Michael Lawrence: East Anglia Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 391 of 391 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 20/01/1997 East Mersea 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 02/02/1997 Abberton 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 09/01/2002 Burnham Overy, Norfolk 7 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser 9 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 10 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 02/11/2007 Holkham 14 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 16 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 19/11/2001 Minsmere 21 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 17/09/1996 Abberton 23 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 24 Gadwall Mareca strepera 25 Wigeon Mareca penelope 26 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 28 Pintail Anas acuta 29 Teal Anas crecca 30 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 31 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 32 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 13/04/1999 Abberton 33 Pochard Aythya ferina 34 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 11/01/1998 Stiffkey 35 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 36 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 37 Scaup Aythya marila 38 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 39 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 13/03/2002 Wells 40 Eider Somateria mollissima 41 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 42 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 43 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 44 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 45 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 27/04/2012 Hanningfield 46 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 47 Smew Mergellus albellus 48 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 10/01/2020 Ipswich 49 Goosander Mergus merganser 50 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 51 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 52 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 53 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 54 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 55 Quail Coturnix coturnix 56 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 57 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 58 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 59 Swift Apus apus 60 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 28/10/2022 Beeston Regis 61 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 15/06/2013 Trimley 62 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 07/05/2019 Weybourne 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 68 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 69 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 70 Corncrake Crex crex 71 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 72 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 73 Coot Fulica atra 74 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 01/08/2016 Minsmere 75 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 19/09/2012 Rainham 76 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 07/10/2014 Minsmere 77 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 03/10/2011 Boyton 78 Crane Grus grus 79 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 80 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 81 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 82 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 83 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 84 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 85 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 86 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 87 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 88 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 89 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 90 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 27/06/2012 Burnham Overy, Norfolk 91 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 92 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 93 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 94 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 95 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 96 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 06/12/2000 Aldeburgh 97 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 07/07/2010 Rainham 98 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 99 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 100 Curlew Numenius arquata 101 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 102 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 103 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 26/07/2021 Potter Heigham, Norfolk 104 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 105 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 106 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 107 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 30/07/2001 Old Hall Marshes 108 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 109 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 110 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 26/08/2002 Heybridge 111 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 112 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 01/01/2010 Abberton Res 113 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 114 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 10/08/1999 Abberton Res 115 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 116 Redshank Tringa totanus 117 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 23/07/2018 Colchester 118 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 119 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 120 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 09/11/2020 Dunwich 121 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 122 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 23/06/2016 Titchwell 123 Knot Calidris canutus 124 Ruff Calidris pugnax 125 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 05/08/2002 Cley 126 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 13/05/2005 Burnham Overy 127 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 128 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 129 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 130 Sanderling Calidris alba 131 Dunlin Calidris alpina 132 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 133 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 27/09/2004 Minsmere 134 Little Stint Calidris minuta 135 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 136 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 137 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 02/12/2011 Cley 138 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 22/07/2019 Titchwell 139 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 03/06/2009 Thornham 140 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 03/06/2005 Cley 141 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 142 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 05/08/2020 Alton Water, Suffolk 143 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 26/06/2002 Lakenheath 144 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 08/06/2016 Trimley 145 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 146 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 147 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 20/11/2016 Mistley, Essex 148 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 149 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 150 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 151 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 152 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 18/07/2005 Cley 153 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 154 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 13/01/2006 Lowestoft 155 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 156 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 14/12/1999 Aldeburgh 157 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 158 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 21/05/2007 Hickling 159 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 160 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 12/05/2016 Abberton 161 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 09/05/2011 Minsmere 162 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 163 Common Gull Larus canus 164 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 165 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 166 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 08/08/2022 Grafham Water 167 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 168 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 169 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 170 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 171 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 172 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 18/02/2011 Rainham 173 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 174 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 175 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 176 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 177 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 178 Puffin Fratercula arctica 179 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 180 Razorbill Alca torda 181 Little Auk Alle alle 182 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 183 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 184 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 185 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 186 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 187 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 188 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 189 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 190 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 191 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 192 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 193 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 19/08/2004 Fingringhoe 194 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 195 Gannet Morus bassanus 196 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 197 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 198 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 199 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 200 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 201 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 10/04/2018 Carlton Marshes 202 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 08/06/2016 Lakenheath 203 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 204 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 205 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 28/11/2001 Horsey 206 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 207 Great White Egret Ardea alba 208 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 209 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 210 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 211 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 212 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 213 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 214 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 215 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 216 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 07/01/2011 Thornham 217 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 06/03/2017 Holkham, Norfolk 218 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 219 Red Kite Milvus milvus 220 Black Kite Milvus migrans 221 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 222 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 223 Buzzard Buteo buteo 224 Barn Owl Tyto alba 225 Little Owl Athene noctua 226 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 227 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 228 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 25/10/2001 Felixstowe 229 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 230 Hoopoe Upupa epops 231 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 18/06/2013 Holt 232 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 233 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 20/06/2022 Trimingham 234 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 235 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 236 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 237 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 238 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 239 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 240 Merlin Falco columbarius 241 Hobby Falco subbuteo 242 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 243 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 244 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 27/09/2010 Blakeney 245 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 246 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 247 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28/06/2003 Acle 248 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 249 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 28/10/2011 Horsey 250 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 251 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 21/09/2020 Wells 252 Jay Garrulus glandarius 253 Magpie Pica pica 254 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 255 Rook Corvus frugilegus 256 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 257 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 258 Raven Corvus corax 259 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 260 Coal Tit Periparus ater 261 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 262 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 263 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 264 Great Tit Parus major 265 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 266 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 267 Woodlark Lullula arborea 268 Skylark Alauda arvensis 269 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 270 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 271 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 272 Swallow Hirundo rustica 273 House Martin Delichon urbicum 274 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 275 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 05/11/2016 Minsmere 276 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 277 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 278 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 279 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 05/10/1996 Landguard 280 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 21/10/2003 Southwold 281 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 282 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 283 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 284 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 285 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 286 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 287 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 23/04/2007 Colney 288 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 13/10/2019 Orford 289 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 28/09/2007 Holkham, Norfolk 290 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 05/10/2004 Walton-on-the-Naze 291 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 08/05/2017 Landguard NR 292 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 293 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 27/10/1999 Fishers Green 294 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 12/06/2015 Holland Haven 295 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 296 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 297 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 24/09/2012 Holkham, Norfolk 298 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 299 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 300 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 18/09/2017 Burnham Overy 301 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 05/07/2010 Thorpe 302 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 19/04/1998 Minsmere 303 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 304 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 305 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 306 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 307 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 308 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 28/09/2002 Hunstanton 309 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 24/04/2002 Winterton 310 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 04/09/2014 Landguard NR 311 Whitethroat Curruca communis 312 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 01/05/1997 Landguard 313 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 314 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 315 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 316 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 317 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 318 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 319 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 25/03/2011 Landguard NR 320 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 321 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 322 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 323 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 324 Redwing Turdus iliacus 325 Blackbird Turdus merula 326 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 17/12/2023 East Bergholt 327 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 328 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 329 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 18/10/2020 Stiffkey 330 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 331 Robin Erithacus rubecula 332 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 333 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 334 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 335 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 336 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 337 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 338 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 339 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 340 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 06/10/2016 Landguard 341 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 04/10/2013 Trimley 342 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 343 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 344 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 21/09/2001 Landguard 345 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 24/10/2016 Burnham Overy, Norfolk 346 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 16/10/1999 Choseley 347 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 348 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 349 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 350 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 17/03/2002 Minsmere 351 Dunnock Prunella modularis 352 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 353 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 08/11/2019 Walberswick 354 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 355 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 356 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 357 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 358 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 359 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 360 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 23/10/2012 Shoeburyness 361 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 27/09/2017 Landguard 362 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 363 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 364 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 365 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 366 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 367 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 368 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 23/05/2005 Landguard 369 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 370 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 371 Twite Linaria flavirostris 372 Linnet Linaria cannabina 373 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 374 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 375 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 376 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 377 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 378 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 11/12/2002 Sandringham 379 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 380 Serin Serinus serinus 381 Siskin Spinus spinus 382 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 383 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 384 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 385 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 386 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 03/03/2004 Choseley 387 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 388 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 389 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 390 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 08/01/2008 Cley 391 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 04/01/2024 Heybridge, Essex