Teresa Frost: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 263 of 263 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 02/12/2018 Cantley Marshes 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 18/01/2017 Fields off Wagtail Way 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 04/01/2014 Caerlaverock 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25/04/2024 Livermere 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 10/03/2013 Ullswater 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 38 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 43 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 44 Swift Apus apus 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 49 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Crane Grus grus Dungeness 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Dungeness 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 01/04/2006 Weeting 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus ********** ********** 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 05/05/2019 Choseley 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 70 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 12/07/2010 Dungeness 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 09/10/2021 Potter Heigham 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 77 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 78 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 79 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 80 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 29/05/2011 Hauxley NR, Northumberland 81 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 82 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 83 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 06/05/2019 Wells-next-the-Sea 84 Redshank Tringa totanus 85 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 23/11/2020 Cley 86 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 87 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 88 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 14/11/2020 Dunwich 89 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 90 Knot Calidris canutus 91 Ruff Calidris pugnax 92 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/09/2016 Frampton Marsh 93 Sanderling Calidris alba 94 Dunlin Calidris alpina 95 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 96 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 05/07/2017 Marazion 97 Little Stint Calidris minuta 22/08/2013 Dungeness 98 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 99 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 06/08/2020 Alton Water 100 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 101 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 102 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 103 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 104 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 105 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/01/2003 Aberystwyth Approx date. Juv. 106 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 107 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 108 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 109 Common Gull Larus canus 110 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 13/01/2017 Thetford 111 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 112 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13/01/2017 Thetford 113 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 114 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 27/11/2021 Titchwell 115 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 116 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 13/01/2017 Thetford 117 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 118 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 119 Puffin Fratercula arctica 120 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 121 Razorbill Alca torda 122 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 123 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 124 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 125 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 126 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 127 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 128 Gannet Morus bassanus 129 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 130 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 131 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2002 Devon Date rough estimate can't remember exactly 132 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 133 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 134 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 12/05/2019 The Nunnery 135 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 18/01/2009 Military Canal Hythe Date estimate 136 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 137 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 04/06/2003 Borth Bog 138 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 28/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 139 Great White Egret Ardea alba 140 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 141 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 01/06/2010 Dungeness flew near nest 142 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 143 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 144 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 145 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 146 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 147 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 148 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 18/12/2023 Warham Greens 149 Red Kite Milvus milvus 150 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 20/09/2015 Ardnamurchan 151 Buzzard Buteo buteo 152 Barn Owl Tyto alba 153 Little Owl Athene noctua 154 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 155 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 156 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 11/03/2018 Snettisham 157 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 158 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 28/06/2021 Icklingham 159 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 160 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 05/07/2015 Lower Gelt Quarry Brampton 161 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 04/04/2015 Coombe Abbey 162 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 163 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 164 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 165 Merlin Falco columbarius 166 Hobby Falco subbuteo 167 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 168 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 169 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 29/10/2015 langholm moor 170 Jay Garrulus glandarius 171 Magpie Pica pica 172 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 173 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 174 Rook Corvus frugilegus 175 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 176 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 177 Raven Corvus corax 178 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 179 Coal Tit Periparus ater 180 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 03/04/2013 Loch Garten 181 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 182 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 183 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 184 Great Tit Parus major 185 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 186 Woodlark Lullula arborea 01/04/2006 Weeting 187 Skylark Alauda arvensis 188 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 13/11/2016 Holkham Gap 189 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 190 Swallow Hirundo rustica 191 House Martin Delichon urbicum 192 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 08/12/2018 Cley 193 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 194 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 195 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 196 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 18/12/2023 Warham Greens 197 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 17/01/2021 Nunnery Lakes 198 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 199 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 200 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 10/05/2017 Nunnery Lakes 201 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 202 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 203 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 08/06/2023 204 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 205 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 206 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 207 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 01/09/2020 Burham Overy Staithe 208 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 209 Whitethroat Curruca communis 210 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 26/05/2013 Tadnoll, Dorset 211 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 27/10/2017 Nunnery Lakes 212 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 213 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 214 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 215 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 216 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 217 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 218 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 219 Redwing Turdus iliacus 220 Blackbird Turdus merula 221 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 222 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 09/04/2006 Dungeness 223 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 224 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 225 Robin Erithacus rubecula 226 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 227 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 228 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 18/10/2020 Holme 229 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 230 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 231 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 232 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 233 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 234 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 235 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 236 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 237 Dunnock Prunella modularis 238 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 239 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 12/01/2020 Sedgeford 240 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 241 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 242 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 243 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 244 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 30/11/2019 Titchwell 245 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 246 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 247 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 248 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 17/11/2013 Nagshead RSPB 249 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 250 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 251 Twite Linaria flavirostris 252 Linnet Linaria cannabina 253 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 254 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 27/11/2017 Santon Downham 255 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 256 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 257 Siskin Spinus spinus 258 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 13/03/2016 Blakeney 259 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Reculver Next Aviemore 260 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 261 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 262 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 263 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus