Mark Hodson: World Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 243 of 243 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 29/01/2022 RSPB Snettisham 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Groby Pool 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser Groby Pool 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 Groby (c50 flew over) 7 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/12/2020 Groby Pool 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Groby Pool 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/11/2020 Swithland Reservoir 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Attenborough Nature Reserve 11 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 28/03/2021 Cossington Meadows 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10/08/2021 Attenborough NR 2 females 14 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera Cossington Meadows 16 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Swithland Reservoir 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Groby Pool 18 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 22/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 19 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca Cossington Meadows 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28/12/2021 Watermead Country Park 1 male/1 female 21 Common Pochard Aythya ferina Groby Pool 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Groby Pool 23 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 24 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 18/10/2021 Robin Hood’s Bay 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 10/12/2023 Swithland Reservoir Female 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 20/10/2022 RSPB Conwy 1 female. 200th bird seen. 28 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31/01/2021 Swithland Reservoir 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 26/12/2020 Swithland Reservoir 30 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 28/02/2021 Cossington Meadows 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19/10/2021 Flamborough Head 32 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ********** ********** 33 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 04/08/2022 Near Whernside Peak, Yorkshire 5 birds 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/02/2023 Groby - Nr Roman Way 2 birds 35 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ratby (Burroughs Road) 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 20/03/2021 Anstey (Fields on right, heading towards Cropston) 37 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 05/09/2022 Cossington Meadows 38 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 39 Common Swift Apus apus Ratby (Over M1 bridge) 40 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/06/2021 Cossington Meadows 14.06.21 Heard only @ Titchwell Marsh 41 Rock Dove Columba livia Newbold Verdon (Main Street) 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas Groby Pool 43 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Garden 44 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur ********** ********** 45 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 46 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26/12/2020 Swithland Reservoir 48 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Kirby Muxloe Castle 49 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Groby Pool 50 Common Crane Grus grus 20/11/2022 Eldernell, Nene Washes 10 birds 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 31/05/2020 Thornton Reservoir 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 13/03/2022 Carsington Water 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Groby Pool 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/08/2022 Cropston Reservoir 55 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Cossington Meadows 56 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 03/05/2023 Cossington Meadows 57 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 29/01/2022 RSPB Snettisham 59 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 30/01/2022 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 60 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 61 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 30/04/2023 Choseley, Norfolk 62 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 63 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Cossington Meadows 64 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Cossington Meadows 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 66 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Cossington Meadows 69 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Cropston Reservoir 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Cossington Meadows 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 73 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 14/06/2021 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 74 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 150th bird on the list 76 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 77 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 18/10/2021 Whitby harbour 78 Red Knot Calidris canutus 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 81 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 21/05/2023 Thornwick Pools 82 Sanderling Calidris alba 30/01/2022 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 83 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 84 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 18/10/2021 Whitby harbour 85 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 23/10/2022 Cossington Meadows 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 02/08/2022 Seaton Carew Beach 87 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/07/2021 Rutland Water NR 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Cropston Reservoir 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 90 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rutland Water 92 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 07/07/2022 Liberty Island, New York 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/04/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 94 Common Gull Larus canus 22/10/2020 Attenborough NR 95 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 16/10/2023 Chicago River, Chicago 96 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus Attenborough Nature Reserve 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 04/05/2022 Rome, Italy 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/02/2021 Bradgate Park 99 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 19/02/2023 Reykjavik, Iceland 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Groby Pool 101 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus 16/10/2023 Chicago River, Chicago 102 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 19/02/2023 Reykjavik, Iceland 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 05/08/2023 From ferry back to Oban from Mull 2 birds 104 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 105 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 20/02/2023 Reykjavik, Iceland 106 Razorbill Alca torda 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 107 Common Murre Uria aalge 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 108 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 109 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/06/2021 Old Hunstanton 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 111 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 112 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Groby Pool 113 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 06/11/2020 Thornton Reservoir 114 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 07/07/2022 Liberty Island, New York 115 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 22/10/2021 Swithland Reservoir 116 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 117 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 28/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 118 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 01/05/2023 Watermead Country Park 119 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 120 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/11/2023 Fosse Way, Syston 121 Great Egret Ardea alba 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 122 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Groby Pool 123 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 16/10/2023 Chicago River, Chicago 124 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Rutland Water 125 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 3 birds during day 126 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Glenfield (Nr old golf course) 127 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 12/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham 128 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 20/11/2022 Eldernell, Nene Washes 2 females & 1 male 129 Red Kite Milvus milvus Rutland Water 130 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 7 birds seen during day 131 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 132 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Groby Pool 133 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham 134 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/02/2021 135 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 29/01/2023 Eldernell, Nene Washes 136 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 29/01/2023 Eldernell, Nene Washes 137 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 29/01/2023 Eldernell, Nene Washes 138 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Cossington Meadows 139 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 16/10/2023 Chicago River, Chicago 140 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 04/09/2021 Groby Pool 141 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 142 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Ratby (Burroughs Road) 143 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 144 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Thornton Reservoir (Fields Nr dam) 145 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Groby (Over A46) 146 Merlin Falco columbarius 20/11/2022 Eldernell, Nene Washes 1 female 147 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/06/2021 Groby Pool 148 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 149 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 06/05/2022 Rome, Italy 3 birds near Colosseum 150 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 23/01/2021 151 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 152 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 153 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 154 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius Ratby (Burroughs Road) 155 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Garden 156 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 04/07/2021 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 157 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Bradgate Park 158 Rook Corvus frugilegus Glenfield (The Mill Lane) 159 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 07/07/2022 Ellis Island, New York 160 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Groby (Fields near Sacheverell Way) 161 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 04/05/2022 Rome, Italy 162 Northern Raven Corvus corax Ratby (Burroughs Road) 163 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Markfield, on Chitterman Way 164 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 165 Coal Tit Periparus ater Thornton Reservoir 166 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/01/2021 Groby Pool 167 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 13/03/2022 Carsington Water 168 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Garden 169 Great Tit Parus major Ferndale Park 170 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 30/04/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 171 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis Dover (White Cliffs) 172 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Attenborough Nature Reserve 173 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Glenfield (Optimus Point) 174 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum Groby Pool 175 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 22/10/2020 Attenborough NR 176 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Glenfield (Fields off Ivanhoe Trail) 177 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Everards Meadow 178 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Groby Pool 179 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Attenborough Nature Reserve 180 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Cossington Meadows 181 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2022 Flamborough Head 182 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Martinshaw Woods 183 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/05/2023 Ratby, field after M1 walk bridge 184 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2024 Ratby Lane - Hedgerow between Ratby & Kirby Muxloe 185 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2021 Ivanhoe Trail (Off Roman Way) 186 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/02/2021 Bradgate Park 187 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 16/10/2023 Millennium Park, Chicago 188 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Thornton Reservoir 189 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Ratby (Ivanhoe Trail) 190 Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 191 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 192 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/11/2020 Thornton Reservoir 193 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Bradgate Park (Near Old John) 194 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 15/10/2023 Grant Park, Chicago 195 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 06/07/2022 Central Park (Strawberry Fields), New York 196 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris Garden 197 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Groby Pool 198 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Glenfield (Fields off Ivanhoe Trail) 199 Redwing Turdus iliacus 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 200 Common Blackbird Turdus merula Garden 201 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/12/2020 Ivanhoe Trail (near The Mill Lane) 202 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 18/04/2021 Barlestone (Washpit Lane) 203 American Robin Turdus migratorius 05/07/2022 Central Park, New York 204 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 31/05/2020 Bradgate Park (Near Old John) 205 European Robin Erithacus rubecula Garden 206 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 16/07/2023 Oświęcim, Poland 1 male 207 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Bradgate Park 208 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 01/05/2022 Elmesthorpe (Burbage Common Road) 209 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Groby Pool (Fields) 210 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/04/2021 Bradgate Park 211 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 18/10/2020 Monsal Trail (Wye Dale) 212 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 213 Italian Sparrow Passer italiae 05/05/2022 Rome, Italy 214 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Garden 215 Dunnock Prunella modularis Ratby (Burroughs Road) 216 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Anstey (Fields on way to Cropston) 217 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Kirby Muxloe (Under M1) 218 White Wagtail Motacilla alba Glenfield (Optimus Point) 219 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 23/04/2021 Bradgate Park 220 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 06/05/2023 Beacon Hill 221 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 28/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 222 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/07/2021 Caernarfon 223 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Watermead Country Park 224 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 16/01/2022 Anstey - Field off Cropston Road 225 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 21/02/2024 Berlin, Tiergarten Nr Victory Column 4 birds 226 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Ratby (Burroughs Road) 227 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 228 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris Attenborough Nature Reserve 229 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 11/06/2021 Old Hunstanton 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 231 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kirby Muxloe (Main Street) 232 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 16/10/2020 Groby Pool 233 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 20/10/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 234 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 235 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Bradgate Park 236 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Bradgate Park 237 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 17/10/2023 Lincoln Park, Chicago 238 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 16/10/2023 Millennium Park, Chicago 239 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 240 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 05/07/2022 Central Park, New York 241 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York 242 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus 16/10/2023 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 243 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 10/07/2022 Central Park, New York