Michael Cross: Christchurch Harbour Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 229 of 229 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 05/12/2014 Stanpit 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 05/12/2014 Stanpit 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 18/10/2016 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 34 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 35 Swift Apus apus 36 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 05/12/2014 Stanpit 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 44 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 46 Coot Fulica atra 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 48 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 52 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 67 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 05/12/2014 Stanpit 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 69 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 05/12/2014 Stanpit 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 71 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 05/12/2014 Stanpit 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 73 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 05/12/2014 Stanpit 74 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 75 Redshank Tringa totanus 76 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 24/09/2017 Stanpit, Dorset 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Knot Calidris canutus 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax 82 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 04/02/2018 Stanpit 83 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 84 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 88 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 05/12/2014 Stanpit 89 Little Stint Calidris minuta 90 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 91 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 92 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 05/12/2014 Stanpit 93 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 94 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 97 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 99 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 24/09/2017 dcECEDCecdsea 100 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 101 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 102 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 105 Common Gull Larus canus 106 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 110 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 111 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 112 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 113 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 114 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 115 Razorbill Alca torda 116 Little Auk Alle alle 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 121 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 122 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 123 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 124 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 125 Gannet Morus bassanus 126 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 127 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 128 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 05/12/2014 Stanpit 129 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 130 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 131 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 132 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 133 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 134 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 135 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 136 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 137 Red Kite Milvus milvus 19/03/2023 138 Buzzard Buteo buteo 139 Barn Owl Tyto alba 140 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 141 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 142 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 14/05/2016 143 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 144 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 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 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 152 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 05/12/2014 Wick 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 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 160 Raven Corvus corax 161 Coal Tit Periparus ater 162 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 163 Great Tit Parus major 164 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 165 Woodlark Lullula arborea 166 Skylark Alauda arvensis 167 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 168 Swallow Hirundo rustica 169 House Martin Delichon urbicum 170 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 171 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 172 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 173 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 174 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 175 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 176 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 177 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 05/12/2014 Hengistbury 178 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 179 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 180 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 181 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 182 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 17/04/2004 Wick, Dorset 183 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 02/09/2020 Ffghh 184 Whitethroat Curruca communis 185 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 186 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 187 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 188 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 189 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 190 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 191 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 192 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 193 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 194 Redwing Turdus iliacus 195 Blackbird Turdus merula 196 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 197 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 198 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 199 Robin Erithacus rubecula 200 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 201 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 202 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 203 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 204 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 205 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 206 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 207 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 208 Dunnock Prunella modularis 209 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 210 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 211 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 212 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 213 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 214 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 215 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 216 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 217 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 218 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 219 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 220 Linnet Linaria cannabina 221 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 222 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 223 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 224 Siskin Spinus spinus 225 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 226 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 227 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 228 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 229 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 05/12/2014 Wick