David Ludlow: West Midlands Combined Counties (WMBC) Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 258 of 258 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 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 29/08/1989 Upton warren 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 11/05/1987 Wasperton 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22/11/2009 Draycote 24/3/2013 Brandon 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 13/01/1992 Coton pool 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25/03/2016 Chasewater 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29 Scaup Aythya marila 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 01/12/2007 Draycote 31 Eider Somateria mollissima 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 39 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 29/03/1986 Swallowmoss 41 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 29/03/1986 Swallowmoss 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 44 Quail Coturnix coturnix 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 21/05/2012 Ladywalk 47 Swift Apus apus 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 54 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 56 Coot Fulica atra 57 Crane Grus grus 21/04/2012 Stafford 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 61 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 63 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 64 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 18/05/2015 Middleton lakes 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 66 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 67 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 68 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 27/07/2014 Middleton lakes 69 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 03/10/1993 Wellesbourne 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 72 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 73 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 14/05/1993 Draycote 74 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 75 Curlew Numenius arquata 76 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 77 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 78 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 24/08/1990 Draycote 79 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 80 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 81 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 82 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 13/09/1988 Draycote 83 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 84 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 85 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 86 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 07/05/2015 Draycote 87 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 88 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 89 Redshank Tringa totanus 90 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 91 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 92 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 93 Knot Calidris canutus 94 Ruff Calidris pugnax 95 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 96 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 97 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 26/09/1993 Draycote Also 3/9/1994 Draycote 98 Sanderling Calidris alba 99 Dunlin Calidris alpina 100 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 101 Little Stint Calidris minuta 102 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 14/08/1988 Upton warren 103 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 18/11/2012 Middleton lakes 104 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 105 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 12/05/1996 Draycote 106 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 107 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 01/05/1994 Bredons Hardwick , Worcestershire 108 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 109 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 26/07/1996 Draycote Also 10/5/2008 Draycote 110 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 111 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 112 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Draycote 113 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 114 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 115 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 116 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 19/03/1990 Kenilworth 117 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 118 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 29/06/2020 Belvide 119 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 19/04/2008 Draycote 120 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 121 Common Gull Larus canus 122 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 123 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 124 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 125 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 126 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 127 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 128 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 129 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 130 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 131 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 132 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 133 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 134 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 135 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 136 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 137 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 138 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 21/05/2011 Earlswood 19/7/2015 Ryton; 25/7/2014 Seaswood pool 139 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 140 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26/09/1994 Ansley 141 Great White Egret Ardea alba 142 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 143 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 144 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 145 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 146 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 147 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 148 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 08/10/2020 Fishers mill 149 Red Kite Milvus milvus 150 Buzzard Buteo buteo 151 Barn Owl Tyto alba 152 Little Owl Athene noctua 153 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 154 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 155 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 156 Hoopoe Upupa epops 13/11/1988 Park hall Staffordshire 157 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 158 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 22/06/2008 Brandon 159 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 160 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 161 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 162 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 163 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 16/07/2015 Chatterley Whitfield,Staffordshire 164 Merlin Falco columbarius 165 Hobby Falco subbuteo 166 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 167 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 168 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 169 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 29/05/2009 Brandon Also 2/5/2013 Brandon 170 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 30/08/2020 Sutton park 171 Jay Garrulus glandarius 172 Magpie Pica pica 173 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 21/10/1991 Cocknage 174 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 175 Rook Corvus frugilegus 176 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 177 Raven Corvus corax 178 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 179 Coal Tit Periparus ater 180 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 181 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 182 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 183 Great Tit Parus major 184 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 185 Woodlark Lullula arborea 186 Skylark Alauda arvensis 187 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 188 Swallow Hirundo rustica 189 House Martin Delichon urbicum 190 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 191 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 192 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 193 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 27/01/2014 Hams hall 194 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 195 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 196 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 197 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 18/05/2015 Sandwell valley 198 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 199 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 20/06/2021 Middleton 200 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 201 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Defford 1986 : Also Eckington 202 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 11/06/2015 Cornets end 203 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 01/07/2020 Doxey marsh Date TBC 204 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 08/05/1989 Brandon 205 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 206 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 207 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 208 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 209 Whitethroat Curruca communis 210 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 211 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 212 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 213 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 214 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 215 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 216 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 217 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 218 Redwing Turdus iliacus 219 Blackbird Turdus merula 220 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 221 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 222 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 21/01/1996 Webheath., Worcestershire. 223 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 224 Robin Erithacus rubecula 225 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 226 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 227 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 228 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 229 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 230 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 231 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 232 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 233 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 234 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 235 Dunnock Prunella modularis 236 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 237 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 25/05/1997 Brandon 238 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 239 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 240 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 241 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 242 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 23/10/1994 Long lawford 243 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 244 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 245 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 246 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 247 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 248 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 249 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 250 Linnet Linaria cannabina 251 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 252 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 253 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 254 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 255 Siskin Spinus spinus 256 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 257 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 258 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus