Lauren Booth: 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 12/02/2022 Gibraltar Point With Brent geese 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 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 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 07/05/2019 March Farmers, Cambridgeshire 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 26/10/2013 Boultham Mere, Lincolnshire 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 13/03/2015 Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire 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 Yes 05/03/2016 Calder Wetlands, Yorkshire 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 22/07/2022 Musselburgh 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 29/12/2022 Ross Back Sands, Northumberland 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 41 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 42 Smew Mergellus albellus 43 Goosander Mergus merganser 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 45 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 46 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 47 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 48 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 49 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 50 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 51 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 52 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 53 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 54 Swift Apus apus 55 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 06/08/2019 Mickletown, West Yorkshire 56 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 57 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 58 Stock Dove Columba oenas 59 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 60 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 61 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 62 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 63 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 64 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 65 Coot Fulica atra 66 Crane Grus grus 67 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 68 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 17/07/2022 Loch Feorlin, Scotland 69 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 70 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 71 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 72 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 73 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 74 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 75 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 76 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 77 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 78 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 79 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 80 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 29/09/2023 Seahouses, Northumberland 81 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 82 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 83 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 84 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 85 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands, Goole 86 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 87 Curlew Numenius arquata 88 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 89 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 90 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 18/11/2015 Cresswell Pond, Northumberland 91 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 92 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 93 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 94 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 95 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 96 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 97 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 13/08/2016 Hauxley NR, Northumberland 98 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 99 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 100 Redshank Tringa totanus 101 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 08/05/2014 Beadnell, Northumberland 102 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 103 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 104 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 105 Knot Calidris canutus 106 Ruff Calidris pugnax 107 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 09/08/2014 Cresswell Pond, Northumberland 108 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 109 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 110 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 15/10/2021 RSPB St Aidans 111 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 112 Sanderling Calidris alba 113 Dunlin Calidris alpina 114 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 115 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes ********** ********** 116 Little Stint Calidris minuta 117 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 118 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 119 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 07/10/2023 Frampton Marsh, UK 120 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 18/06/2019 Frampton Marsh RSPB Date needs checking 121 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad, Norfolk 122 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 17/07/2014 Farne Islands, Northumberland Date needs checking 123 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 124 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 27/06/2022 Idle Washlands 125 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 126 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 127 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 128 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 129 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 130 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 131 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 132 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 133 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 134 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 08/05/2021 Holme Pierrepont, Notts, UK 135 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 136 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 20/05/2021 St Aidans RSPB 137 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 138 Common Gull Larus canus 139 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 140 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 141 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 142 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 143 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 144 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 145 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 146 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 15/08/2020 Huttoft Car Terrace, Lincs 147 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 148 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 149 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 150 Puffin Fratercula arctica 151 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 152 Razorbill Alca torda 153 Little Auk Alle alle 154 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 155 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 156 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 157 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 14/02/2017 East Chevington, Northumberland 158 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 159 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 160 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 27/08/2021 Bempton Cliffs 161 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 162 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 163 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 03/09/2023 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 164 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 165 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 28/11/2021 Stag Rocks, Northumberland 166 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 167 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 168 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 169 Gannet Morus bassanus 170 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 171 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 172 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 173 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 174 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 175 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 14/04/2018 Carlton Marshes, Suffolk 176 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 16/06/2016 Old Moor, Yorkshire Date needs checking 177 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 178 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 179 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 180 Great White Egret Ardea alba 181 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 182 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30/06/2023 Gosforth NR 183 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 184 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 185 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 186 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 187 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 188 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 189 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 190 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 09/12/2015 Snettisham, Norfolk 191 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 192 Red Kite Milvus milvus 193 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 194 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 195 Buzzard Buteo buteo 196 Barn Owl Tyto alba 197 Little Owl Athene noctua 198 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 30/09/2017 Ryhope Village Dean, Durham 199 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 200 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 201 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 10/03/2018 Titchwell, Norfolk 202 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 203 Hoopoe Upupa epops 24/05/2020 Ordsall, Retford 204 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 25/06/2021 Icklingham, Suffolk 205 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 206 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 207 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 208 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 209 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 210 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 211 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 212 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 213 Merlin Falco columbarius 214 Hobby Falco subbuteo 215 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 216 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 217 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22/05/2021 Willington, Bedfordshire 218 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 219 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 26/09/2014 Spurn, Yorkshire 220 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 221 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 222 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 09/07/2022 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 223 Jay Garrulus glandarius 224 Magpie Pica pica 225 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 226 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 227 Rook Corvus frugilegus 228 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 229 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 230 Raven Corvus corax 231 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 232 Coal Tit Periparus ater 233 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 234 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 235 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 236 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 237 Great Tit Parus major 238 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 239 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 240 Woodlark Lullula arborea 241 Skylark Alauda arvensis 242 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 243 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 244 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 17/11/2015 Chesterfield Spire, Derbyshire 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 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 252 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 253 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 28/10/2023 Flamborough Head 254 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 255 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 256 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 05/10/2016 Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire 257 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 14/09/2021 Bempton Cliffs 258 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough Head 259 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 260 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 15/06/2019 Pugneys CP, Yorkshire 261 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 262 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 17/06/2020 Far Ings Nature Reserve, Lincolnshire 263 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 264 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 265 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 18/08/2023 Spurn Point 266 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 11/06/2021 Ham Wall RSPB 267 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 268 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 269 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 270 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 271 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 272 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 18/05/2016 Holy Island, Northumberland 273 Whitethroat Curruca communis 274 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 275 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 276 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 277 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 278 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 279 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 280 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 281 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 282 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 283 Redwing Turdus iliacus 284 Blackbird Turdus merula 285 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 286 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 287 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 21/12/2019 Whipsnade Zoo 288 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 289 Robin Erithacus rubecula 290 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 291 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 292 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 26/09/2020 Old Fall, Flamborough Head 293 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 294 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 25/02/2022 Bowlees, Teesdale 295 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 296 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 297 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 298 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 299 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 300 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 26/11/2021 East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland 301 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 28/12/2017 Whitby, Yorkshire 302 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 12/11/2022 Whitley Bay, Newcastle 1st year male 303 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 304 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 305 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 306 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 29/10/2022 Slaughden, Suffolk 307 Dunnock Prunella modularis 308 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 309 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 30/12/2019 Sedgwick, Norfolk 310 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 311 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 312 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 313 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 314 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 315 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 316 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 317 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 318 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 319 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 320 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 10/09/2022 Holy Island 321 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 322 Twite Linaria flavirostris 323 Linnet Linaria cannabina 324 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 325 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 326 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 327 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 328 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 329 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 330 Siskin Spinus spinus 331 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus ********** ********** 332 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 333 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 334 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 335 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 336 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 29/11/2020 RSPB Langford Lowfields 337 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough Head 338 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 339 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 18/10/2019 Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire