Kevin Varekamp: Netherlands Life List Dutch Birding, All records Record(s) 1 to 271 of 271 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 2 Bewick's Swan Cygnus bewickii 3 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 23/09/2017 Zalk Pending. 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus 9 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 11 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla 12 Black Brant Branta nigricans 25/12/2019 Wieringen CDNA-split. 13 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 14 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 16 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 18 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 19 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 03/04/2018 Texel 20 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 23 Smew Mergellus albellus 24 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27 Gadwall Anas strepera 28 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 29 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 30 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 31 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 32 Garganey Anas querquedula 33 Common Teal Anas crecca 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 35 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 36 Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica 37 Great Northern Loon Gavia immer 38 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 39 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 40 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 41 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 42 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 43 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Yes 13/02/2020 Meppel Not accepted by CDNA. 44 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 45 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 18/08/2020 Maarssen 46 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 47 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 27/08/2017 Eempolders 48 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 49 Great Egret Casmerodius albus 50 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 51 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 52 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 10/08/2022 Weerterbos 53 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 54 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 55 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 59 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 60 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 61 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 62 Black Kite Milvus migrans 63 Red Kite Milvus milvus 64 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 65 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 66 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 67 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 68 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 69 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 70 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 71 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/08/2020 72 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 73 Merlin Falco columbarius 74 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 75 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 76 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 77 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla 78 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 79 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 80 Common Crane Grus grus 81 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 16/02/2019 Noordwijk 82 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 30/12/2019 Brielle Not accepted by CDNA. 83 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 84 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 85 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 86 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 21/09/2020 Camperduin 87 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 88 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 89 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 90 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 91 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 92 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 93 Red Knot Calidris canutus 94 Sanderling Calidris alba 95 Little Stint Calidris minuta 96 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 97 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 98 Dunlin Calidris alpina 99 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 100 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 101 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 102 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 103 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 104 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 105 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 106 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 107 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 108 Little Curlew Numenius minutus Yes 25/12/2019 Hollands Kroon 109 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 110 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 111 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 112 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 113 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 09/12/2020 Maastricht 114 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 115 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 116 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 117 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 11/10/2020 Texel 118 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 11/10/2020 Texel 119 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 120 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 121 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 122 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 123 Common Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 124 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 125 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 126 Mew Gull Larus canus 127 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 128 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 129 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 130 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 131 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 132 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 133 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 134 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 135 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 136 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 137 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 138 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 139 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 140 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 141 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Yes 23/06/2020 Camperduin 142 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 143 Atlantic Murre Uria aalge 144 Razorbill Alca torda 145 Stock Dove Columba oenas 146 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 147 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 148 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 149 Barn Owl Tyto alba 150 Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo 21/04/2022 Maastricht 151 Little Owl Athene noctua 152 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 153 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 154 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 155 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 156 Common Swift Apus apus 157 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 158 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 29/05/2021 Limburg 159 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 160 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 161 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 162 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 163 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 164 Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius 165 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor 166 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 167 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 21/01/2021 168 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 169 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 170 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 171 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes 172 Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula 173 Rook Corvus frugilegus 174 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 175 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 176 Northern Raven Corvus corax 177 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 178 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 179 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 180 Great Tit Parus major 181 European Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 182 Coal Tit Periparus ater 183 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 184 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 185 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 186 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 07/11/2019 Apeldoorn 187 Woodlark Lullula arborea 188 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 189 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 11/03/2023 Netherlands 190 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 191 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 192 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum 193 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 194 Long-tailed Bushtit Aegithalos caudatus 195 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 196 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 16/02/2019 Katwijk 197 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 29/05/2021 Caitwickerzand, The Netherlands 198 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 199 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 200 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 201 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 202 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 203 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 204 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 205 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 206 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 207 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 208 Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida Yes 14/10/2019 Wormerland 209 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 210 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 17/06/2020 Amsterdam 211 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 212 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 213 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 214 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 215 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 216 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 217 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 218 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 219 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 220 Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus 12/10/2020 Texel 221 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 26/01/2021 Limburg 222 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 223 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 224 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 225 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 226 Redwing Turdus iliacus 227 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 228 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 229 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 24/09/2016 Maasvlakte 230 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 231 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 232 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 233 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 234 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 235 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 236 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 237 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 11/10/2020 Texel 238 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 239 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 27/09/2020 Maasvlakte 240 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 241 Dunnock Prunella modularis 242 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 243 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 244 Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava 245 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 246 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 247 Pied Wagtail Motacilla yarrellii CDNA-split 248 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 249 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 250 Eurasian Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 251 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 252 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 253 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 254 European Serin Serinus serinus 12/10/2020 Texel 255 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 256 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 257 Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus 258 Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina 259 Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea 260 Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni Yes 11/02/2018 Arnhem Ssp. exilipes 261 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 262 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 11/03/2018 Zeist 263 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 264 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 265 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 266 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 267 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 268 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 25/09/2019 Noordwijkerhout 269 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 25/09/2019 Noordwijkerhout 270 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 271 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra