Paul Ward: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 416 of 416 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla dark and light as well as black brant 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/10/2011 minsmere - also farlington marsh 2012 4 with barnacle goose flock??? better bird is the farlington one 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 15/11/2011 burnham overy seen with pink-feet flock from lay-by. Subject to acceptance etc 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 23/03/2022 Banks marsh, lancashire 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 11 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons eurasian and greenland 12 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 31/12/2011 buckenham marshes after two unsuccessful trips finally got it - distant but reallt stood out from the crowd 13 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 14 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 18 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 04/04/2014 fen drayton pending 20 Garganey Spatula querquedula first maple lodge 2005? 21 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 18/05/2012 bridgend pool, clyde also man sands devon brief stop on the way back from holiday in scotland. strange location but it seemed happy enough 22 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 23 Gadwall Mareca strepera 24 Wigeon Mareca penelope 25 American Wigeon Mareca americana 18/02/2011 Rushy Common Oxon single male showed well 26 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 27 Pintail Anas acuta 28 Teal Anas crecca 29 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 15/11/2011 cley took ages to find it in the midst of the hundreds ofo theres 30 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 31 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 17/11/2023 Abberton reservoir good if distant views of it twice isolated from the flock 32 Pochard Aythya ferina 33 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 28/10/2008 single male amwell lake also better views at paxton pits 2011 34 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22/10/2010 foxcote reservoir thanks to joan thompson getting me onto the bird 35 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 36 Scaup Aythya marila first lodmoor c .2007 37 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 24/02/2012 cosmeston lakes lifer #2 on the yellowthroat twitch 38 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 14/09/2010 minsmere massive race down the beach followed by watching it drift lazily past! 39 Eider Somateria mollissima 40 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 15/11/2013 brands bay distant views of long staying juvenile 41 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14/11/2010 broadwater lake herts first distant view followed by better next week 42 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 16/02/2018 Scotland 43 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 44 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis historic first from dorset mid 80's. recent skye 5th may 2011 45 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 26/03/2010 fleet, dorset distant but certain on a sunday morning. really bad mood on saturday when mnot allowed to go off for it despite being 1 mile away 46 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 47 Smew Mergellus albellus first rickmansworth aquadrome mid 80's 48 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 11/08/2007 radipole lake dorset you're either a believer or not 49 Goosander Mergus merganser first rickmansworth aquadrome mid 80's 50 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 51 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 52 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus historix from scottish holidays 1970's plus many 2012 in speyside 53 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 28/04/2012 cairngorm 2 seen from the railway coming down from cairngorm peak 54 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 29/04/2012 loch garten horrible distant cview from the garten hide in the mist 55 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix historic from scottish holidays 1970's plus lekking on tulloch moor 2012 56 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 57 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus mainly historic but recent triangle in norfolk 58 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae historic beds 1970's 59 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 60 Quail Coturnix coturnix 03/07/2011 martinstown dorset heard only 61 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 62 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus historic from the brecks c 1975 63 Swift Apus apus 64 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 16/11/2018 chesil cove 1w showed really well above huts but in really misty conditions 65 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 13/09/2023 Salisbury i know, but two groups of 3 and 11 showed real well. 66 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 25/05/2016 portland wolfing down caterpillars at reap lane. cracking bird... 67 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 68 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia including bempton cliffs in mid c1970's 69 Stock Dove Columba oenas 70 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 71 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur first recent in ayot st lawrence june 2010 good bird and a good pint at the same time 72 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 18/02/2011 Chipping Norton rubbish views but hey..... 73 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 74 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 75 Corncrake Crex crex 01/05/2012 speyside seen crossing the road by a farm 76 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 08/09/2013 Wilstone horribly distant but a great sunday morning tick. http://rickybirdman95.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/a-well-spotted-crake.html 77 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 78 Coot Fulica atra 79 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 09/11/2023 Linford lakes one good and two distant views. 80 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 06/10/2011 boyton marsh cracking bird but really distant on a trip with dave simms 81 Crane Grus grus 10/05/2011 lakenheath 82 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 83 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 18/03/2013 ham wall cracking little bird but not very showy 84 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 23/06/2008 staines reservoir lovely breeding plumage on a twitch after work 85 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 86 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus historic from scotland 1970''s 87 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis first staines reservoir in winter 2007 88 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 89 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 90 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 20/04/2014 fen drayton 91 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 92 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 93 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 94 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 26/06/2012 cley superb views in gorgeous morning light 95 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 10/09/2019 Shellness showed well with 300 Europeans 96 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 26/04/2014 black bush, cambs 3 birds, 1 cracking male 97 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 98 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 19/10/2013 hayling island 3 hours, at least 4 other possibles then it called and was clinched!! 99 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 100 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 101 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 07/02/2024 Ruan Lanihorne Good views in flight and on the deck, albeit a bit distant 102 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 31/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands long-staying bird. showed really well form Xerox to the assembled masses 103 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 24/01/2022 Burnham on Sea showed well on the beach with ringed plover flock for comparison 104 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 105 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 17/06/2017 South coast 106 Curlew Numenius arquata 107 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 108 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 109 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 30/04/2015 meare heath nervous drive up with it being a no show and 40 minutes wait then in it dropped. really stood out from the godwits. 110 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 16/11/2010 lodmoor seen many times over the weeks in changing plumage 111 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 20/09/2012 lodmoor long-staying bird on west scrape - really handsome... 112 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 17/03/2010 east hyde 5 birds, brilliant views 113 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola historical record from scotland c 1976 plus barnes wwt 2009 114 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 115 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 06/10/2010 welney all 3 phals in one day and my 250th bird as it came first!!! 116 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 06/10/2010 burnham ovary all 3 phals in one day!!!! this was the last and hardest 117 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 06/10/2010 cley marshes all 3 phals in one day!!!! 118 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 119 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 15/07/2011 rutland water after a work trip to masterfoods in grantham!!! 120 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 121 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 03/11/2023 Stodmarsh stunning. showed brilliantly for over an hour 122 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 24/06/2019 cliff pools ridiculously far away 123 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/08/2008 lodmoor on north end of western scrape. also port meadow 2012 124 Redshank Tringa totanus 125 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 16/10/2010 port meadow oxford saturday twitch with derek. great views of it feeding on the pool there 126 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 127 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 128 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 30/05/2015 titchfield haven wow!! what a bird. great views.... 129 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 130 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 17/06/2016 titchwell superb bird in with about 2000 other red knot 131 Knot Calidris canutus 132 Ruff Calidris pugnax 133 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 28/07/2011 lodmoor cracking bird in breeding plumage on a dash down to lodmoor 134 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 135 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 136 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 18/09/2015 white nothe, dorset cracking juv bird showing down to about 10 yards 137 Sanderling Calidris alba 138 Dunlin Calidris alpina 139 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 140 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 13/09/2016 Upton Warren juvenile on the flashes, showed well 141 Little Stint Calidris minuta 142 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 15/09/2017 lodmoor showed well if distantly from viewing shelter 143 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 144 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 145 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 31/12/2011 long stayer at cley - great end to the year 146 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 06/10/2011 coalhouse fort essex took second place after the crane, but what a 2nd.... 147 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 19/07/2014 minsmere superb views from east hide 148 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 149 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 30/06/2020 ARC pit, Dungeness distant in awful weather but who cares!! 150 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 24/05/2022 Hickling returning adult seen well on marsh and in flight 151 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 05/05/2021 abbotsbury good views as it flew over and perched on the bund 152 Black Tern Chlidonias niger first dungeness 2008 153 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 07/08/2009 staines reservoir wow- good bird for here and close views as it moved up and down the causeway 154 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 01/08/2023 Arne 1st w at Shipstal point. good views of it mainly on the deck on a dull day. 155 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 156 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 157 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii brownsea island 2009 158 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 159 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 14/06/2017 church norton good flight views and perched on edge of island 160 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 161 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 26/02/2018 lodmoor dropped in for about 20 minutes just after dawn. bird of the year by a long way so far... 162 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 163 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 17/09/2009 blenheim park 2009 expensive tick considering the entry fee!!! 164 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 16/06/2013 oare marshes 1s distant in Faversham creek 165 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 166 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 18/03/2015 new brighton juvenile on the boating lake 167 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 14/11/2018 Radipole only 5 minutes in the car park but great bird 168 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus mostly seen at ferrybridge 169 Common Gull Larus canus 170 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 26/10/2011 walpole park seems happy enough there and a nice almost guaranteed tick 171 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 15/11/2010 rainham marshes plus others at same location later 172 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 07/08/2022 Grafham water Wow, what a bird after a Sunday morning dash up the a1! 173 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 174 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis first probably amwell c .2005 175 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 176 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 08/07/2011 dungeness by the boats - also scotland 2012 177 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 178 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 14/01/2011 rainham marshes subject to acceptance. my best bird if it is by far..... 179 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 31/12/2010 hamilton dock lowestoft cracking bird 180 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 28/08/2023 staines reservoir dark morph distant on south basin. potentially moribund bird 181 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 182 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus cley 183 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 184 Puffin Fratercula arctica 185 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 29/04/2010 many in scotland including rodel loads once in scotland 186 Razorbill Alca torda 187 Little Auk Alle alle 21/09/2011 norfolk drifting past on the sea 188 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 28/12/2013 portland views down to a few metres - wow 189 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 190 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata historic norfolk 1970's 191 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica historic norfolk 1970's 192 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 28/12/2021 egywys nunydd reservoir point blank views from the reservoir wall with no-one else around! 193 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer historic norfolk 1970's 194 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 14/05/2012 herston, orkneys distant but cracking bird in the middle of a windswept bay 195 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 27/07/2021 Bempton Albert, on the third attempt. Perched on the cliff and flying around 196 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 09/06/2017 mudeford quay at least 6 just offshore 197 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 26/09/2009 marston vale, beds single bird miles inland but good views 198 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 199 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 01/08/2019 lizard one possibly two over 4 hour watch 200 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 12/12/2008 seawatching at cley filthy weather but shedloads of birds 201 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 202 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Off Portland Bill 2007 203 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 08/09/2021 Frampton Marsh long wait then seen in flight and distantly on the grasslands 204 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 21/05/2018 eldernell described as of unknown origin! 205 Gannet Morus bassanus 206 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 06/09/2019 Kynance Cove perched on its favourite rock and in flight in the bay. What a bird. 207 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 208 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 209 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 10/10/2009 paxton pits with derek on saturday afternoon - walked past it twice 210 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia first in lodmoor mid 1990's 211 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 212 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 26/04/2018 carlton marshes what a bird. showed really well feeding in a ditch 213 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 13/06/2012 stockers lake crippling views after a dash out of work at lunchtime!! 214 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 25/07/2022 Cley asleep from the east bank 215 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 216 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 30/04/2018 Llan-mill mostly skulking but did show well for 10 minutes. 217 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 04/11/2011 attenborough nearly turned round as the rain was lashing down but found it fishing in a drain 218 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26/08/2010 rainham marshes by the new hide 219 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/08/2009 dungeness 2009 long staying bird plus many since 220 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 221 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 22/07/2010 dungeness breeding pair in 2010. good views flying over marsh 222 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 223 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 16/06/2013 nr selling in kent over ridge line whilst looking for black kite - up to 3 birds 224 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 17/06/2014 wych cross perched and in flight from Long car park. what a bird... 225 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 06/05/2010 harris, scotland damn nearly trod on the bird whilst on the heather 226 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 227 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 30/04/2012 balmoral walking in caslte grounds, just drifte over into the wood - lucky that's all 228 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 229 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus plus northern at titchwell 15/2/2011 230 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 15/02/2011 thornham norfolk armchair tick 231 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 29/01/2016 flitcham good views in the tail-end of a hurricane!! 232 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 11/06/2015 blacktoft sands male and female seen flying over reed bed. 233 Red Kite Milvus milvus first late 1980's/ early 1990's nearly crashed car on M40 with surprise!! 234 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 03/05/2010 rodel 4 separate sightings on holiday 235 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 10/12/2008 reed petrifyingly cold and loads of commons but it appeared eventually 236 Buzzard Buteo buteo 237 Barn Owl Tyto alba 238 Little Owl Athene noctua 239 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 06/05/2012 quendale mill shetland whilst visiting the mill - just roosting right outside!!! 240 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 241 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 22/03/2018 friskey female showed brilliantly on salt marsh. 242 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 243 Hoopoe Upupa epops 26/03/2014 snodland long staying bird 244 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Lackford Suffolk Sitting and feeding on wires over sheep fields. Distant but good views 245 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 246 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 23/03/2022 Roach bridge perched up and calling. generally quite distant but good views 247 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 03/08/2014 niton isle of wight 3 adults feeding but very distant in rain.. 248 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 15/09/2008 pinner park farm twitch from work! 249 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor first recent withey beds rickmansworth june 2010 250 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 251 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 252 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 253 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 254 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 30/05/2022 Worth marsh seen well over two hours - perched and flying but never close .400th U.K. bou 255 Merlin Falco columbarius 256 Hobby Falco subbuteo 257 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 258 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 259 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 05/07/2010 lakenheath fen heard only in 2010, seen in 2012 260 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 06/02/2010 chiselhampton also thursley since 261 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 10/06/2019 Horsey showing well on fence line near cows 262 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 13/10/2011 lowestoft in the bushes by the car park. showing really well 263 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 16/10/2014 warham greens 264 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 26/08/2009 dungeness rspb just sitting on a fence-wire near entrance road 265 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 10/07/2022 Bempton superb views of a really confiding bird. 266 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 13/10/2009 staines moor first misty morning it was twitchable and the first time i was "gonig to be a bit late in this morning" 267 Jay Garrulus glandarius 268 Magpie Pica pica 269 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 04/08/2010 south stack anglesey cracking views of up to 4 birds 270 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 271 Rook Corvus frugilegus 272 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 273 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix all scotland 1970's, 1985 and 2010 274 Raven Corvus corax 275 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 276 Coal Tit Periparus ater 277 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus historical sightings from scotland 1976? and also scotland 1985 278 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 279 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 280 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 281 Great Tit Parus major 282 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 11/11/2012 grove ferry 3 hour wait but got my bogey bird 283 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 284 Woodlark Lullula arborea thursley common 285 Skylark Alauda arvensis 286 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 03/02/2010 holkham gap long walk across the marsh to get the birds 287 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 05/11/2021 West Runton showed well on ploughed field with 5 skylarks 288 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 289 Swallow Hirundo rustica 290 House Martin Delichon urbicum 291 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 06/12/2018 cley adult coming off its roost by east bank then feeding over the trees.... 292 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 293 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 294 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 05/04/2010 abbostbury sub-tropical garden nice spring bird moving through 295 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 04/11/2012 belle tout wood filthy weather but great bird..... 296 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 15/11/2011 titchwell finally got it after some bloke tape-lured it in by the picnic site 297 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 18/01/2013 moor green in a blizzard but good views low down 298 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 04/11/2013 marsh lane really elusive but 2.5 hours and got some reasonable views 299 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 300 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 301 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 17/05/2016 beverley brook, barnes really elusive but one good 30 second view of it sitting out 302 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 21/09/2016 landguard, suffolk in hand views after it was trapped then later feeding happily in the brambles 303 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 22/05/2014 green park, reading seen and heard in reed beds in middle of business park 304 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 11/09/2023 upper beeding 2 good views, 4 or 5 flight views. cracking bird 305 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 306 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 29/02/2012 pagham harbour ages standing on the sea-wall in the cold, very brief views flitting in the reeds 307 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 16/10/2015 wells wood a real skulker 308 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 309 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 10/06/2016 hen reed bed lifer - singing and showing well 310 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 26/09/2012 burnham overy staithe showed well eventually after chasing a chiffchaff for 20 minutes! 311 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 15/09/2019 Farnham marshes showed reasonably well though mobile in bushes 312 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 09/08/2010 portland observatory seen post ringing in garden 313 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 06/06/2021 Ham Wall brilliant views of it out in the open singing almost constantly 314 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 23/04/2018 farlington marshes seen reeling and calling loads 315 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 12/09/2010 lodmoor really good views early morning.also croxley common 316 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 317 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 318 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 26/09/2012 burnham overy staithe 300th species on a 2 lifer day with barrred 319 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca including croxley common 2009 320 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 30/05/2022 St. Margarets really elusive. one view over two hours or more 321 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 16/04/2024 Portland showed well near southwell in hedgeline 322 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 03/09/2014 Landguard Showed well by the customs house 323 Whitethroat Curruca communis 324 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 12/06/2014 burnham overy staithe long staying bird. superb views down to feet of it singing in the sueda 325 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata first thursley common autumn 2008 326 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 327 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 328 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 329 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 330 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 331 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 25/10/2018 Sennen got really good views of it perched out, earning and calling away. What a bird but what a trip!!! 332 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 08/04/2021 Pulborough lucky twitch as I was nearby when it popped up. Showed superbly to the small crowd 333 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 09/03/2012 horsley middle of a housing estate on a TV aerial 334 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 335 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 336 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 337 Redwing Turdus iliacus 338 Blackbird Turdus merula 339 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 340 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 07/04/2008 blow's down plus many since 341 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 15/12/2019 Whipsnade nervous 20 minute wait then a dash across the railway line to get it feeding in the ground 342 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 06/12/2016 Beesley showed really well eating apples in the orchard 343 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 10/02/2022 Eastbourne What a bird - 3 or 4 cracking shows on the berry bushes 344 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 345 Robin Erithacus rubecula 346 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 04/06/2010 paxton pits first modern sighting heard and seen 347 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 17/03/2013 Portland 348 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 28/11/2008 leagrave park, beds what a place for a bird like this - park in middle of luton 349 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 350 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 06/02/2014 marshfield cracking bird. shame it was horrible light 351 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 352 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 353 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 20/10/2017 pwll du showed incredibly well. within 5 feet at one point!!! what a bird.... 354 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 30/12/2016 stow in the wold 1st winter male. 3 hour wait for it to show brilliantly. please be accepted!! 355 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 356 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 20/10/2016 landguard confirmed by dna 357 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 05/12/2019 Hollesley marsh 1w male showing well in Winer flood area 358 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 359 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 360 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 18/10/2016 spurn one distant and flighty 361 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 15/11/2011 titchwell long trudge along the beach but it was pretty tame feeding happlily in the seaweed 362 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 12/11/2021 Reculver very briefly as it left its roost and disappeared off 363 Dipper Cinclus cinclus first in scotland in 1970's 364 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus all recent ones at tyttenhanger 365 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 01/02/2012 calshot cracking bird but freezing weather 366 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 367 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 28/10/2022 Slaughden what a bird!showed down to a few feet 368 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 18/10/2016 Easington wow, wow, wow 369 Dunnock Prunella modularis 370 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 371 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 19/11/2019 Walberswick seen and heard in flight 372 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 11/09/2017 minsmere 1st winter showing reasonably well on east scrape 373 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 374 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba pied and white 375 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 05/11/2014 fordham flighty and elusive in long grass but showed well eventually 376 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 03/01/2015 calder wetlands for this bird really good views on the ground and in flight 377 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 378 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 379 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 14/12/2022 Exmouth showed brilliantly well in the park, feeding happily in the leaf litter 380 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 29/09/2017 landguard initially very distant views then really close up near exit track 381 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 14/12/2012 queen mother reservoir incredibly close views 382 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta including cracking bird 0ctober 2010 rainham stone barges semi twitch after business meeting at tilda rice 383 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 384 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 385 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 386 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 29/02/2012 lakeside, eastleigh mobile birds in what is really an inner-city park 387 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 388 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 12/07/2011 melbourn nice local tick on a house roof 389 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 390 Twite Linaria flavirostris 10/05/2010 skye nr dunvegan also lots on shetland in 2012 391 Linnet Linaria cannabina 392 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 03/01/2010 barnes wwt feeding happliy in a tree 393 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 394 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 31/12/2011 coues at titchwell beautiful bird in the trees. got it quite low down eventually 395 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 22/10/2013 hemsted forest, kent 6 birds, 4m/ 2f 396 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica scotland mid 1970's 397 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 398 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 18/09/2013 Linford arboretum 6 hours wait but a cracking male bird showed eventually!!, 399 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 400 Serin Serinus serinus 07/11/2008 rainham marshes c 2008 very brief views by serin mound 401 Siskin Spinus spinus 402 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 14/09/2010 minsmere first time i ever ran away from a lap - king eider in the distance!! 403 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 404 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 405 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 406 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 04/03/2017 dunnington after a five hour wait and missing it twice, finally it showed. cracking bird 407 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 04/09/2018 portland two birds at Fancys farm - good views on deck and calling in flight 408 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 14/03/2014 Broadsands 12 to 16 birds at feeding station 409 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 24/01/2017 over norton showed reasonably well at foot of hedge with reed bunting flock 410 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 01/12/2020 Thursley Common showed once well and badly on about three occasions! 411 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 412 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 01/02/2012 hawkhill inclosure VERY tame!!! 413 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 28/04/2023 Seaford what a bird. Showed well coming to seed. Grip-back for the Cley bird 414 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 13/04/2021 Buncombe, Sussex. lots of calling and showed once on the picnic table 415 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 06/01/2024 Heybridge showed well for 5 minutes just before dawn 416 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 24/02/2012 rhewderin cracking bird but very elusive