John Edwards: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 369 of 369 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla pale, dark and black brant 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 11/12/1998 wells next sea norfolk Lincolnshire 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 03/03/2022 Co.Sligo 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Highland 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 08/04/2021 Southwold 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Thorney 11 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 19/12/2011 closet meadow oxford island 1x greenland wf 4 russian white fronts greyabbey 20th feb 2012 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca norfolk 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula male belfast rspb 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 31/03/2022 Earith Cambs Female 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana ballycarry bridge larne lough County Down, Cambridgeshire 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25 Pintail Anas acuta 26 Teal Anas crecca 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis qouile pondage male 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23/03/2020 Paxton pits 29 Pochard Aythya ferina 30 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 24/11/2023 Cambridgeshire 31 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris castleward male 32 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 33 Scaup Aythya marila 34 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 02/02/2005 clea lakes female Male Belfast lough 35 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 08/11/2011 burghead bay male 36 Eider Somateria mollissima 37 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30/12/2013 carnlough co antrim 1st winter County Antrim, Male Musselburgh 38 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 39 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 03/05/2023 Lower largo 40 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 03/05/2023 Lower largo Drake 41 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 42 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis female river lagan, male kinnegoe bay lough neagh 43 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 44 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 01/12/2005 quoile pondage male 45 Smew Mergellus albellus portmore lough 4 males 46 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 03/05/2023 Cumbria 47 Goosander Mergus merganser 7 males grantown on spey 48 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 49 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 50 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 51 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta cairngorm 7 birds 52 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus hen 53 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix Female 24 males seen County Durham 54 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 55 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 56 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 57 Quail Coturnix coturnix 26/05/21 58 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 59 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 08/10/2019 Ballymena 60 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 61 Swift Apus apus 62 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 30/10/1999 winterton village 63 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 64 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 65 Stock Dove Columba oenas 66 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 67 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 19/02/2018 doagh 68 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 69 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 70 Corncrake Crex crex 31/05/2022 Tory island 3 seen well 71 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 72 Coot Fulica atra 73 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 10/11/2023 Linford lake MK 74 Crane Grus grus 75 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 76 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 77 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 78 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 79 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Holkham hall lake 80 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 81 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 82 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 01/02/1998 titchwell sammy Pair at Hickling 2021 83 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 84 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 85 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 86 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 06/07/1997 buckenham marsh rspb adult summer, Frampton 2021 87 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica kirkiston co.down juv 88 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus ballyquinten point co.down 4 birds Spurn Oct 2020 juv x1 89 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 90 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 91 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 92 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 03/05/2023 Long nanny 93 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft sands 94 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 04/05/2022 Tramore 95 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 21/04/2021 Rutland water Female 96 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 97 Curlew Numenius arquata 98 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 99 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 100 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 12/09/2018 Downpatrick 101 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11/10/2013 Titchwell rspb 2 on patsys pool showing well 102 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13/10/2013 Winterton flushed by dog 103 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 104 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 17/10/2008 belfast lough rspb also oct 2011 105 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 11/10/2013 Titchwell rspb 1 on fresh marsh 106 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus titchwell 2 birds 107 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 108 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 109 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 110 Redshank Tringa totanus 111 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 29/10/1998 welney wwt 112 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 113 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 114 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 08/11/2020 Dunwich 115 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 116 Knot Calidris canutus 117 Ruff Calidris pugnax 118 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 06/05/2021 Iken Suffolk 119 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 23/07/2022 Alkbourgh flats 350th 120 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 121 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 06/05/2021 Trimley 122 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 13/10/2021 St Aidans RSPB 123 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 07/06/2021 Blyth Northumberland 124 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis kirkiston co.down 125 Sanderling Calidris alba 126 Dunlin Calidris alpina 127 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 128 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 30/10/1998 cantley sugar beet factory 129 Little Stint Calidris minuta 130 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 20/08/2012 bann estuary also juv cley,norfolk 2nd nov 2012 131 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 26/07/2012 rspb belfast also 22nd july 2013 132 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 24/07/2021 Snettisham rspb 133 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/10/2023 Frampton 134 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 25/06/2021 Hickling 135 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 136 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 08/08/2020 Alton water 137 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 07/06/2020 Potter Heigham marshes 138 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 22/08/2017 RSPB Belfast 139 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 02/06/2023 Paxton pits 140 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 03/03/2007 killyleagh co.down 141 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 142 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 143 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii briggs rock 144 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 145 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 146 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 19/01/2012 ardglass harbour adult (great views) 147 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 148 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 28/12/1999 aldeburgh suffolk 149 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 16/09/2013 ramore head 4 juvs 150 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 08/02/2012 ballygalley 151 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 152 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 153 Common Gull Larus canus 154 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 155 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 156 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 10/08/2022 Grafham 157 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 158 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 159 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 160 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 19/01/2012 ardglass harbour 3 161 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 162 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 03/04/2021 Newlyn 1st winter 163 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 164 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 165 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 166 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 167 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 168 Puffin Fratercula arctica 169 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 170 Razorbill Alca torda 171 Little Auk Alle alle 172 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 26/11/2021 Wells 173 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 174 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 175 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 176 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 25/01/2014 Lough Fea 177 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 178 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 06/10/2021 Shetland 179 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 180 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton cliffs 181 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 16/09/2013 ramore head 1 182 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 183 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis Baltimore pelagic 13/08/22 184 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 13/08/2022 4 185 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 16/09/2013 ramore head 1 186 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis Baltimore pelagic 13/08/22 187 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 188 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Baltimore pelagic 13/08/22 189 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 28/09/1999 southwold suffolk Also 1 frampton 190 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 191 Gannet Morus bassanus 192 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 11/09/2023 South Gare 193 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 194 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 195 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 03/03/2022 Doon lough 340th 196 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 03/02/2014 Ballycarry co.antrim 250th 197 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia cley norfolk , quoile pondage co.down 198 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 199 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 28/04/2023 Essex 200 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 201 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 17/05/2022 Smithy fen Cambs 202 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 25/10/2011 belfast lough 1st record for northern ireland 203 Great White Egret Ardea alba mimsmere 204 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 205 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 07/06/2021 Cleveland 206 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 207 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 03/03/2022 Co.Roscommon 208 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 209 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos findhorn valley highlands 1st winter - sub adult birds 5+ 210 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 211 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis co.down displaying pair 212 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 213 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 04/06/2012 antrim plateau Male 214 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 03/03/2022 Lough boora Juv showed well 215 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 06/01/2023 Warham 216 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 12/05/2021 Holme next the sea 217 Red Kite Milvus milvus 218 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla benacre broad suffolk , findhorn valley highlands juv and a sub adult 219 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 220 Buzzard Buteo buteo 221 Barn Owl Tyto alba 222 Little Owl Athene noctua 223 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 224 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10/10/2013 cley 225 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 12/02/2012 altikeeragh co.londonderry 1st w male great views Also male arranmore island 26th aug 2013 226 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 227 Hoopoe Upupa epops Suffolk, Norfolk, Warwickshire 228 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Suffolk 229 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 230 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 15/06/2022 Norfolk 6 birds 231 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 19/09/2020 BO Dunes 232 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 15/03/2020 Suffolk Norfolk, Warwickshire 233 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 234 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 235 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 236 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 16/05/2020 1st summer male 280th 237 Merlin Falco columbarius 13/10/2016 Portavogie 238 Hobby Falco subbuteo 239 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 240 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 18/10/2020 Shuart Kent 241 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22/05/2021 Bedfordshire 242 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Broughbourgh lake Cambridgeshire 243 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 18/10/2020 Shuart Kent 244 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 11/05/2021 Rochford Adult Male 245 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio titchwell norfolk, male fen Drayton rspb, male 246 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 10/07/2022 Bempton cliffs 247 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/09/2020 Warham Spurn 13/05/22 adult male 248 Jay Garrulus glandarius 249 Magpie Pica pica 250 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax rathlin island co.antrim 2 birds 251 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 252 Rook Corvus frugilegus 253 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 254 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 255 Raven Corvus corax 256 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 257 Coal Tit Periparus ater 258 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 07/11/2011 annagach again same location 2021 259 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 260 Willow Tit Poecile montanus Brecks, West Yorks 261 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 262 Great Tit Parus major 263 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 07/12/2020 Nottinghamshire Langford RSPB Somerset 2021 264 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 265 Woodlark Lullula arborea 266 Skylark Alauda arvensis 267 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 268 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 30/10/2021 West Runton 269 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 270 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 28/11/2020 Sapphire hoe Kent 271 Swallow Hirundo rustica 272 House Martin Delichon urbicum 273 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 274 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 275 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 276 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 08/11/2020 Gunton 1 also showed very well Eastbourne 10/02/22 277 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 290th 278 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 12/10/2013 warham greens also 13th oct 1 at winterton 17th Oct stiffkey campsite wood 279 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 09/10/2020 Southwold 280 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 18/10/2020 Chambers wall Kent Holme NOA 22/10/20 showed well 281 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 282 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 283 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 09/06/2020 Minsmere Ipswich 2021 284 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 03/06/2021 Nottinghamshire 285 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 286 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 21/06/2021 Middleton lakes 287 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 288 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 07/06/2020 289 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 03/09/2021 Blakeney point 290 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 11/06/2021 Ham wall, Somerset 291 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 13/06/2020 Reeling Biggleswade 09/05/21 292 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2022 RSPB Ouse fen, Paxton pits, Cambourne 293 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 294 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 295 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 04/10/2020 Burnham 296 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 297 Whitethroat Curruca communis 298 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 299 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla walsey hills norfolk 300 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 301 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 302 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 303 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 304 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 305 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 25/06/2021 Norfolk 306 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 307 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 308 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 309 Redwing Turdus iliacus 310 Blackbird Turdus merula 311 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 312 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 12/10/2013 holkham my 1st self found ouzel male 313 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 04/01/2020 Whipsnade zoo 314 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 10/02/2022 Eastbourne 315 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 316 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata castle espie co.down 2 adults 3 juv 317 Robin Erithacus rubecula 318 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 13/05/2020 At least 10 singing, 4/5 different birds seen 319 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 08/10/2021 Shetland 320 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 06/10/2020 Easington gas terminal 321 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Winterton 2 birds 322 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 17/10/2020 Holme Flam head 2021 323 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 324 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 325 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 326 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 31/10/2018 Salthouse 327 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 328 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 329 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 17/11/2020 Salthouse Adult male 330 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 331 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 332 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 333 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 28/10/2022 Slaughden Suffolk 334 Dunnock Prunella modularis 335 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 336 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 17/01/2020 Sedgeford 337 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 338 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 339 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 01/02/2012 killard point 340 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 341 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 342 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 26/11/2012 corbetts beach co down 240th 343 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 344 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 345 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 346 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla belfast lough rspb female 347 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 348 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 349 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 07/10/2021 West burra Shetland 350 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 351 Twite Linaria flavirostris 352 Linnet Linaria cannabina 353 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 13/10/2013 Winterton 8+ birds very pale 354 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 355 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 07/11/2011 annagach 356 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra cairn wood co.down 40+ 357 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 358 Siskin Spinus spinus 359 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 08/12/2020 Happisburgh lighthouse 360 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 361 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 362 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 363 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 02/04/2021 Labrador bay 2 males 1 female seen well 364 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 28/11/2020 Thursley Also 1 Nottinghamshire Langford RSPB 07/12/20 365 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 28/11/2020 Thursley Shetland 2021 366 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 367 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 28/04/2023 Seaford 368 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 13/04/2021 Baracombe 369 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 07/01/2024 Heybridge