Potteric Carr Nature Reserve
Birds
222 species of birds have been recorded at Potteric Carr from 1968 to 2007 and 98 of them have bred at least once during that period, with around 70 species nesting every year. The following site checklist includes breeding status as follows: B = breeds every year or most years; R = occasional or former breeder, but has bred at least once since 1968.
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | B |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | B |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | B |
| Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
| Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | |
| Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | R |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | B |
| Bewick's Swan | Cygnus columbianusi | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhyncus | |
| White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | B |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | B |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | |
| Brent Goose | Branta berncla | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | R |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | |
| Wigeon | Anas penelope | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | B |
| Teal | Anas crecca | B |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhyncus | B |
| Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | R |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | |
| Shoveler | Anas clypeata | B |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| Pochard | Aythya ferina | B |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | B |
| Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Eider | Somateria mollissima | |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
| Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | B |
| Honey-buzzard | Pernis aviporis | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | B |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | R |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | B |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Hobby | Falco subuteo | |
| Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | R |
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | B |
| Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | B |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | B |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | B |
| Coot | Fulica atra | B |
| Common Crane | Grus grus | |
| Oystercatcher | Haemotopus ostralegus | R |
| Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | B |
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | B |
| Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | B |
| Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginae | |
| Dunlin | C. alpina | |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | R |
| dowitcher | Limnodromus sp | |
| Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | B |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Redshank | Tringa totanus | B |
| Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus | |
| Little Gull | Larus minutus | |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | B |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | R |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Little Auk | Alle alle | |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | B |
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | B |
| Feral Pigeon | Columba livia | B |
| Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | R |
| Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | R |
| Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | B |
| Ring-necked Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | R |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | R |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | B |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | R |
| Short-eared Owl | A. flammeus | R |
| Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Swift | Apus apus | |
| Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | B |
| Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | B |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopus major | B |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopus minor | R |
| Skylark | Alauda arvensis | B |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | B |
| Swallow | Hirundo rustica | R |
| House Martin | Delichon urbica | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | R |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | R |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | B |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | R |
| Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba | R |
| Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
| Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | B |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | B |
| Robin | Erithacus rubecula | B |
| Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | R |
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquata | |
| Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | |
| Blackbird | Turdus merula | B |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | B |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | |
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | B |
| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cettia | |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | R |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | B |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | B |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca | B |
| Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | B |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | B |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | B |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
| Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | B |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | B |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | R |
| Firecrest | Regulus ignicapillus | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | R |
| Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Bearded Tit | Panurus biarmicus | |
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | B |
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | B |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | B |
| Blue Tit | Cyanistes caerulus | B |
| Great Tit | Parus major | B |
| Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
| Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | B |
| Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Jay | Garrulus glandarius | B |
| Magpie | Pica pica | B |
| Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | B |
| Rook | Corvus frugeligu | R |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | B |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | |
| Raven | Corvus corax | |
| Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | R |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | R |
| Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | R |
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | B |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | B |
| Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | B |
| Siskin | Carduelis spinus | |
| Linnet | Carduelis cannabina | B |
| Lesser Redpoll | Carduelis cabaret | R |
| Mealy Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | |
| Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | B |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | B |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | B |
| Corn Bunting | Milaria calandra | R |