Brian Anderson: Loughton - Garden Life List BOU, Garden Record(s) 1 to 66 of 66 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis FLEW OVER 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 18/04/2020 2 Flew over 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor FLEW OVER 4 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 05/05/2018 two flew over garden FLEW OVER 5 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos FLEW OVER 6 Swift Apus apus FLEW OVER 7 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/11/2016 8 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 9 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 10 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 26/07/2013 5 BIRDS FLEW OVER 11 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 25/04/2022 Two flew past in strong winds PM 12 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 13 Common Gull Larus canus FLEW OVER 14 Herring Gull Larus argentatus FLEW OVER 15 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus FLEW OVER 16 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus FLEW OVER 17 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo FLEW OVER 18 Little Egret Egretta garzetta FLEW OVER 19 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 20 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 21 Red Kite Milvus milvus 18/03/2018 FLEW OVER 22 Buzzard Buteo buteo FLEW OVER 23 Little Owl Athene noctua HEARD ONLY 24 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 25 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 26 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 27 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus FLEW OVER 28 Hobby Falco subbuteo FLEW OVER 29 Peregrine Falco peregrinus ********** ********** 30 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/09/2011 31 Jay Garrulus glandarius 32 Magpie Pica pica 33 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 34 Rook Corvus frugilegus 35 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 36 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 03/01/2011 Garden 50 feeding on berry's in neighbours garden and sitting in my garden between feeds 37 Coal Tit Periparus ater 38 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 39 Great Tit Parus major 40 Swallow Hirundo rustica FLEW OVER 41 House Martin Delichon urbicum FLEW OVER 42 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 43 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 14/04/2012 Heard only one seen in the garden on 21st September 2012 44 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 45 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 21/09/2012 in trees three doors down viewed from my back garden 46 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 30/01/2011 Garden 47 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 48 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 49 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 50 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 51 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 52 Redwing Turdus iliacus 53 Blackbird Turdus merula 54 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 55 Robin Erithacus rubecula 56 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 57 Dunnock Prunella modularis 58 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 59 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 60 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 12/02/2012 61 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 62 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 07/04/2018 Pair 63 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 64 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 65 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 66 Siskin Spinus spinus