Birds Found in and around Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire

There are over 50 species of birds found within a five mile radius of Huntingdon. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Birds found in Huntingdon


Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Green Parakeet (Aratinga holochlora)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. fabalis)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus)
Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Speckled/Chilean Teal (Anas flavirostris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)