Richard Petley: England Life List BOU, Lockdown (COVID-19) Record(s) 1 to 99 of 99 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 5 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 6 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 7 Gadwall Mareca strepera 8 Wigeon Mareca penelope 9 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 10 Teal Anas crecca 11 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/05/2020 12 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 3 flew west 28th March. 13 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 14 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/04/2020 First sighting actually in the garden. 15 Swift Apus apus 01/05/2020 16 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 04/05/2020 17 Stock Dove Columba oenas 18 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 19 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 20 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 21 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 22 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 23 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 24 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/04/2020 25 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 26 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 27 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/04/2020 28 Curlew Numenius arquata 29 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 29/04/2020 30 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/04/2020 on pools behind duck pond this afternoon 31 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 32 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 33 Redshank Tringa totanus 34 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 35 Knot Calidris canutus 36 Ruff Calidris pugnax 37 Dunlin Calidris alpina 38 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 18/04/2020 offshore 39 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 40 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 41 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/05/2020 42 Common Gull Larus canus 43 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 44 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 45 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 46 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 07/04/2020 One distantly on the sea, drifting east 47 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 08/04/2020 heading east close in, past Gramborough Hill 48 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 49 Gannet Morus bassanus 50 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 51 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 06/04/2020 flew west at 8.45am. 52 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 53 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/04/2020 Marshes east of the beach road 54 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 55 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 56 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 57 Red Kite Milvus milvus 58 Buzzard Buteo buteo 59 Tawny Owl Strix aluco heard only 60 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 18/04/2020 61 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 62 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 63 Jay Garrulus glandarius 20/04/2020 64 Magpie Pica pica 65 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 66 Rook Corvus frugilegus 67 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 68 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 69 Great Tit Parus major 70 Skylark Alauda arvensis 71 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 13/04/2020 72 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2020 73 House Martin Delichon urbicum 74 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti heard, then seen 4th April 75 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2020 in the garden this morning 76 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 77 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/04/2020 78 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 27/04/2020 79 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 10/04/2020 80 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 29/04/2020 81 Whitethroat Curruca communis 82 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 83 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 84 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 26/04/2020 85 Blackbird Turdus merula 86 Robin Erithacus rubecula 87 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 22/04/2020 end of Beach Road 88 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 31/03/2020 89 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 06/04/2020 approx 3 at base of Gramborough Hill, viewed distantly. 90 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 91 Dunnock Prunella modularis 92 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 26/04/2020 93 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 94 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 95 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 96 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 97 Linnet Linaria cannabina 16/04/2020 98 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 99 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus