Bird watching on the Isle of Man
| Red-throated Diver: | Ayres (pw), Calf (p) |
|---|---|
| Black-throated Diver: | Ayres (pw), Calf (p) |
| Great Northern Diver: | Ayres (pw); Calf (p); Derbyhaven and Peel Bay (w) |
| Little Grebe: | Stillwaters and harbours (w); Breeds occasionally |
| Other grebes: | Derbyhaven (w) |
| Manx Shearwater: | Calf and coast north to Peel (ps); Ayres (p) |
| European Storm-petrel: | Calf and coast north to Peel (ps) |
| Great Cormorant: | Colonies at Maughold, Ladyport, Will's Strand, Pistol Castle and Baie Fine(s) |
| Bewick's Swan: | Ballacain Dubs and meadows (w) - scarce - with Whoopers. |
| Whooper Swan: | Ballacain Dubs and meadows (w) |
| Brent Goose: | Derbyhaven, Castletown Bay, Strandhall (w) |
| Shoveler: | Glascoe and other northern dubs (all year); Langness (w) |
| Pochard: | Eairy and Kionslieu and Kerrowdhoo Reservoirs (w) |
| Tufted Duck: | Eairy and Kionslieu and Kerrowdhoo and Port-e-Chee (w); Kionslieu (s) |
| Common Eider: | Calf of Man and Niarbyl (s); west coast (p); Ayres |
| Goldeneye: | West Castletown Bay, Port Jack, north Ramsey and stillwaters (w) |
| Hen Harrier: | Moorland (all year); Roosts at Ballaugh Curraghs and Stoney Mountain (w) |
| Water Rail: | Ballaugh Curraghs (w); Calf of Man (all year) |
| Golden Plover: | Ayres, northern plain and between Derbyhaven and Strandhall (w) |
| Grey Plover: | Derbyhaven, Langness, Carrick Bay and Ayres (pw) |
| Knot: | Derbyhaven and Langness (pw); Ayres (p) |
| Sanderling: | Ayres (p) |
| Little Stint: | Langness and Ayres(p) |
| Purple Sandpiper: | Peel Castle, Port Jack, Port St. Mary Point and Niarbyl (pw) |
| Ruff: | Langness (p) |
| Eurasian Woodcock: | Roding - Greeba and Ballaugh Curraghs; Barrule Plantation (s) |
| Black-tailed Godwit: | Langness and Derbyhaven (p) |
| Bar-tailed Godwit: | Langness, Derbyhaven and Strandhall (pw) |
| Whimbrel: | Langness, Derbyhaven and Ayres (p) |
| Greenshank: | Langness and Derbyhaven (p) |
| Skuas: | Ayres, Peel and Calf of Man (p) |
| Mew Gull: | Ayres gravel pits (s) |
| Herring Gull: | Inland colonies at Sartfell, SlieauFreoghane and SlieauDhoo (s) |
| Great Black-Backed Gull: | Calf of Man and Slieau Freoghane (s) |
| Black-Legged Kittiwake: | Calf of Man, Sugarloaf,Maughold Head, Peel Hill (s) Ayres(p) |
| Sandwich Tern: | Ayres (bred once); Ayres, Langness and most bays |
| Common, Arctic,and Little Tern: | Ayres(s) |
| Common Guillemot: | Calf of Man, Peel Hill, Sugarloaf, Maughold Head Ayres (w) |
| Black Guillemot: | Peel Hill and coast south, north of Fleshwick, Bradda, Baie Fine, Perwick, Gob Lhiack, Clay Head and Maughold (s) Ayres, Peel, Derbyahven (w) |
| Atlantic Puffin: | Calf of Man, Spanish Head, Anvil, Maughold, Peel Hill (s) |
| Long-eared Owl: | Plantations and shelter belts (all year) |
| Short-eared Owl: | regular Calf of Man, Glen Rushen, Stony Mountain, Druidale (s); Ayres and Langness (pw) |
| Kingfisher: | Irregular lower Sulby River, Tromode millstream, harbours and rocky coasts (p) |
| Sand Martin: | Colonies at Dog Mills, Glen Mooar BallaharraSandpit |
| House Martin: | Cliff nesting at Port Soderick, Port Soldrick and Maughold |
| Black Redstart: | Port St. Mary Harbour, Peel Castle (w) |
| Whinchat: | Laxey, Corrany and upper Glen Audyn valleys (s);Calf of Man, Ayres (p) |
| Stonechat: | Widespread on or near coast (all year) |
| Northern Wheatear: | Most coasts (p); Ayres, Orrisdale Head, Bradda, Anvil, Calf of Man (s) |
| Grasshopper Warbler: | Ballaugh and Greeba Curraghs (p and possibly s) |
| Wood Warbler: | Ramsey Hairpin woods, Dhoon valley, Glen Helen |
| Red-Billed Chough: | Coastal cliffs (s); Marine Drive, Castletown Bay, Carrick Bay, Cregneash area and southern hills (w) |
| Common Raven: | Widespread on coast and hills (all year); certain plantations and glens ; Ayres coast and Refuse tip |
| Eurasian Siskin: | Lower Neb valley, Glen Wyllin (pw); Plantations, Ballaugh Curraghs (s) |
| Commom Redpoll: | Ballaugh Curraghs (all year); Glen Rushen and Sartfell Plantations (s) |
| Common Crossbill: | Plantations particularly Stoney Mountain |
| Yellowhammer: | Northern plain (all year - increasingly scarce); Raggatt (s) |
KEY: (p) = Passage (s) = Summer (w) = Winter