James Bloor: Leicestershire and Rutland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 173 of 173 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 04/04/1981 spring passage over NW Leicestershire GB Tick 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13/01/1985 Eyebrook Reservoir GB Tick 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 22/03/2019 Cropston Reservoir Wood Duck, 01.10.84, Swithland Reservoir 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22/04/2021 Rutland Water 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 14/09/2016 Cossington Meadows GB Tick 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Pintail Anas acuta 08/01/2007 Rutland Water 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28/09/2013 Rutland Water GB Tick 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18/12/2020 Staunton Harold Reservoir male. 12.03.23 female at Dishley Pool 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Scaup Aythya marila 28/09/2013 Rutland Water female. 10.02.23 male at Rutland Water 21 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 09/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 1st winter 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 21/08/2016 Lyndon Reserve, Rutland Water male, moulting. during Birdfair 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24 Smew Mergellus albellus 12/01/2012 Rutland Water redhead. 24.01.15 male also Rutland Water 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2007 Rutland Water 26 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 13/01/1985 Eyebrook Reservoir GB Tick 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30 Swift Apus apus 31 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 32 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26/02/2016 Hicks Lodge 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 38 Coot Fulica atra 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 40 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 09/04/2014 Rutland Water 41 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 25/02/2016 Rutland Water GB Tick 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 25/02/2016 Rutland Water 44 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 25/02/2016 Rutland Water 21.04.21, Albert Village Lake, breeding plumage 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 46 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 22/04/2021 Rutland Water 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 24/04/2021 Rutland Water 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/04/1983 NW Leicestershire 49 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 24/04/2021 Rutland Water 50 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18/08/2014 Rutland Water 51 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 52 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2021 Rutland Water 10 on passage 53 Curlew Numenius arquata 16/10/2015 Rutland Water 54 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 24/04/2021 Rutland Water 55 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 28/09/2013 Rutland Water 56 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 25/02/2016 Rutland Water GB Tick 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 58 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 27/05/2024 Rutland Water female on passage 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/04/2018 Hicks Lodge 60 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 24/09/2011 Rutland Water 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 08/01/2007 Rutland Water 62 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/05/2024 Rutland Water 63 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 24/04/2021 Rutland Water 64 Ruff Calidris pugnax 24/09/2011 Rutland Water 65 Sanderling Calidris alba 22/05/2021 Rutland Water 1 with Dunlins 66 Dunlin Calidris alpina 13/01/1985 Eyebrook Reservoir 67 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 18/08/2023 Cropston Reservoir 5 adults 68 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/07/2013 garden, flying towards Hicks Lodge 69 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/04/2021 Rutland Water 70 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/04/2023 Hicks Lodge 71 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 22/04/2021 Rutland Water 72 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 73 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 74 Common Gull Larus canus 75 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 25/01/2012 Albert Village Lake GB Tick 76 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 77 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 25/01/2012 Albert Village Lake 78 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 79 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 09/03/2019 Shawell 80 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 81 Gannet Morus bassanus 26/08/2016 Thornton Reservoir 82 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 83 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 09/01/2024 Stoney Cove 2 juveniles 84 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 06/10/2016 Cossington Meadows self found 85 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 19/10/2015 Eyebrook Reservoir 86 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 87 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 07/02/2018 Thornton village 88 Great White Egret Ardea alba 16/10/2015 Rutland Water 89 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 90 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Rutland Water 91 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 30/05/1982 Willesley Lake approximate date 92 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 18/08/2014 Rutland Water 93 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/03/2009 M1 Markfield 94 Buzzard Buteo buteo 95 Barn Owl Tyto alba 24/01/2008 Hathern 96 Little Owl Athene noctua 97 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 01/03/2012 Hicks Lodge x 2 98 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 99 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 100 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 06/09/2021 Groby Pool 101 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 20/05/1978 Willesley Lake approximate date 102 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 103 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 104 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 105 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/09/2013 Rutland Water 106 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 14/11/2015 Rutland Water 107 Jay Garrulus glandarius 108 Magpie Pica pica 109 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 110 Rook Corvus frugilegus 111 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 112 Raven Corvus corax 05/11/2015 Hicks Lodge 113 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Markfield 16+ 114 Coal Tit Periparus ater 115 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 116 Willow Tit Poecile montanus Willesley Wood 117 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 118 Great Tit Parus major 119 Skylark Alauda arvensis 120 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 121 Swallow Hirundo rustica 122 House Martin Delichon urbicum 123 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 10/02/2023 Rutland Water 124 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 125 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 20/05/1978 Willesley Lake approximate date 126 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 05/01/2024 Oakthorpe 127 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 128 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 129 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 130 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 131 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/05/2015 Sence Valley CP self found 132 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 133 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 134 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 135 Whitethroat Curruca communis 136 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 20/04/2019 Warren Hills 137 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 138 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 139 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 140 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 141 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 28/08/2020 Measham adult with Starlings 142 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 143 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 144 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 145 Redwing Turdus iliacus 146 Blackbird Turdus merula 147 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 148 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 27/03/2019 Warren Hills 149 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 150 Robin Erithacus rubecula 151 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/04/1983 Narborough passage 152 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/01/2007 Rutland Water 153 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/04/1983 Narborough passage. sheep field where Fosse Park now is 154 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 155 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 156 Dunnock Prunella modularis 157 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 16/05/1983 Sutton Cheney pair 158 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 159 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 160 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Bradgate Park 161 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 10/06/2001 Jubilee Wood, Charnwood GB Tick 162 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/11/2016 Rutland Water 163 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 164 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 165 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 166 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 167 Linnet Linaria cannabina 168 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 15/03/2013 Blackfordby GB Tick. 2 with 5 Lessers in garden 169 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 03/04/1983 Willesley Lake GB Tick 170 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 171 Siskin Spinus spinus 172 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 173 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus