Daniel Gornall: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 372 of 372 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 25/02/2022 Cley, Norfolk 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 11/12/2021 Banks Marsh, Lancs 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 04/12/2018 Seaton Common 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 11 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 24/05/2019 Hornsea Mere 19 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 04/10/2019 Frankfield Loch, Glasgow 21 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 22 Gadwall Mareca strepera 23 Wigeon Mareca penelope 24 American Wigeon Mareca americana 05/12/2016 WWT Caerlaverock 25 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26 Pintail Anas acuta 27 Teal Anas crecca 28 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis WWT Caerlaverock 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30 Pochard Aythya ferina 31 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 02/05/2022 Camp Lane Pools, Grimley, Worcs 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18/01/2017 Carlingwark Loch 33 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 34 Scaup Aythya marila 35 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 22/01/2022 Auchincross Loch, New Cumnock, Ayrshire 36 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 18/12/2022 Redcar and Cleveland 37 Eider Somateria mollissima 38 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 02/11/2019 Musselburgh 39 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 40 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 02/11/2019 Musselburgh 41 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 05/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 42 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 43 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 44 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 45 Smew Mergellus albellus 46 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 17/02/2017 Lochwinnoch RSPB 47 Goosander Mergus merganser 48 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 49 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 50 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 51 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 16/02/2024 Glenshee, Perthshire 52 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 53 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 54 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 55 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 56 Quail Coturnix coturnix 28/05/2021 Fair Isle 57 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 58 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 59 Swift Apus apus 60 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 11/11/2018 Hartlepool Headland 61 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 11/11/2018 Hartlepool Headland 62 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 14/10/2018 Hornsea Mere 63 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 06/08/2019 Mickletown, West Yorkshire 64 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 65 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 66 Stock Dove Columba oenas 67 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 68 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 26/05/2019 Spurn 69 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 70 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 71 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 12/09/2018 Burton Mere Wetlands 72 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 73 Coot Fulica atra 74 Crane Grus grus 75 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 76 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 27/11/2020 Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire 77 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 78 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 79 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 80 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 81 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 11/07/2021 Fair Isle 82 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 83 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 14/08/2022 Doddington, Cheshire 84 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 85 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 86 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 87 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 88 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 24/04/2019 Great Orme 89 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 90 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 91 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 92 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 05/05/2023 Long Nanny, Northumberland 93 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 29/12/2020 Bude Marshes 94 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/11/2021 Blacktoft Sands 95 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 26/01/2022 Burnham-on-sea 96 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 97 Curlew Numenius arquata 98 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 99 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 100 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 15/10/2017 WWT Martin Mere 101 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 102 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 103 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 104 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 105 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 106 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 107 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 28/06/2017 Buttermere 108 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 109 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 110 Redshank Tringa totanus 111 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 08/02/2020 Nosterfield, North Yorks 112 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 113 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 114 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 115 Knot Calidris canutus 116 Ruff Calidris pugnax 117 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 17/05/2019 Lunt Meadows 118 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 119 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 120 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 07/09/2019 Davidstow Airfield, Cornwall 121 Sanderling Calidris alba 122 Dunlin Calidris alpina 123 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 124 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 30/09/2018 Beacon Ponds, Spurn 125 Little Stint Calidris minuta 126 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 15/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge 127 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 128 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 16/09/2018 Skippool Creek, Lancashire 129 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 130 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 07/08/2019 Sandbach Flashes, Cheshire 131 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 26/06/2023 Lower Moor, Worcs 132 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 133 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 24/05/2019 Burton Mere Wetlands 134 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 135 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 136 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 11/05/2022 Selsey Bill, West Sussex 137 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 138 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 139 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 140 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 141 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 14/08/2018 Hoylake 142 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 143 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 07/02/2015 New Brighton marine lake 144 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 145 Common Gull Larus canus 146 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 147 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 148 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 07/08/2022 Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire 149 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 150 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 151 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 152 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 153 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 154 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 155 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 156 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 157 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 158 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 159 Puffin Fratercula arctica 160 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 161 Razorbill Alca torda 162 Little Auk Alle alle 28/10/2018 Spurn 163 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 164 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 165 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 166 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 22/01/2017 Druridge Pools 167 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 168 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 21/04/2021 Fair Isle 169 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 170 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 171 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 172 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 12/08/2023 Porthgwarra 173 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 174 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 13/08/2023 Porthgwarra 175 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 176 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 177 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 178 Gannet Morus bassanus 179 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 180 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 181 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 182 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 183 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 184 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 185 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 186 Great White Egret Ardea alba 187 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 188 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 08/12/2019 England Hill, Lancs 189 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 190 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 27/05/2019 Spurn 191 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 192 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 193 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 194 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 195 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 196 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 14/06/2017 Dunsop Bridge 197 Red Kite Milvus milvus 198 Black Kite Milvus migrans 16/05/2021 Fair Isle 199 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 03/11/2018 Spurn 200 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 05/11/2018 Spurn 201 Buzzard Buteo buteo 202 Barn Owl Tyto alba 203 Little Owl Athene noctua 204 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 205 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 206 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 12/10/2019 Ronas Hill, Mainland Shetland 207 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 208 Hoopoe Upupa epops 11/05/2021 Fair Isle 209 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 210 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 22/12/2021 Samlesbury, Lancs 211 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 06/10/2019 Ollaberry, Mainland, Shetland 212 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 213 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 214 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 215 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 216 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 217 Merlin Falco columbarius 218 Hobby Falco subbuteo 219 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 220 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 221 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 222 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 223 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 09/09/2021 Fair Isle 224 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 01/10/2021 Fair Isle 225 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 226 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 03/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs 227 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 15/10/2020 Fair Isle 228 Jay Garrulus glandarius 229 Magpie Pica pica 230 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 231 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 232 Rook Corvus frugilegus 233 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 234 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 235 Raven Corvus corax 236 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 237 Coal Tit Periparus ater 238 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 16/02/2024 Nethy Bridge, Highland 239 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 240 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 241 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 242 Great Tit Parus major 243 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 26/01/2022 Western-super-mare 244 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 245 Woodlark Lullula arborea 246 Skylark Alauda arvensis 247 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 248 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 05/10/2019 Garths Ness, Mainland, Shetland 249 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 22/06/2020 Fair Isle 250 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 251 Swallow Hirundo rustica 252 House Martin Delichon urbicum 253 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 26/05/2019 Spurn 254 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 255 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 256 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 257 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 05/10/2019 West Burra, Mainland Shetland 258 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 24/02/2022 Eastbourne, East Sussex 259 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 260 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 261 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 262 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 263 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 264 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 17/04/2019 Seaforth 265 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 16/06/2020 Fair Isle 266 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 15/06/2020 Fair Isle 267 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 08/10/2017 Spurn 268 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 18/05/2019 Wintersett Reservoir 269 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 270 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 04/09/2022 Fair Isle 271 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 16/02/2018 Hope Carr NR Leigh 272 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 273 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 11/08/2019 Spurn, East Yorkshire 274 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 01/10/2019 Spurn 275 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 24/08/2021 Fair Isle 276 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 08/06/2020 Fair Isle 277 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 09/06/2020 Fair Isle 278 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 15/06/2019 Malltraeth Marsh RSPB 279 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 280 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 281 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 282 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 283 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 284 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 28/05/2021 Fair Isle 285 Whitethroat Curruca communis 286 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 287 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 288 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 289 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 290 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 291 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 292 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 293 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 294 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 30/10/2021 Papa Westray 295 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 26/09/2020 Fair Isle 296 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 297 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 298 Redwing Turdus iliacus 299 Blackbird Turdus merula 300 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 301 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 302 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 11/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire 303 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 11/12/2016 Beeley 304 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 24/02/2022 Eastbourne, East Sussex 305 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 306 Robin Erithacus rubecula 307 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 13/06/2020 Fair Isle 308 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 09/05/2021 Fair Isle 309 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 08/10/2019 Sandness, Mainland, Shetland 310 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 311 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 06/11/2021 Flamborough Head 312 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 313 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 10/09/2021 Fair Isle 314 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 08/10/2018 Spurn Point 315 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 316 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 317 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 318 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 05/10/2019 Hillwell, mainland Shetland 319 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 320 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 321 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 09/11/2018 Moels, Cheshire 322 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 01/09/2019 Fluke Hall, Lancs 323 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 324 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 325 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 326 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 14/10/2016 Spurn 327 Dunnock Prunella modularis 328 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 329 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 28/12/2019 Sedgeford, Norfolk 330 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 08/06/2020 Fair Isle 331 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 332 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 333 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 11/10/2018 Spurn Point 334 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 28/05/2021 Fair Isle 335 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 336 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 337 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 11/10/2018 Spurn Point 338 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 10/10/2020 Fair Isle 339 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 28/10/2020 Fair Isle 340 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 341 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 342 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 343 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 344 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 345 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 346 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 347 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 348 Twite Linaria flavirostris 349 Linnet Linaria cannabina 350 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 351 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 352 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 28/10/2018 Spurn 353 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 354 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 17/02/2024 Nethy Bridge, Highland 355 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 356 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 357 Serin Serinus serinus 25/05/2019 Spurn 358 Siskin Spinus spinus 359 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 360 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 361 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 362 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 363 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 29/12/2020 Labrador Bay 364 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 19/10/2018 Easington, Yorkshire 365 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 30/09/2019 Spurn 366 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 367 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 07/04/2024 Gillingham, Dorset 368 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 02/12/2022 Kingsmead, Cheshire 369 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 13/01/2024 Heybridge, Essex 370 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 22/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire 371 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 23/09/2023 Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire 372 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire