Robert Norris: Buckinghamshire Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 233 of 233 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 06/01/2013 Gayhurst Quarry 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11/02/2018 Gayhurst Quarry 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 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 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24/03/2010 Linford 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/02/2006 Willen 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18/10/2011 College Lake 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Quail Coturnix coturnix Heard only 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 41 Swift Apus apus 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia feral pigeon 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 46 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 49 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 27/08/2018 Willen Lake 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 51 Coot Fulica atra 52 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 07/11/2023 Linford Reserve 53 Crane Grus grus 05/04/2011 Gallows Bridge NR 54 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 55 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 57 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 02/02/2013 Tongwell Lake 58 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 59 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 03/04/2013 Gallows Bridge 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 61 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 24/04/2016 Manor Farm Pair 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/05/2012 Sherington Bridge 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 69 Curlew Numenius arquata 70 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 72 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 73 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 74 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 75 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 27/05/2006 Hillesden 76 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 77 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 22/05/2014 Manor Farm 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 79 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 31/03/2014 Manor Farm 83 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 84 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 85 Knot Calidris canutus 86 Ruff Calidris pugnax 87 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 88 Sanderling Calidris alba 89 Dunlin Calidris alpina 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 91 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 21/07/2022 Dorney Common. 92 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/08/2014 Manor Farm 93 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 95 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 20/05/2019 Willen Lake 96 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 97 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 31/03/2017 Willen 3 99 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 100 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/01/2014 Willen Lake 101 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 02/07/2012 Startops Reservoir - Bucks corner 102 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 103 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 104 Common Gull Larus canus 105 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 20/02/2018 Caldecott Lake 106 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 107 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 108 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 109 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 111 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 112 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 15/08/2020 Calvert Sailing Lake 113 Little Auk Alle alle 22/01/2012 College Lake 114 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 115 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 17/11/2011 Caldecotte Lake 116 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 14/04/2023 Calverton 117 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 118 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 119 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 22/09/2021 Manor Farm 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 121 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 122 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 25/08/2017 Claydon Lakes 123 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 124 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 30/11/2009 Haversham 125 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/09/2011 Linford Reserve 126 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 127 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 24/08/2022 Weston Turville Reservoir,Bucks 128 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 129 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 18/07/2013 Hardmead 130 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 131 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 132 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 133 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 134 Red Kite Milvus milvus 135 Buzzard Buteo buteo 136 Barn Owl Tyto alba 137 Little Owl Athene noctua 138 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 139 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 140 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 141 Hoopoe Upupa epops 142 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 143 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 144 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 145 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 146 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 147 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 148 Merlin Falco columbarius 149 Hobby Falco subbuteo 150 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 151 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 152 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 153 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 154 Jay Garrulus glandarius 155 Magpie Pica pica 156 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 157 Rook Corvus frugilegus 158 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 159 Raven Corvus corax 160 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 161 Coal Tit Periparus ater 162 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 163 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 164 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 165 Great Tit Parus major 166 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 167 Woodlark Lullula arborea 02/04/2017 South Bucks 168 Skylark Alauda arvensis 169 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 170 Swallow Hirundo rustica 171 House Martin Delichon urbicum 172 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 173 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 174 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 10/04/2016 Hardmead 175 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 176 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 177 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 178 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 179 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 180 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 07/06/2021 Manor Farm 181 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 14/06/2008 Longwick 182 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 183 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 184 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 185 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 186 Whitethroat Curruca communis 187 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 29/11/2020 Hyde Heath 188 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 189 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 190 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 191 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 192 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 193 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 194 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 195 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 196 Redwing Turdus iliacus 197 Blackbird Turdus merula 198 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 199 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 200 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 201 Robin Erithacus rubecula 202 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 203 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 25/08/2007 Hardmead 204 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 205 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 206 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 207 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 208 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 209 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 16/03/2020 Wycombe Rye 210 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 211 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 212 Dunnock Prunella modularis 213 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 214 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 215 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 216 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 217 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 218 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 14/02/2012 Startops Reservoir 219 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 220 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 221 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 222 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 223 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 224 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 225 Linnet Linaria cannabina 226 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 227 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 228 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 229 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 230 Siskin Spinus spinus 231 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 232 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 233 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus