County List
The sequence of species in this list is that introduced by the British Ornithologists Union. It has been presented in sections in the following order, 1. all year residents, 2. summer migrants, 3. winter migrants, 4. passage species, 5. rarities (more than 3 county records) and 6. vagrants (less than 3 county records). Traditional species names have been used by preference. Some species could arguably fit into several sections, so in these instances a 'best-fit' approach has been adopted. If all UK birds are selected using the 'scope' option below, birds are simply displayed in BOU sequence and are not grouped into sections.
Species for which acceptance by the Breconshire Records Committee (BRC) requires written field details are indicated by an asterix (*). All rarity, vagrant and new species also require written field details for acceptance. The BRC contact details and submission form are provided for your use - download in PDF format - download in MS Word format.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | Cat. | Status | Last Seen | # Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | AC2 | All Year | ||
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | C2E | All Year | ||
| Teal | Anas crecca | A | All Year | ||
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | AC2C4E | All Year | ||
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | A | All Year | ||
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | A | All Year | ||
| Red Grouse | Lagopus lagopus | A | All Year | ||
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | C1E | All Year | ||
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | AC2E | All Year | ||
| Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | C1E | All Year | ||
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | A | All Year | ||
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | A | All Year | ||
| Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | A | All Year | ||
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | A | All Year | ||
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | AC3 | All Year | ||
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | A | All Year | ||
| Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | AC3E | All Year | ||
| Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | A | All Year | ||
| Buzzard | Buteo buteo | A | All Year | ||
| Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | A | All Year | ||
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | A | All Year | ||
| Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | A | All Year | ||
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | A | All Year | ||
| Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | A | All Year | ||
| Coot | Fulica atra | A | All Year | ||
| Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | A | All Year | ||
| Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | A | All Year | ||
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | A | All Year | ||
| Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | A | All Year | ||
| Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | A | All Year | ||
| Curlew | Numenius arquata | A | All Year | ||
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | A | All Year | ||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | A | All Year | ||
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | A | All Year | ||
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | A | All Year | ||
| Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon | Columba livia | AC4E | All Year | ||
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | A | All Year | ||
| Woodpigeon | Columba palumbus | A | All Year | ||
| Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | A | All Year | ||
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | A | All Year | ||
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | C1 | All Year | ||
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | A | All Year | ||
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | A | All Year | ||
| Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | A | All Year | ||
| Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | A | All Year | ||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | A | All Year | ||
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | A | All Year | ||
| Skylark | Alauda arvensis | A | All Year | ||
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | A | All Year | ||
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | A | All Year | ||
| Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba | A | All Year | ||
| Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | A | All Year | ||
| Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | A | All Year | ||
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | A | All Year | ||
| Robin | Erithacus rubecula | A | All Year | ||
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | A | All Year | ||
| Blackbird | Turdus merula | A | All Year | ||
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | A | All Year | ||
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | A | All Year | ||
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | A | All Year | ||
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | A | All Year | ||
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | A | All Year | ||
| Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | A | All Year | ||
| Great Tit | Parus major | A | All Year | ||
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | A | All Year | ||
| Willow Tit | Poecile montana | A | All Year | ||
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | A | All Year | ||
| Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | A | All Year | ||
| Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | A | All Year | ||
| Jay | Garrulus glandarius | A | All Year | ||
| Magpie | Pica pica | A | All Year | ||
| Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | A | All Year | ||
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | A | All Year | ||
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | A | All Year | ||
| Raven | Corvus corax | A | All Year | ||
| Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | A | All Year | ||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | A | All Year | ||
| Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | A | All Year | ||
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | A | All Year | ||
| Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | A | All Year | ||
| Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | A | All Year | ||
| Siskin | Carduelis spinus | A | All Year | ||
| Linnet | Carduelis cannabina | A | All Year | ||
| Lesser Redpoll | Carduelis cabaret | A | All Year | ||
| Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | A | All Year | ||
| Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | A | All Year | ||
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | A | All Year | ||
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | A | All Year | ||
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | A | All Year | ||
| Quail | Coturnix coturnix | A | Summer | ||
| Hobby | Falco subbuteo | A | Summer | ||
| Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | A | Summer | ||
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | A | Summer | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | A | Summer | ||
| Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | A | Summer | ||
| Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | A | Summer | ||
| Swift | Apus apus | A | Summer | ||
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | A | Summer | ||
| Swallow | Hirundo rustica | A | Summer | ||
| House Martin | Delichon urbicum | A | Summer | ||
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | A | Summer | ||
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | A | Summer | ||
| Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | A | Summer | ||
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | A | Summer | ||
| Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | A | Summer | ||
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | A | Summer | ||
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | A | Summer | ||
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | A | Summer | ||
| Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | A | Summer | ||
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | A | Summer | ||
| Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca | A | Summer | ||
| Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | A | Summer | ||
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | A | Summer | ||
| Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | A | Summer | ||
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | A | Summer | ||
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | A | Summer | ||
| Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | A | Summer | ||
| Wigeon | Anas penelope | A | Winter | ||
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | AC2 | Winter | ||
| Shoveler | Anas clypeata | A | Winter | ||
| Pochard | Aythya ferina | A | Winter | ||
| Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | A | Winter | ||
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | A | Winter | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | A | Winter | ||
| Great White Egret | Ardea alba | A | Winter | ||
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | A | Winter | ||
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | A | Winter | ||
| Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | A | Winter | ||
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | A | Winter | ||
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | A | Winter | ||
| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | A | Winter | ||
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | A | Winter | ||
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | A | Winter | ||
| Bewick's Swan | Cygnus columbianus | A | Passage | ||
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | A | Passage | ||
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | AC2C4E | Passage | ||
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | AC2E | Passage | ||
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | C1E | Passage | ||
| Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | A | Passage | ||
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | C1E | Passage | ||
| Pintail | Anas acuta | A | Passage | ||
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | A | Passage | ||
| Scaup | Aythya marila | A | Passage | ||
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | A | Passage | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | A | Passage | ||
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | C1E | Passage | ||
| Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | A | Passage | ||
| Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | A | Passage | ||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | A | Passage | ||
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | A | Passage | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | A | Passage | ||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | A | Passage | ||
| Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | A | Passage | ||
| Redshank | Tringa totanus | A | Passage | ||
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | A | Passage | ||
| Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus | A | Passage | ||
| Common Gull | Larus canus | A | Passage | ||
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | A | Passage | ||
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | A | Passage | ||
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | A | Passage | ||
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | A | Passage | ||
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | A | Passage | ||
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | A | Passage | ||
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | A | Passage | ||
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | A | Passage | ||
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | A | Passage | ||
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Eider | Somateria mollissima | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Black Grouse | Tetrao tetrix | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Leach's Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Gannet | Morus bassanus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Corncrake | Crex crex | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Knot | Calidris canutus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Bearded Tit | Panurus biarmicus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | A | Rarity (>3 records) | ||
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1800's | 2 |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1979 | 1 |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | AC2E | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2017 | 3 |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2018 | 3 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1999 | 1 |
| Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1986 | 1 |
| Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1800's | 1 |
| Storm Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1984 | 2 |
| Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1800's | 1 |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1907 | 3 |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1800's | 1 |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1976 | 1 |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | AC3E | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1901 | 1 |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1969 | 2 |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1969 | 3 |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1800's | 1 |
| Gyr Falcon | Falco rusticolus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1963 | 3 |
| Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2011 | 2 |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1996 | 1 |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1950 | 1 |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2007 | 1 |
| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1981 | 1 |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2003 | 1 |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1988 | 1 |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1962 | 1 |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2008 | 1 |
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2016 | 3 |
| Guillemot | Uria aalge | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1800's | 1 |
| Little Auk | Alle alle | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1950 | 1 |
| Puffin | Fratercula arctica | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1960 | 1 |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1947 | 1 |
| Alpine Swift | Apus melba | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1956 | 1 |
| Roller | Coracias garrulus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2007 | 1 |
| Shore Lark | Eremophila alpestris | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2001 | 1 |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2019 | 2 |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1978 | 1 |
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1994 | 1 |
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2004 | 1 |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1992 | 1 |
| Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1957 | 1 |
| Twite | Carduelis flavirostris | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1956 | 3 |
| Mealy Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1990 | 1 |
| Parrot Crossbill | Loxia pytyopsittacus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1988 | 2 |
| Lapland Bunting | Calcarius lapponicus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1971 | 2 |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 1993 | 1 |
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | E | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2008 | 2 |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2023 | 3 |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2011 | 1 |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2019 | 1 |
| Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2017 | 3 |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2017 | 1 |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2013 | 1 |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2010 | 1 |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2015 | 1 |
| Rose-coloured Starling | Pastor roseus | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2020 | 2 |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | A | Vagrant (<3 records) | 2021 | 1 |