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This list of birds of Great Britain comprises all bird species that have been recorded in a wild state in Great Britain. It follows the official British List, maintained by the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU).
Browse our UK bird guide by name. See birds alphabetised by name and family, A-Z in this handy guide.
- Wren
- Robin
- House Sparrow
- Wood Pigeon
- Blackbird
- Chaffinch
- Blue Tit
- Dunnock
- Meadow Pipit
- Willow Warbler
The most common bird in the UK is the tiny wren. This tiny round brown bird is just 9-10cm long but has thrived to reach a population of 11 million breeding pairs. You might hear this small bird it before you see it, as wrens have an incredible ability to hit two notes at the same time!
Voted Britain’s favourite bird, robins are a year-round resident in gardens throughout the UK. There are approximately 7.35 million breeding pairs, and both the male and female have the famous orange red face and chest. Robins often show up after you’ve been digging in the garden as they love to eat snails and worms from freshly dug ground! They’re...
House sparrows are the most common bird in Scotland, and found in large numbers in urban areas of the UK. There are 5.3 million pairs of these small birds, but sadly the population is now in steep decline and they are considered endangered native British birds.Males have a black bib and grey head tops, whilst the females are all brown.
Wood pigeons (5.2 million pairs) are a blue grey colour with pinkish chests, and white throat patches ringed with iridescent green or purple. The females have less white on their throats, and their chests are less pink than the males. They differ from the paler collared dove (860,000 pairs) who are the ones who make the familiar ‘cooing’ sound. Man...
Male blackbirds are an easy bird species to identify thanks to their all-black bodies and striking yellow beaks. Female and young blackbirds are often brown, sometimes with spots and streaks. There are around 5 million pairs in the UK, and numbers stay high as they can have two or even three broods each season.
Chaffinches are one most common British garden birds with around 5 million breeding pairs in the UK. They have a rusty red face and breast, a grey head, and brown and black wings with distinctive white bars. Chaffinches prefer eating seeds, so you’ll probably spot them on the floor under your bird feeder, or hopping at the base of a hedge!
Easily recognisable with its bright blue, yellow and white body, blue tits (3.4 million pairs) are amongst the most common birds in the UK. If you’d like to attract these pretty birds, try loading your bird feederwith fatty foods during winter. Blue tits are also the most common of the tit family, followed by the great tit, coal tit, and long-taile...
Although they may be lesser known, with 2.5 million breeding pairs, Dunnocks are amongst the most common birds in the UK. They are solitary birds, and nest in hedges rather than trees. You might not spot them quite so easily as they have a nervous look and like to stay close to the ground in sheltered spots.
Although you may think of them as rare birds, meadow pipits (2.5 million pairs) are a common songbird in the uplands and moors of the North West. In winter, this small bird moves to the lowlands, or migrates to Europe. Grey brown, with white bellies and outer tail feathers, they are recognisable by their jerky flight pattern.
Willow warblers (2.4 million pairs) are visitors to the UK, breeding in Europe and migrating to Southern Africa for the winter. These slim birds are a greenish colour, with a pale-yellow underside, off-white belly, and pale legs. If you see one with dark grey legs, or making a ‘chiff-chaff’ call, then you’ve actually seen a chiffchaff, not a willow...
The list of bird species recorded in Britain. The latest list includes all species - 628 as at 14 June 2022 - recorded in a wild, or apparently wild, state in Britain, as recognised by the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU). See the BOU's latest (10th) edition of The Checklist of Birds of Britain.
24 set 2018 · September 24, 2018 by Active Wild Admin. This list of the birds of Britain contains pictures and facts on a number of well-known British species. This page is the second part of our look at birds of the British Isles. You can find the first part here: Common British Birds.
The official list of British birds held by the British Ornithologists’ Union currently contains 628 species. These bird identification guides provide information about over 250 of the most common British birds including garden birds, birds of prey, shorebirds and waterfowl.
23 set 2018 · For Children & Adults. September 23, 2018 by Active Wild Admin. On this page you’ll find a list of 25 common British birds with pictures and facts on each species. We've included not only garden birds, but also species found in woodlands, cities and coastal regions, giving you a useful introduction to British bird species.
