Steve Preddy: Western Palearctic Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 658 of 658 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 12/02/1989 Dawlish Warren, Devon These, and most others in Britain are Dark-bellied. Pale-bellied seen on many occasions in Britain; several British Black Brants seen (both of these forms first seen on Anglesey, North Wales in March 1997) 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 14/01/1996 Old Hall Marshes, Essex Plus three other British sightings, presumed wild vagrants 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date. All British birds seen are from naturalised population. 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 06/11/1993 Cley marshes, Norfolk Flock of 21, presumed wild. Also definite wild birds seen in Scotland on several occasions. 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 09/01/2008 Between Stiffkey and Cockthorpe, Norfolk 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 09/11/1996 Formby, Lancashire And another, Norfolk, January 1997: both presumed wild vagrants 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 10/08/1991 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol Naturalised birds; wild Greylags first seen in Scotland in Apr 1996 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 07/12/1991 Cantley, Norfolk 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10/11/1991 Stanhoe, Norfolk 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 20/01/1996 Blagdon Lake, Bristol 11 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 04/01/1989 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire These and most others seen in Britain have been European Greater White-fronts; Greenland White-front also first seen at Slimbridge, in November 1998 12 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 28/01/1995 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire Also seen there the following winter, plus one other at same site in February 2003; both presumed wild vagrants 13 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date. All British birds, and presumably others seen in western Europe are naturalised. Three birds in northern Israel in March 2002 were presumably of wild origin. 14 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 04/01/1989 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire These and all others seen in Britain have been Bewick's 15 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/12/1991 Horsey, Norfolk 16 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 23/10/1991 Kelling, Norfolk Naturalised birds 17 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 24/05/1988 Poole Harbour, Dorset 18 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 06/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 19 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20/06/1992 Virginia Water, Surrey Naturalised birds 20 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 12/02/2022 Greylake, Somerset Presumed wild vagrant. A previous individual, seen at Hornsea Mere, Yorkshire, in summer 2019, was not accepted by the national rarities committee, due to doubts about its origins. 21 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26/05/1991 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 22 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 30/07/1992 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 23 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16/10/1988 Lodmoor, Dorset 24 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/1989 Blagdon Lake, Bristol 25 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 11/04/2008 Countess Wear, Devon Presumed wild vagrant 26 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 16/10/1988 Lodmoor, Dorset 27 American Wigeon Mareca americana Yes 06/04/1996 Loch Flemington, Scotland 28 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 29 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 10/10/1995 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 30 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 16/10/1988 Lodmoor, Dorset 31 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 04/09/1988 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 32 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 08/11/1992 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 33 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris 11/03/2002 Hula Valley, Israel 34 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 10/05/1991 Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire Naturalised population (though not added to BOU list until 2005). Wild birds seen in Switzerland in May 2003 35 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 25/01/1997 Wissingham, Norfolk Presumed wild vagrant 36 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 10/03/1996 Bleasby, Nottinghamshire Presumed wild vagrant 37 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 38 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 19/11/1992 Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire 39 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 10/01/1992 Timsbury Gravel Pit, Hampshire 40 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 41 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 31/12/1990 Radipole Lake, Dorset 42 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 19/11/1994 Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire 43 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri 13/05/2016 Vadso, Varangerfjord, Norway 44 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 15/04/1995 Sandsound Voe, Shetland 45 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 22/02/1990 Exmouth, Devon 46 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 14/04/1996 Girvan, Ayrshire 47 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 06/04/1996 Ruddon's Point, Fife 48 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 20/10/1991 Cromer, Norfolk 49 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 08/07/2016 Murcar, Aberdeenshire Vagrant, adult male 50 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri 05/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife Vagrant, adult male 51 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26/01/1991 Dawlish Warren, Devon 52 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 03/05/1999 Llanfairfechan, N. Wales 53 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15/12/1990 The Exe Estuary, Devon 54 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 22/11/1998 Roadford Reservoir, Devon Also males at Pugneys Lake, Yorkshire, in April 2004 and The Fleet, Dorset in March 2010. Presumed wild vagrants. 55 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28/05/1989 Radipole Lake, Dorset 56 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 27/05/2005 Loch of Strathbeg, NE Scotland Presumed wild vagrant 57 Smew Mergellus albellus 14/02/1988 Litton Reservoirs, Somerset 58 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 08/05/2023 Whinfell Tarn, Cumbria Presumed wild vagrant (but with these, who knows?) 59 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 27/12/1988 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 60 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 22/02/1990 The Exe Estuary, Devon 61 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 05/04/1987 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol Naturalised birds 62 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala 30/09/2012 Laguna de Tarelo, Andalucia 63 Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia 22/03/2024 Lillomarka forest, Oslo, Norway Prolonged close views of a male and female feeding in trees 64 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 01/04/1995 Beeley Moor, Derbyshire Form scoticus, Red Grouse. Nominate lagopus first seen near Neljan Tuulen Tupa, Kaamanen, Finland, 15 May 2016 65 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 02/01/2004 Glenshee, Scotland 66 Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 06/04/1996 Forest Lodge, Speyside, Scotland Re-established naturalised birds. Wild birds seen in Finland, May 2016 67 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 02/04/1995 Swallow Moss, Staffordshire 68 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/10/1987 Timsbury, Bristol Date approximate (was some time in latter half of 1987) 69 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 05/12/1992 Wolferton, Norfolk Naturalised birds 70 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 06/03/1993 Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire Naturalised birds 71 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date; naturalised birds 72 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus 17/04/2001 Paphos airport, Cyprus 73 Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi 18/03/2002 Amram Pillars, Israel 74 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 11/05/1993 Blakeney Point, Norfolk 75 Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara 19/01/2004 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 76 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 27/04/1991 Shapwick Heath, Somerset Naturalised; wild birds seen subsequently in Iberia 77 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar 17/04/2001 Asprokremnos Dam, Cyprus 78 Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca 02/06/2019 Hills above Cavtat, Croatia 79 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 26/09/2022 Wantage, Oxfordshire 80 Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis 09/05/1998 Quinta do Lago, Portugal 81 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 03/07/1991 Groveley Wood, Wiltshire 82 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 27/04/1994 Sheringham, Norfolk 83 Common Swift Apus apus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 84 Plain Swift Apus unicolor 14/05/2005 Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife 85 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 21/05/1997 Porto Colom, Mallorca 86 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 30/05/1993 Cley marshes, Norfolk 87 Little Swift Apus affinis 27/05/2001 Netherfield, Nottinghamshire 88 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 21/06/2004 Monfrague, Extremadura 89 Great Bustard Otis tarda 10/05/1998 Guerrierra, Portugal 90 Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata 16/01/2004 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 91 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax 10/05/1998 Castro Verde, Portugal 92 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 09/04/2000 Pennington Marshes, Hampshire 93 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 13/10/1999 Tresco, Scilly 94 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 09/05/1990 Inglestone Common, Bristol 95 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata 21/03/2014 Los Monegros, Aragon 96 Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus 21/03/2002 Nizzana, Israel 97 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis 15/01/2004 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 98 Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus 21/03/2002 Nizzana, Israel 99 Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii 16/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 100 Rock Dove Columba livia 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date, as naturalised birds in England. "Pure" wild Rock Doves first seen in Shetland in April 1995 101 Stock Dove Columba oenas 29/04/1990 Guscar Rocks, Gloucestershire 102 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 103 Bolle's Pigeon Columba bollii 19/05/2005 Chanajiga, Tenerife 104 Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae 15/05/2005 Los Realejos, Tenerife 105 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 05/05/1992 Salthouse Heath, Norfolk 106 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 18/02/2011 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Nominate orientalis. Also western meena 6 May 2016, Otford, Kent 107 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 108 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 07/03/2002 Dor/Nasholim, Israel 109 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 15/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 110 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16/02/1989 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 111 Corn Crake Crex crex 30/05/1994 North Cave, East Yorkshire 112 Sora Porzana carolina Yes 22/01/2000 Stover Country Park, Devon 113 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 07/08/1990 Radipole Lake, Dorset 114 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 115 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 116 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 25/03/2012 Dayet Aoua, Morocco 117 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 19/04/1996 Stodmarsh, Kent 118 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 24/05/1997 S'Albufera, Mallorca Naturalised birds of West European form (also seen wild in Portugal & Spain) 119 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla 03/07/1999 Grove Ferry, Kent 120 Little Crake Zapornia parva 23/03/1997 Bough Beech Reservoir, Kent 121 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 07/10/2011 Boyton, Suffolk 122 Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo Yes 28/08/2007 Akrotiri Salt Lake, Cyprus 207 birds which had roosted there the previous night 123 Common Crane Grus grus 12/10/1991 Horsey, Norfolk 124 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 04/09/1988 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 125 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 30/06/1993 Stithians Reservoir, Cornwall 126 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 28/04/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 127 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 128 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 26/01/1991 Dawlish Warren, Devon 129 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/09/1991 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 130 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 20/10/1996 Karine Gölü, Turkey 131 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 09/05/1992 Weeting Heath, Norfolk 132 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/08/1986 Teign estuary, Devon Approximate date - seen some time during Summer 1986 133 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 16/05/1992 Hickling Broad, Norfolk 134 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 22/02/1990 Topsham, Devon 135 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 12/02/1989 Dawlish Warren, Devon 136 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/10/1990 Marksbury Plain, Bristol 137 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 01/08/1992 Bowling Green Marsh, Devon 138 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 16/11/1991 Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 139 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 27/05/1992 Winterton Dunes, Norfolk 140 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 08/04/2006 Blakeney Freshmarsh, Norfolk 141 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/08/1986 Berry Head, Devon Approximate date - seen some time during Summer 1986 142 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 19/06/1997 Dawlish Warren, Devon 143 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/07/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 144 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 15/12/1986 Marksbury Plain, Bristol Approximate date - seen some time during December 1986 145 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 18/04/2001 Larnaca Salt Lake, Cyprus 146 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 05/05/2023 Low-Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland Vagrant 147 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius 20/10/1991 Chatteris, Cambridgeshire 148 White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 28/05/2010 Seaforth, Lancashire 149 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 25/07/2003 Keyhaven, Hampshire Vagrant 150 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii 18/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 151 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 29/12/1991 Ferrybridge, Dorset 152 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 12/10/1995 St Mary's, Scilly 153 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29/04/1990 Guscar Rocks, Gloucestershire 154 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus 08/07/2007 Walney Island, Cumbria 155 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 21/07/1988 Dawlish Warren, Devon 156 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 16/10/1988 Radipole Lake, Dorset 157 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 28/07/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol Not identified to form; only form definitely seen is islandica, Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit (first definite sighting unknown). Wintering birds in Israel likely to have been European limosa, though 158 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 25/04/2015 Meare Heath, Somerset 159 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 28/04/1994 Pentney Gravel Pits, Norfolk 160 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 17/09/1999 Rosehearty, N. E. Scotland 161 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 27/03/1992 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 162 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 03/07/1991 Groveley Wood, Wiltshire 163 Great Snipe Gallinago media 28/09/1998 Fair Isle 164 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 16/02/1989 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 165 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 17/10/2022 Porthellick, Isles of Scilly 166 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 11/09/1994 Steart Point, Somerset 167 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 11/10/1992 Cley marshes, Norfolk 168 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 27/06/1992 Hickling, Norfolk 169 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 02/06/1996 Bowling Green Marsh, Devon 170 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/09/1988 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 171 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 04/11/1992 Brue Estuary, Somerset 172 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 19/07/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 173 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 15/10/2000 St Mary's, Scilly 174 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 21/05/1992 Gunton Park, Norfolk 175 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 09/08/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 176 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/1989 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 177 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 14/09/1993 Lodmoor, Dorset 178 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 07/08/1990 Radipole Lake, Dorset 179 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/10/1988 Radipole Lake, Dorset 180 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 24/05/1992 Ouse Washes 181 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 21/07/1988 Dawlish Warren, Devon 182 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 19/06/2016 Titchwell, Norfolk 183 Red Knot Calidris canutus 26/07/1990 Dawlish Warren, Devon 184 Ruff Calidris pugnax 07/08/1990 Lodmoor, Dorset 185 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus 01/07/1992 Cley marshes, Norfolk 186 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 26/08/1996 Forydd Bay, Gwynedd 187 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 13/09/1997 Minsmere, Suffolk 188 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 16/09/1990 Lodmoor, Dorset 189 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 09/05/1992 Welney, Norfolk 190 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 12/10/2021 Astley Lake, Yorkshire 191 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 22/09/2001 Somersham, Cambridgeshire 192 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 02/08/1997 Cley marshes, Norfolk 193 Sanderling Calidris alba 12/02/1989 Dawlish Warren, Devon 194 Dunlin Calidris alpina 26/08/1988 Radipole Lake, Dorset 195 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 17/03/1991 Portland Bill, Dorset 196 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 30/08/1993 Dawlish Warren, Devon 197 Little Stint Calidris minuta 27/10/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 198 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 22/07/1995 Pagham Harnour, West Sussex 199 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 05/08/1995 Pagham Harbour, West Sussex 200 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 17/09/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 201 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 24/07/2021 Snettisham, Norfolk Field views were poor due to distance, light, and the bird being very mobile, but excellent photos from David Carr confirmed the ID (and that this was the right bird). Long-overdue after previous untickable views (due to light and distance) of the Brownsea Island bird, Oct 2004. 202 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 19/08/2000 Rye Harbour, East Sussex 203 Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor 18/01/2004 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 204 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 25/05/1993 Gimingham, Norfolk 205 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni 28/08/1993 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 206 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 16/07/1995 Cley, Norfolk 207 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 22/07/2005 Cemlyn, Anglesey 208 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus 13/07/2013 Inner Farne, Northumberland 209 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/06/1988 Radipole Lake, Dorset 210 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 21/07/1996 Machynys, Glamorgan 211 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 14/09/1991 Ferrybridge, Dorset 212 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 07/05/1994 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 213 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 27/07/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol This, and all but two other Western Palearctic birds have been nominate niger; American surinamensis first seen Weston-super-Mare, Oct 1999 214 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 25/09/1991 Blashford Lakes, Hampshire 215 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 04/02/1996 West Bexington, Dorset 216 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/05/1991 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 217 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/08/1986 Lyme Regis, Dorset Approximate date - seen some time during Summer 1986 218 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 17/07/1992 Dawlish Warren, Devon 219 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 20/07/1988 Dawlish Warren, Devon 220 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 08/07/2002 Dawlish Warren, Devon Also the Pagham Harbour bird, June 2017 221 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis 17/06/1993 Kilnsea, East Yorkshire 222 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/04/1990 Radipole Lake, Dorset 223 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 17/03/1996 Plym Estuary, Devon 224 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 31/12/1990 Portland harbour, Dorset 225 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea 02/01/1998 Barry, Glamorgan 226 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 03/09/1992 St Ives, Cornwall 227 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 09/05/1995 Plakias, Crete 228 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 17/04/1995 Taff-Ely Estuary, Glamorgan 229 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 230 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 15/07/1995 Dungeness, Kent 231 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 01/11/1998 Eglwys Nunydd, Glamorgan 232 Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus 07/03/2002 Dor/Nasholim, Israel 233 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii 20/05/1997 Pollensa Bay, Mallorca 234 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 09/03/1991 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 235 White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus 15/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 236 Common Gull Larus canus 04/02/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol Nominate canus, Common Gull 237 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 18/11/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 238 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/02/2002 Carlton Colville, Suffolk 239 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 08/08/2022 Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire 240 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date. Most British birds argenteus; first definite Scandinavian argentatus seen Radipole Lake, Dorset, Dec 1995 241 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13/09/1991 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol Nominate michahellis; Macaronesian atlantis (if Canary Islands birds are of this form) first seen Fuerteventura, Jan 2004 242 Armenian Gull Larus armenicus 07/03/2002 Dor/Nasholim, Israel 243 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 24/05/1987 Mudeford Quay, Dorset 244 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 30/01/1994 Norwich, Norfolk 245 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 23/07/1989 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol Most British birds of the form graellsii; continental European intermedius first seen Titchwell, Norfolk, June 1992; Scandinavian nominate fuscus first seen birds in Israel March 2002 246 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 02/04/2021 Newlyn, Cornwall 247 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 03/01/2009 Cowpen Bewley, Cleveland 248 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 23/12/1991 Radipole Lake, Dorset Nominate glaucoides; form kumlieni, Kumlien's Gull, first seen at Hayle, Cornwall, in February 1998; thayeri, Thayer’s Gull, Blashford Lakes, Hampshire, February 2018 249 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 11/09/1991 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 250 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 16/09/1990 Portland Bill, Dorset 251 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 26/10/1991 Cley marshes, Norfolk 252 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 19/04/1992 Portland Bill, Dorset 253 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 06/05/1991 Portland Bill, Dorset 254 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 11/11/2006 Dawlish, Devon 255 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 15/01/1995 The Exe Estuary, Devon 256 Razorbill Alca torda 21/04/1990 Portland Bill, Dorset 257 Little Auk Alle alle 20/10/1991 Cromer, Norfolk 258 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 09/12/2005 Bressay Sound, Shetland 259 Common Murre Uria aalge 26/06/1988 Portland, Dorset 260 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 13/10/1991 Weybourne, Norfolk 261 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 20/01/1991 Cheddar reservoir, Somerset 262 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 02/02/2007 Farnham, North Yorkshire 263 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 21/02/1990 Dawlish Warren, Devon 264 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 02/03/1996 River Witham, Lincolnshire 265 Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 16/08/1998 Southwest Approaches, England 266 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 14/04/1995 Hermaness, Shetland "Albert", in his last summer there 267 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 25/08/1992 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 268 Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 30/08/1992 Pendeen Watch, Cornwall 269 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 21/04/1990 Portland Bill, Dorset 270 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 16/05/2005 Los Gigantes, Tenerife 271 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 08/05/1995 Plakias, Crete 272 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/08/1992 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 273 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 16/08/1998 Southwest Approaches, England 274 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 09/06/1991 Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire 275 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan 08/05/1995 Plakias, Crete 276 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 25/08/1992 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 277 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii 17/05/2005 Between Tenerife & La Gomera, Canary Islands 278 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 22/08/1998 Blyth Estuary, Suffolk 279 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 22/10/1996 Büyük Menderes plain, Turkey 280 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 21/04/1990 Portland Bill, Dorset 281 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 06/09/2019 Kynance Cove, Cornwall 282 Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus 12/03/2002 Sea of Galilee, Israel 283 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 23/05/1987 Hengistbury Head, Dorset Seen both Atlantic carbo & Continental sinensis 284 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 22/02/1990 Dawlish Warren, Devon 285 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 26/11/1995 Galway, Ireland 286 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 08/05/1995 Aghia Galini, Crete 287 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/08/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 288 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 05/05/1992 Cley marshes, Norfolk 289 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 05/11/2010 Walmsley Sanctuary, Cornwall 290 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 05/05/1995 Aghia Galini, Crete 291 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 28/03/1993 West Charleton Marsh, Devon 292 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 17/11/2001 Seil Island, Argyll 293 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 13/10/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 294 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis 17/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 295 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 28/09/2001 Messingham, Lincolnshire 296 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 03/06/1994 Rotherham, Yorkshire 297 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/05/1992 Welney, Norfolk 298 Great Egret Ardea alba 11/07/1992 Durleigh Reservoir, Somerset 299 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 14/06/1988 Lodmoor, Dorset 300 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 23/04/2015 Bryher, Isles of Scilly 301 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 11/04/1992 Lytchett Minster, Dorset 302 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 18/10/1996 Bafa Gölü, Turkey 303 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus 18/10/1996 Bafa Gölü, Turkey 304 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 13/09/1992 The Fleet, Dorset 305 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 22/06/2004 Monroy, Extremadura 306 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus 04/05/1995 Platanias Gorge, Crete Also seen in the Pyrenees, 2007 307 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 20/05/1997 Bocquer Valley, Mallorca 308 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 20/07/1991 Haldon Forest, Devon 309 Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli Yes 03/10/2012 Tarifa, Andalucia 310 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 03/05/1995 Kourtiliotiko Gorge, Crete 311 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus 19/05/1997 Cuber Reservoir, Mallorca 312 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 11/05/1998 Porto do Lagos, Portugal 313 Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina 07/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 314 Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 08/03/2002 Kefar Baruch Reservoir, Israel 315 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 19/05/1997 Bunyola, Mallorca 316 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 19/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 317 Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti 23/06/2004 Monfrague, Extremadura 318 Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 20/05/2015 Gattendorf, Burgenland, Austria 319 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 06/04/1996 Findhorn Valley, Scotland 320 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata 13/03/2002 Gamla Gorge, Israel 321 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes 20/09/2015 Büyük Çamlica, Istanbul 322 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 14/02/1988 South Widcombe, Bristol 323 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 14/08/1991 Haldon Forest, Devon Re-established naturalised bird 324 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/06/1991 Shapwick Heath, Somerset 325 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 06/11/1991 Horsey, Norfolk 326 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 11/03/2002 Hula Valley, Israel 327 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 06/07/1991 northern Dorset Exact location withheld at the request of the BUBO team 328 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/09/1991 Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion 329 Black Kite Milvus migrans 06/06/1992 Durlston Head, Dorset 330 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 22/10/1996 Bafa Gölü, Turkey 331 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 09/11/1991 Butley Marshes, Suffolk 332 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 11/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece Eurasian nominate form; also North African form cirtensis seen in Morocco, 2012 333 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 19/07/1988 Budleigh Salterton, Devon Nominate buteo. Steppe Buzzard, form vulpinus, first seen in Turkey, October 1996 334 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/03/1991 Paulton, Bristol 335 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus 15/05/2016 A few km north of Neljan Tuulen Tupa, Kaamanen, Finland First of three birds in nestboxes seen on this trip. One in a forest south of Oulu on 17 May kindly emerged from its nestbox to sit on a nearby branch 336 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/08/1986 Teignmouth, Devon Approximate date - seen some time during Summer 1986 337 Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula 13/05/2016 A few km north of Neljan Tuulen Tupa, Kaamanen, Finland One of four separate birds seen on this trip. Palearctic form ulula. 338 Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum 17/05/2016 A forest east of Oulu, Finland On a Finnature day; lured in by recording at a nest site and showed very well 339 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops 09/04/1995 Morwenstow, Cornwall Presumed nominate European race; also seen & heard in breeding range in several sites in Europe. 340 Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius 21/04/2001 Cyprus 341 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 29/06/1991 Compton Dando, Bristol 342 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/11/1991 Benacre, Suffolk 343 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 30/08/2003 North Uist, Outer Hebrides 344 Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo 21/06/2004 Monfrague, Extremadura 345 Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus Yes 22/03/2012 Rissani, Morocco 346 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/10/1989 Chewton Wood, Somerset 347 Ural Owl Strix uralensis 17/05/2016 A forest east of Oulu, Finland On a Finnature day; two birds sitting tight in their nestboxes 348 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 30/06/1991 Dawlish Warren, Devon 349 European Roller Coracias garrulus 03/05/1995 Damnoni, Crete 350 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 07/03/2002 Ma'agan Mikhael, Israel 351 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 04/09/1988 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 352 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 08/04/2005 Peterculter, Northeast Scotland 353 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 18/04/2001 Akhna Dam, Cyprus 354 Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys 15/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 355 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 28/06/1997 Asta, Shetland 356 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 18/05/1997 S'Albufera, Mallorca 357 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 15/09/1991 Portland Bill, Dorset 358 Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus 17/05/2016 A forest south of Oulu, Finland 359 Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius 12/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 360 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 06/03/1993 Maulden Woods, Bedfordshire 361 Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus 21/10/1996 Bafa Gölü, Turkey 362 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 03/12/1989 Swell Wood, Somerset 363 White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos 24/03/2014 Selva de Irati, Navarra SW Palearctic form lilfordi 364 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 18/06/2007 San Juan de la Pena, Spanish Pyrenees 365 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 10/06/1988 High Littleton, Bristol 366 Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei 19/06/2004 Madrid, Spain 367 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus 20/04/2018 Buda Hills, Budapest 368 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 12/05/1998 Mertola, Portugal 369 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 370 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 24/05/1992 Ouse Washes, Norfolk 371 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 18/05/1997 S'Albufera, Mallorca 372 Merlin Falco columbarius 12/10/1991 Blakeney Point, Norfolk 373 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 10/05/1991 Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire 374 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 04/05/1995 Platanias Pools, Crete Also in Morocco in 2012 375 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 06/04/1998 Wembury, Devon 376 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 22/10/1989 Dawlish Warren, Devon 377 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 17/01/2004 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands Naturalised birds; also seen on Tenerife in 2005, and in Barcelona in 2007 378 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria Yes 19/09/2015 Sultanahmet, Istanbul Naturalised birds 379 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 20/06/1992 Brockham, Surrey Naturalised birds 380 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 09/10/1995 Nanjizal, Cornwall 381 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 26/06/1992 Fordham, Norfolk 382 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 24/10/1992 Salthouse Heath, Norfolk Also Steppe Grey Shrike (pallidirostris). Also: 8 Nov 2008; Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire 383 Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis 09/05/1998 Sagres, Portugal Iberian form meridionalis; also Middle Eastern form elegans Israel Mar 2003, Canary Islands form koenigi Fuerteventura, Jan 2004 384 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 09/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 385 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 06/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 386 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 18/05/1992 Dawlish Warren, Devon This & most other Western Palearctic birds seen have been nominate form, senator; Balearic badius first seen Mallorca, May 1997 387 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 27/10/2012 Portland Bill, Dorset Adult. My first "isabelline" was at Stock Reservoir, Lancs on 9 November 1996, and was probably a Daurian too 388 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 27/05/1992 Kelling, Norfolk 389 Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 02/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire 390 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 15/10/2009 Staines Moor, Surrey 391 Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus 16/05/2016 A few km southeast of Neljan Tuulen Tupa, Kaamanen, Finland 392 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 15/04/1987 Greyfield Wood, Bristol Birds of the nominate group seen throughout Europe, and of the black-capped atricapillus group seen in Turkey 393 Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki 07/05/1998 Vilamoura, Portugal 394 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 395 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes 19/10/1991 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire 396 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 09/06/1991 Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire 397 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus 13/08/1999 Lac du Melo, Corsica 398 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 399 House Crow Corvus splendens 15/03/2002 Eilat, Israel Self-introduced 400 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 401 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 402 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 31/08/1992 Sennen, Cornwall 403 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis 17/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 404 Northern Raven Corvus corax 11/05/1991 Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor, Somerset 405 Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus 22/03/2002 Ein Gedi, Israel 406 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 23/11/1991 Snettisham, Norfolk 407 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 24/02/1996 Wilford, Nottinghamshire 408 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date (British form); Cyprus Coal Tit cypriotes April 2001 & August 2007 409 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 07/04/1996 Loch Mallachie, Speyside, Scotland 410 Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris 20/10/1996 Karine Gölü, Turkey 411 Grey-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus 13/05/2016 Neljan Tuulen Tupa, Kaamanen, Finland 412 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 03/12/1989 Swell Wood, Somerset 413 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 09/09/1991 Cors Caron, Ceredigion 414 African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae 18/01/2004 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands This was the North African and eastern Canary Island form ultramarinus; form teneriffae seen Tenerife, May 2005 415 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 416 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 417 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 24/04/1993 Titchwell, Norfolk 418 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 07/08/1990 Radipole Lake, Dorset 419 Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes 21/03/2012 The Tagdilt Track, Morocco 420 Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti 17/03/2002 Mount Yoash, Israel 421 Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura 24/03/2012 Merzouga, Morocco 422 Woodlark Lullula arborea 06/03/1993 Santon Downham, Norfolk 423 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 23/05/1987 Hengistbury Head, Dorset 424 Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae 21/05/1997 Porto Colom, Mallorca 425 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 03/05/1995 Moni Prevelli, Crete 426 Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha Yes 20/03/2012 Rissani, Morocco 427 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 23/10/1991 Salthouse, Norfolk These and all others seen in Britain were North Eurasian flava, Shore Lark; also kumerloevei, of the Alpine group, seen in Turkey May 2008; Atlas race seen in Morocco, March 2012; Nearctic alpestris group, Surrey, January 2018 428 Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha 21/03/2012 The Tagdilt Track, Morocco 429 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 09/10/1995 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 430 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata 14/05/2008 Karapinar Crater lakes, Turkey 431 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra 10/05/1998 Entradas, Portugal 432 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 02/06/2003 South Stack, Anglesey 433 Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti 27/03/2014 El Planeron, Aragon 434 Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens 17/01/2004 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 435 Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei 13/05/2008 Kulu Golu, Turkey 436 White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos 07/03/2002 Dor/Nasholim, Israel 437 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus 16/03/2012 Marrakech, Morocco 438 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/05/1987 Hengistbury Head, Dorset 439 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 04/05/1995 Plakias, Crete 440 Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta 15/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 441 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 442 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 443 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 01/06/1994 Barling, Essex 444 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 09/09/2016 Porthellick, Isles of Scilly 445 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 28/05/1989 Radipole Lake, Dorset 446 Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta 22/03/2002 Ein Avdat Gorge, Israel 447 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date (British form); white-headed northern form caudatus first seen Sussex Feb 2004 448 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 05/05/1991 Nagshead, Gloucestershire 449 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 17/05/2003 La Vuache, France 450 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis 16/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 451 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei 25/10/2003 Cot Valley, Cornwall 452 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 26/10/1991 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 453 Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 23/03/1992 Aldwick, West Sussex 454 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 23/10/1991 Kelling, Norfolk 455 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 05/11/1994 Portland, Dorset 456 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 16/05/1990 Folly Farm, Bristol 457 Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis 14/05/2005 Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife 458 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 12/04/1987 Edford Wood, Somerset Nominate collybita; Siberian tristis first seen Worcestershire, Feb 2000 459 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus 01/05/1999 Portland, Dorset 460 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 31/10/2014 Brotton, Cleveland 461 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 22/09/1996 Filey, North Yorkshire 462 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 09/10/2005 Portland, Dorset 463 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 06/06/1993 Elmley, Kent 464 Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus 08/03/2002 Ma'agan Mikhael, Israel 465 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon 23/05/1997 S'Albufera, Mallorca 466 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 13/08/1995 Teign estuary, Devon 467 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 07/08/1990 Radipole Lake, Dorset 468 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola 11/03/2012 Pagham, Sussex 469 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 23/07/1989 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 470 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 06/06/1993 St Margarets Bay, Kent 471 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 18/08/2002 Portland Bill, Dorset 472 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 05/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 473 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum 13/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 474 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 15/10/1994 Portland, Dorset 475 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 03/11/1996 Plymouth, Devon 476 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 30/09/1998 Fair Isle 477 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 26/09/1998 Fair Isle 478 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis 13/06/1995 Wigan, Greater Manchester 479 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 24/04/1993 Minsmere, Suffolk 480 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/1993 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 481 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 18/05/1997 S'Albufera, Mallorca 482 Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis 07/03/2002 Dor/Nasholim, Israel 483 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 22/04/1990 Willsbridge, Bristol 484 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 03/08/1991 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol 485 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 09/11/1991 Benacre, Suffolk 486 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 10/05/1991 Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire 487 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis 21/06/2007 Tortosa, Spain 488 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris 15/05/2008 Akseki, Turkey 489 African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti Yes 24/03/2012 between Rissani and Merzouga, Morocco 490 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana 16/10/1991 Flamborough, East Yorkshire 491 Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola 23/03/2012 Rissani, Morocco 492 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli 08/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 493 Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax 17/04/2001 Asprokremnos Dam, Cyprus 494 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala 21/04/1994 Holkham, Norfolk 495 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae 21/06/2004 Monfrague, Extremadura A subalpine warbler seen at Hengistbury Head, Dorset on 13 April 1993 was possibly this species 496 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans 06/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece A subalpine warbler at Portland Bill, Dorset on 14 Oct 1996 had been identified in the hand by others as this species 497 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 13/05/1990 Weston Moor, Bristol 498 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata 27/04/1997 Landguard, Suffolk 499 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda 03/06/2010 The Blorenge, Gwent 500 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 10/06/1990 Aylesbeare Common, Devon 501 Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica 22/05/1997 Dragonera island, Mallorca 502 Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea Yes 31/03/2014 Collserola, Barcelona Naturalised birds 503 Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva 23/03/2012 Rissani, Morocco 504 Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps 01/03/2002 Nizzana, Israel 505 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 17/10/1992 Wells woods, Norfolk 506 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 15/01/1989 Willsbridge, Bristol also Canary Islands Kinglet on Tenerife in May 2005 507 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 13/01/1987 High Littleton, Bristol Approximate date (could have been a day or two either side) 508 Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi 09/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 509 Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi 11/08/1999 Foret d'Aitone, Corsica 510 Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer 19/10/1996 Sulungur Gölü, Turkey 511 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/12/1989 Swell Wood, Somerset 512 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria 18/05/2003 Leuk, Switzerland A copulating pair. Also seen in the Pyrenees, June 2007 513 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 12/04/1987 Edford Wood, Somerset 514 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 17/05/2003 Lake Geneva, Switzerland 515 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 19/10/2018 Lands End, Cornwall 516 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth, Devon 517 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus 24/09/1994 Portland Bill, Dorset 518 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 519 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor 09/05/1998 Lagos, Portugal 520 Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii 19/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 521 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 15/10/2000 St Marys, Isles of Scilly 522 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 01/11/2013 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 523 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 18/10/2003 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 524 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 13/01/1987 High Littleton, Bristol Approximate date (could have been a day or two either side) 525 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 20/01/1987 High Littleton, Bristol 526 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/03/1990 Paulton, Bristol Almost all British birds seen have been of the nominate form; Icelandic coburni seen in Shetland April 1995 527 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 528 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/1986 High Littleton, Bristol Approximate date - seen some time during winter 1985/6 529 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/05/1991 Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor, Somerset All British birds have been of nominate form; Alpine alpestris first seen in the Alps, May 2003 530 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis 20/01/1996 Webheath, Worcestershire Plus four others elsewhere in Britain 531 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 18/05/2013 Margate Cemetery, Kent Vagrant, second-calendar-year female; also another second-calendar-year female, Beeley, Derbyshire, 2 Jan 2017 532 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 21/12/2003 Godrevy, Cornwall 533 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes 14/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece Eastern Mediterranean form, syriacus 534 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 07/05/1990 Priddy, Somerset 535 Mediterranean Flycatcher Muscicapa tyrrhenica 18/05/1997 S'Albufera, Mallorca 536 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date. This and all other Western Palearctic sightings have been of the rubecula group, except those on Tenerife, May 2005, which were of the form superbus, Tenerife Robin 537 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis 07/05/2008 Seki, Turkey 538 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 08/06/2008 Minsmere, Suffolk 539 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 06/05/1992 Minsmere, Suffolk This and all others in Britain/Europe have been of the western nominate form 540 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 05/10/1992 Snettisham, Norfolk Not identified to form; first definite Red-spotted, svecica, Holme, Norfolk, May 1993; White-spotted cyanecula seen in Morocco, March 2012 541 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 19/10/1997 Osmington Mills, Dorset 542 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 28/05/1994 Landguard, Suffolk 543 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 06/11/2021 Flamborough, Yorkshire 544 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 29/04/1990 Nagshead, Gloucestershire 545 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 26/04/2001 Neo Choriou, Cyprus 546 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 31/10/1993 Winspit, Dorset 547 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 12/10/1991 Blakeney Point, Norfolk This and most other birds seen in Western Palearctic have been European gibraltariensis; Iberian aterrimus first seen in Portugal, May 1998; and a vagrant Eastern race bird, Cleveland, Nov 2016 548 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 29/04/1990 Nagshead, Gloucestershire This and most other birds seen in Western Palearctic have been European phoenicurus; Middle Eastern samamisicus first seen in Turkey, October 1996 549 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri 19/03/2012 Oukaimeden, Morocco 550 Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis 12/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 551 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 04/05/1995 Plakias, Crete 552 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 06/05/1991 Portland Bill, Dorset 553 Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata Yes 16/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 554 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus 06/10/2007 Spurn, Yorkshire 555 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 24/10/1989 Exminster Marshes, Devon 556 Canary Islands Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae 15/01/2004 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 557 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/04/1990 Portland Bill, Dorset Most British birds seen have been of nominate form; Greenland form leucorhoa first seen Fair Isle, September 1988 558 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 26/09/1998 Fair Isle 559 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 28/11/1993 Heacham, Norfolk 560 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 24/10/1993 Stiffkey, Norfolk Vagrant, first-winter male. Subsequently seen many times in Iberia 561 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 25/10/1997 Spurn, East Yorkshire 562 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca 03/05/1995 Kourtiliotiko gorge, Crete 563 Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca 17/04/2001 Asprokremnos Dam, Cyprus 564 Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta 21/03/2012 The Tagdilt Track, Morocco 565 Blackstart Oenanthe melanura 14/03/2002 Ein Gedi Spa, Israel 566 Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii 11/05/2008 Korkuteli hills, Turkey 567 Maghreb Wheatear Oenanthe halophila 22/03/2012 Boumalne du Dades, Morocco 568 White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga 16/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 569 Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura 25/06/2004 Valdecanas, Extremadura 570 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/04/1990 Willsbridge, Bristol Most British birds have been of the British form; nominate cinclus, Black-bellied Dipper, seen once, Suffolk, January 1992. 571 Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea 09/03/2002 Ma'agan Mikhael, Israel 572 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia 10/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 573 White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis 12/06/2007 Col de Tourmalet, The French Pyrenees 574 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 19/11/1990 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 575 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 21/07/1996 Waterside, Cumbria Presumed wild vagrant (also seen many times throughout native range). 576 Italian Sparrow Passer italiae 03/05/1995 Plakias, Crete Also seen subsequently in Corsica 577 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date. 578 Desert Sparrow Passer simplex 24/03/2012 Erg Chebbi, Morocco 579 Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus 13/03/2002 Kfar Ruppin, Israel Western nominate form 580 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Yes 09/05/1998 Quinta do Lago, Portugal Naturalised population 581 Red Avadavat Amandava amandava Yes 24/06/2004 Rio Gargaligas, Extremadura Naturalised population 582 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 19/06/2007 St Pierre de Martin, The French Pyrenees 583 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 15/10/2016 Easington, Yorkshire 584 Dunnock Prunella modularis 08/02/1987 Hallatrow, Bristol 585 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/04/1990 Guscar Rocks, Gloucestershire British flavissima. Other forms seen (1st sighting): Blue-headed flava (Chew Valley Lake, April 1992), Grey-headed thunbergi (Norfolk, May 1992), Black-headed feldegg (Crete, May 1995), Spanish iberiae (Mallorca, May 1997) 586 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 04/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk First-winter male, nominate tschutschensis 587 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 14/07/1996 Farlington Marshes, Hampshire 588 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 589 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date (British form yarrellii, Pied Wagtail). Continental European nominate form first seen Yeo Estuary, North Somerset, April 1991; Northwest African form subpersonata seen in Morocco, March 2012; Masked Wagtail, persona 590 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 13/10/1991 Weybourne, Norfolk 591 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 23/10/2015 Peninnis Head, Isles of Scilly 592 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 10/09/1994 Selsey Bill, Sussex 593 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis 12/03/2002 Arbel Cliff, Israel 594 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 21/04/1990 Portland Bill, Dorset 595 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 07/06/1992 Aylesbeare Common, Devon 596 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 13/10/1992 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 597 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 26/09/1998 Fair Isle 598 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 15/05/1992 Happisburgh, Norfolk 599 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 28/09/2007 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly American Pipit, nominate rubescens 600 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 16/12/1990 Chew Valley Lake, Bristol This and all other birds seen in Europe were nominate spinoletta; form coutellii seen in Israel, March 2002 601 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 21/04/1990 Portland Bill, Dorset This and most other British birds seen have been petrosus; Scandinavian littoralis first definitely seen in Norfolk in March 2004 602 Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii 15/01/2004 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 603 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date; seen widely throughout Europe 604 African Chaffinch Fringilla spodiogenys 18/03/2012 The Atlas mountains between Marrakech and Oukaimeden, Morocco 605 Canary Islands Chaffinch Fringilla canariensis 18/05/2005 Monte de Agua, Tenerife 606 Tenerife Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea 16/05/2005 Las Lajas, Tenerife 607 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 12/10/1991 Happisburgh, Norfolk 608 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 30/01/1993 Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk 609 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 13/05/2016 Neljan Tuulen Tupa, Kaamanen, Finland 610 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 611 African Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys alienus 18/03/2012 Oukaimeden, Morocco 612 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus 15/01/2004 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 613 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 16/06/1996 Portland Bill, Dorset 614 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 615 Twite Linaria flavirostris 30/11/1991 Holkham, Norfolk 616 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/06/1988 Priddy, Somerset 617 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 13/01/1996 Cromer, Norfolk Nominate flammea, Mealy Redpoll 618 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 24/03/1991 Chepstow Park Wood, Gwent 619 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 14/01/1996 Cromer, Norfolk exilipes, Coues's Redpoll 620 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 28/12/2013 Budby Common, Nottinghamshire Photographed, sound-recorded 621 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 14/10/1990 Stock Hill, Somerset Didn't assign these (and haven't assigned any subsequent ones) to vocal type ... something to get around to one day 622 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera 25/02/1998 New Fancy View, Gloucestershire female, Eurasian form bifasciata 623 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/1987 Britain First seen some time prior to this date 624 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella 26/06/2004 Valdesqui, Madrid Also seen in the Pyrenees in 2007 625 Corsican Finch Carduelis corsicana 09/08/1999 Asco, Corsica 626 Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus 07/05/2008 Seki, Turkey 627 European Serin Serinus serinus 15/05/1992 Reydon, Suffolk 628 Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus 10/03/2002 Neve Ativ, Mount Hermon, Israel 629 Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria 14/05/2005 Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife 630 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 05/02/1989 Hallatrow, Bristol 631 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 23/02/1992 River Witham mouth, Lincolnshire 632 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 20/10/1991 Cley marshes, Norfolk 633 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/06/1991 Sixpenny Handley, Dorset 634 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/02/1987 Timsbury, Bristol 635 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 29/02/1992 Dagenham Chase, Greater London 636 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 12/05/1998 Martinlongo, Portugal 637 Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea 10/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece Western form cineracea 638 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 14/05/1992 Thorpeness, Suffolk 639 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia 08/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 640 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 18/08/1991 Prawle Point, Devon 641 Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata Yes 16/03/2002 Eilat, Israel 642 House Bunting Emberiza sahari 16/03/2012 Marrakech, Morocco 643 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 07/04/1991 Chippenham, Wiltshire 644 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 11/05/1993 Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire 645 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola 10/09/1993 Portland Bill, Dorset 646 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala 06/05/2000 Lesvos, Greece 647 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 29/03/1989 Weston Moor, Bristol This and all others seen in the Western Palearctic have been of the thin-billed schoeniclus group 648 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 24/01/1998 Vicarscross, Cheshire Slate-coloured Junco 649 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 09/01/2008 Cley, Norfolk 650 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 24/01/1993 Willingham Wood, Lincolnshire 651 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 03/10/1998 Skelberry, Shetland 652 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 20/12/2003 Headington, Oxfordshire 653 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 14/10/1996 Portland Bill, Dorset 654 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 09/10/1997 St Marys, Isles of Scilly 655 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 22/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire 656 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 17/10/2022 Bryher, Isles of Scilly 657 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 18/12/1994 Bewl Water, East Sussex 658 Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 10/10/1995 Tresco, Isles of Scilly