Birds Found in and around Oakham in Rutland

There are over 277 species of birds found within a five mile radius of Oakham. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Birds found in Oakham


Alpine Swift (Apus melba)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Broad-Billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Cape Teal (Anas capensis)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Grey-headed Gull (Larus cirrocephalus)
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Paradise/New Zealand Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Red-Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-Necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Stone-Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
White-Winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Australian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus subsp. bewickii)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Blue-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flava)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Cape/South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser White-Fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)