Jake Gearty: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, Self-found records Record(s) 1 to 274 of 274 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 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 35 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 36 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 37 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Quail Coturnix coturnix 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 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Corncrake Crex crex 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Crane Grus grus 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 69 Curlew Numenius arquata 70 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 72 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 16/07/2017 Cley 73 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 74 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 75 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 76 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 77 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 79 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 80 Redshank Tringa totanus 81 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 82 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 83 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 84 Knot Calidris canutus 85 Ruff Calidris pugnax 86 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 01/06/2019 Minsmere 87 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 88 Sanderling Calidris alba 89 Dunlin Calidris alpina 90 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 91 Little Stint Calidris minuta 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 93 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 94 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 95 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 96 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 98 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 99 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 100 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 101 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 102 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 103 Common Gull Larus canus 104 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 105 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 106 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 107 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 108 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 109 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 110 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 111 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 112 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 113 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 114 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 115 Puffin Fratercula arctica 116 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 117 Razorbill Alca torda 118 Little Auk Alle alle 119 Guillemot Uria aalge 120 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 121 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 122 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 123 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 124 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 125 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 126 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 127 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 128 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 129 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 130 Gannet Morus bassanus 131 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 132 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 133 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 20/09/2022 Benacre 134 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 135 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 136 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 137 Great White Egret Ardea alba 138 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 139 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 140 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 141 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 142 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 143 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 144 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 145 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 146 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 147 Red Kite Milvus milvus 148 Black Kite Milvus migrans 19/05/2022 Frostenden 149 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 150 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 151 Buzzard Buteo buteo 152 Barn Owl Tyto alba 153 Little Owl Athene noctua 154 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 155 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 156 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 157 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 158 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 159 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 160 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 161 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 162 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 163 Merlin Falco columbarius 164 Hobby Falco subbuteo 165 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 166 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 167 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 31/05/2015 Spurn 168 Jay Garrulus glandarius 169 Magpie Pica pica 170 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 171 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 172 Rook Corvus frugilegus 173 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 174 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 175 Raven Corvus corax 176 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 177 Coal Tit Periparus ater 178 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 179 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 180 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 181 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 182 Great Tit Parus major 183 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 184 Woodlark Lullula arborea 185 Skylark Alauda arvensis 186 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 187 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 188 Swallow Hirundo rustica 189 House Martin Delichon urbicum 190 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 191 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 192 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 193 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 194 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 195 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 196 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 197 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 198 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 199 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 200 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 201 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 202 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 203 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 204 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 205 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 206 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 207 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 208 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 209 Whitethroat Curruca communis 210 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 211 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 212 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 213 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 214 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 215 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 216 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 217 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 218 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 219 Redwing Turdus iliacus 220 Blackbird Turdus merula 221 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 222 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 223 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 20/10/2018 Trimingham Un-submitted adult bird seen briefly well several times before departing inland with thrushes 224 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 225 Robin Erithacus rubecula 226 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 227 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Shetland 2021 228 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Trimingham, shetland 229 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 230 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 14/10/2015 Stiffkey Campsite 231 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 232 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 233 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 234 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 07/10/2020 Shetland Brief Maurus type 235 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 236 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 237 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 238 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 239 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 240 Dunnock Prunella modularis 241 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 242 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 05/10/2020 Shetland 243 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 244 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 245 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 246 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 247 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 248 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 01/10/2020 Shetland One of two found this year 249 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 03/10/2022 Shetland Found with Drew Lyness 250 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 251 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 252 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 253 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 254 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 255 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 256 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 257 Twite Linaria flavirostris 258 Linnet Linaria cannabina 259 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 260 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 261 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 262 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 15/03/2018 Scotland Date not accurate 263 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 264 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 265 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 266 Siskin Spinus spinus 267 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 268 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 269 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 270 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 271 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 272 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 273 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 14/10/2021 Shetland 274 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus