Wash Wader Ringing Group

Species - Key to Names and Codes

Birds mentioned on this site - Common Name, Scientific Name, BTO Code and colloquial names sometimes used.

Waders

Common Name Scientific Name BTO Code Colloquial Name
(Eurasian) Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus OYSTE Oyk, or Kleep
(Pied) Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta AVOCE  
(Common) Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula RINPL Ringo
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola GREPL  
(European) Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria GOLPL Goldie
(Red) Knot Calidris canutus KNOT  
Sanderling Calidris alba SANDE  
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima PURSA Purp
(Ruddy) Turnstone Arenaria interpres TURNS  
Dunlin Calidris alpina DUNLI  
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea CURSA  
Little Stint Calidris minuta LITST  
(Common) Redshank Tringa totanus REDSH  
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus SPORE  
(Common) Greenshank Tringa nebularia GRESH  
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa BLTGO Blackwit
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica BATGO Barwit
(Eurasian) Curlew Numenius arquata CURLE  
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus WHIMB  
Ruff Philomachus pugnax RUFF  

Other Species

Brent Goose Branta bernicla BREGO  
(Common) Shelduck Tadorna tadorna SHELD  
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus MARHA  
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus HENHA  
(Eurasian) Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus SPARR  
(Common) Kestrel Falco tinnunculus KESTR  
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus PERFA  
Merlin Falco columbarius MERLI  
Black-headed Gull Larius ridibundus BLHGU  
Common Gull Larius canus COMGU  
Herring Gull Larius argentatus HERGU  
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larius fuscus LBBGU  
Great Black-backed Gull Larius marinus GBBGU  
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis SANTE  
Common Tern Sterna hirundo COMTE  
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea ARCTE  
(Common) Skylark Alauda arvensis SKYLA  
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis MEAPI  
(Common) Starling Sturnus vulgaris STARL