Kieran Lawrence: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 395 of 395 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 30/12/2007 Caelaverock WWT 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 17/11/2012 Loaningfoot, Dumfries and Galloway Of race hutchinsii 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 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 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 25/06/2019 Druridge Bay 19 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 28/08/2009 Haverton Hole, Salthome 21 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 22 Gadwall Mareca strepera 23 Wigeon Mareca penelope 24 American Wigeon Mareca americana 25 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26 Pintail Anas acuta 27 Teal Anas crecca 28 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30 Pochard Aythya ferina 31 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 33 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 34 Scaup Aythya marila 35 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 16/10/2011 Marden Quarry 36 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 06/04/2012 Ythan Estuary 37 Eider Somateria mollissima 38 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 17/01/2015 River Don, Aberdeen 39 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 40 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 41 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 29/10/2020 Musselburgh 42 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 43 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 16/04/2011 Bamburgh 44 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 45 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 46 Smew Mergellus albellus 47 Goosander Mergus merganser 48 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 49 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 50 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 51 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 52 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 53 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 54 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 55 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus Birds seen at both Wolferton and Skulthorpe 56 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 04/03/2013 Sensitive Site 57 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 58 Quail Coturnix coturnix 59 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 60 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 61 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 26/06/2013 Tarbert, Harris By far the best bird I have seen in the UK 62 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 13/04/2023 Saltholme RSPB 63 Swift Apus apus 64 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 17/10/2013 Hartlepool Headland 65 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 23/06/2012 North Brighton, Cheshire 66 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 67 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 68 Stock Dove Columba oenas 69 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 70 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 71 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 02/07/2021 Easington 72 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 73 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 74 Corncrake Crex crex 75 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 76 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 77 Coot Fulica atra 78 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 01/02/2014 Loch Flemmington 79 Crane Grus grus 80 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 81 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 04/03/2013 Ham Wall RSPB 82 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 83 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 84 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 85 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 86 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 87 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 88 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 07/06/2012 Cley Marshes 89 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 90 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 91 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 92 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 15/07/2013 Rutland Water 93 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 20/09/2013 St Mary's Island 94 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 95 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 96 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 97 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 98 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 06/05/2023 Long Nanny 99 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 14/06/2007 Caerlaverock 100 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 04/07/2020 Tyninghame Bay 101 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 102 Curlew Numenius arquata 103 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 104 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 105 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 13/06/2012 Greatham Creek 106 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 107 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 108 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 109 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 25/10/2022 Porthelick 110 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 17/11/2009 Musselburgh Lagoons 111 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 08/12/2011 Hartlepool Headland 112 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 12/06/2015 Grindon Lough 113 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 06/07/2008 Calor Gas Pools 114 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 115 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 116 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 02/10/2011 Nateby 117 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 118 Redshank Tringa totanus 119 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 23/07/2009 Aberlady Bay 120 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 121 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 122 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 10/12/2011 Cresswell Pond 123 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 124 Knot Calidris canutus 125 Ruff Calidris pugnax 126 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 22/08/2012 Seaton Snook 127 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 10/09/2011 Greatham Creek 128 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 06/08/2012 Low Newton Pool 129 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 130 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 131 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth Estuary 132 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 133 Sanderling Calidris alba 134 Dunlin Calidris alpina 135 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 136 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 05/09/2012 Seaton Snook 137 Little Stint Calidris minuta 138 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 07/09/2013 East Chevington 139 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 140 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/08/2011 Saltholme 141 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 05/07/2014 Hurworth Burn 142 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 02/07/2013 Farne Islands 143 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 144 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 02/07/2021 Southfield Reservoir 145 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 29/07/2010 Reclamation Pond 146 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 147 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 27/05/2012 Saltholme RSPB 148 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 149 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 150 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 151 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 152 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 153 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 154 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 07/12/2013 Seahouses 2 Individuals - Both Juveniles 155 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 156 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 29/08/2010 Whitburn 157 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 158 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 22/02/2015 New Brighton, Cheshire 159 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 160 Common Gull Larus canus 161 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 28/02/2015 Townhill CP, Fife 162 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 163 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 164 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 165 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 166 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 167 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 168 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 169 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 170 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 171 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 172 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 173 Puffin Fratercula arctica 174 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 175 Razorbill Alca torda 176 Little Auk Alle alle 177 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 178 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 179 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 180 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 21/01/2017 Druridge Bay CP 181 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 182 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 22/04/2011 Burghead 183 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 03/08/2023 Scilly Pelagic 17 seen 184 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 185 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 186 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 27/07/2013 Fair Isle Bird trapped and ringed 187 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 188 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 189 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 20/08/2014 Whitburn CP 190 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 07/08/2023 Scilly Pelagic Two seen 191 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 192 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 22/10/2022 Scillonian 193 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 194 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 195 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 12/08/2008 Clara Vale 196 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 197 Gannet Morus bassanus 198 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 06/09/2023 Seaton Snook 199 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 200 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 201 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 04/10/2009 Druridge Pools 202 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 203 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 204 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 205 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 16/11/2010 Morpeth 206 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 15/11/2008 Saltholme 207 Great White Egret Ardea alba 208 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 209 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 210 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 211 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 212 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 213 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 214 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 215 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 216 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 217 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 21/10/2011 Dormans Pool 218 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 219 Red Kite Milvus milvus 220 Black Kite Milvus migrans 221 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 222 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 223 Buzzard Buteo buteo 224 Barn Owl Tyto alba 225 Little Owl Athene noctua 226 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 28/09/2018 Ryhope Village Dene 227 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 228 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 229 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 230 Hoopoe Upupa epops 231 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 05/06/2012 Aldbrough 232 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 233 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 26/11/2021 River Ribble 234 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 03/11/2012 Seaburn 235 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 236 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 237 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 238 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 239 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 240 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 05/06/2012 Willington CP's 241 Merlin Falco columbarius 242 Hobby Falco subbuteo 243 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 244 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 245 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 14/10/2019 Easington 246 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 247 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 248 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 04/10/2020 Spion Kop Cemetery 249 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 21/11/2013 Long Nanny 250 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 251 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 28/10/2016 The Leas 252 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 253 Jay Garrulus glandarius 254 Magpie Pica pica 255 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 256 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 257 Rook Corvus frugilegus 258 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 259 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 260 Raven Corvus corax 261 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 262 Coal Tit Periparus ater 263 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 264 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 265 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 266 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 267 Great Tit Parus major 268 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 269 Woodlark Lullula arborea 270 Skylark Alauda arvensis 271 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 272 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 273 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 274 Swallow Hirundo rustica 275 House Martin Delichon urbicum 276 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 25/10/2022 Hugh Town 277 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 278 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 279 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 280 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 15/10/2013 Hartlepool Headland 281 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 23/11/2014 Briardene, Whitley Bay 282 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 283 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 284 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 20/10/2012 Kilminning, Fife 285 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 286 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 287 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 288 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 24/04/2013 Boldon Flats 289 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 09/10/2009 Trow Quarry 290 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 13/09/2021 Buckton 291 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 01/10/2020 Budle Point 292 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 293 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 01/09/2012 Flamborough Head 294 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 06/06/2021 East Chevington 295 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 296 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 297 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 298 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 24/08/2013 Hadston Carr 299 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 16/08/2010 Druridge Pools 300 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 20/10/2012 Kilminning, Fife 301 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 302 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 26/09/2012 Whitburn Coastal Park 303 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 304 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 305 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 306 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 307 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 308 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 29/05/2012 Hartlepool Headland 309 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 17/06/2020 Holy Island 310 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 06/10/2013 Mire Loch 311 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 07/09/2008 Trow Quarry Not ID’d to spp. level - need to remove when confirmed species is seen. 312 Whitethroat Curruca communis 313 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 314 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 315 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 316 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 317 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 318 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 319 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 14/05/2021 Newbiggin 320 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 01/11/2013 Marazion 321 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 322 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 01/11/2013 Porthgwarra 323 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 324 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 325 Redwing Turdus iliacus 326 Blackbird Turdus merula 327 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 328 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 329 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 17/01/2010 Newholm, North Yorks 330 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 331 Robin Erithacus rubecula 332 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 19/05/2013 Hartlepool Headland 333 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 334 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 11/05/2012 Hartlepool Headland 335 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 336 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 15/10/2020 Trow Quarry 337 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 338 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 08/05/2013 Low Newton 339 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 14/10/2011 Whitburn Coastal Park 340 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 341 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 342 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 343 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 19/10/2013 Scalby Mill 344 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 345 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 346 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 10/12/2011 Newbiggin Golf Course 347 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 10/11/2021 Whitburn Steel 348 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 349 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 350 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 351 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 16/10/2016 Hendon South Docks 352 Dunnock Prunella modularis 353 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 354 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 10/09/2010 Saltholme 355 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 356 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 357 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 358 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 18/12/2014 Pugneys CP 359 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 13/10/2012 Warren, Spurn 360 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 361 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 362 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 17/10/2014 Roker 363 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 10/05/2015 Seaton Common 364 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 365 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 366 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 367 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 368 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 369 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 370 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 07/09/2013 Whitburn 371 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 372 Twite Linaria flavirostris 373 Linnet Linaria cannabina 374 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 375 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 376 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 377 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 17/11/2013 Holt CP 378 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 379 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 380 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 26/07/2013 Fair Isle 8 birds, 6 found by myself and 4 others 381 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 382 Serin Serinus serinus 16/11/2013 Flamborough Head 383 Siskin Spinus spinus 384 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 385 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 386 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 387 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 388 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 389 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 390 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 03/11/2012 Elba Park 391 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 28/09/2021 Kilnsea 392 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 393 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 24/04/2024 Hartlepool 394 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 22/10/2022 Bryher 395 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 09/02/2014 High Shincliffe