Chris Griffin: Britain Life List BOU, Self-found records Record(s) 1 to 285 of 285 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 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 13/03/2022 Drumlemble, Argyll 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 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 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 39 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 40 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 43 Quail Coturnix coturnix 44 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 45 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 46 Swift Apus apus 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 48 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 54 Corncrake Crex crex 55 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 56 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 57 Coot Fulica atra 58 Crane Grus grus 59 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 60 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 61 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 62 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 63 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 64 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 66 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 67 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 68 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 69 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 70 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 71 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 72 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 73 Curlew Numenius arquata 74 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 75 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 77 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 78 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 79 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 80 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 81 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 82 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 83 Redshank Tringa totanus 84 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 85 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 87 Knot Calidris canutus 88 Ruff Calidris pugnax 89 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 90 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 91 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 94 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 95 Little Stint Calidris minuta 96 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 97 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 98 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 99 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 100 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 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 106 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 107 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 108 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 11/03/2014 Scrabster 109 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 110 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 111 Common Gull Larus canus 112 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 113 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 114 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 115 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 116 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 117 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 118 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 119 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 120 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 121 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 122 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 123 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 124 Puffin Fratercula arctica 125 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 126 Razorbill Alca torda 127 Little Auk Alle alle 128 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 129 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 130 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 131 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 132 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 133 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 29/06/2017 Gwennap Head, Porthgwarra, Cornwall 134 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 135 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 136 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 137 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 138 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 139 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 140 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 141 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 142 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 29/06/2017 Gwennap Head, Porthgwarra, Cornwall 143 Gannet Morus bassanus 144 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 145 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 146 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 17/01/2022 Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir, Port Talbot 147 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 148 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 149 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 150 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 151 Great White Egret Ardea alba 152 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 153 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 154 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 155 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 156 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 157 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 158 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 159 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 160 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 161 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 162 Red Kite Milvus milvus 163 Black Kite Milvus migrans 164 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 165 Buzzard Buteo buteo 166 Barn Owl Tyto alba 167 Little Owl Athene noctua 168 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 169 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 170 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 171 Hoopoe Upupa epops 172 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 173 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 174 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 175 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 176 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 177 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 178 Merlin Falco columbarius 179 Hobby Falco subbuteo 180 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 05/02/2014 Wick, Highland 181 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 182 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 183 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 184 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 12/09/2018 Braunton Burrows, Devon 1st-winter 185 Jay Garrulus glandarius 186 Magpie Pica pica 187 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 188 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 189 Rook Corvus frugilegus 190 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 191 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 192 Raven Corvus corax 193 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 194 Coal Tit Periparus ater 195 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 196 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 197 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 198 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 199 Great Tit Parus major 200 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 201 Woodlark Lullula arborea 202 Skylark Alauda arvensis 203 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 204 Swallow Hirundo rustica 205 House Martin Delichon urbicum 206 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 02/04/2021 Portland, Dorset 207 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 208 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 209 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 210 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 211 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 212 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 213 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 214 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 09/10/2014 Da Water, Fair Isle, Shetland 215 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 216 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 07/10/2020 Voe, Shetland 217 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 07/10/2014 Quendale, Shetland 218 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 219 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 220 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 221 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 222 Whitethroat Curruca communis 223 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 224 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 225 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 226 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 227 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 228 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 229 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 230 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 231 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 232 Redwing Turdus iliacus 233 Blackbird Turdus merula 234 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 235 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 236 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 237 Robin Erithacus rubecula 238 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 239 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 06/10/2014 Hoswick, Shetland 240 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 241 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 242 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 243 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 244 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 245 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 14/10/2016 Shirva, Fair Isle, Shetland 246 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 247 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 248 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 249 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 250 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 251 Dunnock Prunella modularis 252 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 253 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 25/04/2019 Piling Wetlands, Avon Found a summ plum male walking back after seeing the female there! 254 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 255 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 256 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 05/10/2015 Burkle, Fair Isle flock of 4 257 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 258 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 259 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 05/10/2015 Boini Mire, Fair Isle 260 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 261 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 262 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 263 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 264 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 265 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 266 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 26/09/2020 Woolpack Battery, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly 267 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 268 Twite Linaria flavirostris 269 Linnet Linaria cannabina 270 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 271 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 272 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 273 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 274 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 275 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 276 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 277 Serin Serinus serinus 278 Siskin Spinus spinus 279 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 280 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 281 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 282 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 283 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 284 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 285 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus