Recording area: Rye Meads RSPB (includes Rye House Marsh RSPB & Rye Meads SF).
| Species | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mute Swan | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Bewick's Swan | 1st rec 05/01/1962 | LBR 1962 |
| Whooper Swan | 1st rec 26/01/1963 | LBR 1963 |
| Snow Goose | ||
| Bean Goose | 1st rec 02/12/2004 | LBR 2004 |
| Pink-footed Goose | 1st rec 11/05/1963 | LBR 1963 |
| White-fronted Goose | 1st rec 18/01/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Greylag Goose | 1st rec 03/01/2004 | LBR 2004 |
| Canada Goose | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Barnacle Goose | ||
| Brent Goose | 1st rec 21/09/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Red-breasted Goose | ||
| Egyptian Goose | ||
| Common Shelduck | 1st rec 04/07/1959 | LBR 1959 |
| Mandarin Duck | 1st rec 10/10/1982 | LBR 1982 |
| Eurasian Wigeon | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Gadwall | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Common Teal | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Green-winged Teal | ||
| Mallard | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Pintail | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Garganey | 1st rec 16/08/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Blue-winged Teal | ||
| Shoveler | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Red-crested Pochard | 1st rec 30/03/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Pochard | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | ||
| Ferruginous Duck | ||
| Tufted Duck | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Greater Scaup | 1st rec 23/02/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Lesser Scaup | ||
| Eider | 1st rec 04/12/1977 | LBR 1977 |
| King Eider | ||
| Long-tailed Duck | ||
| Common Scoter | 1st rec 21/04/1960 | LBR 1960 |
| Velvet Scoter | 1st rec 20/01/1963 | LBR 1963 |
| Goldeneye | 1st rec 11/03/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Smew | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 1st rec 28/11/1965 | LBR 1965 |
| Goosander | 1st rec 05/03/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Ruddy Duck | 1st rec 07/01/1979 | LBR 1979 |
| Black Grouse | ||
| Red-legged Partridge | Bred 1960 | LBR 1960 |
| Grey Partridge | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Quail | ||
| Pheasant | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Red-throated Diver | ||
| Black-throated Diver | 1st rec 06/03/1955 | LBR 1955 |
| Great Northern Diver | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | ||
| Little Grebe | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Great Crested Grebe | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Red-necked Grebe | 1st rec 24/10/1963 | LBR 1963 |
| Slavonian Grebe | 1st rec 30/08/1958 | LBR 1958 |
| Black-necked Grebe | 1st rec 20/09/1959 | LBR 1959 |
| Fulmar | ||
| Manx Shearwater | ||
| Balearic Shearwater | ||
| Macaronesian Shearwater | ||
| European Storm-petrel | ||
| Leach's Storm-petrel | 1st rec 21/09/1963 | LBR 1963 |
| Gannet | 1st rec 17/10/1992 | LBR 1992 |
| Cormorant | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Shag | 1st rec 27/08/1960 | LBR 1960 |
| Bittern | 1st rec 30/08/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Little Bittern | 1st rec 17/05/1997 | LBR 1997 |
| Night Heron | ||
| Squacco Heron | 1st rec 01/07/1979 | LBR 1979 |
| Cattle Egret | ||
| Little Egret | 1st rec 17/07/1996 | LBR 1996 |
| Great White Egret | ||
| Grey Heron | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Purple Heron | 1st rec 02/09/1972 | LBR 1973 |
| Black Stork | ||
| White Stork | 1st rec 13/05/2004 | LBR 2004 |
| Glossy Ibis | 1st rec 05/11/2013 | LBR 2013 |
| Spoonbill | 1st rec 02/08/2007 | LBR 2007 |
| Honey Buzzard | 1st rec 24/05/1981 | LBR 1981 |
| Black Kite | ||
| Red Kite | 1st rec March 2005 | LBR 2005 |
| White-tailed Eagle | 1st rec 11/02/2012 | LBR 2012 |
| Marsh Harrier | 1st rec 15/04/1979 | LBR 1979 |
| Hen Harrier | 1st rec 16/12/1981 | LBR 1981 |
| Montagu's Harrier | 1st rec 25/05/2013 | LBR 2013 |
| Goshawk | 1st rec 02/04/1999 | LBR 1999 |
| Sparrowhawk | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Common Buzzard | 1st rec 16/08/1960 | LBR 1960 |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | ||
| Golden Eagle | ||
| Osprey | 1st rec 24/05/1964 | LBR 1964 |
| Lesser Kestrel | ||
| Kestrel | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Red-footed Falcon | ||
| Merlin | [in 1961 paper but no record in LBR] | |
| Hobby | 1st rec 12/05/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Gyr Falcon | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | 1st rec 26/03/1959 | LBR 1959 |
| Water Rail | 1st rec June 1959 | LBR 1959 |
| Spotted Crake | 1st rec 30/09/2014 | LBR 2014 |
| Little Crake | ||
| Baillon's Crake | ||
| Corncrake | 1st rec 19/09/2014 | LBR 2014 |
| Moorhen | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Common Coot | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Common Crane | 1st rec 27/04/2014 | LBR 2014 |
| Great Bustard | ||
| Oystercatcher | 1st rec 24/07/1965 | LBR 1965 |
| Black-winged Stilt | ||
| Avocet | 1st rec 13/05/1978 | LBR 1978 |
| Stone-curlew | 1st rec 12/07/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Cream-coloured Courser | ||
| Collared Pratincole | ||
| Little Ringed Plover | 1st rec 01/07/1959 | LBR 1959 |
| Ringed Plover | 1st rec 19/04/1958 | LBR 1958 |
| Killdeer | ||
| Kentish Plover | ||
| Dotterel | ||
| American Golden Plover | ||
| Pacific Golden Plover | ||
| Golden Plover | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Grey Plover | 1st rec 13/04/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Sociable Plover | ||
| White-tailed Lapwing | ||
| Lapwing | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Knot | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Sanderling | 1st rec 07/05/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Western Sandpiper | ||
| Little Stint | 1st rec 24/09/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Temminck's Stint | 1st rec 05/08/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | ||
| Baird's Sandpiper | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 1st rec 09/09/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | 1st rec 09/09/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Purple Sandpiper | ||
| Dunlin | 1st rec 26/07/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | 1st rec 27/08/1958 | LBR 1958 |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | ||
| Ruff | 1st rec 14/07/1958 | LBR 1958 |
| Jack Snipe | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Common Snipe | Bred 1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Great Snipe | 1st rec 26/12/1959 | LBR 1959 |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | ||
| Woodcock | 1st rec 03/01/2009 | LNHS database |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 1st rec 15/07/1962 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 1st rec 20/10/1963 | LBR 1963 |
| Whimbrel | 1st rec 18/09/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Curlew | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Spotted Redshank | 1st rec 05/04/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Redshank | Bred 1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Marsh Sandpiper | ||
| Greenshank | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | ||
| Solitary Sandpiper | 1st rec 24/09/1967 | LBR 1967 |
| Green Sandpiper | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Wood Sandpiper | 1st rec 05/05/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Common Sandpiper | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Spotted Sandpiper | ||
| Turnstone | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Wilson's Phalarope | ||
| Red-necked Phalarope | 1st rec 18/10/1959 | LBR 1959 |
| Grey Phalarope | 1st rec 27/09/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Pomarine Skua | ||
| Arctic Skua | 1st rec 28/09/1985 | LBr 1985 |
| Long-tailed Skua | ||
| Great Skua | ||
| Mediterranean Gull | 1st rec 27/11/1983 | LBR 1983 |
| Laughing Gull | ||
| Franklin's Gull | ||
| Little Gull | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Sabine's Gull | 1st rec 17/10/1987 | LBR 1987 |
| Bonaparte's Gull | ||
| Black-headed Gull | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Ring-billed Gull | ||
| Common Gull | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1st rec 17/01/2009 | LNHS database |
| Yellow-legged Gull | 1st rec 25/04/2012 | LNHS database |
| Caspian Gull | ||
| Herring Gull | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Iceland Gull | ||
| Glaucous-winged Gull | ||
| Glaucous Gull | 1st rec 19/01/1985 | LBR 1985 |
| Slaty-backed Gull | ||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Kittiwake | 1st rec 04/04/2014 | LBR 2014 |
| Sooty Tern | ||
| Bridled Tern | ||
| Little Tern | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | ||
| Caspian Tern | ||
| Whiskered Tern | ||
| Black Tern | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| White-winged Black Tern | ||
| Sandwich Tern | 1st rec 01/05/1965 | LBR 1965 |
| Common Tern | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Roseate Tern | ||
| Arctic Tern | 1st rec 24/08/2013 | LBR 2013 |
| Guillemot | ||
| Razorbill | ||
| Little Auk | ||
| Puffin | ||
| Black Guillemot | ||
| Pallas's Sandgrouse | ||
| Rock Dove | ||
| Stock Dove | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Woodpigeon | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Collared Dove | 1st rec 23/07/1958 | LBR 1958 |
| Turtle Dove | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | ||
| Ring-necked Parakeet | 1st rec 30/10/1983 | LBR 1983 |
| Cuckoo | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | ||
| Barn Owl | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Scops Owl | ||
| Snowy Owl | ||
| Little Owl | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Tawny Owl | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Long-eared Owl | 1st rec 06/12/1975 | LBR 1975 |
| Short-eared Owl | 1st rec 02/10/1957 | LBR 1957 |
| Tengmalm's Owl | ||
| Nightjar | ||
| Common Nighthawk | ||
| Swift | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Alpine Swift | ||
| Kingfisher | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Bee-eater | ||
| Roller | ||
| Hoopoe | 1st rec 19/04/1975 | LBR 1975 |
| Wryneck | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Green Woodpecker | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Short-toed Lark | ||
| Crested Lark | ||
| Woodlark | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Skylark | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Shore Lark | ||
| Sand Martin | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Swallow | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| House Martin | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Red-rumped Swallow | ||
| Richard's Pipit | ||
| Tawny Pipit | ||
| Olive-backed Pipit | ||
| Tree Pipit | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Meadow Pipit | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Red-throated Pipit | ||
| Rock Pipit | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Water Pipit | 1st rec 11/04/1959 | LBR 1959 |
| Buff-bellied Pipit | ||
| Yellow Wagtail | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Citrine Wagtail | ||
| Grey Wagtail | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Pied Wagtail | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Waxwing | 1st rec 10/02/1996 | LBR 1996 |
| Dipper | ||
| Wren | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Dunnock | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Alpine Accentor | ||
| Robin | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Nightingale | 1st rec 05/08/1962 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Bluethroat | 1st rec 04/04/1983 | LBR 1983 |
| Black Redstart | 1st rec 04/05/1958 | LBR 1958 |
| Common Redstart | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Whinchat | Bred 1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Stonechat | 1st rec 02/07/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Northern Wheatear | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Desert Wheatear | ||
| Grey-cheeked Thrush | ||
| Ring Ouzel | 1st rec 01/05/1984 | LBR 1984 |
| Blackbird | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Naumann's Thrush | ||
| Fieldfare | 1st rec 11/06/1960 | LBR 1960 |
| Song Thrush | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Redwing | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Mistle Thrush | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| American Robin | ||
| Cetti's Warbler | 1st rec 15/09/1977 | LBR 1977 |
| Grasshopper Warbler | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Savi's Warbler | 1st rec 02/05/1989 | LBR 1989 |
| Aquatic Warbler | ||
| Sedge Warbler | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Paddyfield Warbler | ||
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | ||
| Marsh Warbler | 1st rec 16/07/1960 | LBR 1960 |
| Reed Warbler | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Icterine Warbler | ||
| Melodious Warbler | 1st rec 12/08/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Dartford Warbler | ||
| Subalpine Warbler | ||
| Sardinian Warbler | ||
| Barred Warbler | 1st rec 19/08/1972 | LBR 1972 |
| Lesser Whitethroat | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Common Whitethroat | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Garden Warbler | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Blackcap | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Pallas's Warbler | ||
| Yellow-browed Warbler | ||
| Hume's Warbler | ||
| Radde's Warbler | ||
| Dusky Warbler | ||
| Wood Warbler | 1st rec 18/08/1962 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Chiffchaff | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | ||
| Willow Warbler | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Goldcrest | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Firecrest | 1st rec 08/10/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Spotted Flycatcher | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | ||
| Pied Flycatcher | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Bearded Tit | 1st rec 12/10/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Blue Tit | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Great Tit | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Crested Tit | ||
| Coal Tit | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Willow Tit | 1st rec 17/01/1960 | LBR 1960 |
| Marsh Tit | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Nuthatch | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Treecreeper | 1st rec 18/11/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Short-toed Treecreeper | ||
| Penduline Tit | ||
| Golden Oriole | ||
| Isabelline Shrike | ||
| Red-backed Shrike | 1st rec 27/04/1939 | LBR 1939 |
| Brown Shrike | ||
| Lesser Grey Shrike | ||
| Great Grey Shrike | 1st rec 10/04/1958 | LBR 1958 |
| Woodchat Shrike | ||
| Jay | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Magpie | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Nutcracker | ||
| Jackdaw | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Rook | 1st rec 18/11/1961 | LBR 1961 |
| Carrion Crow | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Hooded Crow | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Raven | 1st rec 03/11/2007 | LBR 2007 |
| Starling | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Rose-coloured Starling | ||
| House Sparrow | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Tree Sparrow | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Chaffinch | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Brambling | 1st rec 23/03/1958 | LBR 1958 |
| Serin | 1st rec Jan 1991 | LBR 1991 |
| Greenfinch | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Goldfinch | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Siskin | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Linnet | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Twite | 1st rec 28/10/1960 | LBR 1960 |
| Lesser Redpoll | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Mealy Redpoll | 1st rec 22/01/2010 | LBR 2010 |
| Arctic Redpoll | ||
| Two-barred Crossbill | ||
| Common Crossbill | 1st rec 23/07/2011 | LBR 2011 |
| Parrot Crossbill | ||
| Common Rosefinch | ||
| Pine Grosbeak | ||
| Bullfinch | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Hawfinch | 1st rec 1971 | LBR 1971 |
| Lapland Bunting | ||
| Snow Bunting | 1st rec 23/01/1960 | LBR 1960 |
| Pine Bunting | ||
| Yellowhammer | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Cirl Bunting | ||
| Ortolan Bunting | ||
| Rustic Bunting | ||
| Little Bunting | 1st rec 03/05/1985 | LBR 1985 |
| Reed Bunting | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| Black-headed Bunting | ||
| Corn Bunting | 1st rec 1961 | LBR 1961 (paper) |
| TOTAL: | 226 |
References[]
A Short Account of Rye Meads, Herts and its Ornithology, LBR 1961
London Bird Reports