David Campbell: Sussex Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 285 of 285 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/04/2008 Pagham Harbour 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 22/02/2009 West Wittering 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 19/01/2016 Pulborough Brooks 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 18/09/2005 Warnham LNR 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 08/01/2019 Rodmell Brooks 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 22/02/2009 Chichester GPs three together 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2019 Scotney GPs 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 17/12/2018 Burpham 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2019 Scotney GPs 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/03/2015 Waltham Brooks 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18/09/2005 Warnham LNR 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26/03/2019 Waltham Brooks 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 24/04/2005 Pulborough Brooks 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 27/02/2005 Warnham LNR 20 Pintail Anas acuta 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 21 Teal Anas crecca 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 02/03/2022 Rye Harbour NR drake, self-found 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 06/01/2021 Chingford Pond 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 26/02/2006 Warnham LNR 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 06/08/2019 Pett Level 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/01/2019 West Rise Marsh 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 18/09/2005 Rye Harbour 28 Scaup Aythya marila 18/01/2009 Rye Harbour 29 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 18/01/2009 Jury's Gap 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/12/2013 Newhaven 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/12/2017 Goring Gap 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/07/2007 Rye Harbour 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/01/2008 Scotney GPs 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27/01/2008 Rye Harbour 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 18/01/2009 Rye Harbour 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 05/03/2018 Goring Gap 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 18/01/2009 Rye Harbour 38 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 18/06/2006 Arundel WWT 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/04/2018 The Burgh 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 20/03/2005 Warnham LNR 41 Quail Coturnix coturnix 23/06/2019 Medmerry heard only (but later one seen at Steep Down, 25th May 2020) 42 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 27/04/2008 Rye Harbour 43 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 06/07/2013 Ashdown Forest 44 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 28/03/2015 Crawley 45 Swift Apus apus 17/07/2005 Warnham LNR 46 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/04/2008 Pagham Harbour 47 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 48 Stock Dove Columba oenas 10/06/2007 Warnham LNR 49 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 17/07/2005 Warnham LNR 50 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 27/06/2019 Woods Mill SWT 51 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 09/07/2006 Rye Harbour 52 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 27/11/2005 Warnham LNR 53 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 20/03/2005 Warnham LNR 54 Coot Fulica atra 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 55 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 10/04/2011 Arundel WWT 56 Crane Grus grus 21/04/2019 Horse Eye Level 57 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 58 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 15/11/2017 Goring Gap 59 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 20/03/2005 Warnham LNR 60 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 20/03/2018 Goring Gap 61 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 30/03/2018 Goring Gap 62 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 01/05/2018 Rye Harbour heard only, but seen at another location in 2019 63 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 64 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 24/04/2005 Pulborough Brooks 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 18/05/2008 Rye Harbour 66 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 18/05/2008 Rye Harbour 67 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 18/10/2013 East Head probably seen before this date but awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 68 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 05/06/2016 Rye Harbour 69 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 02/09/2020 Ditchling Beacon three juveniles 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18/05/2008 Rye Harbour 72 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 73 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 27/04/2008 Pagham Harbour 74 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 27/04/2008 Pagham Harbour 75 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 09/06/2015 Pagham Harbour 76 Curlew Numenius arquata 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 77 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/05/2008 Rye Harbour 78 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 16/09/2007 Pulborough Brooks 79 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 17/10/2023 Cuckmere Haven 80 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/01/2014 Newhaven 81 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 06/07/2013 Wych Cross possibly seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 82 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 23/10/2005 Pulborough Brooks 83 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 06/01/2014 Hove 84 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 13/06/2019 Pulborough Brooks 85 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 25/05/2013 Rye Harbour 86 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/05/2008 Rye Harbour 87 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 06/04/2018 Pagham Harbour probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 88 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 18/06/2019 Pulborough Brooks 89 Redshank Tringa totanus 08/07/2007 Rye Harbour 90 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/06/2018 Pagham Harbour 91 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 31/05/2014 Newhaven probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 92 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 27/01/2008 Rye Harbour 93 Knot Calidris canutus 25/05/2013 Rye Harbour probably seen before this date but awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 94 Ruff Calidris pugnax 16/09/2007 Pulborough Brooks 95 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 18/10/2013 East Head 96 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 18/01/2018 Pulborough Brooks 97 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/12/2013 Newhaven probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 98 Dunlin Calidris alpina 27/04/2008 Pagham Harbour 99 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 04/12/2013 Pagham Harbour 100 Little Stint Calidris minuta 04/10/2018 Goring Gap 101 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 16/09/2007 Pulborough Brooks 102 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 103 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 12/04/2019 Weir Wood Reservoir 104 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/05/2014 Newhaven 105 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 17/07/2005 Warnham LNR 106 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 14/07/2020 Pagham Harbour 107 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 09/07/2006 Rye Harbour 108 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 10/06/2017 Pagham Harbour 109 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 31/01/2014 Newhaven 110 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 04/12/2013 Newhaven 111 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 17/02/2013 Eastbourne 112 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 27/02/2005 Warnham LNR 113 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 08/07/2007 Rye Harbour 114 Common Gull Larus canus 30/10/2005 Brighton 115 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/03/2018 Goring Gap 116 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 17/07/2005 Warnham LNR 117 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 30/03/2018 Goring Gap 118 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 17/12/2006 Warnham LNR 119 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 06/03/2016 Shoreham 120 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 121 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14/03/2018 Goring Gap 122 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 05/08/2014 Pagham Harbour 123 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 03/05/2014 Newhaven 124 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 07/05/2018 Goring Gap 125 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 01/04/2014 Newhaven 126 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 09/02/2018 Sovereign Harbour 127 Razorbill Alca torda 29/04/2014 Newhaven possibly seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 128 Little Auk Alle alle 02/12/2018 Goring Gap 129 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 18/01/2009 Jury's Gap 130 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 18/01/2009 Jury's Gap 131 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 15/11/2017 Goring Gap 132 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 02/12/2017 Goring Gap 133 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 02/11/2023 West Hill, Hastings 134 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 02/11/2023 West Hill, Hastings 13 east 135 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 03/12/2013 Newhaven 136 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 07/05/2014 Newhaven 137 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 28/10/2023 West Hill, Hastings two 138 Gannet Morus bassanus 25/08/2008 Worthing 139 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 27/02/2005 Warnham LNR 140 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 11/10/2019 Worthing 141 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/03/2019 Cuckmere Haven 142 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/06/2008 Pulborough Brooks 143 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 28/03/2019 Rye Harbour 144 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 17/07/2005 Warnham LNR 145 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 04/08/2019 Pagham Harbour 146 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 30/12/2018 Lyminster 147 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/10/2013 Pagham Harbour 148 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 27/02/2005 Warnham LNR 149 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 06/10/2020 Burton Mill Pond juvenile 150 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 14/08/2018 Pagham Harbour 151 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus ********** ********** 152 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 18/06/2014 Ashdown Forest 153 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 23/10/2005 Pulborough Brooks 154 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 155 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 11/03/2015 Pett Level 156 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 28/10/2018 Goring Gap 157 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 23/06/2019 Medmerry 158 Red Kite Milvus milvus 18/06/2014 Ashdown Forest 159 Buzzard Buteo buteo 14/10/2006 Warnham LNR 160 Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 161 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/08/2014 North River 162 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 163 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 19/01/2016 Pulborough Brooks 164 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 24/10/2013 Mallydams Wood 165 Hoopoe Upupa epops 04/05/2020 Kingston Gorse 166 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 17/07/2005 Warnham LNR 167 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 07/09/2020 Elmer Rocks 168 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor ********** ********** 169 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 27/02/2005 Warnham LNR 170 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 27/02/2005 Warnham LNR 171 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 172 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 01/06/2015 Barcombe Mills 173 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/10/2018 The Burgh 174 Hobby Falco subbuteo 02/10/2013 Pagham Harbour 175 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 19/03/2006 Pulborough Brooks 176 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 07/06/2015 North River 177 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 19/06/2021 Cissbury Ring 178 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 15/03/2009 Pannel Valley NR 179 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 01/06/2008 Burton Millpond 180 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 30/05/2023 West Rise Marsh female 181 Jay Garrulus glandarius 26/02/2006 Warnham LNR 182 Magpie Pica pica 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 183 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 18/09/2005 Warnham LNR 184 Rook Corvus frugilegus 23/10/2005 Pulborough Brooks 185 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 13/03/2005 Warnham LNR 186 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 14/08/2018 Ham 187 Raven Corvus corax 21/10/2012 Beachy Head 188 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 21/12/2010 Amberley Wildbrooks flock of 20 flew northeast 189 Coal Tit Periparus ater 26/02/2006 Warnham LNR 190 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 24/04/2005 Pulborough Brooks 191 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 192 Great Tit Parus major 20/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 193 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 28/11/2022 West Rise Marsh four 194 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 10/12/2013 Newhaven 195 Woodlark Lullula arborea ********** ********** 196 Skylark Alauda arvensis 19/03/2006 Pulborough Brooks 197 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 21/11/2020 Rye Harbour NR 198 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 16/09/2021 Climping 199 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/04/2016 Rye Harbour surely seen before this, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 200 Swallow Hirundo rustica 24/04/2005 Pulborough Brooks 201 House Martin Delichon urbicum 17/07/2005 Warnham LNR 202 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 05/05/2019 Litlington 203 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 18/06/2006 Arundel WWT 204 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 205 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix ********** ********** 206 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 22/04/2013 Church Norton 207 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 11/01/2019 Newhaven 208 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 06/10/2020 Burton Mill Pond heard only 209 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 10/11/2018 Brooklands Park 210 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 26/10/2020 Bewbush, Crawley 211 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/08/2006 Warnham LNR 212 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/04/2005 Pulborough Brooks 213 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 05/05/2023 Abbot's Wood singing male 214 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 12/09/2023 Upper Beeding 215 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/06/2006 Warnham LNR 216 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 04/02/2012 Pagham Harbour 217 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 18/06/2016 Rye Harbour 218 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 18/06/2006 Arundel WWT 219 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 17/06/2023 Waltham Brooks heard only 220 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 30/09/2013 Seaford Head 221 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia ********** ********** 222 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 10/06/2007 Warnham LNR 223 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 03/05/2014 Newhaven probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 224 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 29/04/2014 Newhaven probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 225 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 06/12/2022 Lancing 226 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2005 Pulborough Brooks 227 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 20/07/2008 Ashdown Forest 228 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 21/10/2013 Mallydams Wood probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 229 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 23/10/2005 Pulborough Brooks 230 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 27/11/2005 Warnham LNR 231 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 27/02/2005 Warnham LNR 232 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 27/02/2005 Warnham LNR 233 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 08/04/2021 Pulborough 234 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 03/03/2017 Broadfield 235 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 236 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 237 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 10/02/2008 Warnham LNR 238 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/02/2007 Warnham LNR 239 Blackbird Turdus merula 24/04/2005 Pulborough Brooks 240 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 19/03/2006 Pulborough Brooks 241 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 15/10/2014 Sheepcote Valley 242 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 09/02/2022 Eastbourne 243 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 07/05/2014 Newhaven probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 244 Robin Erithacus rubecula 20/03/2005 Warnham LNR 245 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 24/04/2005 Pulborough Brooks 246 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/08/2018 Cissbury Ring 247 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 19/11/2013 Seven Sisters 248 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 26/08/2018 Goring Gap seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 249 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/10/2012 Beachy Head Eastern Stonechat sp seen same day 250 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 23/10/2005 Pulborough Brooks 251 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 252 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 25/10/2012 Worthing 253 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 24/01/2019 East Guldeford 254 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 255 Dunnock Prunella modularis 20/03/2005 Warnham LNR 256 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 257 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 29/10/2006 Warnham LNR 258 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 07/08/2005 Rye Harbour 259 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 14/12/2020 Sidlesham 260 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 19/03/2006 Pulborough Brooks 261 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 18/06/2014 Ashdown Forest probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 262 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 14/10/2023 Cissbury Ring 263 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 08/01/2019 West Rise Marsh 264 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 19/11/2013 Cuckmere Haven probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 265 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 13/03/2005 Pulborough Brooks 266 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 26/02/2006 Warnham LNR 267 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 09/01/2018 Arundel WWT 268 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 27/02/2005 Warnham LNR 269 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 20/03/2005 Warnham LNR 270 Twite Linaria flavirostris 06/01/2019 Rye Harbour 271 Linnet Linaria cannabina 19/03/2006 Pulborough Brooks 272 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 23/01/2019 Cowdray Forest 273 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 18/06/2014 Ashdown Forest probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 274 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 04/02/2012 Black Down 275 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 24/06/2017 Harting Combe probably seen before this date, awaiting historic BirdTrack progress 276 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 26/02/2006 Warnham LNR 277 Serin Serinus serinus 14/11/2019 Flimwell 278 Siskin Spinus spinus 11/03/2006 Warnham LNR 279 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 17/12/2017 Goring Gap 280 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 29/04/2014 Newhaven 281 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 24/04/2005 Pulborough Brooks 282 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 13/03/2021 Warnham LNR 283 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 20/03/2005 284 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 27/04/2023 Seaford Head 285 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 09/04/2021 Barcombe Cross