Patrick Safford: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 319 of 319 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 09/03/2022 Cley 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 06/01/2024 Dingwall 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 01/02/2018 Inverness 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 23 Pintail Anas acuta 24 Teal Anas crecca 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 04/12/2022 Filby Broad 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Scaup Aythya marila 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 15/04/2022 Glasgow 33 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 01/02/2016 Ruddons Point 34 Eider Somateria mollissima 35 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 07/04/2015 Aberdeen 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 27/10/2018 Cocklawburn 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 41 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 42 Smew Mergellus albellus 43 Goosander Mergus merganser 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 45 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 46 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 47 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 48 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 49 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 50 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 51 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 52 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 53 Quail Coturnix coturnix 54 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 55 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 56 Swift Apus apus 57 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 30/05/2016 Bayhead, North Uist Adult 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 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 27/08/2023 North Boisdale, South Uist 64 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 65 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 66 Corncrake Crex crex 67 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 68 Coot Fulica atra 69 Crane Grus grus 70 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 71 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 72 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 73 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 74 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 75 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 76 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 77 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 78 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 79 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 80 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 81 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 82 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 83 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 84 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 85 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 30/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 86 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 27/08/2022 Redcar 87 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 88 Curlew Numenius arquata 89 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 90 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 91 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 01/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 92 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 93 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 94 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 95 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 96 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 97 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 98 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 99 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 100 Redshank Tringa totanus 101 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 08/08/2018 Titchwell 102 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 103 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 104 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 105 Knot Calidris canutus 106 Ruff Calidris pugnax 107 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 108 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 109 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 11/10/2021 St Aidan’s RSPB 110 Sanderling Calidris alba 111 Dunlin Calidris alpina 112 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 113 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 22/09/2012 Titchwell 114 Little Stint Calidris minuta 115 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 116 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 117 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 16/05/2021 UEA Broad, Norfolk 118 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 119 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 120 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 121 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 122 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 123 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 124 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 125 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 126 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 127 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 128 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 129 Common Gull Larus canus 130 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 131 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 06/08/2022 Grafham Water 132 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 133 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 134 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 135 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 136 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 137 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 138 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 139 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 140 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 31/08/2021 Spurn 141 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 142 Puffin Fratercula arctica 143 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 144 Razorbill Alca torda 145 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 03/11/2023 St Abbs Head 146 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 147 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 148 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 149 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 150 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 151 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 31/08/2021 Bempton 152 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 153 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 154 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 155 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 156 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 157 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 158 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 159 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 160 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 15/09/2021 Frampton Marsh 161 Gannet Morus bassanus 162 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 163 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 164 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 165 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 166 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 167 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 168 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 169 Great White Egret Ardea alba 170 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 171 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 09/09/2020 Ormesby, Norfolk Juvenile 172 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 173 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 14/05/2022 Strumpshaw 174 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 175 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 176 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 177 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 178 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 179 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 15/09/2018 Therfield 180 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 05/06/2010 Burnham Deepdale 181 Red Kite Milvus milvus 182 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 183 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 184 Buzzard Buteo buteo 185 Barn Owl Tyto alba 186 Little Owl Athene noctua 187 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 188 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 189 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 22/05/2023 Fair Isle 190 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 191 Hoopoe Upupa epops 192 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Icklingham, Suffolk 193 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 194 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 195 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 196 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 197 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 198 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 199 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 200 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 201 Merlin Falco columbarius 202 Hobby Falco subbuteo 203 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 204 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 205 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Heard only 206 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 207 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28/05/2022 Norwich 208 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 209 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham, Norfolk 210 Jay Garrulus glandarius 211 Magpie Pica pica 212 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 213 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 214 Rook Corvus frugilegus 215 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 216 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 217 Raven Corvus corax 218 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 219 Coal Tit Periparus ater 220 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 221 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 222 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 223 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 224 Great Tit Parus major 225 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 226 Woodlark Lullula arborea 227 Skylark Alauda arvensis 228 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 229 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 30/10/2021 West Runton 230 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 231 Swallow Hirundo rustica 232 House Martin Delichon urbicum 233 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 234 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 235 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 236 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 237 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 17/11/2019 Holkham 238 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 239 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 240 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 241 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 242 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 243 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 244 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 26/08/2020 Mire Loch, St Abbs Head 245 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 15/06/2016 Paxton Pits 246 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 247 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 31/08/2022 Mire Loch, St Abbs Head 248 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 249 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 2, both heard only, Virkie, Shetland May 2018, Sandy, Bedfordshire June 2020 250 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 08/11/2021 Holkham/Wells 251 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 20/05/2017 Minsmere Heard only, also heard only Biggleswade May 2021, seen York May 2021 252 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 253 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 254 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 255 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 256 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 257 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 22/05/2023 Fair Isle 258 Whitethroat Curruca communis 259 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 260 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 261 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 262 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 263 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 264 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 265 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Unst May 2018, Anglesey Sep 2019 266 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 267 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 268 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 269 Redwing Turdus iliacus 270 Blackbird Turdus merula 271 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 272 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 273 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 274 Robin Erithacus rubecula 275 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 276 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 277 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 278 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 279 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 280 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 281 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 282 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 05/10/2020 Happisburgh 283 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 284 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 285 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 286 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 287 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 288 Dunnock Prunella modularis 289 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 290 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 03/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 291 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 05/05/2023 Fair Isle 292 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 293 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 294 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 295 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 296 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 03/05/2023 Fair Isle 297 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 298 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 299 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 300 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 301 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 302 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 303 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 304 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 305 Twite Linaria flavirostris 306 Linnet Linaria cannabina 307 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 308 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 309 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 310 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 311 Siskin Spinus spinus 312 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 313 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 314 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 315 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 316 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 317 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 03/10/2020 Lowestoft 318 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 30/05/2014 West Runton 319 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus