Owen Parsons: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 238 of 238 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 07/01/2024 Martin Mere 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 07/01/2024 Lunt Meadows NR 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 30/01/2024 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 15/01/2023 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/02/2024 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 26/02/2023 Foryd Bay Caernarfon 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 28/03/2022 Burton Mere Wetlands 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23/01/2022 The Spinnies 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands Drake American 'Storm' Wigeon 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 23 Pintail Anas acuta 24 Teal Anas crecca 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 04/12/2023 Lunt Meadows 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 10/08/2022 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 08/04/2024 Woolston Eyes NR 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/02/2024 Taylor Park, St Helens 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Scaup Aythya marila 26/02/2023 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 18/02/2024 Woolston Weir Basin 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 04/08/2023 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 15/02/2023 LLandulas 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 15/02/2023 Llandulas 36 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15/02/2023 Llandulas 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/03/2022 Burton Mere Wetlands 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/01/2023 Lapwing Hall Pool 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 15/02/2023 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 08/04/2024 Woolsten Eyes NR 43 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 11/04/2022 44 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 11/04/2022 45 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 46 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 08/03/2022 47 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 29/06/2022 Llandegla 48 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 28/03/2023 Llandudno Junction 49 Swift Apus apus 18/05/2022 50 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 06/05/2022 Delamere Forest 51 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 52 Stock Dove Columba oenas 53 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 54 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 19/07/2023 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 18/07/2023 RSPB Lakenheath 57 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 58 Coot Fulica atra 59 Crane Grus grus 20/07/2023 Willow Tree Fen LWT 60 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 61 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 62 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 18/10/2022 63 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 16/04/2023 RSPB St Aidan's 64 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 18/07/2023 NWT Weeting Heath 65 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 66 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 25/04/2023 River Clwyd, Rhyl 67 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/03/2022 Burton Mere Wetlands 68 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 22/08/2023 Hoylake, Wirral 69 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 70 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 25/04/2023 Great Orme 71 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 26/07/2022 73 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 74 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 22/04/2022 Menai Bridge, Anglesey 75 Curlew Numenius arquata 76 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/11/2023 Alaw Estuary 77 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 78 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 26/03/2023 Burton Mere Wetland s 79 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 30/12/2022 80 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 81 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 82 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21/09/2023 Elton Reservoir 83 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 29/09/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 84 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 08/07/2022 85 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 10/08/2022 Deeping Lakes NR 86 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 10/08/2022 RSPB Frampton Marsh 87 Redshank Tringa totanus 88 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 26/10/2022 RSPB Marshside 89 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 90 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 07/03/2022 91 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 92 Knot Calidris canutus 93 Ruff Calidris pugnax 94 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 95 Sanderling Calidris alba 96 Dunlin Calidris alpina 97 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 98 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20/09/2023 Hoylake 99 Little Stint Calidris minuta 11/09/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 100 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 04/09/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 101 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 17/06/2022 Gronant 102 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 19/04/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 103 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 02/06/2023 Pennington Flash 104 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 06/06/2022 Burton Mere Wetlands 105 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 106 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 107 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 108 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 08/03/2024 Marbury CP 109 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 19/08/2023 110 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 111 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 112 Common Gull Larus canus 113 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 11/08/2022 114 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 115 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 11/08/2022 116 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 117 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 118 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 09/08/2023 119 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 09/08/2023 120 Puffin Fratercula arctica 07/05/2023 RSPB South Stack 121 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 03/04/2022 122 Razorbill Alca torda 03/04/2022 123 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 03/04/2022 124 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 15/02/2023 Llandulas 125 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 15/12/2023 Crosby Marine Lake 126 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/04/2022 127 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/05/2023 128 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/08/2023 Point Lynas 129 Gannet Morus bassanus 130 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 131 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 132 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 17/05/2022 Burton Mere Wetlands 133 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 30/01/2022 Marbury CP 134 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 16/04/2023 River Calder 135 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 136 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 137 Great White Egret Ardea alba 138 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 139 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/05/2022 Llyn Brenig 140 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 141 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 17/03/2023 142 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13/02/2022 143 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 17/10/2023 144 Red Kite Milvus milvus 145 Buzzard Buteo buteo 146 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/02/2022 147 Little Owl Athene noctua 04/06/2022 148 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 13/02/2022 149 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 150 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/05/2022 Chester Zoo Canal 151 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 19/07/2023 Trimmingham 152 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 01/05/2024 RSPB Middleton Lakes 153 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 154 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 155 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 156 Merlin Falco columbarius 26/12/2022 Flint Castle 157 Hobby Falco subbuteo 06/05/2023 158 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 13/04/2023 Britania Bridge 159 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/11/2023 Sefton Park, Liverpool 160 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 22/11/2023 Pentre Llyn Cymmer 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 162 Magpie Pica pica 163 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 167 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 07/05/2023 RSPB South Stack 168 Raven Corvus corax 169 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/11/2023 Lysfaen, Conwy 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 171 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 19/05/2023 Llyn Vyrnwy 172 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 11/04/2022 Llyn Brenig 173 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 174 Great Tit Parus major 175 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 16/04/2023 RSPB St Aidan's 176 Skylark Alauda arvensis 177 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 178 Swallow Hirundo rustica 179 House Martin Delichon urbicum 180 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 11/04/2023 RSPB Conwy 181 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 182 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 183 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 05/05/2023 184 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 185 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 186 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 187 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 188 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 29/04/2023 Burton Point 189 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 190 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/05/2023 191 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 19/07/2023 192 Whitethroat Curruca communis 193 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 194 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 195 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 196 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 197 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 198 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 199 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 200 Redwing Turdus iliacus 201 Blackbird Turdus merula 202 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 203 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 04/04/2023 Leasowe 204 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 26/05/2023 205 Robin Erithacus rubecula 206 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/05/2022 Coed Y Felin 207 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 27/01/2024 Horton's Nose, Rhyl 208 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 10/05/2022 Cilcain 209 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 30/08/2022 210 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 211 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 212 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 15/01/2023 Alyn Waters 213 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/01/2023 Lapwimh Hall Pool 214 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 215 Dunnock Prunella modularis 216 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 11/07/2022 Hale Lighthouse 217 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 21/05/2022 218 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 219 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 220 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/05/2022 221 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 30/12/2022 222 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/06/2022 223 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 224 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 11/04/2022 Llyn Brenig 225 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 26/02/2023 226 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 227 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 228 Twite Linaria flavirostris 28/01/2024 229 Linnet Linaria cannabina 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 231 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 07/02/2023 232 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 233 Siskin Spinus spinus 234 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 19/10/2023 RSPB Conwy 235 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 21/01/2023 236 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 20/07/2023 237 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 11/04/2022 238 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus