Carla Hill: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 272 of 272 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 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 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/05/2021 Walmsley Sanctuary 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 36 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 43 Swift Apus apus 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 52 Coot Fulica atra 53 Crane Grus grus 54 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 55 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 57 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 58 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 59 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 60 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 63 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 64 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 68 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 27/11/2020 St Buryan 69 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 70 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 71 Curlew Numenius arquata 72 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 73 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 74 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 75 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 77 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 14/10/2023 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 78 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 79 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 86 Knot Calidris canutus 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 89 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 90 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 95 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 96 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 97 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 98 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2021 Hayle 99 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 23/05/2022 Pegwell Bay 100 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 101 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 102 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 103 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 104 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 105 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 106 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 107 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 108 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 109 Common Gull Larus canus 110 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 111 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 112 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 113 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 114 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 115 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 116 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 117 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 13/04/2021 Newlyn 118 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 119 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 120 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 121 Puffin Fratercula arctica 122 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 123 Razorbill Alca torda 124 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 125 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 126 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 127 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 04/12/2020 Penzance 128 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 129 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 22/07/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 130 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 131 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 132 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 133 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 134 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 135 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 136 Gannet Morus bassanus 137 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 138 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 139 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 140 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 141 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 142 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 143 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 144 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 145 Great White Egret Ardea alba 146 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 147 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 148 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 149 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 150 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 151 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 152 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 153 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 154 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 155 Red Kite Milvus milvus 156 Buzzard Buteo buteo 157 Barn Owl Tyto alba 158 Little Owl Athene noctua 159 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 160 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 161 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 162 Hoopoe Upupa epops 163 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 164 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 165 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 166 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 167 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 168 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 169 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 170 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 171 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 27/05/2022 Worth Marsh 172 Merlin Falco columbarius 173 Hobby Falco subbuteo 174 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 175 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 176 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 177 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 178 Jay Garrulus glandarius 179 Magpie Pica pica 180 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 181 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 182 Rook Corvus frugilegus 183 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 184 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 185 Raven Corvus corax 186 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 187 Coal Tit Periparus ater 188 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 189 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 190 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 191 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 192 Great Tit Parus major 193 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 194 Woodlark Lullula arborea 195 Skylark Alauda arvensis 196 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 197 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 198 Swallow Hirundo rustica 199 House Martin Delichon urbicum 200 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 201 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 202 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 30/01/2022 St Margaret's at Cliffe 203 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 204 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 205 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 206 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 207 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 208 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 209 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 210 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes ********** ********** 211 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 212 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 213 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 214 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 215 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 20/04/2021 Trevescan 216 Whitethroat Curruca communis 217 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 218 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 219 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 220 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 221 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 222 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 223 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth Quick detour on the way home from uni (Cornwall to Norfolk) 224 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 225 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 226 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 227 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 228 Redwing Turdus iliacus 229 Blackbird Turdus merula 230 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 231 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 232 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 12/02/2022 Eastbourne, East Sussex 233 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 234 Robin Erithacus rubecula 235 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 236 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 237 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 238 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 239 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 240 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 241 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 242 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 243 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 23/11/2020 Penberth Cove 244 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 245 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 246 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 247 Dunnock Prunella modularis 248 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 249 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 250 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 251 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 252 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 253 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 254 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 255 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 256 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 257 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 258 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 259 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 260 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 261 Linnet Linaria cannabina 262 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 263 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 264 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 265 Siskin Spinus spinus 266 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 267 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 268 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 269 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 270 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 271 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 272 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus