Nick Edwards: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 316 of 316 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 14/11/1998 Wells on sea 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 08/11/2008 Holkam 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 02/04/2022 Earith Cambridgeshire 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana Cley 6th jan 2011 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25 Pintail Anas acuta 26 Teal Anas crecca 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 29 Pochard Aythya ferina 30 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 17/01/2010 barton broad 31 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29/01/2012 Ranworth broad 32 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 33 Scaup Aythya marila 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 08/11/2011 Burghead bay Scotland Male 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 13/10/2021 Musselburgh 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 02/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Scotland 41 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 42 Smew Mergellus albellus 17/01/2010 Barton broad 3 males 43 Goosander Mergus merganser 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 45 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 46 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus Scotland 47 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Scotland 48 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix Scotland 49 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 50 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 51 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 52 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 53 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 54 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 27/03/2010 Cromer 55 Swift Apus apus 56 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 04/09/1999 winterton 57 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 58 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 59 Stock Dove Columba oenas 60 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 61 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 62 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 63 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 64 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 65 Coot Fulica atra 66 Crane Grus grus 67 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 68 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 69 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 70 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Scotland 71 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 04/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 2020 72 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 18/05/2010 73 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 74 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 12/08/2000 North Norfolk 75 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 76 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 77 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 78 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 07/08/1999 cantley marsh 79 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 80 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 81 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 82 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 83 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 04/10/2021 Blacktoft sands 84 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 85 Curlew Numenius arquata 86 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 87 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 88 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 12/05/2007 Cley Norfolk 89 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11/10/2013 TITCHWELL 90 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 91 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 92 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 13/10/2008 CLEY 93 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 94 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 95 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 96 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 97 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 98 Redshank Tringa totanus 99 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 29/10/1998 Welney 100 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 101 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 102 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 13/10/2021 Aberdeenshire 103 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 104 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 19/06/2016 Tichwell Norfolk 105 Knot Calidris canutus 106 Ruff Calidris pugnax 107 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 25/08/2018 Frampton marsh 108 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 109 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 110 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 13/10/2021 yorkshire 111 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 11th july 2010 Titchwell 112 Sanderling Calidris alba 113 Dunlin Calidris alpina 114 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 115 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 11/09/1999 cantley 116 Little Stint Calidris minuta 117 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 118 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 03/08/2019 Cley 2019 119 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 05/12/2011 Cley Norfolk 120 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 19/08/2018 Mimsmere 121 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 27/07/2014 minsmere suffolk 122 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 123 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 18/07/2020 Frampton Marshes 124 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 16/08/1999 Titchwell 125 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 126 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 127 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 128 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 129 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 130 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 131 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 132 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 133 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 28/12/1999 SUFFOLK 134 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 26/07/2020 KWT oare Marshes 135 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 136 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 137 Common Gull Larus canus 138 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 139 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 140 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 141 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 142 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 143 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 144 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 25/08/2013 SPURN POINT YORKSHIRE 145 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 146 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 147 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 148 Puffin Fratercula arctica 149 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 30/08/2010 150 Razorbill Alca torda 151 Little Auk Alle alle 152 Guillemot Uria aalge 153 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 154 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 155 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 156 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 06/10/2021 Shetland 157 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 13/07/2021 Bempton cliffs Yorkshire 158 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 30/08/2021 Wales 2021 159 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 160 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/08/2013 SPURN POINT YORKSHIRE 161 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 30/08/2010 Wales 2021 162 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 30/08/2021 163 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 22/08/1998 SUFFOLK 164 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 165 Gannet Morus bassanus 166 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 167 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 168 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 18/03/2012 Cantley Norfolk 4 birds seen one with a ring on leg 169 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 170 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 171 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 07/05/2018 carlton Marshes Suffolk 172 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 173 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 29/08/1998 NORTH NORFOLK 174 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 02/09/2000 suffolk 175 Great White Egret Ardea alba 176 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 177 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 178 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 179 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Scotland 180 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 181 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 19/03/2011 Thetford 2011 182 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 183 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 184 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 17/01/2016 Norfolk 185 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 186 Red Kite Milvus milvus 187 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 188 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 189 Buzzard Buteo buteo 190 Barn Owl Tyto alba 191 Little Owl Athene noctua 192 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 11/10/2013 NORFOLK 193 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 194 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 195 Hoopoe Upupa epops 15/11/2015 Norwich Norfolk 196 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 26/06/2021 Suffolk 197 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 198 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 02/07/2022 Trimmingham 199 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 25/08/2013 SPURN POINT YORKSHIRE 200 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 201 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 202 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 203 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 204 Merlin Falco columbarius 205 Hobby Falco subbuteo 206 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 207 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 02/09/2016 London 208 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 18/05/2010 209 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 210 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 06/10/2021 211 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 212 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham 213 Jay Garrulus glandarius 214 Magpie Pica pica 215 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 30/08/2010 216 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 217 Rook Corvus frugilegus 218 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 219 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 220 Raven Corvus corax 30/08/2010 221 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 222 Coal Tit Periparus ater 223 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus Scotland 224 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 225 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 226 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 227 Great Tit Parus major 228 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 229 Woodlark Lullula arborea 230 Skylark Alauda arvensis 231 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 232 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 233 Swallow Hirundo rustica 234 House Martin Delichon urbicum 235 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 08/12/2018 Cley 2018 236 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 237 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 238 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/05/2021 wyre forest 239 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 240 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 11/10/2013 NORFOLK 241 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 242 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 243 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 07/05/2008 NORWICH 244 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Winterton 2014 245 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 246 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 247 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 23/04/2017 Hickling Norfolk 248 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2010 Holme NWT 249 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 250 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 251 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 20/09/2014 252 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 253 Whitethroat Curruca communis 254 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 11/05/2010 255 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 256 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 257 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 258 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 259 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 260 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 01/09/2013 HORSEY GAP 261 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 262 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 263 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 264 Redwing Turdus iliacus 265 Blackbird Turdus merula 266 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 267 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 268 Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 18/10/2020 stiffkey Norfolk 269 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 270 Robin Erithacus rubecula 271 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 11/05/2010 272 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 13/06/2010 white-spotted bluethroat 273 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 06/10/2020 Yorkshire 274 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 275 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 17/10/2020 Holme Norfolk 276 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 277 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 278 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 279 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 18/10/2020 holkam norfolk 280 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 281 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 282 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 20/10/2007 Horsey gap 283 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 284 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 285 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 286 Dunnock Prunella modularis 287 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 288 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 289 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 290 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 291 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 05/10/2020 Spurn 292 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 21/09/2014 Wells on sea Norfolk 293 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 294 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 295 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 296 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 297 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 298 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 299 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 15/06/2021 300 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 301 Twite Linaria flavirostris 302 Linnet Linaria cannabina 303 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 304 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 305 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 10/03/2012 Titchwell 306 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 08/11/2011 Scotland 307 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 308 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 309 Siskin Spinus spinus 310 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 311 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 312 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 313 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 314 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 06/10/2021 315 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 316 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 07/01/2008 Cley