David Buzza: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 270 of 270 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 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 17/01/2022 Slimbridge 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 17/02/2023 Slimbridge 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 25/01/2022 Upper Tamar Lake 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 17/01/2022 Slimbridge 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Stithians Reservoir 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 25/07/2021 Rutland Water 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Stover Country Park 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/03/2022 Par Beach Pool 17 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/05/2021 Walmsley Sanctuary 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26/03/2023 Saltram Park 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 19/03/2021 Helston Boating Lake 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 10/02/2022 Walmsley Sanctuary 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 14/02/2022 Siblyback Reservoir 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 30/10/2023 Drift Reservoir 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26/01/2022 Pentewan 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26/01/2022 Pentewan 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/11/2022 Paignton 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18/01/2022 Tarn Hows 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 08/02/2023 Eye Brook Reservoir 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 21/12/2021 Loe Beach 41 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Helston Boating Lake 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 44 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 45 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Croft Pascoe 46 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 02/04/2023 Spit Beach Bridge, Par 47 Swift Apus apus St Gothian's Reserve 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Bartinney Downs 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 10/09/2023 Ryan's Field SPB 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/01/2022 Lower Tamar Lake 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 56 Coot Fulica atra 57 Crane Grus grus 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 61 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 63 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 64 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 66 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 67 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 68 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 16/06/2022 Stithians Reservoir 69 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 70 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 16/09/2023 St Agnes Head 71 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 73 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 74 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 04/02/2024 Ruan Lanihorne 75 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 05/09/2023 Carnsew Pool, Hayle 76 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 25/10/2023 Sennen 77 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 78 Curlew Numenius arquata 79 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 80 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 81 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 02/10/2022 Hayle Estuary - causeway 82 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 20/09/2022 Drift Reservoir 83 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Porthtowan Valley 84 Snipe Gallinago gallinago Ryan's Field 85 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 29/09/2022 Hayle Estuary 86 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 01/10/2022 Lizard Point 87 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 88 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 89 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 90 Redshank Tringa totanus 91 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 17/10/2021 Clapper Pools, Wadebridge 92 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 93 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 94 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 95 Knot Calidris canutus Carnsew Pool 96 Ruff Calidris pugnax Ryan's Field 97 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Hayle Estuary 98 Sanderling Calidris alba Marazion 99 Dunlin Calidris alpina Hayle Estuary 100 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Jubillee Pool 101 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 17/09/2020 Carnsew Pool, Hayle 102 Little Stint Calidris minuta 17/08/2022 Stithians Reservoir 103 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 27/07/2022 Drfit Reservoir 104 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 17/02/2023 Slimbridge 105 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Stithians Reservoir 106 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 14/10/2021 Hayle Estuary 107 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 23/05/2022 Spurn Point 108 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2021 Hayle Estuary 109 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 28/10/2023 Hayle Estuary 110 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 111 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 112 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 113 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 114 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 05/04/2023 Hayle Estuary 115 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 116 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21/12/2021 117 Common Gull Larus canus 21/12/2021 118 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Hayle Estuary 119 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 21/12/2021 Hayle Estuary 120 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 21/12/2021 121 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 21/12/2021 Hayle Estuary 122 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 21/12/2021 123 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 124 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 21/12/2021 125 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 25/03/2021 Newlyn Harbour 126 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 21/02/2022 Newlyn Harbour (Kumlien's Gull) 127 Puffin Fratercula arctica 128 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 30/01/2022 Swanpool 129 Razorbill Alca torda 130 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 131 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 132 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 133 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 134 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 26/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 135 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 136 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 137 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 138 Gannet Morus bassanus 139 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 140 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 141 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Walmsley Sanctuary 142 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Devoran 143 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Penrose 144 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 23/04/2023 Boscathnoe Reservoir, Penzance 145 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 146 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/04/2023 Lethytep Wildlife Haven 147 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 148 Great White Egret Ardea alba Ryan's Field, Hayle 149 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 150 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 09/04/2023 Ruan Lanihorne 151 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 152 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 153 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 154 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 29/09/2023 Higher Bochym NNR 155 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 18/11/2022 Trevilley 156 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 09/05/2022 Bosporthennis Common 157 Red Kite Milvus milvus Ludgrove 158 Black Kite Milvus migrans 14/08/2022 Drift Reservoir 159 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Colliford Reservoir 160 Buzzard Buteo buteo 161 Barn Owl Tyto alba 162 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Bartinney Downs 163 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 164 Hoopoe Upupa epops Housel Bay 165 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/05/2022 Clowance Estate, Praze 166 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Hayle 167 Wryneck Jynx torquilla Chapel Porth 168 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 21/04/2022 Yarner Woods 169 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 170 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 171 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 172 Merlin Falco columbarius 173 Hobby Falco subbuteo 20/05/2022 Westhay 174 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 175 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 176 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 15/10/2022 St Just RFC 177 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 20/04/2023 Chapel Carn Brea 178 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 30/09/2023 Caradon Hill 179 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Nanquidno 180 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 181 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 24/10/2021 Pendeen 182 Jay Garrulus glandarius 21/12/2021 Tehidy Woods 183 Magpie Pica pica 21/12/2021 184 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 185 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 21/12/2021 186 Rook Corvus frugilegus 187 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 21/12/2021 188 Raven Corvus corax 189 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 31/01/2024 Rodborough Common, Stroud 190 Coal Tit Periparus ater 191 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Stithians Reservoir 192 Willow Tit Poecile montanus Stithians Reservoir 193 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 21/12/2021 194 Great Tit Parus major 21/12/2021 195 Skylark Alauda arvensis Porthtowan Cliffs 196 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 24/04/2022 Nanquidno 197 Sand Martin Riparia riparia St Gothians Reserve 198 Swallow Hirundo rustica 199 House Martin Delichon urbicum 200 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 13/04/2022 Marazion Marsh 201 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 202 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 203 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 31/10/2022 Lloyds Lane, The Lizard 204 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus St Erth 205 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Siblyback Reservoir 206 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 207 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Marazion 208 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus St Gothians Reserve 209 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 13/08/2022 Kynance Cove 210 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/12/2021 211 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 16/06/2022 Stithians Reservoir 212 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 15/04/2022 Housel Pond, The Lizard 213 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 21/04/2021 Treeve Moor 214 Whitethroat Curruca communis 215 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 19/11/2022 Penwith 216 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 217 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 218 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 21/12/2021 219 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 220 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 221 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus St Buryan 222 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 21/12/2021 223 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 224 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 225 Redwing Turdus iliacus 21/02/2022 Penzance Cemetary 226 Blackbird Turdus merula 21/12/2021 227 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Sizergh 228 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Treeve Moor 229 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 22/08/2021 Treleaver, Coverack. 230 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Croft Pascoe 231 Robin Erithacus rubecula 21/12/2021 232 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 233 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 234 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Dolphin Inn, Penzance 235 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus St Breward 236 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Land's End 237 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 26/10/2022 Bochym, The Lizard 238 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Porthtowan Cliffs 239 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe St Gothian's Reserve 240 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 08/01/2023 Colyford Common, Seaton Wetlands 241 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Kennall Vale 242 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Bempton Cliffs 243 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 244 Dunnock Prunella modularis 245 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Sennen 246 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 07/09/2022 Walmsley Sanctuary 247 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 248 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 249 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 16/01/2024 Caerthilian Cove 250 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 251 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 252 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 31/10/2021 Lizard 253 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Marazion 254 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 21/12/2021 255 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 21/12/2021 256 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 20/12/2021 Callywith Gate 257 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 31/01/2024 Parkend 258 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 21/12/2021 259 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 260 Linnet Linaria cannabina 261 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret Tarn Hows 262 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 21/12/2021 263 Serin Serinus serinus 28/03/2022 Treleaver, Coverack/ 264 Siskin Spinus spinus 265 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Godrevy 266 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 23/05/2022 Bempton Cliffs 267 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Bodmin Moor 268 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus St Just-in-Roseland 269 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Nanjizal Valley 270 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Stithians Reservoir