John Doragh: Britain 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 27/03/2010 Hilbre Island Light-bellied at Hilbre Island March/April 2010 (my notebook has faded!) 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 24/09/2010 Mersehead 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 06/01/2024 Lunt 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 05/01/2022 Near Jawcraig Farm, Slamannan 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 18/01/2020 Martin Mere 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10/02/2018 Talacre Greenland race (flavirostris) 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Silmbridge 2008 / 2009 (have lost the relevant book) 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 03/06/2014 Norfolk 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26/04/2011 Marshside 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/02/2017 Pennington Flash 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 21 Pintail Anas acuta 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 22 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 06/01/2024 Lunt 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 03/06/2014 Titchwell 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 04/11/2018 Llyn Caer-Euli 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 28 Scaup Aythya marila 22/01/2017 Whitemere 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 22/09/2013 Pennington Flash 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 21/05/2017 Llanwych, Anglesey 31 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 05/01/2022 Gullane Point 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25/11/2018 Hugh Rid Reservoir near Bolton 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 12/03/2017 Rhos on Sea 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 23/11/2013 Marshside 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 22/01/2017 Ellesmere 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 28/02/2018 Scotsman's Flash, Wigan 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 21/01/2017 Mere Sands Wood 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/07/2017 Penrhos Park 39 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 21/05/2011 RSPB Old Moor 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 03/05/2015 Pendle Hill 41 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 16/05/2018 Cairn Gorm 42 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 06/03/2018 World's End 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 14/01/2017 Red Cat Lane 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/06/2014 Wolferton 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 02/06/2014 Sandringham 47 Swift Apus apus 12/05/2017 Sefton Park 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 17/05/2014 Aber Falls 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool As Feral Pigeon 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 16/04/2017 Didsbury 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2017 Penny Lane, Liverpool 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 05/06/2014 Between Great Cressington and Cley 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 21/01/2017 Mere Sands Wood 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/03/2012 Mere Sands Wood 55 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 16/09/2018 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 56 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 57 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 58 Crane Grus grus 04/06/2014 Lakenheath 59 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 21/01/2017 Mere Sands Wood 61 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 27/06/2017 Linton Lane 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 14/04/2012 Woolston Eyes 63 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus ********** ********** 64 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 65 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 24/04/2022 RSPB Marshside 66 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 18/02/2017 Burton Mere Wetlands 67 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/09/2010 Crosby Beach 68 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 04/09/2010 69 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 22/09/2019 RSPB Frampton Marsh 70 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 16/05/2018 Cairn Gorm 71 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 26/05/2013 Woolston Eyes 73 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 74 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 11/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 75 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 12/10/2019 Southport 76 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 13/07/2011 RSPB Titchwell 77 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 78 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 27/06/2017 Amble beach 79 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 18/02/2017 Heswall 80 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 12/01/2020 RSPB Marshside 81 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 06/01/2013 Speke/Garston LNR 82 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 17/01/2013 Martin Mere 83 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 12/03/2017 RSPB Conwy 84 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 24/09/2021 Boathouse Flash, Parkgate 85 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/09/2018 Crosby Marine Lake 86 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 14/09/2014 Burton Mere Wetlands 87 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/06/2008 Loch Mallachie 88 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 29/07/2017 Burton Mere Wetlands 89 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/07/2017 Burton Mere Wetands 90 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 91 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 30/10/2022 RSPB Marshside 92 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 07/03/2013 Burton Mere Wetlands 93 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/08/2011 RSPB Conwy 94 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 95 Knot Calidris canutus 11/02/2017 New Brighton pontoons 96 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/02/2017 Burton Mere Wetlands 97 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 21/09/2013 Burton Mere Wetlands 98 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 03/09/2018 Martin Mere WWT 99 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 20/05/2017 Burton Mere Wetlands 100 Sanderling Calidris alba 12/03/2017 Llandudno West Shore 101 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 102 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 11/02/2017 New Brighton pontoons 103 Little Stint Calidris minuta 22/04/2012 Marshside 104 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 24/09/2019 Tophill Low 105 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 18/09/2021 RSPB Leighton Moss 106 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/06/2017 Long Nanny estuary 107 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 18/08/2012 Hoylake 108 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/06/2017 Inner Farne 109 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 17/05/2017 Burton Mere Wetlands 110 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 21/05/2017 Llanwych, Anglesey 111 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 20/05/2017 Burton Mere Wetlands 112 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 12/03/2017 Rhos on Sea 113 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 10/09/2020 Hale Head 114 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 16/08/2018 Hoylake 115 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 116 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 11/03/2015 New Brighton pontoons 117 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2017 Greenbank Park, Liverpool 118 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 119 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 05/01/2022 Fisherrow 120 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 121 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 14/07/2011 Cley 122 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 123 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 07/02/2018 Hollinworth Lake, nr Rochdale 124 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2017 Barndale Road, Liverpool 125 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14/12/2018 Sandbach Flashes (Railway Flash) 126 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 25/09/2019 Flamborough Head 127 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 20/09/2016 Shetland Islands 128 Puffin Fratercula arctica 26/06/2017 En route to Farnes 129 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 02/07/2017 Holyhead Harbour 130 Razorbill Alca torda 12/03/2017 Rhos on Sea 131 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 29/04/2017 St Bees Head 132 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 12/03/2017 Rhos on Sea 133 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 13/05/2018 Lochindorb 134 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 12/03/2017 Rhos on Sea 135 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs 136 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 13/09/2017 Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton 137 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 12/03/2017 Colwyn Bay cliffs 138 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 04/09/2021 Bridlington Pelagic 139 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 02/07/2017 Passing South Stack lighthouse 140 Gannet Morus bassanus 21/05/2017 Llanwych, Anglesey 141 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 142 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 12/03/2017 Rhos on Sea 143 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 03/05/2018 RSPB Marshside 144 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 27/06/2017 Widdrington Moor 145 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 21/01/2017 Mere Sands Wood 146 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 08/07/2017 Dingle Gardens, Shrewsbury Black-crowned Night Heron 147 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 148 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 20/05/2017 Burton Mere Wetlands 149 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/12/2011 Southport Marine Lake 150 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2017 Greenbank Park, Liverpool 151 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 03/09/2017 Grisedale Hide, Leighton Moss 152 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/06/2008 Loch Garten 153 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 17/05/2018 Gruinard Bay 154 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 155 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 27/04/2017 Leighton Moss 156 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/02/2017 Heswall 157 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 27/09/2016 Shetlands 158 Red Kite Milvus milvus 17/05/2014 En route to Aber Falls 159 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 17/05/2018 Glascarnoch 160 Buzzard Buteo buteo 14/01/2017 Red Cat Lane 161 Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/05/2017 Lunt Meadows 162 Little Owl Athene noctua 05/08/2018 Rainford 163 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 04/12/2011 Marshside 164 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 165 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 24/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 166 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 26/03/2022 Roach Bridge 167 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 22/01/2017 Whitemere to Ellesmere 168 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 12/07/2011 Weybourne 169 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 170 Merlin Falco columbarius 18/02/2017 Heswall 171 Hobby Falco subbuteo 18/05/2012 172 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 11/02/2017 Hamilton Square station tower 173 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 174 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 04/03/2017 Frodsham Marsh 175 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 26/09/2016 Bakkasetter 176 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 30/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs As Red-Tailed Shrike 177 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 178 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2017 Barndale Road, Liverpool 179 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 23/07/2010 South Stack cliffs 180 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2017 Olivedale Road Church, Liverpool 181 Rook Corvus frugilegus 14/01/2017 Burscough 182 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 183 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 20/09/2012 Victoria Park, Belfast 184 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 185 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 02/12/2012 Southport Hospital 186 Coal Tit Periparus ater 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 187 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 15/05/2018 Allt Mor 188 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 27/04/2017 Leighton Moss 189 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 01/09/2013 Fairburn Ings 190 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 191 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 192 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 14/07/2011 Blakeney 193 Woodlark Lullula arborea 07/06/2014 Dunwich Heath 194 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 195 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 20/09/2016 Fair Isle 196 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 12/03/2017 RSPB Conwy 197 Swallow Hirundo rustica 15/04/2017 Chorlton Ees 198 House Martin Delichon urbicum 14/05/2017 Abergwyngregyn 199 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 14/04/2019 RSPB Marazion Marsh 200 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 18/02/2017 Burton Mere Wetlands 201 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2017 Greenbank Park, Liverpool 202 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 15/05/2018 Craigallachie 203 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 20/09/2016 Fair Isle 204 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 17/04/2019 Sewage farm, Coverack 205 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 27/04/2017 Leighton Moss 206 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/02/2017 Heswall sewage works 207 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 23/09/2016 Hoswick, Shetlands 208 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/05/2017 Lunt Meadows 209 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 17/02/2019 Hope Carr NR, Leigh 210 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 10/05/2017 Port Sunlight River Park 211 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 25/09/2016 Baltasound 212 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 21/09/2016 Fair Isle 213 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/06/2023 East Chevington 214 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 22/04/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 215 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/09/2016 Fair Isle 216 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 22/09/2016 Fair Isle Obs Garden 217 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 28/04/2017 Siddick Pools 218 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 219 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 03/06/2014 Burnham Overy 220 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 07/06/2014 Minsmere 221 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 08/03/2018 RSPB Conwy 222 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 223 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 15/03/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 224 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 225 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/02/2017 Sefton Park, Liverpool 226 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 24/09/2016 Scalloway, Shetlands 227 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2017 Olivedale Road Church, Liverpool 228 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 229 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 230 Redwing Turdus iliacus 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 231 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2017 Penny Lane, Liverpool 232 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 233 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 17/05/2014 Aber Falls 234 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/06/2017 Haybridge 235 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2017 Penny Lane, Liverpool 236 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 21/09/2016 Fair Isle 237 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 21/09/2016 Fair Isle 238 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 10/05/2008 On walk near Nant Gwernol 239 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 09/01/2022 Middleton in Teesdale 240 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29/07/2018 Great Orme Copper Mines 241 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27/04/2017 Leighton Moss 242 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/09/2016 Fair Isle 243 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 244 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 14/05/2017 RSPB Conwy 245 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 07/11/2018 Meols 246 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 17/05/2014 En route to Aber Falls 247 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 22/05/2017 Burscough 248 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 14/01/2017 Ormskirk Station 249 Dunnock Prunella modularis 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 250 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 22/05/2017 Curlew Lane 251 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 18/02/2017 Heswall sewage works 252 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 15/01/2017 Ashdale Road, Liverpool Yarrellii 253 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 254 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 18/05/2013 Haybridge 255 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 20/03/2016 Neston sewage works 256 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/02/2017 Heswall 257 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 14/01/2017 Martin Mere 258 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 21/01/2017 Mere Sands Wood 259 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 06/03/2018 Llanbedr y Cennin 260 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/02/2017 Pennington Flash feeders 261 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 22/09/2016 Fair Isle Obs Garden 262 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2017 Speke/Garston LNR 263 Twite Linaria flavirostris 20/09/2016 Fair Isle 264 Linnet Linaria cannabina 18/02/2017 Heswall 265 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 18/06/2017 Foulshaw NR 266 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 13/05/2018 Curr Wood 267 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 03/08/2013 Delamere Forest 268 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2017 Queens Drive, Liverpool 269 Siskin Spinus spinus 12/03/2017 RSPB Conwy 270 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 21/09/2016 Fair Isle 271 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/12/2011 Hilbre Island 272 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 22/05/2017 Curlew Lane 273 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 27/07/2017 Bryn station to Billinge Hill walk 274 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 10/09/2018 RSPB Labrador Bay 275 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 20/09/2016 Fair Isle 276 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 14/01/2017 Martin Mere