Gyorgy Szimuly: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 288 of 288 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 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 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 07/03/2020 Bowling Green Marsh 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25/10/2016 Wilstone Reservoir, Wilstone, Hertfordshire, England 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 10/11/2016 Willen Lake (South), Milton Keynes 32 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 01/04/2018 Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotland 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 25/03/2019 Minsmere RSPB Reserve 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 40 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 43 Quail Coturnix coturnix 44 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 45 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 16/06/2018 Chobham Common, Surrey, UK 46 Swift Apus apus 47 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 25/05/2016 North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 55 Corncrake Crex crex 56 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Willen Lake, Milton Keynes 57 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 58 Coot Fulica atra 59 Crane Grus grus 60 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 61 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 63 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 64 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 65 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 66 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 67 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 14/07/2018 Oare Marshes LNR 68 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 70 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 71 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 72 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 73 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 74 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 75 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 76 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 21/04/2014 Dungeness Bird Observatory Recording Area 77 Curlew Numenius arquata 78 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 79 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 80 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 02/09/2017 Oare Marshes, Kent 81 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 03/10/2012 Odmoor Reserve, Waymouth 82 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 83 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 84 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 85 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 86 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 87 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 88 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 23/08/2015 Coate Water CP, Swindon Long staying rarity. 89 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 90 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 91 Redshank Tringa totanus 92 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 19/09/2020 Runham Swim, Norfolk Juvenile 93 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 94 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 95 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 12/07/2015 Titchfield Haven NNR Long staying bird! 96 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 97 Knot Calidris canutus 98 Ruff Calidris pugnax 99 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 100 Sanderling Calidris alba 101 Dunlin Calidris alpina 102 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 103 Little Stint Calidris minuta Titchwell Marsh RSPB Reserve 104 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Gibraltar Point 105 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Manor Farm, Old Wolverton 106 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 21/07/2019 Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk 107 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 108 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 109 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 110 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 111 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 112 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 113 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 05/07/2014 Bowling Green Marsh, UK 114 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 115 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 23/12/2013 Patrington Haven, East Yorkshire 116 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 117 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 14/07/2018 Oare Mashes, England 118 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 119 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 120 Common Gull Larus canus 121 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 122 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 123 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 124 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 17/01/2013 Willen Lake, Milton Keynes 125 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 126 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 02/01/2013 Foxcote Reservoir, Foscote, Buckinghamshire 127 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 128 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 129 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 130 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 131 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 132 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 133 Puffin Fratercula arctica 134 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 135 Razorbill Alca torda 136 Little Auk Alle alle 137 Guillemot Uria aalge 138 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 139 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 140 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 03/02/2018 Pendower Beach, Gerrans Bay, Cornwall 141 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 142 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 143 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 144 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 145 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 29/08/2017 Porthgwarre, Cornwall, United Kingdom 146 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 29/08/2017 Porthgwarre, Cornwall, United Kingdom 147 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 148 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 149 Gannet Morus bassanus 150 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 151 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 152 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 19/06/2014 Otmoor Marsh, UK 153 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 154 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 155 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 22/04/2018 Carlton Marshes SWT NR 156 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 157 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 158 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 19/01/2014 Briarhill Farm, Steeple Claydon 159 Great White Egret Ardea alba 160 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 161 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 162 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 163 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 164 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 165 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 166 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 167 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 168 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 23/09/2018 Therfield Heath LNR 169 Red Kite Milvus milvus 170 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 171 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 25/03/2019 Weeting Heath NNR 172 Buzzard Buteo buteo 173 Barn Owl Tyto alba 174 Little Owl Athene noctua 175 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 176 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 177 Hoopoe Upupa epops 178 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 179 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 180 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 181 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 182 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 183 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 184 Merlin Falco columbarius 185 Hobby Falco subbuteo 08/09/2012 186 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 187 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 188 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 189 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 02/02/2015 The Grand Union Canal, Grove 190 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/09/2020 Warham Greens, Norfolk Juvenile 191 Jay Garrulus glandarius 192 Magpie Pica pica 193 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 194 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 195 Rook Corvus frugilegus 196 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 197 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 198 Raven Corvus corax 199 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 200 Coal Tit Periparus ater 201 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 202 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 203 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 204 Great Tit Parus major 205 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 206 Woodlark Lullula arborea 207 Skylark Alauda arvensis 208 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 209 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 210 Swallow Hirundo rustica 211 House Martin Delichon urbicum 212 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 213 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 214 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 215 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 01/01/2023 Brancaster, Norfolk 216 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 217 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 22/01/2022 Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom 218 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 23/10/2020 Holme Bird Observatory, Norfolk 219 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 220 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 221 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 25/05/2020 Ponders End Lake 222 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 223 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 14/06/2020 Far Ings NR, Lincolnshire 224 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 225 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 07/06/2021 Floodplain Forest NR, Milton Keynes 226 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 227 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 228 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 229 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 230 Whitethroat Curruca communis 231 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 232 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 233 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 23/10/2012 Milton Keynes 234 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 235 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 236 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Milton Keynes, England 237 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 238 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 239 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 240 Redwing Turdus iliacus Milton Keynes, England 241 Blackbird Turdus merula 242 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 243 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 244 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 29/12/2019 Whipsnade Zoo Continuing bird 245 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 246 Robin Erithacus rubecula 247 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 248 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 249 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 250 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 251 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 252 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 23/10/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 253 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 254 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 255 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 256 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 257 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 258 Dunnock Prunella modularis 259 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 260 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/01/2020 Norfolk 261 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 262 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 263 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 264 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 265 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 266 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 16/12/2012 Mother Queen Reservoir 267 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 268 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 269 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 270 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 271 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 272 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 273 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 274 Twite Linaria flavirostris 275 Linnet Linaria cannabina 276 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 277 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 278 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 12/01/2014 Budby Common, View with Google Maps Region Nottinghamshire 279 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 280 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 281 Siskin Spinus spinus 282 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 283 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 284 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 285 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 286 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 07/03/2020 Devon 287 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 18/03/2017 Great Ouse River, Great Barford Long staying bird. 288 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus