The BOS Systematic List is a record of all the bird species that have been observed in the BOS area, currently standing at 277 species as of January 2021. The list and the status of each species up to 2012 is published in the book Birds of the Heart of England by Trevor Easterbrook. The list excludes sub-species, escapes and unverified records. The species are listed in the current BOU (IOC) order. BOS use the British vernacular species name, mostly the same as that listed by the BTO.
259 species have been recorded in the BOS area since its formation in 1952 and for each of these species, 2 attributes have been assigned based on the status of the bird:
- Density Status – the frequency the species occurs in the BOS area, based on the last 10 years of surveys and records
- Occurrence Status – when the species occurs within the BOS area.
The status terminology was adopted by the BOS in the 1960s and has been consistently applied since that time. A full explanation of the codes can be found here: Status Categories.
Of these species, 130 have been seen in 90% of the last 20 years, i.e. in 18 or more of the last 20 years. These constitute our regular species. For details on the records of these regular species see this page: Regular Species
The Code value is the BTO 2 (or 5) letter id and is the code used in the BOS recording system as a short-hand to identify the bird. The BOS uses the English common name for species identification, as specified by the BTO.
For each species a Record Type is assigned, denoting the type of records that members should submit on a monthly basis. The codes are as follows:
| A | All records |
| A* | All records with description required for the BOS acceptance committee |
| A** | All records with description required for submission to the BBRC (British Birds Rarities Committee) |
| B | Breeding records |
| C | Counts of above flock size specified (the number after C). The number alongside each species is a guide-line only and in a 10km square where a species may be scarce, it is at the observer’s discretion when birds are reported. |
| D | Arrival and Departure dates |
| R | Roosts |
| W | Winter: November to February records |
Systematic List last revised January 2021
A more detailed version of this list, including in which decades the species has been seen, can be found in this document: BOS Systematic List.
| Code | Species | Scientific Name | Record Type | Status |
| BK | Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | A* | pre 1952 only |
| RL | Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | A | Numerous resident |
| P | Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | A | Not Scarce resident |
| Q | Quail | Coturnix coturnix | A | Scarce summer visitor |
| PH | Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | C50 | Abundant resident |
| BG | Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| CG | Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | B/C50 | Numerous resident with widespread distribution |
| BY | Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| SJ | Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | A* | Vagrant/Escape |
| GJ | Greylag Goose | Anser anser | A | Scarce resident with local distribution |
| BE | Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | A* | pre 1952 only |
| PG | Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| WG | White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| MS | Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | B/C10 | Fairly numerous resident with widespread distribution |
| BS | Bewick's Swan | Cygnus columbianus | A | Rare winter visitor with restricted distribution |
| WS | Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | A | Rare winter visitor with restricted distribution |
| EG | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| SU | Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | A | Occasional regular visitor with restricted distribution |
| UD | Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | A** | Rare casual visitor |
| MN | Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | A | Rare resident with restricted distribution |
| GY | Garganey | Spatula querquedula | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| SV | Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | A | Frequent winter visitor with local distribution |
| GA | Gadwall | Mareca strepera | A | Frequent winter visitor and rare resident with local distribution |
| WN | Wigeon | Mareca penelope | A | Very frequent winter visitor with local distribution |
| MA | Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | C50 | Numerous resident with extensive distribution |
| PT | Pintail | Anas acuta | A | Occasional winter visitor with restricted distribution |
| T | Teal | Anas crecca | A | Very frequent winter visitor with widespread distribution |
| TA | Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis | A* | Rare vagrant |
| RQ | Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | A | Rare winter visitor |
| PO | Pochard | Aythya ferina | A | Fairly frequent winter visitor with local distribution |
| FD | Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | A** | Rare casual visitor |
| TU | Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | A | Fairly numerous resident and frequent winter visitor with widespread distribution |
| SP | Scaup | Aythya marila | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| AY | Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | A* | Rare vagrant |
| E | Eider | Somateria mollissima | A* | Rare vagrant |
| CX | Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| LN | Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | A* | Rare vagrant |
| GN | Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | A | Very occasional winter visitor with local distribution |
| SY | Smew | Mergellus albellus | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| GD | Goosander | Mergus merganser | A | Frequent winter visitor with local distribution |
| RM | Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | A* | Rare winter visitor with restricted distribution |
| RY | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| NJ | Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| SI | Swift | Apus apus | B/C10/D | Numerous summer visitor |
| CK | Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | A | Scarce summer visitor |
| PALSA | Pallas's Sandgrouse | Syrrhaptes paradoxus | A* | pre 1952 only |
| DV | Rock Dove | Columba livia | C500 | Abundant resident |
| SD | Stock Dove | Columba oenas | B/C25 | Numerous resident |
| WP | Woodpigeon | Columba palumbus | C500 | Abundant resident |
| TD | Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | A | Rare summer visitor |
| RUTDO | Rufous Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | A* | Rare vagrant |
| CD | Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | C10 | Numerous resident |
| WA | Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | A | Not Scarce resident |
| CE | Corncrake | Crex crex | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| AK | Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| MH | Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | C10 | Fairly numerous resident with widespread distribution |
| CO | Coot | Fulica atra | C15 | Fairly numerous resident with widespread distribution |
| AN | Crane | Grus grus | A | Rare casual visitor |
| LG | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | A | Fairly numerous resident with widespread distribution |
| RX | Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | A* | Rare winter visitor and Passage migrant |
| GG | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | A | Fairly numerous resident with local distribution |
| SZ | Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| BN | Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | A* | Rare winter visitor and Passage migrant |
| TN | Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | A* | pre 1952 only |
| OC | Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | A | Occasional passage migrant |
| IT | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| AV | Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | A | Rare casual visitor |
| L | Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | A | Not Scarce resident and Winter Visitor |
| IP | Sociable Plover | Vanellus gregarius | A** | Rare vagrant |
| GP | Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | A | Frequent winter visitor |
| GV | Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | A* | Very occasional passage migrant and winter visitor |
| RP | Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | A | Occasional passage migrant |
| LP | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | A | Scarce summer visitor with restricted distribution and Fairly frequent Passage migrant |
| DO | Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| UP | Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | A** | pre 1952 only |
| WM | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | A* | Very occasional passage migrant |
| CU | Curlew | Numenius arquata | A | Fairly frequent regular visitor and scarce summer visitor with local breeding distribution |
| BA | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | A* | Very occasional passage migrant |
| BW | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | A | Occasional passage migrant |
| TT | Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | A | Rare passage migrant |
| KN | Knot | Calidris canutus | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| RU | Ruff | Calidris pugnax | A | Very occasional passage migrant and very occasional winter visitor |
| CV | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | A* | Very occasional passage migrant |
| TK | Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| SS | Sanderling | Calidris alba | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| DN | Dunlin | Calidris alpina | A | Fairly frequent regular visitor |
| PS | Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | A* | Rare vagrant |
| LX | Little Stint | Calidris minuta | A* | Very occasional passage migrant |
| PP | Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| PZ | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | A** | Rare vagrant |
| WK | Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | A | Fairly frequent winter visitor and former scarce resident with restricted breeding distribution |
| JS | Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | A | Fairly frequent winter visitor |
| DS | Great Snipe | Gallinago media | A** | pre 1952 only |
| SN | Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | A | Frequent winter visitor and former rare resident with restricted breeding distribution |
| NK | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| PL | Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| CS | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | A | Frequent passage migrant |
| GE | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | A | Frequent passage migrant and Winter Visitor |
| LY | Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | A** | Rare vagrant |
| RK | Redshank | Tringa totanus | A | Occasional regular visitor |
| OD | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| DR | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| GK | Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | A | Occasional passage migrant |
| KI | Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | A | Very occasional vagrant |
| AB | Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | A* | Rare vagrant |
| ON | Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | A* | Rare vagrant |
| BH | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | C100 | Very frequent regular visitor |
| LU | Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | A* | Very occasional passage migrant |
| MU | Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | A | Occasional regular visitor |
| CM | Common Gull | Larus canus | C20 | Very frequent regular visitor |
| IN | Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | A* | Rare vagrant |
| GB | Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | A | Occasional regular visitor |
| GZ | Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| IG | Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | A* | Rare vagrant |
| HG | Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | C5 | Very frequent regular visitor |
| YC | Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | A* | Scarce casual visitor |
| YG | Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | A | Fairly frequent regular visitor |
| LB | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | C50 | Very frequent regular visitor |
| TG | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | A* | pre 1952 only |
| TE | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| AF | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| RS | Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | A* | pre 1952 only |
| CN | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | A | Fairly frequent passage migrant |
| AE | Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | A | Very occasional passage migrant |
| BJ | Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | A* | Very occasional passage migrant |
| NX | Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | A* | Rare vagrant |
| AC | Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| LK | Little Auk | Alle alle | A* | Rare vagrant |
| GU | Guillemot | Uria aalge | A* | pre 1952 only |
| RA | Razorbill | Alca torda | A* | pre 1952 only |
| PU | Puffin | Fratercula arctica | A* | Rare vagrant |
| RH | Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| BV | Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| ND | Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| TM | Storm Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | A* | pre 1952 only |
| TL | Leach's Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | A* | Rare vagrant |
| F | Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | A* | Rare vagrant |
| MX | Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| OR | White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | A* | Rare vagrant |
| GX | Gannet | Morus bassanus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| CA | Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | A | Frequent regular visitor |
| SA | Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| IB | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | A | Rare vagrant |
| NB | Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | A* | Rare vagrant |
| BI | Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| LL | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | A** | pre 1952 only |
| NT | Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | A* | pre 1952 only |
| EC | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | A* | Rare vagrant |
| H | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | A | Not Scarce resident |
| UR | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | A* | Rare vagrant |
| HW | Great White Egret | Ardea alba | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| ET | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | A | Fairly frequent regular visitor |
| OP | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | A | Occasional passage migrant |
| HZ | Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| SH | Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | A | Fairly numerous resident |
| GI | Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| MR | Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| HH | Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | A* | Very occasional casual visitor |
| MO | Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| KT | Red Kite | Milvus milvus | A | Fairly numerous resident |
| KB | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | A** | Rare vagrant |
| RF | Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| BZ | Buzzard | Buteo buteo | A | Numerous resident with extensive distribution |
| BO | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | A | Not Scarce resident becoming scarcer |
| TO | Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | A | Fairly numerous resident |
| LO | Little Owl | Athene noctua | A | Not Scarce resident |
| LE | Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | A* | Rare winter visitor and rare resident with restricted breeding distribution |
| SE | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | A | Occasional winter visitor |
| HP | Hoopoe | Upupa epops | A | Rare vagrant |
| ROLLE | Roller | Coracias garrulus | A* | pre 1952 only |
| KF | Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | A | Not Scarce resident |
| WY | Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| LS | Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dryobates minor | A | Scarce resident with local distribution |
| GS | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | A | Numerous resident with extensive distribution |
| G | Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | A | Fairly numerous resident |
| K | Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | A | Fairly numerous resident |
| FV | Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| ML | Merlin | Falco columbarius | A | Occasional winter visitor |
| HY | Hobby | Falco subbuteo | A | Not Scarce summer visitor |
| PE | Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | A | Scarce resident |
| RI | Ring-necked Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | A | Very occasional casual visitor |
| ED | Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| SR | Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | A* | Very occasional winter visitor |
| OL | Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| J | Jay | Garrulus glandarius | B/C5 | Fairly numerous resident with widespread distribution |
| MG | Magpie | Pica pica | C10 | Numerous resident with extensive distribution |
| JD | Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | C50 | Abundant resident with extensive distribution |
| RO | Rook | Corvus frugilegus | C150 | Abundant resident with extensive distribution |
| C | Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | C50 | Abundant resident with extensive distribution |
| HC | Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | A* | Rare vagrant |
| RN | Raven | Corvus corax | A | Fairly numerous resident |
| WX | Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | A | Very occasional winter visitor |
| CT | Coal Tit | Periparus ater | B/C10 | Numerous resident with local distribution |
| MT | Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | A | Fairly numerous resident with widespread distribution |
| WT | Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | A | Scarce resident |
| BT | Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | C15 | Abundant resident with extensive distribution |
| GT | Great Tit | Parus major | C15 | Abundant resident with extensive distribution |
| BR | Bearded Tit | Panurus biarmicus | A | Rare casual visitor |
| WL | Woodlark | Lullula arborea | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| S | Skylark | Alauda arvensis | C5 | Numerous resident |
| SM | Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | A | Scarce summer visitor and frequent Passage migrant |
| SL | Swallow | Hirundo rustica | B/C20/D | Numerous summer visitor |
| HM | House Martin | Delichon urbicum | B/C10/D | Fairly numerous summer visitor |
| VR | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | A* | Rare vagrant |
| CW | Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | A | Very occasional casual visitor |
| LT | Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | C15 | Fairly numerous resident with extensive distribution |
| WO | Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | A* | Rare passage migrant and rare summer visitor |
| YB | Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| WW | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | D | Numerous summer visitor |
| CC | Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | D/W | Numerous summer visitor with a few birds over-wintering |
| ICC | Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | A** | Rare vagrant |
| AQ | Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | A* | Rare vagrant |
| SW | Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | A | Fairly numerous summer visitor |
| RW | Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | A | Fairly numerous summer visitor |
| MW | Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | A* | Rare vagrant |
| IC | Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | A* | pre 1952 only |
| GH | Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | A | Scarce summer visitor |
| BC | Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | D/W | Numerous summer visitor with some birds over-wintering |
| GW | Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | A | Fairly numerous summer visitor |
| RR | Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | A* | pre 1952 only |
| LW | Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | A | Fairly numerous summer visitor |
| WH | Whitethroat | Curruca communis | D | Numerous summer visitor |
| DW | Dartford Warbler | Curruca undata | A* | pre 1952 only |
| FC | Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | A* | Rare casual visitor |
| GC | Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | C5 | Numerous resident |
| WR | Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | R | Abundant resident with extensive distribution |
| NH | Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | A | Fairly numerous resident |
| TC | Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | B | Fairly numerous resident |
| OE | Rose-coloured Starling | Pastor roseus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| SG | Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | R/C100 | Numerous resident and very frequent winter visitor with extensive distribution |
| RZ | Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | A | Very occasional passage migrant |
| B | Blackbird | Turdus merula | C20 | Abundant resident with continental influx during the winter |
| FF | Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | C100/D | Very frequent winter visitor with extensive distribution |
| RE | Redwing | Turdus iliacus | C50/D | Frequent winter visitor |
| ST | Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | C5 | Numerous resident |
| M | Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | C10 | Fairly numerous resident |
| SF | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | A | Not Scarce summer visitor with local distribution |
| R | Robin | Erithacus rubecula | C10 | Abundant resident with extensive distribution |
| BU | Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | A* | Rare vagrant |
| N | Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | A | Rare summer visitor with restricted distribution |
| PF | Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| BX | Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | A* | Very occasional passage migrant and very occasional winter visitor |
| RT | Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | A | Fairly frequent passage migrant |
| WC | Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | A | Occasional passage migrant |
| SC | Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | A | Fairly frequent winter visitor and Passage migrant |
| W | Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | A | Fairly frequent passage migrant |
| DI | Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | A | Rare casual visitor |
| HS | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | C10 | Numerous resident |
| TS | Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | A | Not Scarce resident with local distribution |
| D | Dunnock | Prunella modularis | C10 | Abundant resident |
| YW | Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | A | Not Scarce summer visitor |
| GL | Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | A | Not Scarce resident |
| PW | Pied/White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | C20/R | Fairly numerous resident and frequent winter vistor |
| MP | Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | B/C10 | Rare resident with restricted distribution and fairly frequent winter vistor with widespread distribution |
| TP | Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | A* | Very occasional passage migrant |
| WI | Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| RC | Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | A* | Rare passage migrant |
| CH | Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | C30 | Abundant resident with extensive distribution |
| BL | Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | A | Fairly frequent winter visitor with widespread distribution |
| HF | Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | A | Scarce winter visitor with local distribution |
| BF | Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | B/C5 | Fairly numerous resident |
| SQ | Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | A* | pre 1952 only |
| GR | Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | C10 | Numerous resident with widespread distribution |
| TW | Twite | Linaria flavirostris | A* | Rare vagrant |
| LI | Linnet | Linaria cannabina | C20 | Numerous resident with extensive distribution |
| FR | Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | A* | Scarce winter visitor |
| LR | Lesser Redpoll | Acanthis cabaret | A | Fairly frequent winter visitor with widespread distribution |
| CR | Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | A | Scarce casual visitor |
| GO | Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | C25 | Numerous resident with extensive distribution |
| SK | Siskin | Spinus spinus | A | Scarce winter visitor and rare resident |
| LA | Lapland Bunting | Calcarius lapponicus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| SB | Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | A* | Rare winter visitor |
| CB | Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | A | Not Scarce resident |
| Y | Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | C10 | Numerous resident |
| CL | Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | A* | Rare vagrant |
| LJ | Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | A* | Rare vagrant |
| RB | Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | A | Fairly numerous resident |
Additional Species
The following observed species are not accepted as being native or are unverified, and therefore are excluded from the records:
- Bar-headed Goose
- Black Swan
- Lady Amherst’s Pheasant
- Ross’s Gull
- Emperor Goose
- South African Shelduck
- Cinnamon Teal
- Spot-billed Duck
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Saker Falcon
- Chukar Partridge
- Eagle Owl
- Black-breasted Thrush
- Purple Sunbird
- Violet Turaco
- Waxbill
- Zebra Finch