Tom Hibbert: Nottinghamshire Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 221 of 221 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 06/10/2013 Attenborough Nature Reserve 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 12/10/2014 Langford Lowfields Skein of 30+ over 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 07/02/2017 Lound 7 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 04/02/2017 Lound 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Lound 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 30/11/2013 Budby Pumping Station 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 08/12/2013 Idle Valley 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Clumber Park 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula Attenborough 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 13/03/2015 Holme Pierrepont Drake 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 16/10/2013 Kingsmill Reservoir Female 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 19/03/2017 Hagg Lane Flash Drake 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Rufford Country Park 23 Pochard Aythya ferina Kingsmill Reservoir 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 29/12/2023 Idle Valley Drake 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24/12/2021 Langford Lowfields 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Rufford Country Park 27 Scaup Aythya marila Lound 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19/04/2018 Bellmoor Lake Female 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 09/02/2018 Holme Pierrepont 1st winter male 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/11/2013 Clumber Park Drake 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/01/2014 Attenborough Female 32 Goosander Mergus merganser Rufford Country Park 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30/04/2014 Idle Valley Female on Bellmoor Lake 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Classified! Female 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Budby 40 Swift Apus apus 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 21/04/2014 Budby Common 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 05/01/2014 Attenborough 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 11/05/2017 Idle Valley 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30/11/2013 Budby Pumping Station 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 49 Coot Fulica atra 50 Crane Grus grus 30/05/2020 Idle Valley 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 09/12/2018 Idle Valley 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 13/02/2014 Idle Valley 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 22/10/2013 Annesley CP 56 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 11/05/2021 Near Wellow 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 58 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 02/09/2019 Idle Valley 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/04/2014 Idle Valley Pair 60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 30/04/2017 Idle Valley 61 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 30/01/2014 Idle Valley 62 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/04/2014 Besthorpe One on Mons Pool 63 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 30/03/2014 Besthorpe 2 64 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 30/03/2014 Besthorpe 2 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 30/04/2017 Idle Valley 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 13/04/2014 Besthorpe Summer plumaged bird feeding on Mons Pool 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 06/10/2013 Attenborough Nature Reserve 70 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/09/2013 Idle Valley NR 72 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Idle Valley 73 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 04/06/2020 Misson 74 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/09/2013 Idle Valley 75 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 09/02/2018 Holme Pierrepont 1st winter 76 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 29/03/2014 Budby Pumping Station 77 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 10/05/2017 Idle Valley 78 Redshank Tringa totanus 15/03/2014 Idle Valley 79 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 05/09/2018 Idle Valley 80 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 17/05/2021 Idle Valley Two 81 Knot Calidris canutus 18/05/2019 Langford Lowfields 82 Ruff Calidris pugnax 04/09/2013 Idle Valley 83 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 10/06/2020 Misson 84 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 23/05/2023 Idle Valley 85 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 21/05/2020 Idle Valley 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 15/03/2015 Besthorpe 2 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 30/09/2022 Holme Pierrepont 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 04/09/2013 Idle Valley 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 04/09/2013 Idle Valley 90 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 30/04/2017 Idle Valley 91 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 27/06/2022 Idle Washlands 92 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 07/09/2013 Attenborough NR 93 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 07/09/2013 Attenborough NR 94 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Lound 95 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Rufford 96 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 02/04/2014 Idle Valley Single in near-breeding plumage 97 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/01/2023 Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint Adult winter 98 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 08/05/2021 Holme Pierrepont 1st-summer 99 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 100 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/03/2018 Lound 101 Common Gull Larus canus 06/10/2013 Attenborough Nature Reserve 102 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Idle Valley 103 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 104 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 06/10/2013 Attenborough NR 105 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 106 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 19/02/2017 Hoveringham 107 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 108 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Hoveringham 1st winter 109 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 19/02/2017 Hoveringham 110 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Hoveringham 111 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 112 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 03/11/2013 Lowdham, Notts 113 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Idle Valley 114 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 115 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 19/03/2017 Holme Pierrepont 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/02/2017 Lound 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 24/04/2014 Idle Valley 1 over Chainbridge Pit 119 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 120 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 121 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 11/03/2016 Welbeck Adult 122 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/09/2013 Idle Valley 123 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12/12/2016 Retford Ringtail 124 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/01/2014 Hallcroft Fishery Flew over towards Retford 125 Buzzard Buteo buteo 126 Barn Owl Tyto alba Sherwood Heath Rescued a female that had flown into a window. 127 Little Owl Athene noctua 30/03/2014 Besthorpe 2 looking indignant. 128 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 129 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/04/2016 Misson 130 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 131 Hoopoe Upupa epops 22/10/2013 Annesley CP 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Spa Ponds NR My first kingfisher. 133 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 30/06/2017 East Leake 5 seen 134 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 10/03/2017 Birklands Male 135 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 136 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 137 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 138 Merlin Falco columbarius 26/03/2015 Attenborough Female over train track 139 Hobby Falco subbuteo 03/09/2013 Idle Valley 140 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 30/11/2013 Budby Pumping Station 141 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 07/04/2018 Wollaton Park 5 142 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 30/11/2013 Budby Common 143 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 12/07/2017 Idle Valley Adult male in the willows 144 Jay Garrulus glandarius 145 Magpie Pica pica 146 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 147 Rook Corvus frugilegus 148 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 149 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 20/01/2019 Bothamsall 150 Raven Corvus corax 08/10/2013 Budby Pumping Station 151 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 22/02/2017 Edwinstowe 5 152 Coal Tit Periparus ater 153 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 154 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 155 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 156 Great Tit Parus major 157 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 24/11/2018 Langford Lowfields 158 Woodlark Lullula arborea 159 Skylark Alauda arvensis 160 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 03/02/2019 Langford Lowfields 161 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 162 Swallow Hirundo rustica 163 House Martin Delichon urbicum 164 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 10/04/2014 Attenborough 3 heard, 2 seen 165 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 166 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 04/03/2023 Attenborough 167 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 168 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 169 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 30/05/2021 Besthorpe 170 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2014 Idle Valley 171 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 172 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2014 Idle Valley 173 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 174 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 24/04/2014 Idle Valley 175 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13/04/2014 Besthorpe 3+ between Besthorpe and Collingham 176 Whitethroat Curruca communis 177 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/03/2016 Idle Valley 178 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Clumber Park 179 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 180 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 181 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 182 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 183 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 184 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 185 Redwing Turdus iliacus 186 Blackbird Turdus merula 187 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 188 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Newark One along Trent 189 Robin Erithacus rubecula 190 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 01/08/2020 King’s Park, Retford 191 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 09/11/2014 Wollaton Hall Showing very well on roof of Wayne Manor 192 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/04/2017 Birklands 193 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/12/2014 Budby Common Female 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/10/2013 Annesley CP 196 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 197 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 198 Dunnock Prunella modularis 199 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2014 Idle Valley 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 202 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 203 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 204 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Idle Valley 205 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 206 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 23/01/2014 My garden! 207 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Rufford CP 208 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 209 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 210 Linnet Linaria cannabina 211 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea Idle Valley 212 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 30/11/2013 Budby Pumping Station 213 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 14/12/2013 Budby Common Flock of 14 214 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 30/11/2013 Budby Common 215 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 11/04/2021 Thoresby 216 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 218 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 14/12/2019 Gringley Carr 219 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 220 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 29/11/2020 Langford Lowfields 221 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus