Lorraine Selby: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 278 of 278 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/01/2024 Bradwell on sea, Essex 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 14/10/2020 St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 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 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 07/11/2021 North Cave Wetlands, Dryham Lane, Brough, Yorkshire 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 28/03/2021 Coton Lakes, and Warwickshire 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 37 Swift Apus apus 38 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 21/10/2022 Over Telegraph, IOS 39 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 23/06/2012 New Brighton, The Wirral, Merseyside Great views 40 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 14/10/2019 Lower Moors, St. Mary's, IOS Showing well 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Corncrake Crex crex 48 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 57 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 59 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 20/10/2013 Hayling Island, Hampshire with Martin Smyth, Jason Oliver, Steve Allcott 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 62 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 05/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands. 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East Yorkshire 63 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 29/08/2022 Redcar 64 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 10/10/2011 Maypole, St. Mary's, IOS with Martin Smyth 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 69 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 25/04/2015 Meare Heath NNR, Somerset 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 71 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 73 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 09/10/2011 ISBG Hide, Lower Moors, St. Mary's, IOS 74 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 17/10/2022 Off Peninis Head, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 75 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 76 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 16/10/2021 Innisidgen, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 77 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 78 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 12/10/2012 Bryher, IOS Showing really well 79 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 80 Redshank Tringa totanus 81 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 09/10/2011 ISBG Hide, Lower Moors, St. Mary's, IOS Inches from my feet 82 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 83 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 84 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 85 Knot Calidris canutus 86 Ruff Calidris pugnax 87 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 01/09/2013 Neumann Flashes, Cheshire 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 89 Sanderling Calidris alba 90 Dunlin Calidris alpina 91 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 92 Little Stint Calidris minuta 29/08/2022 Redcar 93 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 94 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 21/05/2012 Kington Golf Club, Bradnor Hill, Kington, Herefordshire. HR3 3RE Great views. With Martin Smyth and John Jennings 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 96 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 25/04/2013 Spurn, East Yorkshire 97 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 98 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 99 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 100 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 101 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 103 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 19/12/2013 Patrington Haven, East Yorkshire with Martin Smyth 104 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 105 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 106 Common Gull Larus canus 107 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 108 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 109 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 110 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 111 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 112 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 113 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 114 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 115 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 116 Puffin Fratercula arctica 117 Razorbill Alca torda 118 Little Auk Alle alle 119 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 120 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 121 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 122 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 05/09/2021 Bempton Cliffs. RSPB. East Yorkshire 123 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 124 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 22/10/2022 Off The Isles of Scilly 125 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 126 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 11/10/2023 Scillonian III off Isles of Scilly 127 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 128 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 22/10/2022 Off the Isles of Scilly 129 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 130 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 131 Gannet Morus bassanus 132 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 133 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 134 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 14/10/2023 Over Kittydown, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly 135 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 136 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 137 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 138 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 139 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 15/10/2021 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 140 Great White Egret Ardea alba 141 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 142 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 143 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 144 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 145 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 146 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 147 Red Kite Milvus milvus 148 Buzzard Buteo buteo 149 Barn Owl Tyto alba 150 Little Owl Athene noctua 151 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 15/10/2020 St. Agnes, IOS 152 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 153 Hoopoe Upupa epops 154 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 03/06/2012 Aldborough, East Yorkshire 155 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 156 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 157 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 158 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 159 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 160 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 161 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 162 Merlin Falco columbarius 163 Hobby Falco subbuteo 164 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 165 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 166 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 13/10/2019 Old Town Church Yard, St. Mary's, IOS 167 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 168 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 169 Jay Garrulus glandarius 170 Magpie Pica pica 171 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 172 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 173 Rook Corvus frugilegus 174 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 175 Raven Corvus corax 176 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 177 Coal Tit Periparus ater 178 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 179 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 180 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 181 Great Tit Parus major 182 Woodlark Lullula arborea 183 Skylark Alauda arvensis 184 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 185 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 186 Swallow Hirundo rustica 187 House Martin Delichon urbicum 188 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 189 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 190 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 191 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 192 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 193 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 194 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 195 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 196 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 197 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 11/09/2021 Bempton Cliffs. RSPB. East Yorkshire 198 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 12/10/2023 By the cricket pitch on St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly 199 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 200 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 26/06/2021 Middleton Lakes, Staffordshire with Martin Smyth and Tony Barter 201 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 202 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 18/10/2022 Star Castle, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 203 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 06/10/2012 Abbey Garden, Tresco, IOS 204 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 205 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 206 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 207 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 208 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 209 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 210 Whitethroat Curruca communis 211 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 212 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 213 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 214 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 215 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 216 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 20/10/2018 Treeve Moor, Lands End, Cornwall 217 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth 218 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 219 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 220 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 12/10/2020 Popplestone Fields, Bryher, IOS Brief views 221 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 222 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 223 Redwing Turdus iliacus 224 Blackbird Turdus merula 225 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 226 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 227 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 228 Robin Erithacus rubecula 229 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 19/05/2013 Putting Green, Hartlepool Headland, County Durham 230 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 231 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 14/10/2021 Gweal Hill, Bryher, Isles of Scilly 232 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 14/10/2021 Dead Pine Walk, The Garrison, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 233 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 07/11/2021 South Landing, Flamborough. Yorkshire 234 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 235 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 07/11/2021 South Landing, Flamborough. Yorkshire 236 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 237 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 238 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 25/04/2013 Spurn, East Yorkshire 239 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 05/01/2017 Sowe-On-The-Wold, Gloucestershire Showing well on rooves 240 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 241 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 242 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 243 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 05/11/2011 Spurn Point, Spurn, East Yorkshire 244 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 245 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 246 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 247 Dunnock Prunella modularis 248 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 249 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 250 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 251 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 252 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 12/10/2011 Penninis, St. Mary's, IOS 253 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 254 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 255 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 16/10/2021 Newford Duck Pond, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 256 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15/10/2020 Horse Point, St.Agnes, IOS 257 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 21/10/2021 Parting Carns Farm, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 258 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 259 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 260 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 261 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 262 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 263 Linnet Linaria cannabina 264 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 265 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 266 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 267 Siskin Spinus spinus 268 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 19/10/2023 Peninnis Trail, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly 269 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 14/10/2020 Penninis, St. Mary's, IOS 270 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 271 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21/05/2012 Kington Golf Club, Bradnor Hill, Kington, Herefordshire. HR3 3RE 272 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 07/10/2021 Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve, Devon 273 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 274 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 10/10/2011 "Higgo's Pool", Dump Clump, St. Mary's, IOS Great views. Martin Smyth video 275 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 26/02/2012 Rhiwderin, Gwent 276 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 24/09/2023 St Gowan, Pembrokeshire, Wales Very flighty so also went to see the one at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, Wales 277 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 17/10/2022 Great Popplestones Fields, Bryher, Isles of Scilly 278 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 13/10/2019 The Bakery, St. Martin's, IOS