Neal Parkin: Paxton Pits Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 223 of 223 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28/04/2019 PHP east 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 29/08/2018 Pumphouse pit west 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 05/02/2024 Diddington pit 1W drake 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 49 Coot Fulica atra 50 Crane Grus grus 26/04/2024 Paxton Pits 2 birds flying north 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 56 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 58 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 61 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 62 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 63 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 71 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 74 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 75 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Knot Calidris canutus 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 83 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 84 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 87 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 27/08/2008 Diddington workings 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 90 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 91 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 27/04/2009 Diddington pit 92 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 93 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 94 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 95 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 96 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 98 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 99 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 100 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 101 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 102 Common Gull Larus canus 103 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 104 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 105 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 106 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 107 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 108 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 109 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 110 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 111 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 112 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 113 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/09/2008 Pumphouse pit 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 116 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 117 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 118 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 119 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 120 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 24/03/2021 Little Paxton PHPW 121 Great White Egret Ardea alba 122 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 123 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 124 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 125 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 126 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 127 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 128 Red Kite Milvus milvus 129 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 27/07/2023 Flying over Hail Weston woods Isle of Wight introduced bird 130 Buzzard Buteo buteo 131 Barn Owl Tyto alba 132 Little Owl Athene noctua 133 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 134 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 135 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 136 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 137 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 138 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 139 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 140 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 141 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 142 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 143 Merlin Falco columbarius 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 146 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 147 Jay Garrulus glandarius 148 Magpie Pica pica 149 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 150 Rook Corvus frugilegus 151 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 152 Raven Corvus corax 153 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 154 Coal Tit Periparus ater 155 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 156 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 157 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 158 Great Tit Parus major 159 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 160 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 161 Woodlark Lullula arborea 162 Skylark Alauda arvensis 163 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 164 Swallow Hirundo rustica 165 House Martin Delichon urbicum 166 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 167 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 168 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 169 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 170 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 171 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 172 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 14/05/2005 Island pit 173 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 174 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 175 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 176 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 177 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 178 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 179 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 180 Whitethroat Curruca communis 181 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 182 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 183 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 184 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 185 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 186 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 187 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 188 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 189 Redwing Turdus iliacus 190 Blackbird Turdus merula 191 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 192 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 193 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 194 Robin Erithacus rubecula 195 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 196 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 197 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 198 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 199 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 200 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 201 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 202 Dunnock Prunella modularis 203 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 204 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 205 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 206 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 207 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 208 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 209 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 210 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 211 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 212 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 213 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 214 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 215 Twite Linaria flavirostris 216 Linnet Linaria cannabina 217 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 218 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 219 Siskin Spinus spinus 220 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 221 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 222 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 223 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus