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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 .

The search engine has been designed so that you can search for a specific species by entering the full name i.e. ‘Little Grebe’, or to list all species containing a key word i.e. ‘Grebe’. The keyword search also searches the species scientific name.

The current county list stands at 267.

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Bird Seen in
Brecknock?
Breeding in
Brecknock?
Category Brecknock Status Last
Sighting
Number of
Sightings
Mute Swan Y Y AC2 All Year    
Canada Goose Y Y C2E All Year    
Teal Y Y A All Year    
Mallard Y Y AC2C4E All Year    
Tufted Duck Y Y A All Year    
Goosander Y Y A All Year    
Red Grouse Y Y A All Year    
Red-legged Partridge Y Y C1E All Year    
Grey Partridge Y   AC2E All Year    
Pheasant Y Y C1E All Year    
Little Grebe Y Y A All Year    
Great Crested Grebe Y Y A All Year    
Cormorant Y   A All Year    
Grey Heron Y Y A All Year    
Red Kite Y Y AC3 All Year    
Hen Harrier Y Y A All Year    
Goshawk Y Y AC3E All Year    
Sparrowhawk Y Y A All Year    
Buzzard Y Y A All Year    
Kestrel Y Y A All Year    
Merlin Y Y A All Year    
Peregrine Y Y A All Year    
Water Rail Y Y A All Year    
Moorhen Y Y A All Year    
Coot Y Y A All Year    
Golden Plover Y Y A All Year    
Lapwing Y Y A All Year    
Dunlin Y Y A All Year    
Snipe Y Y A All Year    
Woodcock Y Y A All Year    
Curlew Y Y A All Year    
Black-headed Gull Y Y A All Year    
Lesser Black-backed Gull Y   A All Year    
Herring Gull Y   A All Year    
Great Black-backed Gull Y   A All Year    
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon Y Y AC4E All Year    
Stock Dove Y Y A All Year    
Woodpigeon Y Y A All Year    
Collared Dove Y Y A All Year    
Barn Owl Y Y A All Year    
Little Owl Y Y C1 All Year    
Tawny Owl Y Y A All Year    
Long-eared Owl Y Y A All Year    
Kingfisher Y Y A All Year    
Green Woodpecker Y Y A All Year    
Great Spotted Woodpecker Y Y A All Year    
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Y Y A All Year    
Skylark Y Y A All Year    
Meadow Pipit Y Y A All Year    
Grey Wagtail Y Y A All Year    
Pied Wagtail Y Y A All Year    
Dipper Y Y A All Year    
Wren Y Y A All Year    
Dunnock Y Y A All Year    
Robin Y Y A All Year    
Stonechat Y Y A All Year    
Blackbird Y Y A All Year    
Song Thrush Y Y A All Year    
Mistle Thrush Y Y A All Year    
Blackcap Y Y A All Year    
Goldcrest Y Y A All Year    
Long-tailed Tit Y Y A All Year    
Blue Tit Y Y A All Year    
Great Tit Y Y A All Year    
Coal Tit Y Y A All Year    
Willow Tit Y Y A All Year    
Marsh Tit Y Y A All Year    
Nuthatch Y Y A All Year    
Treecreeper Y Y A All Year    
Jay Y Y A All Year    
Magpie Y Y A All Year    
Jackdaw Y Y A All Year    
Rook Y Y A All Year    
Carrion Crow Y Y A All Year    
Raven Y Y A All Year    
Starling Y Y A All Year    
House Sparrow Y Y A All Year    
Tree Sparrow Y Y A All Year    
Chaffinch Y Y A All Year    
Greenfinch Y Y A All Year    
Goldfinch Y Y A All Year    
Siskin Y Y A All Year    
Linnet Y Y A All Year    
Lesser Redpoll Y Y A All Year    
Common Crossbill Y Y A All Year    
Bullfinch Y Y A All Year    
Hawfinch Y Y A All Year    
Yellowhammer Y Y A All Year    
Reed Bunting Y Y A All Year    
Quail Y   A Summer    
Hobby Y Y A Summer    
Oystercatcher Y Y A Summer    
Little Ringed Plover Y Y A Summer    
Common Sandpiper Y Y A Summer    
Cuckoo Y Y A Summer    
Nightjar Y Y A Summer    
Swift Y Y A Summer    
Sand Martin Y Y A Summer    
Swallow Y Y A Summer    
House Martin Y Y A Summer    
Tree Pipit Y Y A Summer    
Redstart Y Y A Summer    
Whinchat Y Y A Summer    
Wheatear Y Y A Summer    
Ring Ouzel Y Y A Summer    
Grasshopper Warbler Y Y A Summer    
Sedge Warbler Y Y A Summer    
Reed Warbler Y Y A Summer    
Garden Warbler Y Y A Summer    
Lesser Whitethroat Y Y A Summer    
Whitethroat Y Y A Summer    
Wood Warbler Y Y A Summer    
Chiffchaff Y Y A Summer    
Willow Warbler Y Y A Summer    
Spotted Flycatcher Y Y A Summer    
Pied Flycatcher Y Y A Summer    
Wigeon Y   A Winter    
Gadwall Y   AC2 Winter    
Shoveler Y   A Winter    
Pochard Y   A Winter    
Goldeneye Y   A Winter    
Smew Y   A Winter    
Little Egret Y   A Winter    
Jack Snipe Y   A Winter    
Green Sandpiper Y   A Winter    
Waxwing Y   A Winter    
Fieldfare Y   A Winter    
Redwing Y   A Winter    
Cetti's Warbler Y   A Winter    
Great Grey Shrike Y   A Winter    
Brambling Y   A Winter    
Bewick's Swan Y   A Passage    
Whooper Swan Y   A Passage    
Greylag Goose Y   AC2C4E Passage    
Barnacle Goose Y   AC2E Passage    
Egyptian Goose Y   C1E Passage    
Shelduck Y   A Passage    
Mandarin Duck Y   C1E Passage    
Pintail Y   A Passage    
Garganey * Y   A Passage    
Scaup Y   A Passage    
Common Scoter Y   A Passage    
Red-breasted Merganser Y   A Passage    
Ruddy Duck Y   C1E Passage    
Bittern * Y   A Passage    
Honey-buzzard * Y   A Passage    
Osprey Y   A Passage    
Ringed Plover Y   A Passage    
Black-tailed Godwit Y   A Passage    
Whimbrel Y   A Passage    
Greenshank Y   A Passage    
Redshank Y   A Passage    
Little Gull Y   A Passage    
Mediterranean Gull Y   A Passage    
Common Gull Y   A Passage    
Yellow-legged Gull Y   A Passage    
Little Tern Y   A Passage    
Black Tern Y   A Passage    
Sandwich Tern Y   A Passage    
Common Tern Y   A Passage    
Arctic Tern Y   A Passage    
Short-eared Owl Y   A Passage    
Water Pipit Y   A Passage    
Black Redstart * Y   A Passage    
Pink-footed Goose * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
White-fronted Goose * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Brent Goose * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Ring-necked Duck * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Eider * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Long-tailed Duck * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Black Grouse * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Red-throated Diver * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Black-throated Diver * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Great Northern Diver * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Red-necked Grebe * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Slavonian Grebe * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Black-necked Grebe * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Manx Shearwater * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Leach's Petrel * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Gannet * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
White Stork * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Marsh Harrier * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Spotted Crake * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Corncrake * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Dotterel * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Grey Plover * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Knot * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Sanderling * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Little Stint * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Pectoral Sandpiper * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Curlew Sandpiper * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Purple Sandpiper * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Ruff * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Great Snipe * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Bar-tailed Godwit * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Spotted Redshank * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Wood Sandpiper * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Turnstone * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Grey Phalarope * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Kittiwake * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Roseate Tern * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Turtle Dove * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Hoopoe * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Wryneck * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Woodlark * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Yellow Wagtail * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Nightingale * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Aquatic Warbler * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Yellow-browed Warbler * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Bearded Tit * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Golden Oriole * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Red-backed Shrike * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Snow Bunting * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Cirl Bunting * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Corn Bunting * Y   A Rarity (>3 records)    
Bean Goose * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1800's 2
American Wigeon * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1979 1
Red-crested Pochard * Y   AC2E Vagrant (<3 records) 1989 1
Ferruginous Duck * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1956 2
Pied-billed Grebe * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1999 1
Fulmar * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1986 1
Sooty Shearwater * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1800's 1
Storm Petrel * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1984 2
Shag * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1800's 1
Little Bittern * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1907 3
Great White Egret * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 2008 2
Purple Heron * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1800's 1
Black Kite * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1976 1
White-tailed Eagle * Y   AC3E Vagrant (<3 records) 1901 1
Montagu's Harrier * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1969 2
Rough-legged Buzzard * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1969 3
Golden Eagle * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1800's 1
Gyr Falcon * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1963 3
Stone-curlew * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1966 1
Long-billed Dowitcher * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1996 1
Red-necked Phalarope * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1950 1
Pomarine Skua * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 2007 1
Long-tailed Skua * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1981 1
Great Skua * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 2003 1
Ring-billed Gull * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1988 1
Iceland Gull * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 2007 1
Caspian Tern * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1962 1
Whiskered Tern * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 2008 1
White-winged Black Tern * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records)   2
Guillemot * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1800's 1
Little Auk * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1950 1
Puffin * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1960 1
Snowy Owl * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1947 1
Alpine Swift * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1956 1
Roller * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 2007 1
Shore Lark * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 2001 1
Citrine Wagtail * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 2008 1
Bluethroat * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1978 1
Savi's Warbler * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1994 1
Paddyfield Warbler * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 2004 1
Woodchat Shrike * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1992 1
Nutcracker * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1957 1
Twite * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1956 3
Mealy Redpoll * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1990 1
Parrot Crossbill * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1988 2
Lapland Bunting * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1971 2
Ortolan Bunting * Y   A Vagrant (<3 records) 1993 1
Eurasian Eagle-Owl * Y   E Vagrant (<3 records) 2008 2