Matthew Broadbent: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 359 of 359 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 27/02/2022 Balmalcolm, Fife 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 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 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 23/04/2022 Udale Bay Seems to be the same bird as accepted Norfolk bird from 2019. Added but pending acceptance 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 10/11/2019 Man Sands, Devon 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25 Pintail Anas acuta 26 Teal Anas crecca 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 29 Pochard Aythya ferina 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 05/11/2019 Helston Boating lake 1 M 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 04/10/2021 Girlsta, Shetland 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 38 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 22/11/2021 Musselburgh 39 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 40 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 15/11/2021 Lossiemouth 41 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 42 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 43 Smew Mergellus albellus 44 Goosander Mergus merganser 45 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 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 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 57 Swift Apus apus 58 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 22/09/2019 Near St Aidans RSPB 59 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 60 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 61 Stock Dove Columba oenas 62 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 63 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 64 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 65 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 66 Corncrake Crex crex 67 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 68 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 69 Coot Fulica atra 70 Crane Grus grus 71 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 72 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 73 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 74 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 75 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 76 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 77 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 78 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 79 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 80 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 81 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 82 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 22/09/2019 Unsure 83 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 84 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 85 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 86 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 87 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 88 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 27/11/2020 St Buryan 89 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 28/08/2022 Redcar beach 90 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 14/03/2020 Burnham, Somerset 91 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 24/10/2023 Sennen 92 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 93 Curlew Numenius arquata 94 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 95 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 96 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 05/08/2023 Grutness 97 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 22/09/2019 East Chevington 98 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 99 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 100 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 101 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 14/10/2023 Porth Hellick, St Mary's Pending acceptance 102 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 103 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 104 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 105 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 12/09/2020 Porth Hellick, St Mary's 106 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 107 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 22/09/2019 Blacktoft Sands 108 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 109 Redshank Tringa totanus 110 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 22/09/2019 Unsure 111 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 112 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 113 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 29/09/2021 Loch of Strathbeg 114 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 115 Knot Calidris canutus 116 Ruff Calidris pugnax 117 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 118 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 119 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 120 Sanderling Calidris alba 121 Dunlin Calidris alpina 122 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 123 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20/09/2020 Hayle estuary 124 Little Stint Calidris minuta 125 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 126 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 127 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 28/07/2021 Frampton 128 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 129 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 130 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2021 Hayle Estuary 131 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 26/07/2021 Salthome 132 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 07/05/2021 Abbotsbury Swannery 133 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 134 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 135 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 136 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 137 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 138 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 09/08/2021 Formby Beach 139 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 140 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 12/02/2022 Kinnaird Head 141 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 142 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 143 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 12/02/2020 Padstow 144 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 145 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14/03/2020 Chew Valley lake 146 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 147 Common Gull Larus canus 148 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 149 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 150 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 151 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 152 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 153 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 154 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 155 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 20/03/2021 Newlyn 156 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 157 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 158 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 159 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 160 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 161 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 31/07/2023 Scilly Pelagic Pending acceptance 162 Puffin Fratercula arctica 163 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 164 Razorbill Alca torda 165 Little Auk Alle alle 166 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 167 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 168 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 169 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 19/01/2020 Rosemullion head 170 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 171 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 27/02/2020 Cape Cornwall 172 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 173 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 14/07/2021 Bempton 174 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 175 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 176 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 177 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 178 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 28/07/2023 Scilly Pelagic Pending acceptance 179 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 180 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 181 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 182 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 183 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 04/06/2021 Carnon Downs 184 Gannet Morus bassanus 185 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 17/09/2023 South Gare 186 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 187 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 188 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 22/09/2019 Clay Marshes 189 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 190 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 191 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 192 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 193 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/04/2023 Lethytep 194 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 195 Great White Egret Ardea alba 196 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 197 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 198 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 199 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 200 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 04/06/2022 Strath Brora, Sutherland 201 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 202 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 203 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 204 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 205 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 206 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 29/09/2023 Goonhilly Downs, Lizard 207 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 18/11/2022 Nanjizal 208 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 209 Red Kite Milvus milvus 210 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 211 Buzzard Buteo buteo 212 Barn Owl Tyto alba 213 Little Owl Athene noctua 214 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 215 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 216 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 217 Hoopoe Upupa epops 218 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 02/06/2019 Crimsworth Dean 219 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 220 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 22/12/2021 Roach Bridge 221 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 222 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 223 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 224 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 225 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 25/03/2023 St Mary's, IOS 226 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 227 Merlin Falco columbarius 228 Hobby Falco subbuteo 229 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 230 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 231 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 02/10/2019 Church Cove, Lizard 232 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 233 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 234 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 29/09/2023 Caradon Hill 235 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 236 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 237 Jay Garrulus glandarius 238 Magpie Pica pica 239 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 240 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 241 Rook Corvus frugilegus 242 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 243 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 244 Raven Corvus corax 245 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 246 Coal Tit Periparus ater 247 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 248 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 249 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 250 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 251 Great Tit Parus major 252 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 253 Woodlark Lullula arborea 254 Skylark Alauda arvensis 255 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 256 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 257 Swallow Hirundo rustica 258 House Martin Delichon urbicum 259 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 260 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 261 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 262 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 03/10/2021 Easter Quarff 263 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 22/09/2019 Flamborough head 264 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 265 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 266 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 267 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 268 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 269 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 270 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 271 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 272 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 273 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 274 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 275 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 30/08/2023 Gully, Fair Isle 276 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 277 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 278 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12/06/2021 Ham wall 279 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 280 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 281 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 282 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 283 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 284 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 24/05/2021 Holy Vale, St Mary's 285 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 20/04/2021 Treeve Moor, Cornwall Male 286 Whitethroat Curruca communis 287 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 288 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 289 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 290 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 291 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 292 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 293 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth 294 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 295 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 296 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 08/10/2022 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 297 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 298 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 299 Redwing Turdus iliacus 300 Blackbird Turdus merula 301 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 302 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 303 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 21/12/2023 Tophill Low 304 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 305 Robin Erithacus rubecula 306 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 307 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 308 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 309 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 310 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 311 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 312 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 24/10/2022 Lizard Eastern Stonechat, almost certainly maurus 313 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 314 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 315 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 04/01/2023 Colyford Common 316 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 23/11/2020 Penberth Cove 317 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 318 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 319 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 320 Dunnock Prunella modularis 321 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 322 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 323 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 324 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 325 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 07/05/2021 Cogden Beach 326 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 327 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 328 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 329 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 19/01/2020 Sennen 330 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 331 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 332 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 333 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 334 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 335 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 336 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 337 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 338 Twite Linaria flavirostris 339 Linnet Linaria cannabina 340 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 341 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 342 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 343 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 344 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 345 Serin Serinus serinus 346 Siskin Spinus spinus 347 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 348 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 349 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 350 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 351 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 352 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 353 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 06/10/2021 Kergord, Shetland 354 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 355 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 03/12/2023 Rosudgeon 356 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 04/10/2023 Nanjizal 357 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 23/09/2023 St Govan's Head 358 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 14/10/2022 Bryher, Isles of Scilly 359 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 St Govan's Head