Lee Evans: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List UK400 Club, All records Record(s) 1 to 338 of 338 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/01/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) offshore 2 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 25/01/2015 Inverallochy Bay 3 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 30/01/2015 Marazion returning adult hugging St Michael's Mount in windy conditions, viewed from Windsurfer's Car Park 4 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 15/01/2015 Staines Reservoirs juvenile still present - today in NW corner of North Basin 5 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 18/04/2015 Buckie/Portsoy A total of 10 adults - mostly in transitional plumage - seen from Gemini Explorer between Buckie and Portsoy 6 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 24/04/2015 River Severn, Berkeley Power Station sat on rocks at low tide and present until dusk (Photographed) 7 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 8 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 56 - a good winter count for Wilstone 9 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 24/03/2015 Farmoor Reservoir A beautiful summer-plumaged adult along the west edge 10 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10/01/2016 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) Affording excellent views from bank by overflow 11 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 04/01/2015 Dunstable Sewage Treatment Plants showing well on pan 3 - 4-5 January - photographed 12 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 21/11/2015 Sheringham 13 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 26/08/2015 Porthgwarra 2 west at 0700 14 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 26/08/2015 Porthgwarra 2 west 15 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 05/05/2015 Splash Point, Seaford 5 flew east 16 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 20/08/2016 Porthgwarra 3 flew west 17 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 20/08/2016 Pendeen Watchpoint At least 100 flew west 18 Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 21/11/2015 Sheringham Flew east 19 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 06/01/2015 Selsey Bill 3 adults offshore 20 Atlantic Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 21 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 22 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 10/05/2016 Bosistow Lane, Skewjack & Land's End areas An adult seen very well in flight on numerous occasions throughout the morning - the first considered wild sighting of this species in Britain 23 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 21/05/2015 Lakenheath Fen RSPB Saving me a trip to Shapwick Heath this June, this superb adult male was barking for long periods in reeds by pools just west of West Wood; after a long wait, the bird eventually exploded from the reedbed at just 30 yards range and flew 100 yards 24 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 08/06/2015 Marazion Marsh RSPB A first-summer seen briefly in flight (with Steve Rogers) then much better in marsh at SE end at dawn next morning (with Andrew Allen & Mike Warner) 25 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 09/01/2015 Dengemarsh Road, Lydd (Kent) 2 birds - an adult and first-winter - showing very well with cattle in field opposite Wraxall Aggregates 26 Great White Egret Casmerodius albus 08/01/2015 Pitsford Reservoir north of the causeway 27 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 28 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 21/04/2015 Tresco (Scilly) A first-winter showing well on the Great Pool - my 580th species in UK 29 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 14/07/2015 King's Fleet, Felixstowe Ferry (Suffolk) A first-summer showing well 30 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 04/08/2015 Kilnsea French ringed juvenile F 05R seen very well from camping site on Blue Bell Pond in the Well Field (photographed) (seen with Chris Bromley, Alex Jones, Rob Pocklington, et al) 31 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 05/04/2016 Mark Moor (Somerset) Showing well south of the minor road just north of the River Brue (photographed). Watched with the finder Alsion Everett as well as Jeff Hazell and his wife, Julian Thomas, et al 32 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 31/01/2015 Middlebere (Poole Harbour) 16 present 33 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 34 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2015 Dunstable Sewage Treatment Plants resident pair; later saw family party of 4 in West Sussex and single adult in Kent on Walland Marsh 35 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 27/11/2015 Cantley Marshes RSPB A tight-knot flock of 22 viewed from the gate beyond the railway at the end of Burnt House Road 36 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 37 Greylag Goose Anser anser 38 Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis 39 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/01/2015 Willington Pits 425 in the usual grass field north of the river 40 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla 41 Black Brant Branta nigricans 04/02/2016 Deal Hall, Dengie Peninsular (Essex) In with large flock of Dark-bellied Brent Geese 42 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 04/02/2016 Deal Hall, Dengie Peninsular (Essex) Seen with David Low - in with several thousand Dark-bellied Brents 43 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 44 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Yes 20/02/2015 Pitsford Reservoir Pair still present by dam 45 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 06/01/2015 Sidlesham Ferry Pool (West Sussex) 146 counted at high tide 46 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/01/2015 Rushmere Pond, Stockgrove Country Park (Bedfordshire) just single drake present 47 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 48 American Wigeon Anas americana 25/01/2015 Meikle Loch, Ythan 49 Gadwall Anas strepera 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 26 birds present 50 Common Teal Anas crecca 51 North American Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 19/02/2015 Ashleworth Ham (Gloucs) seemingly paired with a female (carolinensis)! 52 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 53 American Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 21/04/2015 Tresco (Scilly) Drake with Mallards on Abbey Pool 54 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 06/01/2015 Pagham Harbour North Wall 86 counted 55 Garganey Anas querquedula 12/03/2015 Gypsy Lane East (Broom GP) pair with 5 Common Teal 56 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Yes 06/06/2016 Carlton Marshes SWT (Suffolk) Very distant views of an adult drake with Gadwall on far flood. Mark Pass appeared again and gave me some story about visiting relatives in Lowestoft!! 57 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 58 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 02/01/2015 Tringford Reservoir 4 on 2nd quickly increasing to 11 next day 59 Northern Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 190 present 60 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/01/2015 Billing GP (Northants) female still present on the main pit 61 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 62 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) juvenile seen from the jetty 63 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 30/01/2015 Dozmary Pool (Bodmin Moor) usual adult drake showing well with Tufted Ducks 64 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 24/01/2015 River Esk Mouth, Musselburgh 65 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 30/01/2015 Maenporth (Cornwall) Immature drake just offshore of the rocky beach about half a mile south of Maenporth Beach 66 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 24/01/2015 Tillydrone Rapids, River Don, Aberdeen first-winter drake watched & photographed down to a few feet on Don; watched with numerous others, including Mike, Sue, Tom, etc 67 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24/01/2015 River Esk Mouth, Musselburgh 8 offshore 68 American Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 27/01/2015 Cheswick Sands (Northumberland) adult drake with 642 Common Scoter and 1 drake Velvet Scoter; good scope views 69 American White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 02/07/2016 Murcar Beach Offshore with 46 Velvets and 2,200 Common Scoters 70 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 29/10/2015 Priory Country Park, Bedford A first-winter drake bearing a metal ring on its right leg with Tufted Ducks at the eastern end of the lake (photographed) 71 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 4 present (1 drake) 72 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 25/02/2016 Corsham Lake (Wiltshire) An adult female of unknown origin showing very well (photographed). The bird was unringed and in immaculate condition 73 Smew Mergellus albellus 09/01/2015 Dungeness RSPB 7 redheads, 1 drake on Burrowes Pit 74 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 06/01/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) 75 Goosander Mergus merganser 04/01/2015 Eversholt Lake (Bedfordshire) pair showing well 76 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 09/01/2015 Southern Britain adult drake photographed 77 Eurasian Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 10/06/2015 Southern England A nice cluster of displaying males seen at several locations 78 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 79 White-tailed Sea Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 26/01/2015 Gruinard Island 80 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 09/01/2015 Dungeness ARC Pit 4 noted 81 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 01/10/2015 The Burgh, Burpham (West Sussex) Superb views of a juvenile quartering over fields at the north end of the valley (photographed) (watched with George Kinnard amongst others) 82 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 19/05/2015 Southern England 83 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 03/03/2015 Norfolk 5 birds seen over one plantation today, including a first-year; fabulous views 84 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 85 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 86 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 06/01/2015 Jevington Setaside (East Sussex) long-staying juvenile still showing well 87 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 19/04/2015 Dundonnell Forest being mobbed by 2 Ravens 88 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 17/04/2015 Loch of the Lowes RSPB Pair at nest: male for 4th year and new female - one egg laid 89 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 90 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 20/05/2015 River Frome Water Meadows, Wareham (Dorset) Stupendous views of a first-summer female from the bridge on the main Wareham bypass, my first in Dorset since about 1987 91 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 25/04/2015 Denham 92 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/01/2015 Grove Lock 93 Red Grouse Lagopus scotica 23/01/2015 Stanhope Common (Weardale) 8 seen on the snow-covered moors 94 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 26/01/2015 Cairngorm Mountains 3 on snow-covered peaks 95 Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix 23/01/2015 Middleton-in-Teesdale A total of 35 seen between Bowlees Burn & Langdon Beck 96 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 18/04/2015 Abernethy Forest A total of 10 birds seen 97 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/01/2015 Hatch 98 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 07/11/2015 Therfield Heath 55 counted 99 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 06/07/2015 Pirton Cereal Fields 2 calling males in barley south of the Icknield Way footpath at TL 156 313 100 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2015 Sarratt Bottom 101 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 12/03/2015 Bedfordshire Up to 5 males present at one location during an internal visit, 3 in the vicinity of a former feeding station of mine and two further males at the edge of the plantation - the influx no doubt due to the new Centre Parcs complex forcing the birds into new 102 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 103 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 28/10/2016 Winchester Sewage Farm Viewed very distantly from bank above lagoon and feeding by pipe on far bank 104 Corncrake Crex crex 21/05/2016 Canus Mor, Isle of Skye 3+ calling males 105 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 106 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 01/08/2016 Minsmere RSPB An adult showing well on the reed-fringed pool behind West Hide 107 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 108 Common Crane Grus grus 21/02/2015 Manea (Cambridgeshire) 8 birds still present in stubble at Cranmoor Lots 109 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/01/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) 110 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 14/04/2015 Bowers Marsh RSPB, Pitsea Pair showing well (photographed) 111 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 06/01/2015 Pagham Harbour 8 roosting at high tide 112 Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 03/05/2016 Cavenham Heath (Suffolk) 113 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 11/07/2016 Ham Wall RSPB, Shapwick Heath NNR (Somerset Levels) With Lapwing on the marsh often in flight for long periods (photographed) 114 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 12/03/2015 Gypsy Lane East (Broom GP) 2 present 115 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/01/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) 45 at high tide 116 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 10/05/2015 Choseley Drying Barns (North Norfolk) A trip of 20 individuals showing well in tilled field just NE of barns 117 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 23/10/2015 Eyebrook Reservoir An adult moulting out of breeding plumage commuting between fields SW of Stockerston village and the Stoke Dry end of the reservoir (photographed) (seen with Geoff & Alan Clewes et al) 118 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 29/06/2015 Breydon Water (Norfolk) A female or first-summer showing extremely well on the edge of the saltmarsh just north of the hide at low tide (photographed) (seen with Pete Allard, Tim, JT, Alison Allen, Jeff Bailey, et al) 119 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) c220 present 120 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 121 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 122 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 15/06/2016 Titchwell RSPB Roosting with 2,500 Red Knot on saltmarsh - in full breeding plumage (photographed). My second in Norfolk and one of my birds of the year 123 Red Knot Calidris canutus 06/01/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) 124 Sanderling Calidris alba 09/01/2015 Romney Sands 68 on the beach at high tide 125 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 02/10/2015 Slimbridge WWT Roosting at high tide with 109 Dunlin on the scrape in front of the Zeiss Hide over high tide but very distant 126 Little Stint Calidris minuta 24/05/2015 Gypsy Lane East (Broom GP) An adult in full breeding attire with 2 Temminck's Stints 127 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 11/05/2015 Cley NWT Reserve Showing well at dusk in front of Daukes Hide on Pat's Pool 128 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 04/08/2016 Black Hole Marsh, Seaton A moulting adult affording ridiculously close views beneath the boardwalk !! (photographed) 129 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 11/06/2015 Frampton Marsh RSPB with 14 Dunlin and 16 Tundra Ringed Plover on distant scrapes from seawall, with presumably the same bird seen much better on Cley NWT north scrape over the following two days 130 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 25/07/2016 Minsmere RSPB A heavily worn adult feeding on the scrape (from East Hide) (photographed) 131 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 01/05/2015 Rainham Marshes RSPB summer-plumaged adult skulking in sedge vegetation on the Target Pool viewable only from the observation platform 132 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 05/05/2015 Manor Farm, Old Wolverton A cracking adult in full breeding plumage (photographed) 133 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 09/01/2015 Hythe (Kent) just 1 located on the breakwater rocks on West parade opposite the Stade Court Hotel 134 Dunlin Calidris alpina 06/01/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) 450 roosting at high tide 135 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 23/05/2016 Pennington Marshes A superb individual feeding with Ruff on pools at the back of the Fishtail Lagoon (photographed) 136 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Yes 22/05/2015 Tinker's Marsh, Walberswick (Suffolk) An adult in full breeding plumage was with Dunlin on the middle pool at Tinker's Marsh, showing very well throughout the afternoon (photographed); watched with Dave Holman, Baz Harding, Gerald Jobson, etc 137 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 17/09/2015 White Nothe Fields, Ringstead Bay, near Weymouth (Dorset) A juvenile showing well with 11 Ringed Plovers (photographed) (seen with Joan Thompson & Jeff Bailey) 138 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 05/01/2015 Gypsy Lane East (Broom GP) 7 flushed from usual area 139 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2015 College Lake BBOWT 140 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 27/09/2015 Keyhaven Lagoon A juvenile commuting between the lagoon and neighbouring saltmarsh - excellent views (seen also the following day) 141 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 03/01/2015 Heath End flew out of wood at dusk 142 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 29/04/2015 Meare Heath Drained Lagoon (Shapwick Heath NNR) A summer-plumaged female feeding with 181 Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits on the drained lagoon and showing very well (1645-1830 hours) (photographed) (seen with Allan Stewart, Julian Thomas, Chris Craig, Gary Thoburn, Jim Lawrence, Mike McKee and at least 143 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 06/01/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) 17 on island at high tide 144 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 09/06/2015 Pagham Harbour With 4 Whimbrels at high tide in saltmarsh, seen in flight on several occasions but distantly; much better views obtained next day feeding on mud (photographed) (seen with many observers, including many of Sussex' finest - Tony Cook, etc) 145 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 06/01/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) 190 counted 146 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 06/01/2015 Pagham Harbour North Wall 3 roosting at high tide with Redshanks 147 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 06/01/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) 148 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 28/01/2015 Aber Ogwyn NR 149 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 09/05/2015 Posbrook Flash, Titchfield Haven (Hants) After 5 attempts, finally connected with this Hampshire lifer, showing well with 92 Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits on the flooded meadow (photographed); watched with Graham Stephenson, Adam Bassett, John Dixon, Mike Campbell & others 150 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 09/01/2015 Pett Level Pools (East Sussex) showing very well on pools east of the main pool - photographed 151 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/01/2015 Lemsford Springs NR 6 present 152 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 25/04/2015 Shapwick Heath NNR on the scrape at Meare Heath 153 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 21/06/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) A superb adult in breeding plumage showing well in one of the intertidal creeks (watched with Jake Everitt and Richard Fairbanks) 154 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 29/01/2015 Passage House Inn (River Teign) 2 wintering birds 155 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 17/08/2015 Coate Water Country Park (Wiltshire) An adult in breeding plumage seen from the second hide on the reserve arm 156 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 06/01/2015 Church Norton (Pagham Harbour) 45 at high tide roost 157 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 19/09/2015 Pannel Valley NR, Pett (East Sussex) A first-winter watched until dusk from one of the hides (seen with Ian Barnard, George Kinnard, Rob Stokes, amongst others) 158 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 20/05/2015 Gypsy Lane East (Broom GP) male at south end of the complex, only 4th record for county (my 2nd) 159 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 02/06/2015 Brandon Marsh NR A fabulous summer-plumaged female on East Marsh Pool photographed for over two hours 160 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 23/01/2015 Pilling Lane (Fylde) sick juvenile with damaged wing just offshore - many thanks to Chris Batty for his help in ensuring I see this bird on his patch & for him keeping it alive prior to my arrival - top man 161 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 07/05/2015 Splash Point, Seaford 2 flew east 162 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 05/05/2015 Splash Point, Seaford 163 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 06/01/2015 Sidlesham Ferry Pool (West Sussex) 7 with Black-headed Gulls on plough in field adjacent; 2 more at Church Norton then 2 at Selsey Bill 164 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Yes 12/05/2016 Abberton Reservoir Superb views of a first-summer commuting back and forth to the spit 120 yards east of the hide in front of the Information Centre 165 Little Gull Larus minutus 26/03/2015 Cardiff Bay Adult 166 Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 04/08/2015 Pennington Flash Country Park Unbelievable views of an adult in breeding plumage on slipway just before Horrock's Hide 167 Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Yes 26/03/2015 Cardiff Bay Two adults (winter plumage) with Black-headed Gulls in Cardiff Bay showing well off of Dovercourt House 168 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 169 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 170 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 171 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 172 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 20/11/2015 Amwell First-winter roosted 173 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 29/01/2015 Brixham Harbour juvenile present on the fish market roof 174 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 05/01/2015 Grovebury Sandpit (Bedfordshire) 17 roosted 175 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 09/01/2015 Dungeness Beach 176 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 13/07/2015 Teign Estuary, off Passage House Inn Excellent views of an adult feeding at low tide (photographed) (seen with Mark Bailey, Sarah McMahon and Ted Griffiths) 177 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 16/06/2016 Tennyson's Sands Reserve, Gibraltar Point NNR Fantastic views of a displaying pair on the main scrape (photographed) (with Tony Hukin) 178 American Royal Tern Sterna maxima Yes 27/08/2016 Littor Point, Beale (County Kerry) A new bird for me and showing very well on beach with Sandwich Terns (photographed) (with Matt Deans, Dougal Gysi, Garry Bagnell and many others) 179 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 180 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 02/05/2016 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) An adult in breeding plumage bearing a ring '44BK' showing extremely well on bank by car park 181 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 10/04/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 2 birds back today (10 April) commuting to Startop's 182 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 11/04/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 6 present all day (watched with Dave Hutchinson & Ted Reed 183 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 19/11/2016 Mistley Quay Added to my Suffolk List when it flew past the Quay but my second in Essex (photographed) 184 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 14/05/2016 Saltholme Pools RSPB Two showing well on pool just by the Visitor Centre (Photographed) 185 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 24/04/2015 Gypsy Lane East (Broom GP) A 2nd-summer showing well all day (photographed) - only the 6th record for Bedfordshire 186 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 25/01/2015 Inverallochy Bay 187 Razorbill Alca torda 27/01/2015 Cheswick Sands (Northumberland) 188 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 25/01/2015 Inverallochy Bay 4 offshore, all in winter plumage 189 Little Auk Alle alle 21/11/2015 Sheringham 47 in total 190 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 20/04/2015 Coquet Island at least 250 offshore in rafts off island 191 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2015 192 Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 193 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 194 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30/04/2015 Octagon Farm (Bedfordshire) 195 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 02/05/2016 Otford (Kent) A first-winter Rufous Turtle Dove showing well in trees in the back gardens of 'Greenshutters' in The Old Walk (watched with many observers) (photographed) 196 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/01/2015 Maple Cross 197 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 13/05/2016 Reap Lane, Southwell (Portland) Amazing views of a first-summer feeding on Browntail Moths by the estate at Reap Lane, Southwell (photographed) (seen with Martin Cade & Pete Coe) 198 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/04/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 199 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus Yes 25/05/2016 Paible hamlet, North Uist One of the highlights of the year. Staggering views obtained of this bird feeding in roadside gardens and some of my best photographs taken. The first Black-billed Cuckoo I have seen in Britain for years and the first ever in spring - seen with Brian Rabb 200 Barn Owl Tyto alba 201 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 18/05/2016 Bryher A superb adult male on Shipman Head Down - my first for Scilly 202 Little Owl Athene noctua 203 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 31/01/2015 Chew Valley Lake 204 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 24/01/2015 Marl Loch, Aberlady Bay A pair showing very well 205 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/01/2015 Horse Eye Levels (East Sussex) 5 hunting at dusk 206 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 05/06/2015 Chobham Common Up to 8 seen, including 6 churring males 207 Common Swift Apus apus 22/04/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 4 this evening 208 Alpine Swift Apus melba 29/03/2015 Manor Royal Business District Park, Crawley although looking from dawn, the swift eventually appeared at 10 o'clock, just as the sun glimmered for a few seconds; it flew over Ian Jones & I and headed towards the church. Richard Fairbanks phoned me to say that it had returned to the Virgin Atlantic 209 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 210 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 09/07/2015 Theberton Grange (Suffolk) A flock of 10 birds came into roost in the Black Poplar trees by the Grange at 7.29pm and continued to show well pre-roost on wires (photographed) (watched with over 90 others including many of Suffolk's finest) 211 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 26/04/2015 Crawley (Hampshire) showing very well on the public bridleway NE of Hacks Lane (Photographed) 212 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 14/08/2015 Gunners Park, Shoeburyness Crippling views of a juvenile around the war turrets at the SE end of the main lagoon 213 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 214 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor 15/03/2016 Sherrardspark Wood, Welwyn Garden City Male drumming in usual patch of trees 215 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 22/09/2015 Dungeness Beach A first-winter affording crippling views until dusk in Channel View garden (Dave Bunney's garden) 216 Woodlark Lullula arborea 03/03/2015 Norfolk Breckland 217 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2015 Heartwood Forest, Sandridge 218 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 13/03/2015 Startop's End Reservoir (Tring) 219 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 09/11/2015 Chesterfield St Mary's & All Saints Church Despite attrocious conditions (heavy rain & high winds), Crag Martin seen well flying about crooked spire - my second in Britain 220 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 221 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 02/05/2015 West Rise Marsh, Eastbourne No sign for the first hour of my arrival but then picked up by Chris Ball, both of us then observing it from 1900-1908 hours at the east end of the lake 222 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 09/09/2016 Porthellick Pool, St Mary's Showing very well over field adjacent to pool (photographed) (with Allan Stewart, Jeff Bailey & others) 223 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/04/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 2 with 37 Sand Martins & 8 Barn Swallows this evening 224 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 23/12/2016 Blagdon Lake (Avon) Showing very well on reservoir edge (photographed) (with Richard Mielcarek) 225 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 17/10/2015 Muckleburh Hill, Weybourne (Norfolk) Astounding views of an individual walking about less than a few feet away (photographed) 226 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 18/04/2015 Abernethy Forest 227 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2015 Heartwood Forest, Sandridge 5 in grass 228 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 03/05/2015 Ludworth Moor, near Glossop (Derbyshire) A fabulous summer-plumaged male showing well in fields west of the footpath to Robin Hood's Picking Rods at SK 004 910. Seen in company of the finder - local patchworker John Rainer 229 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 230 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 04/10/2015 Spurn Point A particularly confiding first-winter affording outstanding views at the Canal Zone Scrape (photographed) 231 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 232 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 24/03/2015 Farmoor Reservoir 2 on causeway 233 Pied Wagtail Motacilla yarrellii 234 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 22/10/2016 Gun Hill, Burnham Overy Marshes 3 settled briefly (photographed) 235 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 05/01/2015 100 Acre Pit Meadow Lane 236 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2015 Tringford Reservoir 237 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 14/10/2016 Easington Incredible views of this bird feeding with Dunnocks (photographed) 238 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 239 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 24/04/2015 Begwary Brook LNR, Wybsoton (Bedfordshire) Singing male 240 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 13/04/2015 Great Hardmead Lake, Amwell GP A cracking white-spotted male frequenting the fragmented reedbeds directly in front of the observation area, showing about once every 50 minutes on average. Only the 6th record for Hertfordshire and my first in the county - number 266 - following singles 241 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 12/10/2015 Holkham Meals The first of 2 first-winters I saw during this week in North Norfolk: the first skulking deep within the Willow Clump 50 yards west of the Crosstracks and an easier bird at the former Drinking Pool at Wells Woods (both photographed) 242 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 10/01/2015 Berryfields Medical Centre, Aylesbury North first-winter male showing well - photographed 243 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 10/04/2015 Blows Downs, Dunstable 2 adult males in the Half Moon Lane Paddocks 244 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 14/04/2015 Blows Downs, Dunstable A cracking male on the Paddock Slope 245 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata 246 Caspian Stonechat Saxicola variegatus Yes 11/05/2016 Titchfield Haven NNR A superb male by the western entrance to the reserve (photographed) 247 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 17/10/2016 Easington Lagoons Showing well in ploughed field (photographed). 2016 saw an unprecedented influx of which I saw 3 248 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 249 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 03/11/2015 Landguard Nature Reserve A cracking adult male watched & photographed all afternoon on the Common 250 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 13/06/2015 Acres Down (New Forest) A truly cracking male EASTERN BEW showing very well along the fenceline between Emery Down campsite and neighbouring farm (photographed) seen with many other birders including Steve Gantlett, Keith Turner, Paul Rowe, etc 251 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 17/10/2016 Bridlington North Beach Superb views of a first-winter male on promenade in front of Expanse Hotel (with Tony Dixon) 252 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 29/12/2016 Stow-on-the-Wold An adult male of presumably dubious origin showing very well in the gardens (photographed) 253 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 08/06/2015 Skokholm Island Outstanding views as the bird appeared several times in the hedgerow 'hollow' in the Observatory 'courtyard' 254 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 28/01/2015 Nant Ffrancon Valley 3 seen (male & 2 females) below layby 255 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 256 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 05/12/2016 Beeley (Derbyshire) Affording superb views in the orchard behind Dukes Barn (photographed) 257 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 44, most feeding in the Dry Canal hedgerows 258 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 259 Redwing Turdus iliacus 260 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 261 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 08/01/2015 Pitsford Reservoir in hedgerow and scrub 200 yards south of the main causeway 262 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 27/04/2015 Marsworth Reservoir (Tring) reeling male in rough field adjacent to sewage works 263 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 16/05/2016 Greylake RSPB (Somerset Levels) Reeling male at dusk 264 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/04/2015 Marsworth Reservoir (Tring) Singing male with another later in day at Amwell 265 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 12/06/2015 Blakeney Point in roped-off sueda at Long Hills, seen 5 times in flight during afternoon (in company of Peter Allard, Keith Dye and others) - my First in Norfolk (404) 266 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 14/06/2015 Blakeney Point in thick sueda at Halfway House, seen with AA, MW, Adrian Kettle, Andy Field, Penny Clarke, Dave Britton and others 267 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 07/06/2015 Priorslee Flash (Salop) Excellent views of this first for Salop in Willows on west shore (singing male, photographed) 268 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 269 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 18/05/2015 Swan Pool, Sandwell Valley Cracking views of a singing male on the island in the SW corner of Swan Pool - the first record for West Midlands County (seen with Eric Phillips & 40 other local Birmingham birders) 270 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 29/06/2015 Bishopstone (Kent) An elusive singing male in scrub east of the car park 271 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 14/06/2015 Berkswell Estate (West Midlands) The 2nd for Warwickshire and first for West Midlands showing exceptionally well, singing virtually non-stop in full view from Willows and Holm Oaks 600 yards along track opposite the entrance to Marsh Lane Nature Reserve 272 Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata 12/02/2016 Westleton Heath A female noted in the usual area 273 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 03/09/2015 Staines Moor showing very well in NW corner 274 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 275 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 16/04/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 2 singing males along the Dry Canal 276 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/04/2015 Peacock's Lake, Broom A singing male 277 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 278 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 06/10/2016 Bempton Cliffs RSPB My second in UK showing exceptionally well (photographed) 279 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 06/10/2016 Bempton Cliffs RSPB In hedgerow near information centre but confusion on site with Arctic Warbler in exactly same bush but two different birds seen at exactly same time by many observers 280 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 04/10/2015 Spurn Point A first-winter trapped & ringed at Kew Villa (photographed) 281 Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 12/10/2015 Wells Woods The first of at least 6 seen during the next fortnight - in with Goldcrests by the former Drinking Pool 282 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 07/03/2015 Sedgeberrow Sewage Works (Worcestershire) showing well in trees at back of compound 283 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 17/10/2015 Wells Woods Showing well in Birches overhanging the main track not far from the Drinking Pool 284 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 12/10/2015 Holkham Meals An elusive but vocal individual in scrub at the far west end of the pines (also seen with a Dusky Warbler on opposite side of track!) 285 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 06/01/2015 Chichester GP East Lake (West Sussex) A particularly vocal individual showing every now and then in thick bramble scrub at the SW corner of the lake and in the garden of Lakeside; quite a few decent views and watched in the company of Chris Janman et al 286 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 07/05/2015 Fairlands Valley Park Stevenage singing male in trees on west side of lake 7-8pm 287 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 288 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 12/04/2016 Granville Nature Reserve, Telford (Shropshire) A singing male showing very well in trees west of the pond south of Granville Road (photographed) (with David Carr and perhaps 40 other observers) 289 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) singing male in the East Bank wood 290 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 291 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13/05/2015 Weston Turville Churchyard 292 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 15/05/2016 Overstrand (Norfolk) Cracking views of a female roosting in trees at the back of the cricket pitch at dusk (observed with Rob & Simon Chidwick) (photographed) 293 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/05/2016 Yarner Woods RSPB At least 8 seen 294 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 27/02/2015 Radipole Lake RSPB a male creeping about vegetation on the ground adjacent to the footpath 295 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 296 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 297 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 25/01/2015 Loch Garten RSPB At least 4 showing well at the feeders 298 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2015 Woburn Park 299 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 23/01/2015 Pennington Flash Country Park 5 at the feeders in front of Bunting Hide 300 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) A ringed adult by the orchard 301 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2015 Rushmere Pond, Stockgrove Country Park (Bedfordshire) 302 Common Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/01/2015 Calvert Sailing Lake 303 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 27/02/2015 Darts Farm NR, Topsham 3 birds showing very well by hide 304 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 12/10/2015 Beeston Regis Common, near Sheringham (Norfolk) Superb close views of a first-winter Daurian Isabelline Shrike (photographed) 305 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 25/05/2015 Fairlop Water A superb male seen in scrub south of the Golf Course line of Poplars from 200-2020 hours 306 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 22/09/2016 Jennycliff, Mountbatten (Plymouth) An adult showing incredibly well in bushes of the Jennycliff slope (photographed) 307 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 29/08/2015 Blakehill Farm NR, SW of Cricklade (Wiltshire) Juvenile frequenting isolated hawthorns in field - photographed 308 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2015 Crestyl Cressbeds, Sarratt Bottom 309 Black-billed Magpie Pica pica 310 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 28/01/2015 South Stack RSPB, Anglesey 6 seen 311 Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula 312 Rook Corvus frugilegus 313 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 314 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/01/2015 Bucksburn, Aberdeen 315 Common Raven Corvus corax 10/01/2015 Grendon Underwood/Broughton Trout Pools 316 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 317 Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus 27/01/2015 Prudhoe Village (Northumberland) first-winter commuting between the Leylandii hedgerow and apple tree feeders at number 15 Cheviot View 318 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 03/01/2015 Dawes Lane, Sarratt Bottom 319 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/01/2015 Tyttenhanger GP 8 at the feeders 320 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 321 European Serin Serinus serinus 14/01/2016 Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB Two birds, most likely a pair, showing very well in weeds by busway between Elney Lake and Oxholme Lake (photographed). Watched with Stuart Elsom and Richard Allison amongst others 322 Citril Finch Serinus citrinella Yes 10/05/2015 Holkham Dunes A male seen exceptionally well feeding on weeds on the sand dunes immediately west of the west end of Holkham Pines; under observation for around four hours and my second 'new' bird of 2015 323 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 03/01/2015 College Lake BBOWT 324 Siskin Carduelis spinus 26/01/2015 Grantown-on-Spey 7 on the feeders 325 Linnet Carduelis cannabina 05/01/2015 Upper Caldecote 30 in fields 326 Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret 327 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 05/03/2015 Acres Down (New Forest) 5 seen 328 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 04/07/2016 Walthamstowe Marsh A superb whistling male singing from house roofs and Willow in middle of North Marsh (photographed) 329 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 21/01/2015 Bramfield Churchyard (Herts) A flock of 8 commuting between the churchyard and gardens in village 330 Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Yes 15/10/2015 Port of Ness (Port Nis), Isle of Lewis (Western Isles) A cracking male seen on and off throughout the afternoon in Tony Marr's neighbour (David Nicholls') garden - my 5th new bird of 2015 331 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 13/03/2015 Weybourne Clifftop Fields 6 birds, including two males 332 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/01/2015 Wilstone Reservoir (Tring) 333 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 29/01/2015 Broadsands Ley 334 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 15/06/2015 Bardsey Island A cracking male visiting seed in the Lighthouse compound at fairly frequent intervals - the first record for Wales. 98 people twitched during the day, thanks to Colin Evans boat trips out of Porth Meudwy 335 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 06/10/2016 Kilnsea In tall Sycamores behind Kew Villa in churchyard after being released from Church Field 336 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 06/10/2016 Sammy's Point, Easington (East Yorkshire) With Reed Buntings in paddock and affording excellent views (photographed) 337 Western Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2015 Heartwood Forest, Sandridge 338 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 03/01/2015 Marsworth Reservoir 84 roosted in the reedbed