Little Grebe - Resident
Great Crested Grebe - Resident
Red Necked Grebe - Rare winter visitor. 1 seen on the river Trent 30/12/1995
Great Cormorant - Common Resident
Eurasian Bittern - Very rare .3 Records on Holme Pit 27th/28th Dec 1998/3rd March 2007 & several dates throughout Nov 2007
Little Egret – scarce. 2 birds seen mating in Branshill Wood (25th May 2005). 3 birds over Barton Flash September 2006. Several sightings in 2007. sightings are becoming more frequent.
Grey Heron - Common Resident , Large Heronry at Branshill Wood
White Stork - 1 Record soaring over Clifton Bridge
Mute Swan - Resident
Bewick's Swan - Scarce and irregular winter visitor
Whopper Swan - Scarce and irregular winter visitor
Pink-Footed Goose - uncommon passage migrant. 4 skeins over Clifton grove over 1000 birds in total 31/01/2005. 4 birds in fields Barton in fabis 31/01/2005.
Greylag Goose - Increasingly common resident
Canada Goose - common resident
Egyptian Goose -scarce resident
Common Shelduck - scarce a few fly over birds seen only
Eurasian Wigeon - winter visitor
Gadwall - common in the winter months on holme pit possible resident
Eurasian Teal - common winter visitor
Mallard - common resident
Gargany - scarce a pair were resident in barton-in-fabis in 1999 and may have made a unsuccessful breeding attempt. 1 bird seen on Branshill Ponds 15/09/07
Northern Shoveler - fairly common winter visitor
Common Poachard - scarce winter visitor
Tufted Duck - common resident
Common Goldeneye - common winter visitor
Smew - scarce winter visitor
Red-Brested Merganser - scarce winter visitor
Goosander - common winter visitor
Red Kite - very rare visitor
Marsh Harrier - very rare visitor 2 females branshill ponds 08/09/2006
Hen Harrier – very rare visitor. a female bird was seen over fields near Beeston Weir November 2006
Northern Goshawk - very rare visitor 1 bird seen catch a woodpigeon on the edge of branshill wood
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - common resident
Red-Tailed Hawk - an adult bird has been in the branshill wood area of barton-in-fabis since January 2006
Common Buzzard - scarce resident
Osprey - rare passage migrant. 1 bird seen in the Barton area 29th & 30/04/07
Common Kestrel - common resident
Merlin - scarce winter visitor
Hobby - scarce summer visitor
Peregrine Falcon - scarce visitor
Red-Legged Partridge - fairly common resident
Grey Partridge - scarce resident
Common Pheasant - common resident
Water Rail - uncommon passage migrant/winter visitor
Moorhen - common resident
Common Coot - common resident
Common Crane - rare vagrant. 1 reported in fields in barton in fabis but wasnt relocated despite searching the whole area 14/10/2004
Oystercatcher - scarce. only a few fly over birds seen
Little Ringed Plover - scarce/rare passage migrant
Ringed Plover - scarce. 1 sighting on Barton Flash 25/08/07
Golden Plover - Fairly common . often seen in fields in the winter months
Northern Lapwing - common resident and passage migrant
Jack Snipe - scarce winter visitor. seen a number of times in the wet marsh area.
Common Snipe - fairly common passage migrant/winter visitor
Woodcock - scarce. possible resident but only 1 sighting 26/03/2006 flushed in clifton wood.
Black-Tailed Godwit - scarce passage migrant. 13 flyover birds 07/08/2006. 7 birds feeding on Barton Fash 29/07/07
Whimbrel - scarce/rare passage migrant
Eurasian Curlew - scarce . only a few flyover birds seen
Common Redshank - scarce . only a few flyover birds seen
Greenshank - scarce . 1 sighting at Barton Flash 12/08/2007
Common Sandpiper - scarce seen a few times on the river trent
Mediterranean Gull - scarce 1 seen at clifton bridge 25/09/2005
Black-Headed Gull - Common
Common Gull - common winter visitor/passage migrant
Lesser-Black Backed Gull - scarce winter visitor/passage migrant
Herring Gull - common winter visitor/passage migrant
Great -Black Backed Gull - scarce winter visitor
Common Tern - common passage migrant
Arctic Tern - scarce spring passage migrant
Black Tern - scarce passage migrant. 1 juv bird Barton Flash September 2006
Rock Dove - common resident(all sightings relate to feral pigeon)
Stock Dove - common resident
Wood Pigeon - common resident
Collard Dove - common resident
Turtle Dove - scarce summer visitor
Common Cuckoo - common summer visitor but becoming scarcer
Barn Owl - scarce resident. Breeding birds are doing well with help from the Rushcliff Barn Owl project providing nest boxs to the area.
Little Owl - scarce resident
Tawny Owl - scarce resident
Short-Eared Owl -Scarce winter visitor
Common Swift - common summer visitor
Common Kingfisher - common resident
Hoopoe -Very rare passage migrant. 1 at Ratcliff-on-Soar April 2006
Green Woodpecker - common resident
Great Spotted Woodpecker - common resident
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - scarce resident
Skylark - common resident
Sand Martin - common summer visitor
Barn Swallow - common summer visitor
House Martin - common summer visitor
Tree Pipit - scarce. 1 bird singing in the Barton area 23/04/07
Meadow Pipit - scarce resident/common passage migrant
Blue-Headed Wagtail - Scarce passage migrant
Yellow Wagtail - common summer visitor
Grey Wagtail - fairly common passage migrant/scarce resident
White Wagtail - scarce passage migrant
Pied Wagtail - common resident
Bohemian Waxwing - rare winter visitor. a small group were seen on clifton estate April 2005
Dipper - very rare visitor . 1 at fairham brook 05/02/2003
Wren - common resident
Dunnock - common resident
Robin - common resident
Rufous Nightingale - very rare visitor. 1 at fairham brook from 23rd June to 5th July 2000
Common Redstart - scarce passage migrant
Whinchat - scarce passage migrant . 7 birds were seen near holme pit on the 12/09/2004
Stonechat - scarce passage migrant ,2 birds over wintered 2004, 6 birds seen on fence posts on the track from beeston weir to clifton wood 22/10/2005
Northern Wheatear - scarce passage migrant
Blackbird - common resident
Fieldfare -common winter visitor
Song Thrush -common resident
Redwing - common winter visitor
Mistle Thrush - common resident
Cetti's Warbler - very rare. 1 seen and heard Nov/Dec 2007 Holme Pit.
Grasshopper Warbler - scarce summer visitor
Sedge Warbler - common summer visitor
Reed Warbler - common summer visitor
Lesser Whitethroat - fairly common summer visitor
Common Whitethroat - common summer visitor
Garden Warbler - fairly common summer visitor
Blackcap - common summer visitor/has also over wintered in the area
Wood Warbler - rare passage migrant and rare summer visitor . 1 bird was seen in clifton wood 30/05/2004.
Common Chiffchaff - common summer visitor/has also been seen in December
Willow Warbler - common summer visitor
Goldcrest - common resident
Firecrest - 1 was seen in a Clifton garden 12/03/1998
Spotted Flycatcher - very scarce 1 seen in Branshill wood 08/09/2006
Long-Tailed Tit - common resident
Marsh Tit - very scarce resident
Willow Tit - very scarce resident
Coal Tit - fairly common resident
Blue Tit - common resident
Great Tit - common resident
European Nuthatch - common resident
Eurasian Treecreeper - common resident becoming scarcer
Golden Oriole - 1 heard singing clifton grove 27/06/1998
Eurasian Jay - common resident
Magpie - common resident
Eurasian Jackdaw - common resident
Rook - common resident
Carrion Crow - common resident
Common Raven - very rare visitor .1 over the power station 06/05/2005
Common Starling - common resident
House Sparrow - common resident
Tree Sparrow - scarce resident
Common Chaffinch - common resident
Brambling - scarce winter visitor
Greenfinch - common resident
Goldfinch - common resident
siskin - scarce winter visitor/passage migrant
Linnet - common resident
Twite - Very rare. 1 seen in at Barton-in-Fabis 3rd Feb 2007
Lesser Redpoll - scarce winter visitor/passage migrant
Common Bullfinch - fairly common resident
Hawfinch - rare visitor . 3 birds seen at the back of clifton wood 23/12/2005
Snow Bunting - rare 1 female seen in field near beeston weir 20/11/2005
Yellow Hammer - fairly common resident
Reed Bunting - fairly common resident
Corn Bunting - scarce resident
