Nigel Warren: South Gloucestershire Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 222 of 222 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 22/01/2023 Aust Wharf 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 24/02/2023 New Passage 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 22/01/2023 Aust Wharf 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24 Smew Mergellus albellus 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Quail Coturnix coturnix 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 31 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 29/06/2023 South Glos Heard only 32 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 15/03/2023 Oldbury Power Station 33 Swift Apus apus 34 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 31/10/2022 Aust 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 41 Corncrake Crex crex 05/07/1998 Marshfield. Heard only 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Crane Grus grus 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 03/01/2024 Pilning Wetlands 48 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 15/04/2018 Northwick Wharf 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 50 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 07/05/2017 Pilning Wetlands 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 54 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 56 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 57 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 58 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 59 Curlew Numenius arquata 60 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 61 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 62 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 64 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 20/09/2018 Pilning Wetland 65 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 66 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 67 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 69 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 70 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 71 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 72 Knot Calidris canutus 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 74 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 16/05/1988 Severn Beach 75 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 76 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 81 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 83 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 21/05/2020 Pilning Wetlands 84 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 89 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 92 Common Gull Larus canus 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 94 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 14/06/2018 Severn Beach 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 98 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 100 Little Auk Alle alle 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 102 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 103 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 104 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 07/11/2015 Pilning Wetlands 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 111 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 112 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/02/2017 Wick 113 Great White Egret Ardea alba 14/08/2019 Pilning Wetlands 114 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 115 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/03/2017 Hanham 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 117 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 118 Red Kite Milvus milvus 119 Buzzard Buteo buteo 120 Barn Owl Tyto alba 121 Little Owl Athene noctua 122 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 123 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 124 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 125 Hoopoe Upupa epops 126 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 127 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 128 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 129 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 130 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 133 Hobby Falco subbuteo 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 135 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 136 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 137 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 138 Jay Garrulus glandarius 139 Magpie Pica pica 140 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 141 Rook Corvus frugilegus 142 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 143 Raven Corvus corax 144 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 145 Coal Tit Periparus ater 146 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 147 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 148 Great Tit Parus major 149 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 01/05/2024 Pilning Wetlands 150 Skylark Alauda arvensis 151 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 28/10/2017 Northwick Wharf 152 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 153 Swallow Hirundo rustica 154 House Martin Delichon urbicum 155 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 156 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 21/04/2017 Marshfield 157 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 158 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 159 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 160 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 26/03/2017 Yate 161 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 162 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 163 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 164 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 165 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 166 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 167 Whitethroat Curruca communis 168 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 169 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 170 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 171 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 172 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 174 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 175 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 176 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 177 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 178 Redwing Turdus iliacus 179 Blackbird Turdus merula 180 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 181 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 182 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 183 Robin Erithacus rubecula 184 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 185 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 186 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 03/02/2014 Shire Valley, Marshfield 187 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 188 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 189 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 190 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 191 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 192 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 12/12/2013 Severn Beach 193 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 27/10/2011 Oldbury-on-Severn 194 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 195 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 196 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 197 Dunnock Prunella modularis 198 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 199 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Pilning Wetlands 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 202 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 203 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 204 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 205 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 04/10/2015 Pilning Wetlands 206 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 207 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 208 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 209 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 210 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 211 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 212 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 213 Twite Linaria flavirostris 214 Linnet Linaria cannabina 215 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 216 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 218 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 219 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 220 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 221 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 222 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus