All interesting bird records, whether rare or not, can be submitted to the county recorder. Submissions can be made by letter or preferably by email. For county rarities (Category A species) it is preferred if submissions are made by completing the Rarities Submission Form.

Please send your bird records in as soon as possible and by no later than 31 October 2009. Of particular interest are counts of wintering passerines, including thrushes, pipits, larks, wagtails, finches and buntings, plus flocks of waders, gulls and waterfowl. Any breeding bird data, i.e. counts of singing males in one particular area, or records from nest box schemes are also of interest. Also submit descriptions of any unusual birds you’ve encountered in the county. Some birds are particularly scarce or rare in the county and are listed as Category A or Category B species. The lack of an acceptable description may lead to records being rejected. A much more detailed description will be required for difficult to identify species, e.g. Caspian Gull and Ring-billed Gull than for example, a White Stork. In addition, written descriptions are also required for scarce sub-species/races, including limosa race Black-tailed Godwit, Scandinavian Rock Pipit, flava race wagtails, autumn White Wagtails, Greenland Wheatear and Chiffchaff races. Please visit the Bird Recording Page for the complete county list and the current status of each species. Rarity descriptions can be submitted online by using the Rarities Submission Form.

Please note: Ideally any document attachments should be in Microsoft Word, Works or Excel

The Worcestershire County Bird Recorder is:

Brian Stretch

13 Pitmaston Road

St Johns

Worcester

WR2 4HY

Telephone: 01905 423417

Email: info@worcesterbirding.co.uk or

worcs-recorder@westmidlandbirdclub.com

Species Status in Worcestershire

Category A - these species require a full written description to confirm that the correct identification has been achieved. 

Category B - these species require the observers name(s) for the record to be accepted but a brief description may also requested, particularly if the record is from an unusual location or at an unusual time of the year.

Category C - these species do not fall within the above categories for recording purposes but are still of interest to be included on the sightings page of this website.

Other Species - these species will not generally be included on the sightings page due to the number of birds occuring annually but early/late records of summer & winter visitors will be included. All records can of course be submitted to the county recorder.

	Species	Category
1	Mute Swan	-
2	Bewick's Swan	A
3	Whooper Swan	A
4	Bean Goose	A
5	Pink-footed Goose	B
6	White-fronted Goose	A
7	Greylag Goose	-
8	Canada Goose	-
9	Barnacle Goose	-
10	Brent Goose	A
11	Egyptian Goose	B
12	Shelduck	-
13	Mandarin	C
14	Wigeon	-
15	American Wigeon*	A
16	Gadwall	-
17	Teal	-
18	Green-winged Teal	A
19	Mallard	-
20	Pintail	C
21	Garganey	B
22	Blue-winged Teal	A
23	Shoveler	-
24	Red-crested Pochard	B
25	Pochard	-
26	Ring-necked Duck	A
27	Ferruginous Duck	A
28	Tufted Duck	-
29	Scaup	B
30	Lesser Scaup	A
31	Eider	A
32	Long-tailed Duck	A
33	Common Scoter	B
34	Surf Scoter	A
35	Velvet Scoter	A
36	Goldeneye	C
37	Smew	A
38	Red-breasted Merganser	A
39	Goosander	C
40	Ruddy Duck	-
41	Black Grouse (extinct)	A
42	Red-legged Partridge	-
43	Grey Partridge	C
44	Quail	A
45	Pheasant	-
46	Red-throated Diver	A
47	Black-throated Diver	A
48	Great Northern Diver	A
49	Little Grebe	-
50	Great Crested Grebe	-
51	Red-necked Grebe	A
52	Slavonian Grebe	A
53	Black-necked Grebe	A
54	Fulmar	A
55	Manx Shearwater	A
56	Storm Petrel	A
57	Leach's Petrel	A
58	Gannet	A
59	Cormorant	-
60	Shag	A
61	Bittern	A**
62	Little Bittern	A
63	Night Heron	A
64	Squacco Heron	A
65	Cattle Egret	A
66	Little Egret	C
67	Great White Egret	A
68	Grey Heron	-
69	Purple Heron	A
70	Black Stork	A
71	White Stork	A
72	Spoonbill	A
73	Honey Buzzard	A
74	Black Kite	A
75	Red Kite	C
76	White-tailed Eagle	A
77	Marsh Harrier	A
78	Hen Harrier	A
79	Montagu's Harrier	A
80	Goshawk	A
81	Sparrowhawk	-
82	Buzzard	-
83	Rough-legged Buzzard	A
84	Osprey	B
85	Kestrel	-
86	Red-footed Falcon	A
87	Merlin	B
88	Hobby	C
89	Peregrine	-
90	Water Rail	-
91	Spotted Crake	A
92	Corncrake	A
93	Moorhen	-
94	Coot	-
95	Common Crane	A
96	Great Bustard	A
97	Oystercatcher	-
98	Black-winged Stilt	A
99	Avocet	A**
100	Stone Curlew	A
101	Collared Pratincole	A
102	Little Ringed Plover	-
103	Ringed Plover	-
104	Kentish Plover	A
105	Dotterel	A
106	Golden Plover	C
107	Grey Plover	A
108	Lapwing	-
109	Knot	B
110	Sanderling	B
111	Little Stint	B
112	Temminck's Stint	A
113	Least Sandpiper	A
114	White-rumped Sandpiper	A
115	Pectoral Sandpiper	A
116	Curlew Sandpiper	B
117	Purple Sandpiper	A
118	Dunlin	-
119	Ruff	C
120	Jack Snipe	C
121	Snipe	-
122	Long-billed Dowitcher	A
123	Woodcock	C
124	Black-tailed Godwit	C
125	Bar-tailed Godwit	B
126	Whimbrel	B
127	Curlew	-
128	Spotted Redshank	A
129	Redshank	-
130	Greenshank	C
131	Green Sandpiper	C
132	Wood Sandpiper	A
133	Common Sandpiper	-
134	Turnstone	B
135	Wilson's Phalarope	A
136	Red-necked Phalarope	A
137	Grey Phalarope	A
138	Pomarine Skua	A
139	Arctic Skua	A
140	Long-tailed Skua	A
141	Great Skua	A
142	Mediterranean Gull	C
143	Laughing Gull	A
144	Little Gull	B
145	Sabine's Gull	A
146	Black-headed Gull	-
147	Ring-billed Gull	A
148	Common Gull	-
149	Lesser Black-backed Gull	-
150	Caspian Gull	A
151	Yellow-legged Gull	C
152	Herring Gull	-
153	Iceland Gull	A
154	Glaucous Gull	A
155	Great Black-backed Gull	C
156	Kittiwake	B
157	Little Tern	A
158	Caspian Tern	A
159	Whiskered Tern	A
160	Black Tern	B
161	White-winged Black Tern	A
162	Sandwich Tern	A
163	Common Tern	-
164	Roseate Tern	A
165	Arctic Tern	B
166	Razorbill	A
167	Little Auk	A
168	Puffin	A
169	Pallas's Sandgrouse	A
170	Stock Dove	-
171	Woodpigeon	-
172	Collared Dove	-
173	Turtle Dove	C
174	Ring-necked Parakeet	B
175	Cuckoo	-
176	Barn Owl	-
177	Little Owl	-
178	Tawny Owl	-
179	Long-eared Owl	A
180	Short-eared Owl	B
181	Tengmalm's Owl	A
182	Nightjar	A
183	Swift	-
184	Alpine Swift	A
185	Kingfisher	-
186	Bee-eater	A
187	Hoopoe	A
188	Wryneck	A
189	Green Woodpecker	-
190	Great Spotted Woodpecker	-
191	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	C
192	Woodlark	A
193	Skylark	-
194	Shorelark	A
195	Sand Martin	-
196	Swallow	-
197	House Martin	-
198	Red-rumped Swallow	A
199	Richard's Pipit	A
200	Tree Pipit	C
201	Meadow Pipit	-
202	Rock Pipit	B
203	Water Pipit	A
204	Yellow Wagtail	C
205	Grey Wagtail	-
206	Pied Wagtail	-
207	Waxwing	A
208	Dipper	C
209	Wren	-
210	Dunnock	-
211	Robin	-
212	Nightingale	B
213	Bluethroat	A
214	Black Redstart	B
215	Redstart	C
216	Whinchat	C
217	Stonechat	-
218	Wheatear	C
219	Ring Ouzel	C
220	Blackbird	-
221	Dusky Thrush	A
222	Black-throated Thrush	A
223	Fieldfare	-
224	Song Thrush	-
225	Redwing	-
226	Mistle Thrush	-
227	Cetti's Warbler	A**
228	Grasshopper Warbler	B
229	Savi's Warbler	A
230	Aquatic Warbler	A
231	Sedge Warbler	-
232	Marsh Warbler	A
233	Reed Warbler	-
234	Icterine Warbler	A
235	Blackcap	-
236	Garden Warbler	-
237	Lesser Whitethroat	-
238	Whitethroat	-
239	Dartford Warbler	A
240	Pallas's Warbler	A
241	Yellow-browed Warbler	A
242	Wood Warbler	C
243	Chiffchaff	-
244	Willow Warbler	-
245	Goldcrest	-
246	Firecrest	A
247	Spotted Flycatcher	C
248	Pied Flycatcher	C
249	Bearded Tit	A
250	Long-tailed Tit	-
251	Blue Tit	-
252	Great Tit	-
253	Coal Tit	-
254	Willow Tit	A
255	Marsh Tit	-
256	Nuthatch	-
257	Treecreeper	-
258	Golden Oriole	A
259	Red-backed Shrike	A
260	Lesser Grey Shrike	A
261	Great Grey Shrike	A
262	Woodchat Shrike	A
263	Jay	-
264	Magpie	-
265	Chough	A
266	Jackdaw	-
267	Rook	-
268	Carrion Crow	-
269	Hooded Crow	A
270	Raven	-
271	Starling	-
272	Rose-coloured Starling	A
273	House Sparrow	-
274	Tree Sparrow	C
275	Chaffinch	-
276	Brambling	C
277	Serin	A
278	Greenfinch	-
279	Goldfinch	-
280	Siskin	-
281	Linnet	-
282	Twite	A
283	Mealy Redpoll	A
284	Lesser Redpoll	-
285	Arctic Redpoll	A
286	Two-barred Crossbill	A
287	Crossbill	C
288	Bullfinch	-
289	Hawfinch	C
290	Lapland Bunting	A
291	Snow Bunting	A
292	Pine Bunting	A
293	Yellowhammer	-
294	Cirl Bunting	A
295	Rustic Bunting	A
296	Little Bunting	A
297	Reed Bunting	-
298	Corn Bunting	C

 
* subject to acceptance by the relevant rarities committee

** away from Upton Warren