Chris Seaton: Sussex Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 276 of 276 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 01/12/2007 West Wittering with 1,000 Dark-bellied Brent Geese 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 29/01/1990 Amberley Wildbrooks 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/02/2008 Ivy Lake, CGP 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11/03/2007 Petworth Park 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 32 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 09/11/2012 Pagham Harbour North Wall female pottering around White's Creek sluice 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 37 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 41 Swift Apus apus 42 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 04/04/1990 Shoreham-by-Sea Airport 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 51 Coot Fulica atra 52 Crane Grus grus 15/11/2012 Amberley Wildbrooks 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 54 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 55 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 56 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 57 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 59 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 23/04/2005 Pulborough RSPB Reserve 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 63 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 18/04/2009 Climping Gap 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 67 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 18/08/1997 Church Norton 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 69 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 09/06/2015 Church Norton This was my first sighting of N. p. hudsonicus in the Western Palearctic - considered by IOC/BOU as a separate species N. hudsonicus but not Clements/ABA/AOU 70 Curlew Numenius arquata 71 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 72 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 73 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 22/05/1992 Sidlesham Ferry 74 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 75 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 77 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 78 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 79 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 21/06/2015 Church Norton 2CY+ 80 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 81 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 82 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 30/06/1990 Sidlesham Ferry 83 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 84 Redshank Tringa totanus 85 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 20/04/2008 Sidlesham Ferry 86 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 87 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 88 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 89 Knot Calidris canutus 90 Ruff Calidris pugnax 91 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 02/05/1993 Sidlesham Ferry 92 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 93 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 94 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 95 Sanderling Calidris alba 96 Dunlin Calidris alpina 97 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 98 Little Stint Calidris minuta 99 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 21/07/1995 Sidlesham Ferry 100 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 101 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 102 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 28/05/2009 North Wall, Pagham Harbour 103 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 104 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 29/05/2005 Shoreham-by-Sea 105 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 106 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 107 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 108 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 109 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 110 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 111 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 112 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 113 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 114 Common Gull Larus canus 115 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 116 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 12/09/2007 Pagham Harbour 117 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 118 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 119 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 120 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 10/02/2014 Littlehampton East Beach L. g. kumlieni. Also, L.g. glaucoides first seen Pagham Harbour LNR 15 Mar 2014 121 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 12/08/2014 Church Norton 122 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 123 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 124 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 125 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 126 Razorbill Alca torda 127 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 128 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 129 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 130 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 131 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 11/10/2007 Selsey Bill stunning sum plum 132 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 133 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 134 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 16/05/2009 Two groups (10 & 7) west Selsey Bill 135 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 21/06/2012 Lidsey 136 Gannet Morus bassanus 137 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 138 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 139 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 30/04/2007 Pagham North Wall 140 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 141 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 07/01/2009 Burton Mill Pond 142 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 143 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 144 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 04/04/1999 Ovingdean 145 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/10/2007 Thorney Deeps 146 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 147 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 148 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 149 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 16/06/2014 Ashdown Forest immature around Wych Cross 150 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 151 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 10/01/2010 Goodwood 152 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 153 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 154 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 20/09/2011 Burpham 155 Red Kite Milvus milvus 156 Black Kite Milvus migrans 157 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 11/12/2010 Amberley Wildbrooks 158 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 19/11/2011 The Burgh 159 Buzzard Buteo buteo 160 Barn Owl Tyto alba 161 Little Owl Athene noctua 162 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 22/04/2013 PHLNR, Sidlesham 163 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 164 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 165 Hoopoe Upupa epops 166 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 167 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 168 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 169 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 170 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 171 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 172 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 06/09/2012 Chichester GP 173 Merlin Falco columbarius 174 Hobby Falco subbuteo 175 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 176 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 177 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 178 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 179 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 24/10/1997 Selsey West Fields 180 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 181 Jay Garrulus glandarius 182 Magpie Pica pica 183 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 184 Rook Corvus frugilegus 185 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 186 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 15/05/2014 Selsey Bill 187 Raven Corvus corax 10/01/2009 Stapleash Farm, West Dean 188 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 189 Coal Tit Periparus ater 190 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 191 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 192 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 193 Great Tit Parus major 194 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 02/11/2008 Breach Pool, Pagham Harbour 195 Woodlark Lullula arborea 196 Skylark Alauda arvensis 197 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 198 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 199 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 200 Swallow Hirundo rustica 201 House Martin Delichon urbicum 202 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 203 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 204 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 205 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 22/04/2007 Stanley Common 206 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 06/01/2008 Belle Tout Wood, Beachy Head 207 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 208 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 209 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 210 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 211 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Also P.c. tristis at Steyning WTW on 30/12/2014 212 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 213 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 01/02/2012 PHLNR, Pagham North Wall 214 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 215 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 216 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 29/09/1996 PHLNR, Ferry Rife 217 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 218 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 219 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 220 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 221 Whitethroat Curruca communis 222 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 223 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 224 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 225 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 226 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 227 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 228 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 229 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 230 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 231 Redwing Turdus iliacus 232 Blackbird Turdus merula 233 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 234 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 235 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 236 Robin Erithacus rubecula 237 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 238 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 239 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 240 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 241 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 242 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 243 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 244 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 04/11/1989 Selsey Bill 245 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 246 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 247 Dunnock Prunella modularis 248 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 249 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 250 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 251 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 252 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 253 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 254 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 255 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 256 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 257 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 258 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 259 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 260 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 06/06/2008 Telscombe Cliffs 261 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 262 Twite Linaria flavirostris 263 Linnet Linaria cannabina 264 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 265 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 266 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 267 Serin Serinus serinus 268 Siskin Spinus spinus 269 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 05/02/2008 Selsey Lifeboat Station 270 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 271 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 272 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 273 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 274 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 275 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 16/07/2003 Sidlesham Common, 16 July 2003 276 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus