Alex Masterman: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 300 of 300 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 28/01/2022 Gibraltar Point 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 19/02/2022 Swine Moor 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29 Scaup Aythya marila 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 31 Eider Somateria mollissima 32 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 33 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 42 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 44 Quail Coturnix coturnix 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 47 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 48 Swift Apus apus 49 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 50 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 51 Stock Dove Columba oenas 52 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 54 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 55 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 56 Corncrake Crex crex 57 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 58 Coot Fulica atra 59 Crane Grus grus 60 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 61 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 62 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 63 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 64 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 65 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 66 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 67 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 68 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 69 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 25/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 70 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 71 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 73 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 74 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 29/08/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 75 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 76 Curlew Numenius arquata 77 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 78 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 79 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 80 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 81 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 13/10/2019 Easington 82 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 83 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 84 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 85 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 28/02/2018 Holme Pierrepont 86 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 87 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 88 Redshank Tringa totanus 89 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 10/10/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 90 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 91 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 92 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 93 Knot Calidris canutus 94 Ruff Calidris pugnax 95 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 96 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 97 Sanderling Calidris alba 98 Dunlin Calidris alpina 99 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 100 Little Stint Calidris minuta 101 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 102 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 10/10/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 103 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 104 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 10/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 105 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 31/07/2022 Fishlake Meadows 106 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 107 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 108 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 109 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 110 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 111 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 112 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 113 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 22/04/2021 Rutland Water 114 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 115 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 116 Common Gull Larus canus 117 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 118 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 119 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 120 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 121 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 122 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 123 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 124 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 125 Puffin Fratercula arctica 126 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 127 Razorbill Alca torda 128 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 129 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 130 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 131 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 132 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 133 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 134 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 135 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 136 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 15/08/2023 Scilly Crossing Fea’s/Desertas 137 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 15/08/2023 Bishops Rock 138 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 17/08/2023 Scilly Bishops Rock 139 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 140 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 141 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 142 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 143 Gannet Morus bassanus 144 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 15/08/2023 Bishops Rock 145 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 146 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 147 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 148 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 149 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 150 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 151 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 152 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 06/07/2019 Freiston Shore 153 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 154 Great White Egret Ardea alba 155 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 156 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 157 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 158 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 159 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 160 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 161 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 162 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 163 Red Kite Milvus milvus 164 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 165 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 166 Buzzard Buteo buteo 167 Barn Owl Tyto alba 168 Little Owl Athene noctua 169 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 170 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 171 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 10/03/2019 Titchwell 172 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 173 Hoopoe Upupa epops 174 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Icklingham 175 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 176 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 177 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 178 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 179 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 180 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 181 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 182 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 183 Merlin Falco columbarius 184 Hobby Falco subbuteo 185 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 186 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 187 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 13/10/2019 Easington 188 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 189 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 190 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 191 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 192 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 29/06/2022 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 193 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham Greens 194 Jay Garrulus glandarius 195 Magpie Pica pica 196 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 197 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 198 Rook Corvus frugilegus 199 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 200 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 201 Raven Corvus corax 202 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 203 Coal Tit Periparus ater 204 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 205 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 206 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 207 Great Tit Parus major 208 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 209 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 210 Woodlark Lullula arborea 211 Skylark Alauda arvensis 212 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 213 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 214 Swallow Hirundo rustica 215 House Martin Delichon urbicum 216 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 217 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 218 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 219 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 220 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 221 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 222 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 223 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 224 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 03/06/2018 Thurstaston 225 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 12/09/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 226 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Kilnsea 227 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 01/06/2021 Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire 228 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 229 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 230 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 231 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 232 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 233 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 234 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 235 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 236 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 27/05/2021 Middle Camp, Spurn Point 237 Whitethroat Curruca communis 238 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 239 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 240 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 241 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 242 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 243 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 244 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 07/05/2021 Newbiggin, Northumberland 245 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 246 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 247 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 248 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 249 Redwing Turdus iliacus 250 Blackbird Turdus merula 251 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 252 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 253 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 12/02/2020 Grimsby 254 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 18/10/2020 Stiffkey 255 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 256 Robin Erithacus rubecula 257 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 258 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 259 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 260 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 07/11/2021 Flamborough Head 261 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 262 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 03/10/2020 Kilnsea 263 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 264 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 265 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 266 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 267 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 268 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 269 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 270 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 271 Dunnock Prunella modularis 272 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 273 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 274 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 275 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 276 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 277 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 03/10/2020 Kilnsea 278 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 279 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 280 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 281 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 282 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 283 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 284 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 285 Twite Linaria flavirostris 286 Linnet Linaria cannabina 287 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 288 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 289 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 10/04/2021 Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire 290 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 291 Siskin Spinus spinus 292 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 293 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 294 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 295 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 296 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 297 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 298 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 27/04/2024 Hartlepool 299 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 15/04/2021 Barcombe Cross 300 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 29/03/2024 Kilwinning