Steve Webb: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 592 of 592 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 13/11/1965 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 26/10/1975 Two Tree Island + others. In my list + others means a total of at least 4. 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 07/02/1999 Holkham + others. In my list + others always means a total of at least 4. Seen all possible subspecies to my knowledge of Lesser and Greater Canada. 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 04/11/2001 Horsey/Waxham Seen others but not checked if accepted or not. 7 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 27/10/1979 Near Aberdeen +others. In my list + others always means a total of at least 4 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser 9 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 10 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 25/12/1974 11 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Jan 73 13 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 23/12/1973 Slimbridge +others 14 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 29/01/1966 16 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 27/12/1974 17 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata March 1974 20 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 19/11/2001 Minsmere + others 21 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 01/10/1977 Tresco +others 23 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 24 Gadwall Mareca strepera 25 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 21/03/1976 Cropston Res Cropston Res bird was with Wigeon + others e.g. 24/3/08 Devon, 19/1/99 Wilstone, Motney Hill 14/3/87, etc, etc 26 Wigeon Mareca penelope 27 American Wigeon Mareca americana 17/12/1978 Chew Valley +others 28 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 29 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 01/10/1977 Tresco +others 30 Pintail Anas acuta 06/12/1964 31 Teal Anas crecca 32 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 33 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Jan 1973 34 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 21/01/1997 Welney also kent, essex 35 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 03/03/1996 Near Notts 36 Pochard Aythya ferina 28/07/1964 37 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 28/01/1978 Radipole 38 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 09/03/1974 Marlow 39 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 40 Scaup Aythya marila 41 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 22/03/1987 Chasewater Res. + others. I am not sure on the correct date. 42 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 06/08/1979 Outer Hebrides 43 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 18/07/1977 Colne Point +others 44 Eider Somateria mollissima 45 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 21/02/1987 Shetland 46 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 21/03/1976 Swansea + others 47 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 48 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 13/06/2011 Murcar Seen a number of times at Murcar. 49 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 10/03/2011 Rossbeigh 50 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 51 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 05/01/1992 Newgale + others 52 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Nov 1973 53 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 31/01/1998 Ireland + others in UK 54 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 55 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 10/11/1979 Irvine 56 Smew Mergellus albellus 28/12/1968 57 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 27/10/2000 Outer Hebrides +2 58 Goosander Mergus merganser 10/04/1965 59 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27/02/1965 60 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 23/09/1977 61 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus Aug 1971 62 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 04/08/1979 63 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 05/08/1979 64 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 65 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 26/08/1973 66 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 29/06/1974 67 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 22/09/1973 68 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 69 Quail Coturnix coturnix 70 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 24/05/1964 71 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 14/10/1981 Scillies +1 72 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Jun-73 73 Needle-tailed Swift Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 27/05/1984 Shetland 74 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 23/10/1982 Porthgwarra 75 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 26/05/1979 Fairburn Ings +others 76 Swift Apus apus 77 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 14/05/1978 Stodmarsh + others 78 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 30/05/1993 Cley +1 79 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 05/05/1997 Isle of Wight + 2 80 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 14/10/2018 Hornsea Mere 81 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 09/01/1978 Chislet, Kent 82 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 01/01/1988 Christchurch + others 83 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 17/10/1982 Spurn + others 84 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 27/09/1979 Portland Bill +others 85 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 23/10/1982 Scillies +1 86 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 14/05/1961 87 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 19/05/1990 Shetland 88 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 89 Stock Dove Columba oenas 90 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 91 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 03/06/1964 92 Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 06/12/2002 Orkney + others 93 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Feb. 1970 94 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 15/11/1999 North Uist 95 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 96 Corncrake Crex crex 16/06/1979 97 Sora Porzana carolina Yes 20/10/1983 Scillies + 2 98 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 30/09/1976 Scillies 99 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 100 Coot Fulica atra 101 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 21/02/1981 Ballycotton plus kent 102 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 01/08/2016 Minsmere Would have seen it on the 31st July but car broke down!! 103 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 18/05/1989 Sunderland plus Grove Ferry 104 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 08/03/1985 Cuckmere +2 105 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 18/09/1991 Shetland 106 Crane Grus grus 20/03/1978 Holt 107 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 23/12/1964 108 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 26/01/1980 Radipole + others 109 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 04/08/1964 110 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 111 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Oct 1973 112 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 04/12/1965 113 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 25/05/1974 114 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 115 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 11/06/1978 Rye Harbour 116 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Sept 1972 117 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 118 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/11/1965 119 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 27/07/1986 Lincs + others 120 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 05/11/1978 Stithians + others 121 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 08/09/1973 122 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 12/03/1978 Keyhaven +others 123 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 124 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 11/10/1978 Scillies also Dawlish Warren 125 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 126 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 127 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 04/05/2023 Link House farm Arrived back in the UK on the 4th. 128 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Yes 22/10/1976 Fen Ditton +others 129 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/06/2007 Caerlaverock + others 130 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 04/06/1996 Shetland 131 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 15/08/1997 Pagham Harbour +1 132 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 22/07/2003 Keyhaven Marshes 133 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 11/12/1978 Siddlesham Ferry also 16th Dec + 2 others 134 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 135 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 19/10/1982 Scillies + others 136 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 137 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 06/05/2000 Goldcliff, Gwent +1 138 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 01/09/1982 Kenfig +1 139 Curlew Numenius arquata 11/03/1964 140 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 141 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 142 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 03/10/1981 Blacktoft +1 143 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 01/10/1977 Scillies + others 144 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 13/09/1999 Rosehearty 145 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 146 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 147 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 17/09/1984 Rymac +others 148 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/03/1965 149 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 13/10/1998 Scillies 150 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 03/10/1977 Scillies + others 151 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 152 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 24/09/1973 153 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 19/05/1982 Salthouse + others 154 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 155 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 22/09/1977 Bough Beech 156 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 157 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 02/09/1974 Rainham, Essex + others 158 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 28/11/1994 Burghead 159 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 15/08/1979 Cley + others 160 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 161 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/12/1963 162 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/09/1974 Lodmoor 163 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 164 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 11/10/1965 165 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 09/09/1975 Breydon Water +others 166 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 167 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 16/10/1996 Cleveland + Norfolk 168 Knot Calidris canutus 169 Ruff Calidris pugnax 12/09/1964 170 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 20/05/1978 Minsmere 171 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 19/09/1982 N. Killingholme + others 172 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 22/04/1984 Frogsham + others 173 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 174 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Sep-70 175 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 31/08/1982 Teeside + 1 176 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 27/07/1986 Blacktoft + 1 177 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 30/08/1975 178 Sanderling Calidris alba 13/11/1965 179 Dunlin Calidris alpina 180 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 181 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 10/09/1977 182 Little Stint Calidris minuta 183 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 19/08/1984 Dungeness + 2 184 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 10/09/1972 Minsmere 185 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 08/09/1973 186 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 05/09/1992 Wexford + 2 187 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 16/09/1980 Stithians + others 188 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 30/09/1984 Two Tree Island + 2 189 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 23/06/1981 Dunwich, Suffolk +2 190 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 18/08/1981 Fenstanton, Cambs + 2 191 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 30/05/1977 192 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 30/05/1980 Higham Ferrers +1 193 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 09/06/1984 Rutland Water + others 194 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 195 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 04/06/1990 Rye Harbour 196 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 07/07/1980 Titchwell + others 197 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 16/06/1981 Humberside + others 198 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 05/06/1976 Dungeness + others 199 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 12/05/1965 200 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 201 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 11/03/1980 Falmouth +others 202 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 203 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 22/05/1964 204 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 205 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 206 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 22/06/2020 Lady's Island Only 3 from UK saw this on the deck which included me! 207 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 24/06/1982 Greencastle + others 208 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 09/08/1983 Blakeney Point + 1 209 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 24/08/2016 Beale Point I was abroad when the American Royal in southern England turned up. Also saw the Traeth Dulas, Anglesea bird. Also saw the Llandudno bird briefly which might be West African Tern. 210 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 211 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 20/07/1974 Christchurch +others 212 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 213 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 24/12/1979 Seahouses +others 214 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 25/09/1977 Dungeness 215 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 13/05/1987 Cley +2 216 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 27/08/1977 Durham + others 217 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 218 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 18/12/1977 St. Ives + others 219 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 17/11/1977 Lowerstoft + others 220 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 05/05/2003 Dungeness 221 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 08/09/1973 Near Benarce 222 Common Gull Larus canus 223 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 09/07/1977 224 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 14/11/1998 Welford 225 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 08/08/2022 Grafham Water I was in Indonesia when the news broke. Good to get this one. 226 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 227 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 228 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 229 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Sep-74 230 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 231 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 28/02/1998 Kellybegs + others inc. British birds 232 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 03/03/2007 Ferryside +1 233 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 15/01/2011 Rainham 234 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 26/12/1976 New Brighton 235 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 236 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 237 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 238 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 239 Puffin Fratercula arctica 23/06/1968 240 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 11/11/2006 Dawlish Warren 241 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Jul-74 242 Razorbill Alca torda 23/06/1968 243 Little Auk Alle alle 244 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 16/10/1980 Fair Isle 245 Guillemot Uria aalge 23/06/1968 246 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 29/05/1990 Lundy 247 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 19/01/1969 248 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Jan 1974 249 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 01/02/2007 Near Knaresborough +1 250 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 28/04/1973 251 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 15/02/1981 Hartlepool + others 252 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 03/09/1983 St. Ives +others 253 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 08/05/1979 Unst Also 2020, 2021, 2022 254 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 08/10/1976 255 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 24/07/1994 Tynemouth 256 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 19/09/1977 257 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 23/06/1968 258 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 24/08/1997 Cape Clear Zino's/Fea's/Desertas. Seen quite a number of these types including at Flamborough 259 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 28/07/1980 Porthgwarra 260 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 10/08/2020 Lothian 261 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Sept 1973 262 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 03/09/1983 St. Ives 263 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 264 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 08/07/2020 Portland Bill Spent 2 days. 265 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 04/09/1977 Portland Bill 266 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 05/08/1980 Near Perth +others 267 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 14/08/1976 Near Dungeness 268 Gannet Morus bassanus 269 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 15/08/2023 Bishop Rock 270 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 05/09/2019 Kynance Cove Was in the Soloman Islands when the first one turned up. 271 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 272 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 23/06/1968 273 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 01/02/1989 Billington 274 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 27/04/1974 Stodmarsh 275 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/06/1974 276 Bittern Botaurus stellaris June 1973 277 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 04/11/1981 Magor +2 278 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 21/08/1977 Rye Harbour +others 279 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 280 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 05/10/2008 Letterfrack 281 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 06/11/2001 Balvicar 282 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 26/09/1976 Scillies 283 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 28/11/1982 Stone Creek +2 284 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 21/08/1975 Stanton Harcourt +others 285 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 14/02/2016 Kent seen with Brett Richards, et al 286 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 28/01/1981 Near Aber 287 Great White Egret Ardea alba 12/08/1979 Hickling Broad 288 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 289 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 15/04/2015 Scillies Also seen on the 20th. 290 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 291 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 09/05/2016 Near St.Just 292 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/06/1968 293 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 15/07/2021 Dunfanaghy 294 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 24/09/1973 295 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 08/10/1999 Scillies 296 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 15/06/1979 297 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 298 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 10/01/1976 299 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 300 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 301 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 01/11/2010 Tacumshin also norfolk jan 2, 2011 302 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 23/06/1995 Orkney +others 303 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus June 1973 304 Red Kite Milvus milvus 305 Black Kite Milvus migrans 20/04/1979 South Ockenden +others 306 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 29/01/1982 Sizewell + others 307 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 308 Buzzard Buteo buteo 309 Barn Owl Tyto alba 310 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 21/02/2019 Tumblin, Bixter 311 Little Owl Athene noctua 312 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 19/05/1980 Dummer + others 313 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 314 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 19/01/1968 315 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 09/05/1979 Fetlar + others 316 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 317 Hoopoe Upupa epops 08/04/1974 318 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 05/05/1983 Scillies + others 319 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 320 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 26/11/1979 Sladesbridge 321 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 09/07/1989 Great Cowden 322 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 05/05/1983 Scillies 323 Wryneck Jynx torquilla Sep-72 324 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 17/10/1988 Cape Clear 325 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 326 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 06/01/1962 327 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 15/04/1967 328 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 01/08/1974 Rainham + 2 329 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 330 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 14/06/1973 331 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 17/07/2017 St Buryan, Cornwall Lucky to see this bird. I was away in Peru when it first turned up. Got back from Peru on the 16th and the bird reappeared only for 1 day on the 17th. 332 Merlin Falco columbarius 333 Hobby Falco subbuteo 334 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 01/04/1986 Berry Head + 1 335 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Nov 1973 336 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 04/12/1983 337 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 16/09/2020 Tiree 338 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 22/09/2015 Dungeness 339 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 08/10/2008 Nanjizal + norfolk 340 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 30/09/2016 Barra Lucky to see this. Saw it very well indeed but some in our group missed it because it flew off high out to sea to the north before they got to the site. 341 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 11/10/1978 Scillies 342 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 15/10/1985 Galley Head 343 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 21/09/1990 Kennijack 344 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 31/07/1976 Lakenheath 345 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 21/10/1974 346 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 31/10/2004 Anstruther + 2 347 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 12/06/1977 348 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 25/09/1976 349 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 08/09/2000 Nene Washes adult female 350 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Jun-73 351 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 04/07/1998 Cemlyn Bay Adult seen with Simon King from Hampshire 352 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 01/10/1985 Shetland plus others including adults 353 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 04/11/2000 354 Jay Garrulus glandarius 355 Magpie Pica pica 356 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 03/11/1985 Westleton + 2 357 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Jul-74 358 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 359 Rook Corvus frugilegus 360 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/08/1967 361 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 362 Raven Corvus corax 363 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 364 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 21/02/1996 Nottingham 365 Coal Tit Periparus ater 366 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 07/08/1967 367 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 16/05/1964 368 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 02/11/1964 369 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 370 Great Tit Parus major 371 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 13/03/1984 Stodmarsh + others 372 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 373 Woodlark Lullula arborea 374 Skylark Alauda arvensis 375 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 02/10/1996 Landguard +1 376 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Feb-73 377 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 02/10/1977 Scillies 378 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 27/04/1985 Scillies 379 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 02/06/2003 South Stack 380 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 381 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 07/06/1990 Scillies 382 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 06/09/2004 Isle of Lewis 383 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 18/04/1999 Pugney +2 384 Swallow Hirundo rustica 385 House Martin Delichon urbicum 386 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 07/05/1980 Abberton Res. 387 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 11/10/1983 Scillies 388 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 27/04/1974 389 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 390 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 391 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 02/10/1976 Scillies + others 392 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 23/09/1995 Whitley Bay 393 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 28/10/1991 Holkham + others 394 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 20/10/1974 395 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 30/10/1976 Holkham 396 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 18/10/1975 Holkham 397 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 08/06/2021 Lundy I was on Spurn peninsula when the news broke. 398 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 18/10/1975 Holkham 399 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 400 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 401 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 29/04/1999 Portland + others 402 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 23/10/2009 South Shields + 2 403 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 27/09/1983 Scillies + 1 404 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 25/10/1987 Gugh, Scillies + 2 405 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 13/09/1975 406 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 18/10/1976 Holme +others 407 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 13/07/1979 Lincoln + others 408 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 06/09/1975 409 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 25/05/1965 410 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 12/09/1982 Walney Island + others 411 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 28/05/1984 Spurn + others 412 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 25/05/1964 413 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 25/07/1976 Eckington, Worcs 414 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 16/05/2003 Fair Isle 415 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 14/10/1980 Scillies + others 416 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 01/07/2000 Portland Bill +1 417 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 17/10/1984 Scillies + others 418 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 25/08/1975 419 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 26/08/1973 420 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 26/09/1986 Fair Isle + others 421 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 24/09/1982 Fair Isle + others 422 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 03/06/1981 Roydon + others 423 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 07/04/1974 424 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 425 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 04/09/1976 Holme + 4 426 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/05/1964 427 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 428 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 25/08/1973 Walsey Hills, Cley 429 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 430 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 29/05/2012 Hartlepool Headland Also Scillies 16 October 1981 but that is not assigned to Eastern or Western. 431 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 31/10/1979 Meols +2 432 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 09/06/1979 Lundy +1 433 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 25/09/1976 Beachy Head + others 434 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 13/10/1979 St Marys This bird was an adult male in full summer plumage. Also seen others. 435 Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 30/05/2018 Duncansby Head Was abroad when the Norfolk 2015 bird turned up but saw the Norfolk 2018 bird as well. Also saw the 2007 Norfolk bird - now accepted in BBRC Oct 2022 report. 436 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 18/10/1996 Portland + others. This record accepted as such by BBRC. Don't know when I got my first one 437 Whitethroat Curruca communis 438 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 24/05/1992 Filey + 2 439 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 16/05/1982 Midhope Moor + 2 440 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 441 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 442 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/08/1964 443 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 444 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 14/10/1989 Holkham 445 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 30/04/1962 446 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 09/04/1977 Near Hastings also cheddar 447 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 20/10/1988 Sandwich Bay 448 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 20/10/1988 Sandwich Bay + others 449 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 05/10/2001 South Stack 450 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 01/04/2021 Exmouth 451 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 11/10/1977 Scillies 452 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 453 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 20/11/1982 Nanquidno Also Papa Westray bird 454 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 21/10/1979 Scillies + others 455 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 16/10/1993 Scillies 456 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 30/11/1979 Scillies + others 457 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 26/10/1987 Lundy + 1 458 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 29/09/1991 Bruna + others 459 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 02/10/1992 North Ronaldsay + 1 460 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 461 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 462 Redwing Turdus iliacus 463 Blackbird Turdus merula 464 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 20/10/1984 Scillies + 2 465 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 466 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 467 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 22/02/1976 Coltishall + others 468 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 29/09/1994 The Naze 469 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 18/05/2013 Margate cemetery + 1 470 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 05/02/1990 Chingford 471 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 27/10/1998 Scillies + 2 472 Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 473 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 02/07/1992 Fair Isle + 2 474 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 475 Robin Erithacus rubecula 476 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 06/06/2011 Hartlepool Headland 477 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 29/09/1979 Scillies + others 478 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 479 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 18/09/1976 Blakeney Point 480 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 18/10/2003 Fair Isle +1 481 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 28/09/1972 Blakeney Point 482 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 26/04/2003 Flamborough 483 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 484 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 24/05/1984 Margate + others 485 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 31/10/1993 Winspit + others 486 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 487 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 488 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 06/02/1983 Minister + 2 489 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 14/10/1999 Scillies + 1 490 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 491 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 07/10/2016 Languard + others (also DNA birds) 492 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 11/05/2016 Titchfield Haven i.e. Caspian Stonechat adult. Also 1 DNA bird on 6/10/19 at Spurn just before I went abroad until December. 493 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 494 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 495 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 27/10/1979 Near Aberdeen + others 496 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 18/11/1984 Porthgwarra + others 497 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 24/10/1993 Stiffkey +1 498 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 29/10/1979 Boulmer + others 499 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 28/05/1985 Portland +1 500 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 05/06/1982 Kessingland 501 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 09/08/1967 502 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 503 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 13/08/1993 North Ronaldsay + 2 504 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 505 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 08/05/1976 Dungeness + 2 506 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 10/10/2016 Shetland The second bird I saw was in Vicar's lane, Easington which is my local patch!! 507 Dunnock Prunella modularis 508 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10/04/1964 509 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 15/12/2010 Colyford + others 510 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 17/11/1980 Welney 511 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 512 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 513 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 25/09/1976 Scillies 514 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 15/10/1988 Fair Isle now accepted plus others 515 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 25/09/1976 516 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 517 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 518 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 31/10/1976 Holkham 519 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 07/10/1989 Fair Isle + others 520 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 06/10/1976 Scillies 521 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 10/10/1988 Scillies + 1 522 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 523 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 524 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 525 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 526 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 527 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 26/03/1992 Shetland 528 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 529 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 20/05/1984 Selsey Bill + others 530 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 07/10/1976 Scillies 531 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 14/07/1964 532 Twite Linaria flavirostris 533 Linnet Linaria cannabina 534 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 535 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 536 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 07/10/1989 Fair Isle 537 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 17/10/1982 Holkham + others 538 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 04/04/1980 Grantown + others 539 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 540 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 17/12/1979 Cannock + others 541 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 542 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 07/06/2008 Fair Isle 543 Serin Serinus serinus 18/02/1978 Littlehampton 544 Siskin Spinus spinus 545 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 546 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 547 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 548 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 549 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 16/10/1980 Fair Isle + others 550 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 551 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 20/09/2008 North Ron 552 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 24/08/1964 553 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 17/10/2004 Fair Isle 554 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 24/09/1977 555 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 16/10/1980 Fair Isle 556 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 11/10/1977 Scillies + others 557 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 21/09/1977 Portland Bill + others 558 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 25/10/2015 Orkney 559 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 06/05/1978 Portland Bill + others 560 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 02/11/2023 Flamborough Abroad Sept and Oct so it was good to get this one back. Photos taken by another birder. 561 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 09/03/1994 Pennington Flash +1 562 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 26/04/1964 563 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 01/07/1981 Landguard +1 564 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 03/12/1989 Portland Bill + others 565 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 22/05/2003 Dursey Sound plus Cley, Norfolk 2008. 566 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 05/12/1984 Belfast + others 567 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 12/04/1982 Portland Bill also Fair Isle bird - different race 568 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 05/05/1979 Fair Isle 569 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 29/09/1976 Scillies + others 570 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 24/09/1983 Scillies +2 571 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 30/04/2017 North Ron Lucky to see this bird because had to be in Heathrow for a China trip the next day. 572 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 09/05/2009 Fair Isle 573 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 26/10/2004 Scillies 574 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 01/10/1982 Scillies + 1 575 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 06/02/1989 Larkfield 576 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 04/10/2000 Cape Clear 577 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 30/09/1977 Scillies + 2 578 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 02/10/2020 Burravoe, Yell 579 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 10/06/1984 Fetlar + 1 580 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 08/11/1982 Gibraltar Point +2 581 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 24/10/2013 Unst 582 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 11/10/1983 Scillies + others 583 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 28/09/1981 Scillies 584 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 14/10/2022 Bryher 585 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 04/11/1990 Lerwick 586 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 04/10/1976 Scillies +others 587 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 08/10/1985 Scillies + others 588 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 10/10/2006 Kilbaha 589 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 21/09/2013 Dursey Island 590 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 14/10/1982 Scillies 591 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 11/10/1979 Scillies + others 592 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 20/10/1996 Ramsey Island Some big Norfolk listers did not see this bird. The Holkham bird was not accepted although I did see it.