Tommy Saunders: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 314 of 314 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 10/02/2024 Pennington Marsh 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 12/02/2022 Iford 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 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 17/12/2022 Pennington Marsh 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes ********** ********** 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/04/2023 Blashford Lakes 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 28/10/2017 Blashford lakes 32 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 12/11/2022 Musselburgh 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 18/03/2023 Pennington Marsh 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 36 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 06/05/2023 Largo Bay 37 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 06/05/2023 Largo Bay 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 06/05/2023 Whinfell Tarn 42 Goosander Mergus merganser 43 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 44 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 45 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 46 Quail Coturnix coturnix 47 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 48 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 49 Swift Apus apus 50 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 51 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 52 Stock Dove Columba oenas 53 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 54 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 57 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 58 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 59 Coot Fulica atra 60 Crane Grus grus 61 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 62 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 63 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 64 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 65 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 66 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 67 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 68 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 27/04/2024 Warsash 69 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 70 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 71 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 72 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 73 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 74 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 75 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 76 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 77 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 06/05/2023 Long Nanny 78 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 07/11/2021 Blacktof sands 79 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 80 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 11/08/2016 Mount’s bay Cornwall 81 Curlew Numenius arquata 82 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 83 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 84 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 16/04/2016 Pennington marsh 85 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 86 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 87 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 88 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 10/10/2020 Pennington Marsh 89 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 90 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 91 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 92 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 93 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 19/04/2024 Normandy Marsh 94 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 95 Redshank Tringa totanus 96 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 13/07/2022 Normandy Marsh 97 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 98 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 99 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 100 Knot Calidris canutus 101 Ruff Calidris pugnax 102 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 11/02/2018 Stanpit marsh 103 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 104 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 105 Sanderling Calidris alba 106 Dunlin Calidris alpina 107 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 108 Little Stint Calidris minuta 109 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 110 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 11/10/2021 Normandy marsh 111 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 18/11/2019 Pennington marsh 112 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 113 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 19/05/2019 Pennington 114 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 29/05/2020 Titchfield haven 115 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 116 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 117 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 118 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 119 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 120 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 13/06/2017 Church Norton 121 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 122 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 123 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 09/01/2023 Bridge lake Portsmouth 124 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 24/04/2017 Blashford lakes 125 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 126 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 127 Common Gull Larus canus 128 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 129 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 130 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 08/08/2022 Grafham water 131 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 132 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 133 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 134 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 135 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 136 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 137 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 138 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 139 Puffin Fratercula arctica 140 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 141 Razorbill Alca torda 142 Guillemot Uria aalge 143 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 144 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 145 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 146 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 04/07/2022 Bemton cliffs 147 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 148 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 149 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 150 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 151 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 152 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 153 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 154 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 155 Gannet Morus bassanus 156 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 03/09/2019 Lizard 157 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 158 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 159 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 09/04/2019 Fishlake meadows 160 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 161 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 162 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 20/04/2023 Stockbridge 163 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 164 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 23/05/2019 Prosbrok Floods 165 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 16/12/2016 Eling tide mills 166 Great White Egret Ardea alba 167 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 168 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 169 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 17/08/2016 Near Truro 170 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 171 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 172 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 173 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 174 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 175 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 176 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 177 Red Kite Milvus milvus 178 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 179 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 03/11/2022 Wells 180 Buzzard Buteo buteo 181 Barn Owl Tyto alba 182 Little Owl Athene noctua 183 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 184 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 185 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 186 Hoopoe Upupa epops 187 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 188 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 189 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 190 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 191 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 192 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 193 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 194 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 29/05/2022 Worth - Kent 195 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 29/05/2022 Worth - Kent 196 Merlin Falco columbarius 197 Hobby Falco subbuteo 198 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 199 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 200 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 14/10/2019 Spurn 201 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 202 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 203 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 04/07/2022 Bemton cliffs 204 Jay Garrulus glandarius 205 Magpie Pica pica 206 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 207 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 208 Rook Corvus frugilegus 209 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 210 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 211 Raven Corvus corax 212 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 213 Coal Tit Periparus ater 214 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 215 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 216 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 217 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 218 Great Tit Parus major 219 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 30/10/2020 Titchfield 220 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 221 Woodlark Lullula arborea 222 Skylark Alauda arvensis 223 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 224 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 225 Swallow Hirundo rustica 226 House Martin Delichon urbicum 227 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 228 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 229 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 230 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 12/02/2022 Eastbourne 231 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 232 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 233 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 06/12/2022 Bradford on Avon 234 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 235 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 236 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 08/05/2022 Otterboune woods 237 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 11/09/2021 Buckton 238 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 30/10/2023 Flamborough head 239 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 23/05/2021 Itchen valley CP 240 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 241 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 242 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 14/09/2019 Farlington marshes 243 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 244 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 21/04/2018 Farlington 245 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 246 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 247 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 248 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 249 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 250 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 16/04/2016 Portland bill 251 Whitethroat Curruca communis 252 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 253 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 254 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 255 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 256 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 257 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 258 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 08/04/2021 Pulborough BRooks Pulborough Brooks 259 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 260 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 261 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 262 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 263 Redwing Turdus iliacus 264 Blackbird Turdus merula 265 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 266 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 267 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 27/12/2019 Whipsnade 268 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 12/02/2022 Eastbourne 269 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 270 Robin Erithacus rubecula 271 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 272 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 273 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 07/11/2021 South Landing - Flamborough 274 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 275 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 07/11/2021 South Landing - Flamborough 276 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 277 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 278 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 279 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 280 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 281 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 282 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 283 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 284 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 03/11/2022 Blakney point 285 Dunnock Prunella modularis 286 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 287 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 288 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 289 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 290 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 291 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 292 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 293 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 294 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 295 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 296 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 297 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 298 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 299 Twite Linaria flavirostris 300 Linnet Linaria cannabina 301 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 302 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 303 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 304 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 305 Serin Serinus serinus 306 Siskin Spinus spinus 307 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 308 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 309 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 310 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 311 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 312 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 313 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 314 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 12/04/2021 Barcombe