John Martin: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 421 of 421 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 02/01/1988 Cley 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 18/12/2021 Banks Marsh Lancs 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 15/02/2003 Caerloverock 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 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 14 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 18 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 07/12/2013 Crossens Out Marsh 20 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 25/10/1977 Tresco 22 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 23 Gadwall Mareca strepera 24 Wigeon Mareca penelope 25 American Wigeon Mareca americana 26 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 27 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 06/08/2000 Stithians Res 28 Pintail Anas acuta 29 Teal Anas crecca 30 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 31 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 32 Pochard Aythya ferina 33 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 34 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 35 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 36 Scaup Aythya marila 37 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 12/03/1995 Dock Acers GP Carnforth 38 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 39 Eider Somateria mollissima 40 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 41 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 42 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 11/01/2020 musselborough 43 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 44 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 04/03/2022 Cockburnlaw beach Northumberland 45 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 46 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 18/04/2004 Pugney's Wakefield 47 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 48 Smew Mergellus albellus 49 Goosander Mergus merganser 50 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 51 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 52 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 53 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 54 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 55 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 56 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 57 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 58 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 59 Quail Coturnix coturnix 60 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 61 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 62 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 63 Swift Apus apus 64 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 20/10/2013 Hartlepool 65 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 28/05/2001 Netherfield Lagoons Notts 66 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 01/01/2015 Fraisthorpe 67 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 68 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 69 Stock Dove Columba oenas 70 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 71 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 72 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 73 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 74 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 75 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 76 Coot Fulica atra 77 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 01/09/2016 Alkborough Flats 78 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 19/05/1989 Sunderland 79 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 06/10/2011 Boyton Marshes 80 Crane Grus grus 81 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 82 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 15/06/1997 Skelton Lake 83 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 84 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 85 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 86 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 87 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 88 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 89 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 10/08/1995 Titchwell 90 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 91 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 92 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 93 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 08/07/2000 Brough 94 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 95 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 96 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 97 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 98 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 99 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Yes 19/10/1998 Kent 100 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 101 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 02/08/1981 Spurn Point 102 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 103 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 104 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 31/08/1985 Blakeney Quay 3rd Western Pal 105 Curlew Numenius arquata 106 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 107 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 108 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 09/09/1976 Beaverdyke Res Harrogate 109 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 16/10/1999 Greatham Creek 110 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 111 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 112 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 113 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 08/09/1985 Saltholm Pools 114 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 115 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 116 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 26/11/2011 Blyth 117 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 118 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21/09/1983 Ingbirchwoth REs 119 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 120 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 08/06/2002 Leventhorpe 121 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 122 Redshank Tringa totanus 123 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 25/03/2008 Swine moor Beverley 124 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 125 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 126 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 23/10/1994 Rockcliffe Marsh 127 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 128 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 27/10/1996 Seal Sands 129 Knot Calidris canutus 130 Ruff Calidris pugnax 131 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 01/06/1985 Saltend Hull 132 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 25/09/2023 Blacktoft Sands 133 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 26/09/2008 Campfield Marsh 134 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 135 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 136 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 Swillington Ings 137 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 27/07/1986 Blacktoft Sands 138 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 139 Sanderling Calidris alba 140 Dunlin Calidris alpina 141 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 142 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 18/08/1981 Blacktoft Sands 143 Little Stint Calidris minuta 144 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 11/08/2003 Startop End Tring 145 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 146 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 147 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 08/07/2006 Saltholme Pools 148 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 31/07/1993 Burnham Norton 149 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 26/08/1997 Martin Mere 150 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 28/06/1976 Fairburn Ings 151 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 152 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 23/05/1989 Ardsley Res 153 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 26/04/2009 Willington GP 154 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 155 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 156 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 157 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 158 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 159 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 160 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 16/08/2021 Formby 161 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 19/06/1993 Beacon Ponds 162 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 163 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 27/02/1994 Sunderland 164 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 165 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 02/02/1986 Saltburn 166 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 167 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 13/08/1977 Salthome Pools 168 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 169 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 25/11/1984 Hull 170 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 23/06/1991 Salthome 171 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 172 Common Gull Larus canus 173 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 174 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 175 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 09/08/2022 Grafham Water 176 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 177 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 178 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 179 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 180 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 181 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 02/01/2009 Cowpen Bewerley 182 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 183 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 184 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 185 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 186 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 187 Puffin Fratercula arctica 188 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 189 Razorbill Alca torda 190 Little Auk Alle alle 191 Guillemot Uria aalge 192 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 193 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 194 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 01/02/2007 Farnham GP 195 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 196 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 16/02/1981 Hartlepool 197 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 04/07/2021 Bempton 198 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 199 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 200 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 201 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 202 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 203 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 204 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 205 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 206 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 19/08/2000 Porth Gwara 207 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 27/08/2008 Cawood 208 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 209 Gannet Morus bassanus 210 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 04/09/2023 Hunmanby Filey 211 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 212 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 213 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 04/02/1989 Charltons Pond Billingham 214 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 28/06/1989 Fairburn 215 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 216 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 217 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 16/02/1991 Marton Mere 218 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 05/08/1984 Pottric car 219 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 220 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 221 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 28/11/1982 Stone Creek Yorks 222 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 06/11/2011 Attenborough 223 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 13/06/2021 Sidesham 224 Great White Egret Ardea alba 225 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 226 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 06/06/1995 Canford Heath Dorset 227 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 228 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 229 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 230 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 231 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 232 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 233 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 234 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 22/01/2011 Thornham 235 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 12/08/2002 Elmley Kent 236 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 237 Red Kite Milvus milvus 238 Black Kite Milvus migrans 239 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 240 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 241 Buzzard Buteo buteo 242 Barn Owl Tyto alba 243 Little Owl Athene noctua 244 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 245 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 246 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 30/12/1990 Wainfleet 247 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 248 Hoopoe Upupa epops 249 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 02/06/2012 Aldbrough 250 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 251 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 30/01/2022 Samlesbury Preston 252 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 01/07/1989 Cowden 253 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 254 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 255 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 256 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 257 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 258 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 259 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 260 Merlin Falco columbarius 261 Hobby Falco subbuteo 262 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 263 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 264 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 01/10/2023 Bempton Cliffs 265 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 266 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 267 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 13/09/2014 Spurn 268 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 16/08/1989 Rudston 269 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 270 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 15/10/1988 Spurn 271 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 272 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 30/06/2022 Bempton Yorkshire 273 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/10/2020 Jonny Browns common 274 Jay Garrulus glandarius 275 Magpie Pica pica 276 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 277 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 278 Rook Corvus frugilegus 279 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 280 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 281 Raven Corvus corax 282 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 283 Coal Tit Periparus ater 284 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 285 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 286 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 287 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 288 Great Tit Parus major 289 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 19/09/1992 Hay a Park 290 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 291 Woodlark Lullula arborea 292 Skylark Alauda arvensis 293 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 294 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 295 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 296 Swallow Hirundo rustica 297 House Martin Delichon urbicum 298 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 299 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 300 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 301 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 302 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 18/10/2013 Hartlepool 303 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 12/11/2000 North Gare 304 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 305 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 306 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 307 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 308 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 309 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 310 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 22/05/2010 Pottric Carr 311 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 24/10/2009 South Shields 312 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 10/09/2021 Buckton 313 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn 314 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 315 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 13/10/1993 Filey Dams 316 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 18/06/2010 Ilkerston 317 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 03/09/1993 Marazion Marsh 318 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 319 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 28/10/1984 Hartlepool 320 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 09/06/2003 Spurn 321 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 322 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 323 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 13/06/1992 Spurn 324 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 325 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 02/07/1995 Scotman Flash Wigan 326 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 12/05/2021 Heslington York 327 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 328 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 329 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 330 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 331 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 332 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 26/10/1991 Flamborough 333 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 04/07/1993 Arndale , Filey 334 Whitethroat Curruca communis 335 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 06/06/2014 Burnham Overy Staith 336 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 22/05/1982 Mickledon Edge 337 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 338 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 339 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 340 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 341 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 342 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 343 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 344 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 345 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 346 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 347 Redwing Turdus iliacus 348 Blackbird Turdus merula 349 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 350 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 351 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 26/01/1997 Brimington Chesterfield 352 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 10/12/2016 Beeley Derbyshire 353 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 20/10/2004 Grimsby 354 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 355 Robin Erithacus rubecula 356 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 13/05/2001 Spurn 357 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 358 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 359 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 360 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 18/10/2020 South Shields 361 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 362 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 24/10/2009 Bempton 363 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 364 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 365 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 366 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 14/10/2013 Well next the Sea 367 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 368 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 369 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 17/09/2021 Kilnsea 370 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 16/11/1986 South Walney 371 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 25/11/1985 Sheringham 372 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 373 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 374 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 23/10/1977 Bryher 375 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 376 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 15/10/2016 Easington 377 Dunnock Prunella modularis 378 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 379 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 09/01/2020 Prestwick Carrs 380 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 29/09/2002 Flamborough 381 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 382 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 383 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 384 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 03/01/2003 Grindley Carr 385 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 386 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 387 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 388 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 16/10/2006 Spurn 389 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 390 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 391 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 392 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 393 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 394 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 395 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 396 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 397 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 398 Twite Linaria flavirostris 399 Linnet Linaria cannabina 400 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 401 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 402 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 403 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 05/04/1985 Wells 404 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 405 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 16/11/2008 Chopgate 406 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 407 Serin Serinus serinus 408 Siskin Spinus spinus 409 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 410 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 411 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 412 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 413 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 414 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 415 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 416 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 08/09/1996 Spurn 417 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 09/07/2000 Flamborough 418 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 27/10/2023 Flambrough Head 419 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 420 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 05/04/1998 Chester 421 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 27/12/1992 Willingham Woods Market Raison