Ryan McClarence: Western Palearctic Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 385 of 385 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 25/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 01/12/2018 Easington Straight 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12/12/2015 Ingbirchworth Res Adult Greenland 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 27/02/2022 Swine Moor 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 11/08/2018 Alkborough Flats 20 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 25 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 12/02/2016 North Cave Wetlands 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 12/02/2016 Pugneys (Nature Reserve) 1w Female 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 28/01/2017 Kirby on bain GPs Drake 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 07/05/2015 Wintersett Reservoir 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 35 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 09/01/2016 Filey Brigg 1w drake 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/12/2016 Redcar, off Stray Cafe 14 38 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 16/11/2019 Fisherrow Harbour, Musselburgh 39 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 09/01/2016 Hornsea Mere 41 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 42 Smew Mergellus albellus 43 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30/01/2016 Thornham Habour 2 drake, 1 female 45 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 46 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 22/04/2018 Cairngorm 47 Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 22/04/2018 1 Female possibly 2 48 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 30/04/2016 Langdon Beck Possibly 20 individuals 49 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 50 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 30/01/2016 Wolferton Triangle 51 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 52 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 53 Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara 31/08/2019 Coste Adeje, Tenerife 3 54 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 55 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 56 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23/04/2018 Anglers CP 57 Common Swift Apus apus 58 Plain Swift Apus unicolor 26/08/2019 Costa Adeje, Tenerife 20+ 59 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 10/11/2018 Marsden Quarry, Durham Flew over, ID confirmed from pics 60 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax 06/08/2019 Methley Ings, Leeds Adult male 61 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 06/05/2019 Weybourne, Norfolk 62 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 63 Rock Dove Columba livia 64 Stock Dove Columba oenas 65 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 66 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 67 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 68 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea Yes 19/08/2019 Costa Adeje, Tenerife 69 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 70 Corn Crake Crex crex 13/05/2018 North Duffield Carrs 71 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 12/08/2015 Blacktoft Sands 72 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 73 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 74 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 04/09/2016 Alkborough Flats 75 Little Crake Zapornia parva 76 Common Crane Grus grus 28/05/2017 77 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 78 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 79 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 80 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 81 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 82 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 83 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 84 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 85 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 86 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 87 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 88 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 89 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 17/10/2015 Easington Straight Juvenile 90 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 29/04/2017 Long Bank Marsh, Kilnsea Female 91 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 92 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 93 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 94 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 05/05/2023 Long Nanny, Northumberland 95 White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 96 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii 97 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 98 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 99 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 100 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 101 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 102 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 19/03/2016 Rutland Water, Lagoon 3 1st winter 103 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 104 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 105 Great Snipe Gallinago media 106 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 107 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 11/11/2014 Rother Valley CP 108 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 18/05/2014 North Cave Wetlands 109 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 110 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 24/01/2018 Holme Pierrepoint, Nottingham 111 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 112 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 113 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 114 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 02/12/2017 Long Bank Marsh, Kilnsea 115 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 116 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 117 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 118 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 29/06/2016 Gore Point, Holme Dunes, Norfolk 119 Red Knot Calidris canutus 120 Ruff Calidris pugnax 121 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus 20/05/2019 RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincs 122 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 123 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 22/08/2018 RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincs Adult 124 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 125 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 16/05/2015 North Cave Wetlands 126 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 10/10/2021 RSPB St Aidans 127 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 18/09/2016 Hatfield Moors 128 Sanderling Calidris alba 129 Dunlin Calidris alpina 130 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 131 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 31/08/2016 Hatfield Moors 132 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10/05/2016 North Cave Wetlands 2 133 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 06/08/2016 RSPB Frampton Marsh 134 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 135 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 136 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 137 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 138 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 139 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 09/07/2016 Rother Valley CP 140 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 141 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 142 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 143 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 144 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 145 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 146 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 17/09/2016 Spurn seawatch 147 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 148 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 149 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 150 Common Gull Larus canus 151 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 152 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 153 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 154 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 155 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 156 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 157 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 158 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 17/09/2016 Spurn seawatch 159 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 160 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 17/09/2016 Spurn seawatch 161 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 05/02/2016 Wheldrake Ings 162 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 163 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 27/12/2018 South Gare 164 Razorbill Alca torda 165 Little Auk Alle alle 166 Common Murre Uria aalge 167 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 168 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 18/02/2017 Hoveringham sailing lake 169 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 17/12/2015 Calder Wetlands Immature 170 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 28/01/2017 River Wytham, Woodhall Spa Juvenile 171 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 10/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 172 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 173 Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 174 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 175 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 176 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 177 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 178 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 179 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 25/04/2016 Went Ings, Southfield Res 180 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 181 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 182 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 183 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 184 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 04/05/2014 Wombwell Ings 185 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 186 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 187 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 188 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 02/05/2019 RSPB Fairburn Ings 189 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 190 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 30/06/2018 Holderness Field, Kilnsea Showing well despite the heat haze 191 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 192 Great Egret Ardea alba RSPB Old Moor 193 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 194 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 04/05/2018 Tophill Low 1st Summer 195 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 196 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 26/08/2023 Olhos de Água 197 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 25/06/2017 Wykeham 198 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 26/08/2023 Olhos de Água 199 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 28/05/2019 Findhorn Valley 2 200 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 201 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 05/03/2016 Wykeham Forest 10 sightings, definitely 4 individuals 202 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 203 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 204 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 10/12/2016 Welwick Saltmarsh Juvenile 205 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 206 Red Kite Milvus milvus 207 Black Kite Milvus migrans 27/04/2019 Spurn 208 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 21/04/2018 Findhorn Valley 209 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 210 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 211 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 212 Little Owl Athene noctua 213 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 214 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 215 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 22/03/2018 Friskney, Lincs 1w Female 216 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 217 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 218 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 219 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/12/2021 Samlesbury, Lancashire Adult male 220 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 26/06/2017 East Leake Quarry, Notts 5!!! 221 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 09/09/2017 Kilnsea 222 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 13/04/2017 Sheffield Male and Female. 223 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 224 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 225 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 226 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 28/05/2017 Spurn 2x 1s Males S over Numpties 227 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 17/07/2017 St Buryan, Cornwall 1s Female 228 Merlin Falco columbarius 229 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 230 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 231 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 232 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 233 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 234 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 235 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 27/09/2014 Kilnsea 236 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 19/09/2015 Nosterfield LNR 237 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 25/05/2014 Pontefract Racecourse 238 Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 30/06/2022 Wandale Farm, Bempton 239 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 31/10/2016 Kilnsea, Southern end of Canal Zone 240 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 241 Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki 242 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 243 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 17/07/2017 Land's End 2 244 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 245 Rook Corvus frugilegus 246 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 247 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 21/04/2018 248 Northern Raven Corvus corax 249 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 250 Coal Tit Periparus ater 251 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 21/04/2018 Loch Garten 252 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 253 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 254 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 255 Great Tit Parus major 256 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 257 Woodlark Lullula arborea 258 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 259 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 260 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 261 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 10/11/2015 Chesterfield 262 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 263 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 264 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 265 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 266 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 267 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 268 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 269 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei 28/10/2015 Flamborough Head 270 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 26/09/2015 Southfield Farm 271 Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 17/10/2015 Crown & Anchor 272 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 10/11/2018 Marsden Quarry, Durham 273 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 274 Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis 19/08/2019 Costa Adeje, Tenerife Common 275 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 276 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus 09/06/2018 Norwood Edge Plantation near Otley Singing male 277 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus 278 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn 279 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 280 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 281 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 09/05/2019 Wintersett Res, West Yorkshire Heard singing and brief views whilst moving through the reeds 282 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 283 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 18/09/2016 Spurn Trapped and ringed in Church Field 284 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 285 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 23/09/2017 Spurn 286 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 01/10/2019 Corner Field, Spurn 287 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 288 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 289 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 29/07/2019 Carr Naze, Filey 290 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 29/04/2017 Canal zone, Kilnsea 291 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 292 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 293 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 294 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 295 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 296 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala 297 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae 298 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans 299 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 300 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 06/05/2019 Westleton Heath 301 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 302 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 303 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 304 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 305 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 306 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 307 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 09/05/2021 Newbiggin-by-the-sea, Northumberland 308 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus 14/10/2017 Easington 309 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 310 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor 311 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 312 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 313 Redwing Turdus iliacus 314 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 315 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 316 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 03/05/2014 Flamborough Head 317 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis 15/01/2017 Adwick Washlands 1w Female 318 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 18/12/2016 Beeley, Derbyshire 1w Female 319 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 320 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 321 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 14/05/2016 Sammys Point 322 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 02/05/2016 Whisby Nature Park 2 singing males 323 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 18/02/2017 Willow Tree Fen, Lincolnshire 324 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Flamborough Head (Bay Brambles) 325 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 326 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 327 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 328 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 28/10/2015 Flamborough Lighthouse 329 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 330 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 331 Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 10/11/2019 Peter Lane, Easington Confirmed by DNA 332 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus 333 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 334 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 335 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 22/10/2016 Near Easington boatyard 336 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 27/12/2017 Whitby Adult male 337 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 338 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus Bolton Abbey 339 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 340 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 19/08/2019 Costa Adeje, Tenerife Common in the hotel grounds 341 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 342 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 13/10/2016 Vicars Lane, Easington 343 Dunnock Prunella modularis 344 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 345 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 346 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 347 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 348 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 349 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 14/12/2014 Calder Wetlands 350 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 351 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Hatfield Moors 352 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 353 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 19/12/2016 Swillington (Lemonroyd Filter Beds) 354 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 17/10/2015 355 Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii 28/08/2019 Costa Adeje, Tenerife 3 over the course of the week 356 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 357 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 358 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Wentworth Castle 359 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 360 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 27/09/2014 Spurn Trapped at Warren 361 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 362 Twite Linaria flavirostris 363 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 364 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 365 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 366 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 367 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 28/12/2017 Howden Res, Derbyshire 12 368 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 28/05/2019 Carrbridge Woods 369 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 370 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera 371 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 372 European Serin Serinus serinus 373 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 374 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 27/12/2018 South Gare 375 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 19/12/2014 Cleethorpes 376 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 377 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 378 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 22/01/2017 Dunnington, York Male 379 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 02/09/2017 Spurn 380 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 381 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala 08/06/2019 Flamborough Head 382 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 27/10/2023 North marsh, Flamborough 383 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 384 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 26/04/2024 Hartlepool, Cleveland 385 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 05/01/2024 Heybridge, Essex