Jason Blackwell: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List UK400 Club, All records Record(s) 1 to 401 of 401 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 2 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 3 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 22/01/2017 Druridge Bay CP 4 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 5 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 22/01/2017 River Witham, Kirkstead 6 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 20/05/2017 Loch Feorlich 7 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 8 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 9 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 10 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 11 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 12 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 13 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 14 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 15 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 16 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 17 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 18 Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 19 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 20 Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 21 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 22 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 06/09/2019 Kynance Cove 23 Atlantic Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 24 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 25 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 12/09/2016 Helston Loe Pool 26 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 27 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 28 American Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 25/09/2001 Messingham Sand Quaries 29 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 07/06/2002 South Walney Cumbria 30 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 27/03/2002 Gweek Cornwall 31 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 32 Great White Egret Casmerodius albus 33 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 34 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 35 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 20/08/2004 Old hall Marshes Essex 36 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 37 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 02/09/2002 Ottery St Marys 38 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 39 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 40 Bewick's Swan Cygnus bewickii 41 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 42 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 43 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 44 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 45 Eurasian White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 46 Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser flavirostris 47 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 18/02/2003 Slimbridge 48 Greylag Goose Anser anser 49 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 50 Ross's Snow Goose Anser rossii Yes 10/01/2002 Burnham Market Near Lord Nelson Monument 51 Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis 52 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 53 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla 54 Pale-bellied Brent Goose Branta hrota 55 Black Brant Branta nigricans 56 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 10/11/2023 Holkham Gap Adult, Holkham Gap, with Dark-bellied Brent 57 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 58 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Yes 31/05/2004 Inner Marsh Farm 59 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 60 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 61 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 62 American Wigeon Anas americana 63 Gadwall Anas strepera 64 Common Teal Anas crecca 65 North American Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 66 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 67 American Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 09/10/2003 Great Pol Tresco 68 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 69 Garganey Anas querquedula 70 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Yes 27/09/2003 Rutland Water 71 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Yes 15/05/2004 Loch Thuaimistear, Lewis 72 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 73 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 74 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 21/01/1997 Welney 75 Northern Pochard Aythya ferina 76 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 09/03/1997 Bleasby Pit, Nottinghamshire 77 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 78 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 79 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 80 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 81 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 19/01/2003 Hornsea Mere 82 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 83 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 84 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 85 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 86 American Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 16/04/2003 Lllanfairfechan Promenade 87 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 88 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 89 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 18/03/1994 Colwick Park, Notts 90 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 91 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 09/03/2002 Newbiggin by Sea, Northumberland 92 Smew Mergellus albellus 93 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 94 Goosander Mergus merganser 95 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 96 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Yes 20/06/2002 Hardley Flood, Norfolk 97 Eurasian Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 98 Black Kite Milvus migrans 99 Red Kite Milvus milvus 100 White-tailed Sea Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 101 Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus Yes 13/07/2020 Howden Moor, South Yorks 102 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 103 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 104 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 16/08/2002 Elmley Marsh, Kent 105 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 106 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 107 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 108 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 109 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 110 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 111 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 112 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 113 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 114 Merlin Falco columbarius 115 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 116 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 08/03/2002 South Stack, Anglesea 117 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 118 Red Grouse Lagopus scotica 119 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 120 Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix 121 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 122 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 123 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 124 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 125 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 126 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 127 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 128 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 129 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 130 Sora Crake Porzana carolina Yes 28/12/2004 Attenborough Gravel Pits 131 Corncrake Crex crex 132 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 133 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 134 Common Crane Grus grus 135 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 11/08/2019 Mickletown, West Yorkshire 136 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 137 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 01/01/2003 Titchwell RSPB 138 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 139 Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 140 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 10/10/2004 Glf Course, St Marys, Isles of Scilly 141 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 21/05/1993 Gimmingham, Norfolk 142 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 143 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 144 Mongolian Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus Yes 14/05/2002 RIMAC,Lincolnshire 145 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 146 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 147 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 148 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 149 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 150 Red Knot Calidris canutus 151 Sanderling Calidris alba 152 Little Stint Calidris minuta 153 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 154 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 07/08/2003 Startops Reservoir, Hertfordshire 155 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 156 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 21/09/2003 Nosterfield Quarry 157 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 158 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 159 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 160 Dunlin Calidris alpina 161 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 24/07/2002 Pennington Marshes, Hampshire 162 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Yes 08/06/2004 Drayton Basset GP, Staffordshire 163 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 164 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 165 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 166 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 167 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 23/07/2004 Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire 168 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 169 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 170 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 171 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 172 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 13/09/2016 Perranuthnoe 173 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 174 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 175 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 176 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 13/07/2002 Blacktoft Sands RSPB, E Yorks 177 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 178 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 30/11/2003 Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 179 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 14/09/2002 Rye Meads, Hertfordshire 180 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 181 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 182 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 183 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 01/05/2003 Ogston Reservoir 184 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 185 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 186 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 187 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 188 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 189 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 190 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 191 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 192 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Yes 22/08/2002 Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire 193 Little Gull Larus minutus 194 Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 195 Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Yes 04/01/2002 Millbrook Lake, Cornwall 196 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 197 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 198 Common Gull Larus canus 199 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 200 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 201 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 202 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 203 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 204 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 205 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 26/02/2002 Barbican, Plymouth, Devon 206 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 207 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 14/02/2002 Blackrock Sands, Gwynedd 208 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 209 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 08/09/2002 Marazion Seafront, Cornwall 210 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 10/07/2020 Frampton Marsh RSPB 211 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 212 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 213 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 214 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 215 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 30/11/2002 Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 216 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 16/06/2003 Hallcroft GP, Nottinghamshire 217 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 218 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 219 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 220 Razorbill Alca torda 221 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 222 Little Auk Alle alle 223 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 224 Rock Dove Columba livia 225 Stock Dove Columba oenas 226 Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 227 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 228 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 229 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 17/12/2002 Stromness, Orkney 230 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 231 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 20/07/2003 The Point, Spurn, Yorkshire 232 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 233 Barn Owl Tyto alba 234 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 05/12/2001 Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk 235 Little Owl Athene noctua 236 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 237 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 238 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 239 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 240 Common Swift Apus apus 241 Alpine Swift Apus melba 242 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 243 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 244 European Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 26/08/2022 Timberland Drove, Lincs 245 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 246 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 247 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 248 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 249 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor 250 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 02/06/2003 South Stack, Anglesea 251 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 252 Woodlark Lullula arborea 253 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 254 Shore Lark Eremophila flava 255 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 256 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 257 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 258 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 05/11/2016 Minsmere RSPB 259 House Martin Delichon urbicum 260 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 261 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 02/01/2003 Gringley Carr, Nottinghamshire 262 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 263 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 09/11/2003 Spurn, Yorkshire 264 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 265 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 266 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 267 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 268 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 269 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla simillima Yes 03/01/2020 Sedgefield, Norfolk Nominate "Alaskan" Race 270 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 11/10/2002 Cricket Pitch, St Martins, Ilses of Scilly 271 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 272 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 273 Pied Wagtail Motacilla yarrellii 274 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 21/02/1996 Wilford Boulevard, Nottingham 275 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 276 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 277 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 278 Dunnock Prunella modularis 279 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 14/10/2016 Easington, Spurn, Yorkshire 280 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 281 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 282 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 283 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 284 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 285 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 286 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata 287 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 20/10/2016 Spurn, Yorkshire 288 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 289 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 25/10/2003 Pipe Dump, Waxham, Norfolk 290 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 25/03/2002 Nanquidno, Cornwall 291 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 26/10/2016 Burnham Overy Dunes, Norfolk 292 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 20/10/2017 Pwll Ddu 293 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 04/01/2017 Stow on the Wold 294 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 10/10/2004 Easington Cemetry, E Yorks 295 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 11/10/2003 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 296 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 297 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 298 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 05/12/2016 Beeley, Derbyshire 299 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 10/02/1996 Werrington, Peterborough 300 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 301 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 302 Redwing Turdus iliacus 303 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 304 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 16/12/2003 Godrevy Towans, Cornwall 305 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 306 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 307 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 15/06/1995 Wigan, Greater Manchester 308 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 18/06/2002 Dungeness, Kent 309 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 310 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 15/10/2002 Filey Country Park, North Yorkshire 311 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 312 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 313 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 10/06/1997 Netherfield Lagoons 314 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 315 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 316 Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata 317 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Sylvia albistriata Yes 03/05/2017 Cheyne Weare Car Park, Portland 318 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala Yes 03/10/2002 Old Hunstanton, Norfolk 319 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 320 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 321 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 322 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 323 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 324 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 325 Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 326 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 327 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 15/02/2002 Alcan Plantation, Newbiggin by Sea, Northumberland 328 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 329 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 30/09/2003 Kilnsea, Spurn, E Yorks 330 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 331 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 332 Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus tristis Yes 15/02/2002 Alcan Aluminium Plantation, Newbiggin by Sea 333 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 334 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 335 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 336 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 337 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 338 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 339 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 340 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 341 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 342 Great Tit Parus major 343 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 344 Coal Tit Periparus ater 345 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 346 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 347 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 348 Common Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 349 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 11/01/2004 Slapton Ley, Devon 350 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 351 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 27/10/2003 Burnham Overy Dunes Seawall, Norfolk 352 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 353 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 27/06/2003 Acle Straight, Norfolk 354 Northern Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 355 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 356 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 357 Black-billed Magpie Pica pica 358 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 359 Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula 360 Rook Corvus frugilegus 361 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 362 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 363 Common Raven Corvus corax 364 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 365 Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus 366 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 367 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 368 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 12/10/2003 Garrison, St Marys, Isles of Scilly 369 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 370 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 371 European Serin Serinus serinus 372 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 373 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 374 Siskin Carduelis spinus 375 Linnet Carduelis cannabina 376 Twite Carduelis flavirostris 377 Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea 378 Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret 379 Scandinavian Arctic Redpoll Carduelis exilipes Yes 01/01/2002 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 380 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 14/12/2002 Sandringham, Norfolk 381 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 382 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 15/03/2003 Abernethy Forest 383 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 384 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 385 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 386 Myrtle Warbler Dendroica coronata Yes 09/03/2024 Kilwinning, Ayrshire 387 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis Yes 20/01/2024 Heybridge, Essex 388 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 16/03/2012 Rhewderin, Caerphilly 389 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 26/10/2002 Flamborough Head, E Yorks 390 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 391 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 392 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 29/02/2004 Chosely Drying Barns, Norfolk 393 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 394 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 395 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 396 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 397 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 398 Western Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 399 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 17/07/2003 Siddlesham Village, Pagham Harbour, West Sussex 400 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 401 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 16/12/2003 Oxford