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Pembrokeshire Bird List, May 2004

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Birds

Family Name Scientific
Shearwaters
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Manx Shearwater *Puffinus puffinus
Gannets
GannetMorus bassanus
Cormorants
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
Herons
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Swans, Geese, Ducks
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
PochardAythya ferina
Eagles, Vultures and Hawks
BuzzardButeo buteo
Falcons
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Rails
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
Oystercatchers
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Sandpipers, Godwits, Curlews and Snipe
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Gulls and Terns
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Black-headed GullLarus ridibundus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Auks
RazorbillAlca torda
GuillemotUria aalge
PuffinFratercula arctica
Pigeons and Doves
Rock DoveColumba livia
Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Swifts
Common SwiftApus apus
SwiftApus apus
Larks
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Swallows and Martins
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbica
Pipits and Wagtails
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrelli
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Wrens
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Thrushes and Chats
RobinErithacus rubecula
StonechatSaxicola torquata
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Warblers
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common WhitethroatSylvia communis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher *Muscicapa striata
Tits
Blue TitParus caeruleus
Buntings
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Finches
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetCarduelis cannabina
Crows
MagpiePica pica
Chough *Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
JackdawCorvus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone corone
RavenCorvus corax

Mammals

Family Name Scientific
 
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Common Porpoise *Porpoise

Key

Notes

The order of the birds shown in table reflects a combination of traditional identification groupings and new stricter evolutionary relationships. Not all birds in the large evolutionary group Ciconiiformes has have been placed together. Neverthess, the birds are placed into more readily recognisable families.

Last updated: 23rd May 2005