Ruth Weaver: Western Palearctic Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 274 of 274 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 22/09/2023 Spurn 6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 18/03/2023 WWT Slimbridge 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 03/02/2024 RSPB Greylake 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 16/11/2023 Tophill Low Nature Reserve 15 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 12/10/2022 Eton Wick 20 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 16/11/2023 Tophill Low 22 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 04/01/2024 Abberton Res 23 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 11/12/2023 Cardiff Bay 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 02/10/2023 Walthamstow Wetlands 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 04/03/2024 East Lothian 28 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26/01/2023 Poole Harbour 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 10/12/2023 Worms Head 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 11/12/2023 Goldcliff Lagoons 32 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21/01/2023 Dinton Pastures, Wokingham, Berkshire 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 28/12/2023 Tophill Low NR 34 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 27/06/2023 37 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 03/03/2024 Durham Dales 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 41 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 06/04/2024 Algarve, Portugal 43 Common Swift Apus apus 44 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 45 Great Bustard Otis tarda 46 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax 47 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 48 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis 49 Rock Dove Columba livia 14/11/2023 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 51 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 52 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 24/06/2023 53 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 55 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 56 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 57 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 58 Common Crane Grus grus 59 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 60 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 16/11/2023 Tophill Low Nature Reserve 61 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 62 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 63 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 64 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 06/04/2024 Algarve, Portugal 65 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 66 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 67 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 68 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 69 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/01/2023 Otmoor 70 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 72 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 73 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius 03/02/2024 Ruan Lanihorne 74 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29/06/2023 75 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 76 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 77 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 78 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 18/09/2023 Spurn 79 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 80 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 81 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 29/09/2023 Titchfield Haven 82 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 83 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 84 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 85 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 86 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 23/09/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 1 seen well 87 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 88 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 89 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 90 Red Knot Calidris canutus 91 Ruff Calidris pugnax 92 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 23/09/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 93 Sanderling Calidris alba 94 Dunlin Calidris alpina 95 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 22/09/2023 Spurn 96 Little Stint Calidris minuta 23/09/2023 RSPB Framton Marsh 97 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 18/09/2023 Spurn 98 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 22/10/2022 WWT Slimbridge 99 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/06/2023 Spurn 100 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 101 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 27/04/2024 Staines Res 102 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 103 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 104 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 105 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 29/06/2023 Spurn 106 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 107 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 108 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii 109 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 110 Common Gull Larus canus 111 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 03/02/2024 Hayle Estuary 112 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 26/06/2023 Spurn 113 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 114 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 115 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 116 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 117 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 21/09/2023 South Gare 118 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 119 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 120 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 121 Razorbill Alca torda 122 Common Murre Uria aalge 123 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 124 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 125 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 126 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 02/07/2022 RSPB Bempton Cliffs Albie the Albatross 127 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 128 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 129 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 130 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 21/09/2023 South Gare 131 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 132 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 133 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 134 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 135 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 136 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 137 Great Egret Ardea alba 138 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 139 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 140 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 141 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 142 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 143 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 144 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 145 Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti 146 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 147 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 148 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 14/01/2024 Norfolk 149 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 150 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 21/09/2023 151 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 10/12/2023 Llanrhidian 152 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 153 Red Kite Milvus milvus 154 Black Kite Milvus migrans 155 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 156 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 157 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 158 Little Owl Athene noctua 159 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 01/03/2023 Farlington Marsh 160 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 161 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 162 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 163 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 164 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 165 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 166 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 167 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 168 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 169 Merlin Falco columbarius 19/11/2023 Stone Creek, East Riding 170 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 171 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 172 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 173 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 174 Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis 175 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 176 Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 02/09/2022 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 177 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 178 Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki 179 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 180 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 10/12/2023 Worms Head 181 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 182 Rook Corvus frugilegus 183 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 184 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 185 Northern Raven Corvus corax 186 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12/11/2023 Pickering Yorkshire 187 Coal Tit Periparus ater 188 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 189 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/07/2023 New Forest 190 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 191 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 192 Great Tit Parus major 193 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 29/12/2023 Alkborough Flats 194 Woodlark Lullula arborea 195 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 196 Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae 06/04/2024 Algarve, Portugal 197 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 198 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 03/03/2024 New-biggin-by-the-sea 199 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 200 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 201 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 202 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 203 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 204 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 205 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 206 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 207 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 208 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 209 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 210 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 211 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 212 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 213 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala 214 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 215 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 216 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 26/01/2023 Blashford Lakes, Hampshire 217 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 218 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 219 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 220 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 221 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 222 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor 223 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 224 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 225 Redwing Turdus iliacus 226 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 227 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 228 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 25/10/2023 Warfield, Berks 229 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis 28/12/2023 Tophill Low 230 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 231 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 232 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 18/09/2023 Spurn 233 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 234 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 18/09/2023 Spurn 235 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 09/12/2023 Cardiff BBC 236 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 26/06/2023 Ambelside 237 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 06/04/2024 Algarve, Portugal 238 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 239 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 240 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 241 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 242 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 243 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 244 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 245 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus Yes 06/04/2024 Algarve, Portugal 246 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Yes 06/04/2024 Algarve, Portugal 247 Dunnock Prunella modularis 248 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 30/06/2023 Spurn 249 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 250 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 251 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 252 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 253 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 05/03/2023 Bude 254 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 255 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 256 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 257 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 14/01/2024 Lynford Arb 258 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 259 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 26/06/2023 Kendal, Cumbria 260 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 261 Twite Linaria flavirostris 03/03/2024 New-biggin-by-the-sea 262 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 263 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 264 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 265 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 266 European Serin Serinus serinus 267 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 268 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 20/09/2023 Spurn 269 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 14/11/2023 Flamborough Head 270 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 271 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 272 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 03/02/2024 Portscatho 273 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 274 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 04/01/2024 Heybridge, Maldon Seen in scrub by canal