Simon Cummings: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 238 of 238 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 10/12/2021 Thorpe 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 19/12/2020 Reigate 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 40 Swift Apus apus 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Crane Grus grus 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 61 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 62 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 63 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 71 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 73 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 11/10/2020 Lymington 74 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 11/10/2020 Lymington 75 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 08/09/2022 Little Marlow 76 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 77 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 78 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 79 Redshank Tringa totanus 80 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 81 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 82 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 83 Knot Calidris canutus 84 Ruff Calidris pugnax 85 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 86 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 87 Sanderling Calidris alba 88 Dunlin Calidris alpina 89 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 91 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 18/05/2021 Church Norton, Pagham Harbour Great views of 2 little terns diving in the channel 92 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 93 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 94 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 95 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 96 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 97 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 98 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 99 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 100 Common Gull Larus canus 101 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 22/11/2021 Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook, East London 4th time lucky 102 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 103 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 104 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 105 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 106 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 107 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 108 Puffin Fratercula arctica 109 Razorbill Alca torda 110 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 111 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 112 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 113 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 114 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 115 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 116 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 120 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 121 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 122 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 123 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 124 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 125 Great White Egret Ardea alba 126 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 127 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 128 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 129 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 130 Red Kite Milvus milvus 131 Buzzard Buteo buteo 132 Barn Owl Tyto alba 133 Little Owl Athene noctua 134 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 135 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 136 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 137 Hoopoe Upupa epops Bedfordshire 138 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 18/06/2021 Suffolk 139 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 140 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 141 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 142 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 143 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 144 Merlin Falco columbarius 145 Hobby Falco subbuteo 146 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 147 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 148 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 149 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 150 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 18/10/2020 Shuart, Kent 151 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 02/05/2021 Rochford 152 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 153 Jay Garrulus glandarius 154 Magpie Pica pica 155 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 156 Rook Corvus frugilegus 157 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 158 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 159 Raven Corvus corax 160 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 161 Coal Tit Periparus ater 162 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 163 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 164 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 165 Great Tit Parus major 166 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 167 Woodlark Lullula arborea 168 Skylark Alauda arvensis 169 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 170 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 20/09/2020 Surrey 171 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 172 Swallow Hirundo rustica 173 House Martin Delichon urbicum 174 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 175 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 176 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 177 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 178 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 179 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 180 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 181 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 182 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 183 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 184 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 185 Whitethroat Curruca communis 186 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 187 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 188 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 189 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 190 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 191 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 192 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 193 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 194 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 195 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 196 Redwing Turdus iliacus 197 Blackbird Turdus merula 198 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 199 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 200 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 201 Robin Erithacus rubecula 202 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 203 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 204 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 205 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 206 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 207 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 208 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 209 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 210 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 211 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 212 Dunnock Prunella modularis 213 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 214 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 215 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 216 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 06/12/2020 Sidlesham 217 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 218 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 219 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 220 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 221 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 222 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 223 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 224 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 225 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 226 Twite Linaria flavirostris 227 Linnet Linaria cannabina 228 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 229 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 230 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 231 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 232 Siskin Spinus spinus 233 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 234 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 235 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 236 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 237 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 29/11/2020 Thursley 238 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus