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Arun Valley Bird List

This list is compiled from various sources. These include the Sussex county list on the website of the Sussex Ornithological Society, amplified by information from its annual reports and landmark publication The Birds of Sussex. It also includes information from sites such as climpingbirds.blogspot.co.uk.
The list adopts a rough definition of the Arun Valley - the area up to three miles either side of the river between the sea and Pulborough. It includes all birds recorded in the area, whether common residents or vagrants that have occurred only once, but does not include birds such as Black Grouse or Great Bustard that were formerly resident but are long gone. Nor does it include escaped birds, though some of these are listed at the end.
The list currently (8 December) contains 288 birds, some 71% of the birds recorded in Sussex. This is a work in progress: please advise any errors or offer comments to mcdbirder@gmail.com
Also bear in mind this is not a sightings blog – records should be posted on Birdtrack, on the SOS’s recent sightings page, or on the sites covering specific locations.
Mute Swan
Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan
Tundra Bean Goose
Pink-footed Goose
White-fronted Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Barnacle Goose
Brent Goose
Red-breasted Goose
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Mandarin Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Eurasian Teal
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Pintail
Garganey
Shoveler
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Common Eider
Long-tailed Duck
Common Scoter
Velvet Scoter
Goldeneye
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Ruddy Duck
Quail
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Common Pheasant
Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
Fulmar
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Storm Petrel
Leach's Petrel
Gannet
Cormorant
Shag
Eurasian Bittern
American Bittern
Night Heron
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Black Stork
White Stork
Glossy Ibis
Spoonbill
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Honey-buzzard
Red Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Goshawk
Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Rough-legged Buzzard
Osprey
Water Rail
Spotted Crake
Little Crake
Corncrake
Moorhen
Coot
Crane
Little Bustard
Stone-curlew
Black-winged Stilt
Avocet
Oystercatcher
Grey Plover
Golden Plover
Dotterel
Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Lapwing
Kentish Plover
Eurasian Whimbrel
Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Turnstone
Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Grey Phalarope
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Jack Snipe
Woodcock
Common Snipe
Pomarine Skua
Arctic Skua
Great Skua
Puffin
Razorbill
Little Auk
Common Guillemot
Black Guillemot
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Arctic Tern
Sabine's Gull
Kittiwake
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Caspian Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Common Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Nightjar
Common Swift
Alpine Swift
Hoopoe
Bee-eater
Kingfisher
Wryneck
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Kestrel
Merlin
Hobby
Peregrine
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Golden Oriole
Red-backed Shrike
Great Grey Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Magpie
Jay
Nutcracker
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Raven
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Willow Tit
Marsh Tit
Bearded Tit
Woodlark
Skylark
Shore Lark
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
House Martin
Cetti's Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Wood Warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Dartford Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Booted Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Aquatic Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Reed Warbler
Waxwing
Nuthatch
Eurasian Treecreeper
Wren
Common Starling
Ring Ouzel
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Spotted Flycatcher
Robin
Common Nightingale
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Black Redstart
Common Redstart
Whinchat
Eurasian Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Rock Pipit
Water Pipit
Brambling
Chaffinch
Hawfinch
Common Rosefinch
Bullfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Twite
Lesser Redpoll
Common Crossbill
Goldfinch
Serin
Siskin
Snow Bunting
Lapland Bunting
Corn Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Cirl Bunting
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Rustic Bunting

Escaped birds:
Black Swan
Muscovy Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Swan Goose

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