Mark Hodson: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 207 of 207 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 29/01/2022 RSPB Snettisham 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Groby Pool 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser Groby Pool 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 Groby (c50 flew over) 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/12/2020 Groby Pool 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Groby Pool 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/11/2020 Swithland Reservoir 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Attenborough Nature Reserve 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 28/03/2021 Cossington Meadows 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10/08/2021 Attenborough NR 2 females 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera Cossington Meadows 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope Swithland Reservoir 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Groby Pool 18 Pintail Anas acuta 22/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 19 Teal Anas crecca Cossington Meadows 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28/12/2021 Watermead Country Park 1 male/1 female 21 Pochard Aythya ferina Groby Pool 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Groby Pool 23 Scaup Aythya marila 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 18/10/2021 Robin Hood’s Bay 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 10/12/2023 Swithland Reservoir Female 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 20/10/2022 RSPB Conwy 1 female 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31/01/2021 Swithland Reservoir 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 26/12/2020 Swithland Reservoir 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 28/02/2021 Cossington Meadows 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19/10/2021 Flamborough Head 32 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ********** ********** 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 04/08/2022 Near Whernside Peak, Yorkshire 5 birds 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/02/2023 Groby - Nr Roman Way 2 birds 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ratby (Burroughs Road) 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 20/03/2021 Anstey (Fields on right, heading towards Cropston) 37 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 05/09/2022 Cossington Meadows 38 Swift Apus apus Ratby (Over M1 bridge) 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/06/2021 Cossington Meadows 14.06.21 Heard only @ Titchwell Marsh 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Newbold Verdon (Main Street) 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas Groby Pool 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Garden 43 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur ********** ********** 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26/12/2020 Swithland Reservoir 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Kirby Muxloe Castle 47 Coot Fulica atra Groby Pool 48 Crane Grus grus 20/11/2022 Eldernell, Nene Washes 10 birds 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Thornton Reservoir 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 13/03/2022 Carsington Water 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Groby Pool 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/08/2022 Cropston Reservoir 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Cossington Meadows 54 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 03/05/2023 Cossington Meadows 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 29/01/2022 RSPB Snettisham 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 30/01/2022 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 58 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 59 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 30/04/2023 Choseley, Norfolk 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Cossington Meadows 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Cossington Meadows 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Cossington Meadows 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Cropston Reservoir 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Cossington Meadows 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 14/06/2021 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 72 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 150th bird on the list 74 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 75 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 18/10/2021 Whitby harbour 76 Knot Calidris canutus 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 78 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 79 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 21/05/2023 Thornwick Pools 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 30/01/2022 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 18/10/2021 Whitby harbour 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 23/10/2022 Cossington Meadows 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 02/08/2022 Seaton Carew Beach 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/07/2021 Rutland Water NR 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Cropston Reservoir 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rutland Water 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/04/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 91 Common Gull Larus canus 22/10/2020 Attenborough NR 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Attenborough Nature Reserve 93 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 21/08/2022 Cropston Reservoir 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/02/2021 Bradgate Park 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Groby Pool 96 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 05/08/2023 From ferry back to Oban from Mull 2 birds 97 Puffin Fratercula arctica 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 98 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 03/08/2023 Oban (On ferry to Mull) 99 Razorbill Alca torda 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/06/2021 Old Hunstanton 103 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 104 Gannet Morus bassanus 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 105 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Groby Pool 106 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 06/11/2020 Thornton Reservoir 107 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 22/10/2021 Swithland Reservoir 108 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 109 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 28/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 110 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 01/05/2023 Watermead Country Park 111 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 112 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/11/2023 Fosse Way, Syston 113 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 114 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Groby Pool 115 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Rutland Water 116 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 3 birds during day 117 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Glenfield (Nr old golf course) 118 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 12/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham 119 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 20/11/2022 Eldernell, Nene Washes 2 female & 1 male 120 Red Kite Milvus milvus Rutland Water 121 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 7 birds during day 122 Buzzard Buteo buteo Groby Pool 123 Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham 124 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/02/2021 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 29/01/2023 Eldernell, Nene Washes 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 29/01/2023 Eldernell, Nene Washes 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 29/01/2023 Eldernell, Nene Washes 128 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Cossington Meadows 129 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 04/09/2021 Groby Pool 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Ratby (Burroughs Road) 131 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Thornton Reservoir (Fields Nr dam) 132 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Groby (Over A46) 133 Merlin Falco columbarius 20/11/2022 Eldernell, Nene Washes 1 female 134 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/06/2021 Groby Pool 135 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 136 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 23/01/2021 137 Jay Garrulus glandarius Ratby (Burroughs Road) 138 Magpie Pica pica Garden 139 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 04/07/2021 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 140 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Bradgate Park 141 Rook Corvus frugilegus Glenfield (The Mill Lane) 142 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Groby (Fields near Sacheverell Way) 143 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 02/08/2023 Ben Nevis 144 Raven Corvus corax Ratby (Burroughs Road) 145 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Markfield, on Chitterman Way 146 Coal Tit Periparus ater Thornton Reservoir 147 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/01/2021 Groby Pool 148 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 13/03/2022 Carsington Water 149 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Garden 150 Great Tit Parus major Ferndale Park 151 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 30/04/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 152 Skylark Alauda arvensis Dover (White Cliffs) 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Attenborough Nature Reserve 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica Glenfield (Optimus Point) 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum Groby Pool 156 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 22/10/2020 Attenborough NR 157 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Glenfield (Fields off Ivanhoe Trail) 158 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Everards Meadow 159 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Groby Pool 160 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Attenborough Nature Reserve 161 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Cossington Meadows 162 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2022 Flamborough Head 163 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Martinshaw Woods 164 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/05/2023 Ratby, field after M1 walk bridge 165 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2024 Ratby Lane - Hedgerow between Ratby & Kirby Muxloe 166 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2021 Ivanhoe Trail (Off Roman Way) 167 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/02/2021 Bradgate Park 168 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Thornton Reservoir 169 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Ratby (Ivanhoe Trail) 170 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/11/2020 Thornton Reservoir 171 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Bradgate Park (Near Old John) 172 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Garden 173 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Groby Pool 174 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Glenfield (Fields off Ivanhoe Trail) 175 Redwing Turdus iliacus 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 176 Blackbird Turdus merula Garden 177 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/12/2020 Ivanhoe Trail (near The Mill Lane) 178 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 18/04/2021 Barlestone (Washpit Lane) 179 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Bradgate Park (Near Old John) 180 Robin Erithacus rubecula Garden 181 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Bradgate Park 182 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 01/05/2022 Elmesthorpe (Burbage Common Road) 183 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Groby Pool (Fields) 184 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/04/2021 Bradgate Park 185 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 18/10/2020 Monsal Trail (Wye Dale) 186 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 187 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Garden 188 Dunnock Prunella modularis Ratby (Burroughs Road) 189 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Anstey (Fields on way to Cropston) 190 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Kirby Muxloe (Under M1) 191 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Glenfield (Optimus Point) 192 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 23/04/2021 Bradgate Park 193 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 06/05/2023 Beacon Hill 194 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 28/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 195 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/07/2021 Caernarfon 196 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Watermead Country Park 197 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 16/01/2022 Anstey - Field off Cropston Road 198 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Ratby (Burroughs Road) 199 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Attenborough Nature Reserve 200 Linnet Linaria cannabina 11/06/2021 Old Hunstanton 201 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 202 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kirby Muxloe (Main Street) 203 Siskin Spinus spinus 16/10/2020 Groby Pool 204 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 20/10/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 205 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 206 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Bradgate Park 207 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Bradgate Park