Gerry Griffiths: Isles of Scilly Life List UK400 Club, All records Record(s) 1 to 260 of 260 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 2 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 3 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 4 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 5 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 6 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 7 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 8 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 9 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 10 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 11 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 12 Atlantic Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 13 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 14 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 11/10/2019 Tresco 15 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 16 Great White Egret Casmerodius albus 17 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 18 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 19 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 20 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 21 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 22 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 23 Eurasian White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 24 Greylag Goose Anser anser 25 Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis 26 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27 Pale-bellied Brent Goose Branta hrota 28 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 29 North American Wood Duck Aix sponsa Yes 26/10/2006 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 30 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 31 American Wigeon Anas americana 32 Gadwall Anas strepera 33 Common Teal Anas crecca 34 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 35 American Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 11/10/1981 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 36 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 37 Garganey Anas querquedula 38 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Yes 14/10/1977 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 39 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 40 Northern Pochard Aythya ferina 41 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 42 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 43 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 44 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 45 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 46 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 47 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 48 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 49 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 50 Eurasian Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 51 Red Kite Milvus milvus 52 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 53 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 54 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 55 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 56 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 57 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 58 Merlin Falco columbarius 59 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 60 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 61 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 62 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 63 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 64 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 65 Sora Crake Porzana carolina Yes 12/10/2013 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 66 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 67 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 68 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 69 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 71 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 72 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 73 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 74 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 75 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 76 Red Knot Calidris canutus 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 78 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 12/10/1986 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 79 Little Stint Calidris minuta 80 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 81 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 85 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 86 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 87 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 88 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 89 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 22/10/2007 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 90 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 14/10/1978 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 91 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 92 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 93 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 94 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 95 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 96 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 12/10/2011 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 97 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 98 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 99 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 100 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 15/10/1980 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 101 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 12/10/1984 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 102 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 103 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 104 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 14/10/2021 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 105 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 106 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 107 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 108 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 109 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 110 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 111 Little Gull Larus minutus 112 Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 113 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 114 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 115 Common Gull Larus canus 116 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 117 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 118 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 119 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 120 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 121 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 122 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 123 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 124 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 125 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 126 Razorbill Alca torda 127 Little Auk Alle alle 128 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 129 Rock Dove Columba livia 130 Stock Dove Columba oenas 131 Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 132 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 133 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 134 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 135 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 06/10/2019 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 136 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 137 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 12/10/1981 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 138 Common Swift Apus apus 139 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 140 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 141 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 142 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 143 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 144 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 145 Shore Lark Eremophila flava 146 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 147 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 148 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 15/10/2021 St Marys, Isles of Scilly 149 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 10/10/1983 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 150 House Martin Delichon urbicum 151 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 152 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 24/10/2006 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 153 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 154 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 12/10/2011 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 155 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 156 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 157 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 158 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 159 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 160 American Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 05/10/2008 Bryer, Isles of Scilly 161 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 162 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla simillima Yes 12/10/2018 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 163 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 25/10/2009 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 164 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 165 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 166 Pied Wagtail Motacilla yarrellii 167 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 08/10/2017 St Agnes 168 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 169 Dunnock Prunella modularis 170 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 171 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 172 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 173 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 20/10/2010 St Martins, Isles of Scilly 174 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 175 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 176 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 177 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata 178 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 08/10/2018 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 179 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 180 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 10/10/2020 Bryer, Isles of Scilly 181 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 16/10/1983 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 182 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 183 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 184 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 185 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 186 Redwing Turdus iliacus 187 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 188 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 20/10/2006 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 189 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 190 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 191 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 21/10/2007 St Agnes 192 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 193 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 194 Booted Warbler Hippolais caligatus Yes 16/10/1980 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 195 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 196 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 197 Western Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans Yes 07/10/2011 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 198 Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis Yes 16/10/1981 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 199 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 200 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 201 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 202 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 203 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 204 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 205 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 14/10/1981 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 206 Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 207 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 208 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 209 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 210 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 09/10/1987 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 211 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 12/10/1986 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 212 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 213 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 214 Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus tristis Yes 11/10/2015 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 215 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 216 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 217 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 218 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 219 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 220 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 221 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 222 Great Tit Parus major 223 Coal Tit Periparus ater 224 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 23/10/2012 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 225 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 226 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 227 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 228 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 229 Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula 230 Rook Corvus frugilegus 231 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 232 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 233 Common Raven Corvus corax 234 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 235 Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus 236 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 237 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 07/10/2019 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 238 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 239 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 240 European Serin Serinus serinus 241 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 242 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 243 Siskin Carduelis spinus 244 Linnet Carduelis cannabina 245 Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret 246 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 247 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 248 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 249 Northern Parula Parula americana Yes 11/10/1983 St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly 250 Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Yes 20/10/2007 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 251 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis Yes 12/10/2011 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 252 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 12/10/2011 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 253 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 254 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 255 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 256 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 257 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 258 Western Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 259 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 14/10/1979 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly 260 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 09/10/1983 St. Marys, Isles of Scilly