Patchwork Challenge: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Year List 2013 BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 314 of 314 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 28/10/2013 Hayling Island 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana Quoyangry, Orkney 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 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 30 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 04/12/2013 Blacksod, Mayo 31 Eider Somateria mollissima 32 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 33 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 40 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 41 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 44 Quail Coturnix coturnix 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 47 Swift Apus apus 48 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 26/10/2013 Trimingham 49 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 50 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 51 Stock Dove Columba oenas 52 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 54 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 55 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 28/10/2013 Isle of Rum found by Sean Morris 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 57 Corncrake Crex crex 58 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 59 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 60 Coot Fulica atra 61 Crane Grus grus 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 68 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 69 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 03/09/2013 PWC Challenge To be filled in 70 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 71 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 72 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 73 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 74 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 75 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 76 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 28/10/2013 Hayling Island 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 78 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 79 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 80 Curlew Numenius arquata 81 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 82 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 83 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 84 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 85 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 86 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 87 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 88 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 89 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 90 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 91 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 92 Redshank Tringa totanus 93 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 08/10/2013 tbc 94 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 95 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 96 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 97 Knot Calidris canutus 98 Ruff Calidris pugnax 99 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 100 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 101 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 102 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 103 Sanderling Calidris alba 104 Dunlin Calidris alpina 105 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 106 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 08/10/2013 tbc 107 Little Stint Calidris minuta 108 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 27/10/2013 Virkie 109 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 110 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 21/09/2013 Red Rocks, Hoylake etc Adult in moult. 111 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 16/05/2013 Isle of May 112 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 113 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 114 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 115 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 116 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 08/10/2013 tbc 117 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 118 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 119 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 120 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 121 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 122 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 123 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 124 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in - 10/5 Dawlish Warren 125 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 126 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 127 Common Gull Larus canus 128 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 129 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 130 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 131 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 132 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 133 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 134 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 135 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 136 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 137 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 138 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 139 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 140 Puffin Fratercula arctica 141 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 142 Razorbill Alca torda 143 Little Auk Alle alle 144 Guillemot Uria aalge 145 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 146 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 147 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 148 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 149 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 150 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 02/09/2013 Red Rocks, Cheshire Jane Turner 151 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 152 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 153 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 154 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 155 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 156 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 157 Gannet Morus bassanus 158 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 159 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 160 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 08/10/2013 TBC 161 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 162 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 163 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 164 Great White Egret Ardea alba 165 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 166 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 167 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 168 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 169 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 170 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 171 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 172 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 173 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 174 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 175 Red Kite Milvus milvus 176 Black Kite Milvus migrans 177 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 178 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 179 Buzzard Buteo buteo 180 Barn Owl Tyto alba 181 Little Owl Athene noctua 182 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 183 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 184 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 185 Hoopoe Upupa epops 186 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 187 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 188 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 189 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 190 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 191 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 192 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 193 Merlin Falco columbarius 194 Hobby Falco subbuteo 195 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 196 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 197 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 198 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 199 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 16/10/2013 Trimingham 200 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 201 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 202 Jay Garrulus glandarius 203 Magpie Pica pica 204 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 205 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 206 Rook Corvus frugilegus 207 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 208 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 209 Raven Corvus corax 210 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 211 Coal Tit Periparus ater 212 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 213 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 214 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 215 Great Tit Parus major 216 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 04/12/2013 Newport Wetland 217 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 218 Woodlark Lullula arborea 219 Skylark Alauda arvensis 220 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 27/10/2013 Corton 221 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 222 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 223 Swallow Hirundo rustica 224 House Martin Delichon urbicum 225 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 226 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 227 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 228 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 08/10/2013 tbc 229 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 29/09/2013 Red Rocks - though Bardsey had one forst and no doubt every east coastal patch 230 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 231 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 28/10/2013 Hayling Island 232 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 233 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 234 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 235 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 08/10/2013 TBC 236 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 237 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 238 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 30/09/2013 Red Rocks though 1st seen possibly last Tues, probably Sat, heard without a doubt y'day 239 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 240 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 241 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 242 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 243 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 244 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 245 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 246 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 247 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 248 Whitethroat Curruca communis 249 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 250 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 251 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 252 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 253 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 254 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 255 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 08/10/2013 tbc 18/9 Dawlish Warren 256 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 257 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 258 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 259 Redwing Turdus iliacus 260 Blackbird Turdus merula 261 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 262 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 263 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 264 Robin Erithacus rubecula 265 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 266 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 267 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 268 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 269 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 270 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 04/11/2013 TBC 271 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 272 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 273 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 274 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 275 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 276 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 277 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 11/12/2013 Severn Beach found by P Bowerman 278 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 01/11/2013 Collingham 279 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 280 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 281 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 282 Dunnock Prunella modularis 283 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 284 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 03/09/2013 PWC To be filled in 285 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 286 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 287 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 288 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 289 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 290 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 26/10/2013 Toab, Mainland, Shetland 291 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 292 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 293 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 294 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 295 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 296 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 297 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 298 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 299 Twite Linaria flavirostris 300 Linnet Linaria cannabina 301 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 302 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 303 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 24/10/2013 Witton, Norfolk Two birds seen by 10 plus people 304 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 305 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 306 Serin Serinus serinus 307 Siskin Spinus spinus 308 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 309 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 310 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 311 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 312 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 08/10/2013 tbc 313 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 09/10/2013 Dawlish Warren, Devon 314 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus