Will Walmsley: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 328 of 328 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 06/02/2022 Blakeney 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 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 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 08/01/2023 Filby Broad 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29 Scaup Aythya marila 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 03/07/2023 Bawburgh Fisheries 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 31/10/2018 Sheringham 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 36 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 28/01/2024 Holkham Gap 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 43 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 44 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 45 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 48 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 49 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 50 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23/03/2023 Cromer 51 Swift Apus apus 52 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 28/10/2022 Cromer 53 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 54 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 55 Stock Dove Columba oenas 56 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 57 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 58 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 59 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 60 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 61 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 62 Coot Fulica atra 63 Crane Grus grus 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 65 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 66 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 67 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 68 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 69 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 70 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 71 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 72 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 73 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 74 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 75 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 30/06/2015 Breydon Water 76 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 77 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 78 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 79 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 80 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 81 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 22/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 82 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 83 Curlew Numenius arquata 84 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 85 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 86 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 25/07/2021 Dickleborough 87 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 88 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 89 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 90 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 91 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 92 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 93 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 94 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 95 Redshank Tringa totanus 96 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 30/10/2020 Cley 97 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 98 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 99 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 100 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 17/06/2016 Titchwell 101 Knot Calidris canutus 102 Ruff Calidris pugnax 103 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 22/07/2002 Keyhaven 104 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 105 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 106 Sanderling Calidris alba 107 Dunlin Calidris alpina 108 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 109 Little Stint Calidris minuta 110 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 111 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 112 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/10/2021 Pool of Virkie 113 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 26/05/2001 Sidlesham Ferry 114 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 115 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 29/06/2016 Breydon Water 116 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 117 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 118 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 119 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 120 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 121 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 122 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 123 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 124 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 125 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 126 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 127 Common Gull Larus canus 128 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 129 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 130 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 131 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 132 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 133 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 134 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 135 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 136 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 137 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 138 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 139 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 140 Puffin Fratercula arctica 141 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 142 Razorbill Alca torda 143 Little Auk Alle alle 144 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 145 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 146 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 147 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 148 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 149 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 150 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 151 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 152 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 153 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 154 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 155 Gannet Morus bassanus 156 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 157 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 158 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 159 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 160 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 161 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 10/04/2018 Carlton Marshes 162 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 163 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 164 Great White Egret Ardea alba 165 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 166 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 167 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 168 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 169 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 170 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 171 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 172 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 173 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 174 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 18/09/2018 Welney 175 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 176 Red Kite Milvus milvus 177 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 178 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 179 Buzzard Buteo buteo 180 Barn Owl Tyto alba 181 Little Owl Athene noctua 182 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 183 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 184 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 185 Hoopoe Upupa epops 186 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 27/06/2021 Icklingham 187 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 188 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 189 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 190 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 191 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 192 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 193 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 194 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 195 Merlin Falco columbarius 196 Hobby Falco subbuteo 197 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 198 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 199 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 04/10/2021 Sandwick 200 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 201 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 09/06/2019 Horsey 202 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 203 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 12/10/2015 Beeston Common 204 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 205 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham Greens 206 Jay Garrulus glandarius 207 Magpie Pica pica 208 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 209 Rook Corvus frugilegus 210 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 211 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 212 Raven Corvus corax 213 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 214 Coal Tit Periparus ater 215 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 216 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 217 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 218 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 219 Great Tit Parus major 220 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 221 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 222 Woodlark Lullula arborea 223 Skylark Alauda arvensis 224 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 225 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 226 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 227 Swallow Hirundo rustica 228 House Martin Delichon urbicum 229 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 230 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 231 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 232 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 03/10/2021 Easter Quarff 233 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 26/12/2022 Brancaster 234 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 235 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 236 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 237 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 238 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 239 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 240 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 241 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 25/05/2002 Frensham Little Pond 242 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 243 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 244 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 245 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 23/08/2015 Gramborough Hill 246 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 247 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 13/06/2020 Thorpe Marshes 248 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 249 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 250 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 251 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 252 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 253 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 03/10/2023 Wester Quarff, Shetland 254 Whitethroat Curruca communis 255 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 12/06/2014 Burnham Overy Dunes 256 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 257 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 258 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 259 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 260 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 261 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 262 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 263 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 264 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 03/10/2023 Lunna, Shetland 265 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 07/10/2023 Gorie, Bressay, Shetland 266 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 267 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 268 Redwing Turdus iliacus 269 Blackbird Turdus merula 270 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 271 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 272 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 273 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 274 Robin Erithacus rubecula 275 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 276 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 277 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 278 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 279 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 280 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 281 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 282 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 283 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 23/10/2018 Salthouse 284 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 23/10/2015 Caister 285 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 286 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 287 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 22/10/2016 Burnham Overy Dunes 288 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 10/11/2014 Gorleston 289 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 290 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 291 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 292 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 31/10/2022 Blakeney Point 293 Dunnock Prunella modularis 294 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 295 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 29/12/2019 Sedgeford 296 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 297 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 298 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 299 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 300 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 301 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 302 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 303 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 304 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 305 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 306 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 307 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 308 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 309 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 310 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 311 Twite Linaria flavirostris 312 Linnet Linaria cannabina 313 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 314 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 315 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 316 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 317 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 318 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 319 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 10/05/2014 Burnham Overy Dunes 320 Siskin Spinus spinus 321 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 322 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 323 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 324 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 325 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 326 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 18/10/2018 Wanstead Flats 327 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 328 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 12/10/2023 Hoswick