Nick Moran: Britain Life List BOU, Green: non-motorised Record(s) 1 to 263 of 263 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 11/12/1994 Eden Estuary, Fife 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 15/04/2022 Blakeney, Norfolk 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 30/09/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 24/09/1995 Fife Ness, Fife 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 04/02/1996 Lathones, Fife 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 09/12/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15/01/1996 Eden Estuary, Fife 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11/12/1994 Eden Estuary, Fife 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/01/1997 Leven, Fife 1 male 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 08/09/2016 Mickle Mere, Suffolk 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 03/10/2021 Barleycroft Lake, Cambridgeshire Eclipse drake 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 21/12/2009 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20/11/2013 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk Drake. Accepted by Norfolk Rarities Committee 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 03/04/2014 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29/10/1995 Kilconquhar Loch, Fife Female 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 04/12/1994 St Andrews Bay, Fife 29 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 20/02/1995 Tayport, Fife Drake 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 04/12/1994 Tayport, Fife 31 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 31/10/1994 St Andrews Bay, Fife 1 male 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 05/10/1994 Eden Estuary, Fife 1 male 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 05/10/1994 Eden Estuary, Fife 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31/10/1994 St Andrews Bay, Fife 2 males 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 07/11/1994 St Andrews Bay, Fife 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 21/11/1995 Cameron Reservoir, Fife Red-head 37 Goosander Mergus merganser Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/10/1994 Eden Estuary, Fife 39 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 19/10/1995 Cameron Reservoir, Fife 4+ 40 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 30/09/1995 Tentsmuir, Fife 41 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus Euston, Suffolk 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 43 Quail Coturnix coturnix 04/07/2012 Puttockshill, Suffolk Male singing 44 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 45 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 46 Swift Apus apus 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 48 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 54 Corncrake Crex crex ********** ********** 55 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 56 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 57 Coot Fulica atra 58 Crane Grus grus 04/04/2010 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 59 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 60 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 30/11/1994 St Andrews Bay, Fife 1 61 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 62 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 30/11/1994 St Andrews Bay, Fife 1 63 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 23/04/1995 Kilconquhar Loch, Fife 2 64 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 65 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 66 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 28/05/2018 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 2 67 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 68 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/01/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 69 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 11/01/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 20/02/1995 Tayport, Fife 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 72 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 73 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/09/1996 Fife Ness, Fife 74 Curlew Numenius arquata 75 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 15/01/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 2 76 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 11/12/1994 Eden Estuary, Fife c20 77 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 04/05/2012 Livermere, Suffolk 78 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11/12/1994 Eden Estuary, Fife 1 79 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 11/02/1996 St Andrews, Fife 80 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 81 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 02/12/2012 Livermere, Suffolk 82 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus ********** ********** 83 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/11/1994 St Andrews, Fife 1 84 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 85 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 86 Redshank Tringa totanus 87 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 22/04/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 1 88 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/01/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 1 89 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 16/04/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 90 Knot Calidris canutus 30/09/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 16 91 Ruff Calidris pugnax 22/04/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 2 92 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 12/10/1996 Eden Estuary, Fife 2 juveniles 93 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 19/04/2019 Mickle Mere, Suffolk 1 94 Sanderling Calidris alba 20/02/1995 Tayport, Fife 95 Dunlin Calidris alpina 20/02/1995 Tayport, Fife 96 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 04/11/1994 St Andrews, Fife 15+ 97 Little Stint Calidris minuta 29/09/2017 Rymer Barns, Suffolk 98 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 07/09/2019 Spurn Point 1 on Kilnsea Wetland; cycled Thetford–Spurn–Thetford for #DoveStep3point1 99 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 04/10/2017 Mickle Mere, Suffolk 1 juvenile 100 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 23/04/1995 Ruddon's Point, Fife 101 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 08/08/2020 Alton Water, Suffolk A 110-mile 'clean' dirty twitch! https://www.strava.com/activities/3883193174 102 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 27/09/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 1 103 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/05/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 104 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 105 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 23/04/1995 Ellie, Fife 106 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 16/04/1995 Tentsmuir, Fife 2 107 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 22/04/1995 Tayport, Fife 108 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 109 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 110 Common Gull Larus canus 111 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 112 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 113 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 14/12/2009 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 114 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 115 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 16/04/1995 Tentsmuir, Fife 1 116 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 117 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 11/12/1994 Leven, Fife 1 adult 118 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 28/08/2021 Blakeney Point, Norfolk 119 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 04/11/1994 St Andrews Bay, Fife 3 120 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 30/09/1995 Tentsmuir, Fife 3 121 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 01/10/1995 Fife Ness, Fife 11 122 Puffin Fratercula arctica 23/04/1995 Fife Ness, Fife 123 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 01/10/1995 Fife Ness, Fife 1 124 Razorbill Alca torda 31/10/1994 St Andrews Bay, Fife 2 125 Little Auk Alle alle 22/11/1995 St Andrews Bay, Fife 5+ 126 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 04/12/1994 Tayport, Fife 1 127 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/12/1994 Tayport, Fife 3 128 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 25/02/1995 Ruddon's Point, Fife 8 129 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 08/12/1994 St Andrews Bay, Fife 2 130 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 02/12/1995 St Andrews Bay, Fife 1 131 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 17/04/1995 St Andrews, Fife 132 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 01/10/1995 Fife Ness, Fife 1 133 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 01/05/2024 The Nunnery, Norfolk 1 over 134 Gannet Morus bassanus 25/02/1995 Ruddon's Point, Fife 135 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 136 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/02/1995 Ruddon's Point, Fife 20+ 137 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 30/06/2016 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 1 138 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 25/03/2018 Lakenheath Fen, Norfolk North side of river 139 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 12/01/2011 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 1 140 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 12/05/2019 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk Followed up on report of a 'small colourful heron like bird' :-D 141 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 142 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 27/02/2021 Cavenham Heath, Suffolk 1 143 Great White Egret Ardea alba 25/03/2018 Lakenheath Fen, Norfolk North side of river 144 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 145 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/05/1995 St Andrews Bay, Fife 1 seen whilst running on West Sands 146 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 24/06/2016 Thetford, Norfolk 1 147 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 148 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 149 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 150 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/03/1995 Cameron Reservoir, Fife Ringtail 151 Red Kite Milvus milvus 152 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 27/01/2024 Stowlangtoft, Suffolk Dutch-ringed individual 153 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 24/03/2019 Weeting Heath, Norfolk 2cy female 154 Buzzard Buteo buteo 155 Barn Owl Tyto alba 156 Little Owl Athene noctua 08/09/2010 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 157 Long-eared Owl Asio otus Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 158 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 16/04/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 1 159 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 160 Hoopoe Upupa epops 24/04/2022 Hockwold Heath, Norfolk 1 161 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Icklingham, Suffolk 1 162 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 163 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 164 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 165 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 166 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 167 Merlin Falco columbarius 05/10/1994 Eden Estuary, Fife 1 168 Hobby Falco subbuteo 169 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 15/01/1995 Eden Estuary, Fife 1 170 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 30/01/2022 Fornham St Martin, Suffolk 171 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 172 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 28/08/2021 Blakeney Point, Norfolk 173 Jay Garrulus glandarius 174 Magpie Pica pica 175 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 176 Rook Corvus frugilegus 177 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 178 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/02/1995 Cocklemill Burn, Fife 1 179 Raven Corvus corax 03/04/2015 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk Pair flew NE 180 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 29/01/1996 St Andrews, Fife 8 181 Coal Tit Periparus ater 182 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 183 Willow Tit Poecile montanus Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 184 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 185 Great Tit Parus major 186 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 17/10/2010 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 187 Woodlark Lullula arborea 188 Skylark Alauda arvensis 189 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 14/11/2021 Holkham Gap, Norfolk 190 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 191 Swallow Hirundo rustica 192 House Martin Delichon urbicum 193 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 05/08/2009 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 194 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 195 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Brandon, Suffolk 196 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 14/10/1995 Fife Ness, Fife 1 197 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 09/01/2021 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 1 198 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 199 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 200 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 29/05/2021 Foxhall Heath, Suffolk 1 201 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 10/05/2017 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk Singing male, found by Neil Calbrade 202 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 203 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 204 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 27/05/2012 Livermere, Suffolk 205 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 04/09/2021 Scolt Head Island, Norfolk 206 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes ********** ********** 207 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 208 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 209 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 210 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 211 Whitethroat Curruca communis 212 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata ********** ********** 213 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 214 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 215 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 216 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 217 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 218 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 219 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 220 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 221 Redwing Turdus iliacus 222 Blackbird Turdus merula 223 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 224 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 25/09/2010 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 225 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 226 Robin Erithacus rubecula 227 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 228 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 07/09/2019 Spurn Point 1 in Crown & Anchor garden; cycled Thetford–Spurn–Thetford for #DoveStep3point1 229 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 24/04/1996 Fife Ness, Fife 1 sitting on my 'Black Diamond' bike when I got back to it! 230 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 30/07/2009 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 231 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 232 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 233 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 234 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/03/1998 St Andrews, Fife 2 235 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/10/1995 Fife Ness, Fife 4 236 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 237 Dunnock Prunella modularis 238 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 239 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 240 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 241 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 242 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 243 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 21/03/2021 Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk 4; non-motorised tick 244 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/01/1995 St Andrews, Fife 2 245 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 246 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 18/12/2009 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 247 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 248 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 249 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 250 Linnet Linaria cannabina 251 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 10/02/2011 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 252 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 253 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 04/03/2012 Santon Downham, Suffolk 254 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 27/11/2017 St Helens, Norfolk 255 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/02/2011 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 256 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 257 Siskin Spinus spinus 258 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 05/12/2016 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 1 flew north 259 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 27/10/1996 St Andrews Bay, Fife 18 at Out Head 260 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 25/02/1995 Kincraig, Fife 3 261 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 262 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 16/11/2016 Nunnery Lakes, Norfolk 1 263 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus