redshank
  • Common Greenshank
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Ruddy Turnstone
  • Great Knot
  • Red Knot
  • Ruff
  • Broad-billed Sandpiper
  • Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
  • Curlew Sandpiper
  • Stilt Sandpiper
  • Temminck's Stint
  • Long-toed Stint
  • Red-necked Stint
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Sanderling
  • Dunlin
  • Purple Sandpiper
  • Baird's Sandpiper
  • Little Stint
  • White-rumped Sandpiper
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Pectoral Sandpiper
  • Western Sandpiper
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper

Pratincoles and Coursers

  • Cream-colored Courser
  • Collared Pratincole
  • Black-winged Pratincole
  • Oriental Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

  • Long-tailed Jaeger
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Pomarine Jaeger
  • Great Skua
  • South Polar Skua

Auks, Murres, and Puffins

  • Tufted Puffin
  • Atlantic Puffin
  • Long-billed Murrelet
  • Black Guillemot
  • Razorbill
  • Dovekie
  • Thick-billed Murre
  • Common Murre
  • Ancient Murrelet

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

  • Little Gull
  • Ross's Gull
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
  • Ivory Gull
  • Sabine's Gull
  • Slender-billed Gull
  • Bonaparte's Gull
  • Silver Gull
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Gray-hooded Gull
  • Laughing Gull
  • Franklin's Gull
  • Audouin's Gull
  • Mediterranean Gull
  • Common Gull
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Caspian Gull
  • Kelp Gull
  • American Herring Gull
  • European Herring Gull
  • Yellow-legged Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Glaucous Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Glaucous-winged Gull
  • Slaty-backed Gull
  • Iceland Gull
  • Sooty Tern
  • Bridled Tern
  • Little Tern
  • Least Tern
  • Gull-billed Tern
  • Caspian Tern
  • Inca Tern
  • Whiskered Tern
  • Black Tern
  • White-winged Tern
  • Forster's Tern
  • Arctic Tern
  • Common Tern
  • Roseate Tern
  • Sandwich Tern
  • Elegant Tern
  • Lesser Crested Tern
  • Royal Tern

Flamingos

  • Chilean Flamingo
  • American Flamingo
  • Greater Flamingo
  • Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

  • Little Grebe
  • Pied-billed Grebe
  • Horned Grebe
  • Red-necked Grebe
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Eared Grebe

Tropicbirds

  • Red-billed Tropicbird

Loons

  • Red-throated Loon
  • Arctic Loon
  • Pacific Loon
  • Common Loon
  • Yellow-billed Loon

Albatrosses

  • Black-browed Albatross

Southern Storm-Petrels

  • Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Northern Storm-Petrels

  • European Storm-Petrel
  • Leach's Storm-Petrel
  • Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
  • Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

  • Northern Fulmar
  • Zino's Petrel
  • Desertas Petrel
  • Soft-plumaged Petrel
  • Cory's Shearwater
  • Scopoli's Shearwater
  • Great Shearwater
  • Sooty Shearwater
  • Manx Shearwater
  • Yelkouan Shearwater
  • Balearic Shearwater
  • Barolo Shearwater

Storks

  • Black Stork
  • White Stork
  • Marabou Stork

Boobies and Gannets

  • Northern Gannet
  • Red-footed Booby
  • Brown Booby

Cormorants and Shags

  • Great Cormorant
  • European Shag
  • Double-crested Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

  • White Ibis
  • Scarlet Ibis
  • Glossy Ibis
  • Black-faced Ibis
  • African Sacred Ibis
  • Northern Bald Ibis
  • Eurasian Spoonbill
  • African Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

  • Eurasian Bittern
  • American Bittern
  • Little Bittern
  • Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Little Egret
  • Green Heron
  • Squacco Heron
  • Chinese Pond-Heron
  • Western Cattle-Egret
  • Eastern Cattle-Egret
  • Great Egret
  • Gray Heron
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Purple Heron

Pelicans

  • Great White Pelican
  • Pink-backed Pelican
  • Dalmatian Pelican

New World Vultures

  • Black Vulture
  • Turkey Vulture

Osprey

  • Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

  • Black-winged Kite
  • Bearded Vulture
  • Egyptian Vulture
  • European Honey-buzzard
  • White-backed Vulture
  • Rüppell's Griffon
  • Short-toed Snake-Eagle
  • Booted Eagle
  • Steppe Eagle
  • Golden Eagle
  • African Hawk-Eagle
  • Eurasian Sparrowhawk
  • Eurasian Goshawk
  • Western Marsh Harrier
  • Hen Harrier
  • Northern Harrier
  • Pallid Harrier
  • Montagu's Harrier
  • Red Kite
  • Black Kite
  • White-tailed Eagle
  • Bald Eagle
  • Steller's Sea-Eagle
  • Harris's Hawk
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Rough-legged Hawk
  • Ferruginous Hawk
  • Common Buzzard

Barn-Owls

  • Western Barn Owl

Owls

  • Indian Scops-Owl
  • Eurasian Scops-Owl
  • Southern White-faced Owl
  • Snowy Owl
  • Great Horned Owl
  • Rock Eagle-Owl
  • Grayish Eagle-Owl
  • Spotted Eagle-Owl
  • Eurasian Eagle-Owl
  • Little Owl
  • Burrowing Owl
  • Tawny Owl
  • Long-eared Owl
  • Striped Owl
  • Short-eared Owl
  • Boreal Owl
  • Australian Boobook

Hoopoes

  • Common Hoopoe

Bee-eaters

  • Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
  • European Bee-eater
  • Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Kingfishers

  • Common Kingfisher
  • Laughing Kookaburra
  • Belted Kingfisher

Rollers

  • European Roller
  • Lilac-breasted Roller

Woodpeckers

  • Eurasian Wryneck
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
  • Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

  • Crested Caracara
  • Lesser Kestrel
  • Eurasian Kestrel
  • American Kestrel
  • Red-footed Falcon
  • Amur Falcon
  • Eleonora's Falcon
  • Merlin
  • Eurasian Hobby
  • Lanner Falcon
  • Saker Falcon
  • Gyrfalcon
  • Peregrine Falcon

Cockatoos

  • Cockatiel
  • Galah
  • Tanimbar Corella
  • Solomons Corella
  • Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Old World Parrots

  • Superb Parrot
  • Papuan Eclectus
  • Alexandrine Parakeet
  • Rose-ringed Parakeet
  • Plum-headed Parakeet
  • Blossom-headed Parakeet
  • Derbyan Parakeet
  • Red-breasted Parakeet
  • Swift Parrot
  • Red-crowned Parakeet
  • Australian Ringneck
  • Crimson Rosella
  • Eastern Rosella
  • Pale-headed Rosella
  • Red-rumped Parrot
  • Mulga Parrot
  • Budgerigar
  • Rainbow Lorikeet
  • Rosy-faced Lovebird
  • Fischer's Lovebird

New World and African Parrots

  • Timneh Parrot
  • Gray Parrot
  • Red-fronted Parrot
  • Meyer's Parrot
  • Rüppell's Parrot
  • Senegal Parrot
  • Barred Parakeet
  • Monk Parakeet
  • Scaly-headed Parrot
  • Blue-headed Parrot
  • White-crowned Parrot
  • Yellow-faced Parrot
  • Red-crowned Amazon
  • Red-lored Amazon
  • Yellow-headed Amazon
  • Yellow-crowned Amazon
  • Turquoise-fronted Amazon
  • Mealy Amazon
  • Orange-winged Amazon
  • Pacific Parrotlet
  • Black-headed Parrot
  • Green-cheeked Parakeet
  • Venezuelan Parakeet
  • Black-capped Parakeet
  • Burrowing Parakeet
  • Nanday Parakeet
  • Sun Parakeet
  • Blue-and-yellow Macaw
  • Military Macaw
  • Red-and-green Macaw
  • Blue-crowned Parakeet
  • Red-shouldered Macaw
  • Green Parakeet
  • White-eyed Parakeet

Tyrant Flycatchers

  • Acadian Flycatcher
  • Alder Flycatcher
  • Eastern Phoebe

Honeyeaters

  • Blue-faced Honeyeater

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis

  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Philadelphia Vireo
  • Red-eyed Vireo

Old World Orioles

  • Eurasian Golden Oriole
  • Indian Golden Oriole

Shrikes

  • Red-backed Shrike
  • Red-tailed Shrike
  • Isabelline Shrike
  • Brown Shrike
  • Long-tailed Shrike
  • Great Gray Shrike
  • Lesser Gray Shrike
  • Masked Shrike
  • Woodchat Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

  • Blue Jay
  • Eurasian Jay
  • Eurasian Magpie
  • Northern Nutcracker
  • Red-billed Chough
  • Eurasian Jackdaw
  • Rook
  • Carrion Crow
  • Hooded Crow
  • Pied Crow
  • Common Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

  • Coal Tit
  • Crested Tit
  • Marsh Tit
  • Willow Tit
  • Eurasian Blue Tit
  • Great Tit

Penduline-Tits

  • Eurasian Penduline-Tit

Larks

  • Wood Lark
  • Eurasian Skylark
  • Crested Lark
  • Horned Lark
  • Greater Short-toed Lark
  • Bimaculated Lark
  • Calandra Lark
  • Black Lark

Bearded Reedling

  • Bearded Reedling

Cisticolas and Allies

  • Zitting Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

  • Booted Warbler
  • Sykes's Warbler
  • Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
  • Melodious Warbler
  • Icterine Warbler
  • Aquatic Warbler
  • Sedge Warbler
  • Paddyfield Warbler
  • Blyth's Reed Warbler
  • Marsh Warbler
  • Common Reed Warbler
  • Great Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

  • Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
  • Lanceolated Warbler
  • River Warbler
  • Savi's Warbler
  • Common Grasshopper Warbler

Swallows

  • Bank Swallow
  • Tree Swallow
  • Eurasian Crag-Martin
  • Barn Swallow
  • Western House-Martin
  • European Red-rumped Swallow
  • Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
  • Cliff Swallow

Bulbuls

  • Red-whiskered Bulbul
  • White-eared Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

  • Wood Warbler
  • Western Bonelli's Warbler
  • Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
  • Yellow-browed Warbler
  • Hume's Warbler
  • Pallas's Leaf Warbler
  • Radde's Warbler
  • Sulphur-bellied Warbler
  • Dusky Warbler
  • Willow Warbler
  • Common Chiffchaff
  • Iberian Chiffchaff
  • Eastern Crowned Warbler
  • Green Warbler
  • Greenish Warbler
  • Two-barred Warbler
  • Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
  • Arctic Warbler

Bush Warblers and Allies

  • Cetti's Warbler

Long-tailed Tits

  • Long-tailed Tit

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

  • Eurasian Blackcap
  • Garden Warbler
  • Barred Warbler
  • Lesser Whitethroat
  • Western Orphean Warbler
  • Eastern Orphean Warbler
  • Asian Desert Warbler
  • Rüppell's Warbler
  • Sardinian Warbler
  • Moltoni's Warbler
  • Western Subalpine Warbler
  • Eastern Subalpine Warbler
  • Greater Whitethroat
  • Spectacled Warbler
  • Marmora's Warbler
  • Dartford Warbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

  • Indian White-eye
  • Silvereye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

  • Elliot's Laughingthrush
  • Red-billed Leiothrix
  • Chinese Babax

Kinglets

  • Goldcrest
  • Common Firecrest

Wallcreeper

  • Wallcreeper

Nuthatches

  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Eurasian Nuthatch

Treecreepers

  • Eurasian Treecreeper
  • Short-toed Treecreeper

Wrens

  • Eurasian Wren

Dippers

  • White-throated Dipper

Starlings

  • European Starling
  • Rosy Starling
  • Indian Pied Starling
  • Common Myna
  • Lesser Blue-eared Starling
  • Greater Blue-eared Starling
  • Purple Starling

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

  • Gray Catbird
  • Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes and Allies

  • White's Thrush
  • Varied Thrush
  • Veery
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • Swainson's Thrush
  • Hermit Thrush
  • Wood Thrush
  • Siberian Thrush
  • Orange-headed Thrush
  • Mistle Thrush
  • Song Thrush
  • Redwing
  • Eurasian Blackbird
  • Black-breasted Thrush
  • Eyebrowed Thrush
  • Fieldfare
  • Ring Ouzel
  • Black-throated Thrush
  • Red-throated Thrush
  • Dusky Thrush
  • Naumann's Thrush
  • American Robin

Old World Flycatchers

  • Asian Brown Flycatcher
  • Spotted Flycatcher
  • Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
  • Verditer Flycatcher
  • European Robin
  • Rufous-tailed Robin
  • White-throated Robin
  • Thrush Nightingale
  • Common Nightingale
  • Bluethroat
  • Siberian Rubythroat
  • Red-flanked Bluetail
  • Mugimaki Flycatcher
  • Taiga Flycatcher
  • Red-breasted Flycatcher
  • European Pied Flycatcher
  • Collared Flycatcher
  • White-capped Redstart
  • Common Redstart
  • Black Redstart
  • Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
  • Blue Rock-Thrush
  • Whinchat
  • European Stonechat
  • Siberian Stonechat
  • Amur Stonechat
  • Northern Wheatear
  • Isabelline Wheatear
  • Desert Wheatear
  • Western Black-eared Wheatear
  • Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
  • Pied Wheatear
  • White-crowned Wheatear

Waxwings

  • Bohemian Waxwing
  • Cedar Waxwing

Weavers and Allies

  • Southern Masked-Weaver
  • Village Weaver
  • Red-billed Quelea
  • Northern Red Bishop
  • Southern Red Bishop
  • Black-winged Bishop
  • Yellow-crowned Bishop

Waxbills and Allies

  • Zebra Finch
  • Java Sparrow
  • Scaly-breasted Munia
  • White-rumped Munia
  • Chestnut Munia
  • White-headed Munia
  • Chestnut-breasted Munia
  • Red-throated Parrotfinch
  • Orange-cheeked Waxbill
  • Common Waxbill
  • Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Whydahs and Indigobirds

  • Pin-tailed Whydah

Accentors

  • Alpine Accentor
  • Siberian Accentor
  • Dunnock

Old World Sparrows

  • House Sparrow
  • Spanish Sparrow
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow
  • Sudan Golden Sparrow
  • Rock Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

  • Gray Wagtail
  • Western Yellow Wagtail
  • Eastern Yellow Wagtail
  • Citrine Wagtail
  • White Wagtail
  • Richard's Pipit
  • Paddyfield Pipit
  • Blyth's Pipit
  • Tawny Pipit
  • Meadow Pipit
  • Tree Pipit
  • Olive-backed Pipit
  • Pechora Pipit
  • Red-throated Pipit
  • Water Pipit
  • Rock Pipit
  • American Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

  • Common Chaffinch
  • Brambling
  • Hawfinch
  • Yellow-billed Grosbeak
  • Common Rosefinch
  • Long-tailed Rosefinch
  • Pallas's Rosefinch
  • Pine Grosbeak
  • Eurasian Bullfinch
  • Trumpeter Finch
  • House Finch
  • Desert Finch
  • European Greenfinch
  • Yellow-fronted Canary
  • Streaky-headed Seedeater
  • Twite
  • Eurasian Linnet
  • Redpoll
  • Parrot Crossbill
  • Red Crossbill
  • White-winged Crossbill
  • European Goldfinch
  • Citril Finch
  • European Serin
  • Island Canary
  • Fire-fronted Serin
  • Eurasian Siskin
  • American Goldfinch

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

  • Lapland Longspur
  • Snow Bunting

Old World Buntings

  • Black-headed Bunting
  • Red-headed Bunting
  • Corn Bunting
  • Rock Bunting
  • Meadow Bunting
  • Cirl Bunting
  • Yellowhammer
  • Pine Bunting
  • Ortolan Bunting
  • Pallas's Bunting
  • Reed Bunting
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting
  • Little Bunting
  • Rustic Bunting
  • Black-faced Bunting
  • Chestnut Bunting
  • Yellow-browed Bunting

New World Sparrows

  • Lark Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Spotted Towhee

Troupials and Allies

  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
  • Bobolink
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Great-tailed Grackle
  • Scarlet-headed Blackbird

New World Warblers

  • Ovenbird
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Golden-winged Warbler
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • American Redstart
  • Cape May Warbler
  • Northern Parula
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • Blackburnian Warbler
  • Northern Yellow Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler

Cardinals and Allies

  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Lazuli Bunting
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Painted Bunting

Tanagers and Allies

  • Red-crested Cardinal
  • Saffron Finch

Most common birds in England

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of England’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

  1. Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus
  2. MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  3. Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  4. Green-winged TealAnas crecca
  5. Eurasian JackdawColoeus monedula
  6. European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  7. Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
  8. Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
  9. Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
  10. European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  11. Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
  12. White WagtailMotacilla alba
  13. European RobinErithacus rubecula
  14. Common PochardAythya ferina
  15. Graylag GooseAnser anser
  16. Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
  17. GadwallMareca strepera
  18. Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
  19. Gray HeronArdea cinerea
  20. Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus

Largest bird families in England

Among its regular birds.

  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl55
  • Sandpipers and Allies34
  • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers23
  • Finches, Euphonias, and Allies15
  • Hawks, Eagles, and Kites13
  • Wagtails and Pipits12
  • Old World Flycatchers12
  • Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies9

Reported in the last 30 days

312 species reported to eBird in England in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Moorhen, Common Wood-Pigeon, Common Pochard, Ring-necked Pheasant, Mallard, White Wagtail, Great Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Gray Heron, Graylag Goose, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, European Robin, Eurasian Jackdaw, Eurasian Wren, Eurasian Coot, Stock Dove, European Greenfinch, Yellow-browed Warbler, Eurasian Blackcap, Goldcrest, European Goldfinch, Great Black-backed Gull, European Herring Gull, Little Egret, Lesser Whitethroat, European Starling, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Blue Tit, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Tree Pipit, Eurasian Collared-Dove, House Sparrow, Rock Pipit, Dunnock, European Shag, …

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