Judy Bloor: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 386 of 386 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 10/01/1988 Norfolk 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 24/01/1988 Slimbridge 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 19/11/1988 Titchwell 19 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 22/08/1989 Upton Warren 21 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 22 Gadwall Mareca strepera 23 Wigeon Mareca penelope 24 American Wigeon Mareca americana 25 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26 Pintail Anas acuta 27 Teal Anas crecca 28 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30 Pochard Aythya ferina 31 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 11/11/1989 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 33 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 34 Scaup Aythya marila 35 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 28/03/1987 Chasewater, ~Staffs 36 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 25/05/2008 Shetland 37 Eider Somateria mollissima 38 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 39 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 40 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 41 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 42 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 09/06/2004 Drayton Bassett, Warks 43 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 44 Smew Mergellus albellus 45 Goosander Mergus merganser 46 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 47 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 48 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 49 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 50 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 51 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 52 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 53 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 54 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 55 Quail Coturnix coturnix 56 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 57 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 58 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 59 Swift Apus apus 60 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 24/06/2019 Slimbridge 61 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 62 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 63 Stock Dove Columba oenas 64 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 65 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 66 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 27/02/2011 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire 67 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 68 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 69 Corncrake Crex crex 70 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 28/12/2004 Attenborough Nature Reserve, Notts 71 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 72 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 73 Coot Fulica atra 74 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 02/10/2005 Slimbridge 75 Crane Grus grus 76 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 77 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 29/03/1987 Kenfig 78 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 79 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 80 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 81 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 82 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 83 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 84 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 04/06/1987 Alvecote, Tamworth 85 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 86 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 87 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 88 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 28/03/2011 Middleton Hall, Warks 89 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 90 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 91 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 92 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 93 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 94 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 28/10/1990 Welney 95 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 13/11/2021 Blacktoft sands RSPB 96 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 97 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 22/10/2011 St Marys, Scillies 98 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 99 Curlew Numenius arquata 100 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 101 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 102 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 10/04/1988 River Hamble, Burridge 103 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 104 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 105 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 106 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 26/10/2007 St Marys, Scillies 107 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 17/09/1988 Draycote Water, Warks 108 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 109 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 110 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 04/03/1990 Northumberland 111 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 112 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 19/06/2004 Marsh Lane Reserve Warks 113 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 114 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 30/08/2009 Hickling, Norfolk 115 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 116 Redshank Tringa totanus 117 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 21/02/2004 Hayle Estuary , Cornwall 118 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 119 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 120 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 121 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 23/06/2016 Titchwell 122 Knot Calidris canutus 123 Ruff Calidris pugnax 124 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 09/06/2004 Drayton Bassett, Warks 125 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 27/11/2011 Chew Valley 126 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 127 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 128 Sanderling Calidris alba 129 Dunlin Calidris alpina 130 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 131 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 31/08/2008 Paxton Pits 132 Little Stint Calidris minuta 133 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 14/08/1988 Upton Warren 134 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 135 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 136 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 12/12/2011 Norfolk 137 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 31/05/2009 Norfolk 138 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 22/10/2022 Slimbridge 139 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 09/07/1988 Anglesey 140 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 141 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 11/05/2014 Aberdovey 142 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 143 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 19/02/1989 Anglesey 144 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 145 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 146 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 147 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 148 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 15/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 149 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 150 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 26/04/2008 Lytham 151 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 152 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 153 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 25/03/1990 Kenilworth, Warks 154 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 155 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 11/09/1988 Burnham on Sea 156 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 157 Common Gull Larus canus 158 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 159 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 160 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 161 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 162 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 163 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 164 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 165 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 166 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 167 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 168 Puffin Fratercula arctica 169 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 170 Razorbill Alca torda 171 Little Auk Alle alle 172 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 173 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 174 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 175 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 08/04/2013 Marazion, Cornwall 176 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 177 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 178 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 09/06/2022 Bempton Cliffs UK 179 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 180 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 181 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 182 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 183 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 23/06/1991 South Stack, Anglesey 184 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 185 Gannet Morus bassanus 186 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 187 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 188 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 02/02/2004 Exe Estuary 189 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 190 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 191 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 10/04/1988 Hampshire 192 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 193 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 194 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 11/11/2010 Cornwall 195 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 28/05/2009 Wicken Fen 196 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 197 Great White Egret Ardea alba 198 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 199 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 200 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 201 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 202 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 203 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 204 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 205 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 206 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 207 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 16/02/2003 Norfolk 208 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 209 Red Kite Milvus milvus 210 Black Kite Milvus migrans 211 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 212 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 213 Buzzard Buteo buteo 214 Barn Owl Tyto alba 215 Little Owl Athene noctua 216 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 217 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 218 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 06/01/1991 Wainflat, nr Skegness 219 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 220 Hoopoe Upupa epops 221 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 31/05/1987 New Forest 222 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 223 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 224 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 225 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 226 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 227 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 228 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 229 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 230 Merlin Falco columbarius 231 Hobby Falco subbuteo 232 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 233 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 234 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 24/10/2011 St Marys, Scillies 235 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 236 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 237 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 10/09/1989 Great Yarmouth 238 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 239 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 240 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham Green Norfolk 241 Jay Garrulus glandarius 242 Magpie Pica pica 243 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 19/10/1991 Longton, Stoke-on-Trent 244 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 245 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 246 Rook Corvus frugilegus 247 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 248 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 249 Raven Corvus corax 250 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 251 Coal Tit Periparus ater 252 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 253 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 254 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 255 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 256 Great Tit Parus major 257 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 02/02/2004 Slapton Ley 258 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 259 Woodlark Lullula arborea 260 Skylark Alauda arvensis 261 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 262 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 263 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 264 Swallow Hirundo rustica 265 House Martin Delichon urbicum 266 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 267 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 268 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 269 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 270 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 22/10/2003 Trimingham, Norfolk 271 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 272 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 273 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 274 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 275 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 276 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 277 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Cornwall 31-10-09 278 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 30/06/2022 Snettisham 279 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 280 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 281 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 21/10/2007 Bryher, Scillies 282 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 283 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 284 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 20/10/2012 St Agnes, Scillies 285 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 286 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 287 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 15/07/1989 Stoke Ferry, Norfolk 288 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 289 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 290 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 291 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 292 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 293 Whitethroat Curruca communis 294 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 05/06/2014 Norfolk 295 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 05/06/2010 Abergavenny 296 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 297 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 298 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 299 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 300 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 301 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 302 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 303 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 304 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 10/10/2020 Bryher Isles of Scilly 305 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 306 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 307 Redwing Turdus iliacus 308 Blackbird Turdus merula 309 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 310 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 311 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 08/02/1996 Webheath, Redditch 312 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 08/01/2017 Beeley, Derbyshire 313 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 17/02/1990 Chingford 314 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 21/10/2006 Tresco, Scillies 315 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 05/09/2010 Bempton Cliffs 316 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 317 Robin Erithacus rubecula 318 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 24/05/2003 Fair Isle 319 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 320 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 321 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 322 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 323 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 14/10/1994 Great Yarmouth 324 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 325 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 326 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 28/12/2016 Stow-on-the-Wold 327 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 328 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 329 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 330 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 30/10/2016 Norfolk 331 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 10/11/1991 Fleetwood Golf course 332 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 20/10/1990 Holme, Norfolk 333 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 334 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 335 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 27/02/2012 Calshot, New Forest 336 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 337 Dunnock Prunella modularis 338 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 339 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 25/10/2009 Tresco, Scillies 340 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 341 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 342 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 343 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 24/10/2006 St Marys, Scillies 344 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 345 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 346 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 347 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 22/10/2011 St Marys, Scillies 348 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 349 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 23/10/2012 Bryher, Scillies 350 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 351 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 352 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 353 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 354 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 355 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 356 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 357 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 358 Twite Linaria flavirostris 359 Linnet Linaria cannabina 360 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 361 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 362 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 363 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 364 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 365 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 366 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 367 Serin Serinus serinus 368 Siskin Spinus spinus 369 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 370 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 371 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 372 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 373 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 03/11/1990 Northumberland 374 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 375 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 376 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 377 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 20/09/1992 Holme, Norfolk 378 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 379 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 29/02/2012 Beaulieu, New Forest 380 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 26/01/2008 Cley, Norfolk 381 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 01/01/2004 Headington, Oxford 382 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 22/10/2011 St Marys, Scillies 383 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 09/04/1989 Maidstone 384 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 20/10/2007 St Marys, Scillies 385 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 22/10/2011 St Marys, Scillies 386 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 24/10/2007 St Agnes, Scillies