Harry Ramm: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 379 of 379 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla, hrota and nigricans. 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 23/03/2013 Farlington Marshes, Hampshire. 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 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 29/03/2014 Fen Drayton RSPB, Cambridgeshire. 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 05/08/2013 RSPB Ouse Wash, Cambridgeshire. 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 2 Scilly's, 1 Sussex, 1 Cambridgeshire. 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25 Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 1 hampshire, 1 suffolk. 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 29/09/2021 Shetland 34 Eider Somateria mollissima 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 36 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 40 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 14/05/2016 Radipool 41 Goosander Mergus merganser 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 44 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 45 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 46 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 47 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 48 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 49 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 50 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 51 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 13/10/2019 Antrim, Northern Ireland. Adult Male. 52 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 53 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 54 Swift Apus apus 55 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 15/06/2013 Trimly Marshes SWT, Suffolk. 56 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 14/05/2016 Portland 57 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 24/10/2014 Porthgwarra, Cornwall. 58 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 59 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 60 Stock Dove Columba oenas 61 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 62 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 63 Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 02/05/2016 Otford, Kent. 64 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 65 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 66 Corncrake Crex crex 67 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 2 scilly's, 1 hampshire. 68 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 69 Coot Fulica atra 70 Crane Grus grus 71 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 72 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 22/02/2013 Ham Wall, Somerset. 73 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 74 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 75 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 76 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 77 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 78 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 79 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 17/05/2014 Medmerry RSPB, West Sussex. 10 kent, 16 Sussex. 80 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 81 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 82 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 83 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 27/06/2014 Middleton Lakes, Cambridgeshire. 84 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 2 Sussex, 1 Cornwall. 85 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus flock of 23+ 86 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 87 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 19/10/2013 Hayling Island, Hampshire. 88 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 89 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 90 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Yes 05/12/2020 cornwall 91 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 12/10/2021 Blacktoft sands RSPB 92 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 04/07/2020 Tyninghame Bay, Lothain. 93 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 2 Sussex. 94 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 95 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 11/06/2020 sussex and cornwall need to change date 96 Curlew Numenius arquata 97 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 98 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 99 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 02/05/2015 Mereheath, Somerset. 100 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 03/08/2013 Pannington Marshes, Hampshire. 2 101 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 102 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 103 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 104 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 105 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 3 106 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 21/06/2015 Church Norton, West Sussex. 107 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 108 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 109 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 29/07/2017 Cliffe pools 110 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 111 Redshank Tringa totanus 112 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 16/08/2014 Hampshire. 113 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 114 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 115 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 16/05/2015 Titchfield Haven, Hampshire. 116 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 117 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 15/07/2014 Breydon Water, Norfolk. 118 Knot Calidris canutus 119 Ruff Calidris pugnax 120 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 23/05/2015 Tinkers Marsh, Suffolk. 121 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 122 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 12/10/2021 St aidans RSPB 123 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth, Northumberland 124 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 1 kent, 1 Cornwall. 125 Sanderling Calidris alba 126 Dunlin Calidris alpina 127 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 128 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 28/08/2016 Reculver, Kent. 1 Sussex, 1 kent, 1 Cornwall. 129 Little Stint Calidris minuta 130 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 16/09/2017 Lodmoor 131 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 2 Sussex, 1 hampshire. 132 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 11/09/2016 Tichfield 133 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 07/06/2021 Dungeness 3 together! 134 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 135 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 24/06/2020 Dunge Adult 136 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 18/06/2016 Gibraltar point 137 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 138 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 139 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 140 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 141 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 142 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 143 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 11/06/2017 Church norton 144 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 145 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 31/05/2014 Bowling Green Marshes, Devon 146 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 147 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 21/12/2013 Partrington Haven, Yorkshire. 148 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 01/06/2013 Oare Marshes, Kent. 149 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 150 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 26/05/2016 Dunge 151 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 02/11/2014 Blashford Lakes, Hampshire. 152 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 153 Common Gull Larus canus 154 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 3 Hampshire. 155 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 156 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 157 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 158 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 159 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 4 160 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 161 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 1 kumlieni self found, 3 glaucoides (1 self found). 162 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 163 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 164 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 165 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 166 Puffin Fratercula arctica 167 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 168 Razorbill Alca torda 169 Little Auk Alle alle 170 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 27/12/2013 Portland Harbour, Dorset. 171 Guillemot Uria aalge 172 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 173 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 174 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 05/12/2020 cornwall 175 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 176 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 177 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 3 Cornwall. 178 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 179 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 180 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 181 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 182 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 183 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 184 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 08/07/2020 portland bill 185 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 186 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 09/08/2015 Middlebere Farm, Dorset. 187 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 188 Gannet Morus bassanus 189 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 190 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 191 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 23/03/2013 Hampshire. 2 Sussex, 1 hampshire. 192 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 193 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 194 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 195 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 03/07/2015 Southease, East Sussex. 196 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 4 kent, 1 sussex, 2 hampshire. 197 Great White Egret Ardea alba 198 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 199 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 200 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 09/10/2016 Devon 201 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 202 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 203 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 01/06/2014 Morden Bog, Dorset. 204 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 205 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 206 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 207 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 208 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 209 Red Kite Milvus milvus 210 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 1 Sussex, 2 Cleveland. 211 Buzzard Buteo buteo 212 Barn Owl Tyto alba 213 Little Owl Athene noctua 214 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 28/09/2017 Durham 215 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 216 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 217 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 218 Hoopoe Upupa epops 219 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 25/05/2013 Broxhead Common, Hampshire. 220 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 221 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 23/03/2022 Samlesbury 222 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 14 223 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 4 224 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 225 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 226 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 227 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 228 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 2 229 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 27/05/2022 Kent 230 Merlin Falco columbarius 231 Hobby Falco subbuteo 232 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 233 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 234 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 04/10/2021 Shetland 235 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 4+ 236 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 30/09/2014 Spurn, Yorkshire. 237 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 30/09/2021 Shetland 238 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 5 239 Jay Garrulus glandarius 240 Magpie Pica pica 241 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 242 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 243 Rook Corvus frugilegus 244 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 245 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 246 Raven Corvus corax 247 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 248 Coal Tit Periparus ater 249 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 250 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 251 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 06/06/2021 252 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 253 Great Tit Parus major 254 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 255 Woodlark Lullula arborea 256 Skylark Alauda arvensis 257 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 14/10/2016 Spurn 258 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 2 259 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 260 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 01/12/2020 kent 261 Swallow Hirundo rustica 262 House Martin Delichon urbicum 263 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 2 264 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 05/11/2016 Minsmere 265 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 266 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 267 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 268 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 22/04/2013 Church Norton, West Sussex 269 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 11/01/2014 Dungeness, Kent. 270 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 271 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 4 272 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 2 273 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 1 Scilly, 1 Yorkshire, 1 suffolk, 1 Norfolk. 274 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 275 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 276 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 07/06/2020 minsmere RSPB 277 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 01/11/2014 Broton Golfcourse, Cleveland. 278 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 279 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 28/05/2016 Paxton pits 280 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 281 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 10/06/2020 norfolk 282 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 283 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 284 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 15/09/2019 Farlington Marshes 285 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 286 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 04/10/2022 Shetland 287 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 05/06/2021 Ham Wall 288 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 14/06/2020 Norfolk 289 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 290 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 291 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 292 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 29/09/2021 Shetland 293 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 294 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 17/06/2020 Holy Island 295 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 16/10/2015 scilly date incorrect 296 Whitethroat Curruca communis 297 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 298 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 299 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 300 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 301 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 302 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 303 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 07/03/2021 Exmouth Date incorrect 304 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 1 Scilly, 2 Cornwall, 1 sussex. 305 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 306 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 04/06/2015 Skokholm Island, Wales. 307 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 30/10/2013 Porthgwarra, Cornwall. 308 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 31/10/2013 Parsonage, St Agnes, Isles Of Scilly. 309 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 310 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 311 Redwing Turdus iliacus 312 Blackbird Turdus merula 313 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 314 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 315 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 18/05/2013 Margate Cemetery, Kent. 316 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 29/10/2013 Tressco, Isles of Scilly. 317 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 318 Robin Erithacus rubecula 319 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 320 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 29/09/2021 Shetland 321 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 322 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 323 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 01/03/2014 Marshfield, Gloucestershire. 1 Gloucestershire, 1 Norfolk, 1 Lincolnshire. 324 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 325 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 326 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 327 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 11/05/2016 hampshire Caspian, titchfield. Poss stegg, Donna nook. Marus, Spurn 328 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 329 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 330 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 22/10/2016 Burnham Overy 331 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 332 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 333 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 334 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 14/10/2016 Spurn 335 Dunnock Prunella modularis 336 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 337 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 17/11/2019 Walberswick NNR 338 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 04/10/2015 Canal Scrape, Spurn, Yorkshire. 339 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 340 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 341 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 342 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 343 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 344 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 345 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 14/10/2016 Spurn Joint found with mike 346 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 03/10/2022 Shetland 347 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 2 Scilly, 1 Manchester. 348 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 03/11/2019 Sennen 349 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 350 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 351 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 352 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 353 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 354 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 355 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 356 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 357 Twite Linaria flavirostris 358 Linnet Linaria cannabina 359 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 360 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 361 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 362 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 363 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 364 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 17/08/2013 Broomhead Reservoir, Yorkshire. 4+ 365 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 366 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 10/05/2015 Holkham Pines, Norfolk. 367 Serin Serinus serinus 14/05/2016 368 Siskin Spinus spinus 369 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 370 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 371 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 372 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 373 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 374 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 375 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 376 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 377 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 378 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 03/03/2021 Sussex Date incorrect 379 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 20/06/2016 Durham unsure if date