John Walshe: Britain Life List BOU, Self-found records Record(s) 1 to 278 of 278 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 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Slapton Ley 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 28 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 08/06/2007 Loch na Muilne, Isle of Lewis Female 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 39 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 40 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 41 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 45 Quail Coturnix coturnix 46 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 47 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 48 Swift Apus apus 49 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 50 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 51 Stock Dove Columba oenas 52 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 54 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 55 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 56 Corncrake Crex crex 57 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 58 Coot Fulica atra 59 Crane Grus grus 60 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 61 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 63 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 64 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 65 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 66 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 67 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 68 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 69 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 70 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 71 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 73 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 74 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 75 Curlew Numenius arquata 76 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 77 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 78 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 79 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 80 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 81 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 82 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 83 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 84 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 11/10/2002 Gugh, IOS 85 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 86 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 87 Redshank Tringa totanus 88 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 89 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 90 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 91 Knot Calidris canutus 92 Ruff Calidris pugnax 93 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 94 Sanderling Calidris alba 95 Dunlin Calidris alpina 96 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 97 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 01/10/1996 Sidlesham Ferry Pools, West Sussex Juvenile 98 Little Stint Calidris minuta 99 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Beddington SF 100 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 101 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 102 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 103 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 104 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 105 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 106 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 107 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 108 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Spurn Point 109 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 110 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 06/11/2005 Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 111 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 112 Common Gull Larus canus 113 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 114 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 115 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 116 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 117 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 118 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 119 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 120 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 121 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 122 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 123 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 124 Puffin Fratercula arctica 125 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 126 Razorbill Alca torda 127 Little Auk Alle alle 128 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 129 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 130 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 131 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 132 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Lewis 133 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 134 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 135 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 136 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 137 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 138 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 139 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 140 Gannet Morus bassanus 141 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 142 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 143 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Cottenham 144 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 145 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 146 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 147 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 148 Great White Egret Ardea alba 149 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 150 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 151 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 152 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 153 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 154 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 155 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 156 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 157 Red Kite Milvus milvus 158 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 159 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Filey NCCP, in-off 160 Buzzard Buteo buteo 161 Barn Owl Tyto alba 162 Little Owl Athene noctua 163 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 164 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 165 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 166 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 167 Wryneck Jynx torquilla Canal Scrape, Spurn 168 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 169 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 170 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 171 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 172 Merlin Falco columbarius 173 Hobby Falco subbuteo 174 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 175 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 176 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 177 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Geosetter Burn, Shetland 178 Jay Garrulus glandarius 179 Magpie Pica pica 180 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 181 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 182 Rook Corvus frugilegus 183 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 184 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 185 Raven Corvus corax 186 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 187 Coal Tit Periparus ater 188 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 189 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 190 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 191 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 192 Great Tit Parus major 193 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 194 Woodlark Lullula arborea 195 Skylark Alauda arvensis 196 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 09/10/1996 Landguard Point, Suffolk 197 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 198 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Penninis Head, IOS 199 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 200 Swallow Hirundo rustica 201 House Martin Delichon urbicum 202 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 203 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 204 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 205 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Flamborough 206 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 207 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 208 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 209 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 210 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 211 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Portland Bill 212 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Spurn Point 213 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 214 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 215 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 216 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria Orkney 217 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 218 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 14/04/2024 Portland Bill 219 Whitethroat Curruca communis 220 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 221 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 222 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 223 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 224 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 225 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 226 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 227 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 228 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 229 Redwing Turdus iliacus 230 Blackbird Turdus merula 231 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 232 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 233 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 234 Robin Erithacus rubecula 235 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 236 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 237 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Leeds 238 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 239 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 240 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 241 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 242 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 243 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 244 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 245 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 246 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 247 Dunnock Prunella modularis 248 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 249 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 24/08/1993 Beddington SF, London Juvenile 250 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 251 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 252 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 253 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 254 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 07/10/1996 Beddington SF, London 255 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 256 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 257 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 258 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 259 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 260 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 261 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 262 Twite Linaria flavirostris 263 Linnet Linaria cannabina 264 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 265 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 266 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 267 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 268 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 269 Serin Serinus serinus Dungeness 270 Siskin Spinus spinus 271 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 272 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 273 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 274 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 275 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana South Stack 276 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 277 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 09/02/1993 Beddington SF, London 278 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus