Paul Barker: Britain Life List BOU, Patchwork Challenge Record(s) 1 to 102 of 102 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 24/02/2020 over house 2 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/11/2019 2 13/6 2 25/4/23 3 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12/11/2022 20+ flew over in- off 4 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 04/03/2020 4 flying in off sea 5 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/04/2022 1st W drake with 2 common on sea 6 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/11/2019 7 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 8 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 31/03/2023 2 over Oakland Park 9 Swift Apus apus 07/05/2020 10 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/04/2020 11 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 12 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 13 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 07/05/2020 NFC 14 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 06/05/2020 17/5/20 NFC NFC 15 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 17/11/2019 16 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/04/2020 on sea 2x 19/11/21 17 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 13/02/2020 coryton cove 29/5/20,NFC 18 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 17/09/2021 Plus May 21 NFC 19 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 03/05/2020 1 flying east over sea 3/5/20 Nocturnal flight call over house at 10.10pm 20 Curlew Numenius arquata 05/05/2020 NFC 21 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/05/2020 Nocturnal flight call over house at 3.45am 22 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 06/05/2020 NFC 23 Dunlin Calidris alpina 17/09/2021 Plus May 21 NFC 24 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Coryton cove 25 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/04/2020 2 over sea 26 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/05/2020 2 flying west 27 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 28 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 11/07/2020 5 flew over boat cove 22/7/20, 2, 17/7/22, ad and juv juv over Oakland park and boat cove 29 Common Gull Larus canus 22/10/2020 1st winter 30 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 31 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 32 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 22/04/2020 33 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus aug 20 34 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 29/10/2019 juv, 1 , 1/9/23 Juv 1/Oct/21 35 Great Skua Stercorarius skua aug 20 36 Razorbill Alca torda 09/02/2022 2 on sea 37 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 04/11/2019 38 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/12/2019 39 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 08/12/2019 5+ on sea 40 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 25/08/2020 2 off Coryton Cove 41 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 28/01/2020 coryton cove 2 42 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 23/05/2021 2 south 43 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 22/10/2022 1 spent 2 mins in bay, then south 2+ Coryton 29/9/23 44 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/04/2020 2 flying south 45 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 18/07/2020 46 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/11/2019 47 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 48 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 04/11/2019 49 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 18/07/2020 2 50 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 20/05/2020 1 flying over house 51 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 16/11/2019 52 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 15/11/2019 juv in off sea 53 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/04/2023 1 over 1 over , 19/4/23 54 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/12/2019 55 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/12/2019 56 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 11/01/2020 heard 57 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 10/02/2020 58 Hobby Falco subbuteo 08/04/2023 Oaklnad park/Coryton Cove 2 calling and Hawking breifly 59 Jay Garrulus glandarius 60 Magpie Pica pica 61 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 04/03/2020 62 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 63 Raven Corvus corax 64 Coal Tit Periparus ater 30/04/2021 "continental" 65 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 66 Great Tit Parus major 67 Skylark Alauda arvensis 68 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 03/05/2020 2 over park 69 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2020 70 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/06/2020 flock of 20 + 71 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 72 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/08/2022 Imm at pond and feeding 1 in next doors garden 15/4/23 73 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/03/2020 74 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 16/05/2021 briefly in pond! 75 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 76 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2021 Bathing female in pond! 18/5/22, male singing in garden, female 27/4/23 77 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 04/12/2019 female or 1st winter 1x 22/12/22, 1x 15/4/23 78 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 79 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 80 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 11/01/2020 81 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 22/04/2020 82 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 22/01/2020 opposite house in Oakland park 83 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 27/11/2019 84 Redwing Turdus iliacus 85 Blackbird Turdus merula 86 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 10/11/2023 nocmig 87 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 15/10/2021 Nocmig heard only 88 Robin Erithacus rubecula 89 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 04/11/2023 female/1st winter on Tony's roof 90 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 29/04/2021 female spent afternoon flycatching 91 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 92 Dunnock Prunella modularis 93 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 94 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 95 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 04/09/2021 Nocmig 96 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 97 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 98 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 99 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 21/10/2023 one heard flying over house 100 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 16/06/2020 10 flew Noth over Oakland park 101 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 102 Siskin Spinus spinus