Mark Farrar: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 375 of 375 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 15/01/2011 Fleetwood Amounderness Way Fleetwood Farm viewed from lay - by 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 20/10/2012 WWT Martin Mere 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 19/04/2008 Pilling Marsh Lane Ends Fylde Lancashire 7 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser 9 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 10 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 31/01/2021 Sandvilla Pilling Fylde Lancashire 14 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 16 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 03/12/2013 Lancashire Southport S E End Crossens Outer Marsh 21 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 07/07/2019 Hogganfield Loch & Frankfield Loch near Glasgow Scotland 23 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 24 Gadwall Mareca strepera 25 Wigeon Mareca penelope 26 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 28 Pintail Anas acuta 29 Teal Anas crecca 30 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 31 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 32 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 14/07/2002 Pennington Flash Country Park Greater Manchester Lancashire 33 Pochard Aythya ferina 34 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 16/12/2000 Fairhaven Lake 35 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 36 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 37 Scaup Aythya marila 38 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 39 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 06/03/2006 Aberdeenshire (harbour) Blackdog Peterhead Aberdeen 40 Eider Somateria mollissima 41 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 42 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 43 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 13/05/2023 Lower Largo Dumbarnie Links Fife Scotland 44 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 13/05/2023 Lower Largo Dumbarnie Links Fife Scotland 45 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 46 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 47 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 24/10/2015 Ullswater Lake Cumbria 48 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 49 Smew Mergellus albellus 50 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 06/05/2023 Whinfell Tarn Cumbria 51 Goosander Mergus merganser 52 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 53 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 54 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 55 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 56 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 57 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 58 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 59 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 60 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 61 Quail Coturnix coturnix 62 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 63 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 64 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 65 Swift Apus apus 66 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 01/01/2015 Fraisthorpe East Yorkshire 67 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 07/10/2019 Shooters Pool St Mary's Isles Of Scilly 68 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 69 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 70 Stock Dove Columba oenas 71 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 72 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 73 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 74 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 75 Corncrake Crex crex 76 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 09/10/2013 Tresco Isles of Scilly viewed from swarovski hide 77 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 78 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 79 Coot Fulica atra 80 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 02/10/2016 Alkborough flats North Lincolnshire 81 Crane Grus grus 82 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 83 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 13/11/2010 Hollingworth Lake Country Park Greater Manchester 84 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 85 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 86 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 87 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 88 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 89 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 90 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 91 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 92 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 93 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 94 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 03/08/1990 Pilling 95 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 96 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 97 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 98 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 99 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 100 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 06/05/2023 Beadnell Northumbria at Long Nanny 3rd field from Link House farm 101 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 04/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands Xerox Hide White Tailed Plover showed well 102 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 31/08/2022 Redcar Beach Showed well! 103 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 104 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 105 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 16/10/2015 Isles of Scilly Tresco 106 Curlew Numenius arquata 107 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 108 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 109 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 19/09/2009 Fleetwood Fleetwood Nature Park Wyre Estuary viewed through fence Fleetwood tip viewed through fence 110 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 22/09/2012 RSPB Lodmoor Dorset 111 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 112 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 113 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 114 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 12/10/2017 Porth hellick pool Isles of Scilly 115 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 116 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 117 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 118 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 03/06/2017 Buttermere Lake Cumbria 119 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 120 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 02/10/2011 Nateby Humblescough Farm Fylde Lancashire 121 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 30/07/2011 RSPB Blacktoft Sands Yorkshire 122 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 123 Redshank Tringa totanus 124 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 28/09/2011 Glass on Dock behind toilet block on estuary Fylde Lancashire 125 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 126 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 127 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 128 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 17/08/2004 Lancashire Fylde skipool - Shard Wyre Estuary 129 Knot Calidris canutus 130 Ruff Calidris pugnax 131 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 18/05/2019 Lunt Meadows North Lancashire & Merseyside 132 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 133 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 134 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 135 Sanderling Calidris alba 136 Dunlin Calidris alpina 137 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 138 Little Stint Calidris minuta 139 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 140 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 01/10/2011 141 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 09/09/2018 Skipool & Ramper pot Fylde Lancashire 142 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 26/06/2021 Norfolk Hickling WLT Nature Reserve Brendan's Marsh Collared Pratincole showed extremely well before being mobbed by 2 Hobby's,then went to ground.Twitched this in the afternoon! Same day as Roller! 143 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 144 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 05/07/2019 Thurstaston Cheshire & Wirral 145 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 27/07/2013 Rudyard Staffordshire 146 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 147 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 148 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 149 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 150 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 151 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 152 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 17/07/2021 NWWT Cemlyn Bay North Wales Anglesey 153 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 154 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 06/05/2008 Lancashire Fairhaven Lake E End Granny"s Bay 155 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 156 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 157 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 16/07/2013 Lancashire Heysham Power Station 158 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 159 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 11/03/2006 Ayrshire Scotland Saltcoats 160 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 161 Common Gull Larus canus 162 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 163 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 164 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 11/08/2022 Cambridgeshire Graham Water Kelp Gull (Cape Gull) was seen by about 10 birders who remained patient,was seen on the surface of the lake just beyond the valve and seen preening on a boy again just beyond the valve.Good views! Those present were able to identify the Gull! 165 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 166 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 03/04/2012 RSPB Radipole Dorset 167 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 168 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 169 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 170 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 07/10/2019 St Mary's Isles of Scilly 171 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 172 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 173 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 174 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 175 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 176 Puffin Fratercula arctica 177 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 178 Razorbill Alca torda 179 Little Auk Alle alle 180 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 30/12/2013 Portland Harbour Dorset 181 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 182 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 183 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 184 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 185 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 186 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 31/07/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs Black Browed Albatross (Alberto) showed well on the cliffs,and flew over Staple Newk view point,flew close in below Staple New,exceptional views! 187 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 188 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 189 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 190 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 191 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 192 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 193 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 194 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 195 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 20/09/2018 Rossall Fylde Lancashire Other birders claimed they saw this bird and identified it! 196 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 197 Gannet Morus bassanus 198 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 09/09/2023 Cleveland Teeside Estuary South Gare breakwater 199 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 200 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 201 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 202 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 203 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 204 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 15/03/1991 Marton Mere Fylde Lancashire 205 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 14/06/1997 Marton Mere Fylde Lancashire 206 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 207 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 208 Great White Egret Ardea alba 209 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 210 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 211 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 212 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 213 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 214 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 215 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 216 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 217 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 218 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 16/09/2018 Bank End Fylde Lancashire 219 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 220 Red Kite Milvus milvus 221 Black Kite Milvus migrans 222 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 223 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 224 Buzzard Buteo buteo 225 Barn Owl Tyto alba 226 Little Owl Athene noctua 227 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 01/10/2017 Ryehope village Dene Co Durham 228 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 229 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 230 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 14/05/2013 Solas North Uist Western Isles 231 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 232 Hoopoe Upupa epops 233 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 26/06/2021 Suffolk Icklingham Rd Icknield Way Roller seen perched on telephone wire and on the ground showed very well! Twitched this in the morning! 234 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 235 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/11/2021 Red Scar Wood River Ribble Preston Lancashire 236 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 237 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 238 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 239 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 240 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 241 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 242 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 243 Merlin Falco columbarius 244 Hobby Falco subbuteo 245 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 246 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 247 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 04/11/2014 South Walney Island Birds Observatory in gardens 248 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 249 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 250 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 251 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 252 Jay Garrulus glandarius 253 Magpie Pica pica 254 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 255 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 256 Rook Corvus frugilegus 257 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 258 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 259 Raven Corvus corax 260 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 261 Coal Tit Periparus ater 262 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 263 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 264 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 265 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 266 Great Tit Parus major 267 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 268 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 269 Woodlark Lullula arborea 270 Skylark Alauda arvensis 271 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 272 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 273 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 274 Swallow Hirundo rustica 275 House Martin Delichon urbicum 276 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 277 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 278 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 279 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 280 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 03/04/2012 Little Sea Holiday Camp Dorset 281 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 282 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 283 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 284 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 285 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 286 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 19/05/2019 Pilling Lane Ends Fylde Lancashire 287 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 02/09/2012 Flamborough Head East Yorkshire Old Fall Hedge row 288 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 22/05/2003 Marton Mere Fylde Lancashire 289 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 290 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 291 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 292 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 293 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 294 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 295 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 22/04/2019 RSPB Radipole Lake near tennis courts Dorset 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 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 05/06/2009 Shetland Unst 302 Whitethroat Curruca communis 303 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 304 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 305 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 306 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 307 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 308 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 309 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 310 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 311 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 11/10/2020 Popplestones fields Bryher Isles of Scilly 312 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 12/10/2013 Garrison Old Town Churchyard Isles of Scilly 313 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 314 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 315 Redwing Turdus iliacus 316 Blackbird Turdus merula 317 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 318 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 319 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 30/12/2019 Whipsnade Zoo Cambridgeshire 320 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 321 Robin Erithacus rubecula 322 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 323 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 324 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 325 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 326 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 11/10/2015 Isles Of Scilly St Agness 327 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 328 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 329 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 11/10/2019 Morning Point Garrison Battery St Mary's Isles Of Scilly 330 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 331 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 18/01/2020 Ashton Neumans Marsh Country Park Cheshire & Wirral 332 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 333 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 334 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 22/11/2016 Lytham St Anne's Beach near Thursby Nurse Home Fylde Lancashire 335 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 01/09/2019 Fluke Hall Pilling Fylde Lancashire 336 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 337 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 338 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 339 Dunnock Prunella modularis 340 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 341 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 31/12/2019 Sedgeford dump heap in farmers field Norfolk 342 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 343 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 344 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 03/04/2012 Little Sea Bridge End Camp Dorset 345 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 01/01/2015 Wakefield Yorkshire near Pugneys Country park Managed to connect with the Blyth's Pipit in the morning! Showed well! On waste land! 346 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 347 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 348 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 349 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 17/10/2015 Peninis Head Farm trail St Mary's Isles of Scilly 350 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 351 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 352 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 353 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 354 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 355 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 356 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 357 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 358 Twite Linaria flavirostris 359 Linnet Linaria cannabina 360 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 361 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 362 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 363 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 364 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 04/08/2013 Browsholme Hall Crow Wood Farm Clitheroe Lancashire 365 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 366 Serin Serinus serinus 367 Siskin Spinus spinus 368 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 369 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 370 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 371 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 372 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 373 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 374 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 375 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 14/10/2012 Isles Of Scilly Bryher Island Hell bay