Terence Baker: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 332 of 332 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 23/01/2022 Marsh farm Country Park, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Pulborough Brooks 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 03/04/2022 Marlow, Buckinghamshire 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 16/12/2021 Carr Vale. Derbyshire 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 26/02/2022 Priory Country Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 12/12/2020 Cheddar Reservoir, Somerset 26 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 12/12/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex might well not be accepted as a bona-fide bird 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 01/10/2016 Brent Reservoir, London 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Scaup Aythya marila 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 09/04/2022 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 41 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 42 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 47 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23/03/2023 Kingsgate/Margate, Kent, England 48 Swift Apus apus 49 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 50 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 51 Stock Dove Columba oenas 52 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 54 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 10/05/2016 Otford, Kent 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 57 Corncrake Crex crex 58 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 59 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 60 Coot Fulica atra 61 Crane Grus grus 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 68 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 69 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 70 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 71 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 72 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 73 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 21/08/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 74 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 75 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 76 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 78 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 79 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 16/12/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB 80 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 81 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 82 Curlew Numenius arquata 83 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 84 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 85 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 26/08/2017 Oare. Kent 86 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 87 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 88 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 89 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 15/10/2022 St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly 90 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 07/10/2017 Oare. Kent 91 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 92 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 03/09/2022 Pett Level, Sussex, England 93 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 94 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 11/06/2016 Brent Reservoir, London 95 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 96 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 22/07/2017 Cliffe, Kent 97 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 98 Redshank Tringa totanus 99 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 26/09/1984 Beddington, London 100 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 101 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 102 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 103 Knot Calidris canutus 104 Ruff Calidris pugnax 105 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 106 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 107 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 108 Sanderling Calidris alba 109 Dunlin Calidris alpina 110 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 111 Little Stint Calidris minuta 112 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 01/08/2021 Minsmere RSPB 113 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 114 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 10/10/2021 Normandy Marsh, Hampshire 115 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 116 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 26/06/2020 Dungeness, Kent 117 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 26/06/2022 Idle Washlands, Nottinghamshire 118 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 119 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 120 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 121 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 122 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 123 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 124 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 125 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 126 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 127 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 26/08/2017 Oare. Kent 128 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 129 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 130 Common Gull Larus canus 131 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 132 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 133 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 134 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 135 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 136 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 137 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 138 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 16/09/2023 River Thames, Rainham RSPB 139 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 140 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 141 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 142 Puffin Fratercula arctica 143 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 144 Razorbill Alca torda 145 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 146 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 147 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 148 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 149 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 150 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 26/06/2022 Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire 151 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 152 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 153 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 154 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 155 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 156 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 157 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 02/10/2021 Scillonian Crossing 158 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 21/08/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 159 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 29/01/2023 Worth Marsh, Sandwich, Kent 160 Gannet Morus bassanus 161 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 08/10/2023 Isles of Scilly 162 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 163 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 164 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 165 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 166 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 167 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 28/04/2018 Carlton Marshes, Suffolk 168 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 08/07/2023 RSPB Ouse Fen, Cambridgeshire 169 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 170 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/07/2022 RSPB Pagham Harbour 171 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 172 Great White Egret Ardea alba 173 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 174 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 175 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 176 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 177 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 178 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 179 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 180 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 181 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 182 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 23/09/2018 Royston, Hertfordshire 183 Red Kite Milvus milvus 184 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 185 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 186 Buzzard Buteo buteo 187 Barn Owl Tyto alba 188 Little Owl Athene noctua 189 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 190 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 191 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 192 Hoopoe Upupa epops 193 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 27/08/2022 Timberland Fen, Lincolnshire 194 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 195 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 196 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 197 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 198 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 199 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 200 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 201 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 202 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 02/06/2022 Worth Marsh, Worth, Kent 203 Merlin Falco columbarius 204 Hobby Falco subbuteo 205 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 206 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 207 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 208 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 18/10/2020 Shuart Marshes, Kent 209 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 210 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 211 Jay Garrulus glandarius 212 Magpie Pica pica 213 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 214 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 215 Rook Corvus frugilegus 216 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 217 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 218 Raven Corvus corax 219 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 220 Coal Tit Periparus ater 221 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 222 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 16/12/2021 Carr Vale, Derbyshire 223 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 224 Great Tit Parus major 225 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 226 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 227 Woodlark Lullula arborea 228 Skylark Alauda arvensis 229 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 230 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 231 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 21/11/2020 Kingsdown, Kent 232 Swallow Hirundo rustica 233 House Martin Delichon urbicum 234 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 235 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 236 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 237 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 238 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 16/01/2022 Western Parade, Eastbourne 239 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 240 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 07/01/2023 Swalecliffe, Kent 241 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 242 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 243 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 244 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 245 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 22/05/2016 Beverley Brook, London 246 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 13/10/2023 St. Martin’s, Isles of Scilly 247 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 18/05/2019 Belvedere, Kent 248 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 249 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 250 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 251 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 06/10/1984 Foreness Point, Kent 252 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 13/10/2022 St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 253 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 29/05/2022 Skokholm 254 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 255 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 256 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 257 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 258 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 259 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 29/05/2022 Skokholm 260 Whitethroat Curruca communis 261 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 262 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 263 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 264 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 265 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 266 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 267 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 268 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 269 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 08/10/2022 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 270 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 271 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 272 Redwing Turdus iliacus 273 Blackbird Turdus merula 274 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 275 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 276 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 14/12/2019 Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire 277 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 12/02/2022 Eastbourne, East Sussex 278 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 279 Robin Erithacus rubecula 280 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 281 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 282 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 06/10/2021 St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly 283 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 284 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 285 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 286 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 287 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 288 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 05/11/2022 Dungeness, Kent presumed, but likely 289 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 290 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 291 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 21/12/2022 Seaton Wetlands, Colyford, Devon 292 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 293 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 294 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 295 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 28/10/2022 Aldeburg, Suffolk 296 Dunnock Prunella modularis 297 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 298 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 12/12/2020 Steart Marshes, Somerset 299 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 300 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 301 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 20/12/2020 Cooling Marshes, Kent 302 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 303 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 304 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 14/10/2022 St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 305 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 04/10/2021 St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly 306 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 307 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 308 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 309 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 310 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 311 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 312 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 313 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 314 Twite Linaria flavirostris 315 Linnet Linaria cannabina 316 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 317 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 318 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 319 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 320 Serin Serinus serinus 321 Siskin Spinus spinus 322 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 323 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 324 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 325 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 326 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 11/10/2023 Bryher, Isles of Scilly 327 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 328 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 04/12/2020 Thursley Common, Surrey 329 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 330 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 10/04/2021 Barcombe Cross, Sussex 331 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 14/01/2024 Heybridge, Essex 332 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 13/10/2022 Bryher, Isles of Scilly