John Conlin-Hulme: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 218 of 218 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/12/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 29/05/2007 Llanarth Fishery, Wales 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 21/12/2022 Paull Holme Strays 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 15/06/2008 RSPB Leighton Moss 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 06/11/2020 Leeds 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 24/11/2022 Farmland nr Hedon, East Yorkshire 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 06/03/2005 Kirkstall Abbey 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 03/01/2023 Newton Garth, nr Paull 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11/04/2022 Kilnsea Wetlands 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 24/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12/03/2021 Farnley Reservoir 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/06/2007 Teglan, Wales 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/05/1993 Tophill Low NR 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16/01/2010 Rodley Nature Reserve 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12/03/2021 Farnley Reservoir 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27/09/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 29/05/2007 Llanarth Fishery, Wales 19 Pintail Anas acuta 25/04/2022 Far Ings 20 Teal Anas crecca 12/03/2021 Farnley Reservoir 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 08/04/2024 Long Bank Marsh, Kilnsea 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 07/05/2023 Newton Garth, nr Paull 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22/05/2023 RSPB St Aidan's 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28/02/2009 Rodley Nature Reserve 26 Scaup Aythya marila 09/05/2022 Hornsea Mere 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 29/09/2021 Llandudno Pier 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30/12/2015 Paull Holme Strays 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27/03/2023 North Cave Wetlands 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24/01/2015 Rodley Nature Reserve 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 19/12/2022 Tophill Low NR 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 11/04/2014 Kirkstall, Leeds 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 23/12/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 16/05/2021 Derbyshire 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 18/05/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 37 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 15/06/2008 RSPB Leighton Moss 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 09/05/2021 Paull 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 09/06/2023 Wykeham Forest 41 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 20/03/2023 Easington Gas Terminal 42 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2005 Farnley Reservoir 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/05/1993 Tophill Low NR 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 10/11/2007 Westminster, London Rock Dove: 15/08/21 - Saltburn-on-Sea 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 30/01/2017 Armley Ridge Terrace, Leeds 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 30/01/2016 Armley Ridge Terrace, Leeds 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 30/01/2016 Armley Ridge Terrace, Leeds 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 26/04/2008 Rodley Nature Reserve 50 Coot Fulica atra 06/04/2008 Rodley Nature Reserve 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 26/04/2008 Rodley Nature Reserve 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 17/04/2024 Welton Waters 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 11/05/2015 Potteric Carr 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/07/2017 Armley Ridge Terrace, Leeds 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 08/09/2022 Paull Holme Strays 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 05/11/2009 Paull Holme Strays 59 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 23/05/2023 Paull Holme Strays 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 11/04/2022 Kilnsea Wetlands 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/03/2023 North Cave Wetlands 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 26/04/2008 Rodley Nature Reserve 63 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 25/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 22/04/2022 Paull Holme Strays 65 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 22/08/2021 Humber Tavern, Paull 67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 25/07/2021 Paull Holme Strays 68 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 69 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 14/12/2022 M62, Eggborough 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 08/03/2015 Rodley Nature Reserve 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 02/09/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 25/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/12/2021 Paull Holme Strays 78 Knot Calidris canutus 27/12/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 22/11/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 23/08/2020 RSPB St Aidan's 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 27/12/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 25/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 26/02/2024 Bridlington Harbour 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 12/09/2022 Tophill Low NR 85 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 09/05/2015 Weybourne Beach, Norfolk 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 18/05/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 07/06/2021 Far Ings 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 03/07/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 10/11/2007 Westminster, London 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 27/08/2022 Kilnsea Wetlands 93 Common Gull Larus canus 08/11/2009 Hornsea Mere 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 27/08/2022 Kilnsea Wetlands 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 23/11/2009 Donna Nook, Lincolnshire 96 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/10/2023 Paull Holme Strays 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 98 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/04/2021 Paull 99 Puffin Fratercula arctica 24/04/2022 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 100 Razorbill Alca torda 24/04/2022 Flamborough - North Landing 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 24/04/2022 Flamborough - North Landing 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 12/10/2023 Paull Holme Strays 103 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 29/09/2021 Llandudno Pier 104 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 04/09/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 105 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 106 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 04/09/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 107 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 05/05/2012 Headingley Train Station 108 Gannet Morus bassanus 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 109 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 24/01/2021 River Aire, Armley 110 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 04/09/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 111 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 25/04/2024 Allerton Bywater 112 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 23/08/2020 RSPB Fairburn Ings 113 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 07/06/2021 Far Ings 114 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 14/03/2021 Meanwood Park 115 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 13/09/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/09/2019 Rodley Nature Reserve 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 06/04/2008 Rodley Nature Reserve 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 119 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 11/09/2004 Haweswater 120 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/03/2009 Rodley Nature Reserve 121 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 29/03/2023 Dalby Forest 122 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 15/06/2008 RSPB Leighton Moss 123 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 23/10/2023 Stone Creek, E Yorks 124 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/05/2011 Kirkstall, Leeds 125 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 23/10/2023 Stone Creek, E Yorks 126 Buzzard Buteo buteo 08/03/2015 Rodley Nature Reserve 127 Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/08/2022 Gascoigne Wood, nr South Milford (from train) 128 Little Owl Athene noctua 08/07/2018 High Paull 129 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 130 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 31/12/2019 Paull Holme Strays 131 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 10/06/2016 Armley Ridge Road, Leeds 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/08/2009 Rodley Nature Reserve 133 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 11/04/2014 Kirkstall, Leeds 135 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 29/06/2019 RSPB The Lodge 136 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 26/04/2008 Rodley Nature Reserve 137 Merlin Falco columbarius 27/11/2021 High Paull 138 Hobby Falco subbuteo 09/05/2022 Hornsea Mere 139 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 08/03/2015 Rodley Nature Reserve 140 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 26/02/2021 Armley Ridge Terrace, Leeds 141 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 01/08/2022 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 142 Jay Garrulus glandarius 06/06/2014 Kirkstall, Leeds 143 Magpie Pica pica 30/01/2016 Armley Ridge Terrace, Leeds 144 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 17/09/2001 South Stack, Anglesey, Wales 145 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 07/05/2008 Kirkstall Abbey 146 Rook Corvus frugilegus 17/01/2021 Cockshott Lane, Leeds 147 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 29/11/2009 Donna Nook, Lincolnshire 148 Raven Corvus corax 15/09/2004 Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland 149 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 15/11/2012 Hanover Square, Leeds 150 Coal Tit Periparus ater 15/06/2008 RSPB Leighton Moss 151 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 152 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 22/04/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 153 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 15/06/2008 RSPB Leighton Moss 154 Great Tit Parus major 15/06/2008 RSPB Leighton Moss 155 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 25/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 156 Woodlark Lullula arborea 21/03/1993 Spurn NNR 157 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/04/2021 Clive Sullivan Way, Hull 158 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 159 Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/04/2005 Farnley Reservoir 160 House Martin Delichon urbicum 20/04/2005 Farnley Reservoir 161 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 07/06/2021 Far Ings 162 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 07/02/2009 Rodley Nature Reserve 163 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 21/10/2022 Paull 164 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 11/04/2014 Kirkstall, Leeds 165 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2015 Rodley Nature Reserve 166 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 15/06/2008 RSPB Leighton Moss 167 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 07/06/2021 Far Ings 168 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 15/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands 169 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 170 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 30/01/2017 Armley Ridge Terrace, Leeds 171 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 172 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 02/09/2023 Spurn NNR 173 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 20/05/2023 Paull Holme Strays 174 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 175 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 25/01/2015 Headingley, Leeds 176 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 30/01/2016 Armley Ridge Terrace, Leeds 177 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 21/12/2010 Kirkstall, Leeds 178 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 15/03/2021 Kirkstall Abbey 179 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 05/01/2021 Armley Ridge Road, Leeds 180 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 07/02/2009 Rodley Nature Reserve 181 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 10/01/2021 Gott's Park Golf Course, Armley 182 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 183 Blackbird Turdus merula 07/02/2009 Rodley Nature Reserve 184 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 25/11/2015 Gott's Park Golf Course, Armley 185 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 24/04/2023 Sammy's Point 186 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 18/12/2023 Tophill Low NR 187 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 26/09/2022 Sammy's Point 188 Robin Erithacus rubecula 31/05/2007 Nine Oaks Angling Centre, Oakford, Wales 189 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/08/2022 Fort Paull 190 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 11/04/2022 Crown & Anchor, Kilnsea 191 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 192 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 22/11/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 193 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/05/2021 Paull Holme Strays 194 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 19/12/2021 Rodley Nature Reserve 195 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 21/03/1993 Spurn NNR 196 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 30/01/2016 Armley Ridge Terrace, Leeds 197 Dunnock Prunella modularis 15/06/2008 RSPB Leighton Moss 198 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 199 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 24/03/2021 Meanwood Park 200 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2021 Paull 201 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 22/08/2021 Paull Holme Strays 202 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 29/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 203 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 22/05/2021 Paull Holme Strays 204 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 07/03/2022 Paull Holme Strays 205 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 15/06/2008 RSPB Leighton Moss 206 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 19/11/2022 Donna Nook, Lincolnshire 207 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 30/11/2017 Nr Hollybush Farm, Kirkstall 208 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 11/04/2014 Kirkstall, Leeds 209 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Paull 210 Linnet Linaria cannabina 22/05/2021 Paull Holme Strays 211 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 26/03/2023 Bramley, Leeds 212 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 13/03/2023 Centre Parcs, Whinfell Forest 213 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 22/06/2015 Armley Ridge Terrace, Leeds 214 Serin Serinus serinus 21/03/1993 Spurn NNR 215 Siskin Spinus spinus 17/01/2022 RSPB Old Moor 216 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 30/01/2023 High Eske NR 217 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/11/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 218 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 07/02/2009 Rodley Nature Reserve