Bird Records at Netherfield Lagoons

This is a list of the bird species that have been seen at the lagoons since 1995. Some have only been seen once but others are regularly seen on the site.

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Species	Status	Max Count	Date of Max Count
Mute Swan	Resident and winter visitor. Breeds.	88	09/03/2014
Bewick’s Swan	Rare passage migrant.	10	29/01/1993
Whooper Swan	Uncommon passage migrant.	129	22/03/1915
Bean Goose	Rare passage migrant. One record.	1	07/03/1997
Pink-footed Goose	Uncommon passage migrant	3800	23/01/2005
White-fronted Goose	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor	27	18/11/2011
Greylag Goose	Common resident and winter visitor. Breeds.	3500	29/10/2012
Canada Goose	Common resident and winter visitor. Breeds.	2000	04/09/2000
Barnacle Goose	Rare visitor. Escape.	6	13/01/1993
Brent Goose	Rare visitor.	3	28/04/2016
Egyptian Goose	Uncommon visitor.	7	08/11/2015
Ruddy Shelduck	Rare visitor. 01/06/2003, 11/06/2004.	2	01/06/2003
Common Shelduck	Uncommon visitor and passage migrant.	16	1992
Mandarin Duck	Rare vagrant.	1	13/10/2016
Eurasian Wigeon	Common winter visitor.	540	05/02/2006
Gadwall	Common resident. Breeds.	180	14/01/2011
Eurasian Teal	Common winter visitor.	568	11/11/2012
Green-winged Teal	Rare winter visitor. 08/03/2009, 14/10/2012.	1	14/10/2012
Mallard	Common resident. Breeds.	250	12/08/1998
Pintail	Uncommon passage migrant.	15	29/09/2001
Garganey	Uncommon passage migrant. Attempted breeding in 2004.	6	12/08/1995
Shoveler	Common winter visitor. Bred in 2022.	196	11/10/2005
Red-crested Pochard	Uncommon visitor.	8	22/06/2012
Common Pochard	Uncommon resident and common winter visitor. Breeds.	80	23/10/2005
Tufted Duck	Common resident and passage migrant. Breeds.	200	27/09/2005
Scaup	Rare winter visitor.	12	24/03/1996
Lesser Scaup	Rare vagrant. One record.	1	21/12/2013
Long-tailed Duck	Rare vagrant. One record.	1	11/10/2000
Common Scoter	Uncommon vagrant.	27	11/11/1999
Goldeneye	Common winter visitor.	38	12/01/1997
Smew	Rare winter visitor.	6	21/03/1999
Red-breasted Merganser	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor. 13/04/1993, 02/12/1995, 09/04/2018, 27/10/2019.	2	09/04/2018
Goosander	Uncommon winter visitor.	12	04/01/2002
Ruddy Duck	Last recorded, 15/05/2019.	25	11/10/2005
Quail	Rare visitor. One record.	1	24/08/1997
Red-legged Partridge	Rare visitor. Formerly common.	14	12/10/2002
Grey Partridge	Rare visitor. Former breeder.	30	08/10/2006
Common Pheasant	Common resident. Breeds.	19	10/10/2015
Great Northern Diver	Rare visitor. One record.	1	20/12/1998
Gannet	Rare visitor. Two records. 27/10/2002, 09/09/2021.	1	27/10/2002
Cormorant	Common resident and winter visitor.	60	19/10/2014
Shag	Rare visitor. One record.	1	22/02/1993
Bittern	Uncommon winter visitor. Rare summer visitor.	3	13/03/2016
Little Egret	Common winter visitor.	13	11/12/2016
Great White Egret	Regular visitor.	3	23/05/2025
Grey Heron	Common resident.	12	16/12/1999
Spoonbill	Uncommon visitor.	2	03/07/2006
Little Grebe	Common resident. Breeds.	47	09/08/2003
Great Crested Grebe	Common resident. Breeds.	24	12/09/2000
Red-necked Grebe	Rare visitor. One record.	1	05/11/2008
Slavonian Grebe	Rare visitor. 11/10/1995, 15/12/2019.	1	11/10/1995
Black-necked Grebe	Uncommon visitor.	2	21/03/2018
Honey Buzzard	Rare visitor. 12/05/1997, 26/05/2001.	2	26/05/2001
Red Kite	Fairly common visitor.	3	22/05/2025
Marsh Harrier	Regular passage migrant and winter visitor. 1 breeding record, 2015.	4	24/04/2015
Hen Harrier	Rare visitor. 04/10/2000, 11/11/2000, 15/10/2011.	1	15/10/2011
Sparrowhawk	Common resident. Breeds.	5	16/09/2007
Common Buzzard	Common resident.	14	11/03/2012
Rough-legged Buzzard	Rare winter visitor. One record.	2	11/03/2012
Osprey	Rare passage migrant.	2	14/09/2008
Water Rail	Common winter visitor. Rare breeder.	13	15/01/2014
Spotted Crake	Rare passage migrant. One record.	1	27/08/2013
Moorhen	Common resident. Breeds.	31	25/06/2000
Coot	Common resident. Breeds.	206	30/11/2008
Common Crane	Rare passage migrant. 18/10/1998, 05/11/2005, 16/06/2012, 18/03/2016.	2	18/03/2016
Stone Curlew	Rare passage migrant. One record.	1	23/05/1997
Avocet	Rare passage migrant. 19/05/1996, 02/04/2002, 19/04/2010, 30/04/2017.	3	02/04/2002
Oystercatcher	Common passage migrant and summer visitor.	7	15/07/2002
Grey Plover	Uncommon passage migrant.	3	14/10/2000
Golden Plover	Formerly common winter visitor. Now rare passage migrant.	5000	23/01/2004
Dotterel	Rare passage migrant. 26/08/1995, 23/05/1997.	1	23/05/1997
Little Ringed Plover	Uncommon summer visitor and passage migrant. Last bred 2014.	14	09/06/2013
Ringed Plover	Uncommon passage migrant. One breeding attempt 2012.	47	15/05/2001
Northern Lapwing	Uncommon resident and winter visitor.	1600	28/11/2002
Whimbrel	Uncommon passage migrant.	3	02/04/2003
Curlew	Uncommon passage migrant.	50	02/08/2001
Black-tailed Godwit	Uncommon passage migrant.	51	17/11/2000
Bar-tailed Godwit	Uncommon passage migrant.	12	16/07/2000
Turnstone	Uncommon passage migrant.	19	12/08/2000
Knot	Uncommon passage migrant.	8	17/05/2002
Ruff	Uncommon passage migrant.	25	11/09/1998
Curlew Sandpiper	Uncommon passage migrant.	50	02/08/2001
Temminck’s Stint	Rare passage migrant. 14/10/1995, 06/03/2000, 29/04/2007, 18/05/2019.	3	18/05/2019
Sanderling	Uncommon passage migrant.	7	16/05/2002
Dunlin	Uncommon passage migrant.	52	15/05/2001
Purple Sandpiper	Rare passage migrant. One record.	1	21/11/2004
Little Stint	Uncommon passage migrant.	7	29/09/1994
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Rare visitor. One record.	1	12/09/1992
Grey Phalarope	Rare winter visitor. 04/11/1996, 04/10/2001, 27/12/2011.	1	27/12/2011
Common Sandpiper	Common passage migrant.	6	09/08/1997
Green Sandpiper	Uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant.	7	22/08/2001
Spotted Redshank	Uncommon passage migrant.	9	30/04/2004
Greenshank	Uncommon passage migrant.	14	28/04/1997
Lesser Yellowlegs	Rare vagrant. One record.	1	26/11/1995
Wood Sandpiper	Uncommon passage migrant.	2	09/05/2000
Common Redshank	Uncommon passage migrant.	15	16/10/2005
Jack Snipe	Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.	4	18/03/2006
Woodcock	Uncommon winter visitor.	2	26/11/2013
Common Snipe	Uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant.	200	30/12/2001
Arctic Skua	Rare passage migrant. 26/06/1997, 24/08/1997, 16/09/2011.	4	26/06/1997
Little Tern	Rare passage migrant. One record.	1	29/08/1995
Black Tern	Uncommon passage migrant.	42	09/05/1993
White-winged Black Tern	Rare passage migrant. One record.	1	29/09/1994
Sandwich Tern	Uncommon passage migrant.	4	07/09/1999
Common Tern	Common summer visitor. Breeds.	100	01/05/1997
Arctic Tern	Uncommon passage migrant.	102	02/05/1998
Kittiwake	Uncommon vagrant.	160	01/04/2023
Black-headed Gull	Common resident and winter visitor. Breeds.	4000	10/03/2009
Little Gull	Uncommon passage migrant.	78	21/04/2023
Mediterranean Gull	Uncommon passage migrant.	5	13/03/2017
Common Gull	Common passage migrant and winter visitor.	150	18/07/2003
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Common passage migrant and winter visitor.	1000	27/08/2009
Herring Gull	Common passage migrant and winter visitor.	1200	07/01/2009
Yellow-legged Gull	Uncommon passage migrant.	8	09/08/2001
Caspian Gull	Uncommon winter visitor.	2	30/12/2022
Iceland Gull	Rare winter visitor. 27/12/1996,14/01/2002, 29/12/2007, 01/01/2010, 27/12/2011.	1	27/12/2011
Glaucous Gull	Rare winter visitor. 19/12/1997, 14/02/2001, 24/01/2003, 09/02/2003, 01/01/2004.	1	01/01/2004
Great Black-backed Gull	Common passage migrant and winter visitor.	500	16/01/2003
Feral Rock Dove	Common visitor.	800	01/10/2007
Stock Dove	Uncommon resident. Breeds.	56	12/01/2008
Wood Pigeon	Common resident and winter visitor. Breeds.	1028	10/02/2008
Collared Dove	Uncommon visitor. Bred 2021.	103	02/10/2003
Turtle Dove	Rare passage migrant. Last bred 2004.	7	29/08/1999
Cuckoo	Uncommon summer visitor. Breeds.	5	10/05/1999
Barn Owl	Uncommon resident. Breeds.	2	20/12/2016
Little Owl	Uncommon visitor.	2	28/06/2007
Tawny Owl	Uncommon resident. Breeds.	2	24/08/2000
Short-eared Owl	Uncommon winter visitor.	1	30/11/2016
Long-eared Owl	Rare winter visitor. 03/12/1991, 07/09/1996, 08/12/1996, 10/10/1998.	1	10/10/1998
Common Swift	Common summer visitor.	400	31/07/2007
Little Swift	Rare vagrant. One record.	1	26/05/2001
Kingfisher	Uncommon resident. Breeds.	6	13/09/2003
Green Woodpecker	Common resident. Breeds.	8	14/07/2001
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Common resident. Breeds.	4	05/06/2005
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Rare vagrant. One record.	1	1996
Kestrel	Common resident. Breeds.	6	14/03/2006
Merlin	Rare winter visitor.	2	26/10/2007
Hobby	Uncommon summer visitor.	4	25/08/2003
Peregrine Falcon	Uncommon resident. Breeds.	3	14/03/2012
Ring-necked Parakeet	Rare visitor. Presumed escapes.	2	28/02/2016
Great Grey Shrike	Rare winter visitor. One record.	1	11/11/1999
Magpie	Common resident. Breeds.	49	13/01/2001
Jay	Common visitor. Breeds.	5	05/10/1996
Jackdaw	Common visitor.	820	31/01/2015
Rook	Common visitor.	501	10/01/2016
Carrion Crow	Common resident. Breeds.	700	31/10/2015
Raven	Uncommon visitor.	3	24/07/2016
Goldcrest	Common winter visitor.	10	09/10/2016
Firecrest	Rare vagrant. 13/03/2016, 09/04/2018.	1	13/03/2016
Blue Tit	Common resident. Breeds.	50	10/09/2006
Great Tit	Common resident. Breeds.	49	08/02/2016
Coal Tit	Rare visitor.	2	13/10/2000
Willow Tit	Rare visitor. Last bred 2009.	10	14/06/2003
Marsh Tit	Rare visitor.	2	25/06/2002
Bearded Tit	Rare winter visitor. Bred 2023.	13	25/10/2022
Woodlark	Rare vagrant. 14/05/2008, 07/10/2018.	1	14/05/2008
Skylark	Uncommon resident and passage migrant.	101	09/10/2005
Sand Martin	Common summer visitor. Breeds.	500	06/07/2001
Swallow	Common summer visitor. Breeds.	500	07/09/2008
House Martin	Common summer visitor.	350	19/09/2012
Cetti’s Warbler	Common resident. Breeds.	12	10/05/2015
Long-tailed Tit	Common resident. Breeds.	67	12/09/2010
Yellow-browed Warbler	Rare vagrant. One record.	1	03/10/2016
Dusky Warbler	Rare vagrant. One record.	1	07/10/2007
Wood Warbler	Rare passage migrant. 12/08/1996, 29/04/2001, 26/04/2014.	1	12/08/1996
Chiffchaff	Common summer visitor, passage migrant and winter visitor. Breeds.	51	11/09/2016
P. c. abietinnus	Rare vagrant. One record.	1	23/11/2007
P. c. tristis	Rare winter visitor. 14/01/2007, 28/12/2011, 10/01/2012, 30/03/2014.	1	30/03/2014
Willow Warbler	Common summer visitor and passage migrant. Breeds.	23	10/04/2005
Blackcap	Common summer visitor. Breeds.	58	08/05/2016
Garden Warbler	Common summer visitor. Breeds.	16	11/05/2008
Lesser Whitethroat	Common summer visitor. Breeds.	10	04/05/2015
Common Whitethroat	Common summer visitor. Breeds.	51	13/05/2007
Grasshopper Warbler	Uncommon summer visitor. Breeds.	11	29/04/2007
Sedge Warbler	Common summer visitor. Breeds.	69	10/05/2009
Marsh Warbler	Rare vagrant. One record.	1	14/06/1997
Reed Warbler	Common summer visitor. Breeds.	37	05/05/2013
Great Reed Warbler	Rare vagrant. 09/06/1997, 09/05/2016.	1	09/05/2016
Waxwing	Uncommon winter visitor.	150	28/03/2005
Treecreeper	Uncommon winter visitor. Breeds.	2	02/12/2012
Wren	Common resident. Breeds.	66	09/11/2014
Starling	Common visitor. Roosts.	12000	30/10/2016
Ring Ouzel	Uncommon passage migrant.	2	20/04/2007
Blackbird	Common resident and winter visitor. Breeds.	117	13/12/2009
Fieldfare	Common winter visitor.	1000	1991
Song Thrush	Common resident and winter visitor. Breeds.	20	18/11/2000
Redwing	Common winter visitor.	600	20/12/2009
Mistle Thrush	Uncommon visitor.	11	01/09/1999
Spotted Flycatcher	Uncommon passage migrant.	8	15/08/2009
Robin	Common resident and winter visitor. Breeds.	88	11/10/2015
Nightingale	Rare passage migrant. 07/05/2001, 15/05/2011.	1	15/05/2011
Pied Flycatcher	Rare passage migrant. 25/04/2001, 12/04/2015.	1	12/04/2015
Black Redstart	Rare passage migrant. 23/11/1997, 03/02/2003, 05/04/2012, 02/05/2012, 12/04/2013, 07/05/2013.	2	12/04/2013
Common Redstart	Uncommon passage migrant.	3	16/04/2013
Whinchat	Uncommon passage migrant.	10	1999
Stonechat	Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.	5	04/03/2001
Northern Wheatear	Uncommon passage migrant.	34	23/04/2006
O. o. leucorhoa	Rare passage migrant. 25/09/1999, 12/09/2006, 28/04/2007, 04/05/2014.	1	04/05/2014
Dunnock	Common resident. Breeds.	59	09/10/2011
House Sparrow	Uncommon visitor.	60	20/08/2006
Tree Sparrow	Uncommon visitor. Last bred 2001.	60	17/10/2002
Yellow Wagtail	Rare passage migrant. 15/05/2004, 28/04/2006, 22/04/2007.	2	28/04/2006
M. f. flavissima	Uncommon summer visitor and passage migrant. Last bred 2016.	65	15/08/1993
Grey Wagtail	Uncommon resident. Breeds.	7	25/08/2001
White Wagtail	Uncommon passage migrant.	3	07/04/2016
M. a. yarrellii	Common resident and passage migrant. Breeds.	32	05/12/2004
Richard’s Pipit	Rare vagrant. One record.	1	29/09/1996
Tree Pipit	Rare passage migrant. 06/05/1995, 08/10/2000, 02/04/2005, 12/10/2008.	2	06/05/1995
Meadow Pipit	Uncommon passage migrant.	205	04/10/2001
Rock Pipit	Rare passage migrant. 04/11/1996, 20/10/2002, 07/10/2007, 13/10/2009, 23/03/2011, 07/11/2011.	1	07/11/2011
Water Pipit	Rare passage migrant. 25/01/1997, 03/03/1997, 24/03/1998, 07/11/2003, 19/03/2004.	2	03/03/1997
Brambling	Uncommon winter visitor.	8	18/11/2000
Chaffinch	Common resident. Breeds.	78	12/10/2014
Bullfinch	Common resident. Breeds.	30	09/11/2014
Greenfinch	Common resident. Breeds.	200	26/07/2005
Linnet	Common resident. Breeds.	126	12/09/2004
Twite	Rare vagrant. 22/10/1999, 10/04/2013.	2	22/10/1999
Lesser Redpoll	Common winter visitor.	72	14/10/2012
Common Redpoll	Rare winter visitor.18/10/1998, 06/12/2013.	1	06/12/2013
Crossbill	Rare vagrant. 10/11/1997, 25/08/2003, 03/09/2005, 31/12/2006.	9	10/11/1997
Goldfinch	Common resident. Breeds.	229	14/09/2002
Siskin	Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.	25	07/10/2001
Yellowhammer	Rare winter visitor.	11	14/09/2003
Reed Bunting	Common resident. Breeds.	47	14/06/2015
Corn Bunting	Rare vagrant. 06/03/2007, 27/12/2007.	1	27/12/2007
Running Total Species – 221

Appendix 1 – Escapes

Species	Status	Max Count	Date of Max Count
Black Swan	Uncommon visitor.	2	03/10/2001
Lesser Canada Goose		1	13/02/2000
Bar-headed Goose		3	01/05/1996
Ross’s Goose		1	07/09/1996
Emperor Goose		1	13/12/1996
Argentine Blue-bill		1	22/03/2002
Peruvian Ruddy Duck		1	27/08/2007
Sacred Ibis		1	21/07/2012
African Spoonbill		1	17/08/2005
Saker		1	06/11/1999
Cockatiel		1	30/05/1999
Running Total Species – 232

Appendix 2 – Hybrids, etc.

Species	Max Count	Date of Max Count
Greylag x Canada Goose	9	24/08/2000
Barnacle x Canada Goose	3	1997
Shoveler x Pintail	1	29/12/1999
Pochard x Tufted Duck	1	23/09/1994
Roseate x Common Tern	1	01/06/1993
Running Total Species – 237

Historic Bird Records

Appendix 1 – Escapes

Appendix 2 – Hybrids, etc.