Birds Found in and around Crawley in West Sussex

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

List of Birds found in Crawley


Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Peach-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)