Paul Masters: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 334 of 334 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 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 31/03/2014 WWT Slimbridge Dumbles 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 18/11/2006 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 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 07/02/2020 Man Sands 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23/02/2009 WWT Slimbridge 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23/03/2008 WWT Slimbridge 100-acre 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/12/2014 WWT Slimbridge 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Bredon’s Hardwick, Worcs 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 23/11/2008 Lydney pools 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 12/04/2013 Chew Valley Lake 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 35 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 27/03/2010 Abbotsbury 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 40 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 41 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 44 Quail Coturnix coturnix 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 47 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 27/04/2010 Radipole Lake, Weymouth 48 Swift Apus apus 49 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 03/04/2010 Kessingland 50 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 26/06/2019 WWT Slimbridge Dumbles 51 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 52 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Rock Dove - Islay 53 Stock Dove Columba oenas 54 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 55 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 56 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 20/02/2011 Chipping Norton 57 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 58 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 59 Corncrake Crex crex 60 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 29/08/2007 Coombe Hill Meadows 61 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 62 Coot Fulica atra 63 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 24/09/2005 WWT Slimbridge 64 Crane Grus grus Horsey, Norfolk 65 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 66 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 24/02/2013 Ham Wall 67 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 68 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 69 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 70 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 71 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 21/04/2007 Cleeve Common 72 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 73 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 12/05/2005 Saul Warth 74 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 75 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 76 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 77 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 02/12/2007 WWT Slimbridge 78 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 01/09/2008 WWT Slimbridge Dumbles 79 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 80 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 81 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 09/07/2010 WWT Slimbridge Dumbles 82 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 18/11/2005 Kingston Seymour 83 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 84 Curlew Numenius arquata 85 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 86 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 87 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 01/05/2017 Meare Heath 88 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 27/07/2012 WWT South Lake 89 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 90 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 91 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 92 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 29/09/2010 Dowdeswell 93 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 19/09/2010 Upton Warren 94 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 04/10/2005 95 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 96 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 15/09/2011 Lydney New Grounds 97 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 98 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 28/08/2014 Frampton North Reedbed/flashes 99 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 100 Redshank Tringa totanus 101 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 23/10/2010 Port Meadow, Oxford Top New Piece 102 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 103 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 104 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 105 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 02/07/2016 Titchwell 106 Knot Calidris canutus 107 Ruff Calidris pugnax 108 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 20/11/2011 Chew Valley Lake 109 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 19/08/2008 Coombe Hill Meadows 110 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 111 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 24/02/2007 WWT Slimbridge 112 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 22/09/2006 113 Sanderling Calidris alba 114 Dunlin Calidris alpina 115 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 116 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 08/10/2005 WWT Slimbridge 117 Little Stint Calidris minuta 118 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 15/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge 119 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 120 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 25/09/2011 WWT Middle Point 121 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 24/05/2020 Pilning Wetland 122 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 123 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 26/05/2005 CWP west Pit 16 124 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 125 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 30/08/2009 Farmoor Reservoir 126 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 127 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 128 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 129 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 130 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 131 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 03/09/2009 Upton Warren 132 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 30/03/2012 Arlingham Passage 133 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 134 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 12/03/2020 Chew Valley Lake 135 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 136 Common Gull Larus canus 137 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 138 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 26/02/2020 CWP West Pit 16 139 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 140 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 141 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 142 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 143 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 144 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 145 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 146 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 28/11/2009 Beachley, Salmon Catch 147 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 148 Puffin Fratercula arctica 149 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 150 Razorbill Alca torda 151 Little Auk Alle alle 16/11/2012 Cley 152 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 27/12/2013 Portland 153 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 154 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 155 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 156 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 22/11/2009 Saul Warth With MPH 157 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 158 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 20/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 159 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 09/06/2012 160 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 161 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 162 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 163 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 164 Gannet Morus bassanus 165 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 166 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 167 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 20/04/2007 WWT Slimbridge 100-acre 168 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 169 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 170 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 07/06/2009 Ham Wall 171 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 172 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 173 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 174 Great White Egret Ardea alba 175 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 176 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 177 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 178 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 179 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 180 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 181 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 182 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 183 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 184 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 24/11/2022 Warham Greens, Norfolk 185 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 05/08/2011 186 Red Kite Milvus milvus 187 Black Kite Milvus migrans 30/01/2010 Gigrin Farm, Rhayader Eastern form lineatus, Eastern Black Kite 188 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 189 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 20/11/2019 Wells-next-the-Sea 190 Buzzard Buteo buteo 191 Barn Owl Tyto alba 192 Little Owl Athene noctua 193 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 194 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 195 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 196 Hoopoe Upupa epops 10/05/2007 Wotton-under-Edge golf course 197 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 198 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/03/2022 Roach Bridge 199 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 200 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 26/08/2009 Witcombe Reservoir 201 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 202 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 203 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 204 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 205 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 03/06/2008 Kempsford 206 Merlin Falco columbarius 207 Hobby Falco subbuteo 208 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 209 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 210 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 211 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 212 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 17/06/2017 Blake hill Farm, Cricklade 213 Jay Garrulus glandarius 214 Magpie Pica pica 215 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 216 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 217 Rook Corvus frugilegus 218 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 219 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Scotland 220 Raven Corvus corax 221 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 222 Coal Tit Periparus ater 223 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 224 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 225 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 226 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 227 Great Tit Parus major 228 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 14/01/2016 Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area 229 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 230 Woodlark Lullula arborea 20/01/2008 Lydney Harbour 231 Skylark Alauda arvensis 232 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 233 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 234 Swallow Hirundo rustica 235 House Martin Delichon urbicum 236 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 237 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 238 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 239 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 240 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 23/01/2023 Compton Dando, Somerset 241 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 242 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 19/04/2008 Frampton Pools 243 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 16/10/2009 Sandy Lane, St Mary’s, Scilly 244 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 09/12/2016 Ripple Pits 245 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 246 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 247 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 05/06/2010 Wentwood Forest 248 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 14/05/2008 WWT Robbie Garnett hide 249 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 250 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 10/03/2012 Pagham Harbour 251 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 252 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris WWT - need to find date 253 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 19/06/2015 Marsh Lane 254 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 05/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall 255 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 256 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 257 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 258 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 01/11/2014 Frampton North Reedbed 259 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 260 Whitethroat Curruca communis 261 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 05/06/2010 Blorenge 262 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Dorset 263 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 264 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 265 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 266 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 267 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 268 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 10/10/2009 Coastguards, St Agnes, Scilly 269 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 270 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 12/10/2020 Popplestone Fields, Bryher, IOS 271 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 272 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 273 Redwing Turdus iliacus 274 Blackbird Turdus merula 275 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 276 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 277 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 27/02/2018 Frocester 278 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 279 Robin Erithacus rubecula 280 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 281 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 23/06/2021 WWT Slimbridge White-spotted male 282 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 12/10/2020 The Garrison, St Mary’s, IOS 283 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 284 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 09/02/2004 Marshfield 285 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 286 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 287 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 29/12/2016 Stow-on-the-Wold 288 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 289 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 290 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 291 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 14/12/2016 Burnham Overy 292 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 16/12/2013 Severn Beach 293 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 18/10/2011 Oldbury-on-Severn 294 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 295 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 296 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 297 Dunnock Prunella modularis 298 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 299 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 09/12/2020 Steart Gate 300 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 15/08/2020 WWT Slimbridge 301 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 302 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 303 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 31/10/2015 Selsley Common 304 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 29/12/2017 Blagdon Lake 305 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 10/10/2009 Wingletang Down, St Agnes, IOS 306 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 307 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 308 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 16/10/2020 Carn Friars, St Mary’s, IOS 309 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 10/10/2009 Wingletang Down, St Agnes, IOS 310 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15/10/2020 Horse Point, St Agnes, IOS 311 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/11/2007 Ashleworth Ham 312 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 313 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 314 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 315 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 316 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 317 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 318 Linnet Linaria cannabina 319 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 320 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 321 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 322 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 323 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 16/11/2013 Kensleyridge, FOD 324 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 325 Siskin Spinus spinus 326 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 327 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Cairngorm 328 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 329 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 330 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 331 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 15/10/2009 Little Arthur Farm, St Martin’s, Scilly 332 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 333 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 24/01/2010 Birdlip 334 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 25/02/2012 Newport