This is a complete list of the birds recorded within the SBBOT recording area, including status, photographs and some additional information.
For a printable version please click SBBOT complete bird list January 2015
| Mute Swan – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Common resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Bewick’s Swan – Photo by Steve Ray | Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant |
| Whooper Swan – Photo by Steve Ray | Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant |
| Bean Goose – Photo by Graham Crick | Scarce winter visitor |
| Pink-footed Goose – Photo by Steve Ray | Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant |
| White-fronted Goose – Photo by Nigel May | Occasional winter visitor and passage migrant |
| Greylag Goose | Common resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Greater Canada Goose – Photo by Nigel May | Common winter visitor and occasional breeder |
| Barnacle Goose – Photo by Steve Ray | Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant |
| Brent Goose – Photo by A. Outen | Common migrant and winter visitor |
| Red-breasted Goose – Photo by Ray Sutton | Vagrant |
| Egyptian Goose – Photo by P. Heathcote | Occasional but increasing |
| Shelduck – Photo by Paul Coltman | Common breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Mandarin Duck – Photo by Nick Smith | Occasional but increasing |
| Wigeon – Photo by Steve Ray | Common migrant and winter visitor |
| American Wigeon | Vagrant – more information |
| Gadwall – Photo by Nick Smith | Occasional breeder, common migrant and winter visitor |
| Teal – Photo by Paul Coltman | Rare breeder, common migrant and winter visitor |
| Green-winged Teal – Photo by Steve Ray | Vagrant – more information |
| Mallard | Common resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Pintail | Regular migrant and winter visitor |
| Garganey – Photo by Steve Ray | Rare breeder and regular migrant |
| Blue-winged Teal – Photo by Justinde Villeneuve | Vagrant – More Information |
| Shoveler – Photo by Steve Ray | Occasional breeder, common migrant and winter visitor |
| Red-crested Pochard | Vagrant |
| Pochard – Photo by Nick Smith | Occasional breeder, migrant and declining winter visitor |
| Ferruginous Duck | Vagrant – More Information |
| Tufted Duck – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder and common winter visitor |
| Scaup – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Scarce migrant and winter visitor |
| Eider – Photo by Steve Ray | Regular migrant and winter visitor |
| Long-tailed Duck | Scarce winter visitor |
| Common Scoter | Common migrant and winter visitor |
| Velvet Scoter | Occasional migrant and winter visitor |
| Goldeneye | Regular migrant and winter visitor |
| Smew – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Scarce winter visitor |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Regular migrant and winter visitor |
| Goosander – Photo by Nick Smith | Occasional migrant and winter visitor |
| Ruddy Duck | Formerly irregular visitor now rare since national cull of population |
| Quail | Occasional migrant and probable breeder |
| Red-legged Partridge | Uncommon resident |
| Grey Partridge – Photo by Steve Ray | Common resident breeder |
| Pheasant | Common resident breeder |
| Red-throated Diver – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Common migrant and winter visitor |
| Black-throated Diver – Photo by Steve Ray | Scarce migrant and winter visitor |
| Great Northern Diver – Photo by Steve Ray | Occasional winter visitor |
| Fulmar – Photo by Steve Ray | Common migrant, summer and winter visitor |
| Cory’s Shearwater | Vagrant – More Information |
| Great Shearwater | Vagrant – More Information |
| Sooty Shearwater | Irregular migrant |
| Manx Shearwater | Irregular migrant |
| Balearic Shearwater | Vagrant – More Information |
| Storm Petrel | Vagrant – More Information |
| Leach’s Petrel | Vagrant – More Information |
| Gannet | Common migrant and winter visitor |
| Cormorant | Common resident, migrant and winter visitor |
| Shag | Occasional migrant and winter visitor |
| Bittern | Occasional winter visitor |
| Little Bittern | Vagrant – More Information |
| Night-heron | Vagrant – More Information |
| Cattle Egret | Vagrant – More Information |
| Little Egret – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Resident breeder, common migrant and small numbers in winter |
| Great White Egret – Photo by Colin Fisher | Occasional migrant and winter visitor – More Information |
| Grey Heron – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, common migrant and winter visitor |
| Purple Heron | Vagrant – More Information |
| Black Stork | Vagrant – More information |
| White Stork | Vagrant – More Information |
| Glossy Ibis – Photo by Nigel Hefford | Vagrant – More Information |
| Spoonbill – Photo by Steve Ray | Occasional migrant |
| Little Grebe – Photo by Mike Gould | Resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Great Crested Grebe – Photo by John Buckingham | Migrant and common winter visitor |
| Red-necked Grebe | Occasional migrant and winter visitor |
| Slavonian Grebe – Photo by Mike Vurley | Occasional migrant and winter visitor |
| Black-necked Grebe | Occasional migrant and winter visitor |
| Honey-buzzard – Photo by Martyn Wilson | Scarce migrant |
| Black Kite – Photo by Steve Reynaert | Vagrant – More information |
| Red Kite – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Regular migrant, increasing in numbers |
| Marsh Harrier – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Hen Harrier – Photo by Nigel May | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Pallid Harrier | Vagrant |
| Montagu’s Harrier – Photo by Steve Ray | Scarce migrant |
| Booted Eagle | Vagrant |
| Goshawk | Vagrant – More information |
| Sparrowhawk – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Buzzard – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Occasional migrant and winter visitor – More information |
| Osprey – Photo by Steve Ray | Occasional migrant |
| Water Rail – Photo by Steve Ray | Scarce resident breeder, more common migrant and winter visitor |
| Spotted Crake | Vagrant – More information |
| Corncrake | Vagrant – More information |
| Moorhen | Common resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Coot – Photo by Graham Crick | Common resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Crane – Photo by Steve Reynaert | Uncommon but increasing migrant |
| Stone-curlew | Uncommon migrant – More information |
| Black-winged Stilt – Photo by Steve Ray | Vagrant – More information |
| Avocet Photo by Rob McEwen | Migrant and winter visitor, bred for first time in 2014 |
| Oystercatcher – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| American Golden Plover | Vagrant – More information |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Vagrant – More information |
| Golden Plover – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Grey Plover – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Sociable Plover | Vagrant – More information |
| Lapwing – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Little Ringed Plover – Photo by Steve Ray | Scarce breeder and annual migrant |
| Ringed Plover – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Kentish Plover | Uncommon migrant |
| Dotterel – Photo by Tony Flashman | Uncommon migrant |
| Whimbrel – Photo by Steve Ray | Common migrant |
| Curlew – Photo by Steve Ray | Common resident and winter visitor |
| Black-tailed Godwit – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Bar-tailed Godwit – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Turnston | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Knot | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Ruff – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Vagrant |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Vagrant |
| Curlew Sandpiper – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant |
| Temminck’s Stint | Uncommon migrant – More information |
| Sanderling – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Dunlin | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Purple Sandpiper | Scarce migrant and winter visitor |
| Baird’s Sandpiper | Vagrant |
| Little Stint – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and scarce winter visitor |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Vagrant – More information |
| Least Sandpiper | Vagrant – More information |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Vagrant |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Uncommon migrant |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Scarce migrant |
| Grey Phalarope | Uncommon migrant |
| Terek Sandpiper | Vagrant |
| Common Sandpiper – Photo by Steve Ray | Common migrant and scarce winter visitor |
| Green Sandpiper – Photo by Steve Ray | Common migrant and scarce winter visitor |
| Spotted Redshank – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Greenshank – Photo by Nigel May | Common migrant and uncommon winter visitor |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Vagrant |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Vagrant |
| Wood Sandpiper – Photo by Steve Ray | Uncommon but annual migrant |
| Redshank – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, common migrant and winter visitor |
| Jack Snipe | Uncommon migrant and winter visitor |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Vagrant |
| Woodcock – Photo by Nigel May | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Snipe – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Collared Pratincole | Vagrant – More information |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Vagrant – More information |
| Cream-coloured Courser | Vagrant – More information |
| Pomarine Skua | Uncommon migrant and occasional in winter |
| Arctic Skua | Migrant |
| Long-tailed Skua | Migrant |
| Great Skua – Photo by Steve Ashton | Migrant and occasional in winter |
| Puffin | Rare migrant and winter visitor |
| Black Guillemot | Vagrant |
| Razorbill | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Little Auk | Scarce migrant and winter visitor |
| Guillemot | Migrant and occasionally abundant winter visitor |
| Little Tern | Migrant |
| Gull-billed Tern | Vagrant |
| Caspian Tern | Vagrant |
| Black Tern | Uncommon but regular migrant |
| White-winged Black Tern | Vagrant |
| Sandwich Tern – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and occasional winter visitor |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Vagrant |
| Common Tern | Common migrant |
| Roseate Tern | Scarce migrant |
| Arctic Tern | Uncommon migrant |
| Ivory Gull | Vagrant |
| Sabine’s Gull | Scarce migrant, rare in winter |
| Kittiwake | Common migrant and winter visitor |
| Slender-billed Gull | Vagrant |
| Black-headed Gull | Resident breeder, abundant migrant and winter visitor |
| Little Gull | Migrant and uncommon winter visitor |
| Laughing Gull | Vagrant |
| Mediterranean Gull – Photo by John van de Dol | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Common Gull – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Migrant and common winter visitor |
| Ring-billed Gull | Vagrant |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Migrant and winter visitor, breeds nearby |
| Herring Gull – Photo by Steve Raynaert | Migrant and abundant winter visitor, breeds nearby |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Uncommon migrant and winter visitor |
| Caspian Gull | Uncommon but regular migrant and winter visitor |
| Iceland Gull | Increasingly scarce winter visitor |
| Glaucous Gull | Uncommon winter visitor |
| Great Black-backed Gull – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Migrant and common winter visitor |
| Feral Pigeon | Resident, more common in Sandwich Town |
| Stock Dove | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Woodpigeon | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Collared Dove | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Turtle Dove – Photo by Steve Ray | Declining breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Vagrant |
| Cuckoo – Photo by Steve Ray | Breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Barn Owl | Resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Little Owl – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder |
| Tawny Owl | Resident breeder nearby |
| Long-eared Owl – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Uncommon migrant and winter visitor |
| Short-eared Owl – Photo by Tony Flashman | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Nightjar | Rare migrant |
| Swift – Photo by Steve Ray | Non-breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Pallid Swift | Vagrant |
| Alpine Swift | Vagrant |
| Hoopoe – Photo by Steve Ray | Uncommon migrant |
| Bee-eater – Photo by Steve Ray | Rare migrant |
| Roller | Vagrant |
| Kingfisher – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Wryneck | Uncommon migrant |
| Green Woodpecker – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Resident breeder nearby but decreasing |
| Kestrel – Photo by Tony Flashman | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Red-footed Falcon – Photo by Clive Watson | Vagrant – More information |
| Merlin – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Hobby – Photo by Steve Ray | Non-breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Peregrine – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Ring-necked Parakeet – Photo by Sue Smith | Occasional resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Golden Oriole | Uncommon spring and rare autumn migrant |
| Isabelline Shrike | Vagrant |
| Red-backed Shrike – Photo by Steve Ray | Uncommon migrant |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Vagrant |
| Great Grey Shrike | Scarce migrant and winter visitor |
| Woodchat Shrike | Vagrant |
| Magpie | Resident breeder, partial migrant and winter visitor |
| Jay | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Nutcracker | Vagrant |
| Jackdaw | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Rook | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Carrion Crow | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Hooded Crow | Scarce migrant and winter visitor |
| Raven – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder nearby, migrant and winter visitor |
| Goldcrest – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Uncommon regular breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Firecrest – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and uncommon winter visitor |
| Penduline Tit | Vagrant |
| Blue Tit – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Great Tit – Photo by Nigel May | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Coal Tit – Photo by Steve Reyneart | Resident breeder nearby, migrant and winter visitor |
| Willow Tit | Vagrant |
| Marsh Tit | Vagrant |
| Bearded Tit – Photo by Willie McKnight | Uncommon migrant and winter visitor |
| Calandra Lark | Vagrant |
| Short toed Lark | Vagrant |
| Woodlark | Migrant and occasional winter visitor |
| Skylark – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Shore Lark – Photo by Steve Ray | Uncommon migrant and winter visitor |
| Sand Martin | Non-breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Swallow – Photo by Steve Ray | Breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| House Martin – Photo by Steve Ray | Breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Vagrant |
| Cetti’s Warbler | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Long-tailed Tit – Photo by Steve Reyneart | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Greenish Warbler | Vagrant |
| Arctic Warbler | Vagrant |
| Pallas’s Warbler – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Scarce migrant |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Uncommon but regular autumn migrant |
| Hume’s Warbler | Vagrant |
| Radde’s Warbler – Photo by Steve Ray | Vagrant |
| Dusky Warbler | Vagrant |
| Western Bonelli’s Warbler | Vagrant |
| Wood Warbler – Photo by Steve Ray | Uncommon migrant |
| Chiffchaff – Photo by Steve Ray | Breeding summer and abundant migrant, uncommon winter visitor |
| Willow Warbler – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant |
| Blackcap – Photo by Steve Ray | Breeding summer and abundant migrant, uncommon winter visitor |
| Garden Warbler – Photo by Steve Ray | Non-breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Barred Warbler – Photo by Steve Ray | Scarce migrant |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Whitethroat | Breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Dartford Warbler | Uncommon but regular migrant and winter visitor |
| Subalpine Warbler | Vagrant |
| Sardinian Warbler | Vagrant |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Non-breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Savi’s Warbler | Vagrant |
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Vagrant |
| Icterine Warbler | Uncommon migrant |
| Melodious Warbler | Scarce migrant |
| Aquatic Warbler | Vagrant |
| Sedge Warbler – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Marsh Warbler | Uncommon migrant |
| Reed Warbler | Breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Great Reed Warbler | Vagrant |
| Fan-tailed Warbler – Photo by Steve Ray | Vagrant |
| Waxwing – Photo by Steve Ray | Scarce migrant and winter visitor |
| Nuthatch | Vagrant |
| Treecreeper | resident breeder nearby |
| Short-toed Treecreeper | Vagrant |
| Wren – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Starling – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Rose-coloured Starling | Vagrant |
| Dipper | Vagrant |
| Swainson’s Thrush | Vagrant |
| Ring Ouzel | Migrant |
| Blackbird | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Fieldfare – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Song Thrush | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Redwing – Photo by Steve Ray | Rare breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Mistle Thrush – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Spotted Flycatcher – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Non-breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Robin | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Thrush Nightingale | Vagrant |
| Nightingale | Occasional breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Bluethroat | Scarce migrant |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Vagrant |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Scarce migrant |
| Pied Flycatcher – Photo by Ken Arber | Migrant |
| Black Redstart – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Redstart | Migrant |
| Whinchat – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant |
| Stonechat – Photo by Nigel May | Occasional resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Wheatear – Photo by Ian Hodgson | Occasional breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Desert Wheatear – Photo by Steve Ray | Vagrant |
| Dunnock | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| House Sparrow | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Tree Sparrow – Photo by Steve Ray | Increasingly scarce migrant and winter visitor |
| Yellow Wagtail – Photo by Steve Ray | Breeding summer visitor and migrant |
| Citrine Wagtail – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Vagrant |
| Grey Wagtail | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Pied Wagtail | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Richard’s Pipit | Scarce migrant |
| Tawny Pipit | Scarce migrant |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Vagrant |
| Tree Pipit | Migrant |
| Meadow Pipit – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Red-throated Pipit | Vagrant |
| Rock Pipit | Resident breeder nearby, migrant and winter visitor |
| Water Pipit | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Brambling – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Chaffinch | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Hawfinch | Scarce migrant |
| Common Rosefinch | Vagrant |
| Bullfinch | Resident breeder nearby, migrant and winter visitor |
| Greenfinch | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Linnet – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Twite – Photo by Steve Ray | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Lesser Redpoll | Migrant and uncommon winter visitor |
| Common Redpoll | Irregular migrant |
| Arctic Redpoll | Vagrant |
| Common Crossbill – Photo by Steve Reynaert | Irregular migrant |
| Parrot Crossbill | Vagrant |
| Goldfinch | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Serin | Scarce migrant |
| Siskin | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Snow Bunting – Photo by Tony Flashman | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Lapland Bunting – Photo by Tony Flashman | Migrant and winter visitor |
| Yellowhammer – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Ortolan Bunting | Vagrant |
| Little Bunting – Photo by Steve Ashton | Vagrant |
| Reed Bunting – Photo by Steve Ray | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
| Black-headed Bunting | Vagrant |
| Corn Bunting – Photo by Justin de Villeneuve | Resident breeder, migrant and winter visitor |
