Phillip Wells: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 370 of 370 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 01/01/2011 Pett Level E Sussex 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 17/02/2022 Slimbridge 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 17/02/2022 Greylake RSPB Somerset and Bristol 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28/03/2016 Pulb RSPB 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 23 Pintail Anas acuta 24 Teal Anas crecca 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 27 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 20/11/2023 Abberton Res 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 02/02/2016 Holkham Hall 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 06/01/2017 Dungeness RSPB 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 04/12/2004 Scotney 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 15/03/2020 Nairn Harbour 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 36 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 12/04/2015 Seaton Park 37 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 38 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 39 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 41 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 42 Smew Mergellus albellus 43 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 18/11/2012 Pagham Harbour 44 Goosander Mergus merganser 45 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 46 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 47 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 48 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 49 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 50 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 51 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 52 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 53 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 54 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 55 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 56 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Crawley 57 Swift Apus apus 58 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 20/11/2023 Winterton Norfolk 59 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 07/04/2005 Worthing 60 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 07/10/2019 St Marys Scilly 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 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 67 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 68 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 06/10/2019 St Marys Scilly 69 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 70 Coot Fulica atra 71 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 04/04/2014 Loch Flemington 72 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 21/10/2016 Alkborough Flats 73 Crane Grus grus 74 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 75 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 06/05/2013 Ham Wall 76 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 77 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 78 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 79 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 80 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 81 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 82 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 83 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 84 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 85 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 86 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Cuckmere 87 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 88 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 89 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 25/10/2014 Black Point 90 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 91 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 92 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 21/10/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB 93 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 14/04/2019 Cuckmere Haven 94 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 95 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 15/06/2015 Pagham Harbour 96 Curlew Numenius arquata 97 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 98 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 99 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 17/08/2017 Oare Marshes 100 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 101 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 102 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 103 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 27/09/2015 Vange Marsh RSPB 104 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 105 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 106 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 21/07/2015 Church Norton 107 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 108 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 22/11/2011 Chew Valley 109 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 110 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 22/07/2017 Cliff Pools 111 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 112 Redshank Tringa totanus 113 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 06/01/2015 Pett Level 114 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 115 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 116 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 16/06/2015 Titchfield Haven 117 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 118 Knot Calidris canutus 119 Ruff Calidris pugnax 120 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 09/12/2011 Chew Valley 121 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 122 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 123 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 124 Sanderling Calidris alba 125 Dunlin Calidris alpina 126 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 127 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 03/09/2017 Cuckmere Haven 128 Little Stint Calidris minuta 129 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 130 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 131 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 11/10/2021 Normandy Marsh 132 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 19/07/2014 Minsmere RSPB 133 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 134 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 27/06/2020 Dungeness RSPB 135 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 136 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 137 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 138 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 139 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 140 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 141 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 11/06/2017 Church Norton 142 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 143 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 144 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Newhaven Harbour 145 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 03/04/2015 Radipole RSPB 146 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 147 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 148 Common Gull Larus canus 149 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 150 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 151 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 152 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 153 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 154 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 155 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 156 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 157 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 158 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 159 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 160 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 161 Puffin Fratercula arctica 162 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 163 Razorbill Alca torda 164 Little Auk Alle alle 165 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 166 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 167 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 168 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 169 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 04/04/2014 Burghead 170 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 29/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 171 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 08/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs Yorkshire 172 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 173 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 174 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 175 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 19/08/2023 Scilly Pelagics 176 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 177 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 178 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 179 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 180 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 181 Gannet Morus bassanus 182 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 16/08/2023 Bishop Rock Scilly 183 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 184 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 185 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 186 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 187 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 188 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 14/05/2019 Nunnery Lakes Norfolk 189 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 26/08/2006 Wier Wood Res 190 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 191 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 03/07/2015 Southease E Sussex 192 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 193 Great White Egret Ardea alba 194 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 195 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 196 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 197 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 198 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 15/06/2014 Ashdown Forest 199 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 200 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 201 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 202 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 203 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 204 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 29/11/2010 Titchwell 205 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 20/09/2011 The Burgh E Sussex 206 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 09/09/2019 Beachy Head 207 Red Kite Milvus milvus 208 Black Kite Milvus migrans 209 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 10/11/2014 Jevington 210 Buzzard Buteo buteo 211 Barn Owl Tyto alba 212 Little Owl Athene noctua 213 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 214 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 215 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 216 Hoopoe Upupa epops 217 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/06/2021 Icklingham 218 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 219 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 220 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 221 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 15/02/2019 222 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 223 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 224 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 225 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 226 Merlin Falco columbarius 227 Hobby Falco subbuteo 228 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 229 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 230 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 231 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 232 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 01/10/2021 St Marys 233 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 16/10/2015 Holkham 234 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 235 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 07/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs Yorkshire 236 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham Greens Norfolk 237 Jay Garrulus glandarius 238 Magpie Pica pica 239 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 240 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 241 Rook Corvus frugilegus 242 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 243 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 244 Raven Corvus corax 245 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 246 Coal Tit Periparus ater 247 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 248 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 249 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 250 Great Tit Parus major 251 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 252 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 253 Woodlark Lullula arborea 254 Skylark Alauda arvensis 255 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 256 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 257 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 258 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 17/11/2015 Chesterfield 259 Swallow Hirundo rustica 260 House Martin Delichon urbicum 261 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 262 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 263 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 264 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 265 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 12/01/2019 Newhaven 266 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 267 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 268 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 269 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 07/01/2015 Chichester GP 270 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 271 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 272 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 05/05/2023 Abbots Wood E Sussex 273 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 09/10/2018 Scilly St Agnes 274 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/05/2022 Snetisham Coastal Path Norfolk 275 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 276 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 03/02/2012 Pagham Harbour 277 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 278 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 279 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 30/09/2013 Hope Gap 280 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 281 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 16/06/2021 Ham Wall 282 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 283 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 284 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 285 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 286 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 287 Whitethroat Curruca communis 288 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 289 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 290 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 291 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 292 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 293 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 294 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 08/04/2021 Pulborough 295 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 296 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 297 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 07/10/2022 Tresco Scillies 298 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 299 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 300 Redwing Turdus iliacus 301 Blackbird Turdus merula 302 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 303 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 304 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 24/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo 305 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 12/02/2022 Eastbourne 306 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 307 Robin Erithacus rubecula 308 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 309 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 10/02/2018 Eastbourne West Rise Marsh 310 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 311 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 312 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 313 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 314 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 315 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 02/03/2017 Stow On The Wold 316 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 317 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 22/10/2012 Birling Gap E Sussex 318 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 319 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 320 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 17/10/2016 Easington 321 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 30/11/2016 Normans Bay E Sussex 322 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 323 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 324 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 08/03/2012 Calshot Hapshire 325 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 326 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 17/10/2016 Easington 327 Dunnock Prunella modularis 328 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 329 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 28/08/2020 Tresco 330 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 331 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 332 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 333 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 04/10/2014 St Marys 334 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 335 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 336 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 337 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 07/10/2019 St Marys Scilly 338 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 339 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 340 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 341 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 342 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 343 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 344 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 12/06/2005 Dungeness 345 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 346 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 347 Twite Linaria flavirostris 348 Linnet Linaria cannabina 349 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 350 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 351 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 352 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 353 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 354 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 28/10/2013 Hempstead Forest Kent 355 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 356 Serin Serinus serinus 357 Siskin Spinus spinus 358 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 359 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 360 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 361 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 362 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 363 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 04/10/2018 364 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 365 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 366 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 08/03/2012 Hawkhill Encloser New Forest 367 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 02/02/2008 Cley Village 368 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 09/04/2021 Barcombe 369 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 15/01/2024 Heybridge Malden Essex 370 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 11/03/2024 Kilwinning Scotland