George Dunbar: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 339 of 339 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 04/01/2024 Cley Marshes, NWT Juvenile with Dark-breasted Brent Geese 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 24/03/2022 Portlethen, Aberdeenshire 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 11 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 11/01/2024 Bishop Middleham, Durham 1st-winter Drake 19 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 09/11/2021 Udale Bay, Highland 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 06/02/2020 Strontian, Highland Adult drake 26 Pintail Anas acuta 27 Teal Anas crecca 28 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30 Pochard Aythya ferina 31 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/12/2021 Thorpe, Surrey Adult drake. 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 33 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 34 Scaup Aythya marila 35 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 04/01/2022 Auchincross Loch, Ayrshire Adult drake. 36 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 31/10/2021 Musselburgh, Lothian Adult drake. 37 Eider Somateria mollissima 38 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 24/02/2021 Musselburgh Adult drake. 39 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 40 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 31/10/2021 Musselburgh, Lothian Adult drake. 41 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 28/04/2023 Lower Largo, Fife Adult drake 42 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 43 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 44 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 25/03/2024 Sand Loch, Aberdeenshire Adult drake 45 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 46 Smew Mergellus albellus 47 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 03/05/2021 Loch of Kinnordy 48 Goosander Mergus merganser 49 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 50 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 51 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 52 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 03/04/2021 53 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 54 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 55 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 56 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 57 Quail Coturnix coturnix 27/06/2023 Broadley, Moray & Nairn 58 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 59 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 60 Swift Apus apus 61 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 04/06/2016 Portland Bird Observatory While on an NGB trip 62 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 63 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 64 Stock Dove Columba oenas 65 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 66 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 67 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 68 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 69 Corncrake Crex crex 70 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 71 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 72 Coot Fulica atra 73 Crane Grus grus 74 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 75 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 02/12/2020 Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire 76 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 77 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 78 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 79 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 80 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 81 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 82 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 83 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 84 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 85 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 86 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 87 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 88 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton-by-the-sea Adult 89 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 06/12/2020 Crows-an-Wra, Cornwall 1st-Winter in fields before flying SW 90 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 03/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands, East Yorkshire 91 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 14/07/2018 Spurn 92 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 93 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 94 Curlew Numenius arquata 95 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 96 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 97 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 10/09/2017 Spurn Holderness field 98 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 99 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 100 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 101 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 102 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 103 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 10/07/2019 Burton Mere 104 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 105 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 13/05/2022 Port Carlisle 106 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 107 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 108 Redshank Tringa totanus 109 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 01/10/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire. At Starnafin Pools with Greater Yellowlegs and Pec Sand. 110 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 111 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 112 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 01/10/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire. At Starnafin Pools with Lesser Yellowlegs and Pec Sand. 113 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 114 Knot Calidris canutus 115 Ruff Calidris pugnax 116 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 17/05/2019 Lunt Meadows 117 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 118 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 20/05/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire 119 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 RSPB St. Aiden’s, West Yorkshire Adult 120 Sanderling Calidris alba 121 Dunlin Calidris alpina 122 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 123 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 26/09/2022 Meikle Loch, Aberdeenshire Juvenile 124 Little Stint Calidris minuta 125 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 126 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 17/09/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire Two at Starnafin Pools. 127 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 128 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 129 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 09/07/2023 Skinflats, Upper Forth Adult summer plumage. 130 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 131 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 132 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 133 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 134 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 135 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 136 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 137 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 03/01/2024 Marion, Cornwall Two 1st-winters 138 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 139 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 140 Common Gull Larus canus 141 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 04/01/2022 Strathclyde Loch, Clyde Adult 142 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 143 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 144 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 145 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 146 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 147 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 148 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 149 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 150 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 151 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 152 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 153 Puffin Fratercula arctica 154 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 155 Razorbill Alca torda 156 Little Auk Alle alle 157 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 158 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 159 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 160 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 29/01/2023 Leven, Fife 161 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 162 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 163 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 164 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 165 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 166 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 167 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 168 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 169 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 170 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 171 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 14/04/2023 Loch Leven, Fife Unringed and wary 172 Gannet Morus bassanus 173 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 174 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 175 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 31/10/2021 Middleton Moor, Lothian Feeing in roadside field. 176 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 177 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 178 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 179 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 180 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 25/07/2016 Burton mere Wetlands 181 Great White Egret Ardea alba 182 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 183 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire. 184 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 185 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 186 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 05/02/2020 Glenfeshie Lodge Four together 187 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 188 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 189 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 190 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 191 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 19/09/2021 Lower Kilminning, Fife. Juvenile in-off the sea, lingered briefly on Airfield and then off to SW. 192 Red Kite Milvus milvus 193 Black Kite Milvus migrans 24/04/2020 Bardsey Island, Gwynedd Bird drifted through the Lowlands flying North mid-afternoon with SDS EJS and STP 194 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 06/02/2020 Dalelia, near Strontian One adult in flight and another in tree tops. 195 Buzzard Buteo buteo 196 Barn Owl Tyto alba 197 Little Owl Athene noctua 198 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 199 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 200 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 201 Hoopoe Upupa epops 28/04/2021 Fiskavaig, Skye 202 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 203 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 23/12/2021 Samlesbury, Lancashire Adult male. 204 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 205 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 206 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 207 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 208 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 209 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 210 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 211 Merlin Falco columbarius 212 Hobby Falco subbuteo 213 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 214 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 215 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 216 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 217 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 29/05/2020 Bardsey Island, Gwynedd Self-found bird at Nant Plantation which moved down into the North West Fields and spent the rest of the days feeding on the fence lines on the North End 218 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 24/09/2022 Baltasound, Shetland 1st-winter 219 Jay Garrulus glandarius 220 Magpie Pica pica 221 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 222 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 223 Rook Corvus frugilegus 224 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 225 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 226 Raven Corvus corax 227 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 228 Coal Tit Periparus ater 229 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 230 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 231 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 232 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 233 Great Tit Parus major 234 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 235 Woodlark Lullula arborea 236 Skylark Alauda arvensis 237 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 238 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 239 Swallow Hirundo rustica 240 House Martin Delichon urbicum 241 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 242 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 243 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 244 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 18/09/2022 Quendale, Shetland 245 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 246 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 247 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 248 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 249 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 250 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 251 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 29/05/2020 Bardsey Island, Gwynedd Self-found bird singing in the Obs Garden 252 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 19/09/2022 Springfield, Shetland 253 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 254 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 255 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 256 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 30/05/2020 Bardsey Island, Gwynedd Male singing in Obs garden, showed briefly before moving North. 257 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 258 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 259 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 260 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 261 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 262 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 263 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 264 Whitethroat Curruca communis 265 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 266 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 267 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 268 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 269 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 270 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 271 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 272 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 273 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 274 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 275 Redwing Turdus iliacus 276 Blackbird Turdus merula 277 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 278 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 279 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 27/12/2016 St. Asaph 280 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 20/12/2016 Beeley, Derbyshire 281 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 282 Robin Erithacus rubecula 283 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 24/09/2022 Baltasound, Shetland 1st-winter 284 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 02/11/2019 Adult Male. 285 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 286 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 08/10/2021 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire In willows at north end of Golf Course. 287 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 288 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 289 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 290 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 27/12/2019 Ashton's Flash 291 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 292 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 293 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 14/09/2019 Bardsey Island 294 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 03/10/2015 Spurn Bird Observatory At chalk bank 295 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 296 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 297 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 298 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 11/10/2016 Spurn Bird Observatory At Easington gas terminal 299 Dunnock Prunella modularis 300 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 301 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 03/10/2020 Bardsey Island, Gwynedd 1st-winter in Wetlands with cattle 302 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 03/10/2015 Spurn Bird Observatory At chalk bank 303 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 304 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 305 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 306 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 307 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 308 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 03/10/2015 Spurn Bird Observatory Past chalk bank 309 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 29/09/2019 Bardsey Island 310 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 311 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 312 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 313 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 314 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 315 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 316 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 317 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 318 Twite Linaria flavirostris 319 Linnet Linaria cannabina 320 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 321 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 322 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 323 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 04/02/2020 Boat of Garten Male showed well in tree tops then flew over calling. 324 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 325 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 326 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 327 Serin Serinus serinus 328 Siskin Spinus spinus 329 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 330 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 331 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 332 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 333 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 334 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 20/02/2021 Wembury, Devon 335 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 06/10/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire At Warren 336 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 337 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 11/05/2023 Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire 338 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 30/04/2016 Woolston Eyes One trapped and ringed, present until 11:45 339 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 21/02/2024 Kilwinning, Ayrshire