Dave Saunders: Sandwell Valley Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 214 of 214 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 25/01/1984 Forge Mill 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 25/06/1978 Swan Pool 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/08/1981 Forge Mill 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 09/08/1986 Forge Mill 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 12/04/1990 Forge Mill 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 09/01/1982 flying over 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 28/08/1978 Swan Pool 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 23/10/1988 Forge Mill 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15/01/1987 Forge Mill 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 26/09/1987 Forge Mill 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15/01/1987 Forge Mill 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/03/1991 Forge Mill 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 04/05/1984 Forge Mill 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 28/11/1980 Ice House Lake 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 28/01/1979 Ice House Lake 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18/12/1981 Swan Pool 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25/06/1978 Swan Pool 18 Pintail Anas acuta 16/02/1984 Forge Mill 19 Teal Anas crecca 10/10/1978 Swan Pool 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 20/10/1979 Swan Pool 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/1979 Swan Pool 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17/12/1978 Dartmouth Park 23 Scaup Aythya marila 14/12/1984 Forge Mill 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 31/10/1993 Swan Pool 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/12/1994 Forge Mill 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/12/1986 Swan Pool 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/11/1991 Forge Mill 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24/10/1979 Swan Pool 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/03/1986 Forge Mill 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 20/01/1979 Swan Pool 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 17/06/1990 Swan Pool 32 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 10/08/1981 Swan Pool 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/04/1979 Jubilee Mound 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30/09/1984 Hill Top 35 Quail Coturnix coturnix 19/05/1989 Near Forge Mill 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/04/1982 Park Farm Fields 37 Swift Apus apus 25/06/1978 Swan Pool 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/1981 Cypress 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 28/12/1978 Dartmouth Park feral pigeon 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 09/07/1979 Near Swan Pool 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 25/06/1978 Swan Pool Paddocks 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 10/07/1979 Ice House Wood 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 16/07/1978 Park Farm 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 14/12/1981 Ice House Lake 45 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 28/09/1987 R.S.P.B. Marsh 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/07/1978 Ice House Lake 47 Coot Fulica atra 25/06/1978 Swan Pool 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 21/04/1979 Swan Pool 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 29/04/1993 Forge Mill 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/07/1978 Ice House Lake 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10/12/1991 Swan Pool 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 30/10/1983 Swan Pool 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 08/05/1986 Forge Mill 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 15/05/2013 Forge Mill 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/09/1987 Forge Mill 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/12/1984 Swan Pool 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/08/1979 Swan Pool 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 24/04/1982 Forge Mill 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/1979 Over Swan Pool 60 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 01/06/2022 Sandwell Valley 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 25/04/1986 Forge Mill 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 27/08/1979 Swan Pool 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 14/09/2002 Forge Mill 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 14/05/1989 Swan Pool 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 28/01/1979 Swan Pool Marsh 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 07/03/1981 Over Ice House Wood 67 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 22/08/1995 forge mill 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 06/10/1979 River Tame 69 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 10/09/1993 R.S.P.B. Marsh 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/09/1979 River Tame 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 25/04/1982 Forge Mill 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 19/05/1986 R.S.P.B 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 17/01/1981 River Tame 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 06/09/1988 Forge Mill 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 26/04/1986 Bowaters Marsh 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 19/05/1985 Forge Mill 77 Knot Calidris canutus 15/11/1996 Forge Mill 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/02/1981 Swan Pool 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 10/09/1988 Forge Mill 80 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 12/05/1993 Forge Mill 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 15/05/1994 Forge Mill 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 30/08/1979 Swan Pool 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 22/09/1989 Forge Mill 84 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 24/08/2003 Forge Mill 85 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 13/09/1980 Swan Pool 86 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 17/05/1979 Swan Pool 87 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 17/06/1980 Swan Pool 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 17/05/1979 Swan Pool 89 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 19/09/1996 Swan Pool 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/08/1981 Swan Pool 91 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/04/1986 Forge Mill 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 07/10/1978 Swan Pool 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 28/05/2005 Forge Mill 94 Common Gull Larus canus 18/12/1981 Swan Pool 95 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 16/01/2019 Forge Mill 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/11/1978 Swan Pool 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 27/12/1996 Swan Pool 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 20/11/1978 Swan Pool 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 21/04/1979 Swan Pool 100 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 06/01/1990 Forge Mill 101 Little Auk Alle alle 06/01/1990 Beconveiw Road 102 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 29/12/2013 Swan Pool 103 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 03/09/1988 Forge Mill 104 Gannet Morus bassanus 15/03/2006 Salter Lane 105 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 13/05/1985 Swan Pool 106 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/12/1989 Swan Pool 107 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 24/08/2014 Forge Mill 108 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/05/2021 109 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 04/01/1993 R.S.P.B. Marsh 110 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/07/2004 Swan Pool 111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 28/03/2024 Salters 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 14/01/2017 Flew over Crematorium 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 10/10/1978 Swan Pool 114 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/09/2004 From R.S.P.B Centre 115 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 30/07/2020 Salters Lane 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/09/1980 Ice House Wood 117 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 26/02/2000 R.S.P.B 118 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 29/04/1988 Hill Top 119 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/11/1989 R.S.P.B 120 Red Kite Milvus milvus 08/04/2006 Salters Lane 121 Buzzard Buteo buteo 16/02/1986 Browns Fields 122 Barn Owl Tyto alba 23/11/1992 Owl Field 123 Little Owl Athene noctua 19/04/1986 Browns Fields 124 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 14/11/1983 Owl Field 125 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 04/04/1979 Jubilee Mound 126 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 10/10/1978 Priory Wood 127 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 08/12/1979 River Tame 128 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 21/04/1979 Ice House Wood 129 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 10/07/1979 Cascade Wood 130 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 26/08/1980 Swan Pool Paddocks 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 16/09/1978 Near Swan Pool 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/04/1984 Forge Mill Fields 133 Hobby Falco subbuteo 19/08/1986 Forge Mill Fields 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/09/1992 Swan Pool 135 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 07/04/1991 Forge Mill 136 Jay Garrulus glandarius 20/04/1979 Darthmouth Park 137 Magpie Pica pica 25/06/1978 Over Swan Pool 138 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 06/10/1979 Over Swan Pool 139 Rook Corvus frugilegus 19/02/1984 Forge Mill Fields 140 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 16/07/1978 Over Park Farm 141 Raven Corvus corax 13/02/2006 Hill Top 142 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 13/01/2011 Hill Top 143 Coal Tit Periparus ater 16/09/1978 Priory Wood 144 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 17/09/1978 Ice House Wood 145 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 21/04/1979 Ice House Wood 146 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 25/06/1978 Near Swan Pool 147 Great Tit Parus major 25/06/1978 Dartmouth Park 148 Woodlark Lullula arborea 31/10/2014 Salters Lane 149 Skylark Alauda arvensis 08/10/1978 Swan Pool Meadow 150 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/04/1979 Swan Pool 151 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/06/1978 Swan Pool 152 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/06/1978 Swan Pool 153 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 07/10/2001 Forge Mill 154 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 28/12/1980 Jubilee Mound 155 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 06/05/1984 Allotments Wood 156 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 19/10/2019 North island 157 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 26/04/1979 Park Farm Wood 158 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/04/1979 Park Farm Wood 159 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 18/05/2015 swan pool island 160 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 09/05/1981 Ice House Lake Island 161 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 10/07/1981 River Tame 162 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 19/06/1982 Ice House Lake Island 163 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 16/07/1982 Bowaters Marsh 164 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 10/07/1979 Cascade Wood 165 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 17/06/1979 Priory Wood 166 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/06/1984 Bird Lane 167 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/05/1980 Park Farm Wood 168 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 06/11/1983 Allotment Wood 169 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 28/01/1979 Cascade Wood 170 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 16/07/1978 Park Farm 171 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/11/1985 Park Farm Wood 172 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/1981 Priory Wood 173 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 16/07/1978 Park Farm 174 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/11/1978 Cascade Wood 175 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 25/06/1978 Near Swan Pool 176 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/1979 Swan Pool Island 177 Blackbird Turdus merula 25/06/1978 Near Swan Pool 178 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/11/1978 Swan Pool Paddocks 179 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 25/04/1986 Swan Pool Paddocks 180 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 17/05/1979 Park Farm Wood 181 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/07/1978 Park Farm Wood 182 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/08/1981 Cypress Pool 183 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 26/04/1986 R.S.P.B 184 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 15/08/1981 Swan Pool Paddocks 185 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/05/1980 Swan Pool Marsh 186 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 22/10/1979 Swan Pool Marsh 187 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 13/10/1979 Hill Top Golf Course Greenland 188 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 29/09/1987 Over R.S.P.B. Marsh 189 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 10/09/1978 Cypress Pool 190 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 10/09/1978 Swan Pool Paddocks 191 Dunnock Prunella modularis 25/06/1978 Cascade Wood 192 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/1979 Swan Pool Blue Headed 5th May 1980: Black Headed 18th Apr 1996 ( I Relocted Bird) 193 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 08/10/1978 Swan Pool 194 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 23/09/1978 Swan Pool Paddocks White Wagtail 10th April 1982 195 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 21/04/1979 Swan Pool 196 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 27/07/1979 Jubilee Mound 197 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 04/04/1987 Forge Mill 198 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/03/1981 River Tame 199 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 16/09/1978 Priory Wood 200 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 06/12/1980 Ice House Wood 201 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 14/12/1997 Swan Pool/Jubilee Mound 202 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 23/09/1978 Swan Pool Paddocks 203 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 17/12/1978 Dartmouth Park 204 Twite Linaria flavirostris 01/02/1984 Forge Mill 205 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/10/1978 Swan Pool Paddocks 206 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 14/02/1987 R.S.P.B 207 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 03/11/1979 Swan Pool Paddocks 208 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/08/2000 Fly Over 209 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 08/10/1978 Swan Pool Meadow 210 Siskin Spinus spinus 21/11/1981 Jubilee Mound 211 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 15/11/1987 Forge Mill 212 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 11/01/1982 Monks Meadow 213 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 20/06/1979 Swan Pool Paddocks 214 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/1979 Swan Pool