David Dack: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 396 of 396 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 01/10/2023 Fenham flats 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 15/09/2002 Bothal pond 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 10/01/2003 Holkham 7 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser 9 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 10 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 14 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 18 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 10/09/2004 Rutland water 21 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 22 Gadwall Mareca strepera 23 Wigeon Mareca penelope 24 American Wigeon Mareca americana 25 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26 Pintail Anas acuta 27 Teal Anas crecca 28 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 15/11/1996 Bleasby 31 Pochard Aythya ferina 32 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 08/01/1998 Eyebrook Reservoir 33 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 34 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 35 Scaup Aythya marila 36 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 37 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 17/04/1997 St Abbs Head 38 Eider Somateria mollissima 39 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 16/04/2004 Lewis, Outer Hebrides 40 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 41 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 42 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 13/04/2019 Musselburgh 43 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 44 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 14/01/2017 Goswick 45 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 46 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 26/02/2021 Cresswell pond If accepted 47 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 48 Smew Mergellus albellus 49 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 09/04/1998 Woodhorn Flash 50 Goosander Mergus merganser 51 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 52 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 53 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 54 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 55 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 56 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 57 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 58 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 59 Quail Coturnix coturnix 60 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 61 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 62 Swift Apus apus 63 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 27/11/2005 St marys island 64 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 12/06/2021 East Chevington 65 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 15/08/2019 Yorkshire 66 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 26/05/2017 North Uist 67 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 68 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 69 Stock Dove Columba oenas 70 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 71 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 72 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 73 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 74 Corncrake Crex crex 75 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 09/01/2004 Attenborough Nature Reserve 76 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 77 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 78 Coot Fulica atra 79 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 05/06/2019 Monks house pool 80 Crane Grus grus 81 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 82 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 08/01/1993 Druridge Pools 83 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 84 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 85 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 86 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 87 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 88 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 89 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 90 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 91 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 92 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 93 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 13/07/1996 Teeside, Reclemation pond 94 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 95 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 96 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 97 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 98 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 99 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 05/05/2023 Long nanny 100 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 10/11/2021 Blacktoft sands 101 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 27/08/2022 Redcar 102 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 103 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 104 Curlew Numenius arquata 105 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 106 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 107 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 13/08/1999 Amble 108 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 109 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 110 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 111 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 17/09/2010 Grindon lough 112 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 113 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 114 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 12/09/2003 Saltholme pond 115 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 116 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 19/09/1998 Long Drag, Teeside 117 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 118 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 119 Redshank Tringa totanus 120 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 10/10/2003 Rutland water 121 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 122 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 123 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 16/12/2011 Hauxley 124 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 125 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 12/07/1997 Seal sands 126 Knot Calidris canutus 127 Ruff Calidris pugnax 128 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 17/07/2003 Saltholme pool 129 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 11/06/2011 Greatham creek 130 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 29/07/2015 Cresswell pond 131 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 132 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 133 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 13/07/1996 River Wansbeck 134 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 135 Sanderling Calidris alba 136 Dunlin Calidris alpina 137 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 138 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 12/09/1998 Wales 139 Little Stint Calidris minuta 140 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 141 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 142 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 31/12/2011 Cley 143 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 12/06/2015 Cresswell pond 144 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 14/06/2015 Hauxley 145 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 28/07/2015 Castle island 146 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 29/07/2020 Howick 147 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 15/07/2016 Farne Islands 148 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 149 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 150 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 151 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 152 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 153 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 154 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 155 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 17/06/1994 Farne Islands 156 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 157 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 14/06/1996 Greatham creek 158 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 159 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 160 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 17/10/1997 Cresswell pond 161 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 162 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 17/11/1994 Silksworth 163 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 02/04/2005 Woodhorn flash 164 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 165 Common Gull Larus canus 166 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 167 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 168 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 169 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 170 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 171 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 172 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 173 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 174 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 175 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 176 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 177 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 178 Puffin Fratercula arctica 179 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 180 Razorbill Alca torda 181 Little Auk Alle alle 182 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 28/11/2021 Newbiggin 183 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 184 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 185 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 186 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 02/02/2018 East Chevington 187 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 188 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 189 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 190 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 191 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 192 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 193 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 194 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 195 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 196 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 197 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 198 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 15/05/2009 Newburn 199 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 200 Gannet Morus bassanus 201 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 09/09/2023 South Gare Female 202 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 203 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 204 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 205 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 206 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 207 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 208 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 209 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 14/10/2011 Morpeth 210 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 211 Great White Egret Ardea alba 212 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 213 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 214 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 215 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 216 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 217 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 218 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 219 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 220 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 221 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 222 Red Kite Milvus milvus 223 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 224 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 225 Buzzard Buteo buteo 226 Barn Owl Tyto alba 227 Little Owl Athene noctua 228 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 29/09/2018 Ryhope dene 229 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 230 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 231 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 232 Hoopoe Upupa epops 233 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 19/09/2008 Beal 234 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 235 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 27/05/2005 Peterculter 236 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 237 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 238 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 239 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 240 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 241 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 242 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 243 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 02/06/2022 Worth Marsh, Kent Down to 15ft 244 Merlin Falco columbarius 245 Hobby Falco subbuteo 246 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 247 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 248 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 10/10/2021 Holy Island 249 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 250 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 251 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 20/06/2008 Long Nanny 252 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 253 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 20/10/2006 Cresswell 254 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 255 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 01/07/2022 Bempton 256 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/10/2020 Holy Island 257 Jay Garrulus glandarius 258 Magpie Pica pica 259 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 260 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 261 Rook Corvus frugilegus 262 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 263 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 264 Raven Corvus corax 265 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 266 Coal Tit Periparus ater 267 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 268 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 269 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 270 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 271 Great Tit Parus major 272 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 273 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 274 Woodlark Lullula arborea 275 Skylark Alauda arvensis 276 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 277 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 278 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 279 Swallow Hirundo rustica 280 House Martin Delichon urbicum 281 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 282 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 283 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 284 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 285 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 22/07/2021 Kenidjack valley 286 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 25/09/1992 Whitley bay cemetery 287 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 24/01/1997 Teeside 288 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 289 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 290 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 291 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 292 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 293 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 294 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 28/10/2010 Trow Quarry 295 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 01/10/2020 Budle point, Northumberland 296 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 297 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 19/09/2014 East Chevington 298 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 299 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 05/10/2004 St Marys, Isle of Scilly 300 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 301 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 302 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 303 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 14/09/2011 Hadston 304 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 305 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 18/07/1996 Kielder 306 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 307 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 308 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 309 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 310 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 311 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 16/06/2020 Holy Island On the snook 312 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 16/01/2003 Skegness 313 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 15/05/2016 Holy Island 314 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 04/10/2013 Druridge pools 315 Whitethroat Curruca communis 316 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 317 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 318 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 319 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 320 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 321 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 322 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 07/05/2021 Newbiggin New 323 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 324 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 325 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 01/11/2021 Papa Westray 326 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 15/09/2016 Holy Island 327 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 328 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 329 Redwing Turdus iliacus 330 Blackbird Turdus merula 331 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 332 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 333 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 01/01/2004 Grimsby 334 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 335 Robin Erithacus rubecula 336 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 17/06/2011 Hartlepool 337 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 338 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 339 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 340 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 341 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 06/06/2014 Low Newton 342 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 343 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 344 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 345 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 346 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 347 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 348 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 19/11/2010 Newbiggin 349 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 10/11/2021 Whitburn 350 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 351 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 352 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 19/07/1996 Waterside, Cumbria 353 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 354 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 22/10/2016 Newbiggin 355 Dunnock Prunella modularis 356 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 357 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 28/12/2019 Prestwick carr 358 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 359 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 360 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 361 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 362 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 363 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 364 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 14/10/2004 St Marys, Isle of scilly 365 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 19/11/2020 Amble 366 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 367 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 368 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 369 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 370 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 371 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 372 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 22/07/2005 Landguard 373 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 374 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 375 Twite Linaria flavirostris 376 Linnet Linaria cannabina 377 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 378 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 379 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 380 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 381 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 382 Serin Serinus serinus 383 Siskin Spinus spinus 384 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 385 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 386 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 387 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 388 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 14/11/1992 Cresswell pond 389 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 390 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 391 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 17/09/1994 Marsden quarry 392 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 393 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 15/01/1993 Willingham woods 394 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 18/12/2004 Headington, Oxford 395 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 09/10/2004 St Marys, isle of scilly 396 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 04/02/2011 Durham