Mike Hobson: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 386 of 386 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 27/10/2006 Spurn 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 18/03/2023 Seat on Delaval, Nothumberland 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 08/03/2022 Ingleby Derbyshire 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 16/11/2005 Bubworth Ings 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 16/05/2019 Kilnsea Wetlands It just was 19 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 21 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 22 Gadwall Mareca strepera 23 Wigeon Mareca penelope 24 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28/12/2021 Carr Vale 25 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26 Pintail Anas acuta 27 Teal Anas crecca 28 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 15/10/2020 North Cave Wetlands 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 17/07/2002 Pennington Flash 31 Pochard Aythya ferina 32 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 17/11/2004 Lytham St Annes 33 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 13/11/2019 Johnny Browns Common, South Kirby 34 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 35 Scaup Aythya marila 36 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 17/09/2009 Frodsham Marsh 37 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 06/03/2022 Musselburgh 38 Eider Somateria mollissima 39 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 06/03/2022 Mussleburgh 40 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 41 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 06/03/2022 Musselburgh 42 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 43 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 09/10/2022 Cocklawburn Beach. Nothumberland 44 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Pugneys 45 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 46 Smew Mergellus albellus 47 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 30/04/2023 Whinfell Tarn 48 Goosander Mergus merganser 49 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 50 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 51 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 52 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 53 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 15/10/2021 Langdale Beck 54 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 55 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 56 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 57 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Wykeham Forest 58 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23/03/2023 Dunbar 59 Swift Apus apus 60 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 27/05/2001 Netherfield Lagoon Nottingham 61 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 24/06/2019 Slimbridge 62 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 63 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 64 Stock Dove Columba oenas 65 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 66 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 67 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 05/07/2021 Easington 68 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 69 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 70 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 15/08/2022 North Cave 71 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 72 Coot Fulica atra 73 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 11/11/2023 Linford Lakes, Buck 74 Crane Grus grus 75 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 76 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 04/09/1997 Skelton Lake Leeds 77 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 78 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 79 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 80 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 81 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 15/05/2022 Weeting, Norfolk 82 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 83 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Titchwell 84 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 85 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 86 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 87 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 27/09/2000 Brough Haven 88 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 89 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 90 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 91 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 92 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 02/05/2023 Newton Steads, Northumberland 93 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 94 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 14/05/2002 Rimac Lincs 95 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 26/08/2022 Redcar 96 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 97 Curlew Numenius arquata 98 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 99 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 100 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 22/10/2000 Seaforth Lancs 101 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 01/10/1999 Greetham Creek Cleveland 102 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 103 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 104 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 105 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 18/08/2005 Blacktoft Sands 106 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 107 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 108 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 109 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 13/05/2022 Elton Res, Bury 110 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 111 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 20/07/2009 Blacktoft Sands 112 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 113 Redshank Tringa totanus 114 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 15/06/2020 Nosterfield 2020 115 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 116 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 117 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 118 Knot Calidris canutus 119 Ruff Calidris pugnax 120 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 25/09/2023 Blacktoft Sands 121 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 20/08/2018 Frampton Marsh 122 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 123 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 124 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 16/10/2021 St Aidans 125 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth 126 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Wheldrake Ings 127 Sanderling Calidris alba 128 Dunlin Calidris alpina 129 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 130 Little Stint Calidris minuta 131 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 11/06/2023 Hatfield Moor 132 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 133 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 15/07/2021 Snettersham 134 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 04/08/1996 Leighton Moss 1996 135 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 24/05/2009 Swillington Inds 136 Little Tern Sternula albifrons ********** ********** 137 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 21/07/2019 Adwick upon Dearne 138 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 02/07/2021 Southfield Res 139 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 22/06/2003 Hallcroft Gravel Pits. Retford 140 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 141 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 142 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 11/04/2024 Brownsea Island 143 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 144 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 145 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 146 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 147 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 10/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay Anglesey 148 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 149 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 20/03/2002 Scarborough 150 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 151 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 25/02/2002 Portmadog 152 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 17/07/2023 Oare Marsh Kent 153 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 154 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 10/06/2020 Belvide 155 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 15/09/2020 Redcar Tarn 156 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 157 Common Gull Larus canus 158 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 06/03/2022 Edinburgh St Margaret's Loch 159 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 160 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 161 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 162 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 163 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 164 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Swillington Ings 165 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 166 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 167 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 168 Puffin Fratercula arctica 169 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 170 Razorbill Alca torda 171 Little Auk Alle alle 172 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 173 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 174 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 175 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 27/10/2008 Farnham Gravel Pits 176 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 177 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 178 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 179 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 180 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 181 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 182 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 183 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 184 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 01/09/2021 Frampton Marsh 185 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 186 Gannet Morus bassanus 187 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 04/09/2023 Humnumby Gap 188 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 189 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 190 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 23/07/2021 Snettersham 191 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 192 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 193 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 05/05/2019 Fairburnings 194 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 17/11/1996 Caverlock, Dunfries and Galloway 195 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 196 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 02/06/2023 North Duffield Carrs 197 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Thorne Moor 198 Great White Egret Ardea alba 199 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 200 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 14/06/2022 Calder wetlands 201 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 202 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 22/05/2022 Wykeham Forest 203 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 204 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 205 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 27/02/2022 Wykeham Forest 206 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 207 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 208 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 24/03/2024 Warham Greens Norfolk 209 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Sheffield 210 Red Kite Milvus milvus 211 Black Kite Milvus migrans 23/04/2023 Duncombe Park 212 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 10/05/2024 North Cave 213 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 04/12/2019 Hatfield Doncaster 214 Buzzard Buteo buteo 215 Barn Owl Tyto alba 216 Little Owl Athene noctua 217 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 218 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 219 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 03/10/2023 Mid Field, Shetland 220 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 221 Hoopoe Upupa epops 222 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 22/05/2000 Sunderland 223 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 224 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 23/12/2021 Preston 225 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 226 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 227 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 228 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 229 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 230 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 231 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 23/06/2020 Biggin 232 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 02/06/2022 Worth Kent 233 Merlin Falco columbarius 234 Hobby Falco subbuteo 235 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 236 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 237 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 15/10/2019 Spurn 238 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 06/05/2021 Spurn 239 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 240 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 241 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 08/09/2000 Nene Washes, Cambridgeshire 242 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 243 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 28/06/2022 Bemton 244 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 11/05/2019 Cowden 245 Jay Garrulus glandarius 246 Magpie Pica pica 247 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 248 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 249 Rook Corvus frugilegus 250 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 251 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 252 Raven Corvus corax 253 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 254 Coal Tit Periparus ater 255 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 256 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 257 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 258 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 259 Great Tit Parus major 260 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 26/11/2022 West Rise Marsh, Easrbourne 261 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 262 Woodlark Lullula arborea 263 Skylark Alauda arvensis 264 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 265 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 30/09/2023 Scariness, Shetland 266 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 18/06/2003 South Stack, Anglesey 267 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 268 Swallow Hirundo rustica 269 House Martin Delichon urbicum 270 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 271 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 272 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 273 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 23/05/2022 Parley Gorge, Debyshire 274 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 01/10/2003 Flamborough 275 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 276 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 277 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 278 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 279 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 280 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 281 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 12/05/2019 South Kirby 282 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 19/09/2021 Buckdon 283 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 22/10/2021 Spurn 284 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 01/10/2023 Grutness, Shetland 285 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 07/10/2003 Bempton Cliffs 286 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 09/06/2019 Wintersett Res 287 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 19/09/2002 Spurn 288 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 289 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 29/06/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands 290 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 291 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 29/05/2023 Topham, South Yorkshire 292 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 293 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 01/10/2023 Geosetter, Sheland 294 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 02/10/2023 Brae, Shetland 295 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 14/05/2021 Hesslington Campus York 296 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 297 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 298 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 299 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 300 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 301 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 30/03/2003 Sheringham 302 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 16/04/2009 Spurn 303 Whitethroat Curruca communis 304 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 15/05/2022 Kelling Heath, Norfolk 305 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 306 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 307 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 308 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 309 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 310 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 08/05/2021 Newbiggin by the Sea 311 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Ripon 2004 312 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 313 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 30/09/2023 Luna, Shetland 314 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 05/10/2023 Bressay, Shetland 315 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 316 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 317 Redwing Turdus iliacus 318 Blackbird Turdus merula 319 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 320 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 321 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 22/02/2020 Grimsby 322 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 23/02/2004 Grimsby 323 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 324 Robin Erithacus rubecula 325 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 15/05/2022 Maidscross Hill, Norfolk 326 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 327 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 328 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 27/04/2003 Flamborough 329 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 330 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 11/05/2019 Easington 331 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 02/09/2007 Flamborough 332 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 333 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 334 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 335 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 06/10/2023 Norby, Shetland 336 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 02/10/2023 Lunna Ness, Shetland 337 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 338 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 339 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 16/10/2008 Saltfleet Haven, Lincs 340 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 04/11/1998 Spurn 341 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 342 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 343 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 344 Dunnock Prunella modularis 345 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 346 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 31/08/2022 Kilnsea Wetlands 347 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 348 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 349 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 350 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 28/12/2002 Gringley Carr, Notts 351 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 352 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 353 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 02/10/2023 Voxter, Shetland 354 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 355 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 356 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 357 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 358 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 359 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 360 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 24/06/2023 Kendal 361 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 362 Twite Linaria flavirostris 363 Linnet Linaria cannabina 364 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 365 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 366 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 367 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 368 Siskin Spinus spinus 369 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 370 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 371 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 372 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 373 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 01/03/2024 Stolford, Somerset 374 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 375 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 03/10/2005 Spurn 376 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 14/09/2000 Spurn 377 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 26/06/2019 Flamborough 378 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 25/10/2023 Flamborough Head 379 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 380 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 27/04/2024 Hartlepool 381 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 18/11/2008 Cley 382 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 18/10/2002 Flamborough 383 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 07/01/2024 Heybridge Essex 384 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 24/09/2023 St Govans Head 385 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 24/02/2024 Kilwinning, Ayrshire 386 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 19/05/2024 Whitburn