Carl Howe: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 330 of 330 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 12/01/2022 Butterwick Low Lincolnshire 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 29/01/2023 Brancaster Norfolk 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 17/09/2022 Blithfield Reservoir Staffordshire 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 30/12/2023 RSPB Greylake Somerset & Bristol 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 14/05/2023 RSPB Freistone Shore Lincolnshire 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 03/12/2021 Car Vale NR Derbyshire 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25 Pintail Anas acuta 26 Teal Anas crecca 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 31/05/2023 RSPB Middleton Lakes 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 29 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 16/11/2023 Abberton Res Essex 30 Pochard Aythya ferina 31 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 16/12/2020 Ravenstone Leicestershire and Rutland Female at Longmoor Lake Leics 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 33 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 34 Scaup Aythya marila Branston GP Staffordshire 35 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 06/05/2023 Branston GP Staffordshire 36 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/08/2023 Musselburgh Scotland 37 Eider Somateria mollissima 08/06/2021 38 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 02/05/2023 Lower Largo,Fife Scotland 39 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/05/2023 Lower Largo,Fife Scotland 40 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 02/05/2023 Lower Largo,Fife Scotland 41 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 02/05/2023 Lower Largo,Fife Scotland 42 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 43 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 28/01/2024 Holkham Gap Norfolk 44 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 17/05/2021 Belvide W.M.B.C 45 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 18/02/2021 Lea Marston & Coton Lakes Warks Adult Drake at Coton 2B lake. 46 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 47 Smew Mergellus albellus 48 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 21/04/2023 Whinfell Tarn Cumbria 49 Goosander Mergus merganser 50 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Draycote Res Warks 51 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 16/07/1983 Arbury Hall Nuneaton Warks 52 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 11/07/2021 Worlds End Llangollen Wales 53 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 08/08/2023 Glenshee Scotland 54 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 11/07/2021 Worlds End Llangollen Wales 55 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 56 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 57 Quail Coturnix coturnix Hanging Houghton Nhants 58 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 59 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 17/07/2021 Cannock Chase 60 Swift Apus apus 61 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 16/11/2023 Winterton on Sea Norfolk 62 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 05/06/2021 Compton Wiltshire 63 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 64 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 65 Stock Dove Columba oenas 66 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 67 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 10/05/2021 RSPB Titchwell 68 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 69 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 70 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 27/08/2022 RSPB Ham Wall 71 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 72 Coot Fulica atra 73 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 10/11/2023 Linford Lakes NR Buckinghamshire 74 Crane Grus grus 75 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 76 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 27/11/2020 Chelmarsh Reservoir Shropshire 77 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 78 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 79 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 80 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 81 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 26/06/2021 Cavenham Heath National Nature Reserve 82 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 83 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad NWT 84 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 85 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 86 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 11/04/2021 Ilmington Warks 87 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 25/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marshes 88 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 15/06/2021 Rutland Water Nature Reserve 89 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 07/05/2021 Choseley Drying Barns Norfolk 90 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 91 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 92 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 93 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 02/05/2023 Low Newton by the Sea Northumberland 94 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 95 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 13/04/2023 Summer Leys N/hants 96 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 97 Curlew Numenius arquata 98 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 99 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 100 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 17/08/2021 Frodsham Marsh Cheshire 101 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 102 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 103 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 01/06/2023 Spurn YWT East Yorkshire 104 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 105 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 29/09/2023 North Point Pools Stiffkey Norfolk 106 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21/11/2021 RSPB Titchwell 107 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 27/08/2022 Harriotts Pool Somerset 108 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 109 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 110 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 13/08/2020 Rutland Wildlife Center 111 Redshank Tringa totanus 112 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 27/09/2020 Ladywalk Nature Reserve 113 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad NWT 114 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 115 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 116 Knot Calidris canutus 117 Ruff Calidris pugnax 118 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 119 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 19/05/2023 RSPB Middleton Lakes 120 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 08/09/2023 Saltholme RSPB Cleveland 121 Sanderling Calidris alba 122 Dunlin Calidris alpina 123 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 124 Little Stint Calidris minuta 125 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis RSPB Frampton 126 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 12/09/2021 Eyebrook Res 127 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 25/07/2021 RSPB Snettisham Norfolk 128 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 04/10/2023 RSPB Frampton 129 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad NWT 130 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 10/05/2021 N.O.A Holme Norfolk 131 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 10/05/2021 N.O.A. Holme Norfolk 132 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Cley NT 133 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 134 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay Anglesey Wales 135 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 136 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay Anglesey Wales 137 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 138 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 139 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 30/04/2021 Upton Warren NR Worcs 140 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 141 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 142 Common Gull Larus canus 143 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 30/06/2021 Cromer Norfolk 144 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 145 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 146 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 147 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 148 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 22/12/2023 Chacewater Staffordshire 149 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 16/03/2021 Fulwood Sheffield South Yorkshire 150 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus RSPB Titchwell 151 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 11/09/2023 Bishop's Rock Isles of Scilly 152 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 28/07/2023 Clachan Isle of Skye 153 Puffin Fratercula arctica 154 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay Anglesey Wales 155 Razorbill Alca torda 156 Little Auk Alle alle 01/07/2022 Bridlington Yorkshire 157 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 158 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 13/09/2020 RSPB Titchwell Norfolk 159 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 02/05/2023 Lower Largo,Fife Scotland 160 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 15/01/2022 Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir Glamorgan Wales 161 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Draycote Res Warks 162 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 163 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 11/09/2023 Bishop's Rock Isles of Scilly 164 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 165 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 27/08/2023 Scillonian Isle's of Scilly crossing 166 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 27/08/2023 Scillonian Isle's of Scilly crossing 167 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 11/09/2023 Bishop's Rock Lighthouse Isles of Scilly 168 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 27/08/2023 Scillonian Isle's of Scilly crossing 169 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay Anglesey Wales 170 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 30/07/2021 Pendeen Cornwall 171 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 15/08/2021 RSPB Freiston Shore Lincolnshre 172 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 25/07/2021 Ashwicken Norfolk 173 Gannet Morus bassanus 174 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 11/09/2023 Bishop's Rock Isles of Scilly 175 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 08/09/2023 South Gare Cleveland 176 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 177 Shag Gulosus aristotelis ladywalk NR WMBC 178 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 25/03/2021 Titchmarsh NR 179 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 180 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 181 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 20/06/2022 Ladywalk NR WMBC 182 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 26/04/2023 Watermead CP Leicestershire & Rutland 183 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 184 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 01/06/2023 Bank Island Lower Derwent Valley North Yorkshire 185 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 186 Great White Egret Ardea alba 187 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 188 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 25/10/2023 189 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 190 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 05/08/2022 Swanton Novers Watchpoint Norfolk 191 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 26/07/2023 Loch Na Keal Isle of Mull 192 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 193 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 194 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 195 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 196 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 10/10/2020 RSPB Middleton Warks 197 Red Kite Milvus milvus 198 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 199 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 200 Buzzard Buteo buteo 201 Barn Owl Tyto alba 202 Little Owl Athene noctua 203 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 204 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 205 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 206 Hoopoe Upupa epops 207 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 26/06/2021 Icklingham Suffolk 208 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 209 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 29/12/2021 Samlesbury Lancs 210 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 03/08/2022 Trimingham Norfolk 211 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 05/09/2021 Ladywalk NR Warwickshire 212 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 20/03/2021 RSPB Middleton 213 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 214 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 215 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 216 Merlin Falco columbarius 217 Hobby Falco subbuteo 218 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 219 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 220 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 15/05/2021 Monk Wood Worcs 221 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 222 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 17/04/2024 Abbotsbury Dorset 223 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 224 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 01/07/2022 RSPB Bempton 225 Jay Garrulus glandarius 226 Magpie Pica pica 227 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 228 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 229 Rook Corvus frugilegus 230 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 231 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 05/08/2022 Warham Green Norfolk 232 Raven Corvus corax 233 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 29/10/2023 Whitby East Yorkshire 234 Coal Tit Periparus ater 235 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 04/08/2023 RSPB Loch Garten Scotland 236 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 237 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 238 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 239 Great Tit Parus major 240 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 241 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 242 Woodlark Lullula arborea 04/06/2023 RSPB Minsmere Suffolk 243 Skylark Alauda arvensis 244 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 21/11/2021 Horsey Gap Norfolk 245 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 246 Swallow Hirundo rustica 247 House Martin Delichon urbicum 248 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 249 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 250 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 251 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 12/09/2023 Carreg Dhu Isles of Scilly 252 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 03/01/2024 Oakthorpe Flash Leicestershire & Rutland 253 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 07/01/2022 Abingdon Oxfordshire 254 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 255 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 256 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 16/05/2023 Staple Edge Wood Gloucestershire 257 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough Head East Yorkshire 258 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 31/05/2021 Besthorpe NWT Nottingham 259 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 260 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 21/06/2021 RSPB Middleton 261 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 262 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris ********** ********** 263 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 27/09/2023 Long Nab Burniston N Yorkshire 264 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 23/06/2021 Lickey Hills CP Worcs 265 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 05/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall 266 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 267 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 268 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 269 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 27/09/2023 Scalby Lodge Pond N Yorkshire 270 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 271 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 17/04/2024 Portland Dorset 272 Whitethroat Curruca communis 273 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 01/08/2022 Westleton Heath National NR Suffolk 274 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 275 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 276 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 277 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 278 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 279 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 280 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 281 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 282 Redwing Turdus iliacus 283 Blackbird Turdus merula 284 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 285 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 286 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 21/12/2023 Tophill low NR East Yorkshire 287 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 288 Robin Erithacus rubecula 289 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 04/06/2023 RSPB Minsmere Suffolk 290 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 25/05/2021 Dowels Brook 291 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 292 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 03/12/2021 Whitacre Heath NR Coleshill Warwickshire 293 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 294 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 295 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 296 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 297 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 25/05/2021 Dowels Brook 298 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 299 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 300 Dunnock Prunella modularis 301 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 302 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 303 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 304 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 305 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 25/05/2021 Dowels Brook 306 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 07/01/2022 Abingdon Oxfordshire 307 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 308 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 309 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 310 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 311 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 312 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 313 Twite Linaria flavirostris 314 Linnet Linaria cannabina 315 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 316 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 317 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 23/10/2020 Ilmington Warks 318 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 319 Serin Serinus serinus 02/05/2023 A70 Near Calla Road Lankshire Scotland 320 Siskin Spinus spinus 321 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 322 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 07/05/2021 Choseley Drying Barns Norfolk 323 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 324 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus ********** ********** 325 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 10/10/2023 Saltfleet Lincolnshire 326 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 27/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 327 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 328 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 05/01/2024 Heybridge Morden Essex 329 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 21/09/2023 St Govan's Head Pembrokeshire Wales 330 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 07/03/2024 Garnock View Kilwinning Ayrshire Scotland