Paul Ellis: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 547 of 547 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Black Brant Pilling Lane Ends 22/12/96. Grey bellied Brant Fring, Norfolk 2/1/2020. 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 04/10/1991 Caelaverock Also seen wild birds 20/11/93, Fluke Hall 1st w 24/10/10 and Cockerham 8/1/17 self found 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2+ Todd's seen in Lancs with Pinkfoot flocks inc. Jan 2017 Cockerham (photos. 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 31/12/2001 Eagland Hill Minima. Self found. Photographed. Richardsons, Crossens, Ribble 09-12-2021. 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 03/02/2008 Stalmine, Lancashire With pinkfeet. 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 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 29/01/1995 Slimbridge 14 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 16 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 25/11/2001 Minsmere and Marshside, Crossens Marsh 7/12/13 21 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 18/08/1977 Wath Ings Also Tresco 23/10/77 & Upton Warren 20/8/89 23 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 24 Gadwall Mareca strepera 25 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 21/03/1987 Pitsford Res 26 Wigeon Mareca penelope 27 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 29 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 23/10/1977 Tresco Also seen one on Tresco 16 Oct 1994 & 13/10/96. Stithians 7/10/2000. Struhillbeg Lough 4/3/01 30 Pintail Anas acuta 31 Teal Anas crecca 32 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 33 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 34 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 30/12/1997 Welney Male 35 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 09/03/1996 Gibbs Mere, Notts male 36 Pochard Aythya ferina 37 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 38 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/03/1988 Foulridge Res 39 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 40 Scaup Aythya marila 41 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 21/03/1987 Chasewater 29/12/94 Dockacres. Myerscough Quarry. 42 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 12/11/2019 Papa Westray 1st w male 43 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Loch Ryan Also Shetland, Tayport, Ythan, etc 44 Eider Somateria mollissima 45 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 03/03/1991 Wick female. Plus 2 fem at Kennedy's Pass 14/4/96 46 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 47 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 48 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 08/04/2018 Musselborough 49 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 26/03/2011 Rossbeigh Strand male 50 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 51 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 17/02/2007 Llanfairfechan 52 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 53 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 18/03/1994 Collick CP Also seen Roadford Res, Cornwall 29/11/98 and L. Atedaun, Ireland 10/2/07 54 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 55 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 14/05/2005 Lock Meikle male 56 Smew Mergellus albellus 57 Goosander Mergus merganser 58 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 59 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 60 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 61 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 62 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 63 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 64 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 65 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 66 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 67 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 68 Quail Coturnix coturnix 69 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 70 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 12/10/2019 Ballymena NI 71 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 72 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 10/11/1991 St Andrews Also St Marys 22/10/99 and Penzance 23/10/99 73 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 27/03/1988 Broadstairs, Kent & Marton Mere 14/4/13 74 Swift Apus apus 75 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 03/05/2009 Seaforth and Pilling Lane / Knott End 14-11-2020 76 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 16/06/2013 Trimley Marshes 77 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 26/05/2001 Netherfield, Notts 78 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 09/04/1978 St Nicholas at Wade, Kent 79 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 24/06/2019 Slimbridge Again nr Leeds 6/8/19 80 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 25/03/1990 Dawlish Warren and Aldborough 8-11-92 81 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 19/10/1995 St Marys, Porth Loo Lane and Tresco 16/10/99 82 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 10/10/1990 Newford Duck Pond, St Marys 83 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 84 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 85 Stock Dove Columba oenas 86 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 87 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 88 Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 07/12/2002 Stromness, Orkney mean. Also Orientalis Chipping Norton, Oxford 26/2/11 89 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 90 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 91 Corncrake Crex crex 92 Sora Porzana carolina Yes 15/10/1991 Porth Hellick and 1st w Stover CP, Newton Abbot (filmed) 13/2/00. St Marys 8/10/2005 93 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 94 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 95 Coot Fulica atra 96 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 18/04/1996 Stodmarsh 97 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 03/09/2016 Alkborough, Lincs 98 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 26/06/1999 Grove Ferry 99 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 21/04/1987 Shotton 100 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 23/09/2009 Burwick, South Ronaldsay 101 Crane Grus grus 102 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 103 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 15/02/1987 Kenfig Pool & Dockacres 27/5/97. Hollingworth Lake 16/11/10. Loch of Spiggie, Shetland 2/3/19 104 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 105 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 106 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 107 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 108 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 109 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 110 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 31/05/1987 Alvocote Pools, Tamworth 2 111 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 112 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 113 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 114 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 10/01/1988 Marksbury Plain, Bath Also Pilling Lane Ends 23/7/90, Ad Helston 6/11/99 115 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 12/10/1991 St Agnes 116 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 117 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 01/01/1994 South Stack 118 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 119 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 22/06/1997 Dawlish Warren 120 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 121 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 122 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton-by-the-sea 123 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Yes 25/09/1977 Welney another at Coningsby 31/5/93 ad sum plum 124 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/06/2007 Caelaverock Also one at Blacktoft Sands 01-09-2021. 125 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 12/05/2002 Rimac 126 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 20/07/1988 South Walney and 1st sum Tyninghame, Lothian 6/7/20 127 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 29/02/1976 West Kirkby 128 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 11/10/1990 Airfield, St Marys and one St Marys 9/10/93. 2 Airfield St Mary's 21/10/99 129 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 130 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 24/06/2007 Walney Island 131 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 30/08/1985 Blakeney 132 Curlew Numenius arquata 133 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 134 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 135 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 25/04/2015 Ham Wall 136 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 12/09/1976 Scargill Reservoir Transitional plumage 137 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 18/09/1999 Rosehearty 138 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 139 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 140 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 28/08/1976 Blakeney Point & Beacon Lane, Spurn 16/9/13 141 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 142 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 19/08/1978 Denhall Lane, Dee also Cley 10/5/87, Alston Res 9/9/17. 143 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 144 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 145 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 04/11/1989 Blyth Estuary 146 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 147 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 18/09/1983 Inglebirchworth Reservoir with spots and Fen Drayton 6/3/94. Brockholes with spots 30-5-11, St Marys 8/10/2005, Hayle 10/3/07. 148 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 149 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 23/09/2000 Porth Hellick, St Marys Also Humblescough, Nateby, Over Wyre 2/10/11 150 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 30/11/1994 Burghead 151 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 26/04/1987 Stodmarsh Also 2 @ Crosby (12/8/99) + Fairburn Ings (5/8/98) 152 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 153 Redshank Tringa totanus 154 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 26/08/1989 Drift Res 155 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 156 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 157 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 23/10/1994 Rockcliffe 158 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 159 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 20/10/1996 Seaton Snook Great Dot! & Far better one at Skippool Creek adult 31/7/2004. 160 Knot Calidris canutus 161 Ruff Calidris pugnax 162 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 06/06/1992 Greatham Creek & adult 23 May 1998 Cley 163 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 27/08/1996 Dinas Dinalle nr Caernarfon Castle 164 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 23/04/1984 Frodsham Also seen Campfield Marsh, Bowness on Solway 27/9/08 165 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 166 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 167 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 Swillington Imgs 168 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 22/09/2001 Somerton, Cambs Ad summer plum. 169 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 170 Sanderling Calidris alba 171 Dunlin Calidris alpina 172 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 173 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 29/08/1982 Salthouse Also seen Frodsham 7/9/85 174 Little Stint Calidris minuta 175 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 15/08/1988 Upton Warren 176 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 177 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 178 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 24/08/1997 Aberlady Bay, Musselborough Also Brownsea Island 8/10/2004 179 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 02/09/1989 Camel Est Also Tresco 13/10/96. Preesall Sands 12/11/13, Skippool 09/09/2018. 180 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 02/10/2004 St Martins 181 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 02/10/1988 Elmley and Grimingham Norfolk 23/5/93. Pilling Lane Ends 7/7/97 probably this sp not Collared as accepted 182 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 25/08/1996 Leighton Moss also Martin Mere 30/8/97. Ad Mona Airfield Anglesey 15/7/2001. 183 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 21/10/1978 Martin Mere and Cley 23/5/98. 184 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 10/07/2005 Cemlyn Bay 185 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 10/07/1988 Cemlyn Bay 186 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 187 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 16/06/1991 Rye Harbour 188 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 30/07/1995 Seaforth Also 25 Nov 2001 Titchwell 189 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 10/05/1987 Minsmere 190 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 20/06/1993 Cemlyn Bay Also Pennington Flash 191 Black Tern Chlidonias niger American BT seen Pennington Flash 1-9-12. 192 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 193 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 20/08/1988 Gronant & Nimo's Pier 10/2/07 & Doorus Ireland 27-1-12 194 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 195 Common Tern Sterna hirundo ********** ********** 196 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 197 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 198 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 18/07/1999 Ladys Island Lake 199 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 10/09/1983 Blakeney Point Also seen Inner Farne10 Jul 1994 200 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 11/12/2018 Anglesey 201 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 202 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 30/06/1994 Workington Also seen Frazerborough (2), Fairhaven Lake 18/4/08, Fleetwood GC 12/3/94, 1st w Nimmo's Pier 4/3/00 203 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 204 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 22/07/1995 Inverness Also ad Fairhaven Lake 14/2/2000 205 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 19/06/1976 Frodsham Full summer plum but ill. 206 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 06/05/1999 Sandwich 207 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 18/08/1987 Saltholme Pools Newlyn 8/2/87 & 1st sum Marton Mere (self found) 3/5/08, Ad Clahane Beach 5/3/00. Ad Heysham 17/7/13 208 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 209 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 28/11/1991 Walcott Also - Silkworth (NE) Lakes 8/4/96. Marton Mere 9/4/06, Topsham, Exe Est 10/3/07. 210 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 16/11/1991 Catterick (Scorton Tip) ad winter 211 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 212 Common Gull Larus canus 213 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 214 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 215 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 07/08/2022 Grafiam Water, Cambridgeshire 216 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 217 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 218 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 219 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 220 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 221 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 05/02/1998 St Marys 1st w. Also 4th w at Nimos Pier 10/2/07 222 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 02/01/2009 Cowpen Bewley, Billingham 223 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 224 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 225 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 226 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 227 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 228 Puffin Fratercula arctica 229 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 11/11/2006 Dawlish Warren 230 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 231 Razorbill Alca torda 232 Little Auk Alle alle 233 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 30/12/2013 Portland Harbour 234 Guillemot Uria aalge 235 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 23/06/1990 Lundy Island 236 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 237 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 238 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 30/01/2007 Farnham Res, Knaresborough and Llys-y-Fran Res 3/3/07 239 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 240 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 01/02/1987 Filey Brigg and Blyth Est 8/4/96. Copperhouse Creek 10/3/07, Brigham 30/12/13, Shetland 2/3/2019 241 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 15/08/1999 Scillonian Pelagic (2). Also Scillies pelagic 21-07-16 242 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 14/04/1995 Hermaness, Unst Also seen following day and seen to fly out to sea. Plus 1 Scillonian Pelagic 15/8/99 ( record sabotaged by dick-heads). Another 4th July 2021and 29th June 2022 at Bempton Cliffs. 243 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 244 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 245 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 246 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 19/08/2023 Isles of Scilly Or Fea's or Desertas. From Scillonian for 5 minutes. Photographed. 247 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 248 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 249 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 15/09/1991 Porthgwara 800 plus 250 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 251 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 252 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 02/07/1977 Rostherne Mere Seen a week earlier when all thought it a Manx 253 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 11/07/1998 Tarty Burn, Ythan Estuary 1st summer 254 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 18/03/1978 Halton nr Chirk Also seen Todderstaffe, Fleetwood 255 Gannet Morus bassanus 256 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 15/08/2023 Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly. 257 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 05/09/2019 Kynance Cove, Cornwall 1st sum. 258 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 259 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 260 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 04/02/1989 Billingham Pond 261 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 08/04/1978 Stodmarsh also Lane Ends 22/4/97. Brockholes, Fluke Hall, Warton Marsh, Marton Mere self found 28/9/13, Thurnham 18/1/14, Fairhaven 6/10/13 262 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 263 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 264 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 02/02/1991 Marton Mere 265 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 12/06/1997 Marton Mere 266 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 02/05/1987 Red Scar, Ribble 267 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 12/10/2008 Barnaderg Bay 268 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 11/11/2001 Balvicar, Seil Island 269 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 29/06/1987 Naze Pool 270 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 25/09/2001 Messingham Sand Quarry, Lincs 271 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 04/06/1994 Thorpe Marsh NR, Doncaster 272 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 02/01/1987 New Mills Last 5/5/20 Conder Green. Many previous records 273 Great White Egret Ardea alba 274 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 275 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 20/04/2015 Bryher 1st sum 276 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 19/04/1987 Filey Dams Adult 277 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 23/07/2016 Restronguet Creek, Cornwall 278 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 279 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 21/07/2023 Felixstowe Ferry 280 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 281 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 07/10/1999 St Agnes 282 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 283 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 284 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 285 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 286 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 287 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 27/02/2011 Thornham Marsh 1st w male 288 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 02/03/2003 Wareham Greens juv. Also Orkney 23/06/95. Whitendale male 28/4/17. Juv Bank End 16/09/2018 289 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 290 Red Kite Milvus milvus 291 Black Kite Milvus migrans 01/03/2003 Cheesefoot Head & Moore NR 20/5/2005 292 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 06/02/1984 Brill, Bucks imm. Also Docking, Norfolk 15/1/00 & Burton Constable, Hull 7/11/99 293 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 294 Buzzard Buteo buteo 295 Barn Owl Tyto alba 296 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 02/03/2019 Tresta Gardens, Shetland 297 Little Owl Athene noctua 298 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 16/06/2006 Thrupp, Oxford 299 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 300 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 301 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 16/06/1990 Unst, Shetland Female. Also seen in Lincs 30/12/90 and Felixstowe 25/11/01 302 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 303 Hoopoe Upupa epops 304 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/07/1995 Lockalsh Troston Forest, Dumfries 8/6/97 305 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 306 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/11/2021 Red Scar, River Ribble, Lancashire Seen again 22-12-2021. (+1) 307 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 21/05/1999 Cleadon 10 together. Also Todderstaffe Hall self found 17-5-13 308 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 309 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 310 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 311 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 312 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 18/05/2002 St Mary's 313 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 314 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Inglebirchworth Res, Blackpool, Beaulieu Road, Rainham (16/6/91), Gt Livermere 28/5/94. 315 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 27/05/2022 Worth 316 Merlin Falco columbarius 317 Hobby Falco subbuteo 318 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 09/10/2000 Cape Cornwall Juv. Also Stepper Point, Padstow 10/3/07 319 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 320 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 321 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 18/09/2020 Balephuil, Tiree 322 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 09/10/2008 Nanjizal Bay 323 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 14/10/1987 St Agnes + 12/10/89 St Martins. St Agnes 17-10-95. Tresco 13/10/96. St Martins 09-10-2020 324 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 11/10/1987 Tresco 325 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 326 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Steppe Grey Grainthorpe 8/11/2008 327 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 31/10/2004 Kilrenny, Fife 328 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 19/09/1989 Bridlington 329 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 330 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 29/10/2011 Adult, photos, Shetland Also seen Issys Spurn 22/10/88 & 27/10/91. Stocks Res. 9/11/96. Marsden Grotto South Shields 7/11/99 (filmed). Flamborough, Buckton 4/10/07. 331 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 332 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 29/06/2022 Bempton Cliffs 333 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 25/09/2008 Flamborough Head Adult 334 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 04/11/2000 South Uist 335 Jay Garrulus glandarius 336 Magpie Pica pica 337 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 26/10/1991 Stoke 338 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 339 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 340 Rook Corvus frugilegus 341 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 342 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 343 Raven Corvus corax 344 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 345 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 26/02/1996 Wilford Village, Notts with 300 Waxwings 346 Coal Tit Periparus ater 347 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 348 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 349 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 350 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 351 Great Tit Parus major 352 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 29/10/1989 Minsmere 3 (1 ad m) 353 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 354 Woodlark Lullula arborea 355 Skylark Alauda arvensis 356 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 30/04/2009 Dungeness 357 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 358 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 359 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 18/05/1997 Langness Point, Isle of Man 360 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 02/06/2003 South Stack 361 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 362 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 09/06/1990 Porth Hellick, St Marys 363 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 06/09/2004 Butt of Lewis juv 364 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 17/04/1999 Switherland Res 365 Swallow Hirundo rustica 366 House Martin Delichon urbicum 367 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 12/04/1987 Cley Church Also Marton Mere 18/4/2004 368 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 369 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 370 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 371 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 12/09/1982 Wells Aslo Scillies Bryher 18-10-95, S Marys 12/10/02. Arnfield Res 4/7/11 372 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 12/11/2000 North Gare 373 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 374 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 375 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 16/10/1987 St Marys, Telegraph 376 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 08/06/2021 Lundy Island 377 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 08/11/1987 Happisburgh 378 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 379 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Siberian Old Town 17/10/92. Marton Mere, Pilling 3/1/20 380 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 16/05/1999 Portland Also seen Pilling Lane Ends 18 May 2019 and Blackpool 5-5-11 381 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 20/10/2009 Trow Quarry, The Leas, South Shields 382 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 01/10/2020 Budle Bay 383 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 384 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 12/10/1988 St Agnes also Kelynack 9/10/93. Garrison 7/10/2000. St Martins 12/10/2005 385 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 10/07/1979 Burton, Lincs also Cley 28/5/94 and Marton Mere 21/5/03 386 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 20/08/1989 Thrapston First at Frodsham 1975. Also Cley and St Agnes 8/10/90 387 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 388 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 18/09/1994 Seaton Carew & St Marys 15/10/2005 389 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 10/06/2000 Nigg Ferry and Knott End 1/6/2020 390 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 391 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 392 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 06/09/1991 Spurn 393 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 20/10/2012 Kilminning Castle 394 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 395 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 396 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 13/06/1995 Scotsman's Flash, Wigan 397 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 16/05/1987 Cley East Bank Also Leighton Moss 6/5/91, Grove Ferry 25/6/99. Marton Mere 398 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 399 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 20/05/2000 Hengistbury Head 400 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 401 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 402 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 403 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 404 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 29/05/2012 Hartlepool Headland 405 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 04/10/1979 Leasowe Also seen Flamborough (27/10/91) and Blakeney Point singing and nest building 31/5/93 406 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 02/09/1992 Holme 407 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 11/03/1990 Stratton nr. Bude Male 408 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 19/04/2015 Nanjizal Western or Eastern: 1st sum male St Agnes 15/10/95, Porthgwara 16/10/93, Leasowe 9/5/92 409 Whitethroat Curruca communis 410 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 29/04/1997 Languard male 411 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 25/05/1993 St Abbs Head Male 412 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 413 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 414 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 415 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 416 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 15/10/1989 Wells next the Sea 417 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 418 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 11/03/1978 Cheddar Gorge 419 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 420 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 18/11/1990 Dungeness 421 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 28/10/2018 Land's End 422 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth 423 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 424 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 425 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 28/10/2021 Papa Westray 426 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 13/10/1987 Longstone, St Mary's first of several inc 25/10/87 Lundy, Bar Pt 13/10/90. Bryher 11-10-2020. 427 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 16/10/1987 St Agnes Also Tresco 16/10/93 428 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 08/10/1990 St Agnes, Covean & Silver Trail, St Marys 18/10/91 429 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 25/10/1987 Lundy 430 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 29/09/1991 Brora also St Agnes 17/10/99 431 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 03/10/1992 Gugh female. & male Gugh 07 Oct 1999 432 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 433 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 434 Redwing Turdus iliacus 435 Blackbird Turdus merula 436 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 12/10/1987 St Mary's Scillies first of several (2 Scillies Oct 91), one St Marys 9/10/93 437 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 438 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 439 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 22/10/1992 Green Lane, St Marys + 1st w m Webheath nr Redditch (21-1-96), Male Chesterfield 19/1/97. Grimsby 16/3/20 440 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 18/05/2013 Margate Cemetry female. Also male Derbyshire 10/12/16 441 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 05/02/1990 Chingford 442 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 20/12/2003 Godrevy 1st w female. & 1st w male Grimsby 4/1/2004 443 Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 444 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 04/10/2007 Flamborough Head, Old Fall Plantation 445 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 446 Robin Erithacus rubecula 447 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 06/06/2011 Hartlepool Headland female 448 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 10/09/1995 Languard 449 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 450 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 451 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 29/10/2011 Gulberwick, Mainland Shetland Male 452 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 453 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 16/10/2020 Trow Quarry, South Shields 454 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 455 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 01/06/1997 Ethie Mains Male 456 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 31/10/1993 Winspit plus one Rame Head 23/10/99. 3 at Holme 17-10-2020 457 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 458 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 459 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 24/05/1995 Hunstanton Golf Course Male. Also One Scotstown, St Furgus 21/7/13 imm / winter male (reported as female). 460 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 16/05/2000 Pendeen cliffs at Geevor Mine 461 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 462 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 12/10/1991 St Agnes Also 14/10/91 Salakee, 23/10/91 Tresco. Spurn (27/10/91) 463 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 464 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 465 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 15/10/1991 Gugh 466 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 06/11/1991 Rossall Point plus Blackpool Airport 11 Nov 1994. female Rattray Head 15-02-2013. Male St Annes 20/11/2016, Boulby male 12/11/2000. 467 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 26/10/1993 Stiffkey 1st w male 468 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 20/10/1990 Holme 1st w m. Also Scarborough 23/6/91 (full sp male), Fem Spurn 25/10/97 469 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 01/09/2019 Fluke Hall Self found with Paul Slade. Ad female. 470 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 471 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 472 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 23/10/1977 Bryher and Waterside, Cumbria 20/7/96 473 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 474 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 29/04/1978 Portland Bill also seen on Isle of Wight 28/5/90 475 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 14/10/2016 Easington, Yorks 476 Dunnock Prunella modularis 477 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Black-headed Wagtail, Leighton Moss 15/4/18. 478 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 02/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk Eastern Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail 479 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 08/09/1983 Gibralter Point Also fem Newton Marsh 4/5/97. Scillies Martins 8/10/92, Marion 18/5/02, etc 480 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 481 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 482 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 483 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 29/11/1998 Portland 484 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 07/10/1988 Pelistry, St Mary's 2 together Airport, Scillies 14/10/91 485 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 486 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 487 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 26/10/1993 Holkham & 14/10/16 Spurn 488 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 17/10/1990 St Marys, Golf Course plus 3 on Scilly in 91, one Tresco Oct 92, St Marys Oct 95, St Marys 15/10/05 489 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 09/10/1988 St Mary's and Tresco 13/10/96 490 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 491 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 492 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 493 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 494 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 495 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 16/02/2013 South Collafirth 1st w male 496 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 497 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 21/05/2005 Languard imm male 498 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 499 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 500 Twite Linaria flavirostris 501 Linnet Linaria cannabina 502 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 503 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 504 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 23/10/77 same field as Spanish Sparrow Bryher 505 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 21/04/1985 Wells next the Sea Male at nest with 3 young 506 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 507 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 508 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 13/01/1991 Lynford Arboretum Also 1 Sandringham 23/5/98 7 Broomhead Res 12/1/14 509 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 510 Serin Serinus serinus 10/05/1987 Wells next the Sea same day as Caspian Tern & Wilsons Phal. 511 Siskin Spinus spinus 512 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 513 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 514 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 515 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 516 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 27/02/1990 Big Waters Also male Cresswell Ponds 2/2/92 517 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 518 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 15/06/2015 Bardsey Island male 519 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 520 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 12/04/1976 Sandbach wintered here. Another wintered on Fleetwood Tip seen 23/1/94 521 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 19/10/1994 St Agnes 522 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 16/10/1990 Old Grimsby, Tresco and Porth Hellick 10/10/93, St Marys 9/10/02, 523 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 19/09/1992 Inner Farne Island 524 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 21/10/1994 Tresco Or Red-headed. Self found 525 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 10/03/1994 Pennington Flash 526 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 527 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 04/12/1989 Portland 528 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 02/10/1995 Seaforth 529 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 06/06/1992 Trimley St Mary Plus another one 530 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 09/05/2023 Bardsey Island 531 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 12/10/1991 Airport, St Marys 532 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 08/10/1988 St Agnes & 1st w male in garden Oxford 20/12/2003 533 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 30/08/1989 St Agnes 534 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 11/02/1989 Hythe, Kent 535 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 12/10/1996 St Marys, Garrison + male Tresco Great Pool 08-10-2020 536 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 30/09/2020 Burravoe, Yell 537 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 12/10/1997 St Marys, Harrys Walls 538 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 04/10/2023 Corrymore, Achill Island, Co Mayo, Ireland 539 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 10/10/1992 Garrison, St Marys 540 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 21/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire 541 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 23/09/2023 Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire 542 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 14/10/2022 Bryher, Isles of Scilly 543 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 13/10/1987 Tresco and spring bird at Seaforth 2/6/2000 & Garrison 8/10/2005 544 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 14/10/1995 Tresco 545 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire 546 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 11/10/2008 Garnish 547 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 10/10/1987 Tresco and one Tresco 12/10/93