Brett Richards: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 587 of 587 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 27/12/1987 Nr Blakeney, Norfolk 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 24/02/1998 Raghly, Co Sligo 9 others on Islay 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 29/03/1991 Lossiemouth Personally I thought the Lossiemouth bird might be a hybrid. I have also seen 'good' birds at Wighton, Norfolk, 21/11/01, (& same bird at Nelson's Birthplace, Norfolk, 19/01/02) and Stalmine, Lancs, 9/02/08 7 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser 9 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 10 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 28/02/1987 Slimbridge 1+ 'good' birds subsequently 14 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 16 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 21/11/2001 Minsmere 21 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 19/09/1987 Cley 23 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 24 Gadwall Mareca strepera 25 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 21/02/1987 Pitsford Reservoir, Northants. Also a male at Cley 26 & 27 May 1989 (same bird?) and 1w male Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, 9 December 2006. 26 Wigeon Mareca penelope 27 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 29 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 01/01/1990 Loch Barr, Strathclyde 30 Pintail Anas acuta 31 Teal Anas crecca 32 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 33 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 34 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 25/01/1992 Whittington Beet Factory, Norfolk 35 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 09/03/1996 Bleasby, Notts 36 Pochard Aythya ferina 37 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 38 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 39 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 40 Scaup Aythya marila 41 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 20/03/1987 Chasewater 42 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 18/11/2000 Hopeman harbour, Moray 43 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 44 Eider Somateria mollissima Also seen borealis & dresseri Isle of Doagh, Co Donegal, 13/06/11 45 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 16/02/1991 Wick 46 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 47 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 48 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 14/06/2011 Blackdog, Aberdeens 49 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 10/03/2011 Rossbeigh, Co Kerry 50 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 51 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 04/01/1992 Newgale, Dyfed Also Llanfairfechan, Wales 15 Apr 06 52 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 53 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 18/03/1994 Nottingham Several seen subsequently 54 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 55 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 13/05/2005 Meikle Loch, Aberdeens 56 Smew Mergellus albellus 57 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 10/03/2002 Newbiggin, Northumberland 58 Goosander Mergus merganser 59 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 60 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 61 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 62 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 63 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 64 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 65 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 66 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 67 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 68 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 69 Quail Coturnix coturnix 70 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 71 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 12/09/1998 St Agnes 72 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 73 Needle-tailed Swift Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 03/06/1988 Hoy, Orkney 74 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 10/11/1991 St. Andrews 75 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 76 Swift Apus apus 77 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 19/07/1992 Flamborough Head 78 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 30/05/1993 Cley 79 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 26/06/1998 Barton-on-Humber, Lincs 80 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 14/10/2018 Hornsea Mere, East Yorkshire 81 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 21/02/1987 Leiston & Sizewell Levels, Suffolk 3 birds 82 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 26/10/1996 Lizard, Cornwall Also Fraisethorpe, E Yorks, 31 December 2014. 83 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 25/03/1990 Dawlish Warren 84 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 19/10/1995 St Mary's 85 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 23/05/2016 Bayhead, North Uist Waited a long time for this one. 86 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 87 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 27/05/1990 Loch of Hillwell, Shetland 88 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 89 Stock Dove Columba oenas 90 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 91 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 92 Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 07/12/2002 Stromness, Orkney meena (supposedly). Also saw the supposed orientalis at Chipping Norton, 20 Feb 11; also meena, Easington, E Yorks, 2 July 2021 93 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 94 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 02/11/2007 Nr. Clachan a Luib, North Uist 95 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 96 Corncrake Crex crex 97 Sora Porzana carolina Yes 16/10/1991 St Mary's 98 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 99 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 100 Coot Fulica atra 101 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 17/04/1996 Stodmarsh, Kent 102 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 01/08/2016 Minsmere, Suffolk 103 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 18/05/1989 Sunderland 104 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 20/04/1987 Shotton, Deeside 105 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 19/09/1991 Exnaboe, Shetland 106 Crane Grus grus 107 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 108 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 28/02/1987 Kenfig 109 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 110 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 111 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 112 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 113 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 114 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 115 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 17/03/1987 Farlington, Hampshire 116 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 117 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 118 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 119 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 27/07/1986 Tetney, Lincs 120 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 27/07/1986 Tetney, Lincs 121 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 122 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 20/01/1991 Ballycotton 123 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 124 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 21/06/1997 Dawlish Warren 125 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 126 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 127 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland 128 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Yes 29/10/1986 Lee-on-Solent 129 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/06/2007 Caerlaverock 130 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 12/05/2002 Rimac, Lincs 131 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 09/07/2004 Aberlady Bay 132 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 01/05/1988 Dawlish Warren 133 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 134 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 20/10/1990 St Mary's 135 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 136 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 07/05/2000 Goldcliff, Newport, S Wales. 137 Curlew Numenius arquata 138 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 139 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 140 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 25/04/2015 Shapwick Heath, Somerset 141 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 14/04/1989 Cardiff 142 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 14/09/1999 Rosehearty, Grampian 143 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 144 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 145 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 29/05/1989 Spurn 146 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 147 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 10/10/1998 St Mary's 148 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 09/05/1987 Cley, Norfolk 149 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 150 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 151 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 18/06/1998 Holkham, Norfolk 152 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 153 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 29/10/1986 Titchfield Haven 154 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 155 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 23/09/2000 St Mary's 156 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 28/11/1994 Burghead 157 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 25/04/1987 Stodmarsh, Kent 158 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 159 Redshank Tringa totanus 160 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 23/08/1986 Farlington Marsh 161 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 162 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 163 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 16/10/1994 Rockcliffe, nr. Carlisle 164 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 165 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 15/10/1996 Teesside 166 Knot Calidris canutus 167 Ruff Calidris pugnax 168 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 11/05/1989 Hornsea Mere 169 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 05/09/1987 Sandwich Bay, Kent 170 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 20/08/1987 Cliffe Marshes, Kent 171 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 172 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 173 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St Aidan's RSPB, W Yorks At last! 174 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 23/07/1986 Blacktoft Sands RSPB 175 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 176 Sanderling Calidris alba 177 Dunlin Calidris alpina 178 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 179 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 06/10/1986 South Gare 180 Little Stint Calidris minuta 181 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 05/04/1986 Porthscatho, Cornwall 182 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 183 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 184 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 05/09/1992 Wexford Slobs 185 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 09/08/1986 Minsmere 186 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 28/09/2004 St Agnes, Scilly 187 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 02/10/1988 Elmley 188 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 12/06/1988 Clevedon, Avon 189 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 29/04/1987 Frodsham 190 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 08/07/2005 The Skerries, off Carmel Head, Anglesey 191 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 03/07/1988 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 192 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 193 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 15/06/1991 Rye Harbour 194 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 21/04/1987 Hayle, Cornwall 195 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 09/05/1987 Minsmere 196 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 21/04/1987 Radipole Lake, Dorset 197 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 198 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 199 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 31/03/1986 Holyhead, Anglesey 200 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 201 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 202 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 203 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 204 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 11/07/1999 Lady's Island Lake, Co. Wexford; also Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, 4 July 2021, Also Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, 4 July 2021 205 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 24/06/1989 Brownsman, Farne Islands 206 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 24/08/2016 Beale Strand, Co. Kerry 7th attempt to see this species. Considered to be American. Also Anglesey 11/12/18, also considered to be American. 207 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 208 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 17/02/1962 Bridlington Found - 2nd record for Britain 209 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 210 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 01/02/1986 Saltburn 211 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 212 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 15/05/1987 Blakeney Point, Norfolk 2 birds 213 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 14/03/1987 Newlyn, Cornwall 214 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 215 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 01/03/1986 Newcastle 216 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 14/03/1987 Porthleven, Cornwall 217 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 05/05/2003 Dungeness, Kent 218 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 219 Common Gull Larus canus 220 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 221 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 222 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 07/08/2022 Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire subspecies vetula 223 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 224 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Also seen 2 Azorean Yellow-legs 225 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 226 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 227 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 228 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 24/02/1988 Killybegs 2+ birds, also Corfe Mullen Tip, Devon, 9 Mar 2002 229 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 03/03/2007 Ferryside, Camarthens 230 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 17/02/2011 Wennington Marsh, Rainham 231 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 232 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 233 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 234 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 235 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 236 Puffin Fratercula arctica 237 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 11/11/2006 Dawlish, Devon 238 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 239 Razorbill Alca torda 240 Little Auk Alle alle 241 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 01/12/2005 Lerwick Harbour, Shetland 242 Guillemot Uria aalge 243 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 17/06/1990 Lundy, Devon 244 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 245 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 246 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 29/01/2007 Farnham G. P., Knaresborough 247 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 248 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 31/01/1987 Filey Brgg, N. Yorks 249 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 250 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/03/1991 Unst, Shetland Also an adult Flamborough Head, E Yorks, 26 May 2010, an immature there, 5 October 2016 and an adult at Bempton 28 June 2017 & 2020 & 2021. 251 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 252 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 29/07/1993 Tynemouth 253 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 254 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 255 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 01/07/2021 Flamborough Head Suggested Soft-plumaged to my companions at the time, and wish I had put news out as Fea's-type poss Soft-plumaged rather than just Fea'stype, then more people would have made the effort to see it. Saw one here on 18 September 1994 which I submitted but it was not accepted. May re-submit now things have moved on. 256 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 257 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 11/08/2020 Hound Point, Lothian. Had seen 2 previously at Flamborough Head, submitted but NP by BBRC. 258 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 259 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 260 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 261 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 262 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 26/08/2005 Brandon Point, Co. Kerry Officially accepted 263 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 16/04/1988 Nr East Allington, S. Devon 264 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 265 Gannet Morus bassanus 266 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 15/08/2023 Bishop Rock, Scilly 267 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 29/08/2019 Godrevy beach, Cornwall. Seen from St Ives. 3rd day of trying for it. Also a different bird, Kynance Cove, Cornwall, 2 September 2019. 268 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 269 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 270 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 26/02/1989 Billingham 271 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 13/06/1992 Radipole Lake, Weymouth, Dorset 272 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 273 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 274 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 03/02/1991 Marton Mere, Blackpool 275 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 01/04/1988 Woods Mill, W Sussex Also Snettisham 1 May 1996. 276 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 277 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 06/10/2008 Letterfrack, Co Galway 278 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 06/11/2001 Balvicar, Argyll 279 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 280 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 24/09/2001 Messingham, Lincs 281 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 02/04/1990 St Mary's 282 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 14/02/2014 Saltwood, Hythe, Kent 283 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 15/10/1986 Bracebridge Low Fields, Lincs 284 Great White Egret Ardea alba 285 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 286 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 17/04/2015 Bryher, Isles of Scilly Third day of trying for it. After two fruitless days on Scilly, had sailed off on the Scillonian the previous evening, just docking in Penzance when news came out that it had been relocated on Bryher, so back next morning. 287 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 288 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 10/05/2016 Trevescan, Cornwall 289 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 290 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 18/07/2023 Stubb Mill, Hickling 291 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 15/07/2021 Near Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal, Ireland. 292 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 293 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 09/10/1999 Eastern Isles, Scilly 294 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 295 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 296 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 297 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 298 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 299 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 01/11/2010 Tacumshin, Ireland 300 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 24/06/1995 Mainland Orkney 301 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 302 Red Kite Milvus milvus 303 Black Kite Milvus migrans 02/10/1990 Trewidden Wood, Cornwall 304 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 305 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 306 Buzzard Buteo buteo 307 Barn Owl Tyto alba 308 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 21/02/2019 Crumlin, Shetland 309 Little Owl Athene noctua 310 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 10/04/1995 Morwenstow, Cornwall 311 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 312 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 313 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 28/05/1990 Unst, Shetland 314 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 315 Hoopoe Upupa epops 316 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 31/05/1989 East Budleigh Common, S. Devon 317 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 318 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 01/04/2005 Shugborough Park, Milford, Staffordshire 319 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 08/07/1989 Cowden, East Yorkshire 320 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 321 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 322 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 323 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 324 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 325 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 16/05/2002 St Mary's 326 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 327 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 328 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 07/07/2017 Polgigga, Cornwall Great to get this bird after missing the one at Tophill Low. 329 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 27/05/2022 Worth N R, Kent 1s male. Good to get this one out of the way. Don't have to worry now about all the reported probables/possibles. 330 Merlin Falco columbarius 331 Hobby Falco subbuteo 332 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 05/04/1986 Berry Head, Devon 333 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 334 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 335 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 16/09/2020 Balephuil, Tiree A nerve-racking twitch, but ultimately successful. 336 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 22/09/2015 South View cottaqe, Dungeness, Kent 337 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 26/09/2010 Blakeney Point I hope I never have to do that walk again! 338 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 30/09/2016 Eoligarry, Barra, Western Isles Third time lucky. 339 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 16/10/1988 St. Mary's 340 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 14/10/2008 Kilbaha, Co Clare 341 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 21/09/1990 Kenidjack, Cornwall 342 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 343 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Also 2 Steppe Grey Shrikes seen (Holland-on-Sea, Essex, 23/11/96 & Grainthorpe outfall, Lincs, 09/11/08). 344 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 31/10/2004 Kilrenny, Fife 345 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 30/10/1986 Aberdaron, Wales 346 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 347 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 18/10/2002 St Mary's, Scilly I've seen 10 'Isabelline' Shikes, most of which were considered to be Daurian. This was the 6th bird, not counting the Cemlyn Bay Turkestan Shrike. 348 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 349 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 03/07/1998 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey Also saw the Buckton, E Yorks bird, 3 July 1998, which was surely Turkestan? 350 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 27/11/1999 Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry 351 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 03/11/2000 Howmore, South Uist 352 Jay Garrulus glandarius 353 Magpie Pica pica 354 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 19/10/1991 Cocknage Wood, Staffs. 355 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 356 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 357 Rook Corvus frugilegus 358 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 359 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 360 Raven Corvus corax 361 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 362 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 21/02/1996 Nottingham 363 Coal Tit Periparus ater 364 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 365 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 366 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 367 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 368 Great Tit Parus major 369 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 06/04/1987 Hickling, Norfolk 370 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 371 Woodlark Lullula arborea 372 Skylark Alauda arvensis 373 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 30/04/2009 Dungeness 374 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 375 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 376 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 18/04/1996 St. Agnes 377 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 02/06/2003 South Stack, Anglesey 378 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 379 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 09/06/1990 St. Mary's 380 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 06/09/2004 Eoropaidh, Lewis 381 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 18/04/1999 Pugney's C. P., W. Yorks 382 Swallow Hirundo rustica 383 House Martin Delichon urbicum 384 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 385 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 30/09/2000 St. Mary's 386 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 387 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 388 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 389 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 13/09/1989 Wells, Norfolk 390 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 22/09/1995 Whitley Bay 391 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 11/11/1990 Aldbrough, E. Yorks 392 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 393 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 394 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 395 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 396 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 397 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 398 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 01/05/1999 Portland, Dorset Also Colney, Norfolk, 28 Apr 2007, & Flamborough Head, April 2013 399 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 24/10/2009 Trow Quarry, Co. Durham Just missed it the previous afternoon after a 9 hour drive from Penzance 400 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 15/05/2016 Baltasound, Unst 401 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 18/10/2017 St Aldhelm's Head, Dorset 402 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 403 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 29/09/1986 Tetney, Lincs 404 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 18/06/1988 Cley 405 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 406 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 407 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 27/09/1992 Flamborough Head 408 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 28/05/1994 Kergord, Shetland 409 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 410 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 411 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 05/10/2013 Geosetter, Mainland Shetland A real pig of a bird to see, especially when you've got crap eyesight like mine! 412 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 05/09/1987 Dungeness, Kent 413 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 26/10/1993 Lerwick, Shetland 414 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 06/06/1995 Fair Isle 415 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 416 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 417 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 24/09/1992 North Ronaldsay 418 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 29/09/1993 Sheringham, Norfolk 419 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 11/07/1989 Boughton Fen, Norfolk 420 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 25/04/1987 Westbere, Kent 421 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 422 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 15/05/2000 Portland Bill, Dorset 423 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 424 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 425 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 426 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Also saw the Desert Whitethroat or halimodendri Lesser Whitethroat, S Gare, Teesside, Nov 2000 427 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 29/05/2012 Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 428 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 15/10/1991 Flamborough Head 429 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 06/10/1990 Whalsay, Shetland 430 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 10/03/1990 Stratton, Cornwall 431 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 21/10/1995 St Mary's, Scilly. 2 'Subalps' seen previously not definitely ID'd to form. 432 Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 23/05/2015 Fair Isle 433 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 31/10/2014 Felixstowe, Suffolk. 2 seen subsequently. 434 Whitethroat Curruca communis 435 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 25/05/1992 Filey 436 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 08/06/1992 Spurn 437 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 438 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 439 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 440 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 441 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 21/10/1989 Holkham, Norfolk 442 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 443 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 444 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 21/10/1990 Dungeness, Kent 445 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 16/10/2018 Treeve Moor, Land's End, Cornwall 446 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 07/02/2021 Exmouth, Decon 1st winter. 447 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 448 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 449 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 28/10/2021 Links, Papa Westray, Orkney Female 450 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 14/10/2000 St. Mary's 451 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 15/10/1993 Tresco 452 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 20/10/1990 St. Mary's 4 seen since 453 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 01/10/2002 North Ronaldsay 454 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 18/04/1993 Light House Island, N. Ireland Also St Agnes, 16 Oct 1999 455 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 02/10/1992 North Ronaldsay 456 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 457 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 458 Redwing Turdus iliacus 459 Blackbird Turdus merula 460 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 12/10/1991 St. Mary's 461 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 462 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 463 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 464 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 465 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 18/05/2013 Margate cemetery 466 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 17/02/1990 Chingford, London 467 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 27/12/1988 Inverbervie 468 Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey saltmarsh, Norfolk Eastern - syriaca/familiaris 469 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 02/07/1992 Fair Isle Also saw the Flamborough & Bucton birds 470 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 471 Robin Erithacus rubecula 472 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 06/06/2011 Hartlepool Headland 473 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 15/05/1988 Blakeney Point 474 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 475 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 476 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 18/10/2003 Fair Isle 2nd Scilly to Fair Isle twitch in a week 477 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 478 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 26/04/2003 Flamborough Head 479 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 480 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 31/05/1997 Ethie Mains, Tayside 481 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 01/11/1993 Winspit, Dorset 482 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 483 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 484 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 23/04/1988 Weston, Isle of Portland 485 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 14/10/1999 St. Mary's 486 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 487 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 07/10/2016 Landguard, Suffolk 488 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 13/09/1989 Wells, Norfolk Also seen Caspian Stonechat, St Agnes, Scilly, 25 November 2013, & the DNA'd bird at Ashton's Flash, Northwich, Cheshire, 30 Jan 2020. 489 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 490 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 491 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 20/10/1990 St. Mary's 492 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 14/04/1989 Barn Elms Reservoir 493 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 13/06/1987 Bodmin Moor, Cornwall 494 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 14/09/1989 Winterton, Norfolk 495 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 12/09/2019 Fluke Hall, Pilling, Lancs. Also Nanquidno, Cornwall, 30 Mar 2002, accepted as Western, but probably Eastern. Presumably this and others will now be re-assessed. 496 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 497 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 498 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 13/08/1993 North Ronaldsay 499 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 500 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 01/06/1990 Isle of Wight 501 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 10/10/2016 Near Scousburgh, Mainland Shetland Fantastic bird! 502 Dunnock Prunella modularis 503 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 504 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 17/12/2010 Colyton water treatment works, Devon 505 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 28/09/1986 Blakeney 506 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 507 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba White, Pied, Amur and Masked. 508 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 509 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 21/10/1993 St. Mary's 510 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 511 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 512 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 513 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 21/10/1987 St. Martin's 514 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 17/09/1991 Fair Isle 515 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 516 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15/10/1988 St. Mary's 517 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 518 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 519 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 520 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 521 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 522 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 26/03/1992 Lerwick, Shetland 523 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 524 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 21/05/2005 Landguard N. R., Suffolk 525 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 526 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 527 Twite Linaria flavirostris 528 Linnet Linaria cannabina 529 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 530 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 531 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 532 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 21/10/1990 Gibralter Point, Lincs 533 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 07/02/1989 Keiloch, near Braemar, Aberdeenshire 11 birds. 534 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 535 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 02/10/1990 Sandringham, Norfolk 536 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 537 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 08/06/2008 Fair Isle My most stressfulll twitch to date 538 Serin Serinus serinus 539 Siskin Spinus spinus 540 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 541 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 542 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 543 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 544 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 04/03/1990 Big Water, Northumberland 545 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 546 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 20/09/2008 North Ronaldsay 547 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 548 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 17/10/2004 Fair Isle 549 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 550 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 20/10/1994 St. Agnes 551 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 552 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 17/09/1991 Fair Isle 553 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 25/10/2015 Papa Westray, Orkney 554 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 07/06/1986 St. Osyth, Essex 555 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 21/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 556 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 10/03/1994 Pennington Flash 557 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 558 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 09/12/1989 Weston, Isle of Portland 559 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 02/10/1995 Seaforth Docks 560 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 02/06/1992 Fagbury Cliffs, Suffolk 561 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 15/10/2003 Fair Isle Twitched from Scilly 562 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 16/10/1994 Seaforth Docks 563 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 12/10/1991 St. Mary's 564 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 18/03/1989 Roch, South Wales 565 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 30/04/2017 North Ronaldsay A stressful twitch. Our charter was cancelled in the evening due to problems with the plane, leaving a shuttle (from Dornoch as it turned out) as our only option, giving us only a couple of hours on the island. 566 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 09/05/2009 Fair Isle 567 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 31/10/2004 St. Mary's 568 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 14/10/1996 Portland Bill, Dorset 569 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 11/02/1989 New Hythe, Kent 570 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 06/10/2000 Cape Clear 571 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 10/10/1987 East Prawle, Devon 572 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 02/10/2020 Burravoe, Yell, Shetland What a pig! Took 2 trips to get it. Showed well the day before our first trip, poorly before we got there the next day and then no more, and as the weather forecast was bad for the next day we left; showed well the next day when we were on our way home, then we got brief tickable views the following day on our second trip; unbelievably, showed well the followingt day. 573 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 17/05/1997 Baltasound, Unst 574 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 08/09/2017 Eoligarry, Barra, Western Isles 575 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 24/10/2013 Alma, Unst, Shetland Fantastic bird! 576 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 17/10/1987 Nanquidno, Cornwall 577 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 21/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire 578 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 23/09/2023 Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire 579 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 14/10/2022 Popplestone fields, Bryher, Scilly Fantastic bird. 580 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 13/10/1995 Kilbaha, Co. Clare Twitched from Scilly 581 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 17/10/1987 Tresco 582 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 08/10/1993 Cape Clear 583 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 09/10/2006 Kilbaha, Co Clare Twitched from Scilly 584 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 21/09/2013 Dursey Island 585 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 08/10/2008 Garinish Point, Co Cork, Ireland 586 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 12/10/1993 Tresco 587 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 20/10/1996 Ramsey Island Twitched from Scilly