Martin (Billy Wizz) Thomas: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 317 of 317 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Slimbridge WWT 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/06/2010 Devon Estimated Date Seen With Glamorgan Bird Club Trip 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Ogmore - Llangorse 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Roath Park 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 12/02/2024 Slimbridge WWT Yellow Darvic 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser Roath Park Lake 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13/09/2018 Titchwell RSPB 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 18/01/2020 Norfolk 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Slimbridge WWT 10 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 12/02/2024 Slimbridge WWT 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Roath Park Lake 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Slimbridge WWT 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Ogmore River 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17/09/2016 Goldcliff 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Ogmore - RGW 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Cannop Ponts Fof D 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 05/03/2022 Greylake RSPB 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula Ogmore 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 26/03/2011 Sandy Water Park 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata Slimbridge WWT 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera Ogmore 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope Talybont Res 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 31/10/2022 Meare Heath from Tower Hide 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos River Ely 25 Pintail Anas acuta Kenfig NNR 26 Teal Anas crecca Talygarn Lake 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 17/05/2022 Alturlie Point Highlands 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 12/05/2013 Cotswold Water Park Lake 43 29 Pochard Aythya ferina Kenfig NNR 30 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes Cosmeston 31 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 12/01/2013 Marloes Mere 32 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Hensol Lake 33 Scaup Aythya marila 28/12/2011 Cosmeston East Lake 34 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 28/12/2011 Cosmeston West Lake 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 27/04/2019 Nairn Scotland 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 12/01/2013 Little Haven 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 20/01/2019 Cley Norfork 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Kenfig NNR 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31/10/2012 Kenfig NNR 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Ogmore 41 Smew Mergellus albellus 11/02/2012 Hendre Lake St Mellons 42 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 09/07/2011 Radipole Estimated Date Seen Same Day As Abbotsbury Swan Roundup 43 Goosander Mergus merganser Mwyndy Pond 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator River Exe Devon 45 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 05/01/2013 Blorenge 46 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 28/04/2019 Cairngorme 1024m 47 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 12/05/2013 Coed Llandegla forest. 48 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 19/01/2019 Holkam Norfork 49 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 08/08/2022 Trescos Gardens 50 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 08/08/2022 Trescos Garden 51 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ogmore 52 Quail Coturnix coturnix 13/08/2021 Maiden Castle Dorset 53 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Lamby Tip 54 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Llanwanno 55 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 16/03/2023 Oldbury Power Station visitors car park 56 Swift Apus apus Glamorgan 57 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 15/03/2014 Penally Tenby 58 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Cearlan Penrhiwfer 59 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Glamorgan 60 Stock Dove Columba oenas Glamorgan 61 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Glamorgan 62 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 10/11/2013 Cosmeston 63 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Glamorgan 64 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Newport Wetlands 65 Corncrake Crex crex 11/05/2022 South Uist 66 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Lamby Lake 67 Coot Fulica atra Lamby lake 68 Crane Grus grus 26/10/2016 15 fly overs and landed on the Dumbels Slimbridge 69 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Ogmore 70 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 23/02/2013 Somerset ham wall 71 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 23/10/2018 Roath Park Lake Cardiff 72 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Hensol Lake 73 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Topsham Devon 74 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Llanidid 75 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 14/09/2018 Great Cressington Norfork 76 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus ogmore 77 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 12/06/2010 Kenfig NNR Estimated Date Seen 78 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta River Exe 79 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Sker beach 80 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria On route to Lodmore 81 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Garwnant 82 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Dawlish Warren 83 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Dawlish Warren 84 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Llanillid 85 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB 86 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Dawlish Warren 87 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Dawlish Warren 88 Curlew Numenius arquata Ogmore 89 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Llanelli WWT 90 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Llanelli WWT 91 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 08/10/2011 Kidwelly 92 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Kenfig NNR 93 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 23/11/2018 Gower 94 Snipe Gallinago gallinago Kenfig NNR 95 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Usk Lighthouse 96 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 18/05/2013 Coombe Hill Meadows Glos 97 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Ogmore 98 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 06/06/2010 Devon Estimated Date Seen With Glamorgan Bird Club Trip 99 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Ogmore 100 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 09/08/2013 Newport Wetlands 101 Redshank Tringa totanus Topsham 102 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 13/07/2013 WWT Llanelli 103 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Topsham 104 Greenshank Tringa nebularia Llanelli WWT 105 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Ogmore 106 Knot Calidris canutus Dawlish Warren / WWT Llanelli 107 Ruff Calidris pugnax WWT Llanelli 108 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 18/06/2016 Goldcliff Scoped veiws from veiwing platform next to 1st Hide, amongst small dunlin flock. 109 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Kidwelly 110 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Steart 111 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Gower 112 Sanderling Calidris alba Penally South Beach 113 Dunlin Calidris alpina Dawlish Warren 114 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Portland 115 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 03/11/2018 Goldcliff 116 Little Stint Calidris minuta Ogmore 117 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 17/02/2023 Slimbridge South Lake Discovery Hide 118 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Ogmore 119 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 23/05/2020 Pilning 120 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Dawlish Warren 121 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 30/05/2017 Steart Marshes 122 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 24/06/2021 Llenelli WWT 123 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 10/07/2010 Kenfig NNR Estimated Date Seen 124 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Lodmore 125 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 12/05/2023 Brownsea Island 126 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/04/2013 Cardiff Bay 127 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Slimbridge WWT 128 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Dawlish Warren 129 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Ogmore 130 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Nash 131 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 07/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 132 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 20/01/2013 Ogmore 133 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Lamby Lake 134 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 25/04/2014 Llanelli WWT 135 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Dawlish Warren 136 Common Gull Larus canus Kenfig NNR 137 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Lamby Lake 138 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 12/09/2018 Cromer Beach Norfork 139 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Ogmore 140 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 141 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Ogmore 142 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 19/01/2019 Cley Norfolk 143 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Ogmore 144 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Ogmore 145 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Strumble Head 146 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Strumble Head 147 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Skomer Island Out On Sea 148 Puffin Fratercula arctica Skomer 149 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 27/04/2019 Burghead (Scotland) 150 Razorbill Alca torda Portland 151 Common Guillemot Uria aalge Dawlish 152 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Dawlish 153 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 16/02/2013 Lisvane Res 154 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 18/12/2021 Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir 155 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Fishguard Harbour 156 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 06/08/2022 Scilly Pelagics 157 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 16/06/2013 Porthcawl 158 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Nash Point 159 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 05/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 160 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Strumble Head 161 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 05/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 162 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Nash Point 163 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Strumble Head 164 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 23/05/2023 Meare Somerset & Bristol 165 Gannet Morus bassanus Dawlish 166 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Ogmore 167 Shag Gulosus aristotelis Dawlish 168 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 25/11/2010 Dunraven Sotherndown 169 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Llanelli WWT 170 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Hensol Lake 171 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 24/07/2016 Ham Wall RSPB 172 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 12/06/2014 Cosmeston 173 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Ogmore 174 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 29/05/2016 Ogmore (Watermill) Also Manged Photo :) 175 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 29/10/2016 6 flew in from WWT into Field Opposite British Legion Building Slimbridge Village 176 Great White Egret Ardea alba Hendre Lake St Mellons 177 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Ogmore 178 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 08/08/2020 Durleigh Reservoir On way home from hols 😉 179 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Llangorse Lake 180 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Glenbrittle Isle of Sky 181 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Penally Tenby 182 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Rhiwderin Gwent 183 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Hirwain Common 184 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 10/03/2015 Mwyndy 185 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 01/02/2024 From British Steel Hide WWT Llanelli Distance views over towardsestuary travelled down stream then turned back around and travelled back up 186 Red Kite Milvus milvus Sennybridge Camp 187 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 01/05/2019 Isle of Mull 188 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 11/01/2020 Wells Next Sea Norfolk 189 Buzzard Buteo buteo Miskin 190 Barn Owl Tyto alba Cearlan Penrhiwfer 191 Little Owl Athene noctua Newport Wetlands 192 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Llanillid 193 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 15/05/2022 Scolpaig N Uist Outer Hebrides 194 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Maxibrite Ltd 195 Hoopoe Upupa epops Sand Bay WSM 196 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Cambrian Lake 197 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 13/09/2016 Sotherndown Dunraven Also Managed A Photo :) 198 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Brecon 199 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Glamorgan 200 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Sotherndown 201 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 30/05/2017 Ham Wall NNR 202 Merlin Falco columbarius Portland 203 Hobby Falco subbuteo 18/05/2013 Frampton On Severn 204 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Dare Valley Country Park 205 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 20/11/2021 Fly over pair Rumney Cardiff 206 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Garwnant 207 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Llangennith 208 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 16/10/2022 Kenfig NNR 209 Jay Garrulus glandarius Glamorgan 210 Magpie Pica pica Glamorgan 211 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Tenby 212 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Glamorgan 213 Rook Corvus frugilegus Glamorgan 214 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Glamorgan 215 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Isle of Skye 216 Raven Corvus corax Brecon 217 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Ebbw Vale 218 Coal Tit Periparus ater Glamorgan 219 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Brecon 220 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 04/03/2012 Nelson Bog 221 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Glamorgan 222 Great Tit Parus major Glamorgan 223 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 09/11/2013 Newport Wetlands 224 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Cosmeston 225 Woodlark Lullula arborea 30/05/2015 Hindhead (NRS) Surrey 226 Skylark Alauda arvensis Porthcawl Golf Course 227 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 19/01/2019 Holkam Norfolk 228 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Brecon 229 Swallow Hirundo rustica Maxibrite ltd 230 House Martin Delichon urbicum Glamorgan 231 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 19/02/2019 Cwm Ivy Gower 232 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti CBWR 233 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Glamorgan 234 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Llanwynno 235 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 01/02/2023 Compton Dando Sewage Works 236 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Measteg 237 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 25/10/2017 Bumper Lane Area Portland 238 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Llanwanno 239 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Ogmore 240 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 01/05/2023 Ham Wall 241 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Kenfig NNR 242 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Lamby Lake 243 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris CBWR Ring No 559300 244 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 13/06/2021 Ham Wall RSPB 245 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 25/05/2014 Newport Wetlands 246 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Cearlan Penrhiwfer 247 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Kenfig NNR 248 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin CBWR 249 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 10/10/2023 Estuary Hide Slimbridge 250 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Nash 251 Whitethroat Curruca communis Kenfig NNR 252 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 13/06/2010 Blorenge 253 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Portland 254 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 03/11/2012 Abbotsbury 255 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mwyndy 256 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Glamorgan 257 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Glamorgan 258 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Glamorgan 259 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 02/10/2016 Aberavon Also Managed Photo :) 260 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Glamorgan 261 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Glamorgan 262 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Glamorgan 263 Redwing Turdus iliacus Miskin 264 Blackbird Turdus merula Glamorgan 265 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Brecon 266 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Ogmore 267 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Skomer Island 268 Robin Erithacus rubecula Glamorgan 269 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 26/04/2014 Cotswold Water Park Pit 43 270 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Brecon 271 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 07/02/2014 Marshfield (Birthday Bird) 272 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Brecon 273 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Dunraven 274 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 22/10/2017 Pwll Du, Gwent 275 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 07/01/2017 Stow on the Wold 276 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Blorange 277 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Lamby lake 278 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Sker 279 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 06/11/2011 Wernffred Gower 280 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 14/12/2013 Severn Beach 281 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 27/10/2011 Oldbury on Severn 282 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Measteg 283 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 17/01/2020 Welney Norfolk 284 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Glamorgan 285 Dunnock Prunella modularis Glamorgan 286 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Glamorgan 287 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 20/01/2020 Sedgeford Norfolk 288 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 20/08/2022 Goldcliff Marsh Screen 289 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Glamorgan 290 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Ogmore 291 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 22/12/2016 Blagdon Lake Also managed a photo :) 292 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Ogmore 293 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Blorenge 294 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Ogmore 295 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Ogmore 296 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Glamorgan 297 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Castell Coch 298 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Castell Coch 299 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Glamorgan 300 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Glamorgan 301 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/12/2013 Aust Wharf 302 Linnet Linaria cannabina Kenfig NNR 303 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret CBWR 304 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 27/02/2024 Loch Garten Abernathy Forest 305 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Wye Valley 306 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Glamorgan 307 Siskin Spinus spinus Llanwanno 308 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 12/01/2013 Dale Airfield 309 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Nash 310 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra On Way To Lodmore 311 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Glamorgan 312 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 26/08/2019 Caerlan 313 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Devon 314 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 07/02/2015 Forest Farm (Birthday Bird) 315 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus CBWR 316 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 25/02/2012 Rhiwderin Gwent 317 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 22/09/2023 St Govans Head Pembrokeshire Stunning bird elusive on times