Staffordshire Year List 2025

                                                  Current Total 175

                                   Birds in Red are Category A species

Mute Swan

Bewick's Swan  -  1 April

Whooper Swan

Tundra Bean Goose  - 5 January

White-fronted Goose  -  8 February

Pink-footed Goose

Greylag Goose

Canada Goose

Egyptian Goose

Shelduck

Mandarin Duck

Wigeon

Gadwall

Teal

Green-winged Teal  -  12 January

Mallard

Pintail

Garganey

Shoveler

Pochard

Tufted Duck

Scaup

Lesser Scaup  -  1 January

Long-tailed Duck  -  21 February

Common Scoter

Goldeneye

Smew

Red-breasted Merganser  -  20 February

Goosander

Red Grouse

Grey Partridge

Red-legged Partridge

Pheasant

Red-throated Diver  -  1 January

Great Northern Diver  -  17 February

Gannet  -  27 March

Cormorant

Shag  -  2 January

Bittern

Little Egret

Great Egret

Cattle Egret

Grey Heron

Spoonbill  - 14 January

Little Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Slavonian Grebe  -  1 January

Black-necked Grebe

Red Kite

Marsh Harrier

Hen Harrier

Goshawk

Sparrowhawk

Buzzard

Osprey

Kestrel

Merlin

Peregrine

Water Rail

Moorhen

Coot

Common Crane  -  1 February

Oystercatcher

Avocet

Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Golden Plover

Lapwing

Dunlin

Ruff

Jack Snipe

Snipe

Woodcock

Black-tailed Godwit

Curlew

Greenshank

Redshank

Green Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Kittiwake

Black-headed Gull

Little Gull

Mediterranean Gull

Common Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Herring Gull

Yellow-legged Gull

Caspian Gull

Iceland Gull  -  1 January

Glaucous Gull  -  18 January

Great Black-backed Gull

Sandwich Tern

Common Tern

Feral Pigeon

Stock Dove

Wood Pigeon

Collared Dove

Ring-necked Parakeet

Cuckoo

Barn Owl

Tawny Owl

Long-eared Owl

Little Owl

Kingfisher

Green Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker  -  15 March

Great Grey Shrike  -  8 January

Jay

Magpie

Jackdaw

Rook

Carrion Crow

Raven

Goldcrest

Firecrest  -  16 January

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Coat Tit

Marsh Tit

Willow Tit

Long-tailed Tit

Bearded Tit  -  16 March

Woodlark

Skylark

Sand Martin

House Martin

Swallow

Cetti's Warbler

Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Blackcap

Whitethroat

Grasshopper Warbler

Dartford Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Reed Warbler

Nuthatch

Treecreeper

Wren

Starling

Dipper

Blackbird

Fieldfare

Redwing

Song Thrush

Mistle Thrush

Robin

Redstart

Black Redstart  -  17 January

Wheatear

Stonechat

Pied Flycatcher

Dunnock

House Sparrow

Tree Sparrow

Yellow Wagtail

Grey Wagtail

Pied Wagtail

Meadow Pipit

Rock Pipit

Tree Pipit

Chaffinch

Brambling

Greenfinch

Goldfinch

Siskin

Linnet

Lesser Redpoll

Crossbill

Bullfinch

Hawfinch  -  9 January

Yellowhammer

Corn Bunting

Reed Bunting