Malcolm Curtin: Cheshire Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 281 of 281 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 20/04/2013 IMF 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/03/2024 Woolston Eyes 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 41 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 42 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 45 Quail Coturnix coturnix 46 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 47 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 48 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 49 Swift Apus apus 50 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 22/06/2012 New Brighton 51 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 52 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 53 Stock Dove Columba oenas 54 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 57 Corncrake Crex crex 58 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 59 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 60 Coot Fulica atra 61 Crane Grus grus 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 67 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 68 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 69 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 70 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 71 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 72 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 73 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 74 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 75 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 76 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 77 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 78 Curlew Numenius arquata 79 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 80 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 81 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 11/02/2003 Inner Marsh Farm 82 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 83 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 84 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 85 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 01/10/1987 Weaver Bend Frodsham 86 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 87 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 88 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 89 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 90 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 91 Redshank Tringa totanus 92 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/08/2010 IMF 93 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 94 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 95 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 96 Knot Calidris canutus 97 Ruff Calidris pugnax 98 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 16/05/2011 Hoylake 99 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 29/08/2013 Neumann’s Flash 100 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 101 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 102 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 103 Sanderling Calidris alba 104 Dunlin Calidris alpina 105 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 106 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20/09/2023 Hoylake 107 Little Stint Calidris minuta 108 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 109 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 03/05/2012 BMW RSPB 110 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 01/05/1987 Frodsham Marsh 111 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 112 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 06/08/2019 Elton Hall Flash Sandbach 113 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 31/05/1992 Neumann’s Flash 114 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 19/05/2005 Ashton’s Flash (4) 115 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 116 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 117 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 118 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 119 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 120 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 121 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 122 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 123 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 12/08/2018 Hoylake 124 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 125 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 06/02/2015 New Brighton 126 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 15/05/1987 Neumann’s Flash 127 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 128 Common Gull Larus canus 129 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 130 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 131 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 132 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 133 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 134 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 135 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 136 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 137 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 138 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 139 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 140 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 141 Razorbill Alca torda 142 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 143 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 144 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 145 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 146 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 147 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 148 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 149 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 150 Gannet Morus bassanus 151 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 152 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 153 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 154 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 155 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 156 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 30/05/2023 Pumphouse Flash Sandbach 157 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 158 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 159 Great White Egret Ardea alba 160 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 161 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 162 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 163 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 164 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 165 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 166 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 01/10/2017 Denhall Quay 167 Red Kite Milvus milvus 168 Black Kite Milvus migrans 169 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 13/07/2023 Frodsham Score 170 Buzzard Buteo buteo 171 Barn Owl Tyto alba 172 Little Owl Athene noctua 173 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 174 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 175 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 176 Hoopoe Upupa epops 25/04/2023 Rixton 177 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 178 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 179 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 180 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 181 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 182 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 183 Merlin Falco columbarius 184 Hobby Falco subbuteo 185 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 186 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 187 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 188 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 189 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 190 Jay Garrulus glandarius 191 Magpie Pica pica 192 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 06/08/2019 Windgather Rocks, Kettleshume 193 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 194 Rook Corvus frugilegus 195 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 196 Raven Corvus corax 197 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 198 Coal Tit Periparus ater 199 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 200 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 201 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 202 Great Tit Parus major 203 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 10/04/2019 BMW 204 Skylark Alauda arvensis 205 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 206 Swallow Hirundo rustica 207 House Martin Delichon urbicum 208 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 209 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 210 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 211 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 212 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 213 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 214 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 215 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 21/12/2020 Astbury Mere Congleton 216 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 217 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 218 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 31/05/2017 Primrose Hill Kelsall 219 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 220 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 221 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 10/04/2023 BMW Heard only 222 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 223 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 224 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 225 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 226 Whitethroat Curruca communis 227 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 228 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 229 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 230 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 231 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 232 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 10/06/2020 Frodsham Marsh 233 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 234 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 235 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 236 Redwing Turdus iliacus 237 Blackbird Turdus merula 238 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 239 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 240 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 241 Robin Erithacus rubecula 242 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 243 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 244 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 245 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 246 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 247 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 24/12/2019 Ashton’s Flash Northwich Cheshire 248 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 249 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 250 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 07/11/2018 Meols Wirral 251 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 252 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 253 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 254 Dunnock Prunella modularis 255 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 256 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 257 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 258 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 259 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 260 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 261 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 12/01/2014 Burton Marsh 262 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 263 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 264 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 265 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 266 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 267 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 268 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 269 Twite Linaria flavirostris 270 Linnet Linaria cannabina 271 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 272 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 273 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 274 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 275 Siskin Spinus spinus 276 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 277 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 278 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 279 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 280 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 281 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 23/05/2003 Caldy