Sam Thomas: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 308 of 308 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 17/02/2024 Keyhaven 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 09/12/2019 Bukenham 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 27/12/2020 Laleham 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 16/03/2023 Yr Foryd 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 21/03/2020 Man Sands 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25 Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 04/12/2021 Ringwood 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 15/03/2023 Farmoor Oxon 34 Eider Somateria mollissima 35 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 21/03/2020 Labrador Bay 36 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 37 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 38 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes ********** ********** 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Smew Mergellus albellus 42 Goosander Mergus merganser 43 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 44 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 45 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 46 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 13/07/2021 Cairn Gorm 47 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 15/07/2021 Near Granton on Spey 48 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 49 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 50 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 51 Quail Coturnix coturnix 52 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 53 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 26/09/2022 Wantage 54 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 55 Swift Apus apus 56 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 57 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 58 Stock Dove Columba oenas 59 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 60 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 61 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 62 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 63 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 15/08/2022 Tresco great pool 64 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 65 Coot Fulica atra 66 Crane Grus grus 67 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 68 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 13/11/2020 Stoke Rowing Club 69 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 70 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 71 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 72 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 73 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 17/07/2020 Steart 74 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 75 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 76 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 77 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 07/08/2021 Frampton 78 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 79 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 80 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 81 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 82 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 21/11/2021 Blacktoft 83 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 84 Curlew Numenius arquata 85 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 86 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 87 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 07/05/2023 Keyhaven Hampshire 88 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 89 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 90 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 91 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 92 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 24/05/2020 Wilstone 93 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 94 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 95 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 24/04/2024 Normandy Marsh 96 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/06/2020 Little Marlow GP 97 Redshank Tringa totanus 98 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 05/12/2020 Wiveton 99 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 100 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 101 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 13/11/2020 Dingle Marshes 102 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 103 Knot Calidris canutus 104 Ruff Calidris pugnax 105 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 106 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 07/08/2021 Frampton 107 Sanderling Calidris alba 108 Dunlin Calidris alpina 109 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 110 Little Stint Calidris minuta 111 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 112 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 08/10/2021 Normandy Marsh 113 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 22/05/2020 Pilning wetlands Pilning wetlands 114 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 115 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 116 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes ********** ********** 117 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 118 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 119 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 120 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 121 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 122 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 123 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes ********** ********** 124 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 30/08/2020 Oare 125 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 126 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14/03/2020 Chew Valley Lake 127 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/09/2020 Redcar Tarn 128 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 129 Common Gull Larus canus 130 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 06/03/2022 Ibsley Water 131 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 11/01/2020 Didcot landfill 132 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 133 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 134 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 135 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 30/03/2021 St Gothian 136 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 137 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 30/03/2021 Newlyn 138 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 139 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 30/08/2020 Oare 140 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 141 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 142 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 143 Puffin Fratercula arctica 144 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 145 Razorbill Alca torda 146 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 147 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 148 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 149 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 150 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 14/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 151 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 07/08/2021 Bempton 152 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 01/08/2020 Off Penzance 153 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 154 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 155 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 01/08/2020 Off Penzance 156 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 157 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 28/08/2021 Scilly Pelagic 158 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 159 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 16/08/2022 Scillonian III 160 Gannet Morus bassanus 161 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 162 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 163 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 164 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 17/06/2018 Rye 165 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 166 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 167 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 05/08/2022 Pagham 168 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 07/01/2019 Lydd 169 Great White Egret Ardea alba 170 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 171 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 172 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 173 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos ********** ********** 174 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 175 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 176 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 177 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 178 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 179 Red Kite Milvus milvus 180 Black Kite Milvus migrans 181 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 09/12/2019 Wells 182 Buzzard Buteo buteo 183 Barn Owl Tyto alba 184 Little Owl Athene noctua 185 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 186 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 187 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 188 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 189 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 190 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 26/03/2022 Stanton Downham 191 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 192 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 193 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 194 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 14/05/2020 Piddington 195 Merlin Falco columbarius 196 Hobby Falco subbuteo 197 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 198 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 199 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 200 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes ********** ********** 201 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 202 Jay Garrulus glandarius 203 Magpie Pica pica 204 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 205 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 206 Rook Corvus frugilegus 207 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 208 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 209 Raven Corvus corax 210 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 211 Coal Tit Periparus ater 212 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 27/06/2021 Meggernie 213 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 214 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 215 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 216 Great Tit Parus major 217 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus ********** ********** 218 Woodlark Lullula arborea 219 Skylark Alauda arvensis 220 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 221 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 19/09/2020 Shackleford 222 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes ********** ********** 223 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 224 Swallow Hirundo rustica 225 House Martin Delichon urbicum 226 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 227 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 228 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 229 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes ********** ********** 230 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 231 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 232 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 233 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes ********** ********** 234 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 235 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 236 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 237 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 02/08/2020 Portland 238 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 05/06/2021 Ham Wall 239 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes ********** ********** 240 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 241 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 242 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 243 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria Spurn 2019 244 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 245 Whitethroat Curruca communis 246 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 247 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 248 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 249 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 250 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 251 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 252 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 30/03/2021 Exmouth 253 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 254 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 255 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes ********** ********** 256 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 257 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 258 Redwing Turdus iliacus 259 Blackbird Turdus merula 260 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 261 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 262 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 20/12/2019 Whipsnade 263 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 09/02/2022 Eastbourne 264 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 265 Robin Erithacus rubecula 266 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 267 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 30/08/2021 Hellick Pool 268 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Spurn 2019 269 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 270 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 271 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 272 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 273 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 09/12/2019 Hollesley 274 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 275 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 276 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 03/01/2020 Eccles 277 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 278 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 279 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 280 Dunnock Prunella modularis 281 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 282 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 03/01/2020 Sedgeford 283 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 284 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 285 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 286 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 287 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 288 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 13/11/2020 Dingle Marshes 289 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 290 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 291 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 292 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 293 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 294 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 295 Twite Linaria flavirostris 296 Linnet Linaria cannabina 297 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 298 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 299 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 300 Siskin Spinus spinus 301 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 302 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 303 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 304 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 305 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 22/03/2020 306 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 20/12/2020 Thursley 307 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 308 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 11/04/2021 Barcombe