Dave Ward: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 279 of 279 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 19/10/2019 Spurn 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2019 Staveley 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/09/2019 Fairburn 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Nosterfield 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2019 Staveley 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 23/01/2019 St Aidan's 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 23/01/2019 St Aidan's 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/04/2019 Hornsea 9 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 27/09/2020 Staveley 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2019 Staveley 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10/01/2020 Ellerton 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 31/03/2019 Fairburn 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Fairburn 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 06/01/2019 Fairburn 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 21/01/2019 Adel Dam 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/04/2019 Fairburn 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 06/01/2019 Fairburn 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 08/01/2019 St Aidan's 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2019 Staveley 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2019 Golden Acre Park, Adel 21 Pintail Anas acuta 25/01/2019 Fairburn 22 Teal Anas crecca 09/01/2019 Golden Acre Park, Adel 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 07/10/2020 North Cave Wetlands 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 06/06/2019 St Aidan's 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 12/01/2019 Rodley 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/06/2019 South Kirby 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23/02/2019 Radipole 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2019 Staveley 29 Scaup Aythya marila 01/04/2019 Hornsea 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 21/01/2019 Redcar 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14/01/2019 Redcar 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2019 South Gare 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24/12/2019 Christchurch Harbour 34 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 04/05/2019 Old Moor 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 12/01/2019 Rodley 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 10/02/2019 Edderthorpe Flash 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2019 St Aidan's 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/03/2020 South Gare 39 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Harewood, Leeds 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 15/01/2019 Ilkley Moor 41 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 23/02/2023 North Yorks 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 11/02/2019 Poppleton 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2019 Staveley 44 Quail Coturnix coturnix 07/06/2022 Scaling Dam Reservoir Heard Only - from minor road to Roxby 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/02/2019 Wykeham 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Arne 47 Swift Apus apus 10/05/2019 St Aidan's 48 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 06/08/2019 Methley 49 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/04/2019 Fairburn 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/01/2019 St Aidan's 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2019 Home 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 13/05/2019 Sutton Bank 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 11/01/2019 Fairburn 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/01/2019 Staveley 55 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Rodley 56 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2019 Staveley 57 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2019 Staveley 58 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 17/09/2019 Blacktoft Sands 59 Crane Grus grus 08/01/2020 Hatfield Moors 60 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 23/01/2019 St Aidan's 61 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 20/01/2019 Tophill Low 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/01/2019 St Aidan's 63 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Nosterfield 64 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/03/2019 St Aidan's 65 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 20/07/2022 Fairburn 66 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 03/01/2019 South Gare 67 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 19/05/2022 YWT Potteric Carr 68 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 21/03/2019 St Aidan's 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 12/10/2019 Spurn 70 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 23/01/2019 St Aidan's 71 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 18/10/2023 Wheldrake 72 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 09/06/2019 Thornwick 73 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 30/04/2019 Fairburn 74 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 06/01/2019 Fairburn 75 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 76 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 26/08/2022 Redcar 77 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 22/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 78 Curlew Numenius arquata 03/01/2019 South Gare 79 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/01/2019 South Gare 80 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 14/06/2019 Fairburn 81 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 14/09/2019 Fairburn 82 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Staveley 83 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 09/06/2021 Stainburn Forest 84 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2019 Staveley 85 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Old Moor 86 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 23/10/2019 St Aidan's 87 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 03/01/2019 South Gare 88 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 13/10/2018 Redcar 89 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 13/02/2019 Kirkby Wharfe 90 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 28/07/2019 St Aidan's 91 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2019 South Gare 92 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 23/02/2019 Lodmoor 93 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 13/08/2019 St Aidan's 94 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 14/06/2019 Fairburn 95 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2019 South Gare 96 Knot Calidris canutus 26/08/2019 South Gare 97 Ruff Calidris pugnax 27/08/2019 Blacktoft Sands 98 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 25/09/2023 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 99 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 27/08/2019 Blacktoft Sands 100 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 04/07/2019 Scaling Dam 101 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 102 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/01/2019 South Gare 103 Dunlin Calidris alpina 09/06/2019 Thornwick 104 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 20/01/2019 Bridlington 105 Little Stint Calidris minuta 12/09/2019 Blacktoft Sands 106 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 16/05/2022 Staveley 107 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Kilnsea 108 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 22/07/2022 Staveley 109 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 13/05/2019 St Aidan's 110 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 29/07/2023 RSPB Arne 111 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/08/2019 South Gare 112 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 29/04/2019 Staveley 113 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Kilnsea 114 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 26/08/2019 South Gare 115 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 31/03/2019 Fairburn 116 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 22/07/2019 Bempton Cliffs 117 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 22/05/2021 RSPB Lodmoor 118 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2019 Golden Acre Park, Adel 119 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/09/2020 Redcar Tarn, Keighley 120 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 04/05/2019 Old Moor 121 Common Gull Larus canus 11/01/2019 Fairburn 122 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 03/01/2019 South Gare 123 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 03/08/2019 Old Moor 124 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 27/01/2019 Fairburn 125 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 06/01/2019 Fairburn 126 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 13/02/2020 Redcar Tarn, Keighley 127 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 06/12/2022 St Aidan's 128 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus South Gare 129 Puffin Fratercula arctica 22/07/2019 Bempton Cliffs 130 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 03/01/2019 South Gare 131 Razorbill Alca torda 22/07/2019 Bempton Cliffs 132 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 20/01/2019 Bempton Cliffs 133 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 21/01/2019 South Gare 134 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 13/06/2020 Bridlington 135 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 20/01/2019 Bempton Cliffs 136 Gannet Morus bassanus 20/01/2019 Bempton Cliffs 137 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 04/09/2023 Hunmanby Gap 138 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/01/2019 South Gare 139 Shag Gulosus aristotelis Bempton Cliffs 140 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/07/2018 Old Moor 141 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 31/03/2019 Fairburn 142 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 06/06/2019 St Aidan's 143 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 02/05/2019 Fairburn 144 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 11/01/2019 Fairburn 145 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 01/07/2018 Kilnsea 146 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 14/06/2019 Fairburn 147 Great White Egret Ardea alba 10/02/2019 St Aidan's 148 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2019 Staveley 149 Osprey Pandion haliaetus St Aidan's 150 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 31/07/2020 Flamborough 151 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Haweswater 152 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 29/01/2019 Adel Dam 153 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 27/03/2019 Wykeham 154 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/08/2019 Methley 155 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12/10/2019 Spurn 156 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 09/09/2019 Blacktoft Sands 157 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2019 Home 158 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Brough 159 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 30/12/2019 Stainforth 160 Buzzard Buteo buteo 14/02/2019 St Aidan's 161 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2019 Staveley 162 Little Owl Athene noctua 08/01/2019 St Aidan's 163 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 04/02/2019 Staveley 164 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 29/10/2019 St Aidan's 165 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 30/06/2020 Staveley 166 Hoopoe Upupa epops 29/09/2020 Collingham 167 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 12/01/2019 Adel Dam 168 Wryneck Jynx torquilla Bempton Cliffs 169 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor ********** ********** 170 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 09/01/2019 Golden Acre Park, Adel 171 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 30/01/2019 Fairburn 172 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 06/01/2019 Fairburn 173 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 17/06/2020 Biggin 174 Hobby Falco subbuteo 30/08/2019 Staveley 175 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/01/2019 Old Moor 176 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri Twickenham 177 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 12/10/2019 Spurn 178 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 24/03/2019 Dalby Forest 179 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 19/05/2021 Iford Golf Course, Bournemouth 180 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Thornwick 181 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 05/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs 182 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/09/2020 South Kirkby 183 Jay Garrulus glandarius 26/01/2019 Adel Dam 184 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2019 Home 185 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 20/01/2019 Bempton Cliffs 186 Rook Corvus frugilegus 04/02/2019 Staveley 187 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2019 Home 188 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 26/04/2024 Goldsborough 189 Raven Corvus corax 16/04/2019 Fairburn 190 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2019 Crossgates, Leeds 191 Coal Tit Periparus ater 11/01/2019 Fairburn 192 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 30/08/2019 Staveley 193 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 06/01/2019 Fairburn 194 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2019 Kirk Deighton 195 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2019 Kirk Deighton 196 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 26/02/2019 Lodmoor 197 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 24/01/2019 St Aidan's 198 Woodlark Lullula arborea 14/05/2020 Strensall 199 Skylark Alauda arvensis 14/02/2019 St Aidan's 200 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 13/03/2022 Skinningrove 201 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 16/09/2020 South Gare 202 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 31/03/2019 Fairburn 203 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/04/2019 Fairburn 204 House Martin Delichon urbicum 28/04/2019 Kirk Deighton 205 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 13/05/2019 St Aidan's 206 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2019 Kirk Deighton 207 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/05/2019 Bolton Abbey 208 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Old Moor 209 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 16/09/2020 Brotton 210 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2019 St Aidan's 211 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 12/04/2019 St Aidan's 212 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 06/05/2019 South Kirby 213 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough 214 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 11/08/2020 Flamborough 215 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 16/06/2019 Pugney's CP 216 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2019 Staveley 217 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 13/06/2020 Filey 218 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/05/2019 St Aidan's 219 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 17/06/2023 Calder Wetlands 220 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/07/2020 Staveley 221 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 12/04/2019 St Aidan's 222 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 13/05/2019 St Aidan's 223 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria Spurn 224 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 09/06/2019 Flamborough 225 Whitethroat Curruca communis 29/04/2019 Staveley 226 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 24/02/2019 Arne 227 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 06/11/2019 Arne 228 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 13/05/2019 St Aidan's 229 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 22/01/2019 Adel Dam 230 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 12/01/2019 Adel Dam 231 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 29/01/2019 Adel Dam 232 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 06/06/2020 Cudworth 233 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 03/01/2019 South Gare 234 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/02/2019 Fairburn 235 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 30/01/2019 Fairburn 236 Redwing Turdus iliacus 20/01/2019 Kirk Deighton 237 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2019 Home 238 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 10/01/2019 St Aidan's 239 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/04/2019 Kildale 240 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 20/02/2023 Wykeham 241 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 21/06/2019 Malham 242 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2019 Home 243 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/04/2019 Bolton Abbey 244 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 08/11/2021 Flamborough 245 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 08/09/2019 Oxenhope 246 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/04/2019 Bolton Abbey 247 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/08/2019 St Aidan's 248 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 10/01/2019 St Aidan's 249 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 20/03/2019 St Aidan's 250 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 02/01/2018 Whitby 251 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 17/04/2019 Bolton Abbey 252 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/01/2019 Kirk Deighton 253 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2019 Home 254 Dunnock Prunella modularis 06/01/2019 Fairburn 255 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 13/04/2019 St Aidan's 256 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 21/06/2019 Malham 257 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 08/01/2019 Lemonroyd 258 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi Old Moor 259 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 20/01/2019 Bempton Cliffs 260 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Wykeham 261 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 08/01/2019 Lemonroyd 262 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 14/01/2019 South Gare 263 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2019 Staveley 264 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 20/01/2019 Adel Dam 265 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Castle Howard 266 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/01/2019 Old Moor 267 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 11/01/2019 Fairburn 268 Twite Linaria flavirostris 03/01/2019 South Gare 269 Linnet Linaria cannabina 13/01/2019 Kirk Deighton 270 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 29/03/2019 Fairburn 271 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 30/01/2019 Fairburn 272 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 07/02/2019 Wykeham 273 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2019 Kirk Deighton 274 Siskin Spinus spinus 13/05/2019 Sutton Bank 275 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2019 Filey 276 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 26/02/2019 Ridgeway, Oxfordshire 277 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 24/01/2019 St Aidan's 278 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 09/06/2019 Flamborough 279 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2019 Staveley