Sam Pitt Miller: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 271 of 271 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Black Brant 01/01/20 Skeffling 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 30/03/2018 North Uist Berneray Machair 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 01/01/2020 Skefling 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 16/10/2011 Rutland Water 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 28/03/2013 RSPB Balranald, North Uist 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/02/2021 Pennance 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 38 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 43 Swift Apus apus 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Spurn 2019 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Corncrake Crex crex 28/05/2019 North Uist 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Crane Grus grus Norfolk 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 25/03/2018 Lyndon 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 24/10/2014 Rutland Water 2 birds 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Norfolk 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 65 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 10/10/2015 Spurn Kilnsea Wetlands 2 Juveniles 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 06/08/2013 Isle of Skye 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 70 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 10/09/2016 Spurn Kilnsea Wetlands 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 09/09/2017 Spurn Kilnsea Wetlands 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Spurn 77 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 78 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 14/10/2019 Spurn 79 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 80 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 81 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 28/05/2019 Benbecula 82 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 83 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 84 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 85 Redshank Tringa totanus 86 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 10/10/2015 Spurn 4 in with Redshanks 87 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 88 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 89 Knot Calidris canutus 90 Ruff Calidris pugnax 91 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/06/2010 Titchwell 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 94 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 95 Little Stint Calidris minuta Spurn 96 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 16/10/2011 Rutland Water 97 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 09/09/2017 Spurn Kilnsea Wetlands 98 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 13/10/2021 Hayle 99 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Norfolk 100 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Norfolk 101 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 102 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 103 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 104 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Titchwell 105 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 106 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 24/08/2016 Spurn 19:35 Juv North 107 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 108 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 109 Common Gull Larus canus 110 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 31/12/2021 Hayle 111 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 27/08/2016 Spurn Kilnsea Wetlands 112 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 113 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 114 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 115 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 116 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 117 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 118 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 25/08/2016 Spurn 119 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 120 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 25/08/2016 Spurn 121 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 122 Puffin Fratercula arctica 123 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 124 Razorbill Alca torda 125 Little Auk Alle alle 05/11/2016 Anderby 126 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 127 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 128 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 129 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 130 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 12/05/2021 Cornwall 131 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 132 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 133 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 08/08/2016 Spurn Seawatching Hut 9:40 south 134 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 135 Gannet Morus bassanus 136 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 137 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 138 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 139 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 140 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 141 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 142 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 05/11/2011 Attenborough NR, Nottinghamshire 143 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 144 Great White Egret Ardea alba 145 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 146 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 147 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 148 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 149 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 150 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 151 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 152 Red Kite Milvus milvus 153 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 154 Buzzard Buteo buteo 155 Barn Owl Tyto alba Norfolk 156 Little Owl Athene noctua 157 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 22/10/2016 Spurn Flushed from Headland 158 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 159 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 26/04/2010 Sollas, North Uist 160 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Norfolk 161 Hoopoe Upupa epops 162 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 163 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 27/08/2015 Asfordby Hill Self-found on patch 164 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 165 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 166 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 167 Merlin Falco columbarius 168 Hobby Falco subbuteo 169 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Also Barbary Falcon (pelegrinoides): 4 Jul 2018; Lanzarote 170 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 171 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 15/10/2019 Spurn Date not exact 172 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 173 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 23/08/2016 Spurn Corner Field 174 Jay Garrulus glandarius Titchwell 175 Magpie Pica pica 176 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 177 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 178 Rook Corvus frugilegus 179 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 180 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 181 Raven Corvus corax 182 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 183 Coal Tit Periparus ater 184 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 185 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 186 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 187 Great Tit Parus major 188 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 189 Woodlark Lullula arborea 190 Skylark Alauda arvensis 191 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 05/11/2016 Lincolnshire 192 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 193 Swallow Hirundo rustica 194 House Martin Delichon urbicum 195 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 196 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 197 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 198 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 10/10/2015 Spurn Chalk Bank 199 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 21/10/2016 Spurn Sammy's 200 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 19/10/2016 Spurn Headland 201 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 202 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 203 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 15/10/2019 Spurn Date not correct 204 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 205 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 206 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 24/08/2016 Spurn Obs Garden 207 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 208 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 209 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 210 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 27/08/2016 Spurn Canal 211 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca blythi and halimodendri seen Spurn October 2019 212 Whitethroat Curruca communis 213 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 214 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 215 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 216 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 217 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 218 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 219 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 220 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 221 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 222 Redwing Turdus iliacus 223 Blackbird Turdus merula 224 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 225 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 226 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 227 Robin Erithacus rubecula 228 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 09/10/2019 Spurn 229 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 230 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 231 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 232 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 233 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 22/10/2016 Spurn Headland, DNA confirmed 234 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 21/10/2016 Spurn Easington Boatyard 235 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 236 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 237 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 19/10/2016 Spurn Beacon ponds in field 238 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 239 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 240 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 241 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 19/10/2016 Spurn Easington 7:50 242 Dunnock Prunella modularis 243 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 244 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 245 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 246 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 10/10/2018 Spurn 247 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 248 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 249 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 250 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 251 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 252 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 253 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 28/10/2018 Spurn Kew Garden 254 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 255 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 256 Twite Linaria flavirostris 257 Linnet Linaria cannabina 258 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 28/10/2018 Spurn 259 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 260 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 28/10/2018 Spurn 261 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 262 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 263 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 264 Siskin Spinus spinus 265 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 266 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 267 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 268 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 269 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 270 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 08/10/2019 Spurn 271 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus