Butterflies recorded in my St Albans garden

Birds recorded in my St Albans garden

1. Brimstone
2. Comma
​3. Essex Skipper
4. Gatekeeper
5. Green-veined White
6. Holly Blue
7. Large White
8. Marbled White
9. Meadow Brown
10 Orange-tip
11. Painted Lady
12. Peacock
13. Purple Hairstreak
14. Red Admiral
15. Ringlet
16. Small Copper
17. Small Heath
18. Small Skipper
19. Small Tortoiseshell
20. Small White
21. Speckled Wood
22. White-letter Hairstreak

1. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
2. Greylag Goose Anser anser
3. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
4. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca - 30/09/2020
5. Shelduck Tadorna tadorna - 27/04/2021 (nocmig recording)
6. Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 08/10/2021
7. Gadwall Mareca strepera 25/04/2020 (heard at night)
8. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
9. Teal Anas crecca 05/04/2020 - (heard at night)
10. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/05/2020
11. Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/04/2020 (heard at night)
12. Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
13. Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 16/03/2003
14. Swift Apus apus - summer flyover
15 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus - formerly regular visitor, now rare
16 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia - regular flyover
17 Stock Dove Columba oenas - resident breeder
18. Woodpigeon Columba palumbus - resident breeder
19. Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto - resident
20. Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/04/2021 (heard at night)
21. Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 05/04/2020 (heard at night)
22. Coot Fulica atra 14/04/2020 (heard at night)
23. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 09/04/2020 (heard at night)
24. Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 14/04/2020 (heard at night)
25. Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 29/10/2019
26. Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
27. Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 11/04/2020 (heard at night)
28. Curlew Numenius arquata 07/04/2021
29. Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 22/03/2021
30. Snipe Gallinago gallinago 29/08/2020

31
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos



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Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
05/04/2020

33
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
04/11/2019

34
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
08/08/2023

35
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
24/04/2018

36
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus



37
Common Gull
Larus canus



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Herring Gull
Larus argentatus



39
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
24/12/2020

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Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus



41
Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo



42
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta



43
Great White Egret
Ardea alba
19/03/2021

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Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis
24/09/2022

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Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea



46
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
24/09/2021

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Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus



48
Goshawk
Astur gentilis
16/03/2024

49
Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
09/08/2023

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Red Kite
Milvus milvus



51
Buzzard
Buteo buteo



52
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
08/10/2022

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Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
29/09/2020

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Tawny Owl
Strix aluco



55
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minor



56
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major



57
Green Woodpecker
Picus viridis



58
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus



59
Merlin
Falco columbarius
03/10/2023

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Hobby
Falco subbuteo



61
Peregrine
Falco peregrinus



62
Ring-necked Parakeet
Psittacula krameri



63
Jay
Garrulus glandarius



64
Magpie
Pica pica



65
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedula



66
Rook
Corvus frugilegus



67
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone



68
Raven
Corvus corax
19/08/2023

69
Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus



70
Coal Tit
Periparus ater



71
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus



72
Great Tit
Parus major



73
Skylark
Alauda arvensis



74
Sand Martin
Riparia riparia



75
Swallow
Hirundo rustica



76
House Martin
Delichon urbicum



77
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti
17/04/2021

78
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus



79
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatus
17/10/2020

80
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus



81
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita



82
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus



83
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla



84
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin
25/04/2024

85
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca curruca
27/08/2021

86
Whitethroat
Curruca communis
26/08/2019

87
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla
26/03/2019

88
Goldcrest
Regulus regulus



89
Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes



90
Nuthatch
Sitta europaea



91
Treecreeper
Certhia familiaris



92
Starling
Sturnus vulgaris



93
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos



94
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus



95
Redwing
Turdus iliacus



96
Blackbird
Turdus merula



97
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris



98
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatus
05/04/2020

99
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata



100
Robin
Erithacus rubecula



101
Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca
26/08/2021

102
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus



103
Dunnock
Prunella modularis



104
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava



105
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea



106
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla alba



107
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis



108
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
22/08/2023

109
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosus
06/10/2020

110
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs



111
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
20/10/2018

112
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
24/10/2021

113
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula



114
Greenfinch
Chloris chloris



115
Linnet
Linaria cannabina



116
Redpoll
Acanthis flammea



117
Common Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
16/07/2020

118
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis



119
Siskin
Spinus spinus



120
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandra
16/10/2018

121
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella



122
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus
09/10/2021