Birds Found in and around Forfar in Angus

There are over 172 species of birds found within a five mile radius of Forfar. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Birds found in Forfar


Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Brant (Branta bernicla subsp. nigricans)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Crane (Grus grus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. fabalis)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Kumlien's Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. kumlieni)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-spotted Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica subsp. cyanecula)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)