Malcolm Curtin: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 532 of 532 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 02/11/2006 Saltfleet Lincs 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 01/11/2005 Caerlaverock WWT Additional sightings 06 & 07 at Caerlaverock plus North Uist 2013-one must be real? 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 04/11/2007 Holkham North Norfolk Also 28th April 2012 NE Scotland 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 22/01/2011 Buckenham Marshes Norfolk Earlier record from Slimbridge now lost in the sands of time 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 15/04/2013 Flamborough N Yorks Also Foryd Bay Caernarfon 21 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 17/04/2005 Maltreath Pools Anglesey 23 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 24 Gadwall Mareca strepera 25 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 04/12/2006 Bowling Green Marsh Devon 26 Wigeon Mareca penelope 27 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 29 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 15/05/2005 Great Pool Tresco 30 Pintail Anas acuta 31 Teal Anas crecca 32 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 33 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 34 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 12/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir Essex 35 Pochard Aythya ferina 36 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 20/03/2005 Abberton Reservoir Essex 37 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20/01/2005 Long Eaton GP Notts 38 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 39 Scaup Aythya marila 40 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 22/03/1987 Chasewater Staffs 1st for 🇬🇧 41 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/05/2005 Stinking Rocks Troon Ayrshire 42 Eider Somateria mollissima 43 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 20/02/2013 North Uist 44 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 31/10/2004 Ruddon’s Point Fife 45 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 46 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 17/06/2011 Blackdog Aberdeen 47 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 13/05/2023 Lower Largo 48 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 49 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 09/03/2005 Llanfairfechan Conwy 50 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 51 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 11/04/2004 Astley Moss,Leigh, Gtr Manchester 52 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 53 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 18/05/2005 Meikle Loch, Aberdeen Also Callender,Trossachs 54 Smew Mergellus albellus 55 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 07/12/2005 Chiltham ,Kent Also saw Tayport bird Nov 08 56 Goosander Mergus merganser 57 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 58 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 59 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 60 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 22/04/2005 Glenshee 61 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 22/04/2005 Loch Garten RSPB Cairngorm 62 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 63 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 64 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 29/09/2005 Wolferton Norfolk 65 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 66 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 67 Quail Coturnix coturnix 68 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 69 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 26/09/2022 Wantage Oxfordshire 70 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 71 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 72 Swift Apus apus 73 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 02/11/2005 South Gare, Teeside Also Seaforth and Flamborough 74 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 15/06/2013 Trimley Marshes,Suffolk 75 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 13/11/2005 Overstrand,Norfolk Also New Brighton Wirral 76 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 01/01/2015 Fraisthorpe E Yorks 77 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 01/08/2003 Spurn,East Yorks Also Bartinney Downs Cornwall 78 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 28/05/2016 Bayhead,North Uist,Outer Hebs 79 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 80 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 81 Stock Dove Columba oenas 82 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 83 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 84 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 17/02/2011 Chipping Norton, Oxon 85 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 86 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 02/11/2007 North Uist Outer Hebs 87 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 88 Corncrake Crex crex 89 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 24/09/2005 Lower Moors,St Mary's,Isles of Scilly 90 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 91 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 92 Coot Fulica atra 93 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 08/01/2014 Loch Flemington Inverness Highlands 94 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 01/08/2016 Minsmere RSPB 1st for 🇬🇧 95 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 11/09/2012 Rainham Marshes RSPB,Essex 96 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 06/11/2004 Marazion Marsh RSPB,Cornwall 97 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 23/09/2009 South Ronaldsay,Orkney 98 Crane Grus grus 99 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 100 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 10/11/2010 Hollingsworth Lake,Gtr Manchester Saw another earlier one At Kenfig Pool late 80's but not sure exactly when 101 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 102 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 103 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 104 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 105 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 106 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 107 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 20/05/1987 Holme NNT Norfolk Breeding Pair 108 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 109 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 110 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 111 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 02/07/2005 Port Carlisle,Cumbria 112 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 113 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 114 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 09/06/2007 Exnaboe Shetland 115 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 116 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 20/10/2013 Hayling Island Hants 117 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 118 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 119 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 07/12/2005 Rainham Marshes RSPB Essex 120 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/06/2007 Caerlaverock WWT 121 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 13/09/2008 Ythan Estuary ,Aberdeen 122 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 123 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 12/11/2005 Kingston Seymour,Somerset 124 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 125 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 24/06/2007 Walney Island Cumbria 126 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 26/08/1985 Salthouse Norfolk Jammed in on this blocker during short break in Norfolk 127 Curlew Numenius arquata 128 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 129 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 130 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 30/04/2015 Meare Heath Somerset 131 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 16/04/2003 Inner Marsh Farm RSPB Cheshire 132 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 07/09/2012 Lodmoor RSPB Dorset 133 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 134 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 135 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 02/06/2008 Holy Island Northumberland 136 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 137 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 13/10/2007 Lower Moors St Mary's Isles of Scilly 138 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 01/09/1981 Frodsham Marsh,Cheshire 139 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 140 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 141 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 26/05/2005 Cliffe Marshes RSPB Kent 142 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 143 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 31/05/2005 Belvide Reservoir,Staffs Earlier records lost on this species 144 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 145 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 11/10/2010 Seaton, Devon 146 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 29/06/2005 Bowling Green Marsh RSPB Devon 147 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 148 Redshank Tringa totanus 149 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 21/10/2004 Stiffkey, Norfolk 150 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 151 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 152 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 13/09/2011 Wadebridge, Cornwall 153 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 154 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 08/07/2014 Breydon Water Norfolk 155 Knot Calidris canutus 156 Ruff Calidris pugnax 157 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 31/05/2007 Saltholme Pools,Cleveland 158 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 11/08/2007 Oare Marshes,Kent 159 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 05/05/1984 Neumann's Flash Cheshire 160 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 161 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 162 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 Swillington Ings West Yorks 163 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth Estuary Northumberland 164 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 165 Sanderling Calidris alba 166 Dunlin Calidris alpina 167 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 168 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20/09/2005 Kirkby on Bain GP's Lincs Also Hoylake, Wirral 169 Little Stint Calidris minuta 170 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 22/09/2006 Hayle Estuary,Cornwall 171 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 05/05/2005 Bowling Green Marsh RSPB Devon 172 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 173 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 02/10/2004 Brownsea Island Dorset 174 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 06/07/2006 Saltholme Pools,Cleveland 175 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 12/10/2004 ST Mary's Isle of Scilly 176 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 03/06/2009 Dungeness Kent 177 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 24/08/1997 Martin Mere WWT Lancs 178 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 01/05/1986 Frodsham Marsh,Cheshire 179 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 08/07/2005 The Skerries,Anglesey 180 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 03/07/2013 Inner Farne,Northumberland Also Afon Wen,Pwhelli,Gwynedd 181 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 182 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 08/05/2005 Dungeness RSPB Kent 183 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 30/05/1992 Neumanns Flash Cheshire 184 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 19/05/2005 Ashtons Flash Cheshire 4 on patch! Earlier record from Norfolk but lost details 185 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 186 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 187 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 31/07/2023 Arne RSPB Dorset 188 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 189 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 190 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 191 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 192 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 11/06/2017 Church Norton- West Sussex 193 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 17/07/2005 Waxham Norfolk 194 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 11/12/2018 Lligwy Beach Anglesey 195 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 196 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 14/01/2006 Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk 197 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 198 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 15/12/2006 Benslie Ayrshire 199 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 200 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 26/05/2014 Titchwell RSPB 201 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 19/03/2006 Frome,Somerset 202 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 203 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 30/07/2005 South Ronaldsay, Orkney 204 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 17/05/1987 Neumanns Flash Cheshire, Patch Mega! 205 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 206 Common Gull Larus canus 207 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 208 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 209 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 07/08/2022 Grafham Water Cambs Cape Gull ssp 1st for 🇬🇧 210 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 211 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 212 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 213 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 214 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 215 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 29/03/2021 Newlyn Cornwall 216 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 06/01/2009 Saltholme Pools,Cleveland 217 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 17/02/2011 Rainham Marshes Essex 218 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 219 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 220 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 221 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 222 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 223 Puffin Fratercula arctica 224 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 11/11/2006 Dawlish Devon 1st for 🇬🇧 225 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 226 Razorbill Alca torda 227 Little Auk Alle alle 228 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 04/12/2005 Bressay Shetland 229 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 230 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 231 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 232 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 29/01/2007 Farnham GPs North Yorks 1st for 🇬🇧Also Penzance Harbour and Lower Largo Fife 233 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 234 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 30/06/2005 Orkney 235 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 236 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 10/05/2007 Sula Sgeir,Outer Hebs Also Bempton East Yorks 237 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 238 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 239 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 240 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 01/09/2021 Whitburn Fea’s type 241 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 242 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 243 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 244 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 245 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 08/07/2020 Portland Bill 246 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 247 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 06/08/2007 Alaw Estuary,Anglesey 248 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 249 Gannet Morus bassanus 250 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 20/08/2023 Bishops Rock Lighthouse IOS 251 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 03/09/2019 Kynance Cove Cornwall Also South Gare, North Yorks 252 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 253 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 254 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 11/10/2006 Pilling Lane Ends,Lancs Earlier records lost in mists of time 255 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 256 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 257 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 06/11/2010 Wadebridge, Cornwall 258 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 19/06/2007 Titchwell RSPB Norfolk 259 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 260 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 261 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 07/11/2005 Red Wharfe Bay Anglesey Also 2/11/08 New Hythe Kent and another in Cornwall 262 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 05/10/2005 Newton Abbot,Devon 263 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 264 Great White Egret Ardea alba 265 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 266 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 25/04/2015 Bryher Isles of Scilly 267 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 268 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 10/05/2016 Sennen Cornwall 1st for🇬🇧 269 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 270 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 20/07/2023 Horsey, Norfolk 271 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 272 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 01/06/2014 Morgen Bog Dorset 273 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 274 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 275 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 276 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 277 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 278 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 22/01/2011 Thornham Harbour Norfolk 279 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 24/09/2006 Winterton,Norfolk 280 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 281 Red Kite Milvus milvus 282 Black Kite Milvus migrans 05/05/2005 Moore nature reserve Cheshire 283 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 07/06/2005 Mull 284 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 285 Buzzard Buteo buteo 286 Barn Owl Tyto alba 287 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 02/03/2019 Tresta Shetland 288 Little Owl Athene noctua 289 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 14/06/2006 Thrupp, Oxon 290 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 291 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 292 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 26/03/2007 Lewis, Outer Hebs 293 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 294 Hoopoe Upupa epops 295 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 18/08/2006 South Gare Cleveland 296 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 297 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 25/11/2021 Upstream of Brockholes on River Ribble Lancs 298 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 299 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 300 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 301 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 302 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 303 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 29/03/2010 Westleton Heath,Suffolk 304 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 305 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 306 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 07/07/2017 Polgigga Cornwall 307 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 28/05/2022 Worth Marshes - Kent 308 Merlin Falco columbarius 309 Hobby Falco subbuteo 310 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 26/02/2007 Stepper Point,Cornwall 311 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 312 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 313 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 17/09/2020 Balephuil Tiree Argyle 500th bird BOU 1st for 🇬🇧 314 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 22/09/2015 Dungeness 1st for 🇬🇧 315 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 08/10/2008 Nanzijal,Cornwall 1st for 🇬🇧 316 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 12/10/2008 Polgigga,Cornwall Also Kilnsea East Yorks 317 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 318 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 319 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 31/10/2004 Kilrenny, Fife 1st for 🇬🇧 Another seen at Spurn 320 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 25/09/2005 Spurn,E Yorks 321 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 322 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 29/10/2006 Cresswell Pond Northumberland 323 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 324 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 28/06/2022 Bempton East Yorks 325 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 25/09/2008 Flamborough,East Yorks 326 Jay Garrulus glandarius 327 Magpie Pica pica 328 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 329 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 330 Rook Corvus frugilegus 331 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 332 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 333 Raven Corvus corax 334 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 335 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 05/10/2017 St Agnes IOS 336 Coal Tit Periparus ater 337 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 338 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 339 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 340 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 341 Great Tit Parus major 342 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 21/12/2005 Rainham Marshes Essex 343 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 344 Woodlark Lullula arborea 345 Skylark Alauda arvensis 346 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 01/05/2009 Dungeness, Kent 347 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 348 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 349 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 14/05/2006 Isle of May, Fife 350 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 03/06/2003 South Stack RSPB Anglesey 351 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 352 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 09/11/2015 Chesterfield Derbyshire 353 Swallow Hirundo rustica 354 House Martin Delichon urbicum 355 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 25/04/2003 Hurleston Reservoir Nantwich Cheshire 2 together 356 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 08/09/2016 St Mary's Scilly Isles 357 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 358 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 359 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 360 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 12/10/2010 Porthellic,St Mary's Isles of Scilly 361 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 15/12/2003 Caernarfon, Gwynedd 362 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 363 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 10/10/2004 Kilnsea East Yorks 364 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 12/10/2004 Carn Friars, St Mary’s, IOS 365 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 08/06/2021 Lundy 1st for 🇬🇧 366 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 13/03/2005 Kessingland Suffolk 367 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 368 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 369 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 23/04/2007 Colney,Norfolk 370 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 23/10/2009 Trow Quarry,South Shields Co Durham 1st for 🇬🇧 371 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 10/09/2021 Buckton E Yorks 372 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2006 Filey East Yorks Others seen at Spurn and Flamborough 373 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 11/09/2005 Spurn 374 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 11/10/2005 Portland, Dorset 375 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 24/05/2003 Marton Mere Lancs 376 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 13/09/2007 Uskmouth Newport Gwent 377 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 378 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 14/10/2005 Torness,Dunbar,East Lothian 379 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 03/10/2007 Whitburn Co Durham 380 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 381 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 382 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 13/10/2006 Bryher,Isles of Scilly 383 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 01/09/2010 Flamborough,East Yorks 384 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 385 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 386 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 18/09/2017 Burnham Overy Marshes Norfolk 387 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 14/06/2008 Evie, South Ron,Orkney 388 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 28/04/2005 Stodmarsh,Kent Saw one at Hickling Broad in mid 80's no date 389 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 390 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 08/11/2009 Pegwell Bay Kent 391 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 392 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 393 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 394 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 395 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 29/05/2012 Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 396 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 16/06/2020 The Snook Holy Island 397 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 28/09/2007 Spiggie Shetland Also Berry Head Devon 19/11/08 398 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 13/04/2017 Portland Bill 399 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 03/06/2018 Blakeney Point Norfolk 400 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 01/06/2021 Carmel Head Anglesey 401 Whitethroat Curruca communis 402 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 03/06/2014 Burnham Overy Dunes Norfolk 403 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 06/06/2010 Blorenge,Blaenavon,Gwent 404 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 405 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 406 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 407 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 408 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 409 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 410 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 19/04/2005 Bradwell on Sea Essex 411 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 17/10/2018 Lands End Cornwall 412 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth Devon 413 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 414 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 415 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 28/10/2021 Papa Westray 416 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 28/09/2007 Houbie,Fetlar Shetland 417 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 30/10/2013 Porthgwarra Cornwall 418 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 13/11/2005 Great Wood,Hatfield,Herts Also St Mary’s IOS 419 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 21/11/2011 Isle of Muck,Inner Hebs Also Lunna Shetland 420 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 10/10/2004 Kilnsea East Yorks Also Symbister Burn Shetland and Bressay 421 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 01/10/2020 Kilminning,Fife 422 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 423 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 424 Redwing Turdus iliacus 425 Blackbird Turdus merula 426 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 07/10/2020 North Ronaldsay Orkney 427 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 428 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 429 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 27/12/2005 Curload Somerset Also Rothesay , Isle of Bute 430 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 18/05/2013 Margate Cemetery Kent Also Beely , Derbyshire 431 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 20/01/2004 Grimsby Lincs Also Tresco IOS and Bingley W Yorks 432 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey saltmarsh Norfolk 433 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 03/10/2007 Flamborough East Yorks 434 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 435 Robin Erithacus rubecula 436 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 06/06/2011 Hartlepool Headland Cleveland 437 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 08/06/2008 Dunwich Heath, Suffolk 438 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 439 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 440 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 21/10/2011 Gulberswick Shetland 441 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 442 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 15/10/2020 Trow Quarry South Shields 443 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 444 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 30/04/2009 Portland Dorset 445 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 16/10/2006 Thorpeness Suffolk 446 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 447 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 448 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 25/04/2013 Spurn East Yorks 449 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 28/12/2016 Stow on the Wold Glos 450 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 451 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 27/10/2018 Salthouse Norfolk 452 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 10/09/1989 Holkham Meols,Norfolk Post split DNA confirmed bird on Ashton’s flash 24/12/19 453 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 454 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 455 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 23/09/2006 Borth Anglesey 456 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 02/11/2005 Holy Island Northumberland 457 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 09/11/2008 Filey North Yorks Also Hoylake,Wirral 458 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 03/09/2019 Fluke Hall Pilling Lancs Still pending 459 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 460 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 461 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 12/01/2012 Calshot Hants 462 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 463 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 28/10/2022 Slaughden Suffolk 464 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 10/10/2016 Scousborough Shetland 1st for 🇬🇧 465 Dunnock Prunella modularis 466 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 467 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 26/09/2019 Cemlyn Anglesey 468 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 21/09/2007 Tresco Isles of Scilly 469 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 470 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 471 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 472 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 09/12/2014 Calder Wetlands,Pugneys CP,West Yorks 473 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 474 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 475 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 476 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 10/10/2004 Kilnsea East Yorks 477 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 20/11/2007 Goodwick Moor Pembs Also Gulberswick, Shetland 478 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 479 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 25/09/2007 Carn Friars St Mary's IOS 480 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 481 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 482 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 483 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 484 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 485 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 486 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 22/05/2005 Landguard Suffolk 487 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 488 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 489 Twite Linaria flavirostris 490 Linnet Linaria cannabina 491 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 492 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 493 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 05/01/2005 Titchwell RSPB Norfolk Coue’s Arctic Redpoll. Hornemann’s 7/10/09 Shetland 494 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 495 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 496 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 497 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 09/11/2008 Stokesley North Yorks 498 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 499 Serin Serinus serinus 500 Siskin Spinus spinus 501 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 502 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 503 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 504 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 505 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 16/01/2005 Wadborough, Worcs 506 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 507 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 21/09/2008 North Ronaldsay Orkney 508 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 509 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 510 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 16/10/2005 Bempton RSPB E Yorks 511 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 29/05/2014 West Runton Norfolk 512 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough Head E Yorks Awaiting acceptance 513 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 514 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 14/07/2007 Langham Norfolk 515 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 07/01/2008 Cley Norfolk 516 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 03/06/2003 Caldy Wirral 517 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 30/04/2017 North Ronaldsay 1st for 🇬🇧 518 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 23/09/2011 Higgo's Pool St Mary's IOS 519 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 19/09/2011 Lower Moors St Mary's IOS 520 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 06/10/2020 Yell,Shetland 521 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 17/02/2012 Rhiwderin Gwent 522 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 08/09/2017 Barra Outer Hebrides 523 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 14/11/2023 Bryher IoS 524 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 21/09/2023 St Govan’s Head Pembs 525 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 23/09/2023 Ramsey Island Found when we were at the Magnolia Wblr nearby 526 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 17/10/2022 Bryher IOS 527 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 12/10/2023 Hoswick Shetland 8 miles away from where I was staying on our last day on Shetland 528 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 04/10/2005 Lower Broom Platform St Mary's IOS 529 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 09/02/2014 High Shincliffe Co Durham 530 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 St Govan’s Head Found as we were waiting to cross to Ramsey Is for Bay-breasted Wblr 1st for 🇬🇧 531 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 08/10/2014 Barra 532 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 25/10/2007 Troy Town St Agnes IOS