Matt Doyle: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 346 of 346 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 14/01/2024 Bradwell-on-sea 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 07/02/2024 Dingwall 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 30/08/2019 London 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 08/01/2022 RSPB Greylake 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 10/11/2019 Man Sands 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 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 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 02/01/2019 Mill Pond, Bedhampton 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 05/01/2019 Chew Valley Lake 34 Eider Somateria mollissima 35 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 36 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 37 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 38 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 39 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 40 Smew Mergellus albellus 41 Goosander Mergus merganser 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 43 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 44 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 45 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 48 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 49 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 17/05/2019 50 Swift Apus apus 51 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 26/06/2019 Slimbridge After a long wait it finally showed at 7.30 52 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 13/04/2019 Ventnor, IOW 53 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 54 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 55 Stock Dove Columba oenas 56 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 57 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 58 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 59 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 60 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 61 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 62 Coot Fulica atra 63 Crane Grus grus 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 65 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 27/03/2013 Ham Wall, Somerset 66 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 67 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 68 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 69 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 70 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 71 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 72 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 28/05/2019 Catcott Lows 73 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 74 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 75 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 76 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 77 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 78 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 79 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 80 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 81 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Yes 06/12/2020 Skewjack + Crows-an-wra 82 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 83 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 84 Curlew Numenius arquata 85 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 86 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 87 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 13/09/2019 Lodmoor 88 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 89 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 90 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 91 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 09/10/2020 Keyhaven Marshes 92 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 93 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 94 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 95 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21/08/2020 Drift Reservoir 96 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 97 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 20/04/2024 Normandy Marsh 98 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 99 Redshank Tringa totanus 100 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 28/09/2018 Devoran, Cornwall 101 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 102 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 103 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 104 Knot Calidris canutus 105 Ruff Calidris pugnax 106 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 21/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs 107 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 108 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 109 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 17/09/2019 Davidstow Airfield 110 Sanderling Calidris alba 111 Dunlin Calidris alpina 112 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 113 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 16/10/2021 Fenning Island, Stert Point 114 Little Stint Calidris minuta 115 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 22/09/2019 Davidstow Airfield 116 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 117 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 09/10/2021 Normandy Marsh, Hampshire 118 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 04/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 119 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 30/10/2022 Slimbridge 120 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 21/05/2019 Chesil Beach 121 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 15/07/2022 Stanpit Marsh 122 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 03/05/2021 Abbotsbury 123 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 124 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Shapwick Heath 125 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 07/04/2023 Sutton Bingham Reservoir 126 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 127 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 128 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 129 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 03/06/2019 Carbis Bay 130 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 131 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 12/03/2020 Oreston 132 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 133 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 29/09/2019 Pendeen 134 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 12/02/2020 Padstow 135 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 136 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14/03/2020 Chew Valley Lake 137 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 138 Common Gull Larus canus 139 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 140 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 20/01/2019 Hayle 141 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 142 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 143 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 144 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 145 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 146 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 02/04/2021 Newlyn 147 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 148 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 29/09/2019 Pendeen 149 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 150 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 151 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 152 Puffin Fratercula arctica 153 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 154 Razorbill Alca torda 155 Little Auk Alle alle 156 Guillemot Uria aalge 157 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 158 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 159 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 23/11/2019 Penzance 160 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 161 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 27/02/2020 Cape Cornwall 162 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 163 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 08/02/2019 Lizard Point, Cornwall Co-found with Toby Phelps (he saw it first). Absolute beaut of a bird 164 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 165 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 29/09/2019 Pendeen 166 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 167 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 168 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 169 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 170 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 171 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 172 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 12/08/2023 Porthgwarra 173 White Stork Ciconia ciconia April 2019 174 Gannet Morus bassanus 175 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 176 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 177 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 04/01/2017 Ham Wall, Somerset 178 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 179 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 180 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 15/05/2020 Radford Pond 181 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 02/05/2022 Slapton Ley 182 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 183 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 08/10/2023 Long Drove 184 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 09/07/2018 Catcott Moor 185 Great White Egret Ardea alba 186 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 187 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 188 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 189 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 27/05/2019 Spurn 190 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 191 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 192 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 193 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 194 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 195 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 196 Red Kite Milvus milvus 197 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 198 Buzzard Buteo buteo 199 Barn Owl Tyto alba 200 Little Owl Athene noctua 201 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 202 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 203 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 204 Hoopoe Upupa epops 205 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 206 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 207 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 23/02/2019 Yarner Wood 208 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 209 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 210 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 211 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 09/07/2021 Langford Lakes 212 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 04/06/2022 Worth Marsh 213 Merlin Falco columbarius 214 Hobby Falco subbuteo 215 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 216 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 30/08/2019 London 217 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 02/10/2019 Church Cove 218 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 219 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 30/09/2023 Caradon Hill, Minions 220 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 221 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 222 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 21/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs 223 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 30/09/2018 Soapy Cove 224 Jay Garrulus glandarius 225 Magpie Pica pica 226 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 227 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 228 Rook Corvus frugilegus 229 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 230 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 231 Raven Corvus corax 232 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 233 Coal Tit Periparus ater 234 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 235 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 236 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 237 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 238 Great Tit Parus major 239 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 26/12/2021 Weston Airfield 240 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 241 Woodlark Lullula arborea 242 Skylark Alauda arvensis 243 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 244 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 245 Swallow Hirundo rustica 246 House Martin Delichon urbicum 247 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 248 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 249 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 250 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 251 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 21/01/2023 Compton Dando STW 252 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 253 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 24/01/2019 Coverack Sewage work 254 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 08/06/2021 Lundy Took Obsession II to Lundy from Ilfracombe @ c.4.10ish 255 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 19/05/2019 Bass Point, Lizard 256 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 257 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 258 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 07/05/2022 Regent's Park 259 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 09/06/2019 Porth Joke 260 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 24/05/2019 Wintersett Reservoir 261 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 262 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 02/06/2021 Langport 263 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 264 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 265 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 266 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 267 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 04/06/2021 Ham Wall 268 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes ********** ********** 269 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 270 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 271 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 272 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 22/04/2019 Wall Common 273 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes ********** ********** 274 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 14/04/2024 Portland 275 Whitethroat Curruca communis 276 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 17/04/2019 Arne 277 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 278 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 279 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 280 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 281 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 282 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 16/10/2018 Land's End 283 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 284 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 285 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 286 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 287 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 288 Redwing Turdus iliacus 289 Blackbird Turdus merula 290 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 291 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 292 Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 22/08/2021 Treleaver Farm, Black Head 293 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 294 Robin Erithacus rubecula 295 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 296 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 28/10/2019 Land's End 297 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 298 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 299 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 300 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 301 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 24/10/2022 The Lizard 302 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 303 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 304 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 24/12/2022 Seaton Marshes 305 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 29/03/2021 Lodmoor 306 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 14/11/2018 Trevose Head 307 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 308 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 250 309 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 310 Dunnock Prunella modularis 311 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 312 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 17/09/2022 Lodmoor 313 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 314 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 315 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 22/10/2019 Old Lizard Head 316 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 16/05/2020 Hendra, St Just 317 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 318 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 319 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 17/12/2022 Exmouth 320 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 07/11/2019 Sennen Took 4 bloody attempts 321 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 322 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 323 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 324 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 325 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 326 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 327 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 328 Twite Linaria flavirostris 329 Linnet Linaria cannabina 330 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 331 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 332 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 333 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 334 Serin Serinus serinus 335 Siskin Spinus spinus 336 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 13/09/2019 Portland Bill 337 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 338 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 339 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 340 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 341 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 342 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 343 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 27/04/2019 Westward Ho! 344 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 13/01/2024 Heybridge 345 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 23/09/2023 St Govan's Head 346 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 Stack Rock