James King: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 275 of 275 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Ssp. bernicla; ssp. hrota (Lindisfarne NNR, Northumberland, 24.10.2018) 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 2 Ad. + 2 1st-w, Bilting, Wye, Kent, 06.12.2020 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Lydd, Dungeness, Kent, 15.12.2017 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula East Lake, Sevenoaks WR, Kent, 04.04.2017 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana Ad. male, North Flood Field, Otmoor, Oxfordshire, 11.03.2023 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Ad. male, Cook's Pool, Dungeness Reserve, Kent, 02.01.2017 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Male, F2, Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire, 16.04.2023 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Ad. male, Blackhall Rocks (o/s), County Durham, 29.07.2018 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Smew Mergellus albellus Ad. male, Burrowes Pit, Dungeness RSPB, 20.12.2016 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 41 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Railway Pit, New Hythe GPs, Kent, 23.03.2023 42 Swift Apus apus 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Postern GPs, Tudeley, Kent, 18.06.2018 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 51 Coot Fulica atra 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 1st-winter, ARC Pit, Dungeness RSPB, Kent, 22.10.2017 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus New Diggings, Dungeness RSPB, Kent, 02.01.2017 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis East Lake, Sevenoaks WR, Kent, 14.01.2018 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 59 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Ad. + 2 juv., Black Barn Pools, Cliffe Pools, Kent, 09.07.2017 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 63 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Ad., East Flood, Oare Marshes NR, Kent, 06.09.2020 64 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 69 Curlew Numenius arquata 70 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 72 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 24/08/2017 Oare Marshes NR, Kent Ad., East Flood, Oare Marshes NR, Kent, 24.08.2017 73 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 74 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 75 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 76 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 08/10/2017 Oare Marshes NR, Kent 1CY, East Flood, Oare Marshes NR, Kent, 08.10.2017 77 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1CY, North Lake, Bough Beech Reservoir, Kent, 22.09.2018 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 79 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 22/10/2018 Jarrow, Co. Durham 1CY, River Don, Jarrow, Co. Durham, 22.10.2018 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola ARC Pit, Dungeness RSPB, Kent, 28.07.2019 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 83 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 12/07/2020 Oare Marshes NR, Kent Ad., East Flood, Oare Marshes NR, Kent, 12.07.2020 84 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Ski Pool, Cliffe Pools RSPB, 24.09.2019 85 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 87 Knot Calidris canutus 88 Ruff Calidris pugnax 89 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea East Flood, Oare Marshes NR, Kent, 22.07.2017 90 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Ad., East Flood, Oare Marshes NR, Kent, 19.07.2018 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta North Lake, Bough Beech Reservoir, Kent, 23.09.2017 95 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Ad., Kilnsea Wetlands, Spurn NNR, East Yorkshire, 07.09.2019 96 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 1CY, Holderness Fields, Kilnsea, Spurn NNR, East Yorkshire, 09.09.2017 97 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 30/05/2021 Cliffe Pools RSPB, Kent Ad., Black Barn Pool 4, Cliffe Pools, Kent, 30.05.2021 98 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 99 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2020 Dungeness RSPB, Kent 2nd-summer, ARC Pit, Dungeness Reserve, Kent, 28.06.2020 100 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Ssp. niger; ssp. surinamensis (1CY, Burrowes Pit, Dungeness RSPB, Kent, 27.08.2018) 101 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 1CY, Main Reservoir, Bough Beech Reservoir, Kent, 23.08.2021 102 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 103 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 104 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 105 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus East Lake, Sevenoaks WR, Kent, 17.03.2018 106 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 107 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 09/07/2018 Oare Marshes NR, Kent Ad., East Flood, Oare Marshes NR, Kent, 09.07.2018 108 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 109 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 110 Common Gull Larus canus 111 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 2CY, Burrowes Pit, Dungeness RSPB, Kent, 29.04.2018 112 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 113 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 114 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 115 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Juvenile, Dungeness NNR, Kent, 22.12.2017 116 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 117 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 2CY, Dungeness Power Station B, Kent, 18.04.2021 118 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 119 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 2 Ads. E, Dungeness Point, Kent, 29.04.2018 120 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 121 Puffin Fratercula arctica 122 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 123 Razorbill Alca torda 124 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 125 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 126 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 1st-winter, Basin 2, Chatham Marina, Kent, 26.12.2018 127 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 128 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 129 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea W, Dungeness Point, Kent, 25.08.2020 130 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis N, Dennis Head, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 13.09.2023 131 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 132 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus W, Dungeness Point, Kent, 25.08.2020 133 Gannet Morus bassanus 134 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 135 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 136 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Imm., ARC Pit, Dungeness Reserve, Kent, 14.08.2020 137 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Ski Pool, Cliffe Pools RSPB, Kent, 09.07.2017 138 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 139 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1st-summer, East Flood, Oare Marshes NR, Kent, 19.08.2022 140 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 141 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ARC Pit, Dungeness RSPB, Kent, 22.10.2017 142 Great White Egret Ardea alba 143 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 144 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 1CY, Willow Hide, Sevenoaks WR, Kent, 20.07.2018 145 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 146 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Ad., Lower Ensden, Dunkirk, Kent, 27.08.2019 147 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 148 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 149 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 150 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 151 Red Kite Milvus milvus 152 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 153 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 1st-winter, Funton Creek, Chetney Marshes, Kent, 04.01.2019 154 Buzzard Buteo buteo 155 Barn Owl Tyto alba 156 Little Owl Athene noctua 157 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 158 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 159 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 160 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 161 Wryneck Jynx torquilla Sandy Beaches CP, Kilnsea, East Yorkshire, 09.09.2017 162 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 163 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 164 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 165 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 166 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 1st-summer male, Grove Ferry NNR, Stodmarsh, Kent, 02.07.2017 167 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 28/05/2022 Worth Marshes, Kent 2nd-summer female, Worth Marshes, Sandwich Bay, Kent, 28.05.2022 168 Merlin Falco columbarius 169 Hobby Falco subbuteo 170 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 171 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 172 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Imm., Hanson Quarry, Needingworth GPs, Cambridgeshire, 27.05.2019 173 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 18/10/2020 Reculver, Kent 1st-winter, Shuart Drove, Reculver Marshes, Kent, 18.10.2020 174 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Ad. male, Hythe Roughs, Pedlinge, Kent, 30.05.2020 175 Jay Garrulus glandarius 176 Magpie Pica pica 177 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 178 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 179 Rook Corvus frugilegus 180 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 181 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 182 Raven Corvus corax 183 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Bligh Way, Strood, Kent, 19.12.2016 184 Coal Tit Periparus ater 185 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 186 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 187 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 188 Great Tit Parus major 189 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 190 Woodlark Lullula arborea 191 Skylark Alauda arvensis 192 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Holkham Gap, Holkham Bay NNR, Norfolk, 12.02.2018 193 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 194 Swallow Hirundo rustica 195 House Martin Delichon urbicum 196 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 197 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 198 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 199 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 22/12/2021 St Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Kent Bockhill Farm Wood, St Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Kent, 22.12.2021 200 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 201 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Fordwich GPs, Sturry, Kent, 19.12.2021 202 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 203 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Ssp. collybita; ssp. abietinus (Cursitter, North Ronaldsay, 23.09.2023); ssp. tristis (Port Meadow, Oxfordshire, 26.02.2023) 204 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Cursitter, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 20.09.2023 205 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 18/09/2023 North Ronaldsay, Orkney Brigg, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 18.09.2023 206 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 207 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Twinyess, West Banks Dyke, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 17.09.2023 208 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 209 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Senness, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 18.09.2023 210 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 18/09/2023 North Ronaldsay, Orkney Upper Linnay, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 18.09.2023 211 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 212 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 213 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 214 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria Westness, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 17.09.2023 215 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Ssp. curruca; ssp. blythi (Beacon Lane, Kilnsea, East Yorkshire, 19.10.2019) 216 Whitethroat Curruca communis 217 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 218 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 219 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 220 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 221 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 222 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 223 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 2CY+ male, Palmarsh Avenue, Hythe, Kent, 24.10.2021 224 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 225 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 226 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 227 Redwing Turdus iliacus 228 Blackbird Turdus merula 229 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 230 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 231 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 12/02/2022 Eastbourne, East Sussex 2CY male, Hill Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 12.02.2022 232 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 233 Robin Erithacus rubecula 234 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 235 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 1st-winter male, Verracott, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 24.09.2023 236 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 1st-winter, Shellness Hamlet, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, 07.10.2018 237 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 238 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Power Station A, Dungeness NNR, Kent, 29.04.2018 239 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 240 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 241 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 242 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 243 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 244 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 245 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 246 Dunnock Prunella modularis 247 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Ssp. flavissima 248 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 249 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Ssp. yarrellii; ssp. alba (Caldecot Lane, Walland Marsh, Kent, 21.04.2019) 250 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi Salt Bay, Halstow Marshes, Kent, 30.12.2020 251 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 252 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 253 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Dengemarsh, Dungeness RSPB, Kent, 30.03.2019 254 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 255 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 256 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 257 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 258 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 259 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Lurand, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 13.09.2023 260 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 261 Twite Linaria flavirostris 262 Linnet Linaria cannabina 263 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 264 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 265 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 266 Siskin Spinus spinus 267 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus South Foreland Lighthouse, St Margaret's Bay, Kent, 20.02.2021 268 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Salthouse Beach, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, 12.02.2018 269 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 270 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 271 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus South Grounds, Slapton, Devon, 02.06.2023 272 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Warnham LNR, West Sussex, 11.04.2021 273 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 16/09/2023 North Ronaldsay, Orkney Lurn, West Banks Dyke, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 16.09.2023 274 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 275 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 11/04/2021 Barcombe, East Sussex male, Barcombe Allotments, Barcombe Cross, East Sussex, 11.04.2021