Peter Nash: Bedfordshire Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 240 of 240 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 15/01/2020 Broom East 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 11/01/2020 Chimney Corner North, Elstow, Bedford 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 15/01/2020 Broom East 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 30/10/2020 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 17/11/2020 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 05/01/2020 Broom East 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 19/02/2023 Woburn Park, Woburn, Bedfordshire 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 06/01/2013 Dunstable STW 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 21/01/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 28/01/2020 Broom East 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17/03/2019 Abbey Farm, nr Old Warden, Bedfordshire 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13/08/2015 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2020 Broom East 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/01/2020 Broom East 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 05/01/2020 Broom East 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 30/10/2021 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 05/01/2020 Broom East 18 Pintail Anas acuta 01/02/2020 Broom East One Drake on main lake 19 Teal Anas crecca 05/01/2020 Broom East 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 07/02/2022 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 03/04/2016 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 17/02/2020 Broom East 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 03/02/2013 Priory CP, Bedfordshire 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/01/2020 Gadsey Brook, Bedford 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15/01/2020 Broom East 26 Scaup Aythya marila 19/03/2021 Gypsy Lane West, Bedfordshire 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27/11/2016 Gypsy Lane West, Broom 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/03/2022 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31/01/2020 Brogborough Lake 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 28/01/2020 Broom East 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 13/02/2021 5CC, Sandy, Bedfordshire 33 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 27/01/2020 Abbey Farm, Shefford 35 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 03/04/2015 LIdlington Test Track (Woods), Bedfordshire 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 15/01/2020 Broom East 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 24/07/2020 Fields NW of Southill/Broom Crossroads, Bedfordshire 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 21/01/2020 Upper Caldecote, Biggleswade 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 08/06/2018 RSPB The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire 40 Swift Apus apus 08/04/2005 31 Atterbury Avenue, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3LE 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 30/04/2003 Stonehenge, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 15/01/2020 Broom East 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 04/02/2020 Broom East 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 15/01/2020 Broom East 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 01/06/2003 Dunstable Sewage Works, Bedfordshire 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 31/01/2020 Stewartby Lake 48 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 12/09/2008 Dunstable STW 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 05/01/2020 Broom East 50 Coot Fulica atra 05/01/2020 Broom East 51 Crane Grus grus 18/05/2021 Kingfisher Lake, Blunham 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2020 Broom East 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 15/01/2020 Broom East 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 22/04/2012 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 12/09/2004 Quest Pit, Bedfordshire 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/02/2020 Broom East 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/05/2019 Broom East 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 07/05/2016 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 15/01/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 12 birds flying over 60 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 16/04/2017 Henlow Camp 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 15/01/2020 Broom East 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 17/04/2017 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 65 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 68 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 19/02/2020 One Hundred Acre GP 69 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 16/02/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy One along the fence line at western edge of A1, eastern edge of old pits 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/02/2020 Broom East 71 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 03/12/2016 Peacocks Lake, Broom, Bedfordshire 72 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 20/05/2015 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 30/07/2015 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 74 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 02/02/2020 Broom South 75 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 11/07/2020 Broom East, Bedfordshire 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 20/04/2015 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 19/04/2015 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 80 Knot Calidris canutus 14/05/2016 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax 22/08/2015 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 83 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 13/05/2015 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 84 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 85 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/08/2015 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 86 Little Stint Calidris minuta 14/06/2015 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 87 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 29/08/2019 Broom South Quarry, Bedfordshire 88 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 15/08/2015 Stewartby Lake 89 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 15/08/2015 Stewartby Lake 90 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 24/04/2015 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 91 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 04/05/2019 Derek Whites Eggs Pit 92 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/04/2003 Dunstable STW 93 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 12/04/2009 Chimney Corner North, Bedfordshire 94 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 23/04/2021 Peacocks Lake, Broom 95 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/04/2022 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 05/01/2020 Broom East 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/07/2020 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 98 Common Gull Larus canus 05/01/2020 Broom East 99 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 03/10/2005 Brogborough Lake, Bedfordshire 100 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/02/2020 Broom East 101 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 28/08/2004 Brogborough Lake, Bedfordshire 102 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 31/01/2020 One Hundred Acre GP 103 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 01/01/2000 Location & date of first sighting not recorded - probably Brogborough Lake 104 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/01/2020 Broom East 105 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 21/11/2004 Brogborough Lake, Bedfordshire 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 107 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 108 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 03/05/2022 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 109 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 110 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 05/01/2020 Broom East 111 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 27/10/2023 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 112 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 31/01/2021 Jordan's Mill, nr Langford 113 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 10/04/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 114 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 01/01/2000 Marsworth Reservoir, Tring, Hertforshire Date of first sighting not recorded - during 2003 115 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 20/08/2016 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 116 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 11/07/2020 Myers Farm Reservoir, Potton, Beds 117 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 15/01/2020 Broom East 118 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 17/12/2020 Stockbridge Road, Clifton, Bedfordshire 119 Great White Egret Ardea alba 31/01/2020 One Hundred Acre GP 120 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 05/01/2020 Broom East 121 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 27/04/2011 Rookery South, Bedfordshire 122 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/03/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 123 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/02/2020 Broom East 124 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/04/2014 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 125 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 09/01/2024 Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/01/2020 Broom East 127 Black Kite Milvus migrans 30/03/2024 Willington Lock Quarry 128 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 05/03/2021 Raptor Watchpoint, Warden Wood, Bedfordshire 129 Buzzard Buteo buteo 15/01/2020 Broom East 130 Barn Owl Tyto alba 18/02/2020 The Lane, NW of Chawston 131 Little Owl Athene noctua 08/08/2015 Sandy Heath Quarry 132 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 03/12/2005 Pegsdon Hills, Bedfordshire 133 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 31/10/2015 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 134 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 06/01/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy One calling in the garden at night 135 Hoopoe Upupa epops 08/11/2020 Northill, Bedfordshire 136 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 11/01/2020 Henry Smith Park, Potton 137 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 03/05/2004 Blows Downs, Dunstable, Bedfordshire 138 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 01/01/2000 Milton Bryan Woods, Bedfordshire Date not recorded 139 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2020 Broom East 140 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 21/01/2020 Broom East 141 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/02/2020 Broom East 142 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 12/06/2006 Rookery Pit, Bedfordshire 143 Merlin Falco columbarius 15/02/2020 Fields just east of Upper Caldecote Village, Biggleswade Flying across road & seen to land in old crops with prey 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo 29/08/2015 5CC, Sandy 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/02/2004 Dunstable Sewage Works, Bedfordshire 146 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 04/01/2009 Southcott Village, Linslade, Bedfordshire 147 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22/05/2021 Willington, Bedfordshire 148 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 09/01/2020 In fields adjacent to Brogborough Lake/Hill 149 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 30/08/2010 Biggleswade Common, Bedfordshire 150 Jay Garrulus glandarius 20/02/2020 The Lodge, RSPB Sandy 151 Magpie Pica pica 05/01/2020 Broom East 152 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 21/01/2020 Broom East 153 Rook Corvus frugilegus 21/01/2020 Broom East 154 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 05/01/2020 Broom East 155 Raven Corvus corax 31/01/2020 Broom East 156 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 23/01/2020 Berwick Way, Lindisfarne Close, Sandy 157 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 158 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 29/01/2020 Wilstead Woods, Bedford 159 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 05/01/2020 Broom East 160 Great Tit Parus major 05/01/2020 Broom East 161 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 28/12/2014 One Hundred Acre GP, Bedford, Bedfordshire 162 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 01/01/2014 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire Not true date which was not recorded 163 Woodlark Lullula arborea 27/09/2022 Sandy Heath, Bedfordshire 164 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/02/2020 Broom East 165 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 24/10/2010 Galley Hill, Luton 166 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 167 Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 168 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/01/2000 Date & location of first sighting not recorded 169 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 22/04/2012 Brogborough Lake 170 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 19/01/2020 Broom East 171 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 02/05/2005 Tiddenfoot CP, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire 172 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 25/10/2020 Brogborough Hill, Bedfordshire 173 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/01/2000 Location/Date of first sightings not recorded 174 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 12/01/2020 Meadow Lane, Bedford 175 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 15/05/2005 Willington, Bedfordshire 176 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 05/06/2015 5CC, Sandy, Bedfordshire 177 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 01/06/2003 Dunstable Sewage Works, Bedfordshire 178 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 12/06/2020 Girtford, Sandy, Bedfordshire Seen at 4.25am singing and impersonating away all manner of birds. 179 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 05/05/2021 Derek White's Eggs Pit, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire 180 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/01/2000 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire Date of first sighting not recorded 181 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 182 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/01/2000 Date and Location of first sighting not recorded 183 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 27/09/2014 Blows Downs, Dunstable 184 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2019 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 185 Whitethroat Curruca communis 04/05/2003 Maulden Woods, Bedfordshire 186 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 15/03/2003 Aspley Heath, Bedfordshire 187 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 02/01/2004 Sandy RSPB, Bedfordshire 188 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2020 Broom East 189 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/02/2020 Broom East 190 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 11/01/2020 Henry Smith Park, Potton 191 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 26/01/2020 Palmers Wood, Old Warden 192 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 04/06/2016 Mancroft Road, Caddington, Bedfordshire 193 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 04/02/2020 Broom East 194 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/02/2020 Broom East 195 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2020 Broom East 196 Redwing Turdus iliacus 05/01/2020 Broom East 197 Blackbird Turdus merula 21/01/2020 Broom East 198 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 28/01/2020 Broom East 199 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 20/04/2003 Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire My first sighting was a group of 13 foraging on the chalk downs comprising 12 males and 1 female - it was freezing ! 200 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 19/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo 201 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 28/06/2015 Knotting 202 Robin Erithacus rubecula 15/01/2020 Broom East 203 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 28/04/2018 Hawkesbury Meadows, Sandy 204 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 15/08/2015 Brogborough Hill, Bedfordshire 205 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 18/10/2020 Biddenham ByPass, Bedford 206 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros ********** ********** 207 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 08/08/2015 Sandy Heath Quarry 208 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 04/05/2003 Dunstable Sewage Works, Bedfordshire 209 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2020 Flooded fields, New Road, Sandy 210 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 06/04/2010 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 211 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus ********** ********** 212 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 213 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 214 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 20/04/2015 Peacocks Lake, Broom, Bedfordshire 215 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 14/02/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 216 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 15/01/2020 Broom East 217 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 17/04/2022 Brogborough Landfill Site, Bedfordshire 218 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 05/01/2020 Broom East 219 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 01/01/2004 Kings Wood, Bedfordshire Not correct date - which was not recorded 220 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 05/02/2023 Broom South Quarry, Bedfordshire 221 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 12/03/2017 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 222 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 223 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 20/01/2019 Coopers Close, Sandy 224 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 27/11/2005 Wrest Park 225 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 11/01/2020 Sutherland Rad, Sandy 226 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/02/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 227 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/02/2004 Tiddenfoot CP, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire 228 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/02/2020 Broom East 229 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 14/02/2004 Tiddenfoot CP, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2020 Coopers Close, Sandy 231 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 03/11/2018 The Pinnacle, Sandy 232 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 28/03/2010 Sandy RSPB, Bedfordshire 233 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 05/01/2020 Broom East 234 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/02/2020 Sandy Smith NR, Shefford 235 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 14/02/2017 Upper Caldecote fields, Sandy 236 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 18/01/2009 Brogborough Landfill Site, Bedfordshire 237 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/01/2013 Streatley fields beside A6 238 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/02/2020 Broom East 239 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 11/02/2017 Great Barford, Bedfordshire 240 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 21/01/2020 Broom East