Stephen Jones: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 244 of 244 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 12/09/2020 Looe 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 15/12/2017 Slimbridge WWT 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 19/12/2022 Slimbridge 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 06/03/2018 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 17/10/2023 Slimbridge 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 06/03/2018 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14/03/2018 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 20/01/2022 Greylake Somerset 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 05/01/2023 Shapwick 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25 Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 16/01/2024 Cardiff 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Scaup Aythya marila 12/03/2020 Cornwall 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 12/09/2023 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 22/02/2018 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Norfolk 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 41 Swift Apus apus 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2018 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 21/08/2022 Ham Wall 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Crane Grus grus WWT 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 09/01/2022 Hannafore Looe 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/12/2022 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 58 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 19/04/2023 Seaton wetlands 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Porthcawl 61 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Marizion 62 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Cleeve Hill 63 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Porthcawl 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 22/03/2018 Slimbridge 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 72 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/09/2018 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 74 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 75 Redshank Tringa totanus 76 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Porthcawl 79 Knot Calidris canutus 19/09/2018 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 81 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 04/09/2019 New passage aust 82 Sanderling Calidris alba Marizion 83 Dunlin Calidris alpina 84 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 85 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes ********** ********** 86 Little Stint Calidris minuta 87 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Slimbridge 88 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos ********** ********** 89 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 13/09/2020 Cornwall 90 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 24/05/2020 Pilning wetlands Bristol 91 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 92 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 93 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 94 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 95 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 96 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 17/04/2024 Swansea 97 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 98 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21/02/2018 Chew 99 Common Gull Larus canus 100 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 101 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 102 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 103 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 104 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 17/09/2022 Cley 105 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 106 Puffin Fratercula arctica Skomer 107 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Fishguard 108 Razorbill Alca torda Skomer 109 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 110 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 05/10/2023 Dungeness 111 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 04/12/2019 112 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 113 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 20/08/2023 Penzance 114 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 31/07/2022 115 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 116 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 117 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 31/07/2022 118 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 20/08/2023 Penzance 119 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/04/2018 120 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 31/07/2022 121 Gannet Morus bassanus 122 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 123 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/04/2018 124 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 125 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 126 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 23/02/2018 Shapwick 127 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 128 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11/10/2018 129 Great White Egret Ardea alba 130 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 131 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 132 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 133 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 134 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 135 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 13/04/2024 Skomer 136 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 04/10/2023 Dungeness 137 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 18/04/2023 Lizard 138 Red Kite Milvus milvus 139 Black Kite Milvus migrans 12/09/2020 140 Buzzard Buteo buteo 141 Barn Owl Tyto alba 06/03/2018 142 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/05/2018 143 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/01/2018 Aust 144 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 145 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/09/2022 Bere Feres Devon 146 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 147 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 20/09/2020 Cornwall 148 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 16/04/2023 Devon 149 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 150 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 151 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 152 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 16/07/2021 Wiltshire 153 Merlin Falco columbarius 154 Hobby Falco subbuteo 15/05/2018 155 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 156 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 157 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 14/03/2018 158 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 15/09/2022 Rutland 159 Jay Garrulus glandarius 160 Magpie Pica pica 161 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 16/11/2017 Pray sands cornwall 162 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 163 Rook Corvus frugilegus 164 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 165 Raven Corvus corax 166 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 167 Coal Tit Periparus ater 168 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 169 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 170 Great Tit Parus major 171 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 17/01/2018 Gloucester 172 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 173 Skylark Alauda arvensis 174 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 12/04/2018 175 Swallow Hirundo rustica 176 House Martin Delichon urbicum 177 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 31/12/2017 Marizion marsh Heard and 90% certain of siting 178 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 179 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Quantocks 180 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 25/01/2019 181 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 25/10/2022 Sand point 182 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 20/02/2018 183 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 184 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 03/05/2023 Ham wall 185 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 186 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 14/05/2018 187 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 07/06/2021 Ham wall 188 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 189 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 190 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 10/10/2023 Slimbridge 191 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 192 Whitethroat Curruca communis 193 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 194 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 195 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 196 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 197 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 198 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 199 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 200 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 201 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 202 Redwing Turdus iliacus 203 Blackbird Turdus merula 204 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 205 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 206 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 26/07/2018 Lower wood 207 Robin Erithacus rubecula 208 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 29/06/2023 209 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 26/07/2018 Lower wood 210 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 211 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 212 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 213 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 214 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/04/2018 215 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 216 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 217 Dunnock Prunella modularis 218 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 11/04/2018 219 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 220 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 221 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 222 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 223 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 28/03/2018 224 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 225 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 226 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 227 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 07/01/2018 Old and common 228 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 229 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 230 Twite Linaria flavirostris 20/02/2018 231 Linnet Linaria cannabina 232 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 233 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 234 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 235 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 236 Siskin Spinus spinus 20/02/2018 237 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 02/09/2020 238 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 07/11/2020 New Passage Severn 239 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 240 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 241 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 242 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 06/03/2018 243 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/03/2018 244 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 28/09/2023 Briton Ferry