Chris Seaton: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 354 of 354 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 28/02/1997 Keyhaven, Hampshire 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 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 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29 Scaup Aythya marila 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 14/11/2013 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 17/11/2013 Studland Heath NNR, Dorset 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 39 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 09/11/2012 Pagham Harbour RSPB, Sussex female White's Creek sluice 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 43 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 44 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 45 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 46 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 47 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 48 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 49 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 50 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 51 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 52 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 53 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 05/04/2010 Chafford Hundred, Essex 54 Swift Apus apus 55 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 04/04/1990 Shoreham-by-Sea Airport, West Sussex 56 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 57 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 58 Stock Dove Columba oenas 59 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 60 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 61 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 62 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 63 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 64 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 65 Coot Fulica atra 66 Crane Grus grus 67 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 68 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 29/01/1997 South Norwood Lake, Greater London 69 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 70 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 71 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 72 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 73 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 74 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 75 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 02/05/1990 Farlington Marshes, Hampshire 76 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 77 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 78 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 79 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 80 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 81 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 82 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 25/10/2013 Hayling Island, Hampshire 1st winter at Sandy Point 83 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 84 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 85 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 18/08/1997 Church Norton, Sussex 86 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 11/08/1992 East Tilbury, Essex 87 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 29/08/2010 Eyebrook Reservoir, Leicestershire 88 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 89 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 09/06/2015 Church Norton, West Sussex 90 Curlew Numenius arquata 91 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 92 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 93 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 02/05/2015 Meare Heath, Somerset and Bristol female 94 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 22/05/1992 Sidlesham Ferry, West Sussex 95 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 96 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 97 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 98 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 22/08/2005 Farlington Marshes, Hampshire 99 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 100 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 101 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 21/06/2015 Church Norton, West Sussex 2CY+ 102 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 103 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 05/01/2008 Lisvane Reservoir, Glamorgan in the teeming rain! 104 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 105 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 30/06/1990 Sidlesham Ferry, West Sussex 106 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 107 Redshank Tringa totanus 108 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 30/12/1998 Tilbury Fort, Essex 109 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 110 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 111 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 11/01/2015 Titchfield Haven NR only canal path 112 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 113 Knot Calidris canutus 114 Ruff Calidris pugnax 115 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 02/05/1993 Sidlesham Ferry, West Sussex 116 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 28/07/2002 Pennington Marshes, Hampshire 117 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 118 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 119 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 120 Sanderling Calidris alba 121 Dunlin Calidris alpina 122 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 123 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 30/09/2005 Keyhaven Marshes, Hampshire 124 Little Stint Calidris minuta 125 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 21/07/1995 Sidlesham Ferry, West Sussex 126 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 127 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 128 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 28/05/2009 Pagham Harbour LNR, West Sussex 129 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 27/05/1997 Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk 130 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 131 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 29/05/2005 Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex 132 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 22/05/2005 Staines, Greater London 133 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 134 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 135 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 136 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 137 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 138 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 139 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 140 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 04/05/2008 Granny's Bay Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire 141 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 142 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 143 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 05/05/2007 Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire 144 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 145 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 12/11/2005 Gosport, Hampshire 146 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 15/05/2016 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 2CY 147 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 148 Common Gull Larus canus 149 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 150 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 151 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 12/09/2007 Pagham Harbour, West Sussex 152 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 153 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 154 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 155 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 156 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 12/08/2014 Church Norton, Sussex 157 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 158 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 159 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 160 Puffin Fratercula arctica 161 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 162 Razorbill Alca torda 163 Little Auk Alle alle 164 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 30/12/2013 Portland Harbour, Dorset 1CY 165 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 166 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 167 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 168 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 17/11/2013 Pendower Beach, Cornwall with BTDs for comparison 169 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 170 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 11/10/2007 Selsey Bill, Sussex stunning sum plum 171 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 172 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 173 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 174 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 175 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 176 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 177 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 178 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 21/06/2012 Lidsey, West Sussex 179 Gannet Morus bassanus 180 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 181 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 182 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 19/11/2006 Pilling, Lancashire 183 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 184 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 185 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 186 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 187 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 10/05/2012 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 188 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 12/04/1993 Rutland Water, Leicestershire 189 Great White Egret Ardea alba 190 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 191 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 192 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 193 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 194 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 16/06/2014 Ashdown Forest, Sussex immature in Wych Cross area 195 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 196 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 197 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 198 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 199 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 200 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 20/09/2011 Burpham, West Sussex 201 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 202 Red Kite Milvus milvus 203 Black Kite Milvus migrans 204 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 205 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 16/02/2009 Harty Ferry Road, Kent 206 Buzzard Buteo buteo 207 Barn Owl Tyto alba 208 Little Owl Athene noctua 209 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 24/05/2007 Thrupp, Oxfordshire 210 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 211 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 212 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 213 Hoopoe Upupa epops 214 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 26/05/2013 Broxhead Common, Hampshire Adult present 23rd-26th 215 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 216 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 217 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 218 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 219 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 220 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 221 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 222 Merlin Falco columbarius 223 Hobby Falco subbuteo 224 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 225 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 226 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 227 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 228 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 24/10/1997 Selsey West Fields, West Sussex 229 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 230 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 231 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 13/10/2013 Staines Moor, Surrey 232 Jay Garrulus glandarius 233 Magpie Pica pica 234 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 25/10/1991 Cocknage, Staffordshire 235 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 236 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 237 Rook Corvus frugilegus 238 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 239 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 240 Raven Corvus corax 241 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 242 Coal Tit Periparus ater 243 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 244 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 245 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 246 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 247 Great Tit Parus major 248 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 05/02/1991 Farlington Marshes, Hampshire 249 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 250 Woodlark Lullula arborea 251 Skylark Alauda arvensis 252 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 253 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 254 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 255 Swallow Hirundo rustica 256 House Martin Delichon urbicum 257 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 258 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 259 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 260 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 261 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 06/01/2008 Belle Tout Wood Beachy Head, East Sussex 262 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 263 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 264 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 265 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 266 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Also P. collybita tristis (Siberian Chiffchaff) seen at Steyning WTW (Sussex) on 30/12/2014 267 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 05/05/2007 Colney, Norfolk 268 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 06/06/2005 Willington GP, Bedfordshire 269 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 270 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 01/02/2012 Pagham Harbour RSPB, West Sussex 271 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 272 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 273 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 29/09/1996 Pagham Harbour LNR, West Sussex 274 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 275 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 29/05/2000 Hengistbury Head, Dorset 276 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 277 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 278 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 279 Whitethroat Curruca communis 280 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 281 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 282 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 283 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 284 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 285 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 286 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 287 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 288 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 22/11/2005 Northaw Great Wood CP, Hertfordshire 289 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 290 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 291 Redwing Turdus iliacus 292 Blackbird Turdus merula 293 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 294 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 295 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 10/03/1996 Werrington, Cambridgeshire 296 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 297 Robin Erithacus rubecula 298 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 299 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 300 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 301 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 302 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 02/05/2009 Southwell, Dorset 303 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 30/03/1998 Titchfield Haven, Hampshire 304 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 305 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 306 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 307 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 19/10/2014 Titchfield Haven NNR 1st winter from Meadow Hide 308 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 309 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 310 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 04/11/1989 Selsey Bill, West Sussex 311 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 312 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 313 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 17/01/2012 Calshot, Hampshire 314 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 315 Dunnock Prunella modularis 316 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 317 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 31/08/1993 Farlington Marshes, Hampshire 318 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 319 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 320 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 321 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 322 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 323 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 324 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 325 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 326 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 327 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 328 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 329 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 06/06/2008 Telscombe Cliffs, East Sussex 330 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 331 Twite Linaria flavirostris 332 Linnet Linaria cannabina 333 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 334 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 335 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 336 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 337 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 338 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 339 Serin Serinus serinus 340 Siskin Spinus spinus 341 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 05/02/2008 Selsey Bill, West Sussex 342 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 343 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 344 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 345 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 19/02/1992 Dagenham Chase, Essex 346 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 347 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 348 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 349 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 16/07/2003 Sidlesham Common, West Sussex 350 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 351 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 07/12/1989 Portland, Dorset 352 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 13/04/2009 Old Winchester Hill, Hampshire 353 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 01/01/2004 Headington, Oxfordshire 354 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 11/03/2012 Rhiwderin, Gwent