Robert Pocklington: Cumbria Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 257 of 257 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 29/12/2022 Abbeytown 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 06/03/2023 Anthorn 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana Brigsteer 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 01/06/2003 Longtown, Cumbria. Pine Lake Sept 2006 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 36 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 19/04/2023 Whinfell tarn, Kendal 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 40 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 43 Quail Coturnix coturnix Allithwaite 44 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 45 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 46 Swift Apus apus 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 48 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 51 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 52 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 53 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 54 Coot Fulica atra 55 Crane Grus grus 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 58 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 59 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 60 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 61 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 26/04/2021 Walney 62 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 70 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 71 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 30/06/2007 South walney 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 77 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 78 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 79 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 80 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 81 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 82 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 83 Redshank Tringa totanus 84 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 10/09/2023 Bowness on solway 85 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 86 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 87 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 88 Knot Calidris canutus 89 Ruff Calidris pugnax 90 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 01/09/2008 Bowness on Solway, Cumbria 91 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 92 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 93 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 94 Sanderling Calidris alba 95 Dunlin Calidris alpina 96 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 97 Little Stint Calidris minuta 98 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 99 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 01/08/2010 Port Carlisle, Cumbria 100 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 101 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 01/06/2007 Siddick Pond, Cumbria 102 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 103 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 104 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 105 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 04/07/2023 Hodbarrow 106 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 107 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 108 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 109 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 110 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 111 Common Gull Larus canus 112 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 113 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 114 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 115 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 116 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 117 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 118 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 119 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 120 Puffin Fratercula arctica 121 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 122 Razorbill Alca torda 123 Little Auk Alle alle 124 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 125 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 126 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 10/11/2023 Talkin Tarn 127 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 128 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 129 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 130 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 131 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 132 Gannet Morus bassanus 133 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 134 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 135 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 136 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 137 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 138 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 12/06/2023 Ponsonby (NW Cumbria) 139 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 140 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 01/07/2002 South Walney, Cumbria 141 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 142 Great White Egret Ardea alba 143 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 144 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 145 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 146 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 147 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 148 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 149 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 150 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 151 Red Kite Milvus milvus 152 Buzzard Buteo buteo 153 Barn Owl Tyto alba 154 Little Owl Athene noctua 155 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 06/07/2023 Up't north 156 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 157 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 158 Hoopoe Upupa epops 21/09/2023 Aldingham 159 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 160 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 161 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 162 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 163 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 164 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 165 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 166 Merlin Falco columbarius 167 Hobby Falco subbuteo 168 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 169 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 170 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 04/11/2014 Walney 171 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 172 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 173 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 174 Jay Garrulus glandarius 175 Magpie Pica pica 176 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 177 Rook Corvus frugilegus 178 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 179 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 180 Raven Corvus corax 181 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 182 Coal Tit Periparus ater 183 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 184 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 185 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 186 Great Tit Parus major 187 Skylark Alauda arvensis 188 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 189 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 190 Swallow Hirundo rustica 191 House Martin Delichon urbicum 192 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 193 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 194 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 195 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 196 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 197 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 198 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 199 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 200 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 201 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 202 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 203 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 204 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 205 Whitethroat Curruca communis 206 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 207 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 208 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 209 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 210 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 211 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 212 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 213 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 214 Redwing Turdus iliacus 215 Blackbird Turdus merula 216 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 217 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 218 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 219 Robin Erithacus rubecula 220 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 221 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 222 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 223 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 224 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 225 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 226 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 227 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 228 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 229 Dunnock Prunella modularis 230 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 231 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 232 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 233 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 22/02/2024 Ulverston 234 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 235 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 236 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 237 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 238 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 239 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 240 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 241 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 242 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 243 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 244 Twite Linaria flavirostris 245 Linnet Linaria cannabina 246 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 247 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 248 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 249 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 250 Serin Serinus serinus 251 Siskin Spinus spinus 252 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 253 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 254 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 255 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 256 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 01/09/2008 South Walney 257 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus