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his page outlines the threat to bird life on the Hoo Penninsula from the proposed airport development at Cliffe

The following birds are all included in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, or are birds of conservation concern, because of the threats to their survival in the country as a whole. Some of these species breed on the Hoo Peninsula, some over-winter, some are regular passage migrants, and a few are rare or occasional vagrants. They have all been recorded on the Hoo Peninsula over the last four decades. The Cliffe airport proposals pose significant threats to these birds, primarily through

Direct loss of habitat;
Potential impacts outside the land occupied by the airport, including flooding of the marshes;
Disturbance from traffic, people, aircraft, etc.; and
In the case of larger birds, such as waders and ducks, possible culling or deliberate disturbance to reduce the risk of birds colliding with aircraft.

The birds described with below are all included on either the Red or Amber List of Birds of Conservation Concern. Twenty-one of these species are so greatly threatened that they are included on the UK government's Biodiversity Action Plan.

UK Biodiversity Action Plan Bird Species recorded from Hoo Peninsula

Aquatic warbler
Bullfinch
Cirl bunting
Common scoter
Corn bunting
Corncrake
Grey partridge

Linnet
Marsh warbler
Red-backed shrike
Red-necked phalarope
Reed bunting
Roseate tern
Skylark

Song thrush
Spotted flycatcher
Stone curlew
Tree sparrow
Turtle dove
Woodlark
Wryneck

Red List of Birds Species of Conservation Concern recorded from Hoo Peninsula

Aquatic warbler
Black-tailed godwit
Bullfinch
Cirl bunting
Common scoter
Corn bunting
Corncrake
Grasshopper warbler
Grey partridge
Hen harrier
House sparrow

Lesser spotted woodpecker
Linnet
Marsh tit
Marsh warbler
Quail
Red-backed shrike
Red-necked phalarope
Reed bunting
Ring ouzel
Roseate tern
Savi's warbler

Skylark
Song thrush
Spotted flycatcher
Starling
Stone-curlew
Tree sparrow
Turtle dove
Twite
Woodlark
Wryneck
Yellowhammer

Amber List of Birds Species of Conservation Concern recorded from Hoo Peninsula

Arctic tern
Avocet
Barn owl
Barnacle goose
Bar-tailed godwit
Bean goose
Bearded tit
Bewick's swan
Black guillemot
Black redstart
Black-headed gull
Black-necked grebe
Black-throated diver
Bluethroat
Brent goose
Common gull
Cormorant
Crane
Cuckoo
Curlew
Dartford Warbler
Dotterel
Dunlin
Dunnock
Eider
Fieldfare
Firecrest
Fulmar
Gadwall
Gannet
Garganey
Goldcrest
Golden oriole
Goldeneye
Great northern diver
Great sandpiper
Great skua

Green woodpecker
Grey plover
Grey wagtail
Greylag goose
GuillemotHawfinch
Herring gull
Honey buzzard
House martin
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Kittiwake
Knot
Lapwing
Lesser black-backed gull
Little egret
Little tern
Long-tailed duck
Manx shearwater
Marsh harrier
Meadow pipit
Mediterranean gull
Merlin
Mistle thrush
Montagu's harrier
Mute swan
Nightingale
Osprey
Oystercatcher
Pink-footed goose
Pintail
Pochard
Puffin
Purple sandpiper
Razorbill
Red-necked grebe
Redshank
Redstart
Red-throated diver

Redwing
Ringed Plover
Ruff
Sand martin
Sandwich tern
Scaup
Serin
Shag
Shelduck
Short-eared owl
Shoveler
Slavonian grebe
Snipe
Snow bunting
Spoonbill
Spotted crake
Spotted redshank
Stock dove
Stonechat
Swallow
Teal
Temmink's stint
Tree pipit
Turnstone
Velvet scoter
Water rail
Whimbrel
White-fronted goose
Whooper swan
Wigeon
Willow warbler
Wood sandpiper
Wood warbler
Woodcock
Yellow wagtail