Karl Stockton: Isles of Scilly Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 239 of 239 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 11/10/2000 Great Pool, Tresco. 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 16/04/1993 Tresco , Great Pool. My first ‘twitch’ to Scilly. 13 Pintail Anas acuta 14 Teal Anas crecca 15 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19 Scaup Aythya marila 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 23 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 24 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 25 Quail Coturnix coturnix 26 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 27 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 14/09/1998 Pelistry/Green Ln. , St.Marys. 28 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 29 Swift Apus apus 30 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 13/10/1999 Great Pool, Tresco. 31 Stock Dove Columba oenas 32 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 33 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 35 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 36 Corncrake Crex crex 37 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 41 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 44 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 48 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 49 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 51 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 52 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 09/10/1993 St.Marys. 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 57 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 60 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 10/10/1998 Lower Moors, St.Marys. 61 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 63 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 12/10/2002 The Cove, St.Agnes. 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 65 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 23/09/2000 Porth Hellick Pool, St. Mary’s 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 70 Knot Calidris canutus 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 73 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 77 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 10/10/1995 St.Agnes 78 Little Stint Calidris minuta 79 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 80 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 12/10/1996 Great Pool, Tresco. 81 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 29/09/2004 St.Marys Golf Course. Estimated date 82 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 83 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 84 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 85 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 86 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 87 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 88 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 89 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 90 Common Gull Larus canus 91 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 92 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 94 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 96 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 05/02/1998 St.Mary’s. 97 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 98 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 99 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 100 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 101 Puffin Fratercula arctica 102 Razorbill Alca torda 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 105 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 106 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 107 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 109 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 110 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 111 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 112 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 113 Gannet Morus bassanus 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 116 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 117 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 118 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 119 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 120 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 09/10/1999 Eastern Isles. 1st for Britain. 121 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 122 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 123 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 124 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 125 Buzzard Buteo buteo 126 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 127 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 128 Hoopoe Upupa epops 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 130 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 131 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 16/05/2002 Peninnis, St.Marys. 132 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 133 Merlin Falco columbarius 134 Hobby Falco subbuteo 135 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 136 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 07/10/1995 Old Town Churchyard, St.Mary’s. 137 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 138 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 139 Magpie Pica pica 140 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 141 Rook Corvus frugilegus 142 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 143 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 144 Raven Corvus corax 145 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 146 Great Tit Parus major 147 Woodlark Lullula arborea 148 Skylark Alauda arvensis 149 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 150 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 151 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 152 Swallow Hirundo rustica 153 House Martin Delichon urbicum 154 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 29/09/2000 Porthellick Pool, St.Marys. 155 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 156 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 157 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 158 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 159 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 160 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 161 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 162 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 09/10/2000 Lower Broome Platform, Garrison, St.Mary’s. 163 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 09/10/1994 The Dump, St.Mary’s. 164 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 165 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 13/10/2001 Field nr. Medical Centre, St.Mary’s. 166 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 167 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 168 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 169 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 170 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 171 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 172 Whitethroat Curruca communis 173 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 16/10/2000 Middle Down, Tresco. 174 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 175 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 176 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 177 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 178 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 179 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 13/10/2000 Porthellick House, St.Mary’s. 180 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 15/10/1993 Tresco. 181 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 10/10/2008 St.Mary’s. Estimated date & details 182 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 12/10/1999 St.Agnes. 183 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 184 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 185 Redwing Turdus iliacus 186 Blackbird Turdus merula 187 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 09/10/1993 St.Mary’s. 188 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 189 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 190 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 13/10/1993 St.Martin’s. 191 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 192 Robin Erithacus rubecula 193 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 194 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 195 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 196 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 197 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 198 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 14/10/1999 Porthloo Beach, St. Mary’s. 199 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 200 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 201 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 202 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 203 Dunnock Prunella modularis 204 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 205 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 07/10/2002 Higher Town Beach, St.Martins. 206 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 207 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 208 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 209 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 08/10/1995 St.Mary’s Airport Fields. 210 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 211 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 212 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 10/10/1994 Tresco. 213 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 214 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 215 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 216 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 217 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 218 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 219 Linnet Linaria cannabina 220 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 221 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 222 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 223 Serin Serinus serinus 224 Siskin Spinus spinus 225 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 226 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 227 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 228 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 229 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 10/10/1993 Porth Hellick, St.Mary’s. 230 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 06/10/2001 Downs Cottage, St.Agnes. 231 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 232 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 14/10/1996 Bryher 233 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 12/10/1996 Garrison, St.Mary’s. 234 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 12/10/1997 Harry’s Wall, St.Mary’s. 235 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 10/10/1995 Parsonage, St.Agnes. 236 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 14/10/2022 Bryher 237 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 13/10/1997 Abbey Crossroads, Tresco. 238 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 12/10/1995 Tresco. 239 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 12/10/1993 Tresco