Graham Scott: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 333 of 333 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 12/04/2012 Mersehead 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 16/04/2013 Flamborough head 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 29/10/2023 Tophill 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25 Pintail Anas acuta 26 Teal Anas crecca 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30/04/1987 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 23/02/2022 Islay 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 10/12/2022 Redcar 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Smew Mergellus albellus 42 Goosander Mergus merganser 43 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 44 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 45 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 46 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 47 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 48 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 49 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 50 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 51 Quail Coturnix coturnix 52 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 53 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 54 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 55 Swift Apus apus 56 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 29/10/2023 Flamborough 57 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 10/08/2019 Hornsea Mere 58 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 01/01/2015 Fraisthorpe East Yorks 59 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 60 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 61 Stock Dove Columba oenas 62 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 63 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 64 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 65 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 66 Corncrake Crex crex 67 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 68 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 69 Coot Fulica atra 70 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 19/05/1989 Mowbray Park Sunderland 71 Crane Grus grus 72 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 73 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 74 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 75 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 76 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 77 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 78 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 79 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 80 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 81 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 82 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 83 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 10/05/2015 Danby Beacon Noth Yorks 84 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 85 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 86 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 87 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 08/05/2023 Long Nanny Northumberland 88 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 29/11/2021 Blacktoft 89 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 26/08/2022 Redcar Redcar 90 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 91 Curlew Numenius arquata 92 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 93 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 94 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 23/09/2017 Salt fleet licolnshire 95 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 96 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 97 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 98 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 99 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 23/09/2017 100 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 101 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 102 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 103 Redshank Tringa totanus 104 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 105 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 106 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 107 Knot Calidris canutus 108 Ruff Calidris pugnax 109 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 110 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 111 Sanderling Calidris alba 112 Dunlin Calidris alpina 113 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 114 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 08/05/1995 Filey dams 115 Little Stint Calidris minuta 116 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 02/09/2017 Saltholme 117 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 01/06/1993 Norflok 118 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 119 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 120 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 121 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 122 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 123 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 124 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 125 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 17/03/2002 Scarborough 126 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 127 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 128 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 129 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 01/10/1986 Newcastle 130 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 131 Common Gull Larus canus 132 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 133 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 134 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 135 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 136 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 137 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 138 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 139 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 140 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 141 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 142 Puffin Fratercula arctica 143 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 144 Razorbill Alca torda 145 Little Auk Alle alle 07/11/2014 Scarborough 146 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 147 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 148 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 149 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 150 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 25/02/2022 Islay 151 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/05/2007 Butt of lewis 152 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 153 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 154 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 155 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 156 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 05/09/2015 Flamborough Head 157 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 158 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 159 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 160 Gannet Morus bassanus 161 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 04/09/2023 Hunmanby Gap 162 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 163 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 164 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 05/11/2011 Filey 165 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 166 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 167 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 168 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 27/05/2019 Tophill 169 Great White Egret Ardea alba Seal sands - Saltholme 170 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 171 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 172 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 173 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 174 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 175 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 176 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 177 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 178 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 179 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 180 Red Kite Milvus milvus 181 Black Kite Milvus migrans 182 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 183 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 184 Buzzard Buteo buteo 185 Barn Owl Tyto alba 186 Little Owl Athene noctua 187 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 188 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 189 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 190 Hoopoe Upupa epops 191 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 04/06/2012 Aldborough 192 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 193 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 194 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 195 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 196 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 197 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 198 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 19/10/2008 Tophill Low 199 Merlin Falco columbarius 200 Hobby Falco subbuteo 201 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 202 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 203 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 01/10/2023 Bempton 204 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 205 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 02/06/2021 Whitby 206 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Also ssp badius may 13th 2015 Wykeham North yorks 207 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 208 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 28/06/2022 Bempton 209 Jay Garrulus glandarius 210 Magpie Pica pica 211 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 212 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 213 Rook Corvus frugilegus 214 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 215 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 216 Raven Corvus corax 217 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 218 Coal Tit Periparus ater 219 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 220 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 221 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 222 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 223 Great Tit Parus major 224 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 225 Woodlark Lullula arborea 226 Skylark Alauda arvensis 227 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 228 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 229 Swallow Hirundo rustica 230 House Martin Delichon urbicum 231 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 232 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 233 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 234 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 19/08/2018 Seaton Common 235 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 236 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 14/11/2021 Flamborough 237 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 238 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 22/10/2022 South landing Flamborough 239 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 240 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 241 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 06/09/2016 Bempton Yorkshire 242 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 12/09/2021 Buckton/Bempton 243 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 16/08/2006 Filey 244 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Two barred and greenish 245 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 01/10/1990 Isle of May Fife Date approximate. Bird trapped and ringed. 246 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 26/05/2019 Saltholme 247 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 248 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 13/06/2020 Filey 249 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 250 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 251 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 01/09/2015 Spurn 252 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 09/05/2024 North Cave wetlands 253 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 254 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 255 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 256 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 31/08/2014 Selwicks bay, Flamborough head 257 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 258 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 01/09/2015 Flamborough Eastern 259 Whitethroat Curruca communis 260 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 261 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 262 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 263 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 264 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 265 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 266 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 267 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 268 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 269 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 270 Redwing Turdus iliacus 271 Blackbird Turdus merula 272 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 273 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 274 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 19/02/2023 Whykeham 275 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 276 Robin Erithacus rubecula 277 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 24/05/2021 Flamborough Head 278 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 279 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Filey brigg 280 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 281 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 16/10/2021 Flamborough 282 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 283 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 24/10/2009 Bempton 284 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 285 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 286 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 287 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 08/10/1998 Filey 288 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 289 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 290 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 05/04/1998 Flamborough 291 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 30/10/2016 Redcar, UK 292 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 293 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 294 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 295 Dunnock Prunella modularis 296 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 297 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 23/12/2019 Prestwick Northumberland 298 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 09/11/2014 Danes dyke 299 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 300 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 301 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 13/02/2016 Flamborough North Landing 302 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 303 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 304 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 305 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 306 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 307 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 308 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 309 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 310 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 311 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 312 Twite Linaria flavirostris 313 Linnet Linaria cannabina 314 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea Flamborough head 315 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 316 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 317 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 318 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 319 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 320 Siskin Spinus spinus 321 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 322 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 323 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 324 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 325 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 326 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 327 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 328 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 07/06/2019 Flamborough 329 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough Waiting for DNA 330 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 20/04/1994 Pennington flash 331 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 332 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 26/10/1993 Flamborough 333 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 16/02/2014 Shincliffe, county Durham