Jack Pettit: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 252 of 252 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 28/10/2022 Newtown Harbour NNR, IoW Dark-bellied, Pale-bellied ssp. 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 29/12/2023 Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex Juvenile with flock of 1600 DB Brent Geese 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/06/2023 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 26/12/2022 Llyn Coed-y-Dinas, Powys 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 25/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 26/10/2022 Sandown, IoW 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 19/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15/08/2023 Ouse Washes RSPB, Cambridgeshire 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 30/10/2022 Beddington Farmlands, London 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 28/10/2022 Newtown Harbour NNR, IoW 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/04/2023 Bamford, Derbyshire 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 16/02/2024 Greylake RSPB, Somerset 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15/08/2023 Ouse Washes RSPB, Cambridgeshire 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 26/10/2022 Sandown, IoW 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 30/10/2022 Beddington Farmlands, London 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 28/10/2022 Newtown Harbour NNR, IoW 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 25/10/2023 Beacon Ponds, East Yorkshire 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 20 Pintail Anas acuta 28/10/2022 Newtown Harbour NNR, IoW 21 Teal Anas crecca 26/10/2022 Sandown, IoW 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 05/04/2024 Beddington Farmlands, London 23 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 19/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 30/10/2022 Beddington Farmlands, London 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 18/04/2024 Whetsted GPs, Kent 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 17/02/2023 Stodmarsh NNR, Kent 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26/10/2022 Sandown, IoW 28 Scaup Aythya marila 09/04/2023 Walthamstow Wetlands LWT, London 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 21/01/2023 Staines Reservoirs, London 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 11/02/2024 Southend-on-Sea, Essex 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 19/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 25/10/2023 Beacon Ponds, East Yorkshire 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21/01/2023 Staines Reservoirs, London 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 26/02/2023 King George V Reservoir, London 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 25/12/2022 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28/10/2022 Newtown Harbour NNR, IoW 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 01/04/2023 Bamford, Derbyshire 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/03/2023 Capel Fleet, Kent 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 27/05/2023 Bwlch y Sarnau, Powys 42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23/03/2023 New Hythe GPs, Kent 43 Swift Apus apus 20/04/2023 Beddington Farmlands, London 44 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 11/11/2023 Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 07/05/2023 Thursley Common, Surrey 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 26/10/2022 Sandown, IoW 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/12/2022 Worcester Park, Surrey 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 49 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 16/07/2023 Oare Marshes NR, Kent 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 12/11/2022 Holmethorpe Sand Pits, Surrey 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 25/12/2022 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 53 Coot Fulica atra 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 54 Crane Grus grus 01/01/2024 Clippesby, Norfolk 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 27/10/2022 Bembridge Harbour, IoW 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 26/02/2023 King George V Reservoir, London 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 11/11/2022 Holmethorpe Sand Pits, Surrey 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 26/02/2023 King George V Reservoir, London 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 07/04/2023 Staines Reservoirs, London 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 24/08/2023 Cliffe Pools RSPB, Kent 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 24/10/2022 Brook, IoW 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 18/05/2023 Worth Marsh RSPB, Kent 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 05/02/2023 Farlington Marshes HWT, Hampshire 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/02/2023 Farlington Marshes HWT, Hampshire 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 26/12/2022 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 66 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27/10/2022 Bembridge Harbour, IoW 67 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 07/04/2023 Staines Reservoirs, London 68 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 11/11/2022 Holmethorpe Sand Pits, Surrey 69 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 16/02/2024 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 70 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 14/08/2023 Snettisham RSPB, Norfolk 71 Curlew Numenius arquata 27/10/2022 Bembridge Harbour, IoW 72 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 16/04/2023 Dungeness RSPB, Kent 73 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/10/2022 Bembridge Harbour, IoW 74 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 14/08/2023 Cley Marshes NWT, Norfolk 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 26/12/2022 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 26/12/2022 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 77 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 28/10/2022 Newtown Harbour NNR, IoW 78 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/10/2023 Cliffe Pools RSPB, Kent 79 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14/02/2023 Redbridge Wharf Park, Hampshire 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15/06/2023 London Wetland Centre WWT, London 81 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 01/11/2023 Stodmarsh NNR, Kent 82 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 21/04/2024 Normandy Marsh, Hampshire 83 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 18/05/2023 Worth Marsh RSPB, Kent 84 Redshank Tringa totanus 27/10/2022 Bembridge Harbour, IoW 85 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 01/01/2024 Southwold, Suffolk 86 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 13/08/2023 Cley Marshes NWT, Norfolk 87 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 27/10/2022 Bembridge Harbour, IoW 88 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/02/2023 Farlington Marshes HWT, Hampshire 89 Knot Calidris canutus 14/08/2023 Snettisham RSPB, Norfolk 90 Ruff Calidris pugnax 25/07/2023 Cliffe Pools RSPB, Kent 91 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 18/05/2023 Worth Marsh RSPB, Kent 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/06/2023 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/02/2023 Farlington Marshes HWT, Hampshire 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 02/06/2023 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 02/06/2023 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 96 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 04/05/2023 Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex 97 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 04/05/2023 Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex 98 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 20/08/2023 Arne RSPB, Dorset 99 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/04/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 100 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 30/04/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 101 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 28/10/2022 Newtown Harbour NNR, IoW 102 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 07/04/2023 Staines Reservoirs, London 103 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/06/2023 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 104 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 05/02/2023 Southmoor NR, Hampshire 105 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 16/07/2023 Oare Marshes NR, Kent 106 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 107 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/10/2022 Sandown, IoW 108 Common Gull Larus canus 29/10/2022 Fishbourne, IoW 109 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 16/02/2024 Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 110 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 14/03/2024 Beddington Farmlands, London 111 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 112 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 29/10/2023 Rainham, London 113 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 27/10/2022 Bembridge Harbour, IoW 114 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 11/11/2022 Holmethorpe Sand Pits, Surrey 115 Razorbill Alca torda 11/02/2024 Southend-on-Sea, Essex 116 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/02/2024 Southend-on-Sea, Essex 117 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 25/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 118 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 29/11/2023 Staines Reservoirs, London 119 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 29/11/2023 Staines Reservoirs, London 120 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 12/03/2023 North Foreland, Kent 121 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 17/08/2023 Capel Fleet, Kent 122 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 19/07/2023 Holmethorpe Sand Pits, Surrey Unringed individual. 123 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/04/2023 Dungeness NNR, Kent 124 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 125 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 126 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 16/04/2023 Dungeness RSPB, Kent 127 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 13/08/2023 Cley Marshes NWT, Norfolk 128 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/06/2023 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 129 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 27/10/2022 Bembridge Harbour, IoW 130 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 28/10/2022 Newtown Harbour NNR, IoW 131 Great White Egret Ardea alba 16/04/2023 Dungeness RSPB, Kent 132 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 133 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 08/05/2024 Warnham LNR, West Sussex 134 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/08/2023 Fishlake Meadows HIWWT, Hampshire 135 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 26/12/2022 Montgomery, Powys 136 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 10/02/2024 Effingham Forest, Surrey 137 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/02/2023 Farlington Marshes HWT, Hampshire 138 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/10/2023 Wallasea Island RSPB, Essex 139 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 27/09/2023 Wallasea Island RSPB, Essex 140 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 09/08/2023 Blue House Farm EWT, Essex 141 Red Kite Milvus milvus 11/11/2022 Holmethorpe Sand Pits, Surrey 142 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 143 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 25/10/2023 Stone Creek, East Yorkshire 144 Buzzard Buteo buteo 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 145 Barn Owl Tyto alba 06/08/2023 Little Woodcote, London 146 Little Owl Athene noctua 29/12/2022 Little Woodcote, London 147 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 05/02/2023 Farlington Marshes HWT, Hampshire 148 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 28/05/2023 Rhayader, Powys 149 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 27/10/2022 Bembridge Harbour, IoW 150 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 06/09/2023 Abbot's Cliff, Kent 151 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 17/03/2024 Richmond Park, London 152 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 153 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 154 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 155 Hobby Falco subbuteo 30/04/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 156 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 23/12/2022 Sutton, London 157 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 30/10/2022 Beddington Farmlands, London 158 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 14/02/2023 Shatterford, Hampshire 159 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 12/04/2024 Beddington Farmlands, London 160 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 06/09/2023 Abbot's Cliff, Kent 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 162 Magpie Pica pica 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 163 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 23/09/2023 St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 167 Raven Corvus corax 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 168 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 25/10/2023 Spurn YWT, East Yorkshire 169 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/12/2022 Wallington, London 170 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 25/12/2022 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 171 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 28/05/2023 Rhayader, Powys 172 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 173 Great Tit Parus major 26/10/2022 Alverstone Mead LNR, IoW 174 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 25/03/2023 Elmley NNR, Kent 175 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 25/03/2023 Elmley NNR, Kent 176 Woodlark Lullula arborea 07/05/2023 Thursley Common, Surrey 177 Skylark Alauda arvensis 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 178 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/03/2023 New Hythe GPs, Kent 179 Swallow Hirundo rustica 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 180 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 181 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 20/09/2023 North Foreland, Kent 182 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 183 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 184 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 28/05/2023 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 185 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 17/02/2023 Dover, Kent 186 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/04/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 187 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/03/2023 Little Woodcote, London 188 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 10/09/2023 Beeding Brooks, West Sussex 189 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 16/04/2023 Dungeness RSPB, Kent 190 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 18/05/2023 Worth Marsh RSPB, Kent 191 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 26/05/2023 Wandle Park, London 192 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 23/09/2023 St. Anne's Head, Pembrokeshire 193 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 28/05/2023 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 194 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 04/12/2022 Wallington, London 195 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 07/05/2023 Thursley Common, Surrey 196 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 06/09/2023 Abbot's Cliff, Kent 197 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2023 Dungeness RSPB, Kent 198 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 07/05/2023 Thursley Common, Surrey 199 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 03/11/2022 Carshalton, London 200 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 201 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 202 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 14/12/2022 Banstead Woods, Surrey 203 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 11/11/2022 Holmethorpe Sand Pits, Surrey 204 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 205 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 30/10/2022 Beddington Farmlands, London 206 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 25/11/2022 Little Woodcote, London 207 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/11/2022 Little Woodcote, London 208 Blackbird Turdus merula 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 209 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 26/12/2022 Powis Castle NT, Powys 210 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 07/04/2023 Staines Reservoirs, London 211 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 26/05/2023 Wandle Park, London 212 Robin Erithacus rubecula 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 213 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 07/05/2023 Milford Common, Surrey 214 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 27/05/2023 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 215 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 216 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 07/05/2023 Thursley Common, Surrey 217 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/05/2023 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 218 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 219 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/04/2023 Dungeness RSPB, Kent 220 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 28/05/2023 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 221 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 28/05/2023 Bwlch y Sarnau, Powys 222 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 223 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 05/05/2024 Pitstone Quarry, Buckinghamshire 224 Dunnock Prunella modularis 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 225 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 30/04/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 226 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 227 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 28/10/2022 Newtown Harbour NNR, IoW 228 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 24/10/2022 Brading Marshes RSPB, IoW 229 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 28/05/2023 Rhayader, Powys 230 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 15/01/2023 London Wetland Centre WWT, London 231 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 232 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 26/10/2022 Alverstone Mead LNR, IoW 233 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 26/12/2022 Newtown, Powys 234 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 26/12/2022 Powis Castle NT, Powys 235 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/12/2022 Powis Castle NT, Powys 236 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/11/2022 Little Woodcote, London 237 Twite Linaria flavirostris 17/12/2023 Pegwell Bay, Kent 238 Linnet Linaria cannabina 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 239 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 30/10/2022 Beddington Farmlands, London 240 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/08/2023 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 241 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 25/10/2022 St Catherine's Point, IoW 242 Siskin Spinus spinus 27/10/2022 Culver Down, IoW 243 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 25/03/2023 Capel Fleet, Kent 244 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 26/12/2022 Montgomery, Powys 245 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 16/02/2024 Stolford, Somerset 246 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 03/03/2024 Godmersham, Kent 247 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 25/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 248 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 25/12/2022 Llandrindod Wells, Powys 249 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 22/04/2023 Seaford Head, East Sussex 250 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 13/01/2024 Heybridge, Essex 251 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 23/09/2023 St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire 252 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire Excellent view at 11:20 when it flew out into the open and perched 5 meters in front of me! I saw it skulking in shrubs for a further 5 minutes before I left.