Tim Phillips: Devon Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 231 of 231 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/01/2021 Cockwood 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 14/10/2022 Bowling Green Marsh 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 15/01/2022 Hatch Bridge 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 26/12/2021 Exeminster Marshes Also seen at Darts Farm 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/04/2021 Exeminster Marshes 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/02/2023 Lower Tamar Lake 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 23/01/2022 Powderham Park 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Totnes 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 28/05/2021 Exeminster Marshes 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 23/01/2022 River Exe, Powderham 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 02/01/2021 Matford Marshes 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 06/02/2022 Saltram Park 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/08/1997 Beesands Ley 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 04/11/2020 Slapton Ley Also seen at Beesands Ley 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 15/11/2020 Goodrington Boating Lake 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 27/11/2021 Beesands Ley 2 Females 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 28/11/2020 Start Point 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 13/01/2022 Broadsands Also seen at Slapton Sands 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31/07/2021 Slapton Sands 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 12/11/2022 Goodrington Boating Lake 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29/12/2021 Bowcombe Creek 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 02/06/2023 Trendlebere Down 39 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 20/03/2023 Shaldon Also Teignmouth 40 Swift Apus apus 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 21/04/2022 Crownhill Down 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 46 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 26/09/2021 South Huish Marsh Also seen at Slapton Ley 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 20/03/2021 Slapton Ley 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 20/11/2021 Slapton Sands 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 27/11/2021 Slapton Ley 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 55 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/07/2021 Velator NR 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 07/10/2022 Bowling Green Marsh 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 23/01/2022 River Exe, Powderham 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 24/02/2024 East Soar 59 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 28/05/2021 Exeminster Marshes 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus West Charelton Marshes 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus ********** ********** 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 70 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 11/08/2016 South Efford Marsh 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/04/2021 South Huish Marsh 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 74 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 29/01/2021 Aveton Gifford 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Bowcombe Estuary 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia Bowcombe Estuary 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 78 Knot Calidris canutus 29/08/2022 West Charleton Marshes 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 10/03/2024 South Huish Marsh 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 06/09/2022 South Huish Marsh 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 28/12/2021 Brixham Breakwater 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 31/08/2021 Crownhill Down 6 birds together 85 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 14/09/2021 South Huish Marsh 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 30/07/2021 Slapton Sands 87 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 10/04/2023 South Huish Marsh 88 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 06/09/2022 South Huish Marsh 89 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 31/07/2021 Slapton Sands 90 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Torcross 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 26/09/2021 South Huish Marsh 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 94 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 95 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 07/01/2023 Slapton Sands 96 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Thurlestone Beech 97 Common Gull Larus canus 98 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 99 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 04/08/2021 Slapton Sands 100 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 101 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 02/01/2021 Hope's Nose 102 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 103 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 02/01/2021 Brixham 104 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 05/09/2021 Slapton Sands 105 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 26/12/2020 Brixham 106 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 02/01/2022 Prawle Point 107 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 26/12/2020 Brixham Also seen at Drake's Point, Plymouth 108 Razorbill Alca torda 19/12/2020 Brixham 109 Common Guillemot Uria aalge Beesands 110 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 31/07/2021 Slapton Sands 111 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 13/01/2022 Broadsands 112 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 08/11/2020 Hallsands 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 114 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Prawle Point 115 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 05/09/2021 Slapton Sands 116 Gannet Morus bassanus Prawle Point 117 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 118 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/11/2020 Berry Head 119 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 29/12/2020 Fremington Pill 4 Birds Together; Also seen at Clennon Lakes 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 21/04/2021 South Huish Marsh 121 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 18/04/2023 Exeminster Marshes 122 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 10/04/2021 Slapton Ley 123 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Bowcombe Estuary 124 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis South Huish Marsh 125 Great White Egret Ardea alba 20/07/2022 Brixham Breakwater 126 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 127 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 04/04/2023 Stover Country Park 128 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 12/09/2022 Bere Ferrers 129 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 130 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 30/03/2024 Trendlebere Down 131 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 26/12/2021 Exeminster Marshes 132 Red Kite Milvus milvus East Prawle 133 Buzzard Buteo buteo 134 Barn Owl Tyto alba 25/06/2022 West Charlton Marshes 135 Long-eared Owl Asio otus Bowcombe Farm 136 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/10/2023 Start Point 137 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 138 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 20/09/2022 Berre Ferrers, Devon 139 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 140 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 11/04/2021 Yarner Wood 141 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 142 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 143 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo Bowcombe Estuary 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Bowcome Estuary 146 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 06/02/2022 Saltram Park 147 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 07/10/2021 Starehole Valley, East Soar 148 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 14/04/2024 South Milton Ley 149 Jay Garrulus glandarius 150 Magpie Pica pica 151 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 20/08/2022 Prawle Point 3 Birds 152 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 153 Rook Corvus frugilegus 154 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 155 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/05/2022 Beesands 156 Raven Corvus corax 157 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 14/03/2024 Cranbrook 158 Coal Tit Periparus ater 159 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 160 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 161 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 162 Great Tit Parus major 163 Skylark Alauda arvensis 164 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 165 Swallow Hirundo rustica 166 House Martin Delichon urbicum 167 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 15/05/2021 Mansands 168 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 169 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 170 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 06/12/2023 Clennon Lakes 171 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 05/12/2021 Clennon Lakes 172 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 22/10/2022 Berry Head 173 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 174 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 175 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 176 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 177 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 178 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 179 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 180 Whitethroat Curruca communis 181 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 25/04/2023 Aylesbeare Common 182 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 22/12/2020 Broadsands 183 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 184 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 185 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 186 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 187 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 188 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 06/05/2021 East Prawle 189 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 190 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 191 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 192 Redwing Turdus iliacus 193 Blackbird Turdus merula 194 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 195 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 22/10/2022 Berry Head 196 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 31/08/2021 Cornwood 197 Robin Erithacus rubecula 198 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 29/08/2022 Pigs Nose Valley, Prawle 199 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 13/11/2020 Hallsands 200 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 30/05/2023 Emsworthy Mire 201 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 29/08/2021 East Soar 202 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 203 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 204 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 21/12/2022 Colyford Common 205 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 11/11/2021 Leasfoot Beach, Thurlestone 206 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 19/05/2022 River Erme, Ivybridge 207 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 208 Dunnock Prunella modularis 209 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 26/04/2021 South Huish Marsh 210 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 211 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 212 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 213 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 26/06/2022 Aish Tor 214 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 13/12/2022 Phear Park, Exmouth 215 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 02/01/2022 Maelcombe Beach, Prawle 216 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 28/12/2020 South Huish Marsh 217 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 07/11/2020 Berry Head 218 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 219 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 26/12/2021 Haldon Forest 220 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 221 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 222 Linnet Linaria cannabina 223 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 224 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 14/05/2021 Ideford Common 225 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 226 Siskin Spinus spinus 227 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 23/10/2021 Slapton Sands 228 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 229 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Prawle Point 230 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 12/03/2024 Broadsands 231 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus