Birds on Tree List

My Twitching Tree Bird List

Birds I have seen since 2008 on my tree...

Tommy's Twitching Tree Total (81) Species

Click on the birds name to see photos & info
linked to my Birds & Birdwatching application via Facebook.

* rare bird in Britain

Accipitridae

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

• Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 
• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus ***

Alaudidae

Larks

• Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis  

Bombycillidae

Waxwings

• Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus  *

Columbidae

Pigeons, Doves

• Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 
• Rock Pigeon Columba livia  
• Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 

Corvidae

Jays, Crows

• Carrion Crow Corvus corone  
• Common Raven Corvus corax 
• Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 
• Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula

Emberizidae

Buntings

• Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus  
• Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus  *
• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 

Falconidae

Caracaras, Falcons

• Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus  
• Merlin Falco columbarius  

Fringillidae

Finches

• Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni  * 
• Brambling Fringilla montifringilla  
• Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella   *** first and only record for Britain
• Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 
• Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra  
• Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina 
• Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea  
• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus  *
• Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus 
• European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 
• European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 
• Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes  * 
• Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret 
• Twite Carduelis flavirostris 

Hirundinidae

Swallows, Martins

• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 
• Common House Martin Delichon urbicum  

Laniidae

Bush Shrikes, Shrikes

• Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor  * 
• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 

Laridae

Gulls

• Common Gull Larus canus 
• Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
• Herring Gull Larus argentatus 
• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus  

Motacillidae

Pipits, Wagtails

• Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 
• Pied Wagtail Motacilla yarrellii  
• Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 
• White Wagtail Motacilla alba 

Muscicapidae

Flycatchers

• Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva  *
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 

Parulidae

New World Warblers

• Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata ** North American Species

Passeridae

Snowfinches, Sparrows

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus 

Picidae

Woodpeckers

• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla  *  
• Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major  

Prunellidae

Accentors

• Dunnock Prunella modularis 

Regulidae

Kinglets

• Goldcrest Regulus regulus 

Sturnidae

Starlings

• Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris  

Sylviidae

Gnatcatchers, Goldcrests, Warblers

• Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria  *
• Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 
• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita  
• Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 
• Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis  
• Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus  
• Garden Warbler Sylvia borin   
• Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides  *
• Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina  *
• Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 
• Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta   *
• Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus  
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 
• Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus *

Troglodytidae

Wrens

• Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes - Fair Isle Subspecies

Turdidae

Chats, Thrushes

• Blackbird Turdus merula 
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica  * 
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus  
• European Robin Erithacus rubecula 
• European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola  
• Fieldfare Turdus pilaris  
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 
• Redwing Turdus iliacus  
• Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 
• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos  
• Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia  ** 
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra   

What no Brown Headed Cowbird? yes! it was on my tree and in my garden eating the bird seed I set out before heading off to Aberdeen. Liz & Henry saw it! but, it disappeared the morning I came home.

Tree Ticks?
Birds seen on driftwood tree sculpure wired together for birds to perch on.
I have only counted birds on this "tree" in the Auld Haa House front garden.

My crazy "Tree" list... a few unexpected birds, but that is what you would expect to find when you're living on Fair Isle and pay attention.

see my complete Fair Isle sightings on and off the Twitching Tree? about 250 species!
http://fair-isle.blogspot.com/p/bird-list.html

cheers! Tommy