Dave Musgrove: Western Palearctic Life List AERC, All records Record(s) 1 to 442 of 442 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Yorkshire Pre 1980 2 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 18/11/1984 Martin Mere 3 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 18/11/1984 Martin Mere 4 Bean Goose Anser fabalis 10/11/2008 Reighton Sands Caravan Park Difficult to distinguish race 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 23/10/1984 Fairburn 6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/06/1984 Fairburn 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/06/1984 Hornsea Mere 8 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 18/11/1984 Martin Mere 9 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Yorkshire Pre 1984 10 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/06/1984 Hornsea Mere 11 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 14/08/1985 Cley 12 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 15/11/2005 Esna, Eygypt approx date 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16/08/1985 Wroxham Broad 14 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 22/06/1984 Faiburn 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/06/2007 Burnsall approx date 16 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 14/03/1984 Golden Acre 17 American Wigeon Anas americana 24/04/2008 Rother Valley CP 18 Gadwall Anas strepera 28/05/1984 Fairburn 19 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 22/06/1984 Fairburn 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 30/12/1988 Martin Mere 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Yorkshire Pre 1980 22 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 18/11/1984 Martin Mere 23 Garganey Anas querquedula 27/04/2008 Fairburn Ings 24 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Yes 06/05/2010 Pepper Arden Bottoms, Nth Yorks 25 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 22/06/1984 Fairburn 26 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris 02/03/2011 El Fondo NP, Spain 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 09/08/2008 Fairburn Ings 5 males 28 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 28/05/1984 Fairburn 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 12/05/1988 Fairburn 30 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 10/02/1985 Washington 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 14/03/1984 Golden Acre Park 32 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 26/01/1985 Fairburn 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 09/05/2013 Angler's CP, Wakefield Male giving good views 34 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 10/02/1985 Tynemouth 35 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 27/02/2009 Flamborough Head Immature male 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 12/05/1985 Filey 37 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 38 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 17/01/2016 Filey One off the Brigg 39 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27/12/1993 Filey 40 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/12/1984 Eccup 41 Smew Mergellus albellus 26/01/1985 Fairburn 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/02/1985 Tynemouth 43 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 18/11/1984 Martin Mere 44 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 11/05/1986 Fairburn 45 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala 02/03/2011 El Fondo NP, Spain 46 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus Yorkshire Pre 1980 47 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Cairngorm Pre 1980 48 Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix 24/12/2005 Swaledale 49 Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 19/01/2011 Inshriach Forest Cairngorms A particularly showy individual! 50 Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca 23/05/2014 Mount Paggeo, Greece 2 birds flushed 51 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 23/09/1984 Blacktoft Sands 52 Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara 28/01/2014 Las Vegas, Tenerife Heard only. 53 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/09/1984 Blacktoft Sands 54 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 20/05/2014 Magalohori, Greece Heard Only 55 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Yorkshire Pre 1980 56 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 10/04/2009 Thetford Forest 57 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 10/02/1985 River Wear 58 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 07/02/1988 Barmston 59 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 05/11/2008 Scarborough 60 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 18/11/2010 Hollingworth Lake. 61 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 28/05/1984 Fairburn 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 14/03/1984 Golden Acre 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 10/02/1985 River Wear 64 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/01/1988 Chelker Reservoir 65 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 11/05/1985 Fairburn 66 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 12/07/2021 Bempton RSPB 67 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Scarborough Pre 1980 68 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 27/04/1998 Nerja 69 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 23/09/2010 English Channel fro Bilboa Ferry 70 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus South Devon Coast circa 1990 71 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan 15/10/2006 Kalymnos/Kos 72 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 24/09/2010 Bay of Biscay from Bilboa Ferry 73 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 23/09/2010 English Channel fro Bilboa Ferry Not great views 74 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 07/09/2023 North Gare 75 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus Yorkshire Coast Pre 1980 76 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Yorkshire Coast Pre 1980 77 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Yes 08/02/1989 Tees-side 78 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 22/04/1984 South Pembrokeshire 79 Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus 19/05/2014 Kalohori Greece Plus many others around Lake Kerkini later in the week 80 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 19/05/2014 Kalohori Greece two on coastal lagoon 81 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus 19/05/2014 Kalohori Greece Plus several hundred on Lake Kerkini later in the week 82 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 05/10/2008 Blacktoft sands 83 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 04/06/2012 Albufera Majorca 84 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 20/04/2009 Albufera Mallorca 85 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 15/11/2005 Nile, Eygypt & Mallorca 2009 approx date 86 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 15/11/2005 Nile, Eygypt & UK 2008 approx date 87 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 08/08/1987 Anglesy 88 Great Egret Egretta alba 30/10/2009 Minsmere RSPB 89 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Pre 1980 90 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 15/11/2005 Nile, Eygypt & Mallorca 2009 approx date 91 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 27/08/2008 Cawood 92 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 01/05/1998 Nerja, Spain 93 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 15/11/2005 Nile, Eygypt approx date, 94 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 02/07/2008 Old Moor RSPB 95 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Calpe, Spain Circa 2003 (Jan) 96 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Leathley c.1999 97 Black Kite Milvus migrans 01/08/1983 South of France approx date 98 Red Kite Milvus milvus Harewood/Bramhope From 2000 onwards 99 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 30/12/1993 Grimwith Reservoir 100 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus 16/07/2020 Strines Moor 101 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 09/10/1989 El Chorro, Spain 102 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus 19/04/2010 Mallorca 103 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 07/08/1988 Lake Garda, Italy 104 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 12/05/1985 Blacktoft Sands 105 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 14/04/1985 Blacktoft Sands 106 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 08/08/2011 North Norfolk Coast 107 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 26/04/1998 Frigilliana 108 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 18/11/1984 Martin Mere 109 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes 21/05/2014 Valley above west bank of Lake Kerkini, Greece 3 this day, distantly, but better view of Male in Eleftheropoulos on 23rd. 110 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo West Wales Pre 1980 111 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 20/05/2014 Magalohori, Greece several seen throughout the week. 112 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 26/11/2008 Millington Pastures, Pocklington 113 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina 20/05/2014 Magalohori, Greece Several seen throughout the week 114 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga 02/03/2011 El Fondo NP, Spain Distant view of one 2nd year bird sat in a tree. 115 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 25/05/1986 Hawes Water 116 Booted Eagle Aquila pennata 26/04/1998 El Chorro, Spain 117 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata 26/04/1998 El Chorro, Spain 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/06/1979 Loch Garten approx date 119 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 01/03/2017 Fuente De Piedra, Spain 120 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pre 1980 121 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 20/05/2008 Thorne Moors 122 Merlin Falco columbarius Rylstone 1988/9 123 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 20/05/2008 Thorne Moors 124 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 21/09/1993 Boquer Valley, Mallorca 125 Saker Falcon Falco cherrug 24/05/2014 Fea Petra Valley, Greece Soaring pair self found but thanks to JM for the ID 126 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 19/06/1983 Falcon Crag, Borrowdale 127 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides 29/01/2014 Guaria, Tenerife Also above Las Canadas, Mount Teide. 128 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 28/08/1987 Blacktoft Sands 129 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 18/08/2015 Blacktoft Sands RSPB Brief view after 4 hour vigil. 130 Corn Crake Crex crex 28/05/2015 Balranald RSPB North Uist Good views of one bird close to visitor centre. 131 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Pre 1980 132 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 15/11/2005 Nile, Eygypt & Mallorca 2009 approx date 133 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Yorkshire Pre 1980 134 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 17/03/2014 Loch Flemington 135 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 04/06/2012 Albufera, Majorca 136 Common Crane Grus grus 09/04/2009 Norfolk Broads 137 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax 01/01/2015 Fraisthorpe E. Yorks Big Twitch. Reasonable views of female on the ground. 138 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Scotland Pre 1980 139 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 15/11/2005 Nile, Eygypt (plus Mallorca 2009) approx date, seen earlier in Europe 140 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 12/08/1985 Titchwell 141 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 10/04/2009 Thetford Forest 142 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 20/04/2009 Albufera Mallorca 143 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 28/07/1984 Blacktoft Sands 144 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14/07/1984 Tetney Marshes 145 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 19/07/1986 Schelde Estuary 146 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 27/08/2022 Redcar beach 147 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 23/05/2015 Cairngorms A pair showing well on path below summit of cairn Lochan. 148 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/01/1985 Almscliff Crag 149 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 10/02/1985 Whitburn 150 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 15/11/2005 Nile, Eygypt approx date, 151 White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus Yes 02/09/2021 Blacktoft sands 152 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Yorkshire Pre 1980 153 Red Knot Calidris canutus 11/08/1985 Snettisham 154 Sanderling Calidris alba 10/02/1985 Whitburn 155 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 01/08/2011 Saltholme RSPB 156 Little Stint Calidris minuta 28/07/1984 Blacktoft Sands 157 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 01/08/2011 Saltholme RSPB 158 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St Aidan's 159 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 28/07/1984 Blacktoft Sands 160 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 10/08/2010 Idle valley Gravel Pits 161 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 23/07/2008 Edderthorpe Flash 162 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 28/07/1984 Blacktoft Sands 163 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 08/04/1984 Filey 164 Dunlin Calidris alpina 28/07/1984 Blacktoft Sands 165 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 19/07/2022 Alkborough Flats. 166 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus 19/05/2014 Kalohori Greece two on coastal lagoon 167 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 07/09/2023 Salthouse RSPB One on the causeway. 168 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 28/07/1984 Blacktoft Sands 169 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 16/08/1985 Minsmere 170 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 28/07/1984 Blacktoft Sands 171 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 09/10/1999 Greatham Creek - Tees-side 172 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 16/12/2012 Alkborough Flats Only very brief view after 6 hours searching. 173 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 06/05/1986 Strid Woods 174 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 12/08/1985 Titchwell 175 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 12/08/1985 Titchwell 176 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 14/07/1984 Tetney Marshes 177 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Yorkshire Pre 1980 178 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/07/1974 Blacktoft Sands 179 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 27/06/1990 Elland Gravel Pits 180 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 28/07/1984 Blacktoft Sands 181 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 14/08/1985 Cley 182 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 28/07/1984 Blacktoft Sands 183 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 18/11/2012 Aldcliffe Marshes, Lancs 184 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 17/07/2011 Blacktoft Sands 185 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 14/08/1985 Cley 186 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 08/04/1984 Filey 187 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 08/04/1984 Scarborough 188 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 14/08/1985 Cley next the Sea 189 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 28/05/2015 Isle of Lewis Brief views of a pair 190 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 05/09/2008 Altofts, West Yorks 191 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 27/05/2015 Cair A pair showing well on path below summit of cairn Lochan. 192 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 24/08/2008 Chapel Point, Lincs 193 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 07/09/2008 Flamborough Head 194 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 04/03/2007 Winterton 195 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Yes 14/09/2020 Redcar Tarn, Keighley 196 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Yorkshire Pre 1980 197 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei 19/05/2014 Kalohori Greece 3 on coastal lagoon 198 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii 23/10/1985 Calor Millor, Mallorca 199 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 25/02/2010 Mirfield, West Yorks 3rd winter 200 Mew Gull Larus canus Yorkshire Pre 1980 201 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Yorkshire Pre 1980 202 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus Yorkshire Pre 1980 203 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 14/04/2021 Newlyn Harbour 204 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 15/01/2009 Potteric Carr 205 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/05/1998 Costa Del Sol 206 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 07/01/2009 Dorman's Pool, Cleveland, UK 207 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 10/11/2008 Scarborough Harbour Juvenile 208 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 15/02/2008 Filey 209 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 22/04/1984 South Pembrokeshire 210 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 27/02/1994 Sunderland Harbour 211 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Scarborough Pre 1980 212 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 19/12/2013 Patrington Haven 213 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 23/09/2010 English Channel fro Bilboa Ferry 214 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Dover Harbour c.1993 215 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 15/04/2010 Mallorca - Albufera 216 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 19/07/2017 Swillington, Astley then St Aidans good views 217 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 11/08/1985 Snettisham 218 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 20/08/2010 Bridlington Bay Juvenile flying through. 219 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 22/06/1984 Fairburn 220 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 29/05/1986 Farne Islands 221 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 14/07/1984 Tetney Marshes 222 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 25/05/2009 Swillington Ings 223 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 09/05/2008 Pugney's Wakefield 224 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 18/08/2010 Hornsea Mere 225 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 22/04/1984 South Pembrokeshire 226 Razorbill Alca torda 22/04/1984 South Pembrokeshire 227 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 08/08/1987 Fedwr Fawr, Anglesy 228 Little Auk Alle alle 07/02/1988 Barmston 229 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 22/04/1984 South Pembrokeshire 230 Rock Dove Columba livia Yorkshire Pre 1980 231 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13/08/1985 Sandringham 232 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Yorkshire Pre 1980 233 Bolle's Pigeon Columba bollii 19/02/2019 Forest near Erjos, Tenerife Several heard but only 2 seen fleetingly. I perched distantly in silhouette. Not the most satisfying bird! 234 Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae 19/02/2019 La Grimona, Tenerife Good views from roadside layby 235 African Collared Dove Streptopelia risoria Yes 29/01/2014 Los Gigantes, Tenerife And in several other places on the island 236 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 22/04/1984 South Pembrokeshire 237 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12/05/1985 Fairburn 238 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 15/04/2006 South West Mallorca 239 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 23/09/2008 Barcelona Apparently large free flying colony in city parks 240 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 27/04/2024 Kalymnos, Greece 241 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 29/05/1984 Clapham 1st seen - many heard previously 242 Barn Owl Tyto alba 05/05/1995 Arran 243 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops 23/05/2007 Kalymnos Young in nest. Better view of adult at ryhope, Sunderland. 28.9.2017 244 Little Owl Athene noctua 13/02/1985 Golden Acre 245 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 11/05/1986 Strid Woods 246 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 26/03/1989 Nr. Driffield 247 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/04/1985 Blacktoft Sands 248 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 09/07/2007 Timble Ings 249 Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis 28/04/1998 El Chorro ? 250 Plain Swift Apus unicolor Tenerife 251 Common Swift Apus apus Yorkshire Pre 1980 252 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 27/04/1998 Frigilliana 253 Alpine Swift Apus melba 29/07/1988 Dolomites 254 Little Swift Apus affinis 02/07/2008 Old Moor RSPB 255 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/10/1984 Golden Acre Park 256 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 15/11/2005 Nile, Eygypt approx date, Numerous 257 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 26/04/1998 Frigilliana 258 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 15/11/2005 Luxor, Eygypt approx date, 259 European Roller Coracias garrulus 12/06/2012 Aldborough, East Yorks Cracking bird! 260 Hoopoe Upupa epops 25/05/1978 Mallorca approx date, 261 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 24/09/2010 Bilboa, Spain 262 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus 22/05/2014 Promachonas, Greece heard calling then fleeting view. 263 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 10/03/1985 Strid Woods 264 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 265 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 30/01/1985 Strid Woods 266 Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus 19/05/2014 Kalohori Greece Plus others around Lake Kerkini later in the week 267 Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius 25/03/2008 Fontainebleau, France 268 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor 15/05/1986 Adel Woods 269 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra 20/05/2014 Magalohori, Greece Seen distantly, but much closer 3 days later in Fea kastro valley. 270 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 16/09/2012 Rethymno Crete 271 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 25/04/1998 Nerja 272 Thekla Lark Galerida theklae 28/04/1998 El Chorro 273 Woodlark Lullula arborea 10/04/2009 Thetford Forest 274 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis Yorkshire Pre 1980 275 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 27/12/1993 Filey 276 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 28/05/1984 Fairburn 277 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 28/04/1998 El Chorro 278 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula 15/11/2005 Nile, Eygypt approx date, Numerous 279 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Yorkshire Pre 1980 280 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum Yorkshire Pre 1980 281 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 28/04/1998 El Chorro 282 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 16/10/2010 Burniston 283 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 10/12/2014 Calder Wetlands Seen and heard in flight plus seen feeding on ground for several minutes.Atrocious weather but well worth it. 284 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 07/06/2012 Cuber Dam, Majorca 285 Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii 08/12/1984 Tenerife 286 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 11/05/1986 Caley Crags 287 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Yorkshire Pre 1980 288 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 07/02/1988 Blacktoft Sands 289 Eurasian Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 08/04/1984 Filey 290 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/05/1984 Chelkar Reservoir 291 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 11/03/1984 Strid Woods 292 White Wagtail Motacilla alba Yorkshire Pre 1980 293 White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos 20/11/2019 Belek Turkey 294 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 25/12/1988 Broomfield, Adel 295 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus Strid Woods Pre 1980 296 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Yorkshire Pre 1980 297 Dunnock Prunella modularis 16/02/1984 Broomfield 298 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 01/08/1993 Dolomites, Italy Approx Date 299 European Robin Erithacus rubecula Yorkshire Pre 1980 300 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 01/05/1998 Nerja 301 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 14/05/2009 Holy Island 302 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 25/10/2009 Bempton RSPB 303 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis 07/06/2011 Hartlepool 304 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 04/12/1988 Barmston 305 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 06/05/1986 Strid Woods 306 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 22/04/1984 South Pembrokeshire 307 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Pembroke 1978 308 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 30/10/2016 Burnham Overy Good views of a very obliging bird. 309 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/04/1984 South Pembrokeshire 310 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 10/11/2008 Reighton Sands Caravan Park 311 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 25/05/2008 Telendos 312 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 10/12/2011 Bempton Cliffs A long wait for a fairly brief but close up view. 313 Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura 08/02/2009 Orihuela 314 Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis 26/04/2013 Spurn Point Female 315 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 28/04/1998 El Chorro 316 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 06/04/1988 Rylstone approx date - seen regularly that Spring 317 Common Blackbird Turdus merula Yorkshire Pre 1980 318 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 08/12/2016 Beeley, Derbyshire Good views, munching apples! 319 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 18/01/2010 Newholme, North Yorks 320 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 28/12/1984 Adel 321 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Yorkshire Pre 1980 322 Redwing Turdus iliacus 28/12/1984 Adel 323 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 22/06/1984 Fairburn Ings 324 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 26/01/2007 Bingley 325 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 25/04/1998 Nerja 326 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 25/04/1998 Nerja 327 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 23/07/2008 Timble Ings 328 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 31/05/2013 Lakenheath Fen Good views from about 40 metres away 329 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 06/10/2009 Emborios, Kalymnos 330 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum 25/05/2014 Himmaros Valley, Greece 3 heard but only one seen and then only fleetingly. One possible at Promachonas on the 22nd. 331 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 18/08/2010 Flamborough 332 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 15/04/2010 Mallorca 333 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon 20/04/2009 Albufera Mallorca 334 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 13/08/1985 Blakeny Point 335 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 28/05/1984 Fairburn 336 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 28/07/1984 Blacktoft Sands 337 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 04/06/2012 Albufera Majorca Heard on this date - seen on 8th 338 Balearic Warbler Sylvia balearica 04/06/2012 Boquer Valley, Majorca 339 Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata 23/04/1989 Lindley Wood A long way north!! 340 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata 08/06/2014 Burnham Overy, Norfolk Good views. 341 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans 07/06/2012 Cuber Dam, Majorca 342 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala 23/10/1985 Mallorca 343 Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis 30/09/2008 Riglos Spain 344 Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostris 24/05/2014 Fea Petra Valley, Greece Brief view. 345 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 10/10/2009 Kalymnos 346 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 12/05/1985 Fairburn 347 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 11/05/1986 Fairburn 348 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 11/05/1985 Golden Acre 349 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 13/01/1985 Broomfield 350 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 23/10/2009 Troy Quarry, Co. Durham 1st for Britain 351 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus 11/09/2021 Buckton/Bempton 352 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 27/09/2012 Kilnsea (Spurn) 353 Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 01/11/2008 Flamborough 354 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 23/10/2009 Troy Quarry With 1st for Britain Eastern Crowned Warbler 355 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 24/12/2005 Filey 356 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 12/07/2011 Arnfield Reservoir, Derbyshire Poor view in bad light. Not very satisfying. 357 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 12/05/1985 Strid Woods 358 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Yorkshire Pre 1984 359 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus 24/05/2018 Norwood Edge Seen and heard 360 Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis 26/01/2014 Playa Adeje, Tenerife Common all over the Island 361 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Yorkshire Pre 1984 362 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 11/03/1984 Strid Woods 363 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 26/03/2008 Nemours, France 364 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 25/05/1986 Borrowdale 365 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 01/11/2008 Flamborough 366 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 367 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 16/08/1985 Minsmere 368 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 11/03/1984 Strid Wood 369 Marsh Tit Parus palustris 03/03/1986 Leighton Moss 370 Sombre Tit Parus lugubris 21/05/2014 Valley above west bank of Lake Kerkini, Greece 371 Willow Tit Parus montanus 10/02/1985 Washington 372 European Crested Tit Parus cristatus 27/05/1986 Loch Garten 373 Coal Tit Parus ater 19/02/1984 Broomfield 374 Eurasian Blue Tit Parus caeruleus Yorkshire Pre 1980 375 African Blue Tit Parus teneriffae 27/01/2014 Playa Adeje, Tenerife Common all over the Island 376 Great Tit Parus major Yorkshire Pre 1980 377 Krüper’s Nuthatch Sitta krueperi 21/11/2019 Gloria golf club, Belek, Turkey Heard only but at several locations in Pines. 378 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 11/03/1984 Strid Woods 379 Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer 03/02/2010 Antalya, Turkey 380 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria 01/08/1993 Verdon Gorge 381 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 11/03/1984 Strid Woods 382 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 23/07/1986 Berdorf, Luxembourg 383 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 20/05/2014 Lake Kerkini, Greece 384 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 08/05/2011 Kalymnos, Greece 385 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/10/2020 Jonny Brown's Common, South Elmsall Good views. 386 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus 12/07/2022 Bempton Turkestan 387 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 16/09/1989 Filey 388 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 16/09/1989 Rudston 389 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Eavestone/Brimham Self found 1990/1 390 Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis 26/11/2008 Grainthorpe Haven 391 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 28/04/1998 El Chorro 392 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 21/05/2014 Valley above west bank of Lake Kerkini, Greece Good close views, photographed. 393 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius Bingley 1981 394 Common Magpie Pica pica Yorkshire Pre 1980 395 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Chamonix Valley Circa 1988 396 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus 29/07/1986 Kingspitz, Switzerland 397 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Craig Gogarth Pre 1980 398 Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula Yorkshire Pre 1980 399 Rook Corvus frugilegus Yorkshire Pre 1980 400 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Yorkshire Pre 1980 401 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis 15/11/2005 Hatchetput's Temple, Eygypt approx date, 402 Northern Raven Corvus corax Lake District Pre 1980 403 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor 09/10/1989 El Chorro 404 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris Yorkshire Pre 1980 405 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus 17/02/2010 Rusland Park, Kendall 406 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Yorkshire Pre 1980 407 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 01/12/1984 Tenerife 408 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/09/1984 Fairburn 409 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia 28/04/1998 El Chorro 410 White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis 30/07/1987 Grimsel Pass, Switzerland 411 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 14/02/2018 Pego Marshes, Spain 412 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Yorkshire Pre 1980 413 Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea 01/02/2014 Las Lajas, Tenerife 414 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 28/12/1987 Boston Spa 415 European Serin Serinus serinus 17/04/2009 Mallorca 416 Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria 01/02/2014 Las Lajas, tenerife and at Arico 417 European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 16/02/1984 Broomfield 418 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 22/04/1984 Manorbier 419 Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus 12/03/1984 Broomfield 420 Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina 22/04/1984 Manorbier 421 Twite Carduelis flavirostris 14/04/1985 Blacktoft Sands 422 Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea 423 Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni 17/12/2017 Fleet Lane Plantation 424 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 10/11/2008 Bilsdale Male 425 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 15/01/1986 Otley Chevin 426 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 19/01/2011 Loch Morlich A pair showing characteristics of this species by shape and size of bill but ?? 427 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 26/08/2013 Spurn Good views of juvenile feeding on thistles near Blue-Bell 428 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 20/01/1984 Broomfield 429 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 05/02/1989 Studley Royal 430 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Yes 12/02/2014 Shincliffe Co. Durham 431 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 27/12/1993 Filey 432 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Cairngorm 1979 433 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos 28/01/2017 Dunnington near York Very good vies for around 20 minutes. 434 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/02/1984 King Lane, Leeds 435 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 03/08/1989 Prawle Point 436 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 28/04/1998 El Chorro 437 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 23/05/2014 Mount Paggeo, Greece several birds seen and heard singing 438 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia 08/05/2011 Kalymnos, Greece 439 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 27/11/2008 Knott End on Sea Poor and very brief sightings 440 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 22/06/1984 Fairburn 441 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala 20/05/2014 Magalohori, Greece 442 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 12/05/1985 Hornsea Mere