Matthew Naylor: Isles of Scilly Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 265 of 265 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 9 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 07/10/1989 Porth hllick 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 10/10/1994 Tresco 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Scaup Aythya marila 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 25 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 27 Quail Coturnix coturnix 28 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 29 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 30 Swift Apus apus 31 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 12/10/1999 Tresco 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 39 Corncrake Crex crex 40 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 15/10/1991 Porth Hellick 41 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 46 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 51 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 12/10/1990 Airport 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 59 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 05/10/2009 Tresco 60 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 62 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 63 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 08/10/2018 Lower Moors 64 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 65 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 66 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 14/10/2021 Porth Loo Self found 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 68 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 09/10/2000 Dump 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 73 Knot Calidris canutus 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 75 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 76 Sanderling Calidris alba 77 Dunlin Calidris alpina 78 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 79 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 27/10/1987 Porthcressa 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 81 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 82 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 03/10/2004 St Martins 83 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 06/10/2016 Porth Hellick 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 86 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 87 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 89 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 92 Common Gull Larus canus 93 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 94 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 97 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 98 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 100 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 10/10/2001 St Marys 101 Puffin Fratercula arctica 102 Razorbill Alca torda 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 105 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 106 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 107 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 108 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 109 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 110 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 111 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 112 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 113 Gannet Morus bassanus 114 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 08/10/2023 Scilly 115 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 116 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 117 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 118 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 119 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 121 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 122 Great White Egret Ardea alba 123 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 124 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 125 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 126 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 127 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 07/10/1999 St Agnes 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 130 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 131 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 13/10/2023 St Mary’s 132 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 133 Buzzard Buteo buteo 134 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 135 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 136 Hoopoe Upupa epops 137 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 138 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 139 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 140 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 141 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 142 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 143 Merlin Falco columbarius 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 146 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 10/10/1988 Rocky hill 147 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 148 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 12/10/1991 Telegraph 149 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 150 Magpie Pica pica 151 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 152 Rook Corvus frugilegus 153 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 154 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 155 Raven Corvus corax 156 Coal Tit Periparus ater 157 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 158 Great Tit Parus major 159 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 160 Woodlark Lullula arborea 161 Skylark Alauda arvensis 162 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 163 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 164 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 165 Swallow Hirundo rustica 166 House Martin Delichon urbicum 167 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 168 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 169 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 170 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 19/10/1990 St Agnes 171 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 172 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 173 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 174 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 175 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 176 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 177 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 23/10/1987 Gugh 178 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 179 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 05/10/2013 New ford Duck pond Found! 180 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 10/10/1994 Dump 181 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 182 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 15/10/2001 Health centrr 183 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 184 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 185 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 186 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 187 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 188 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 189 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 190 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 191 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 192 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 09/10/2016 Hugh town 193 Whitethroat Curruca communis 194 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 15/10/2000 Tresco 195 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 196 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 197 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 198 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 199 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 200 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 10/10/1990 Trenoweth 2!! 201 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 19/10/1990 Porth Mellon 202 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 09/10/1999 St Agnes 203 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 07/10/1999 Gugh 204 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 205 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 206 Redwing Turdus iliacus 207 Blackbird Turdus merula 208 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 21/10/1990 Tresco 209 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 210 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 211 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 212 Robin Erithacus rubecula 213 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 214 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 215 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 216 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 217 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 218 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 219 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 14/10/1999 Porthloo 220 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 221 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 16/10/1991 Tresco 222 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 223 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 224 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 18/10/1990 Golf Course 225 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 14/10/2001 Porthcressa 226 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 227 Dunnock Prunella modularis 228 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 229 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 16/10/2016 Lower Moors 230 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 231 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 232 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 233 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 13/10/2015 Penninis 234 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 10/10/1989 Pelistery 235 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 236 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 237 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 238 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 16/10/1990 Golf course 239 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 09/10/1988 Airfield 240 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 241 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 242 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 243 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 244 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 245 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 246 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 247 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 248 Linnet Linaria cannabina 249 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 250 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 251 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 252 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 253 Serin Serinus serinus 254 Siskin Spinus spinus 255 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 256 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 257 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 258 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 259 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 20/10/1990 Tresco 260 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 261 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 12/10/1991 Airport 262 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 07/10/1988 St Agnes 263 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 03/10/2019 St Martins 264 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 09/10/1997 Rocky Hill 265 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 22/10/1990 Golf Course