Philip Owen: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 389 of 389 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 21/11/2021 Holliwell Point, Essex 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 26/10/2017 Budle Bay, Northumberland 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 29/11/2021 Holkham Norfolk Pending. Exact date to be confirmed. 7 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser 9 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 10 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 23/01/2011 Cantley, Norfolk 14 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 16 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 29/12/2023 RSPB Greylake, Somerset 21 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 19/04/2013 RSPB Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 23 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 24 Gadwall Mareca strepera 25 Wigeon Mareca penelope 26 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 28 Pintail Anas acuta 29 Teal Anas crecca 30 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 31 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 32 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 14/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 33 Pochard Aythya ferina 34 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 35 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 36 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 37 Scaup Aythya marila 38 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 22/03/2011 RSPB Marshside, Lancashire 39 Eider Somateria mollissima 40 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 41 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 42 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 43 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 44 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 20/02/2021 Lea Marston & Coton Lakes, Warwickshire 45 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 46 Smew Mergellus albellus 47 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 29/05/2016 Radipole Lake, Dorset 48 Goosander Mergus merganser 49 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 50 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 51 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 52 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 53 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 54 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 55 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 56 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 57 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 22/04/2015 Lidlington, Bedfordshire 58 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 59 Quail Coturnix coturnix 60 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 61 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 62 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 63 Swift Apus apus 64 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 03/05/2009 Crosby Marina, Merseyside 65 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 22/06/2012 New Brighton, Wirral, Cheshire 66 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 24/06/2019 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 67 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 29/05/2016 Portland, Dorset 68 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 69 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 70 Stock Dove Columba oenas 71 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 72 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 73 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 21/02/2011 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire 74 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 75 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 76 Corncrake Crex crex 04/06/2015 Hale, Nr Widnes, Cheshire 77 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 78 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 79 Coot Fulica atra 80 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 07/11/2023 Linford Lakes NR, Buckinghamshire 81 Crane Grus grus 82 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 83 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 09/11/2010 Hollingworth Lake, Gtr Manchester 84 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 85 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 86 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 87 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 88 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 89 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 90 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 26/04/2008 Neumann's Flash, Cheshire 91 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 92 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 93 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 94 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 17/07/2013 Rutland Water, Leicestershire 95 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 23/10/2015 Eyebrook Reservoir, Leicestershire 96 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 97 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 98 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 99 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 100 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 28/05/2010 Seaforth, Merseyside 101 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 27/08/2022 Redcar, Cleveland 102 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 103 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 104 Curlew Numenius arquata 105 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 106 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 107 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 05/10/2009 RSPB Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 108 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 02/10/2012 RSPB Lodmoor, Dorset 109 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 110 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 111 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 112 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 11/10/2020 Keyhaven Marshes, Hampshire 113 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 114 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 115 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 116 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 30/05/2011 Brockholes NR, Lancs 117 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 118 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 26/06/2019 RSPB Cliffe Pools, Kent 119 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 120 Redshank Tringa totanus 121 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 01/08/2010 RSPB Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 122 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 123 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 124 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 18/11/2011 Druridge Bay NR, Northumberland 125 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 126 Knot Calidris canutus 127 Ruff Calidris pugnax 128 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 15/05/2011 Hoylake, Wirral, Cheshire 129 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 23/11/2011 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 130 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 02/09/2013 Sandbach Flashes Cheshire 131 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 132 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 133 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 RSPB St Aidan's, West Yorkshire 134 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 135 Sanderling Calidris alba 136 Dunlin Calidris alpina 137 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 138 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 10/09/2016 Upton Warren, Worcestershire 139 Little Stint Calidris minuta 140 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 26/05/2011 RSPB Old Moor, West Yorkshire 141 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 142 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 143 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 02/10/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 144 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 29/04/2011 Rosper Road Pools, Immingham, Lincs 145 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 146 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 06/07/2019 Thurstaston, Wirral, Cheshire 147 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 25/07/2013 Acre Nook Quarry, Chelford, Cheshire 148 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 20/10/2010 RSPB Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 149 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 150 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 151 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 152 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 153 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 21/06/2013 Coquet Island, Northumberland 154 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 155 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 156 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 157 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 158 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 01/03/2011 Traeth Lligwy, Anglesey, North Wales 159 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 160 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14/03/2015 New Brighton, Wirral, Cheshire 161 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 21/07/2010 Chasewater, Staffs 162 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 163 Common Gull Larus canus 164 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 165 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 166 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 167 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 168 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 169 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 170 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 171 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 03/04/2021 Newlyn, Cornwall 172 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 173 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 174 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 175 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 176 Puffin Fratercula arctica 177 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 178 Razorbill Alca torda 179 Little Auk Alle alle 180 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 181 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 182 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 183 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 22/01/2017 Druridge Bay CP, Northumberland 184 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 185 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 29/01/2017 River Witham, Woodall Spa, Lincolnshire 186 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 02/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs RSPB, East Yorkshire 187 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 188 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 189 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 190 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 191 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 192 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 193 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 194 Gannet Morus bassanus 195 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 196 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 197 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 13/11/2011 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 198 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 199 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 200 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 08/07/2018 Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire 201 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 01/08/2013 Thornton Reservoir, Leicestershire 202 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 203 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 29/04/2018 Llan Mill, Pembrokeshire 204 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 15/10/2023 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 205 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 206 Great White Egret Ardea alba 207 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 208 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 08/12/2019 Eagland Hill, Lancashire 209 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 210 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 211 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 212 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 213 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 214 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 215 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 216 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 07/10/2012 Ravensfield, South Yorks 217 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 218 Red Kite Milvus milvus 219 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 14/10/2023 Holkham Freshmarsh, Norfolk 220 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 221 Buzzard Buteo buteo 222 Barn Owl Tyto alba 223 Little Owl Athene noctua 224 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 225 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 226 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 11/03/2018 RSPB Snettisham, Norfolk 227 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 228 Hoopoe Upupa epops 28/11/2015 Wall Heath, West Midlands 229 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 02/06/2012 Aldborough, East Yorks 230 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 231 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 10/11/2012 Seaburn, Co Durham 232 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 233 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 234 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 235 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 236 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 237 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 238 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 04/06/2022 Worth Marsh, Kent 239 Merlin Falco columbarius 240 Hobby Falco subbuteo 241 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 242 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 243 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 244 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 245 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 246 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 18/10/2015 Beeston, Norfolk 247 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 248 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 02/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs RSPB, East Yorkshire 249 Jay Garrulus glandarius 250 Magpie Pica pica 251 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 252 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 253 Rook Corvus frugilegus 254 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 255 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 256 Raven Corvus corax 257 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 258 Coal Tit Periparus ater 259 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 260 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 261 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 262 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 263 Great Tit Parus major 264 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 04/04/2015 RSPB Darts Farm, Topsham, Devon 265 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 266 Woodlark Lullula arborea 267 Skylark Alauda arvensis 268 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 269 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 20/09/2020 Shackleford, Surrey 270 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 271 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 14/11/2015 Chesterfield, Derbyshire 272 Swallow Hirundo rustica 273 House Martin Delichon urbicum 274 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 275 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 276 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 277 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 278 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 03/07/2011 Arnfield Reservoir, Derbyshire 279 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 18/10/2015 Wells Woods, Norfolk 280 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 281 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 282 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 283 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 284 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 285 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 286 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 31/05/2010 Potteric Carr, South Yorkshire 287 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 14/06/2013 Turton Golf Club, Lancs 288 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 21/05/2010 Straw's Bridge, Nr Ilkeston, Derbyshire 289 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 290 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 18/10/2015 Wells Woods, Norfolk 291 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 292 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 293 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 20/10/2012 Kilminning, Fife, Scotland 294 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 23/06/2013 Tiln, Nottinghamshire 295 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 296 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 06/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 297 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 30/05/2013 RSPB Lakenheath, Suffolk 298 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 299 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 300 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 301 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 05/10/2020 Flamborough, East Yorkshire 302 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 303 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 29/05/2012 Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 304 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 27/04/2013 Uwchmynydd, Gwynedd, North Wales 305 Whitethroat Curruca communis 306 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 307 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 308 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 309 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 310 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 311 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 312 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 03/04/2021 Dawlish, Devon. 313 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 314 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 315 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 316 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 317 Redwing Turdus iliacus 318 Blackbird Turdus merula 319 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 320 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 321 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 20/01/2024 Tophill Low NR, East Yorkshire 322 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 18/05/2013 Margate, Kent 323 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 26/02/2022 Eastbourne, East Sussex 324 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 18/10/2020 Stiffkey, Norfolk 325 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 326 Robin Erithacus rubecula 327 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 328 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 329 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 330 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 331 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 18/10/2015 Wells Woods, Norfolk 332 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 333 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 334 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 17/10/2017 Pwll-du, Gwent, South Wales 335 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 28/12/2016 Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire 336 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 337 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 03/01/2020 Ashton's Flash, Northwich, Cheshire 338 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 339 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 340 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 24/11/2012 Rhyl Golf Club, Denbighshire, North Wales 341 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 11/11/2021 Whitburn, Durham 342 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 01/09/2019 Fluke Hall, Lancashire 343 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 344 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 345 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 10/03/2012 Calshot, Hampshire 346 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 347 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 16/10/2016 Easington, Yorkshire 348 Dunnock Prunella modularis 349 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 350 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 15/05/2011 RSPB Conwy, North Wales 351 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 352 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 353 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 354 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 355 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 356 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 18/10/2015 Musselburgh, Norfolk 357 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 358 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 359 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 360 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 361 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 362 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 363 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 22/06/2013 Porth Eilian, Anglesey, North Wales 364 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 365 Twite Linaria flavirostris 366 Linnet Linaria cannabina 367 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 368 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 369 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 370 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 04/08/2013 Browsholme Hall, Nr Clitheroe, Lancashire 371 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 372 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 10/05/2015 Holkham Pines, Norfolk 373 Serin Serinus serinus 16/06/2019 Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent 374 Siskin Spinus spinus 375 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 376 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 377 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 378 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 379 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 22/01/2017 Dunnington, Yorkshire 380 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 381 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 382 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 08/12/2020 Thursley Common, Surrey 383 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 25/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 384 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 385 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 10/03/2012 New Forest, Hampshire 386 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 11/04/2021 Barcombe Cross, East Sussex 387 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 08/01/2024 Maldon, Essex 388 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 18/03/2012 Rhiwderin, Gwent, South Wales 389 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 24/09/2023 St Govans Head, Pembrokeshire