Rupert Evershed: St Albans Garden Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 122 of 122 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 30/09/2020 5 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 27/04/2021 Nocmig - recorded only 6 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 08/10/2021 7 Gadwall Mareca strepera 25/04/2020 Heard only at night 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 9 Teal Anas crecca 05/04/2020 Heard only at night 10 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/05/2020 11 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/04/2020 Heard only at night 12 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 13 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 16/03/2003 14 Swift Apus apus 15 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Last date recorded 2nd June 1992 16 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 17 Stock Dove Columba oenas 18 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 19 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 20 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/04/2021 Heard only at night 21 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 05/04/2020 Heard only at night 22 Coot Fulica atra 14/04/2020 Heard only at night 23 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 09/04/2020 Heard only at night 24 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 14/04/2020 Heard only at night 25 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 29/10/2019 26 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 27 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 11/04/2020 Heard only at night 28 Curlew Numenius arquata 07/04/2021 Daytime sighting & Nocmig - heard & recorded flying over at night 29 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 22/03/2021 30 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 29/08/2020 31 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Heard only at night 32 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/04/2020 Heard only at night 33 Little Stint Calidris minuta 04/11/2019 Heard only at night 34 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 08/08/2023 4 35 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/04/2018 36 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 37 Common Gull Larus canus 38 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 39 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 24/12/2020 3rd winter bird 40 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 41 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 42 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 43 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 24/09/2022 44 Great White Egret Ardea alba 19/03/2021 45 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 46 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 24/09/2021 47 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 48 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 16/03/2024 Garden, St Albans, Herts 49 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 09/08/2023 50 Red Kite Milvus milvus 51 Buzzard Buteo buteo 52 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/10/2022 Nocmig recording 53 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 29/09/2020 Flying over 54 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 55 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Last record - pair exploring trees 23rd June 1991 56 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 57 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 58 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 59 Merlin Falco columbarius 03/10/2023 Headed directly south over the garden 60 Hobby Falco subbuteo 61 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 62 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 63 Jay Garrulus glandarius 64 Magpie Pica pica 65 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 66 Rook Corvus frugilegus 67 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 68 Raven Corvus corax 19/08/2023 69 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 70 Coal Tit Periparus ater 71 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 72 Great Tit Parus major 73 Skylark Alauda arvensis 74 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 75 Swallow Hirundo rustica 76 House Martin Delichon urbicum 77 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/04/2021 Heard singing at 4am from nearby golf course reedbed 78 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 79 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 17/10/2020 Bird no. 100 for the garden! 80 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 81 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 82 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 83 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 84 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/04/2024 85 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/08/2021 86 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/08/2019 87 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 26/03/2019 2nd record on 26th Oct 2020 88 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 89 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 90 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 91 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 92 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 93 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 94 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 95 Redwing Turdus iliacus 96 Blackbird Turdus merula 97 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 98 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 05/04/2020 Heard only at night - 2 birds 99 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Used to breed in porch. Last record 22nd May 1992 100 Robin Erithacus rubecula 101 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 26/08/2021 102 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 103 Dunnock Prunella modularis 104 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 105 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 106 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 107 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 108 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 22/08/2023 109 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/10/2020 110 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 111 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 20/10/2018 112 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 24/10/2021 113 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 114 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 115 Linnet Linaria cannabina 116 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 117 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 16/07/2020 118 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 119 Siskin Spinus spinus 120 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 16/10/2018 2 birds 121 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 122 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/10/2021