Mark Hodson: Leicestershire and Rutland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 155 of 155 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Groby Pool 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 18/12/2023 Groby Pool 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser Groby Pool 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 Groby (c50 flew over) 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/12/2020 Groby Pool 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Groby Pool 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/11/2020 Swithland Reservoir 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 28/03/2021 Cossington Meadows 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 03/09/2021 Cossington Meadows 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera Cossington Meadows 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope Swithland Reservoir 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Groby Pool 16 Pintail Anas acuta 22/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 17 Teal Anas crecca Cossington Meadows 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28/12/2021 Watermead Country Park 1 male/1 female 19 Pochard Aythya ferina Groby Pool 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Groby Pool 21 Scaup Aythya marila 03/01/2022 Swithland Reservoir 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 10/12/2023 Swithland Reservoir Female 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 09/04/2022 Cropston Reservoir 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31/01/2021 Swithland Reservoir 25 Smew Mergellus albellus 26/12/2020 Swithland Reservoir 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 28/02/2021 Cossington Meadows 27 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ********** ********** 28 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/02/2023 Groby - Nr Roman Way 2 birds 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ratby (Burroughs Road) 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 20/03/2021 Anstey (Fields on right, heading towards Cropston) 31 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 05/09/2022 Cossington Meadows 32 Swift Apus apus Ratby (Over M1 bridge) 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/06/2021 Cossington Meadows 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Newbold Verdon (Main Street) 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas Groby Pool 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Garden 37 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur ********** ********** 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26/12/2020 Swithland Reservoir 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Kirby Muxloe Castle 41 Coot Fulica atra Groby Pool 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Thornton Reservoir 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Groby Pool 44 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/08/2022 Cropston Reservoir 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Cossington Meadows 46 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 03/05/2023 Cossington Meadows 47 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 17/11/2023 Rutland Water NR 49 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 50 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Cossington Meadows 51 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Cossington Meadows 52 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 53 Curlew Numenius arquata 08/07/2021 Rutland Water NR 54 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 55 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Cossington Meadows 56 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 57 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Cropston Reservoir 58 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Cossington Meadows 59 Redshank Tringa totanus 12/04/2024 Thornton Reservoir 60 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 61 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 62 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 23/10/2022 Cossington Meadows 63 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/07/2021 Rutland Water NR 64 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Cropston Reservoir 65 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 66 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rutland Water 67 Common Gull Larus canus 06/11/2020 Thornton Reservoir 68 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 23/10/2020 Leicester (Soar Lane) 69 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 21/08/2022 Cropston Reservoir 70 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/02/2021 Bradgate Park 71 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Groby Pool 72 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Groby Pool 73 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 06/11/2020 Thornton Reservoir 74 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 22/10/2021 Swithland Reservoir 75 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 01/05/2023 Watermead Country Park 76 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 77 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/11/2023 Fosse Way, Syston 78 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 79 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Groby Pool 80 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Rutland Water 81 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Glenfield (Nr old golf course) 82 Red Kite Milvus milvus Rutland Water 83 Buzzard Buteo buteo Groby Pool 84 Barn Owl Tyto alba 30/10/2021 Cossington Meadows 85 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/02/2021 86 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/05/2023 Watermead Country Park 87 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Cossington Meadows 88 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 04/09/2021 Groby Pool 89 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Ratby (Burroughs Road) 90 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Thornton Reservoir (Fields Nr dam) 91 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Groby (Over A46) 92 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/06/2021 Groby Pool 93 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 94 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 23/01/2021 95 Jay Garrulus glandarius Ratby (Burroughs Road) 96 Magpie Pica pica Garden 97 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Bradgate Park 98 Rook Corvus frugilegus Glenfield (The Mill Lane) 99 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Groby (Fields near Sacheverell Way) 100 Raven Corvus corax Ratby (Burroughs Road) 101 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Markfield, on Chitterman Way 102 Coal Tit Periparus ater Thornton Reservoir 103 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/01/2021 Groby Pool 104 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Garden 105 Great Tit Parus major Ferndale Park 106 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 107 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 26/03/2021 Thornton Reservoir 108 Swallow Hirundo rustica Glenfield (Optimus Point) 109 House Martin Delichon urbicum Groby Pool 110 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 23/05/2021 Watermead Country Park 111 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Glenfield (Fields off Ivanhoe Trail) 112 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Everards Meadow 113 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Groby Pool 114 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 115 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Cossington Meadows 116 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Martinshaw Woods 117 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/05/2023 Ratby, field after M1 walk bridge 118 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2024 Ratby Lane - Hedgerow between Ratby & Kirby Muxloe 119 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2021 Ivanhoe Trail (Off Roman Way) 120 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/02/2021 Bradgate Park 121 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Thornton Reservoir 122 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Ratby (Ivanhoe Trail) 123 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/11/2020 Thornton Reservoir 124 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Bradgate Park (Near Old John) 125 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Garden 126 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Groby Pool 127 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Glenfield (Fields off Ivanhoe Trail) 128 Redwing Turdus iliacus 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 129 Blackbird Turdus merula Garden 130 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/12/2020 Ivanhoe Trail (near The Mill Lane) 131 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 18/04/2021 Barlestone (Washpit Lane) 132 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Bradgate Park (Near Old John) 133 Robin Erithacus rubecula Garden 134 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Bradgate Park 135 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 01/05/2022 Elmesthorpe (Burbage Common Road) 136 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Groby Pool (Fields) 137 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/04/2021 Bradgate Park 138 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Garden 139 Dunnock Prunella modularis Ratby (Burroughs Road) 140 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Anstey (Fields on way to Cropston) 141 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Kirby Muxloe (Under M1) 142 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Glenfield (Optimus Point) 143 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 23/04/2021 Bradgate Park 144 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 06/05/2023 Beacon Hill 145 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Watermead Country Park 146 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 16/01/2022 Anstey - Field off Cropston Road 147 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Ratby (Burroughs Road) 148 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Garden 149 Linnet Linaria cannabina 21/01/2022 Cossington Meadows 1 female 150 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 151 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kirby Muxloe (Main Street) 152 Siskin Spinus spinus 16/10/2020 Groby Pool 153 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 02/12/2023 Beacon Hill Country Park 150th county tick 154 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Bradgate Park 155 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Bradgate Park