Robert Gilbert: Isles of Scilly Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 147 of 147 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera lower moors 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Pochard Aythya ferina lower moors 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 16 Swift Apus apus 17 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 18 Stock Dove Columba oenas 19 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 20 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 21 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 22 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 23 Coot Fulica atra 24 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 25 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 26 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 27 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 28 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29 Curlew Numenius arquata 30 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 31 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Scilly pelagic 32 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 33 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 34 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 35 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 36 Redshank Tringa totanus 37 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 10/09/2016 higher moors 38 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 39 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 40 Ruff Calidris pugnax 41 Sanderling Calidris alba 42 Dunlin Calidris alpina 43 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 44 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Scilly pelagic 45 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 46 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 47 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 48 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Scilly pelagic 49 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 50 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 51 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 52 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 53 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 54 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 55 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 56 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 57 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 29/08/2021 Scilly pelagic 58 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 59 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 60 Puffin Fratercula arctica 61 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 62 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 63 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 64 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 22/08/2020 Scilly pelagic 65 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 66 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 21/08/2020 Scilly pelagic 67 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 68 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 21/08/2020 Scilly pelagic 69 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 70 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Scilly pelagic 71 Gannet Morus bassanus 72 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 73 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 74 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 75 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 76 Great White Egret Ardea alba 77 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 78 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 79 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 80 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 81 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 82 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 30/08/2021 little Arthurs St Martins 83 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 84 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 85 Merlin Falco columbarius 86 Hobby Falco subbuteo 87 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 88 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 89 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 90 Raven Corvus corax 91 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 92 Great Tit Parus major 93 Skylark Alauda arvensis 94 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 95 Swallow Hirundo rustica 96 House Martin Delichon urbicum 97 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 10/09/2016 Porth Hellick 98 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 99 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 100 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 27/08/2021 garrison 101 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 102 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 103 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 104 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 105 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 106 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 107 Whitethroat Curruca communis 108 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 109 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 110 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 111 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 112 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 11/10/2020 bryher 113 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 114 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 115 Redwing Turdus iliacus 116 Blackbird Turdus merula 117 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 118 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 119 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 120 Robin Erithacus rubecula 121 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 122 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 30/08/2021 porth hellick 123 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 124 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 125 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 126 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 127 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 128 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 129 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 130 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 131 Dunnock Prunella modularis 132 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 133 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 134 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 135 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 136 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15/10/2020 st agnes 137 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 138 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 139 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 140 Linnet Linaria cannabina 141 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 142 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 143 Siskin Spinus spinus 144 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 145 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 146 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 147 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus