• Stonechat

    Stonechat © D Jones

  • Turtle Dove

    Turtle Dove © D Jones

  • Chiffchaff
  • Kestrel

    Kestrel © R Campey

  • Osprey

    Osprey © R Campey

  • Red-breasted Flycatcher

    Red-breasted Flycatcher © R Campey

  • Gannet

    Gannet © D Scott

  • Mallard family

    Mallard family © R Campey

Complete list of birds ringed on Lundy, 1947 to 2023

(1947 is the year in which the Lundy Field Society was established; Lundy Bird Observatory was reaccredited by the Bird Observatories Council in 2023)

 

Total number ringed 1947–2023

Greylag Goose

1

Mallard

42

Quail

1

Little Grebe

1

Fulmar

147

Manx Shearwater

6,381

Barolo Shearwater

1

Storm Petrel

1,042

Cormorant

46

Shag

1,187

Sparrowhawk

19

Buzzard

7

Kestrel

29

Merlin

6

Peregrine

11

Water Rail 

55

Spotted Crake

1

Corncrake

5

Moorhen

1

Oystercatcher

37

Ringed Plover

3

Dotterel

7

Golden Plover

9

Lapwing

211

Knot

4

Semipalmated Sandpiper

1

Little Stint

6

Least Sandpiper

2

Pectoral Sandpiper

6

Curlew Sandpiper

2

Dunlin

84

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

2

Jack Snipe

33

Snipe

168

Woodcock

33

Bar-tailed Godwit

1

Whimbrel

21

Curlew

34

Redshank

1

Greenshank

2

Green Sandpiper

1

Wood Sandpiper

1

Common Sandpiper

1

Turnstone

3

Lesser Black-backed Gull

457

Herring Gull

2,949

Great Black-backed Gull

132

Kittiwake

2,535

Guillemot

2,704

Razorbill

1,238

Puffin

10

Stock Dove

1

Woodpigeon

24

Collared Dove

22

Turtle Dove

13

Cuckoo

45

Long-eared Owl

5

Short-eared Owl

2

Nightjar

2

Swift

14

Hoopoe

2

Wryneck

29

Great Spotted Woodpecker

12

Short-toed Lark

1

Skylark

701

Sand Martin

257

Swallow

13,217

House Martin

464

Richard's Pipit 

1

Olive-backed Pipit

1

Tree Pipit

89

Meadow Pipit

5,382

Red-throated Pipit

1

Rock Pipit

32

Yellow Wagtail

5

Grey Wagtail

73

Pied Wagtail

194

Citrine Wagtail

1

Wren

1,540

Dunnock

1,072

Robin

2,348

Thrush Nightingale

1

Nightingale

11

Bluethroat

3

Red-flanked Bluetail 

2

Black Redstart

44

Redstart

406

Whinchat

123

Stonechat

331

Wheatear

1,109

Desert Wheatear 

1

Swainson's Thrush

2

Grey-cheeked Thrush

1

Veery

2

Ring Ouzel

44

Blackbird

4,820

Fieldfare 

36

Song Thrush

1,126

Redwing

1,486

Mistle Thrush

7

White's Thrush

1

American Robin

1

Cetti's Warbler 

6

Grasshopper Warbler

497

Aquatic Warbler

1

Sedge Warbler

2,962

Paddyfield Warbler

1

Marsh Warbler

3

Reed Warbler

187

Blyth’s Reed Warbler

2

Icterine Warbler

19

Melodious Warbler

34

Booted Warbler

1

Blackcap

13,494

Garden Warbler

898

Barred Warbler

12

Lesser Whitethroat

148

Whitethroat

3,542

Dartford Warbler

1

Rüppell's Warbler

1

Subalpine Warbler

13

Sardinian Warbler

1

Greenish Warbler

2

Arctic Warbler

2

Pallas's Warbler

5

Yellow-browed Warbler

112

Radde's Warbler

1

Western Bonelli's Warbler

2

Bonelli's Warbler sp.

1

Wood Warbler

51

Chiffchaff

7,400

Willow Warbler

18,487

Goldcrest

11,847

Firecrest

314

Spotted Flycatcher

1,458

Red-breasted Flycatcher

23

Pied Flycatcher

816

Long-tailed Tit

26

Blue Tit

124

Great Tit

35

Coal Tit

79

Treecreeper

34

Golden Oriole

7

Red-backed Shrike

10

Great Grey Shrike

1

Woodchat Shrike

11

Jackdaw

2

Carrion Crow

24

Raven 

47

Starling

1,639

Rose-coloured Starling

1

Waxwing

1

House Sparrow 

1,243

Tree Sparrow

5

Red-eyed Vireo

8

Chaffinch

9,398

Brambling

153

Greenfinch

576

Goldfinch

1,694

Siskin

2,124

Linnet

1,820

Common Redpoll

4

Lesser Redpoll

97

Crossbill

38

Common Rosefinch

35

Bullfinch

33

Hawfinch

11

Yellow-rumped Warbler

1

Blackpoll Warbler

1

Common Yellowthroat

1

Eastern Towhee

1

Lapland Bunting

8

Snow Bunting

12

Yellowhammer

1

Ortolan Bunting

6

Rustic Bunting

3

Little Bunting

8

Yellow-breasted Bunting

1

Reed Bunting

12

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

1

Baltimore Oriole

2

   
Total number of birds ringed  136,523
   

Total number of species ringed

*180

Numbers of pulli – i.e. chicks/nestlings are included in the totals shown. However the relative numbers of pulli and fully-grown birds ringed are not known for some past years, so the relevant sub-totals cannot be given.

 *Total number of species ringed includes Western Bonelli's Warbler but excludes Bonelli's Warbler sp.