Elliott Cornelius: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 271 of 271 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 01/04/2023 Loch Gruinart 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 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/05/2021 Walmsley 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 29 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 25/05/2022 Loch Fleet 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 38 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 43 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 44 Swift Apus apus 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 49 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Crane Grus grus 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 63 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 64 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 68 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 27/11/2020 St Buryan, Cornwall 69 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 70 Curlew Numenius arquata 71 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 72 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 73 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 74 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 75 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 76 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 77 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 79 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 83 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 84 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 85 Knot Calidris canutus 86 Ruff Calidris pugnax 87 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 88 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 89 Sanderling Calidris alba 90 Dunlin Calidris alpina 91 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 92 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 19/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 93 Little Stint Calidris minuta 94 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 95 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 96 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 07/05/2021 Abbotsbury Swannery 97 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 98 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 99 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 100 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 101 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 103 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 104 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 27/04/2023 Hayle Estuary 105 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 106 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 107 Common Gull Larus canus 108 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 109 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 110 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 07/08/2022 Grafham Water 111 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 112 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 113 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 114 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 115 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 116 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 29/03/2021 Newlyn, Cornwall 117 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 118 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 119 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 120 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 121 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 122 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 31/07/2023 Scilly Pelagic 123 Puffin Fratercula arctica 124 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 125 Razorbill Alca torda 126 Little Auk Alle alle 127 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 128 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 129 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 130 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 19/01/2020 Rosemullion head 131 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 132 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 133 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 134 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 135 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 136 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 137 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 31/07/2023 Scilly Pelagic 138 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 139 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 140 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 141 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 142 Gannet Morus bassanus 143 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 144 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 145 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 146 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 147 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 148 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 149 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 150 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 151 Great White Egret Ardea alba 152 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 153 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 154 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 155 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 156 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 157 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 158 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 159 Red Kite Milvus milvus 160 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 161 Buzzard Buteo buteo 162 Barn Owl Tyto alba 163 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 164 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 165 Hoopoe Upupa epops 166 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Icklingham 167 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 168 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 169 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 170 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 171 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 172 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 173 Merlin Falco columbarius 174 Hobby Falco subbuteo 175 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 176 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 177 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 178 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 23/10/2021 Pendeen 179 Jay Garrulus glandarius 180 Magpie Pica pica 181 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 182 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 183 Rook Corvus frugilegus 184 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 185 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 186 Raven Corvus corax 187 Coal Tit Periparus ater 188 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 189 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 190 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 191 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 192 Great Tit Parus major 193 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 194 Woodlark Lullula arborea 195 Skylark Alauda arvensis 196 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 197 Swallow Hirundo rustica 198 House Martin Delichon urbicum 199 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 200 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 201 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 202 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 203 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 204 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 205 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 206 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 23/05/2022 Regent's Park 207 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 208 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 209 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 210 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 211 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 212 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 213 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 214 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 20/04/2021 Treeve Moor, Land's End 215 Whitethroat Curruca communis 216 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 217 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 218 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 219 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 220 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 221 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 222 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth, Devon 223 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 224 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 225 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 226 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 227 Redwing Turdus iliacus 228 Blackbird Turdus merula 229 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 230 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 231 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 22/08/2021 Treleaver 232 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 233 Robin Erithacus rubecula 234 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 235 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 236 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 237 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 238 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 239 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 240 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 241 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 28/01/2023 Holywell 242 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 23/11/2020 Penberth Cove, Cornwall 243 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 244 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 245 Dunnock Prunella modularis 246 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 247 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 248 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 249 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 07/05/2021 Cogden Beach 250 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 251 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 252 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 253 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 254 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 255 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 256 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 257 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 258 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 259 Twite Linaria flavirostris 260 Linnet Linaria cannabina 261 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 262 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 263 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 264 Siskin Spinus spinus 265 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 266 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 267 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 268 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 269 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 270 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 271 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus