Vlll. 



INTRODUCTION. 



(6) Winter Visitors and Passing Migrants. 



Includes the regular winter visitors and migrants making a short stay 

 in the British Islands on their autumn and spring passage. 



Auk, Little 



Avocet 



Bittern 

 Brambling 

 Bunting, Lapland 



,, Ortolan 



,, Snow 



Buzzard, Rough-legged 



Crake, Little 



Baillon's 



Duck, Ferruginous 

 ,, Gad wall 

 ,, Golden-eye 

 ,, Long-tailed 

 ,, Scoter, Velvet 

 ,, Scaup 



Diver, Great Northern 



Eaofle, White-tailed 



Falcon, Greenland 



Fieldfare 



Firecrest 



Goose, Bean 

 ,, Bernacle 



Brent 

 ,, Pink-footed 

 ,, White-fronted 

 Godwit, Black-tailed 



,, Bar-tailed 



Grebe, Red-necked 

 ,, Sclavonian 

 Goshawk 

 Grosbeak, Pine 

 Gull, Glaucous 

 ,, Ivory 

 „ Iceland 

 Little 



Hoopoe 

 Harrier, Marsh 



Knot 



Lark, Shore 



Nutcracker 



Owl, Scops 

 ,, Snowy 

 „ Tengmalra's 



Pastor, Rose-coloured 



Phalarope, Grey 



Pipit, Scandinavian Rock 



Plover, Grey 



Pratincole 



RedpoU, Mealy 



Redstart, Black 



Redwing 



Redshank, Spotted (Dusky) 



Ruff 



Sanderling 

 Sandpiper, Green 

 Wood 

 ,, Purple 



,, Curlew 



Shrike, Great Grey 

 Snipe, Great 

 „ Jack 

 Smew 



Skua, Pomatorhine 

 Stint, Little 



,, Temminck's 

 Swan, Bewick's 

 „ Whooper 



Turnstone 



Waxwing 



The Lancashire and Cheshire records contain about 260 species, so 

 that about 130 species recorded in other parts of the British Isles have 

 not been seen in this neighbourhood. Of this total the resident species 



