8. Passerines
Many of the terrestial birds that breed (or winter) in the UK
are migrants or partial migrants. They generally have wide
distributions across Britain and Ireland. They rarely aggregate in
large numbers and sites holding concentrations of European
importance (or, in the case of the Annex I species, of national
importance) have not been identified for the following species:
Stock Dove Columba oenas, Woodpigeon Columba
palumbus, Turtle Dove Strepopelia turtur, Swift
Apus apus, Sand Martin Riparia riparia, Swallow
Hirundo rustica, House Martin Delichon urbica
,Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis, Wryneck Jynx
torquilla,Skylark Alauda arvensis, Shore Lark
Eremophila alpestris, Tree Pipit Anthus
trivialis, Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis, Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosus, Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta,
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava, Grey Wagtail Motacilla
cinerea, Pied (White) Wagtail Motacilla alba, Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus, Robin Erithacus rubecula,
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos, Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros, Redstart Phoenicurus
phoenicurus, Whinchat Saxicola rubetra, Stonechat
Saxicola torquata, Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe,
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus, Blackbird Turdus
merula, Fieldfare Turdus pilaris, Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos, Redwing Turdus iliacus,
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia, Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioides, Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus
schoenobaenus, Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris,
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca, Whitethroat Sylvia communis,
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin, Blackcap Sylvia
atricapilla, Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus
inornatus, Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix,
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita, Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus, Goldcrest Regulus
regulus, Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus, Spotted
Flycatcher Muscicapa striata, Red-breasted
Flycatcher Ficedula parva, Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca, Golden Oriole Oriolus
oriolus, Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio, Great
Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor, Rook Corvus
frugilegus, Starling Sturnus vulgaris , Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs, Brambling Fringilla
montifringilla, Serin Serinus serinus, Greenfinch
Carduelis chloris, Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis,
Siskin Carduelis spinus, Linnet Carduelis
cannabina, Redpoll Carduelis flammea, Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra, Common Rosefinch Carpodacus
erythrinus, Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus,
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis, Little Bunting
Emberiza pusilla and Reed Bunting Emberiza
schoeniclus. Many of these species are subject to monitoring
through the Breeding Bird Survey (Noble et al. 1999) and
other relevant schemes. National Biodiversity Action Plans exist
for several of the scarcer species and these are listed in Table
6.1. All these species are liable to occur – some in significant
numbers – at many UK SPAs classified for other species.