Nature · answer list
List of British and Irish birds from A to Z
Every one of the 401 answers Icillion accepts, A to Z. 55 can be spelled more than one way. Which ones are rare stays a secret.
British and Irish birds starting with A
- Alpine Accentor
- Alpine Swift
- American Bittern
- American Golden Plover
- American Robin
- American Wigeon
- Aquatic Warbler
- Arctic Redpoll
- Arctic Skua
- Arctic Ternalso Tern
- Arctic Warbler
- Avocet
British and Irish birds starting with B
- Baillon's Crake
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Balearic Shearwater
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Barn Owl
- Barnacle Goose
- Barred Warbler
- Bean Goose
- Bearded Titalso Bearded Reedling
- Bee-eater
- Bewick's Swan
- Bittern
- Black Grouse
- Black Guillemotalso Tystie
- Black Kite
- Black Redstart
- Black Stork
- Black Tern
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Black-eared Wheatear
- Black-headed Bunting
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-tailed Godwitalso Godwit
- Black-throated Diver
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blackbird
- Blackcap
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Blue Tit
- Blue-winged Teal
- Bluethroat
- Blyth's Reed Warbler
- Bobolink
- Bonaparte's Gull
- Booted Warbler
- Brambling
- Brent Goose
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Brunnich's Guillemot
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Bullfinch
British and Irish birds starting with C
- Calandra Lark
- Canada Goosealso Goose
- Capercaillie
- Carrion Crowalso Crow
- Caspian Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Cattle Egret
- Cetti's Warbler
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Chough
- Cirl Bunting
- Citrine Wagtail
- Coal Tit
- Collared Dovealso Dove
- Collared Flycatcher
- Collared Pratincole
- Common Buzzardalso Buzzard
- Common Cranealso Crane
- Common Crossbillalso Crossbill
- Common Eideralso Eider
- Common Gull
- Common Redstartalso Redstart
- Common Sandpiperalso Sandpiper
- Common Scoter
- Common Snipealso Snipe
- Common Tern
- Common Whitethroatalso Whitethroat
- Coot
- Cormorant
- Corn Bunting
- Corncrake
- Cory's Shearwater
- Crag Martin
- Crested Tit
- Cuckoo
- Curlew
- Curlew Sandpiper
British and Irish birds starting with D
- Dartford Warbler
- Desert Wheatear
- Dipper
- Dotterel
- Dunlin
- Dunnockalso Hedge Sparrow
- Dusky Thrush
- Dusky Warbler
British and Irish birds starting with E
- Eagle Owl
- Egyptian Goose
- Eleonora's Falcon
British and Irish birds starting with F
- Ferruginous Duck
- Fieldfare
- Firecrest
- Franklin's Gull
- Fulmar
British and Irish birds starting with G
- Gadwall
- Gannet
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey
- Glaucous Gull
- Glossy Ibis
- Goldcrest
- Golden Eaglealso Eagle
- Golden Oriole
- Golden Plover
- Goldeneye
- Goldfinch
- Goosander
- Goshawk
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Great Bustard
- Great Crested Grebealso Grebe
- Great Grey Shrike
- Great Northern Diver
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Shearwater
- Great Skuaalso Bonxie, Skua
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Great Spotted Woodpeckeralso Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Great White Egret
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Woodpeckeralso Yaffle
- Green-winged Teal
- Greenfinch
- Greenish Warbler
- Greenshank
- Grey Heronalso Heron
- Grey Partridgealso Partridge
- Grey Phalarope
- Grey Wagtail
- Grey-cheeked Thrush
- Greylag Goosealso Greylag
- Guillemot
- Gull-billed Tern
- Gyrfalcon
British and Irish birds starting with H
- Harlequin Duck
- Hawfinch
- Hen Harrier
- Hermit Thrush
- Herring Gull
- Hobby
- Honey Buzzard
- Hooded Crowalso Hoodie
- Hoopoe
- House Martin
- House Sparrowalso Sparrow
- Hume's Leaf Warbleralso Hume's Warbler
British and Irish birds starting with I
- Iceland Gull
- Icterine Warbler
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Ivory Gull
British and Irish birds starting with J
- Jack Snipe
- Jackdaw
- Jay
British and Irish birds starting with K
- Kentish Plover
- Kestrel
- King Eider
- Kingfisher
- Kittiwake
- Knot
British and Irish birds starting with L
- Lanceolated Warbler
- Lapland Bunting
- Lapwingalso Peewit
- Laughing Gull
- Leach's Petrel
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Redpollalso Redpoll
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Linnet
- Little Auk
- Little Bittern
- Little Bunting
- Little Bustard
- Little Crake
- Little Egretalso Egret
- Little Grebealso Dabchick
- Little Gull
- Little Owl
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Stint
- Little Tern
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Skua
- Long-tailed Tit
British and Irish birds starting with M
- Magpie
- Mallardalso Duck
- Mandarin Duckalso Mandarin
- Manx Shearwateralso Shearwater
- Marsh Harrier
- Marsh Tit
- Marsh Warbler
- Meadow Pipit
- Mediterranean Gull
- Melodious Warbler
- Merlin
- Mistle Thrush
- Montagu's Harrier
- Moorhen
- Mute Swanalso Swan
British and Irish birds starting with N
- Night Heron
- Nightingale
- Nightjar
- Northern Shoveleralso Shoveler
- Northern Waterthrush
- Northern Wheatearalso Wheatear
- Nutcracker
- Nuthatch
British and Irish birds starting with O
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Ortolan Bunting
- Osprey
- Oystercatcher
British and Irish birds starting with P
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
- Pallas's Warbler
- Pallid Harrier
- Pallid Swift
- Parrot Crossbill
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Penduline Tit
- Peregrine Falconalso Peregrine, Falcon
- Pheasant
- Pied Flycatcher
- Pied Wagtailalso Wagtail
- Pied Wheatear
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Pine Bunting
- Pink-footed Goose
- Pintail
- Pochard
- Pomarine Skua
- Ptarmigan
- Puffin
- Purple Heron
- Purple Sandpiper
British and Irish birds starting with Q
- Quail
British and Irish birds starting with R
- Radde's Warbler
- Raven
- Razorbill
- Red Grousealso Grouse
- Red Kitealso Kite
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Red-breasted Goose
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Red-footed Falcon
- Red-legged Partridge
- Red-necked Grebe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-throated Diver
- Red-throated Pipit
- Redshank
- Redwing
- Reed Bunting
- Reed Warbler
- Richard's Pipit
- Ring Ouzel
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ring-necked Parakeetalso Parakeet
- Ringed Plover
- Robinalso European Robin
- Rock Dovealso Feral Pigeon
- Rock Pipit
- Rock Thrush
- Roller
- Rook
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Rose-coloured Starlingalso Rosy Starling
- Roseate Tern
- Ross's Gull
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Ruddy Duck
- Ruff
- Rustic Bunting
British and Irish birds starting with S
- Sabine's Gull
- Sand Martin
- Sanderling
- Sandwich Tern
- Sardinian Warbler
- Savi's Warbler
- Scarlet Rosefinchalso Common Rosefinch
- Scaup
- Scops Owl
- Scottish Crossbill
- Seagullalso Sea Gull, Gull
- Sedge Warbler
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Serin
- Shag
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Shelduck
- Shore Larkalso Horned Lark
- Short-eared Owl
- Short-toed Eagle
- Short-toed Lark
- Siberian Rubythroat
- Siberian Stonechat
- Siberian Thrush
- Siskin
- Skylarkalso Lark
- Slavonian Grebe
- Slender-billed Gull
- Smew
- Snow Bunting
- Snow Goose
- Snowy Owl
- Song Thrushalso Thrush
- Sooty Shearwater
- Sparrowhawkalso Sparrow Hawk
- Spoonbill
- Spotted Crake
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Spotted Redshank
- Squacco Heron
- Starling
- Stock Dove
- Stone-curlew
- Stonechat
- Storm Petrel
- Subalpine Warbler
- Surf Scoter
- Swainson's Thrush
- Swallowalso Barn Swallow
- Swift
British and Irish birds starting with T
- Tawny Owlalso Owl
- Tawny Pipit
- Teal
- Temminck's Stint
- Terek Sandpiper
- Thrush Nightingale
- Tree Pipit
- Tree Sparrow
- Treecreeper
- Trumpeter Finch
- Turnstone
- Turtle Dove
- Twite
- Two-barred Crossbill
British and Irish birds starting with V
- Veery
- Velvet Scoter
British and Irish birds starting with W
- Wallcreeper
- Water Pipit
- Water Rail
- Waxwing
- Whimbrel
- Whinchat
- Whiskered Tern
- White Stork
- White-fronted Goose
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-tailed Eaglealso Sea Eagle
- White-throated Needletail
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-winged Black Tern
- White's Thrush
- Whooper Swan
- Wigeon
- Willow Tit
- Willow Warbler
- Wilson's Petrel
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Wood Pigeonalso Woodpigeon, Pigeon
- Wood Sandpiper
- Wood Warbler
- Woodchat Shrike
- Woodcock
- Woodlark
- Wren
- Wryneck
British and Irish birds starting with Y
- Yellow Wagtail
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Bunting
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Yellowhammer
British and Irish birds that start with…
Play nature trivia nowBack to “Name a bird you might see in Britain or Ireland”
How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
▼ Start today’s iceberg ▼