Marine bird species for which entirely marine SPAs are being considered

Species	Status
greater scaup Aythya marila	Migratory
common eider Somateria mollissima	Migratory
long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis	Migratory
common scoter Melanitta nigra	Migratory
surf scoter Melanitta perspicillata	Migratory
velvet scoter Melanitta fusca	Migratory
common goldeneye Bucephala clangula	Migratory
red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator	Migratory
goosander Mergus merganser	Migratory
red-throated diver Gavia stellata	Annex I
black-throated diver Gavia arctica	Annex I
great northern diver Gavia immer	Annex I
northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	Migratory
Cory's shearwater Calonectris diomedea	Annex I
great shearwater Puffinus gravis	Migratory
sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus	Migratory
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus	Migratory
Balearic shearwater¹ Puffinus mauretanicus	Annex I
European storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	Annex I
Leach's storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Annex I
northern gannet Morus bassanus	Migratory
great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	Migratory
European shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Migratory
great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus	Migratory
red-necked grebe Podiceps grisena	Migratory
Slavonian grebe Podiceps auritus	Annex I
black-necked grebe Podiceps nigricollis	Migratory
red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	Annex I
pomarine skua Stercorarius pomarinus	Migratory
Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus	Migratory
long-tailed skua Stercorarius longicaudus	Migratory
great skua Stercorarius skua	Migratory
Mediterranean gull Larus melanocephalus	Annex I
little gull Larus minutus	Migratory
sabine's gull Larus sabini	Migratory
black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Migratory
black-headed gull Larus ridibundus	Migratory
mew gull Larus canus	Migratory
lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus	Migratory
herring gull Larus argentatus	Migratory
Iceland gull Larus glaucoides	Migratory
glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus	Migratory
great black-backed gull Larus marinus	Migratory
little tern Sternula albifrons	Annex I
sandwich tern Sterna sandvicensis	Annex I
common tern Sterna hirundo	Annex I
roseate tern Sterna dougallii	Annex I
Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea	Annex I
common guillemot Uria aalge	Migratory
razorbill Alca torda	Migratory
little auk Alle alle	Migratory
Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica	Migratory

Note: Migratory = regularly occurring migratory species (Article 4.2, Birds Directive)
Annex I = listed on Annex I of Birds Directive
¹ ^{Balearic shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicus is now considered a separate species
from Manx shearwater.}