Alex Penn: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 312 of 312 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 22/11/2020 Black Isle Intermediate morph 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 29/09/2021 Fair Isle 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 23/04/2024 Scatness, Shetland 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 07/02/2015 Ythan Estuary 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25 Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis Tain 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Policy Loch, Aberdeenshire 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 07/05/2015 Ythan 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 19/01/2015 Aberdeen 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 36 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 43 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 44 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 45 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 48 Quail Coturnix coturnix 49 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 50 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 51 Swift Apus apus 52 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 53 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 54 Stock Dove Columba oenas 55 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 56 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 57 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 58 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 59 Corncrake Crex crex 60 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 61 Coot Fulica atra 62 Crane Grus grus 63 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 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 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 70 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 71 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 72 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica ********** ********** 73 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 74 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 75 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 76 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 77 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 78 Curlew Numenius arquata 79 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 80 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 81 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 09/04/2011 Shapwick Heath 82 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 83 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 84 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 02/09/2022 Fair Isle 85 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 86 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 87 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 88 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 89 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 90 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 91 Redshank Tringa totanus 92 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 06/04/2022 Skerryholm 93 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 94 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 95 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 96 Knot Calidris canutus 97 Ruff Calidris pugnax 98 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 25/05/2014 Nosterfield LNR 99 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 100 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 101 Sanderling Calidris alba 102 Dunlin Calidris alpina 103 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 104 Little Stint Calidris minuta 105 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Nosterfield, Fair Isle 106 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 107 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 108 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Nosterfield Quarry 109 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 110 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 111 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 112 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 113 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 114 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 115 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 116 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 117 Common Gull Larus canus 118 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 119 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 120 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 121 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 122 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 08/03/2023 Fort William 123 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 124 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 125 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 126 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 127 Puffin Fratercula arctica 128 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 129 Razorbill Alca torda 130 Little Auk Alle alle 131 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 132 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 133 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 134 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 135 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 136 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 137 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 15/08/2014 Fair Isle 138 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous Fair Isle 139 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 140 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 141 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 142 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 143 Gannet Morus bassanus 144 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 145 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 146 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 147 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 148 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 149 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 150 Great White Egret Ardea alba 151 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 152 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 153 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 154 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 155 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 156 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 157 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 158 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 159 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 12/05/2021 Fair Isle 160 Red Kite Milvus milvus 161 Black Kite Milvus migrans 162 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 163 Buzzard Buteo buteo 164 Barn Owl Tyto alba 165 Little Owl Athene noctua 166 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 167 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 168 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 22/05/2023 Fair Isle 169 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 170 Hoopoe Upupa epops 171 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 172 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 173 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 174 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 175 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 176 Merlin Falco columbarius 177 Hobby Falco subbuteo 178 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 179 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 180 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Fair Isle 181 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 182 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Fair Isle 183 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 01/10/2021 Fair Isle 184 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 185 Jay Garrulus glandarius 186 Magpie Pica pica 187 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 188 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 189 Rook Corvus frugilegus 190 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 191 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 192 Raven Corvus corax 193 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 194 Coal Tit Periparus ater 195 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 196 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 197 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 198 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 199 Great Tit Parus major 200 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 201 Woodlark Lullula arborea 202 Skylark Alauda arvensis 203 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Fair Isle 204 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 205 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 22/06/2020 Fair Isle 206 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 207 Swallow Hirundo rustica 208 House Martin Delichon urbicum 209 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 210 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 211 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 212 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 213 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 23/08/2020 Fair Isle 214 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 215 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 216 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 29/09/2022 Fair Isle 217 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 218 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 219 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 220 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 16/06/2020 Fair Isle 221 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Fair Isle 222 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 22/08/2014 Fair Isle 223 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 07/06/2013 Somerset 224 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 225 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 04/09/2022 Fair Isle 226 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 22/08/2014 Fair Isle 227 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 228 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 229 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 30/06/2020 Fair Isle 230 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 231 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Fair Isle 232 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 27/09/2022 Fair Isle 233 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 09/09/2022 Fair Isle 234 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 09/06/2020 Fair Isle 235 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 236 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 237 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 238 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 239 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 240 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 22/05/2023 Fair Isle 241 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 28/05/2021 Fair Isle 242 Whitethroat Curruca communis 243 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 244 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 245 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 246 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 247 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 248 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 249 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 250 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 26/09/2020 Fair Isle 251 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 252 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 253 Redwing Turdus iliacus 254 Blackbird Turdus merula 255 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 256 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 257 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 258 Robin Erithacus rubecula 259 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 14/06/2020 Fair Isle 260 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 261 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 262 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Girdle Ness 263 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 264 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 10/09/2021 Fair Isle 265 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 14/10/2020 Fair Isle 266 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 267 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 268 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 269 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 270 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 271 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 30/10/2016 Donmouth 272 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 273 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 274 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 275 Dunnock Prunella modularis 276 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 277 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 278 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 279 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 280 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 281 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 28/05/2021 Fair Isle 282 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 283 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 284 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 22/10/2020 Fair Isle 285 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 11/10/2020 Fair Isle 286 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 28/10/2020 Fair Isle 287 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 288 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 289 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 290 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 291 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 292 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 293 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 294 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 295 Twite Linaria flavirostris 296 Linnet Linaria cannabina 297 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 298 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 299 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 300 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 301 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 26/08/2020 Fair Isle 302 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 303 Serin Serinus serinus 304 Siskin Spinus spinus 305 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 306 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 307 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 308 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 309 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 16/09/2020 Fair Isle 310 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 22/09/2020 Fair Isle 311 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 312 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 15/02/2014 High Shincliffe