British Birds
Paul Doherty
This highly recommended title features 280 species - all of the regular British birds are covered. High quality moving footage shows the birds flying, singing and calling. An expert commentary describes the important features, and slow motion sequences and still frames are used to highlight key points.
A detailed menu allows quick and easy access to any species on that disc.
As a special bonus there are a series of short films which set birds and other wildlife in some of Britain's most beautiful landscapes. 6.5 hours!
3 DVD Set £29.99 £14.99 UK & EU (£12.49 Non EU)
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata |
| Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica |
| Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea |
| Great Shearwater | Puffinus gravis |
| Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus |
| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser |
| Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis |
| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Garganey | Anas querquedula |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta nigra |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| European Honey-Buzzard | Pernis apivorus |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus |
| Eurasian Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Red Grouse | Lagopus lagopus scoticus |
| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus mutus |
| Black Grouse | Tetrao tetrix |
| Western Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa |
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Golden Pheasant | Chrysolophus pictus |
| Lady Amhurst's Pheasant | Chrysolophus amherstiae |
| Common Crane | Grus grus |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
| Stone-Curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus |
| European Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Little Plover | Charadrius dubius |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| Mediterranean Yellow-legged Gull | Larus cachinnans michahellis |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides |
| Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus |
| Little Gull | Larus minutus |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons |
| Little Auk | Alle alle |
| Razorbill | Alca torda |
| Common Guillemot | Uria aalge |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle |
| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Stock Pigeon | Columba oenas |
| Common Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus |
| Common Swift | Apus apus |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Picoides minor |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Picoides major |
| Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis |
| Wood Lark | Lullula arborea |
| Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| House Martin | Delichon urbica |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| White / Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor |
| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus |
| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Hedge Accentor | Prunella modularis |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus |
| Common Blackbird | Turdus merula |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos |
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra |
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquata |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| Bearded Tit | Panurus biarmicus |
| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti |
| Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia |
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Eurasian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
| Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin |
| Common Whitethroat | Sylvia communis |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca |
| Barred Warbler | Sylvia nisoria |
| Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva |
| Long-tailed-Tit | Aegithalos caudatus |
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montana |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater |
| Crested Tit | Lophophanes cristatus |
| Great Tit | Parus major |
| Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus |
| Wood Nuthatch | Sitta europaea |
| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris |
| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica pica |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Corn Bunting | Miliaria calandra |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana |
| Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus |
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla |
| European Serin | Serinus serinus |
| European Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris |
| Eurasian Siskin | Carduelis spinus |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
| Mealy Redpoll | Acanthis flammea |
| Twite | Acanthis flavirostris |
| Common Linnet | Acanthis cannabina |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus |
| Scottish Crossbill | Loxia scotica |
| Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
| Common Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
