Joma Blair: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 241 of 241 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 01/01/2021 Abberton A pair spotted by Sian amongst over a dozen mute swans just as we were leaving Abberon 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18/04/2021 Slapton Lake Just after my lifer RNG, viewed through Matt's scope but distant 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27/11/2020 Coverack Bay One seen in the bay with a common scoter, after seeing a washed up basking shark earlier that morning 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/11/2022 Swanpool Female seen off Swanpool beach while shooting herring gulls for vance 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 33 Quail Coturnix coturnix 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 36 Swift Apus apus 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/05/2020 Blue House Farm 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 45 Coot Fulica atra 46 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 01/08/2016 Minsmere 47 Crane Grus grus 28/12/2020 Highland's House One flew over while watching redwings in the trees 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 18/04/2021 Slapton Lake One summer plumage on the lake with a group of GCGs, intially had its head tucked in but then lifted it and was active. 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 52 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 27/11/2020 St Buriyan's My second mega, seen the same day as I lifered velvet scoter 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 02/10/2022 The Hayle The bird was showing incredibly well at the causway, I got the train down after Man United went 4-0 down to City 66 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 67 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 69 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 03/10/2020 St Ives Found through bins tracking left to right towards Godrevy, two more (same bird?) picked up by liam and matt 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 74 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 10/10/2022 Hayle A pair of juvs on Copperhouss Creek, went in the morning with Leela and Ben, got great views then breakfast at the Birdie Diner. The morning was freezing and I was severely underdressed. 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 78 Knot Calidris canutus 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 19/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 2 of them seen, stunningly pretty waders seen while looking for Baird's sandpiper 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 84 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 19/09/2020 Hayle Estuary Absolutelt amazing views on the rocks behind the main pool, only a couple of metres away. We only saw it a few minutes before we needed to get the train. 85 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/09/2020 Hayle 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 87 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 04/09/2021 London Seen with Vance on london trip, also little gull and bng 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 90 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 91 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 15/03/2021 Maenporth One adult winter individual picked out among a gull roost off the shore of Maenporth 92 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 93 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 95 Common Gull Larus canus 96 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 03/12/2022 Hayle Great views from Lennant Saltings with James, Finley and David Raffle 97 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 08/08/2022 Grafham Water 98 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 08/08/2022 Grafham Water Stopped off on the drive back after climbing Snowdon for Claire's birthday, also lifered casp the same day 99 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 100 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 29/07/2022 Hanningfield Reservoir 101 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 102 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 103 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 29/03/2021 Newlyn One tame individual seen close up on the beach 104 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 04/12/2020 Penzance My 200th uk bird! I spotted the 1st winter bird in flight at the fish docks, it had an extremely pale impression. 105 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 106 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 107 Puffin Fratercula arctica 10/10/2020 Isles of Scilly Ferry Two seen on the sea from the Scillion 3 returning from St Mary's 108 Razorbill Alca torda 109 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 110 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 111 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 04/12/2020 Penzance We saw the bird from the coastal path behind the carpark, it was hairing right to left and diving frequently 112 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 114 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 22/10/2022 Pendennis A day of truly bizarre scenes as thousands of Great Shearwater streamed West past Falmouth and the Lizard, some good views initially before the line moved way out to the horizon and they became unidentifiable beyond just being a large shearwater. 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 116 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 03/10/2020 St Ives Seen from a seawatch 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 120 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 08/06/2022 Minsmere 5 in flight and 1 on the deck near the south scrape 121 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 24/06/2020 Norfolk 122 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 123 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 18/04/2021 Slapton Lake Sat in the reeds preening itself, found about about half an hour of looking. 124 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 125 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 06/10/2020 College Reservoir Car tick! On way to twitching AGP 126 Great White Egret Ardea alba 21/07/2020 Ham Wall 127 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 128 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/09/2019 Devoran 183. (removed water pipit) seen flying with fish at the hayle after running from point quay 129 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 130 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 131 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 132 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 133 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 134 Red Kite Milvus milvus 135 Buzzard Buteo buteo 136 Barn Owl Tyto alba 137 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 04/12/2020 Stithians On the way back from unsuccessfully trying to see a ring billed gull at the Hayle, we passed by Stiths to try and get a greylag for Matt's 10k list. Instead Carla made a wrong tern, and we saw a gripping shape fly over the hill in front of us. We thought it might be a hen harrier, but as we turned around the bend we all saw it wasn't and I called out 'Owl!'. We IDed it as short eared before it flew over the hill again. Absolutely incredible way to end a great day's birding. 138 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 139 Hoopoe Upupa epops 01/04/2021 Housel, The Lizard Individual was flushed by a dog and seen in flight before dissappearing into the vegetation, not to re-emerge that evening. 140 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 141 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 26/06/2022 Trimingham 5 seen on lines and in flight, including a pair mating 142 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 10/10/2020 St Mary's One seen between bushes and rocks above a beach and quarry 143 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor ********** ********** 144 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 145 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 146 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 147 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 28/05/2022 Worth Marsh, Kent 1st summer female twitched with Abbie Burrows, the same day as the Eleonora's. Seen hawking from a telephone line. 148 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 28/05/2022 Worth Marsh, Kent First twitchable record in the UK. Pale morph Individual watched for several hours both perched and in flight with Abbie Burrows 149 Merlin Falco columbarius 25/10/2020 Porth Nanven A male seen distantly circling high 150 Hobby Falco subbuteo 151 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 152 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 153 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 26/04/2021 Nanquidno Valley One beautiful male showed well 154 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 23/10/2021 Pendeen #224, 1st winter juv seen well with Elliot and Doyle 155 Jay Garrulus glandarius 156 Magpie Pica pica 157 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 158 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 159 Rook Corvus frugilegus 160 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 161 Raven Corvus corax 162 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 163 Coal Tit Periparus ater 164 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 15/11/2020 College Reservoir Finally heard and seen with a tit flock while twitching pallas's warbler 165 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 23/10/2021 Stithians #225, stiths bird finally seen on the way back from the Pendeen brown shrike 166 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 167 Great Tit Parus major 168 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 24/07/2020 Hickling Broad 169 Woodlark Lullula arborea 27/05/2021 New Forest A pair first spotted by mum as they flushed, but quickly refound. One was especially bold and I approached to photograph as it sat out on a treebranch in the evening sun. One of two birthday ticks that day. 170 Skylark Alauda arvensis 171 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 172 Swallow Hirundo rustica 173 House Martin Delichon urbicum 174 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 175 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 176 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 22/10/2020 College Reservoir 1 seen and heard calling in the bushes by the vismig spot just past the entrance to collage res 177 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15/11/2020 College Reservoir I saw it in flight and then in the trees on the second attempt to find it in two days, it was really brightly coloured. I left early with carla while matt elliott and humphrey stayed for better views and got drenched by the rain. 178 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 07/12/2020 St Erth Seen at the end of a day out west, where we saw a Minke whale from the headland by Minnack theatre. 179 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 180 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 181 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 182 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 183 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Ok now I know heard onlys aren't really allowed on life lists, but I am convinced that this f***ing bird doesn't actually exist, and its call is just the work of malignant fae using playback to lure me deep into bogs, thorns and bramble bushes. If anyone says they've actually seen a grasshopper warbler, I don't believe you. They don't exist and should be struck from the british list. 184 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 185 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 21/06/2020 Danbury 186 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 10/10/2020 St Mary's Seen flicking over and then settling in a bush at the end of my first day on the Scillies 187 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 188 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 20/04/2021 Trevescan Adult male seen well on deck and in flight 189 Whitethroat Curruca communis 190 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 23/07/2020 Kelling Heath 191 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 192 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 193 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 194 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 195 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 196 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth 197 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 198 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 199 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 200 Redwing Turdus iliacus 201 Blackbird Turdus merula 202 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 203 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/04/2021 Sennen One male found by matt and seen directly after getting out of the car, one male and one female picked up soon after, the white breast and wings was really striking. 204 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/07/2020 Black Tor Wood 205 Robin Erithacus rubecula 206 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 207 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 21/11/2020 Church Cove Cemetery An adult male in the ivy, also saw a snow bunting an hour later 208 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 18/04/2021 Devon Several seen high in the canopy, before one was obliging enough for photos in the car park 209 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 29/11/2022 St Mary's A stunning bird, seen on the same day as I dipped Wilson's Snipe and Myrtle Warbler. Also 2 pom skua and 4 dusky warblers. 210 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 211 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 22/09/2020 Porthgwarra 182- Young female in a grove of pine trees 212 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 213 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 214 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 215 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 216 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 217 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 218 Dunnock Prunella modularis 219 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 220 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 221 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 222 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 223 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 27/05/2021 New Forest One individual walking around at the base of a line of trees next to a boggy area. Identitiy confirmed by call and by photos from Matt. The first of two birthday ticks that day, the other being woodlark. 224 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 225 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 226 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 227 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 22/12/2021 Hatfield Forest 2 on branch, then 12 flying over several times 228 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 229 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 230 Linnet Linaria cannabina 231 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/09/2020 The lizard A small group flew overhead 232 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 16/10/2020 Campus field 1 flew over on vismig 233 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 234 Siskin Spinus spinus 235 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 22/09/2020 Porthgwarra 183- One flew overhead, ID'd from call 236 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 237 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 238 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 239 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 18/04/2021 Seen on a beach after getting lost down several country roads in Devon. 240 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 16/04/2021 Sennen One showed incredibly well after being initially skulky. Sat out on branches singing and fighting up and down the row of bushes. 241 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus