Chris Waring: West Midlands Combined Counties (WMBC) Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 264 of 264 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 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 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 23/03/2019 Alvecote, Staffs 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 34 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 28/01/2021 Coton, Warks 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 39 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 41 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 44 Quail Coturnix coturnix 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 47 Swift Apus apus 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral Pigeon 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 55 Corncrake Crex crex 56 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 57 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 58 Coot Fulica atra 59 Crane Grus grus 60 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 61 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 63 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 64 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 65 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 66 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 67 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 68 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 69 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 70 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 26/07/2014 Middleton Lake, Staffs 71 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 72 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 73 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 74 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 75 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 76 Curlew Numenius arquata 77 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 78 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 79 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 80 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 81 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 82 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 83 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 84 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 85 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 26/05/2013 Belvide Res, Staffs 86 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 87 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 88 Redshank Tringa totanus 89 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 29/05/2011 Uttoxeter Quarry, Staffs 90 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 91 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 92 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 93 Knot Calidris canutus 94 Ruff Calidris pugnax 95 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 22/05/2020 Middleton Lake, Staffs 96 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 97 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 98 Sanderling Calidris alba 99 Dunlin Calidris alpina 100 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 101 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 10/09/2016 Upton Warren, Worcs 102 Little Stint Calidris minuta 103 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 104 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 105 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 106 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 26/07/2013 Rudyard Res, Staffs 107 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 24/04/2013 Blithfield Res, Staffs 108 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 109 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 110 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 111 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 112 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 113 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 114 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 115 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 116 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 09/05/2021 Upton Warren, Worcs 117 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 118 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 28/06/2020 Belvide Res, Staffs 119 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 16/07/2010 Chasewater Res, Staffs 120 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 121 Common Gull Larus canus 122 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 123 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 124 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 125 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 126 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 127 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 128 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 129 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 130 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 04/09/2022 Stubbers Green, West Mids 131 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 25/11/2022 Upper Bittell Res, Worcs 132 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 133 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 134 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 135 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/05/2022 Belvide Res, Staffs 136 Gannet Morus bassanus 137 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 138 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 139 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 140 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 141 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 142 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 19/06/2022 Ladywalk NR, Warks 143 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 20/07/2023 Ladywalk NR, Warks 144 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 145 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 146 Great White Egret Ardea alba 147 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 148 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 149 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 150 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 151 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 152 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 153 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 08/10/2020 Middleton Lake, Staffs 154 Red Kite Milvus milvus 155 Buzzard Buteo buteo 156 Barn Owl Tyto alba 157 Little Owl Athene noctua 158 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 159 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 160 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 161 Hoopoe Upupa epops 162 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 163 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 164 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 165 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 166 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 167 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 168 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 10/07/2015 Chatterley Whitfield, Staffs 169 Merlin Falco columbarius 170 Hobby Falco subbuteo 171 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 172 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 173 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 174 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 175 Jay Garrulus glandarius 176 Magpie Pica pica 177 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 20/10/1991 Cocknage Woods, Staffs 178 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 179 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 180 Rook Corvus frugilegus 181 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 182 Raven Corvus corax 183 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 184 Coal Tit Periparus ater 185 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 186 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 187 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 188 Great Tit Parus major 189 Woodlark Lullula arborea 190 Skylark Alauda arvensis 191 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 192 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 193 Swallow Hirundo rustica 194 House Martin Delichon urbicum 195 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 196 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 197 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 198 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 199 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 30/01/2014 Hams Hall, Warks 200 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 201 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 202 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 203 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 204 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 21/05/2017 Branston GP, Staffs 205 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 206 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 18/06/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB, Staffs 207 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 208 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 22/06/2015 Marsh Lane, Warks 209 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 05/05/2022 Belvide Res, Staffs Hears Only! 210 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 211 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 212 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 213 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 214 Whitethroat Curruca communis 215 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 216 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 217 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 218 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 219 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 220 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 221 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 222 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 223 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 224 Redwing Turdus iliacus 225 Blackbird Turdus merula 226 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 227 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 228 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 229 Robin Erithacus rubecula 230 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos ********** ********** 231 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 232 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 233 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 234 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 235 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 236 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 237 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 238 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 239 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 240 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 241 Dunnock Prunella modularis 242 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 243 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 244 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 245 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 246 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 247 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 248 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 249 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 20/10/2022 Ladywalk NR, Warks 250 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 251 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 252 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 253 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 254 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 255 Linnet Linaria cannabina 256 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 22/03/2021 Ladywalk NR, Warks 257 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 258 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 259 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 260 Siskin Spinus spinus 261 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 262 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 263 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 264 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus