Dave Cox: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 390 of 390 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 10/02/2022 Cley 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 22/02/2003 Slimbridge 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 29/04/2019 Ouse washes 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 26/10/1999 Isles of Scilly 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25 Pintail Anas acuta 26 Teal Anas crecca 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 29 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 14/11/2023 Abberton res 30 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 23/02/1997 Rutland Water 31 Pochard Aythya ferina 32 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/03/2019 Alvecote Pools 33 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 34 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 35 Scaup Aythya marila 36 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 37 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/10/2021 Shetland 38 Eider Somateria mollissima 39 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30/12/2017 Rutland Water 40 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 41 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 42 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 22/10/2006 Conwy 43 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 44 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 45 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 18/05/2005 Aberdeenshire 46 Smew Mergellus albellus 47 Goosander Mergus merganser 48 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 49 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 50 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 51 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 52 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 53 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 54 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 55 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 56 Quail Coturnix coturnix 57 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 58 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 26/09/2022 Wantage 59 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 60 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 17/03/2023 Oldbury on Severn 61 Swift Apus apus 62 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 27/05/2001 Nottinghamshire 63 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 07/08/2019 Mickletown 64 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 07/05/2019 Salthouse 65 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 66 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 67 Stock Dove Columba oenas 68 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 69 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 70 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 71 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 72 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 31/01/2005 Attleborough 73 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 74 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 75 Coot Fulica atra 76 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 05/10/2011 Boyton Marshes 77 Crane Grus grus 78 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 79 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 05/10/2018 Shetland 80 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 81 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 82 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 83 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 84 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 85 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 86 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 87 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 88 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 89 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 90 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 26/07/2021 Frampton 91 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 92 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 93 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 09/04/2006 Blakeney 94 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 95 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 96 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 97 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 03/06/2007 Leighton Moss 98 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 28/08/2022 Redcar 99 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 100 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 21/10/1999 Scilly Isles 101 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 102 Curlew Numenius arquata 103 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 104 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 105 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 30/01/2019 Frampton Marsh 106 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 107 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 108 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 109 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 12/10/2020 Keyhaven Marshes 110 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 111 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 112 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 113 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 23/10/2011 Chew Valley Lake Somerset 114 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 115 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 20/06/2019 Cliffe Pools 116 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 117 Redshank Tringa totanus 118 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/11/2017 Maxstoke 119 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 120 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 121 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 122 Knot Calidris canutus 123 Ruff Calidris pugnax 124 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 25/08/2018 Frampton Marsh 125 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 126 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 127 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 13/10/2021 Swillington Ings 128 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 129 Sanderling Calidris alba 130 Dunlin Calidris alpina 131 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 132 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 11/09/2016 Upton Warren 133 Little Stint Calidris minuta 134 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 21/10/1999 Isles of Scilly 135 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 136 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 26/07/2021 Snettisham 137 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 27/09/2019 Shetland 138 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 09/05/2010 Frampton Marsh 139 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 07/06/2009 Ringstead 140 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 08/09/2009 Frampton Marsh 141 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 142 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 18/11/2001 Tichwell 143 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 26/06/2016 To be added later 144 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 03/08/2022 Romney 145 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 146 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 147 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 09/08/2023 Arne 148 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 149 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 150 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 14/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 151 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 152 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 18/06/2017 Church Norton 153 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 154 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 155 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 156 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 17/04/2019 Blenheim Palace Lake 157 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 158 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 25/07/2002 Farmoor Oxford 159 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 160 Common Gull Larus canus 161 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 162 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 163 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 09/08/2022 Grafham Water 164 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 165 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 166 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 167 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 168 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 169 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 170 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 171 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 172 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 173 Puffin Fratercula arctica 174 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 175 Razorbill Alca torda 176 Little Auk Alle alle 177 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 178 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 179 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 180 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 181 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 05/10/2021 Shetland 182 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton 183 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 184 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 185 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 186 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 187 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 12/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 188 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 189 Gannet Morus bassanus 190 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 07/09/2023 South Gare 191 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 192 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 193 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 194 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 195 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 196 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 07/10/2022 Scouseburgh Shetland 197 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 20/06/2022 Marsh Lane 198 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 29/05/2019 Fairburn Ings 199 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 200 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 04/08/2019 Pagham Harbour 201 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 202 Great White Egret Ardea alba 203 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 204 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 205 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 206 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 207 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Hawes water 208 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 209 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 210 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 211 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 212 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 03/01/2016 Norfolk 213 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 214 Red Kite Milvus milvus 215 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 216 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 217 Buzzard Buteo buteo 218 Barn Owl Tyto alba 219 Little Owl Athene noctua 220 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 221 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 222 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 223 Hoopoe Upupa epops 224 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/06/2021 Ecklingham 225 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 226 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 22/12/2021 Roach Bridge 227 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 228 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 229 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 230 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 231 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 232 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 233 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 234 Merlin Falco columbarius 235 Hobby Falco subbuteo 236 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 237 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 238 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 14/10/2019 Easington yorks 239 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 240 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 241 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 13/06/2019 Horsey Mere 242 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 243 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 244 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 28/09/2019 Levenwick Shetland Also seen Bempton 30-6-22 245 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 13/10/2009 Staines Moor Surrey 246 Jay Garrulus glandarius 247 Magpie Pica pica 248 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 249 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 250 Rook Corvus frugilegus 251 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 252 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 253 Raven Corvus corax 254 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 255 Coal Tit Periparus ater 256 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 257 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 258 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 259 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 260 Great Tit Parus major 261 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 20/12/2017 Gloustershire 262 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 263 Woodlark Lullula arborea 264 Skylark Alauda arvensis 265 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 266 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 24/09/2019 Unst 267 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 08/06/2003 South Stack 268 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 269 Swallow Hirundo rustica 270 House Martin Delichon urbicum 271 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 05/05/2019 Banbury 272 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 273 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 274 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 275 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 08/12/2016 Scratby 276 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 277 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 278 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 05/10/2021 Shetland 279 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 29/12/2018 Kingsbury Water Park 280 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 281 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 282 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 04/06/2019 Pilling Lane Ends 283 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 19/10/2021 Spurn 284 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 05/09/2018 Burnham Overy 285 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 23/09/2016 Shetland 286 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 25/06/2000 Earles Barton 287 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 288 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 289 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 290 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 291 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 01/10/2018 Shetland 292 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 28/09/2016 Shetland 293 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 04/10/2022 Shetland 294 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 02/10/2018 Shetland 295 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 08/05/2024 Rutland Water 296 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 297 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 298 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 299 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 300 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 301 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 16/04/2024 Portland Bill 302 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 09/06/2019 Flamborough Head 303 Whitethroat Curruca communis 304 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 305 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 306 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 307 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 308 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 309 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 310 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 311 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 312 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 20/11/2005 Herefordshire 313 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 02/10/2023 Shetland 314 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 09/10/2022 Shetland 315 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 316 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 317 Redwing Turdus iliacus 318 Blackbird Turdus merula 319 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 320 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 321 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 16/12/2019 Whipsnade 322 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes ********** ********** 323 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 324 Robin Erithacus rubecula 325 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 326 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 327 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 328 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 329 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 04/02/2018 Marshfield 330 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 331 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 332 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 23/10/2017 Gwent 333 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 17/12/2017 Stow on Wold 334 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 335 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 09/10/2016 Donna Nook 336 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 337 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 338 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 14/11/2019 Cley 339 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 06/01/2020 Eccleson Sea 340 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 08/11/2022 Whitley Bay 341 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 15/09/2019 Pilling lancs 342 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 343 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 344 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 345 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 28/10/2022 Slaughdon Suffolk 346 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 16/10/2014 Easington 347 Dunnock Prunella modularis 348 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 349 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 03/10/2018 Haroldswick shetland 350 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 351 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 352 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 353 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 354 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 355 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Forgotten to add when created list 356 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 357 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 06/10/2018 Shetland 358 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 359 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 360 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 361 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 362 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 363 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 364 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 365 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 366 Twite Linaria flavirostris 367 Linnet Linaria cannabina 368 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 369 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 370 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 371 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 23/03/2014 Lynford Arboretum 372 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 373 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 23/03/2014 Lynford Arboretum 374 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 375 Serin Serinus serinus 20/06/2019 Littlestone-on-sea 376 Siskin Spinus spinus 377 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus Shetland 378 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 379 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 380 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 381 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 23/01/2005 Beresford 382 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 383 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 384 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 09/06/2019 Flamborough Head 385 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 26/10/2023 Flamborough 386 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 387 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 13/12/2003 Oxfordshire 388 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 08/01/2024 Heybridge 389 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 26/09/2023 Britan Ferry 390 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 05/10/2022 Shetland