Neil Glenn: Cornwall Mainland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 123 of 123 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 2 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 3 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/11/1999 4 Gadwall Mareca strepera 5 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23/10/1999 6 American Wigeon Mareca americana 03/11/1999 Hayle 7 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 8 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 03/11/1999 Stithians Res 9 Teal Anas crecca 23/10/1999 10 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/11/1999 11 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/11/1999 12 Scaup Aythya marila 03/11/1999 13 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 08/03/2000 Drift 14 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 08/03/2000 Marazion 15 Eider Somateria mollissima 16 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30/09/2010 Penzance 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/11/1999 19 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 26/03/2002 St. Just 20 Swift Apus apus 21 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 22 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/11/1999 23 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 24 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 25 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/11/1999 26 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 27 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/11/1999 28 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 03/11/1999 Helston 29 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 30 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 31 Curlew Numenius arquata 32 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/11/1999 33 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 34 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 35 Redshank Tringa totanus 36 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 29/09/1999 Drift Res 37 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 38 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 08/03/2000 39 Sanderling Calidris alba 40 Dunlin Calidris alpina 41 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 08/03/2000 42 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 43 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 44 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 11/02/2002 Millbrook 45 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 46 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 47 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 48 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 49 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 08/03/2000 50 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 51 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 52 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 08/03/2000 53 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 54 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 55 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 56 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 57 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 58 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 03/09/2019 Kynance Cove 59 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 60 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 61 Gannet Morus bassanus 62 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 03/09/2019 Kynance Cove 63 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 64 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 65 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 66 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 26/03/2002 Tregeseal 67 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 68 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 69 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/11/1999 70 Buzzard Buteo buteo 23/10/1999 71 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 26/03/2002 Porthgwarra 72 Hoopoe Upupa epops 26/03/2002 St. Just 73 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 74 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 75 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 08/03/2000 Cape Cornwall 76 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 77 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 08/10/2008 Porthgwarra 78 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 04/04/2010 The Lizard 79 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 03/11/1999 Helston 80 Jay Garrulus glandarius 81 Magpie Pica pica 08/03/2000 82 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 83 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 03/11/1999 84 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/11/1999 85 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 23/10/1999 86 Raven Corvus corax 03/11/1999 87 Coal Tit Periparus ater 88 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 03/11/1999 89 Great Tit Parus major 08/03/2000 90 Skylark Alauda arvensis 08/03/2000 91 Swallow Hirundo rustica 92 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/09/2019 Kynance Cove 93 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 94 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 08/03/2000 95 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 08/03/2000 96 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 03/09/2019 Kynance Cove 97 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/03/2000 98 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 99 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 08/03/2000 100 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 08/03/2000 101 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 08/03/2000 102 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 103 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 01/10/2010 Penzance 104 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 08/03/2000 105 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 106 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 107 Blackbird Turdus merula 03/11/1999 108 Robin Erithacus rubecula 08/03/2000 109 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 23/10/1999 Rame Head 110 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 111 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 112 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 113 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 08/03/2000 114 Dunnock Prunella modularis 08/03/2000 115 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 116 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 08/03/2000 117 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 08/03/2000 118 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 119 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 08/03/2000 120 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 121 Linnet Linaria cannabina 122 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 08/03/2000 123 Serin Serinus serinus 08/03/2000 Trewellard