Kathryn Lunn: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 228 of 228 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/04/2023 West Kirby, The Wirral 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/04/2024 Frampton Marsh With Brent Geese 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 15/01/2023 Meltham 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/05/2023 Swillington Ings 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 24/12/2023 Lunt Meadows, Lancs With Canada Geese 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 15/01/2023 Meltham 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/04/2023 The Wirral 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 14/01/2024 Jeremy Lane, Glasson, Lancaster 1 9 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 27/01/2024 Old Moor With 4 Greylags 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15/01/2023 Meltham 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 14/01/2024 Jeremy Lane, Glasson, Lancaster 2 adults, 1 juvenile. 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/11/2023 Swillington Ings 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 07/01/2024 Aberton reservoir, Essex 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 07/04/2023 Bramhope, Yorkshire 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/04/2023 Burton Mere, The Wirral 17 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 07/05/2023 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire Needed telescope 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 26/03/2023 Swillington Ings 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24/02/2024 New Shot Island in River Clyde, Scotland 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 23 Pintail Anas acuta 02/04/2023 The Wirral 24 Teal Anas crecca 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 14/01/2024 Lunt Meadows Male. Vertical white stripe very distinct. 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23/12/2023 Top Hill Low 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 30/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire Male & Female in breeding plumage 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29/05/2023 Fairburn Ings Male 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15/01/2023 Meltham 31 Scaup Aythya marila 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 14/04/2023 Audenshaw 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 11/03/2023 Morecambe 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 07/01/2024 Aberton reservoir, Essex 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 20/01/2024 Bempton Cliffs Female 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/01/2024 Pugneys 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 14/04/2023 Audenshaw Female. Needed telescope. On 14.1.24 good, close, 5 mins sighting of Male at Lunt Meadows, Liverpool. 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2023 Marsden 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/04/2023 The Wirral 41 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 30/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 42 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 23/04/2023 Deer Hill, Marsden 43 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 10/02/2024 North Yorkshire 2 males lekking watched by 7 females 44 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 17/04/2023 Blackmoorfoot 45 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 22/01/2023 Farnley Tyas 46 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/03/2023 North Cave 47 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 24/06/2023 Midhopestones, Yorkshire A pair. Seen and heard at dusk. 48 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 25/03/2023 Oliver's Mount, Scarborough Thanks to R, M & M. My 1st rare bird 49 Swift Apus apus 21/05/2023 Gronant Dunes, Prestatyn 50 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/05/2023 Meltham, near West Nab 51 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 14/01/2023 Slaithwaite Proper ones, rather than Feral Pigeons, seen at Bempton Cliffs 20.1.24 52 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25/03/2023 Buckton 53 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 54 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 28/05/2023 Sutton Bank 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 07/02/2023 Slaithwaite 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/03/2024 Leighton Moss 57 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 58 Coot Fulica atra 15/01/2023 Meltham 59 Crane Grus grus 24/03/2024 Willow dene Fen, Norfolk 6 60 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/04/2023 Barnsley (Old Moor) 61 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 16/03/2024 Burton Rigg, Scarborough Male in breeding plumage 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 63 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 30/03/2024 Whitemoor Haye, Staffs Male in breeding plumage 64 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 16/04/2023 Wombwell 65 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 66 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 07/05/2023 Main Lake, Swillington Ings 67 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 25/03/2023 North Cave 68 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/04/2023 The Wirral 69 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 72 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 73 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 03/05/2023 Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland 1st bird recorded in the UK 74 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 07/05/2023 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 75 Curlew Numenius arquata 10/03/2023 Morecambe 76 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 77 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 25/03/2023 North Cave 78 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 02/04/2023 Burton Mere, The Wirral 79 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13/01/2024 Swillington Ings 80 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/03/2023 Buckton 81 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 26/04/2023 Swillington Ings 82 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/05/2023 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 83 Redshank Tringa totanus 10/03/2023 Morecambe 84 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 13/04/2024 Frampton Marsh 85 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/04/2023 The Wirral 86 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 10/02/2024 Saltholme 87 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 10/03/2023 Morecambe 88 Knot Calidris canutus 02/04/2023 The Wirral 89 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/04/2023 The Wirral 90 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 07/05/2023 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 26/04/2023 Swillington Ings 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 10/03/2023 Morecambe 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 20/01/2024 Bempton Cliffs Yellow-orange legs helped to ID 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 19/08/2023 Swillington Ings 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 21/05/2023 Gronant Dunes, Prestatyn 96 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 13/04/2024 Frampton Marsh 97 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/04/2023 Swillington Ings 98 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 26/04/2023 Caroline Spit, Swillington Ings 99 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 21/05/2023 Anglesey, Cemlyn 100 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/04/2023 Swillington Ings Also 6.4.24, Marshside Lancs 101 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 102 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 13/04/2024 Frampton Marsh 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 25/03/2023 North Cave 105 Common Gull Larus canus 25/03/2023 Buckton 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 27/01/2024 Ravensthorpe Eye not very dark. Distinguished from Herring Gulls by white, smaller head and longer wings. 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 29/01/2023 Blackmoorfoot 108 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 21/05/2023 Anglesey, Holyhead 109 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 29/01/2023 Blackmoorfoot 110 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 24/02/2024 Strathclyde Waterpark, Clyde, Scotland 111 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 04/09/2023 Hunmanby Gap, Yorkshire Dipped the Brown Booby 112 Puffin Fratercula arctica 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 113 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 21/05/2023 Anglesey, Holyhead 114 Razorbill Alca torda 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 115 Guillemot Uria aalge 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 116 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 21/10/2023 Swillington Ings 117 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 24/12/2023 Crosby Marina, Lancs 118 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 23/12/2023 East Yorks 119 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 120 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 20/04/2024 Swillington Ings Blue ringed bird. Circled over, chased by BH Gulls 121 Gannet Morus bassanus 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 122 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 14/01/2023 Linthwaite 123 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 21/05/2023 Anglesey, Holyhead 124 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 11/11/2023 Swillington Ings 125 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 08/04/2023 Barnsley (Old Moor) Better view at Spurn 09 April 2023 126 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 03/03/2024 Swillington Ings 127 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 08/04/2023 Ossett (River Calder) 2 128 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 25/03/2023 North Cave 129 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 21/10/2023 Swillington Ings 130 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/03/2023 Swillington Ings 131 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 132 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 09/01/2023 M606 133 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 134 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 14/01/2024 Jeremy Lane, Glasson, Lancaster Male 135 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 24/03/2024 Stiffkey, Norfolk 136 Red Kite Milvus milvus 26/03/2023 Swillington Ings 137 Buzzard Buteo buteo 19/03/2023 Marsden 138 Barn Owl Tyto alba 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 139 Little Owl Athene noctua 02/04/2023 Hartshead Moor Top 140 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 12/05/2023 Meltham 141 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 28/10/2023 Swillington Ings 142 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 25/03/2023 North Cave 143 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 144 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/04/2023 The Wirral 145 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/07/2022 Blackmoorfoot Approximate date 146 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 10/02/2023 Slaithwaite 147 Hobby Falco subbuteo 20/05/2023 Meltham 148 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/09/2023 Adwick, Barnsley 149 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 19/03/2023 Bramhall 150 Jay Garrulus glandarius 14/01/2023 Linthwaite 151 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 152 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 21/05/2023 Anglesey, Holyhead 153 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 154 Rook Corvus frugilegus 29/01/2023 Farnley Tyas 155 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 156 Raven Corvus corax 02/04/2023 The Wirral 157 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 06/02/2023 Bradford BD62DW 158 Coal Tit Periparus ater 22/01/2023 Slaithwaite 159 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 28/05/2023 Forge Valley, Scarborough 160 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 10/02/2024 Fairburn Ings 161 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 162 Great Tit Parus major 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 163 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 22/04/2023 Swillington Ings 164 Woodlark Lullula arborea 09/03/2024 Budby Common, Notts 165 Skylark Alauda arvensis 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 166 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 167 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/03/2023 North Cave 168 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2023 The Wirral 169 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/05/2023 Swillington Ings 170 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 02/04/2023 The Wirral 171 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 172 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 04/05/2024 Rivelin, S Yorks 173 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 02/04/2023 The Wirral 174 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 25/03/2023 Oliver's Mount, Scarborough 175 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 07/05/2023 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 176 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 07/05/2023 Swillington Ings 177 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 27/04/2024 Saltholme 178 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/04/2023 The Wirral 179 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 07/05/2023 Swillington Ings 180 Whitethroat Curruca communis 07/05/2023 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 181 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 24/03/2024 Kelling Heath, Norfolk 182 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 16/03/2024 Bempton Cliffs 183 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 184 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 185 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 22/01/2023 Slaithwaite 186 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 18/02/2023 Linthwaite 187 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 15/01/2023 Meltham 188 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 18/01/2023 Linthwaite 189 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 09/02/2023 Bradford BD62DW 190 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 191 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 192 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/02/2023 Milnsbridge 193 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 04/05/2024 Cutthroat Bridge, Derbys 194 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 23/12/2023 Top Hill Low 195 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 196 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 04/05/2024 Padley Gorge, Derbys 197 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea, Canal Scrape) 198 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 25/06/2023 Meltham 199 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/04/2023 The Wirral 200 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 14/04/2023 Audenshaw 201 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 28/01/2023 Linthwaite 202 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 25/03/2023 North Cave 203 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 14/01/2023 Bradford BD58HW 204 Dunnock Prunella modularis 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 205 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 206 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 14/01/2023 Linthwaite 207 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 21/01/2023 Huddersfield 2 of White version seen at Frampton Marsh, 13.4.24 208 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 02/03/2024 Ulverston 209 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/04/2023 Rishworth Moor 210 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 28/05/2023 Wykeham, Scarborough 211 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 25/11/2023 Swillington Ings, Filter beds 212 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 21/05/2023 Anglesey, Holyhead 213 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 08/01/2023 Marsden 214 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/02/2023 Bradford BD58HW 215 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/03/2023 Bradford BD58HW 216 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/01/2024 Knott-End on Sea flock of ~12 at near end of jetty beyond car park. 217 Linnet Linaria cannabina 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea, Beacon Lane) 218 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 24/03/2024 N Norfolk 219 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 09/02/2023 Bradford BD58HW 220 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/05/2023 Wykeham, Scarborough Female 221 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 222 Siskin Spinus spinus 28/05/2023 Wykeham, Scarborough 223 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 14/01/2024 Southport On embankment at top of beach 224 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 09/04/2023 Spurn (Easington) 225 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 25/03/2023 North Cave 226 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 27/04/2024 Hartlepool 227 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 07/01/2024 Heybridge, Essex 228 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 24/02/2024 Kilwinning, Scotland American visitor