Jonathan Lethbridge: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 460 of 460 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 15/12/2007 West Wittering, West Sussex also presumed same bird (01/08) & (02/09) 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 29/03/2013 Balranald, North Uist 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 22/03/2008 Horsey, Norfolk C. c. caerulescens; also C. c. atlanticus Holkham (11/09) 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Cantley 140 Taiga at Cantley 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12 Tundra at Rainham (12/07), 4 Tundra Cainhoe, Bucks (11/08), 4 Tundra Welney WWT (01/09) 11 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Albifrons at Rainham (12/08), 33 Flavirostris, Mull (11/07) 12 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 02/01/2011 Cantley, Norfolk 13 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 14 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 18 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 07/12/2013 Crossens Outer Marsh, Banks, Merseyside also Pymoor,Cambs (04/2014) 20 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 31/08/2009 Cosham, Hants also Diddington, Cambs (05/10), Fen Drayton, Cambs (06/10); Castle Douglas, Dumfried & Galloway (03/13) 22 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 23 Gadwall Mareca strepera 24 Wigeon Mareca penelope 25 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/11/2008 Lower Farm GPs, Newbury/Thatcham, Berks also River Tay, Perth & Kinross (05/09); Dawlish Warren, Devon (10/11); Dee Estuary, Cheshire (03/13) 26 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 27 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 23/02/2014 Strontian, Highlands 28 Pintail Anas acuta 29 Teal Anas crecca 30 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 01/12/2007 Rush Hill Scrape, Hickling Broad, Norfolk also Frampton, Glos (03/08); Buckenham, Norfolk (02/09); Cley, Norfolk (12/11); Thamesmead/Rainham, London (04/13) 31 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 32 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 12/11/2023 Abberton Res Pending, but I reckon it's good, especially in the best nearctic year for ages 33 Pochard Aythya ferina 34 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 10/04/2007 Harrow Lodge Park, London also Amwell GPs, Herts (10/08), Trimley, Suffolk (03/09), Loch Gelly, Fife (07/09) 35 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23/12/2008 Foxcote Res, Bucks also same bird (02/09), Loch Gelly, Fife (07/09), Anglers CP, Wakefield (01/10), Balranald, N Uist (03/13), Chigborough Lakes, Essex (04/13) 36 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 37 Scaup Aythya marila 38 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20/01/2008 Draycote Water, Warwickshire also Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow (12/08), Draycote (10/09) 39 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 26/10/2008 Appledore, Devon also Kincraig Pt, Fife (12/08), Dunwich, Suffolk (10/10) 40 Eider Somateria mollissima 41 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 29/03/2013 Balranald, North Uist 42 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 12/01/2008 Ruddon's Point, Largo Bay, Fife also Largo Bay (01/09), Dawlish Warren, Devon (01/09), Largo Bay(12/10), 4 at Murcar, Aberdeenshire (08/11) 43 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 44 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 29/07/2017 Murcar, Aberdeenshire 45 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 07/05/2023 Dumbarnie Links, Fife 46 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 47 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 17/08/2011 Blackdog, Aberdeenshire 48 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 49 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 07/03/2010 The Fleet, Langton Herring, Dorset 50 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 51 Smew Mergellus albellus 52 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 03/03/2012 Whetsted GP, Kent 53 Goosander Mergus merganser 54 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 55 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 56 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 57 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 58 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 59 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 60 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 61 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 19/02/2009 Wolferton, Norfolk 110% pure; also birds heard in Brecks (--/10) 62 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 17/04/2015 Lidlington, Beds 63 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 64 Quail Coturnix coturnix 65 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 66 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 67 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 05/09/2009 Aldenham Res, London/Herts also Leyton Flats (03/10) 68 Swift Apus apus 69 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 19/11/2023 Winterton, Norfolk 70 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 23/06/2012 New Brighton, Merseyside 71 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 01/01/2015 Fraisthorpe., East Yorks 72 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 24/07/2009 Salthouse, Norfolk 73 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 74 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 75 Stock Dove Columba oenas 76 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 77 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 78 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 26/02/2011 Chipping Norton, Oxon ssp orientalis 79 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 80 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 81 Corncrake Crex crex Iona, Western Isles also Ouse Washes 82 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 83 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 84 Coot Fulica atra 85 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 22/02/2014 Loch Flemington, Inverness 86 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 08/09/2012 Rainham Marshes RSPB, Essex 87 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 10/04/2011 Arundel WWT, W Sussex 88 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 25/09/2011 St Comb, Aberdeenshire also same at Boyton, Suffolk (10/11) 89 Crane Grus grus 90 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 91 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 14/11/2010 Hollingworth Lake, Rochdale 92 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 93 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 94 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 95 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 96 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 97 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 98 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 05/06/2010 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 5 birds; also Paxton Pits, Cambs (05/12); 2 Elmley, Kent (05/12) 99 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 100 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 101 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 102 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 24/06/2012 Cley, Norfolk 103 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 02/06/2008 Pegwell Bay, Kent adult; also juv Burnham Overy, Norfolk (10/10) 104 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 105 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 106 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 26/10/2013 Hayling Island, Hampshire 107 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 108 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 109 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 07/05/2023 Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland 110 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 07/07/2010 Rainham Marshes RSPB 111 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 07/08/2009 Leigh-on-Sea, Essex also East Tilbury, Essex (08/10) 112 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 113 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 20/06/2015 Pagham Harbour, W Sussex 114 Curlew Numenius arquata 115 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 116 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 117 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 02/05/2015 Shapwick Heath NNR 118 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 30/09/2007 Bough Beech, Kent also CVL, Somerset (09/09); 2 at Blagdon Lake, Somerset (10/11) 119 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 08/09/2012 Lodmoor, Dorset 120 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 121 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 122 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 15/09/2013 Spurn, E Yorks 123 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 124 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 11/09/2010 Grove Ferry, Kent also Vange Marsh RSPB, Essex (09/15) 125 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 10/08/2008 Scillonian III also KGV Res, London (03/09); 2 at Cley, Norfolk (10/10); Grays, Essex (12/10); Scillonian III at sea (09/11); 12 off Pendeen, Cornwall (09/11); East Mersea, Essex (10/11) 126 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 20/08/2008 Frampton, Glos also Titchwell, Norfolk (09/08); Keyhaven, Hants (08/09); Vange, Essex (08/10); Cley, Norfolk (08/11) 127 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 128 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 30/11/2008 Tittesworth Res, Staffs also Abberton Res, Essex (11/09) & (01/10); Plymouth, Devon (10/11) 129 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 130 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 25/08/2008 Rush Hill Scrape, Hickling Broad, Norfolk also Blacktoft Sands RSPB, Yorks (07/11) 131 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 132 Redshank Tringa totanus 133 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 19/01/2008 Montrose Basin, Angus also Cley, Norfolk (06/08), Maldon, Essex (04/09), Port Meadow, Oxford (10/10) 134 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 135 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 136 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 11/04/2015 Titchfield Haven, Hants 137 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 138 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 14/07/2014 Breydon Water, Norfolk 139 Knot Calidris canutus 140 Ruff Calidris pugnax 141 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 11/08/2007 Oare Marshes, Kent 142 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 20/08/2008 Coombe Hill Meadows, Gloucestershire 143 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 144 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 145 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 10/10/2021 Swillington Ings, West Yorkshire 146 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 27/09/2007 Happisburgh, Norfolk also Cley, Norfolk (07/09), 2 Eshaness, Shetland (10/10) 147 Sanderling Calidris alba 148 Dunlin Calidris alpina 149 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 150 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 28/08/2008 Paxton Pits, Cambridgeshire also Holland Haven CP, Essex (10/10) 151 Little Stint Calidris minuta 152 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 16/09/2009 Abberton Res, Essex also Cley (10/09) 153 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 16/09/2007 Cliffe Pools RSPB also Bough Beech Res, Kent (09/07); Holland Haven CP, Essex (07/08); Grove Ferry NNR, Kent (10/08); Fowlmere, Cambs (09/09); Beddington, London (09/10); Frampton Marsh, Lincs (07/11); 2 Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire (09/11); Rainham, Essex (07/13) 154 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 04/12/2011 Cley, Norfolk 155 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 18/09/2011 Drift Reservoir, Cornwall also East Tilbury, Essex (10/11) 156 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 22/05/2012 Bradnor Hill, Herefordshire 157 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 03/06/2009 Dungeness, Kent 158 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 12/05/2009 Grove Ferry NNR, Kent 159 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 16/05/2009 Salthouse, Norfolk 160 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 21/07/2013 Farne Islands, Northumberland 161 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 162 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 04/07/2010 Topsham, nr Exeter, Devon 163 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 05/07/2009 Welney WWT, Norfolk 164 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 02/06/2008 Collard's Lake, Stodmarsh, Kent 165 Black Tern Chlidonias niger + race surinamensis Farmoor, Oxon 29/08/2009 166 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 11/08/2008 Thamesmead, London also Staines Res (05/09), Rainham RSPB (08/10), Hyde Park, London (09/10) 167 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 20/11/2016 Mistley, Essex 168 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 169 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 170 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 171 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 172 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 173 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 20/07/2014 Topsham, Devon 174 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 175 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 22/12/2013 Patrington Haven, E Yorks 176 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 177 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 24/03/2008 Cheddar Reservoir, Somerset also Farmoor, Oxon (04/09) 178 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 179 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 20/02/2015 New Brighton 180 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 17/07/2010 Chasewater CP, Staffs 181 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 09/05/2011 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 182 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 183 Common Gull Larus canus 184 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 22/09/2007 Southend, Essex also Isle of Dogs, London (12/08), Dundee (12/08) 185 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans sf 186 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 07/08/2022 Grafham Water, Cambs 187 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 188 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 189 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 190 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 191 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 192 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 23/02/2014 Campbeltown, Argyll 193 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 17/02/2011 Rainham 194 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 195 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 196 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 197 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 198 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 199 Puffin Fratercula arctica 200 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 201 Razorbill Alca torda 202 Little Auk Alle alle 15/12/2007 Hove, Sussex also Lowestoft (10/10) 203 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 29/12/2013 Portland, Dorset 204 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 205 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 206 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 207 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 208 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 29/12/2013 Brixham, Devon 209 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks 210 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 211 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 212 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 213 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 14/08/2009 Porthgwarra This is my Zino's/Fea's/Desertas Petrel record. 214 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 16/07/2011 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 215 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 216 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 217 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 218 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 219 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 16/04/2011 New Forest, Hampshire 220 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 08/05/2011 Aldeby, Norfolk 221 Gannet Morus bassanus 222 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 223 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 224 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 04/10/2008 Sutton Gault, Cambs also Stodmarsh, Kent (09/09); Welney, Norfolk(10/10); Budleigh Salterton, Devon (11/10); Minsmere, Suffolk (10/11); East Mersea, Essex (10/11); Horton, Berks (10/11) 225 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 226 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 227 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 31/10/2010 Zennor, Cornwall 228 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 04/07/2010 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 229 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 13/12/2008 West Hythe, Kent also Two Tree Island, Essex (--/11), Stocker's Lake, Herts (06/11) 230 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 231 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 28/10/2008 West Hythe, Kent also Heligan, Cornwall (10/10) 232 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/05/2007 Crossness, London also Dungeness (06/11) 233 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 02/03/2014 Hythe, Kent 234 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 19/10/2007 Rainham RSPB also Wm Girling Res, London (04/08), Abberton, Essex (01/09) & 2 Dawlish, Devon (01/09), Gresham, Norfolk (02/09), Keyhaven, Hants (08/09), St Mary's, Scilly (10/09), Ingrebourne, London (07/10), Rainham RSPB (08/10) 235 Great White Egret Ardea alba 11/10/2007 Elmley Marshes RSPB also Rainham RSPB (06/08), 2 Pymoor, Cambs (01/09), Dungeness (07/10), Dungeness (06/11) 236 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 237 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 24/05/2007 Minsmere, Suffolk also Thamesmead (04/09), Shingle St, Suffolk (04/09), Dungeness (07/10) 238 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 239 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 240 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 17/06/2014 Wych Cross, Ashdown Forest, E Sussex 241 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 242 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 243 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 244 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 245 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 246 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 28/11/2010 Thornham, Norfolk 247 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 07/09/2009 Haddenham, Cambs also Brake, Shetland (09/11) 248 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 249 Red Kite Milvus milvus 250 Black Kite Milvus migrans 07/02/2010 Gigrin Farm, Rhayader, Powys 251 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 252 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 253 Buzzard Buteo buteo 254 Barn Owl Tyto alba 255 Little Owl Athene noctua 256 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 257 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 258 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 17/01/2009 Zennor, Cornwall 259 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 260 Hoopoe Upupa epops 15/04/2009 Landguard NR, Suffolk also Dungeness, Kent (04/09), Gt Ryburgh, Norfolk (05/09), Dunglass, Lothian (04/10), KGV Res, London (04/10) 261 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 25/05/2013 Broxhead Common, Hants 262 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 263 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 22/07/2009 St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent 264 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 17/09/2011 St Mary's, IoS 265 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 25/08/2008 Kelling, Norfolk also Rainham RSPB (08/08), St Mary's, Scilly (10/09), Wanstead Flats, London (09/10) 266 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 267 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 268 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 269 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 29/03/2010 Westleton Heath, Suffolk 270 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 271 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 15/05/2008 Fisher's Green, Essex also Stodmarsh, Kent (06/08), Wilstone Res, Herts (05/10) 272 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 28/05/2022 Worth Marshes, Kent 273 Merlin Falco columbarius 274 Hobby Falco subbuteo 275 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 276 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 277 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 22/09/2015 Dungeness, Kent 278 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 26/09/2010 Blakeney Point, Norfolk 279 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 04/10/2021 Brae, Shetland 280 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 281 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 29/09/2007 Shoebury, Essex also Chosely, Norfolk (08/08), Braintree, Essex (10/08), Cuffley, Herts (01/09), Lakenheath, Suffolk (02/09), Westleton, Suffolk (10/10) 282 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 24/09/2014 Spurn, East Yorks 283 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28/09/2008 Weybourne, Norfolk also same bird Rettendon, Essex (10/08); Laxo, Shetland (09/11); Leiston, Suffolk (09/13) 284 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 13/07/2008 Two Tree Island, Essex also Orford, Suffolk (06/09), Rettendon, Essex (04/11); Lowestoft, Suffolk (10/11) 285 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 11/09/2010 Gosport, Hants also Cliffe, Kent (10/11), Shetland & Norfolk (2) 286 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 287 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 02/07/2022 Bempton, Yorkshire 288 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 13/10/2009 Staines Moor, London 289 Jay Garrulus glandarius 290 Magpie Pica pica 291 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 292 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 293 Rook Corvus frugilegus 294 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 295 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 296 Raven Corvus corax 297 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 298 Coal Tit Periparus ater 299 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 300 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 301 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 302 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 303 Great Tit Parus major 304 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 11/01/2009 Rainham RSPB, Essex also 2 Strumpshaw, Norfolk (02/09), 2 Rainham RSPB (10/10) 305 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 306 Woodlark Lullula arborea 307 Skylark Alauda arvensis 308 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 02/05/2009 Dungeness, Kent 309 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris + Nearctic a alpestris 2017 310 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 11/10/2009 West Runton, Norfolk also Out Skerries, Shetland (10/10) 311 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 312 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 28/11/2020 Samphire Hoe, Kent 313 Swallow Hirundo rustica 314 House Martin Delichon urbicum 315 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 09/05/2009 Cley, Norfolk 316 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 317 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 318 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 319 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 30/07/2011 Arnfield Res, Tintwistle, Derbyshire also Cromer, Norfolk (08/11) 320 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 05/01/2008 Horseshoe Plantation, Beachy Head, E Sussex 321 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 02/11/2008 Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk also Weybourne, Norfolk (11/08), Sizewell, Suffolk (10/09), Wells Wood, Norfolk (10/09), St Martin's IoS (sf 10/09). St Mary's IoS (10/09), Nanquidno (10/09), Trow Quarry, South Shields (10/09); a further 14 birds on Shetland (10/10 & 09/11); Wells, Norfo 322 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 01/11/2008 Holme NOA, Norfolk also Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk (11/08), Sumburgh, Shetland (10/10), Geosetter, Shetland (10/10); Bradwell, Essex (10/11) 323 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 16/10/2009 St Mary's, IoS Also Sumburgh, Shetland (10/10) 324 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 15/02/2010 Walthamstow Res, London also Lower Moors, St Mary's, IoS (10/11) 325 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 326 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 327 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 30/04/2010 Walderslade, Kent 328 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 23/10/2009 Trow Quarry, South Shields 329 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 27/08/2011 Cromer, Norfolk 330 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 02/09/2009 Landguard NR, Suffolk 331 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 11/05/2008 Lakenheath RSPB, Suffolk also Amwell GP, Herts (05/08) 332 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 333 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 04/02/2012 Pagham Harbour, W Sussex 334 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 17/10/2015 Wells Wood, Norfolk also Sandgarth, Shetland (09/2016) 335 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 336 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 21/06/2009 Amwell, Herts 337 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 16/10/2011 Landguard NR, Suffolk 338 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 02/10/2010 Channerwick, Shetland 339 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 15/09/2019 Farlington Marshes, Hants 340 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 13/05/2009 Dungeness, Kent also Leyton, London (05/12) 341 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 13/05/2009 Dungeness, Kent 342 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 07/10/2010 Skaw, Unst, Shetland 343 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 04/07/2010 nr Haddiscoe, Norfolk 344 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes ********** ********** 345 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 346 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 08/09/2009 Pegwell Bay CP, Kent 347 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 348 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 349 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 22/09/2009 Hope Gap, Seaford Head, Sussex also Channerwick, Shetland (10/10), Urrafirth-Voe, Shetland (09/11); Unst, Shetland (10/11); Busta House, Shetland (10/11) 350 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca also prob form 'halimodendri', Unst, Shetland (09/11) 351 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 24/11/2013 Marloes/St Brides, Pembrokeshire 352 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 21/04/2013 Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincs 353 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 27/04/2013 Landguard 354 Whitethroat Curruca communis 355 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 08/06/2014 Burnham Overy, Norfolk 356 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 04/06/2010 nr Blaenavon, Gwent 357 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 358 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 359 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 360 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 361 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 362 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 363 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 25/03/2011 Landguard NR, Suffolk I will never travel to see one of these again 364 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 01/04/2021 Exmouth, Devon 365 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 11/10/2009 Chosely, Norfolk also Newhaven, Sussex (10/10) 366 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 367 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 02/10/2010 Levenwick, Shetland 368 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 369 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 370 Redwing Turdus iliacus 371 Blackbird Turdus merula 372 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 373 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 374 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 23/01/2010 Newholm, N Yorks 375 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 18/05/2013 Margate, Kent 376 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 13/11/2010 Exminster, Devon 377 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey, Norfolk 378 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 379 Robin Erithacus rubecula 380 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 07/06/2008 Dunwich, Suffolk v elusive, seen briefly only once, but through scope 381 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 382 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 24/04/2010 Welney WWT, Norfolk also Spiggie, Shetland (10/10); Quendale, Shetland (09/11); Unst, Shetland (10/11) 383 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 10/10/2009 Sizewell, Suffolk also Wells Wood, Norfolk (10/09), St Mary's IoS (10/09), Channerwick. Shetland (10/10), Eswick, Shetland (09/11) 384 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 15/10/2020 Trow Quarry, South Shields 385 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 386 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 02/05/2009 Portland, Dorset 387 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 02/11/2008 Weybourne, Norfolk also Geosetter, Shetland (10/10), Lowestoft, Suffolk (10/10) 388 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 389 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 390 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 15/10/2017 nr Blaenavon, Gwent 391 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 392 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 16/10/2020 Holkham Meals, Norfolk 393 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 30/09/2012 Hoswick, Shetland also Trimley, Suffolk (10/13) 394 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 395 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 396 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 05/10/2013 Martin's Haven, Pembrokeshire 397 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 01/12/2007 Horsey Dunes also Sandwich, Kent (11/08) 398 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 10/11/2013 Collingham, Notts 399 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 400 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 401 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 14/01/2012 Calshot, Hants 402 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 403 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 15/10/2016 Spurn, E Yorks 404 Dunnock Prunella modularis 405 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 406 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 05/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 407 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 30/08/2009 Marazion RSPB, Cornwall also Out Skerries, Shetland (10/10); Fleck, Shetland (10/13) 408 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 409 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 410 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 19/01/2008 Auchmithie, Angus also West Runton, Norfolk (10/09), St Mary's IoS (10/09), Nanquidno (10/09) 411 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 01/01/2015 Pugney's CP, Wakefield, Yorks 412 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 06/05/2012 Landguard NR, Suffolk also Barking, Essex (08/12) 413 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 414 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 415 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 24/10/2012 Gunner's Park, Shoeburyness, Essex also sf Vidlin, Shetland (10/13) 416 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 01/10/2012 Norwick, Unst, Shetland 417 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 20/10/2009 St Mary's, IoS heard only; another probable seen/heard in flight Wanstead (10/09); another seen/heard Sumburgh, Shetland (10/10). Easily the most irritating bird on my list. 418 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 04/10/2010 Eshaness, Shetland also Rerwick, Shetland (09/12); 2 QMW Res, London (12/12) 419 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 420 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 421 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 422 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 423 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 424 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 17/02/2013 Collafirth, Shetland 425 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 426 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 01/06/2010 Cley, Norfolk 427 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 06/06/2009 Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex also St Mary's IoS (10/09), Tottenham Marsh, London (06/10); Whalsay, Shetland (10/11) 428 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 429 Twite Linaria flavirostris 430 Linnet Linaria cannabina 431 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 432 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 433 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 06/10/2010 Norwick, Unst, Shetland Horneman's. Also H.h Norwick, Unst (10/12), Aldeburgh, Suffolk (12/12) + Coue's, Titchwell, Norfolk (01/12) 434 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 04/02/2012 Black Down, W Sussex also 4 Shoeburyness, Essex (10/13) 435 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 436 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 437 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 16/11/2008 Bilsdale, N Yorkshire 438 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 439 Serin Serinus serinus 440 Siskin Spinus spinus 441 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 442 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 443 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 444 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 445 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 05/09/2009 Cley, Norfolk also Rainham RSPB (08/10) 446 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 447 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 12/04/2009 Ashdown Forest, E Sussex also Blakeney Point, Norfolk (09/10), Norwick, Unst, Shetland (10/10); Whalsay, Shetland (10/11) 448 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 22/09/2014 Halligarth, Unst, Shetland also Wanstead Flats 10/2108 449 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 29/09/2011 Belmont, Unst, Shetland 450 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 03/10/2010 Out Skerries, Shetland Pending BOURCC. Spent a decade as a Black-headed Bunting. 451 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 452 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 09/04/2008 Dungeness, Kent 453 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 07/01/2008 Cley, Norfolk 454 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 13/04/2009 Old Winchester Hill, Hants 455 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 28/10/2011 Lower Moors, St Mary's, IoS 456 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 17/09/2011 Lower Moors, St Mary's, IoS 457 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 18/02/2012 Rhiwderyn, Gwent 458 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 23/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire 459 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 15/02/2014 High Shincliffe, Co Durham 460 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire