Birds of Gloucestershire
349 bird species have been recorded in Gloucestershire on the eBird network — explore the 349 in the Birbs encyclopedia, and see which are being reported near you right now.
349 bird species have been recorded in Gloucestershire on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 349 of them have a full profile in the Birbs encyclopedia — start with the well-known birds below, browse the complete list, then check which are being reported near you right now.
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Birds to know first
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
American WigeonMareca americana
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
Baird’s SandpiperCalidris bairdii
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Barn OwlTyto alba
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Black TernChlidonias niger
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
The full checklist — 349 birds of Gloucestershire in our library
- Alpine Swift
- American Golden Plover
- American Wigeon
- Aquatic Warbler
- Arctic Tern
- Atlantic Puffin
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Balearic Shearwater
- Bar-headed Goose
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Barn Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Barnacle Goose
- Barred Warbler
- Bearded Reedling
- Black Guillemot
- Black Kite
- Black Redstart
- Black Swan
- Black Tern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-throated Loon
- Black-throated Thrush
- Black-winged Kite
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue Rock Thrush
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw
- Blue-winged Teal
- Bluethroat
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Brambling
- Brant Goose
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Cackling Goose
- Canada Goose
- Carrion Crow
- Caspian Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Cetti’s Warbler
- Chiloe Wigeon
- Citrine Wagtail
- Coal Tit
- Cockatiel
- Collared Pratincole
- Common Blackbird
- Common Buzzard
- Common Chiffchaff
- Common Crane
- Common Cuckoo
- Common Eider
- Common Firecrest
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Grasshopper Warbler
- Common Greenshank
- Common Gull
- Common Hoopoe
- Common Kestrel
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Linnet
- Common Loon
- Common Merganser
- Common Moorhen
- Common Murre
- Common Nightingale
- Common Pheasant
- Common Pochard
- Common Quail
- Common Redshank
- Common Redstart
- Common Reed Bunting
- Common Reed Warbler
- Common Ringed Plover
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Scoter
- Common Shelduck
- Common Snipe
- Common Starling
- Common Swift
- Common Tern
- Common Whitethroat
- Common Wood Pigeon
- Corn Bunting
- Corn Crake
- Cory’s Shearwater
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Dartford Warbler
- Desert Wheatear
- Dunlin
- Dunnock
- Dusky Warbler
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Egyptian Goose
- Emperor Goose
- Eurasian Bittern
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Eurasian Blue Tit
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Eurasian Chaffinch
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Coot
- Eurasian Curlew
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Eurasian Goshawk
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Magpie
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Eurasian Penduline Tit
- Eurasian Scops Owl
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Eurasian Treecreeper
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Eurasian Wren
- Eurasian Wryneck
- European Bee-eater
- European Golden Plover
- European Goldfinch
- European Green Woodpecker
- European Greenfinch
- European Herring Gull
- European Honey Buzzard
- European Nightjar
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Red-rumped Swallow
- European Robin
- European Rock Pipit
- European Serin
- European Shag
- European Stonechat
- European Storm Petrel
- European Turtle Dove
- Ferruginous Duck
- Fieldfare
- Franklin’s Gull
- Gadwall
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey
- Glaucous Gull
- Glossy Ibis
- Goldcrest
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Egret
- Great Grey Shrike
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Shearwater
- Great Skua
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Scaup
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Green Sandpiper
- Grey Heron
- Grey Parrot
- Grey Partridge
- Grey Plover
- Grey Wagtail
- Greylag Goose
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hawfinch
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hen Harrier
- Hooded Crow
- Hooded Merganser
- Horned Grebe
- Horned Lark
- House Sparrow
- Iberian Chiffchaff
- Iceland Gull
- Indian Peafowl
- Indian White-eye
- Jack Snipe
- Kentish Plover
- Lady Amherst’s Pheasant
- Lapland Longspur
- Laughing Gull
- Leach’s Storm Petrel
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Scaup
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Little Auk
- Little Bittern
- Little Bunting
- Little Bustard
- Little Crake
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Gull
- Little Owl
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Stint
- Little Tern
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Long-tailed Shrike
- Long-tailed Tit
- Lord Derby’s Parakeet
- Mallard
- Mandarin Duck
- Manx Shearwater
- Marbled Duck
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Marsh Tit
- Marsh Warbler
- Meadow Pipit
- Mediterranean Gull
- Merlin
- Mistle Thrush
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Muscovy Duck
- Mute Swan
- Northern Fulmar
- Northern Gannet
- Northern Lapwing
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Raven
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Wheatear
- Ortolan Bunting
- Osprey
- Pallid Harrier
- Pallid Swift
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pied Avocet
- Pied Wheatear
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Pink-footed Goose
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Purple Heron
- Purple Sandpiper
- Razorbill
- Red Crossbill
- Red Kite
- Red Knot
- Red Phalarope
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-breasted Goose
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Red-footed Falcon
- Red-legged Partridge
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-throated Loon
- Red-throated Pipit
- Redpoll
- Redwing
- Reeves’s Pheasant
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ring Ouzel
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Duck
- Rock Dove
- Rook
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Roseate Tern
- Ross’s Goose
- Rosy Starling
- Ruddy Duck
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Sabine’s Gull
- Sand Martin
- Sanderling
- Sandwich Tern
- Scarlet Ibis
- Sedge Warbler
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Short-eared Owl
- Smew
- Snow Bunting
- Snow Goose
- Song Thrush
- Sooty Shearwater
- South African Shelduck
- Spotted Crake
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Spotted Redshank
- Squacco Heron
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Stock Dove
- Sunda Zebra Finch
- Swan Goose
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Tawny Owl
- Temminck’s Stint
- Tree Pipit
- Tufted Duck
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Twite
- Two-barred Crossbill
- Velvet Scoter
- Water Pipit
- Water Rail
- Western Cattle Egret
- Western House Martin
- Western Jackdaw
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Whinchat
- Whiskered Tern
- White Stork
- White Wagtail
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-tailed Eagle
- White-tailed Lapwing
- White-throated Dipper
- White-winged Tern
- Whooper Swan
- Willow Tit
- Willow Warbler
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Wood Duck
- Wood Sandpiper
- Wood Warbler
- Woodchat Shrike
- Woodlark
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Yellowhammer
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Species lists and counts come from the eBird network; "recorded" means reported by birders to eBird. Tap any bird for its full profile, photos, sounds and ID notes.
Frequently asked questions
How many bird species are in Gloucestershire?
349 species have been recorded in Gloucestershire on eBird; 349 of them have a full profile on Birbs.
Where can I see birds in Gloucestershire right now?
Use the Birds Near You tool to see species reported near you in the last few days, or browse the full checklist on this page.