Map type:Distribution Abundance Distribution change Distribution comparison Habitat comparison Atlas:-- Select -- Breeding 1967-72 Breeding 1980-92 Breeding 2007-12 Winter 2007-12 -- Select -- Winter 2007-11 Breeding 2008-11 -- Select -- Breeding 1967-72 Breeding 1980-92 Breeding 2007-12 Winter 2007-12 -- Select -- Breeding 1967-72 Breeding 1980-92 Breeding 2007-12 Winter 2007-12 -- Select -- Breeding 1967-72 Breeding 1980-92 Breeding 2007-12 Winter 2007-12 Species:-- Select -- Mute Swan Black Swan Bewick's Swan Whooper Swan Pink-footed Goose White-fronted Goose Greylag Goose Greylag Goose (domestic) Bar-headed Goose Snow Goose Canada Goose Barnacle Goose Brent Goose Egyptian Goose Ruddy Shelduck Shelduck Muscovy Duck Wood Duck Mandarin Duck Wigeon Gadwall Teal Mallard Mallard (domestic) Pintail Garganey Shoveler Red-crested Pochard Pochard Ring-necked Duck Tufted Duck Scaup Common Scoter Goldeneye Smew Goosander Ruddy Duck Chukar Red-legged Partridge Grey Partridge Quail Helmeted Guineafowl Pheasant Lady Amherst's Pheasant Golden Pheasant Indian Peafowl Red-throated Diver Black-throated Diver Great Northern Diver Cormorant Shag Bittern Little Egret Great White Egret Grey Heron Spoonbill Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Red-necked Grebe Slavonian Grebe Black-necked Grebe Honey Buzzard Black Kite Red Kite White-tailed Eagle Marsh Harrier Hen Harrier Montagu's Harrier Goshawk Sparrowhawk Buzzard Osprey Water Rail Corncrake Moorhen Coot Crane Stone Curlew Avocet Oystercatcher Golden Plover Lapwing Little Ringed Plover Ringed Plover Curlew Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Turnstone Ruff Dunlin Common Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Greenshank Redshank Jack Snipe Woodcock Snipe Black Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Black-headed Gull Little Gull Mediterranean Gull Common Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Yellow-legged Gull Caspian Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Feral Pigeon Stock Dove Woodpigeon Collared Dove Turtle Dove Cuckoo Barn Owl Little Owl Tawny Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Nightjar Swift Kingfisher Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Kestrel Merlin Hobby Peregrine Ring-necked Parakeet Great Grey Shrike Magpie Jay Jackdaw Rook Carrion Crow Raven Goldcrest Firecrest Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit Willow Tit Marsh Tit Bearded Tit Woodlark Skylark Sand Martin Swallow House Martin Cetti's Warbler Long-tailed Tit Wood Warbler Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Blackcap Garden Warbler Lesser Whitethroat Whitethroat Dartford Warbler Grasshopper Warbler Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Waxwing Nuthatch Treecreeper Wren Starling Dipper Ring Ouzel Blackbird Fieldfare Song Thrush Redwing Mistle Thrush Spotted Flycatcher Robin Nightingale Pied Flycatcher Black Redstart Redstart Whinchat Stonechat Wheatear Dunnock House Sparrow Tree Sparrow Yellow Wagtail Grey Wagtail Pied Wagtail White Wagtail Tree Pipit Meadow Pipit Red-throated Pipit Rock Pipit Water Pipit Chaffinch Brambling Greenfinch Goldfinch Siskin Linnet Twite Lesser Redpoll Common Redpoll Crossbill Pine Grosbeak Bullfinch Hawfinch Snow Bunting Lapland Bunting Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Corn Bunting -- Select -- Arctic Tern Avocet Bar-headed Goose Bar-tailed Godwit Barn Owl Barnacle Goose Bearded Tit Bewick's Swan Bittern Black Kite Black Redstart Black Swan Black Tern Black-headed Gull Black-necked Grebe Black-tailed Godwit Black-throated Diver Blackbird Blackcap Blue Tit Brambling Brent Goose Bullfinch Buzzard Canada Goose Carrion Crow Caspian Gull Cetti's Warbler Chaffinch Chiffchaff Chukar Coal Tit Collared Dove Common Gull Common Redpoll Common Sandpiper Common Scoter Common Tern Coot Cormorant Corn Bunting Corncrake Crane Crossbill Cuckoo Curlew Dartford Warbler Dipper Dunlin Dunnock Egyptian Goose Feral Pigeon Fieldfare Firecrest Gadwall Garden Warbler Garganey Glaucous Gull Goldcrest Golden Pheasant Golden Plover Goldeneye Goldfinch Goosander Goshawk Grasshopper Warbler Great Black-backed Gull Great Crested Grebe Great Grey Shrike Great Northern Diver Great Spotted Woodpecker Great Tit Great White Egret Green Sandpiper Green Woodpecker Greenfinch Greenshank Grey Heron Grey Partridge Grey Wagtail Greylag Goose Greylag Goose (domestic) Hawfinch Helmeted Guineafowl Hen Harrier Herring Gull Hobby Honey Buzzard House Martin House Sparrow Iceland Gull Indian Peafowl Jack Snipe Jackdaw Jay Kestrel Kingfisher Lady Amherst's Pheasant Lapland Bunting Lapwing Lesser Black-backed Gull Lesser Redpoll Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Lesser Whitethroat Linnet Little Egret Little Grebe Little Gull Little Owl Little Ringed Plover Long-eared Owl Long-tailed Tit Magpie Mallard Mallard (domestic) Mandarin Duck Marsh Harrier Marsh Tit Meadow Pipit Mediterranean Gull Merlin Mistle Thrush Montagu's Harrier Moorhen Muscovy Duck Mute Swan Nightingale Nightjar Nuthatch Osprey Oystercatcher Peregrine Pheasant Pied Flycatcher Pied Wagtail Pine Grosbeak Pink-footed Goose Pintail Pochard Quail Raven Red Kite Red-crested Pochard Red-legged Partridge Red-necked Grebe Red-throated Diver Red-throated Pipit Redshank Redstart Redwing Reed Bunting Reed Warbler Ring Ouzel Ring-necked Duck Ring-necked Parakeet Ringed Plover Robin Rock Pipit Rook Ruddy Duck Ruddy Shelduck Ruff Sand Martin Scaup Sedge Warbler Shag Shelduck Short-eared Owl Shoveler Siskin Skylark Slavonian Grebe Smew Snipe Snow Bunting Snow Goose Song Thrush Sparrowhawk Spoonbill Spotted Flycatcher Starling Stock Dove Stone Curlew Stonechat Swallow Swift Tawny Owl Teal Tree Pipit Tree Sparrow Treecreeper Tufted Duck Turnstone Turtle Dove Twite Water Pipit Water Rail Waxwing Wheatear Whinchat White Wagtail White-fronted Goose White-tailed Eagle Whitethroat Whooper Swan Wigeon Willow Tit Willow Warbler Wood Duck Wood Warbler Woodcock Woodlark Woodpigeon Wren Yellow Wagtail Yellow-legged Gull Yellowhammer Go
Bird threshold: Presence Possible breeding or better Probable breeding or better Confirmed breeding Sequence: Alphabetic Taxonomic
Atlas:-- Select -- Breeding 1967-72 Breeding 1980-92 Breeding 2007-12 Winter 2007-12 -- Select -- Breeding 1967-72 Breeding 1980-92 Breeding 2007-12 Winter 2007-12 Habitat dataset:-- Select -- Land Cover 1990 aggregate classes Land Cover 1990 detail classes Land Cover 2000 aggregate classes Land Cover 2000 detail classes Land Cover 2007 aggregate classes Land Cover 2007 detail classes Feature:-- Select -- Bog (Herbaceous) Bracken Conifer / Evergreen Wood Deciduous / Mixed Wood Grass Shrub Heath Inland Bare Ground Inland Water Marsh / Rough Grass Pasture / Meadow Rough Pasture / Grass Moor Shrub Heath Suburban / Rural Tilled (Arable Crops) Urban Development -- Select -- Bracken Coniferous Woodland Continuous Urban Deciduous Woodland Dense Shrub Heath Dense Shrub Moor Felled Forest Grass Heath Inland Bare Ground Inland Water Lowland Bog Meadow / Semi-natural Moorland Grass Mown / Grazed Turf Open Shrub Heath Open Shrub Moor Rough / Marsh Grass Ruderal Weed Shrub / Orchard Suburban / Rural Tilled Land -- Select -- Arable and horticulture Broad-leaved / mixed wood Built up areas and gardens Coniferous woodland Improved grassland Mountain, heath, bog Semi-natural grassland Standing open water -- Select -- Acid grassland Arable cereals Arable horticulture Arable non-rotational Bracken Broad-leaved / mixed wood Calcareous grassland Coniferous woodland Continuous urban Dense dwarf shrub heath Fen, marsh, swamp Improved grassland Inland bare ground Neutral grassland Open dwarf shrub heath Setaside grassland Suburban / rural developed Water (inland) -- Select -- Arable Broadleaved woodland Built-up areas and gardens Coniferous woodland Freshwater Improved grassland Mountain, heath, bog Semi-natural grassland -- Select -- Acid Grassland Arable and Horticulture Bog Broadleaved woodland Calcareous Grassland Coniferous Woodland Fen, Marsh and Swamp Freshwater Heather Heather grassland Improved Grassland Inland Rock Neutral Grassland Rough Grassland Suburban Urban Species:-- Select -- Mute Swan Black Swan Bewick's Swan Whooper Swan Pink-footed Goose White-fronted Goose Greylag Goose Greylag Goose (domestic) Bar-headed Goose Snow Goose Canada Goose Barnacle Goose Brent Goose Egyptian Goose Ruddy Shelduck Shelduck Muscovy Duck Wood Duck Mandarin Duck Wigeon Gadwall Teal Mallard Mallard (domestic) Pintail Garganey Shoveler Red-crested Pochard Pochard Ring-necked Duck Tufted Duck Scaup Common Scoter Goldeneye Smew Goosander Ruddy Duck Chukar Red-legged Partridge Grey Partridge Quail Helmeted Guineafowl Pheasant Lady Amherst's Pheasant Golden Pheasant Indian Peafowl Red-throated Diver Black-throated Diver Great Northern Diver Cormorant Shag Bittern Little Egret Great White Egret Grey Heron Spoonbill Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Red-necked Grebe Slavonian Grebe Black-necked Grebe Honey Buzzard Black Kite Red Kite White-tailed Eagle Marsh Harrier Hen Harrier Montagu's Harrier Goshawk Sparrowhawk Buzzard Osprey Water Rail Corncrake Moorhen Coot Crane Stone Curlew Avocet Oystercatcher Golden Plover Lapwing Little Ringed Plover Ringed Plover Curlew Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Turnstone Ruff Dunlin Common Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Greenshank Redshank Jack Snipe Woodcock Snipe Black Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Black-headed Gull Little Gull Mediterranean Gull Common Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Yellow-legged Gull Caspian Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Feral Pigeon Stock Dove Woodpigeon Collared Dove Turtle Dove Cuckoo Barn Owl Little Owl Tawny Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Nightjar Swift Kingfisher Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Kestrel Merlin Hobby Peregrine Ring-necked Parakeet Great Grey Shrike Magpie Jay Jackdaw Rook Carrion Crow Raven Goldcrest Firecrest Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit Willow Tit Marsh Tit Bearded Tit Woodlark Skylark Sand Martin Swallow House Martin Cetti's Warbler Long-tailed Tit Wood Warbler Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Blackcap Garden Warbler Lesser Whitethroat Whitethroat Dartford Warbler Grasshopper Warbler Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Waxwing Nuthatch Treecreeper Wren Starling Dipper Ring Ouzel Blackbird Fieldfare Song Thrush Redwing Mistle Thrush Spotted Flycatcher Robin Nightingale Pied Flycatcher Black Redstart Redstart Whinchat Stonechat Wheatear Dunnock House Sparrow Tree Sparrow Yellow Wagtail Grey Wagtail Pied Wagtail White Wagtail Tree Pipit Meadow Pipit Red-throated Pipit Rock Pipit Water Pipit Chaffinch Brambling Greenfinch Goldfinch Siskin Linnet Twite Lesser Redpoll Common Redpoll Crossbill Pine Grosbeak Bullfinch Hawfinch Snow Bunting Lapland Bunting Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Corn Bunting -- Select -- Arctic Tern Avocet Bar-headed Goose Bar-tailed Godwit Barn Owl Barnacle Goose Bearded Tit Bewick's Swan Bittern Black Kite Black Redstart Black Swan Black Tern Black-headed Gull Black-necked Grebe Black-tailed Godwit Black-throated Diver Blackbird Blackcap Blue Tit Brambling Brent Goose Bullfinch Buzzard Canada Goose Carrion Crow Caspian Gull Cetti's Warbler Chaffinch Chiffchaff Chukar Coal Tit Collared Dove Common Gull Common Redpoll Common Sandpiper Common Scoter Common Tern Coot Cormorant Corn Bunting Corncrake Crane Crossbill Cuckoo Curlew Dartford Warbler Dipper Dunlin Dunnock Egyptian Goose Feral Pigeon Fieldfare Firecrest Gadwall Garden Warbler Garganey Glaucous Gull Goldcrest Golden Pheasant Golden Plover Goldeneye Goldfinch Goosander Goshawk Grasshopper Warbler Great Black-backed Gull Great Crested Grebe Great Grey Shrike Great Northern Diver Great Spotted Woodpecker Great Tit Great White Egret Green Sandpiper Green Woodpecker Greenfinch Greenshank Grey Heron Grey Partridge Grey Wagtail Greylag Goose Greylag Goose (domestic) Hawfinch Helmeted Guineafowl Hen Harrier Herring Gull Hobby Honey Buzzard House Martin House Sparrow Iceland Gull Indian Peafowl Jack Snipe Jackdaw Jay Kestrel Kingfisher Lady Amherst's Pheasant Lapland Bunting Lapwing Lesser Black-backed Gull Lesser Redpoll Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Lesser Whitethroat Linnet Little Egret Little Grebe Little Gull Little Owl Little Ringed Plover Long-eared Owl Long-tailed Tit Magpie Mallard Mallard (domestic) Mandarin Duck Marsh Harrier Marsh Tit Meadow Pipit Mediterranean Gull Merlin Mistle Thrush Montagu's Harrier Moorhen Muscovy Duck Mute Swan Nightingale Nightjar Nuthatch Osprey Oystercatcher Peregrine Pheasant Pied Flycatcher Pied Wagtail Pine Grosbeak Pink-footed Goose Pintail Pochard Quail Raven Red Kite Red-crested Pochard Red-legged Partridge Red-necked Grebe Red-throated Diver Red-throated Pipit Redshank Redstart Redwing Reed Bunting Reed Warbler Ring Ouzel Ring-necked Duck Ring-necked Parakeet Ringed Plover Robin Rock Pipit Rook Ruddy Duck Ruddy Shelduck Ruff Sand Martin Scaup Sedge Warbler Shag Shelduck Short-eared Owl Shoveler Siskin Skylark Slavonian Grebe Smew Snipe Snow Bunting Snow Goose Song Thrush Sparrowhawk Spoonbill Spotted Flycatcher Starling Stock Dove Stone Curlew Stonechat Swallow Swift Tawny Owl Teal Tree Pipit Tree Sparrow Treecreeper Tufted Duck Turnstone Turtle Dove Twite Water Pipit Water Rail Waxwing Wheatear Whinchat White Wagtail White-fronted Goose White-tailed Eagle Whitethroat Whooper Swan Wigeon Willow Tit Willow Warbler Wood Duck Wood Warbler Woodcock Woodlark Woodpigeon Wren Yellow Wagtail Yellow-legged Gull Yellowhammer
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The 1967-72 distribution data includes tetrad-scale data collected for the first national Bird Atlas in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
Status
Tetrads
Possible
35
4%
Probable
33
Confirmed
71
9%
Total
139
17%
Not surveyed