Christopher Bell: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 294 of 294 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/10/2018 Long Nab (2 north) 2 pictured previous years at Scalby Mills 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Britain many areas 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Scarborough Seamer Tip Ponds 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 02/01/2017 Seamer Carr (mixed flock of 22 with white fronted geese) 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10/01/2016 Harwood Dale Pond 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Britain many areas 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Britain many areas 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Scarborough Wykeham Lakes 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Britain many areas 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Scarborough Mere 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 06/03/2022 Swine Moor, Beverly, East Yorkshire At distance 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula Scarborough Open Air Theatre and Britain many areas 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera Britain many places 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope Britain many places 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 30/01/2016 Scalby Mills Scarborough 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Britain many areas 20 Pintail Anas acuta Johnsons Marsh Scarborough 21 Teal Anas crecca Britain many places 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis Scarborough 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Scarborough Mere 24 Pochard Aythya ferina Britain many places 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/05/2019 Wykeham South Lakes 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila Peasholm Park, Scarborough 28 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 03/12/2022 Redcar 29 Eider Somateria mollissima Farne Islands 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Scarborough and Filey 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Scarborough 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Scarborough 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/01/2017 Scarborough South Bay 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 15/04/2018 Wykeham South Lake (female) 36 Goosander Mergus merganser Scarborough Mere / Isle of Arran 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Scarborough Mere / Isle of Arran 38 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 25/09/2021 Top Hill Low 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus Britain many places 40 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Cairngorm 41 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 18/02/2017 Whaw above Reeth 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Wykeham Scarborough 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Britain many areas 44 Quail Coturnix coturnix North Moor Road 2019 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Britain many areas 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Garden Harwood Dale Scarborouugh 47 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23/03/2023 2 Oliver Mount Scarborough 48 Swift Apus apus Britian many places 49 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Britian many places 50 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Scarborough 51 Stock Dove Columba oenas Scarborough 52 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Britian many places 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Cockmoor Hall Snainton Scarborough 54 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Britian many places 55 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Scarborough Open Air Theatre 56 Corncrake Crex crex Isle of Mull 2015 57 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 04/09/2016 YWT North Cave Wetlands 58 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Britian many places 59 Coot Fulica atra Britian many places 60 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 31/07/2016 RSPB Minsmere 61 Crane Grus grus Wykeham Carrs Scarborough 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Britain many areas 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 15/09/2017 Marine Drive Scarborough Feb 2017 Filey Bay 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Britain many areas 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Scarborough Harbour 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 25/09/2021 Top Hill Low 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 31/07/2016 RSPB Minsmere 68 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Britian many places 69 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 27/05/2019 Wells by the Sea 70 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Britain many places 71 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Jacksons Bay Scarborough 72 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Britian many places 73 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 14/08/2020 Longhoughton Steel Northumberland 74 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 27/10/2015 Spurn Point 75 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Danby Beacon Yorkshire 2015 76 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Britian many places 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Britian many places 78 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Britian many places 79 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 12/09/2021 Rspb Blacktoft Sands 80 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Filey Brigg Scalby Mills Scarborough 81 Curlew Numenius arquata Britain many places 82 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Jacksons Bay Scarborough 83 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Scalby Lodge Pond Scarborough 84 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 22/10/2022 NWT Cley Marshes 85 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus RSPB Lieghton Moss 02/10/2016 Filey Dams and 04/10/2016 Scalby Lodge Pond 86 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Wykeham Forrest Scarborough 87 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago RSPB Lieghton Moss 88 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 01/02/2020 Thornwick Ponds 89 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 09/09/2023 North Cave Wetlands 90 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Scalby Mills Scarborough 91 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Johnsons Marsh Scarborough 92 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 08/07/2016 Filey Dams plus Cayton Carrs 93 Redshank Tringa totanus Britian many places 94 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus RSPB Old Moor 95 Greenshank Tringa nebularia Scalby Mills Scarborough 96 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Scarborough Harbour 97 Knot Calidris canutus Scarborough Harbour 98 Ruff Calidris pugnax RSPB Old Moor / 03/08/2016 RSPB Frampton Marshes 99 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/08/2016 Frampton Marsh 08082019 Long Nab North 04092022 Filey Dams 100 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 02/08/2020 Filey Birders East Lea Site 101 Sanderling Calidris alba Scarborough North Bay 2015 102 Dunlin Calidris alpina Scarborough North Bay 103 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Scarborough Harbour 104 Little Stint Calidris minuta 04/09/2016 Thornwick Ponds 04092022 Filey Dams 105 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 03/08/2016 RSPB Frampton Marshes 106 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 25/09/2021 Tophill Low 107 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 06/07/2014 Inner Farne 108 Little Tern Sternula albifrons WWT Long Nanny, Northumberland 109 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 31/07/2016 RSPB Minsmere 110 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 02/09/2018 Scarborough Birders Pelagic 08/05/2019 3 WSL 111 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Farne Islands 112 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Farne Islands 113 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Farne Islands 114 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Farne Islands 115 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Hornsea Mere 116 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Scarborough Castle Headland 117 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 04/10/2016 Probable Juvenile north past Scalby Nab, 5.30 pm, one seen further north an hour later to justify my thoughts. With a Black-headed Gull 118 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Britian many places 119 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Holbeck Scarborough 120 Common Gull Larus canus Harwoodale 121 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 01/09/2019 Scarborough Birders Pelagic 122 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Britian many places 123 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 04/09/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 124 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Britian many places 125 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Scarborough Harbour 126 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Britian many places 127 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14/01/2017 Scalby Mills Scarborough 128 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 14/09/2017 Marine Drive Scarborough 15082020 Long Nab 129 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Scarborough 130 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 05/11/2016 Long Nab Burniston, Scarborough 27/10/2018 20 North Long Nab close awaesome!!! 131 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Isle of Skye 132 Puffin Fratercula arctica Britian many places 133 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Oban Harbour 134 Razorbill Alca torda Britian many places 135 Little Auk Alle alle Scarborough Harbour 136 Guillemot Uria aalge Britian many places 137 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Britain many areas 138 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 09/09/2017 Long Nab, Scarborough 139 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Britain many areas 140 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 28/11/2021 Long Nab Burniston Scarborough 9.32 north bound 141 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 Rspb Bempton 142 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Burniston Scarborough 27/10/2018 1 north Long Nab 143 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Britain many areas 144 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 05/11/2016 Long Nab, Burniston, Scarborough 145 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 14/09/2023 Marine Drive Scarborough 1 North 146 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Scarborough 147 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 23/09/2018 Long Nab Scarborough 148 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 07/05/2018 M62 Howden 13.22 pm (seen at Thorne Moor 14.15 no rings) 149 Gannet Morus bassanus Britian many places 150 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 04/09/2023 Hunmanby Gap, North Yorkshire Seen flying North and South Offshore, approximately 5.15 pm, seen by approximately 30 plus birders 151 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Britian many places 152 Shag Gulosus aristotelis Britian many places 153 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 19/05/2016 Johnsons Marsh, Scarborough 154 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 16/02/2019 RSPB Old Moor 155 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Britian many places 156 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 26/05/2023 YWT Filey Dams 157 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 19/03/2017 Ellerburn, Thornton Le Dale 158 Great White Egret Ardea alba Scarborough Mere 159 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Britian many places 160 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 03/05/2018 Tophill Low NR 161 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Basenthwaite Lake, Scotland many places 162 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Wykeham Scarborough 163 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Isle of Arran 164 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Britian many places 165 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Wykeham Scarborough 166 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Britain many places 167 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Isle of Arran 168 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes Spurn Point 2015 169 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yorkshire Wolds 170 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Isle of Mull and Isle of Skye 171 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Buckton Yorkshire 172 Buzzard Buteo buteo Britian many places 173 Barn Owl Tyto alba Britian many places 174 Little Owl Athene noctua Britian many places 175 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Britian many places 176 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Britian many places 177 Hoopoe Upupa epops 11/05/2017 Station Lane Burniston Scarborough 178 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Britian many places 179 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 26/05/2019 Holmes Dunes Norfolk 180 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 06/09/2018 RSPB Bempton 181 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Garden and Britian many places 182 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Yorkshire Wolds 183 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Britian many places 184 Merlin Falco columbarius Snainton 185 Hobby Falco subbuteo Top Hill Low Yorkshire 186 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 17/02/2019 Scarborough Castle Headland and Britian many places 187 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 16/02/2019 Graves Park Sheffield 188 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 01/10/2023 RSBP Bempton Adjacent Car Park Area, then in The Dell, later in the afternoon 189 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 12/03/2017 Maw Rigg Langdale Scarborough 190 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 01/06/2021 Hawkser Lane, Whitby 191 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Wykeham 192 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Scalby Scarborough and Seefeld Austria 193 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 30/06/2022 Wandales Farm Bempton 194 Jay Garrulus glandarius Britain many places 195 Magpie Pica pica Britain many places 196 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 31/05/2017 RSPB South Stack Anglesey 197 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Britain many places 198 Rook Corvus frugilegus Britain many places 199 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Britain many places 200 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Scotland 201 Raven Corvus corax 202 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 203 Coal Tit Periparus ater Britain many places 204 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus RSPB Loch Garten 205 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Britain many places 206 Willow Tit Poecile montanus Britain many places 207 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Britain manny places 208 Great Tit Parus major Britain many places 209 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 24/04/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds. Scarborough 210 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus RSPB Lieghton Moss 211 Woodlark Lullula arborea 19/02/2023 Skipworth Common LDV 212 Skylark Alauda arvensis 213 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 29/10/2016 8 at Crooks Ness, Burniston, Scarborough 214 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Britian many places 215 Swallow Hirundo rustica 216 House Martin Delichon urbicum Britian many places 217 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Tophill Low Nature Reserve 218 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Britain many places 219 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 18/05/2021 Turkey Carpet, Silpho, Scarborough 220 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 09/10/2016 Scarborough Castle Headland 221 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 16/10/2016 Scarborough Castle Headland 222 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Tophill Low Nature Reserve 223 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Britain many places 224 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 06/10/2016 RSPB Bempton 5.45 (ish) feeding and active with Goldcrest and Chiffchaffs 225 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Tophill Low Nature Reserve 226 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Tophill Low Nature Reserve 227 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 27/05/2023 Filey Dams 228 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 26/09/2023 Crook Ness Burniston Scarborough 300 metres south of car park in 'pipe gulley' 229 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 17/08/2020 Holbeck Scarborough 230 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 23/04/2017 Seamer Tip Pond Scrub Land 231 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Tophill Low Nature Reserve 232 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Raptor Viewpoint Wykeham 233 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 23/09/2019 Castle Hill Scarborough 234 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Snainton Carrs 235 Whitethroat Curruca communis Scalby Lodge Ponds 236 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Scarborough 237 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Britain many places 238 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 239 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Britain many places 240 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Britain many places 241 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 13/08/2017 33 Londesborough Road Scarborough 242 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Britain many places 243 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Britian many places 244 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Britian many places 245 Redwing Turdus iliacus Britian many places 246 Blackbird Turdus merula Britian many places 247 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Britian many places 248 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Danby Beacon 249 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 19/02/2023 Cockmor Road Wykeham Forest Nursery Adult Male in full plumage 250 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Hilla Green River Derwent 251 Robin Erithacus rubecula Britian many places 252 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Filey Brigg 253 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Crooks Ness Scarborough 254 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 06/11/2021 Flamborough 255 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 31/05/2017 North Wales 256 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 06/11/2021 Flamborough 257 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Britian many places 258 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 259 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra RSPB Blacktoft Sands 260 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 28/10/2020 South Gare Awaiting DNA 261 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 19/10/2013 Scalby Mills Scarborough 262 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Spurn Point 263 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Britian many places 264 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 30/12/2017 Whitby Male feeding n path and in adjacent field, 2 fields south of the Abbey of the Cleveland Way 265 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 266 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Britain many places 267 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Britain many places 268 Dunnock Prunella modularis Britian many places 269 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Ayton Scarborough 270 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Britian many places 271 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 272 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 17/10/2020 Long Nab 273 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Britian many places 274 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 14/04/2018 Low North Camp Scarborough 275 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 13/02/2021 Long nab 276 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Scarborough Harbour 277 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Britain many places 278 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Britain many places 279 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 05/11/2017 Yorkshire Arburetum 280 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Britain many places 281 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 25/09/2017 Crook Ness Scarborough 282 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Britain many places 283 Twite Linaria flavirostris Britain many places 284 Linnet Linaria cannabina Britain many places 285 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 286 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 287 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Wykeham Scarborough 288 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Britain many places 289 Siskin Spinus spinus Britain many places 290 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 10/09/2017 Long Nab Scarborough 291 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Isle of Arran, Folkton Wold 292 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/05/2016 RSPB Bempton 293 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Britain many places 294 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Britain many places