David Kelly: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 346 of 346 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/12/1992 Caerlaverock 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 11/03/1991 Lossiemouth 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 05/09/1988 Cley 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 08/12/1990 Lochwinnoch 25 Pintail Anas acuta 26 Teal Anas crecca 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 29 Pochard Aythya ferina 30 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 31 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 32 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 33 Scaup Aythya marila 34 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 12/01/1991 Auchencreoch Loch 35 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 36 Eider Somateria mollissima 37 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 10/03/1991 Wick 38 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 39 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 40 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 25/03/2018 Musselburgh 41 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 13/12/2022 Ferny Ness, East Lothian 42 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 43 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 44 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 45 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 14/12/2006 Callander 46 Smew Mergellus albellus 47 Goosander Mergus merganser 48 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 49 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 50 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 51 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 52 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 53 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 54 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 55 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 56 Quail Coturnix coturnix 57 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 58 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 59 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 60 Swift Apus apus 61 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 30/10/2022 Yellowcraig 62 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 63 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 64 Stock Dove Columba oenas 65 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 66 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 67 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 68 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 69 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 70 Coot Fulica atra 71 Crane Grus grus 72 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 73 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 17/01/1992 Druridge Pools 74 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 75 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 76 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 77 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 78 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 79 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 80 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 81 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 82 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 83 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 17/06/2023 Musselburgh 84 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 85 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 86 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 87 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 88 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 89 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 06/06/1999 Tyninghame 90 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 91 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 92 Curlew Numenius arquata 93 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 94 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 95 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 12/05/1991 Aberlady 96 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 15/09/1999 Rosehearty 97 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 98 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 99 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 100 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 15/11/2009 Musselburgh 101 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 102 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 103 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 12/09/1996 Dumbarton 104 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 105 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 03/05/1992 Loch Rannoch 106 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 107 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 02/12/1992 Burghead 108 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 18/05/1997 Musselburgh 109 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 110 Redshank Tringa totanus 111 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 14/08/1999 Menie 112 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 113 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 114 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 10/10/1994 Rockcliffe 115 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 116 Knot Calidris canutus 117 Ruff Calidris pugnax 118 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 10/06/2020 Musselburgh 119 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 120 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 121 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 122 Sanderling Calidris alba 123 Dunlin Calidris alpina 124 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 125 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 06/09/2003 Threipmuir 126 Little Stint Calidris minuta 127 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 128 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 129 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 10/08/1997 Musselburgh 130 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 29/08/2010 Tyninghame 131 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 132 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 133 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 134 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 17/12/1994 Musselburgh 135 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 136 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 137 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 138 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 139 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 08/08/1989 Musselburgh 140 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 09/08/1999 Musselburgh 141 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 142 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 23/01/1993 Fraserburgh 143 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 144 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 31/12/2001 Montrose 145 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 146 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 15/02/2013 Eastbourne 147 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 148 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 04/06/1992 Musselburgh 149 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 150 Common Gull Larus canus 151 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 152 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 153 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 154 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 155 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 156 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 157 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 158 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 159 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 160 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 161 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 162 Puffin Fratercula arctica 163 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 164 Razorbill Alca torda 165 Little Auk Alle alle 166 Guillemot Uria aalge 167 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 08/09/2018 El Cotillo, Fuerteventura 168 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 169 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 170 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 171 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 15/04/1998 Gullane Point 172 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 173 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 20/10/2023 Port Seton 174 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 175 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 176 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 177 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 178 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 179 Gannet Morus bassanus 180 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 181 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 182 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 01/03/1989 Stockton on Tees 183 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 09/03/2014 Kinross 184 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 185 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 186 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 187 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 188 Great White Egret Ardea alba 189 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 190 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 191 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 192 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 193 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 194 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 195 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 196 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 197 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 04/05/2023 Aberlady Bay 2cy ringtail 198 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 199 Red Kite Milvus milvus 200 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 201 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 202 Buzzard Buteo buteo 203 Barn Owl Tyto alba 204 Little Owl Athene noctua 205 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 206 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 207 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 208 Hoopoe Upupa epops 209 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 08/06/1997 Lochaber 210 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 211 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 212 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 213 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 214 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 215 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 216 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 217 Merlin Falco columbarius 218 Hobby Falco subbuteo 219 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 18/11/1987 Islay 220 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 221 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 222 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22/05/2016 Musselburgh 223 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 224 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 01/11/2004 Kilrenny 225 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 17/09/1994 Elie 226 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 16/09/2018 Barns Ness 227 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 07/11/1993 Fife Ness 228 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 229 Jay Garrulus glandarius 230 Magpie Pica pica 231 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 232 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 233 Rook Corvus frugilegus 234 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 235 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 236 Raven Corvus corax 237 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 238 Coal Tit Periparus ater 239 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 240 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 241 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 242 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 243 Great Tit Parus major 244 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 245 Woodlark Lullula arborea 246 Skylark Alauda arvensis 247 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 248 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 249 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 250 Swallow Hirundo rustica 251 House Martin Delichon urbicum 252 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 253 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 254 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 255 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 256 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 257 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 258 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 259 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 260 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 261 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 262 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 263 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/05/1990 Aberlady 264 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 265 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 22/10/2005 Torness 266 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 14/06/2021 Dunbar Cement Works Singing male 267 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 268 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 269 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 07/11/1993 Newtonhill 270 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 271 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 272 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 273 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 274 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 275 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 276 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 02/11/1991 Flamborough 277 Whitethroat Curruca communis 278 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 24/05/1993 St Abbs 279 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 280 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 281 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 282 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 283 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 284 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 285 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 286 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 287 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 288 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 289 Redwing Turdus iliacus 290 Blackbird Turdus merula 291 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 292 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 293 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 25/12/1989 Prestongrange 294 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 295 Robin Erithacus rubecula 296 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 297 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 298 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 299 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 300 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 21/10/2022 Barns Ness 301 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 302 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 303 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 304 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 305 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 306 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 24/11/2021 Phatassie Doocot East Linton 307 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 09/09/1997 Thorntonloch 308 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 27/10/1991 Thorntonloch 309 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 310 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 311 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 312 Dunnock Prunella modularis 313 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 314 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 23/06/2003 Musselburgh 315 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 316 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 317 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 318 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 319 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 320 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 321 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 322 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 323 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 324 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 325 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 326 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 327 Twite Linaria flavirostris 328 Linnet Linaria cannabina 329 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 330 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 331 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 332 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 15/05/2002 Lin of Dee 333 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 334 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 335 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 336 Siskin Spinus spinus 337 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 338 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 339 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 340 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 341 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 29/01/1994 Druridge Bay 342 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 343 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 344 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 345 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 346 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 04/05/1992 Hamilton