Lewi Burgess: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 307 of 307 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 07/05/2024 RSPB South stack, Anglesey Unringed white morph 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 12/02/2022 RSPB Greylake, Somerset Drake. BBRC accepted 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 02/07/2022 Hornsea Mere, East Yorkshire 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 10/12/2022 Redcar, Cleveland Adult male! 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 02/04/2021 Llanddulas, Abergele 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 04/03/2020 Benllech, Anglesey 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 08/04/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 34 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 06/04/2024 Loch Leven NNR, Perth & Kinross Tracked from the East coast of Ireland over to Scotland 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 39 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 29/09/2022 Undisclosed site Male 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 41 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 42 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 45 Quail Coturnix coturnix 46 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 47 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 48 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 25/03/2023 Scarborough, North Yorkshire 2 Together over rugby field 49 Swift Apus apus 50 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/07/2018 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey The bird that started the listing :-) 51 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 52 Stock Dove Columba oenas 53 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 54 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 13/09/2020 Hen Borth, Anglesey 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 57 Corncrake Crex crex 31/05/2021 Isle of Skye, Scotland Fantastic views! 58 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 05/06/2021 Wheldrake Ings, York 4+ birds present! 59 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 60 Coot Fulica atra 61 Crane Grus grus 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 63 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 05/12/2020 Chelmarsh, Shropshire 64 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 09/02/2019 Bangor Pier, Gwynedd 65 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 66 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 67 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 68 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 69 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 70 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 02/07/2022 Potteric Carr, South Yorkshire Five, 2 Adults and 3 chicks 71 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 72 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 73 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 74 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 24/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 75 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 01/09/2022 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 76 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 77 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 78 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 79 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 80 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 19/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 81 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 82 Curlew Numenius arquata 83 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 84 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 85 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 29/07/2021 Burton-Mere, Cheshire 86 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 87 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 88 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 89 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 06/11/2021 Newstead, Northumberland 90 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 24/10/2021 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 91 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 31/05/2021 Grindon Lough, Northumberland 92 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 93 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 94 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 95 Redshank Tringa totanus 96 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 97 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 98 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 99 Knot Calidris canutus 100 Ruff Calidris pugnax 101 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 01/06/2023 Inland Sea, Anglesey 102 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 24/07/2022 Alkborough Flats, Lincolnshire 103 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 104 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 RSPB St Aidans, West Yorkshire 105 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth, Northumberland Adult 106 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 25/09/2022 Caernarfon Airport, Gwynedd 107 Sanderling Calidris alba 108 Dunlin Calidris alpina 109 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 110 Little Stint Calidris minuta 111 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 09/09/2020 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey Showed down to a couple feet! 112 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 24/07/2021 Snettisham, Norfolk 113 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 08/08/2023 Hafan Y Môr, Pwllheli Showed extremely well! Epic bird 114 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 115 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 01/07/2021 Southfield Reservoir, East Yorkshire 2 of them flying above our heads! 116 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 11/10/2021 Southfield Reservoir 117 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 118 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 119 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 13/06/2020 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 120 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 121 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 04/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey Nice bird to see on patch 122 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 123 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 124 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 125 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 126 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 127 Common Gull Larus canus 128 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 30/04/2024 Loch Turret, Perth & Kinross 129 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 26/10/2021 Cromer, Norfolk 130 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 131 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 132 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 133 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 24/10/2021 Flamborough, East Yorkshire 134 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 135 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 136 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 137 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 138 Puffin Fratercula arctica 139 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 140 Razorbill Alca torda 141 Little Auk Alle alle 27/10/2021 Flamborough, East Yorkshire 142 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 143 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 144 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 145 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 146 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 27/04/2024 Burghead Bay, Moray & Nairn 147 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 05/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire Great twitch with Ed, Robin and Joel. Took 3 attempts 148 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 14/08/2020 Point Lynas, Anglesey 149 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous Bull bay, Anglesey 150 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 151 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 152 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 153 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 154 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 08/08/2021 Port Row, Norfolk 155 Gannet Morus bassanus 156 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 157 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 158 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 19/09/2020 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 159 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 160 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 161 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 162 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 20/09/2021 Gronant, Flintshire 163 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 164 Great White Egret Ardea alba 165 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 166 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 10/08/2022 Cors Ddyga, Anglesey 167 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 168 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 31/05/2021 Isle of Skye, Scotland 169 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 170 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 171 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 172 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 173 Red Kite Milvus milvus 174 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 30/05/2021 Isle of Skye, Scotland 175 Buzzard Buteo buteo 176 Barn Owl Tyto alba 177 Little Owl Athene noctua 178 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 179 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 180 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 181 Hoopoe Upupa epops 04/10/2020 Collingham, West Yorkshire Insane views! 182 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 183 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/11/2021 Brockholes, Lancashire Male showed well along River Ribble, absolute beast of a bird!! 184 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 29/05/2021 Spurn Point, East Yorkshire Flew low over the point 185 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 186 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 187 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 188 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 189 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 30/05/2022 Worth Marsh, Kent Showing incredibly well! sat on fence with Red-footed Falcon and Hobby! 190 Merlin Falco columbarius 191 Hobby Falco subbuteo 192 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 193 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 194 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 09/10/2021 Holy Island, Northumberland Insane views! 195 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 13/04/2024 Breakwater Country Park, Holyhead Adult male, briefly 196 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 21/11/2021 Llyn Brenig, Denbighshire 197 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 14/09/2020 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 198 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 02/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire Adult Male 199 Jay Garrulus glandarius 200 Magpie Pica pica 201 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 202 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 203 Rook Corvus frugilegus 204 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 205 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 206 Raven Corvus corax 207 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 10/12/2022 Cleveland, Redcar 208 Coal Tit Periparus ater 209 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 09/06/2021 Anargach Woods, Scotland 210 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 211 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 21/11/2021 Pennington Flash, Manchester 212 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 213 Great Tit Parus major 214 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 12/02/2022 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset 3 in reedbed 215 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 216 Woodlark Lullula arborea 217 Skylark Alauda arvensis 218 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 219 Swallow Hirundo rustica 220 House Martin Delichon urbicum 221 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 11/04/2023 RSPB Conwy, Denbighshire 222 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 223 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 224 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 225 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 04/10/2020 Spurn, East Yorkshire 226 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 227 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 27/10/2023 Flamborough, East Yorkshire 228 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 26/10/2020 Wylfa Head, Anglesey Joint find with Ste and Tony W - first for Anglesey 229 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 230 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 231 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 11/09/2021 Buckton, East Yorkshire 1st winter bird showing very briefly and calling at Buckton Heligoland Trap 232 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 27/10/2023 Flamborough, East Yorkshire 1st-winter bird 300th sp 233 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 04/09/2022 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 234 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 24/10/2021 Hartlepool, Cleveland 235 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 236 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 04/09/2022 Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire Brief views and calling 237 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 238 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 22/08/2019 Cors Ddyga, Anglesey Long wait but worth it! 239 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 240 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 241 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 242 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 243 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 29/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 244 Whitethroat Curruca communis 245 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 246 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 247 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 248 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 249 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 250 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 251 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 252 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 253 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 254 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 255 Redwing Turdus iliacus 256 Blackbird Turdus merula 257 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 258 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 259 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 13/02/2022 Eastbourne, East Sussex 260 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 261 Robin Erithacus rubecula 262 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 263 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 19/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 264 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 06/11/2021 Flamborough, East Yorkshire Female type showing well 265 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 266 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 04/10/2020 Spurn, East Yorkshire 267 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 268 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 269 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 270 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 271 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 272 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 273 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 274 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 275 Dunnock Prunella modularis 276 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 277 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 08/05/2022 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey Female showing well on beach 278 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 279 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 280 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 281 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 282 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 283 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 284 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 285 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 286 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 287 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 288 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 289 Twite Linaria flavirostris 290 Linnet Linaria cannabina 291 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 26/10/2023 Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire Three 292 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 293 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 294 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 295 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 296 Siskin Spinus spinus 297 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 298 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 299 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 300 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 301 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 09/08/2021 Wembury, Devon 302 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 27/10/2023 Flamborough, North Landing 1st-winter male, pending 303 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 304 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 26/04/2024 Hartlepool, Cleveland 305 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 16/04/2021 Barcombe, East Sussex Adult showing well and singing on picnic table 306 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 09/05/2023 Bardsey Island, Gwynedd First island twitch! Had to peek over observatory wall, showing down a few metres! 307 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 06/04/2024 Kilwinning, Ayrshire Stonking 1st-summer male