• Hoopoe

    Hoopoe © D Jones

  • Sora
  • Baltimore Oriole

    Baltimore Oriole © T Wright

  • Common Rosefinch

    Common Rosefinch © D Jones

  • Red-rumped Swallow

    Red-rumped Swallow © D Fox

  • Pale-bellied Brent Goose

    Pale-bellied Brent Goose © R Taylor

  • Great Northern Diver

    Great Northern Diver © S Cossey

  • Lapland Bunting

    Lapland Bunting © R Campey

The Birds of Lundy

The Lundy Bird Observatory website provides easily accessible updates to the species accounts in The Birds of Lundy published in 2007. These updates include any information that adds significantly to our knowledge of the island’s commoner birds, as well as details of rare and unusual species recorded since 2007. A fully revised 2nd edition of the book is in preparation.

The species accounts, including ringing controls & recoveries, have been updated to the end of 2023, with some additional highlights also added for 2024. The pages summarising Ringing and Breeding have also been updated to the end of 2023.

Select a taxonomic range of species from the main menu, or use the search box below to find a species of interest.

Red-necked Grebe

Podiceps grisegena

(p.59)

All new records

2016

New record (overwintering 2016/2017)

18 Dec – One was photographed in the Landing Bay (Philip & Helen Lymbery). An anonymous entry in the LFS logbook stated that the bird was still present on 23 Dec and further records from Feb to May 2017 (see below) almost certainly referred to one overwintering bird.

Red-necked Grebe image1 Landing Bay 18Dec2016 Philip LymberyRed-necked Grebe, Landing Bay, 18 Dec 2016
© Philip Lymbery

Red-necked Grebe image2 Landing Bay 18Dec2016 Philip LymberyRed-necked Grebe, Landing Bay, 18 Dec 2016
© Philip Lymbery

2017

New record (overwintering 2016/2017)

13 Feb to 2 May – Records of a single bird in the Landing Bay on 13 & 28 Feb, regularly from 15 to 30 Mar, and again from 9 Apr to 2 May (Dean Jones et al.) are considered to relate to an overwintering individual that had been present in the same area since December 2016 (see above). The periodic gaps between sightings were due to a combination of low observer coverage (especially Jan to mid-Feb) and spells of rough weather. By mid-Mar the grebe was already showing clear signs of breeding plumage, which had developed quite extensively by the time of its departure in early May. The 2016/2017 bird was only the 6th for the island, the first since Feb/Mar 1996, and by far the longest-staying individual. Record accepted by Devon Bird Recorder.