John Watts: Britain Year List 2015 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 223 of 223 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 33 Swift Apus apus 34 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 01/01/2015 Fraisthorpe beach road 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 36 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 39 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Crane Grus grus 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 46 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 49 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 51 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 55 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 56 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 28/06/2015 Pagham Harbour 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 07/06/2015 Posbrook floods 75 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 76 Knot Calidris canutus 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 78 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 11/06/2015 Frampton marsh 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 82 Little Stint Calidris minuta 83 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 84 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 87 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 88 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 92 Common Gull Larus canus 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 94 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 97 Puffin Fratercula arctica 98 Razorbill Alca torda 99 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 100 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 101 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 103 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 05/08/2015 Kilnsea 104 Gannet Morus bassanus 105 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 106 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 107 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 108 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 109 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 110 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 24/05/2015 Lakenheath 111 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 114 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 115 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 116 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 117 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 118 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 119 Red Kite Milvus milvus 120 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 121 Buzzard Buteo buteo 122 Barn Owl Tyto alba 123 Little Owl Athene noctua 124 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 125 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 126 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 127 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 128 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 129 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 130 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 132 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 133 Merlin Falco columbarius 134 Hobby Falco subbuteo 135 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 136 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 137 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 18/10/2015 Beeston Regis 138 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 139 Jay Garrulus glandarius 140 Magpie Pica pica 141 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 142 Rook Corvus frugilegus 143 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 144 Raven Corvus corax 145 Coal Tit Periparus ater 146 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 147 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 149 Great Tit Parus major 150 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 152 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 153 Swallow Hirundo rustica 154 House Martin Delichon urbicum 155 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 156 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 157 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 158 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 10/10/2015 Brancaster 159 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 160 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 161 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 162 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 163 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 04/10/2015 Kilnsea 164 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 165 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 166 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 167 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 168 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 169 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 170 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 171 Whitethroat Curruca communis 172 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 173 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 174 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 175 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 176 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 177 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 178 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 179 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 180 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 181 Redwing Turdus iliacus 182 Blackbird Turdus merula 183 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 184 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 185 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 186 Robin Erithacus rubecula 187 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 188 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 189 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 190 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 191 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 192 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 193 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 194 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 195 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 196 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 197 Dunnock Prunella modularis 198 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 199 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 202 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 203 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 204 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 205 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 206 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 207 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 208 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 209 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 210 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 211 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 212 Twite Linaria flavirostris 213 Linnet Linaria cannabina 214 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 215 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 216 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 217 Serin Serinus serinus 218 Siskin Spinus spinus 219 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 220 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 221 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 222 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 223 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus