The Northwich Woodlands are an excellent place for birdwatching, the variety of habitats attract a vast array of birds throughout the year with over 235 species recorded. There are seven birdwatching hides within the woodlands.
| Alpine Swift Apus melba | Vagrant |
| American Wigeon Anas americana | Vagrant |
| Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus | Vagrant |
| Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea | Passage Migran |
| Barn Owl Tyto alba | Regular Visitor |
| Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica | Summer Visitor |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis | Rare Visitor |
| Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica | Rare Visitor |
| Black Tern Chlidonias niger | Passage Migrant |
| Black-billed Magpie Pica pica | Resident |
| Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla | Summer Visitor. |
| Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax | Vagrant |
| Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus | Resident. |
| Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | Rare Visitor |
| Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis | Rare Visitor |
| Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa | Passage Migrant |
| Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica | Vagrant |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | Vagrant - failed breeder |
| Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus | Resident |
| Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus | Vagrant |
| Brambling Fringilla montifringilla | Rare Winter Visitor |
| Brent Goose Branta bernicla | Vagrant |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus | Vagrant |
| Carrion Crow Corvus corone | Resident |
| Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia | Vagrant |
| Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | Resident |
| Coal Tit Periparus ater | Resident |
| Common Blackbird Turdus merula | Resident |
| Common Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Resident |
| Common Buzzard Buteo buteo | Resident |
| Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita | Summer Visitor. |
| Common Coot Fulica atra | Resident |
| Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra | Rare Visitor |
| Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | Summer Visitor. |
| Common Eider Somateria mollissima | Vagrant |
| Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula | Winter Visitor |
| Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia | Summer Visitor. |
| Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia | Passage Migrant |
| Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus | Resident |
| Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis | Resident |
| Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina | Resident |
| Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus | Resident |
| Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus | Resident |
| Common Pochard Aythya ferina | Winter Visitor |
| Common Quail Coturnix coturnix | Vagrant |
| Common Raven Corvus corax | Resident |
| Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea | Vagrant |
| Common Redshank Tringa totanus | Summer Visitor |
| Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Rare Visitor |
| Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos | Passage Migrant |
| Common Scoter Melanitta nigra | Rare Visitor |
| Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna | Resident Breeder |
| Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago | Winter Visitor |
| Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris | Resident |
| Common Swift Apus apus | Summer Visitor. |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo | Passage Migrant |
| Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis | Summer Visitor. |
| Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus | Resident |
| Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra | Rare Visitor |
| Corn Crake Crex crex | Vagrant |
| Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea | Passage Migrant |
| Dunlin Calidris alpina | Passage Migrant |
| Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca | Vagrant |
| Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto | Resident |
| Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata | Regular Visitor |
| Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus | Vagrant |
| Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo | Rare Visitor |
| Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula | Resident |
| Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius | Resident |
| Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus | Vagrant |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus | Summer Visitor. |
| Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Summer Visitor. |
| Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus | Winter Visitor |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus | Resident |
| Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia | Vagrant |
| Eurasian Teal Anas crecca | Winter Visitor |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus | Resident |
| Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris | Resident |
| Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope | Winter Visitor |
| Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola | Winter Visitor |
| European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria | Winter Visitor |
| European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | Resident |
| European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris | Resident |
| European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus | Vagrant |
| European Robin Erithacus rubecula | Resident |
| European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis | Vagrant |
| European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur | Rare Visitor; Former Breeder |
| Fieldfare Turdus pilaris | Winter Visitor |
| Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla | Rare Winter Visitor |
| Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan | Vagrant |
| Gadwall Anas strepera | Resident |
| Garden Warbler Sylvia borin | Summer Visitor. |
| Garganey Anas querquedula | Rare Visitor |
| Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus | Rare Visitor |
| Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus | Vagrant |
| Goldcrest Regulus regulus | Resident |
| Goosander Mergus merganser | Winter Visitor |
| Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris | Winter Visitor |
| Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus | Regular Visitor |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | Resident. |
| Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus | Resident |
| Great Egret Ardea alba | Vagrant |
| Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor | Vagrant |
| Great Northern Diver Gavia immer | Vagrant |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major | Resident |
| Great Tit Parus major | Resident |
| Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis | Resident |
| Greater Scaup Aythya marila | Rare Winter Visitor |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons | Rare Visitor |
| Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus | Passage Migrant |
| Green Woodpecker Picus viridis | Resident |
| Grey Heron Ardea cinerea | Resident |
| Grey Partridge Perdix perdix | Resident |
| Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius | Vagrant |
| Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola | Rare Visitor |
| Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea | Resident |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser | Winter Visitor |
| Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Vagrant |
| Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis | Resident |
| Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus | Vagrant |
| Herring Gull Larus argentatus | Regular Visitor |
| Hoopoe Upupa epops | Vagrant |
| House Martin Delichon urbicum | Summer Visitor. |
| House Sparrow Passer domesticus | Resident |
| Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides | Rare Visitor |
| Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus | Winter Visitor |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus | Vagrant |
| Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus | Vagrant |
| Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Vagrant |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | Winter Visitor |
| Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret | Winter Visitor |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor | Resident |
| Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca | Summer Visitor. |
| Little Auk Alle alle | Vagrant |
| Little Egret Egretta garzetta | Rare Visitor |
| Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis | Resident Breeder |
| Little Gull Larus minutus | Passage Migrant |
| Little Owl Athene noctua | Resident. Has bred |
| Little Plover Charadrius dubius | Summer Visitor. |
| Little Stint Calidris minuta | Passage Migrant |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons | Vagrant |
| Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus | Vagrant |
| Long-eared Owl Asio otus | Winter Visitor. Former Breeder |
| Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis | Vagrant |
| Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus | Resident |
| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | Resident |
| Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata | Vagrant |
| Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus | Vagrant |
| Marsh Tit Poecile palustris | Vagrant |
| Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis | Regular Visitor. Occasional Breeder |
| Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus | Rare Visitor |
| Merlin Falco columbarius | Rare Winter Visitor |
| Mew Gull Larus canus | Winter Visitor |
| Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus | Resident |
| Mute Swan Cygnus olor | Resident |
| Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis | Vagrant |
| Northern Gannet Morus bassanus | Vagrant |
| Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis | Rare Visitor |
| Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus | Resident |
| Northern Pintail Anas acuta | Winter Visitor |
| Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata | Winter Visitor |
| Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe | Passage Migrant |
| Osprey Pandion haliaetus | Passage Migrant |
| Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos | Vagrant |
| Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | Resident |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | Occasional Visitor. Has Bred |
| Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca | Passage Migrant |
| Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus | Rare Visitor |
| Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima | Vagrant |
| Red Kite Milvus milvus | Vagrant |
| Red Knot Calidris canutus | Passage Migrant |
| Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator | Rare Winter Visitor |
| Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina | Winter Visitor |
| Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa | Rare Visitor |
| Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena | Vagrant |
| Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus | Vagrant |
| Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata | Vagrant |
| Redwing Turdus iliacus | Winter Visitor |
| Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus | Resident |
| Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus | Vagrant |
| Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis | Vagrant |
| Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula | Summer Visitor. |
| Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris | Vagrant |
| Feral Pigeon Columba livia | Resident |
| Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus | Rare Winter Visitor |
| Rook Corvus frugilegus | Resident |
| Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii | Vagrant |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri | Vagrant |
| Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus | Vagrant |
| Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis | Resident |
| Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea | Vagrant |
| Ruff Philomachus pugnax | Passage Migrant |
| Sand Martin Riparia riparia | Summer Visitor. |
| Sanderling Calidris alba | Passage Migrant |
| Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis | Passage Migrant |
| Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica | Rare Visitor |
| Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Summer Visitor. |
| Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus | Winter Visitor |
| Sky Lark Alauda arvensis | Resident |
| Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus | Rare Visitor |
| Smew Mergellus albellus | Rare Winter Visitor |
| Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis | Vagrant |
| Song Thrush Turdus philomelos | Resident |
| Spotted Crake Porzana porzana | Rare Visitor |
| Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata | Summer Visitor. |
| Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus | Rare Visitor |
| Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus | Vagrant |
| Stock Pigeon Columba oenas | Resident |
| Stonechat Saxicola torquata | Rare Visitor |
| Tawny Owl Strix aluco | Resident |
| Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii | Rare Visitor |
| Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis | Passage Migrant |
| Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula | Resident Breeder |
| Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus | Rare Winter Visitor |
| Twite Carduelis flavirostris | Vagrant |
| Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca | Vagrant |
| Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta | Rare Winter Visitor |
| Water Rail Rallus aquaticus | Resident |
| Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus | Passage Migrant |
| Whinchat Saxicola rubetra | Passage Migrant |
| Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida | Vagrant |
| White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba | Resident |
| White Stork Ciconia ciconia | Vagrant |
| White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus | Vagrant |
| Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus | Rare Winter Visitor |
| Willow Tit Poecile montanus | Resident |
| Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus | Summer Visitor. |
| Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes | Resident |
| Wood Nuthatch Sitta europaea | Resident |
| Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | Passage Migrant |
| Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Passage Migrant |
| Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava | Summer Visitor. |
| Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus | Vagrant |
| Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella | Resident |
| Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis | Rare Visitor |
