Peter Roseveare: Cornwall Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 357 of 357 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 29/04/2012 Walmsley 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 02/11/2013 Bodmin Moor and Walmsley 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29 Scaup Aythya marila 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 07/02/2017 Bodmin Moor 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 17/03/2015 Falmouth 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 37 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 08/01/2012 Loe Pool 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 45 Quail Coturnix coturnix 46 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 47 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 48 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 49 Swift Apus apus 50 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 18/11/2018 Land's End 51 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 31/05/2021 Between Portreath and Tehidy Woods 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 18/09/2019 Nanjizal Valley 60 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 61 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 62 Coot Fulica atra 63 Crane Grus grus 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 65 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 66 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 67 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 68 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 69 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 24/04/2019 Nanjizal 70 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 71 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 29/04/2012 Walmsley 72 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 73 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 74 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 75 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 29/06/2018 Gwithian Pools 76 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 77 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 78 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 79 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 29/09/2011 Davidstow Airfield 80 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 81 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 82 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 27/11/2020 Crows-an-Wra 83 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 84 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 25/10/2023 Sennen 85 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 86 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 15/02/2018 Mounts Bay Date and year approximate 87 Curlew Numenius arquata 88 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 89 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 90 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 08/10/2011 Davidstow 91 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 92 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 93 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 94 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 95 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 01/10/2022 Southerly Point, Lizard 96 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 16/05/2014 Walmsley 97 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 98 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 14/02/2015 Camel Estuary 99 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 100 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 27/07/2018 Devoran 101 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 102 Redshank Tringa totanus 103 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 11/11/2016 Hayle Estuary 104 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 105 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 106 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 12/09/2011 Camel Estuary 107 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 108 Knot Calidris canutus 109 Ruff Calidris pugnax 110 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 111 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 112 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 113 Sanderling Calidris alba 114 Dunlin Calidris alpina 115 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 116 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 30/09/2016 Gannel Estuary 117 Little Stint Calidris minuta 118 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 27/07/2022 Drift Reservoir 119 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 120 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 121 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 20/08/2011 Camel Estuary 122 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 31/08/2016 Camel Estuary 123 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 124 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 17/04/2015 Porth Reservoir 125 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 20/04/2010 Camel Estuary 126 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 127 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 128 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 129 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 130 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 131 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 132 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 133 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 134 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 25/04/2011 Hayle Estuary 135 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 136 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 28/02/2016 Walmsley 137 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 138 Common Gull Larus canus 139 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 140 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 141 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 142 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 143 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 144 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 145 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 146 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 19/03/2021 Newlyn Harbour 147 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 148 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 149 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 150 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 151 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 152 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 08/10/2015 Trevose Head 153 Puffin Fratercula arctica 154 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 155 Razorbill Alca torda 156 Little Auk Alle alle 157 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 158 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 159 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 160 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 31/01/2017 Mounts Bay 161 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 162 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 163 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 09/02/2019 Lizard Point Adult- seen with 3 others. Richard Augarde, Tony Blunden and Cliff Smith. 164 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 165 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 166 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 167 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 168 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 12/08/2023 Scillionian Crossing 169 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 170 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 171 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 172 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 08/01/2015 Trevose Head 173 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 174 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 05/09/2017 Newquay 175 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 02/06/2021 laity Lane, Carbis Bay 176 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Goss Moor 2017 177 Gannet Morus bassanus 178 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 29/08/2019 Carbis Bay / St Ives / Godrevy 179 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 180 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 181 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 20/04/2014 Walmsley 182 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 183 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 184 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 03/11/2010 Walmsley 185 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 186 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 187 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 07/10/2010 Heligan 188 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 27/10/2016 Nanjizal 189 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 190 Great White Egret Ardea alba 191 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 192 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 193 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 10/10/2016 Camel Estuary 194 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 195 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 196 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 197 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 198 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 199 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 200 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 30/09/2023 Croft Pascoe 201 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 10/03/2010 Men an Tol 202 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 11/05/2020 Trispen 203 Red Kite Milvus milvus 204 Black Kite Milvus migrans 205 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Released scheme bird at Laddock 206 Buzzard Buteo buteo 207 Barn Owl Tyto alba 208 Little Owl Athene noctua 209 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 28/05/2020 Nanjizal Valley 210 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 211 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 212 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 213 Hoopoe Upupa epops 214 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/05/2022 Clowance Estate, Praze-an-Beeble 215 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 216 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Polgigga 217 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 218 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 219 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 220 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 221 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 222 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Hayle Kimbro 2017 223 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 18/07/2017 St Buryan 2017 224 Merlin Falco columbarius 225 Hobby Falco subbuteo 226 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 227 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 26/12/2019 Illogan Cemetery 228 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 25/09/2017 Porthgwarra 2017 229 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 28/05/2020 Nanjizal Valley 230 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 231 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28/09/2023 Caradon Hill 232 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 233 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 234 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 16/10/2020 Chapel Porth, St Agnes 235 Jay Garrulus glandarius 236 Magpie Pica pica 237 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 238 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 239 Rook Corvus frugilegus 240 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 241 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 242 Raven Corvus corax 243 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 244 Coal Tit Periparus ater 245 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 246 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 247 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 248 Great Tit Parus major 249 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Gwithian 250 Woodlark Lullula arborea 251 Skylark Alauda arvensis 252 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 253 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 254 Swallow Hirundo rustica 255 House Martin Delichon urbicum 256 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 257 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 258 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 259 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 260 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 26/08/2019 Trevescan 261 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 262 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 263 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 264 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Trevilley Farm 2017 265 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 266 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 267 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 30/04/2018 Chapel Porth and another at Bosisto Lane in May 268 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 09/06/2019 Porth Joke 269 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 20/05/2020 Cearthillian, Lizard 270 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 29/08/2018 Nanjizal Valley 271 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 272 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 05/09/2014 nanjizal 273 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 20/10/2019 Nanjizal Valley 274 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 275 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 29/08/2018 Nanjizal Valley 276 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 30/08/2018 Porthgwarra 277 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 278 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 07/09/2020 Porthgwarra 279 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 280 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 281 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 282 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 14/10/2019 Caerthillian 283 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 284 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 17/05/2015 Landsend 285 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 15/10/2014 Porthgwarra 286 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 20/09/2017 Nanjizal Valley 287 Whitethroat Curruca communis 288 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 289 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 290 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 291 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 292 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 293 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 294 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 16/10/2018 Lands End, Treeve Common 295 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 296 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 297 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 298 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 299 Redwing Turdus iliacus 300 Blackbird Turdus merula 301 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 302 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 303 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 304 Robin Erithacus rubecula 305 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 306 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 307 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 308 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 309 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 310 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 311 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 312 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 313 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 28/01/2023 Kelseys near Holywell Bay 314 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 19/11/2022 Pendennis Head, Falmouth 315 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 14/11/2018 Trevose Head 316 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 317 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 318 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 319 Dunnock Prunella modularis 320 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 321 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 07/09/2020 Porthgwarra 322 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 323 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 324 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 325 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 09/10/2016 Porthgwarra 326 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 327 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 328 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 329 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 17/10/2019 Nanjizal Valley 330 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 331 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 03/11/2019 Sennen 332 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 333 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 334 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 335 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 336 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 337 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 338 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 15/10/2023 Porthgwarra 339 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 340 Linnet Linaria cannabina 341 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 342 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 08/11/2020 Trevose Head 343 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 344 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 345 Serin Serinus serinus 346 Siskin Spinus spinus 347 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 348 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 349 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 350 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 351 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 352 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 353 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 354 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 355 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 06/12/2023 Rosudgeon 356 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 02/05/2010 Boscastle 357 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 04/05/2010 Trevose Head