Bird information – Birds in Western Europe
There are many birds in Western Europe. Some species that were rare and shy for years are now also seen in crowded places. Other species, seen regularly in the past, are much less spotted. On the underlying pages is an overview of fairly common birds in Western Europe. You can view and listen to birds with photos and sound if you click on one of the photos below.
Avocet
Barnacle Goose
Barnswallow
Blackbird
Black headed gull
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-throated diver
Black woodpecker
Blackcap
Blue tit
Bullfinch
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Collared dove
Common Coot
Common Shellduck
Cuckoo
Eurasian jay
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Eurasion tree sparrow
European robin
Fieldfare
Garden warbler
Golden oriole
Goldfinch
Great cormorant
Great crested grebe
Great spotted woodpecker
Great tit
Greater Whitethroat
Greenfinch
Green woodpecker
Grey Heron
Hedge Accentor
Herring gull
House Martin
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Lesser black backed gull
Long-eared owl
Magpie
Mallard
Moorhen
Mute swan
Northern Lapwing
Northern wren
Osprey
Oystercatcher
Partridge
Pheasant
Short-toed Treecreeper
Song thrush
Spoonbill
Starling
Willow tit
White stork
White wagtail
Willow warbler
Wood Pigeon
