Aaron Child: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 140 of 140 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/02/2021 River Blackwater (near greens farm) 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis + juvenile 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/09/2021 Blue House Farm, Fambridge 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/03/2021 Near Lime Brook/A414 + juvenile 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 17/11/2023 RSPB Tichwell Marsh Seen flying in distance - call confirmed 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor + juvenile 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 24/03/2021 Beeleigh falls 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/02/2021 River Blackwater (near greens farm) + female 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos + female + juvenile 13 Pintail Anas acuta 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere 14 Teal Anas crecca 02/02/2021 River Blackwater (near greens farm) 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 10/02/2023 Chigborough lakes 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula + juv 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 17/11/2023 RSPB Tichwell Marsh 18 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 20/02/2024 Old Hall marshes 19 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus + female + juvenile 20 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/06/2021 Stansted airport 21 Swift Apus apus 22 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/05/2023 Lakenheath Fen 23 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus + juvenile 24 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 25 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus + juvenile 26 Coot Fulica atra + juvenile 27 Crane Grus grus 26/05/2023 Lakenheath Fen Not seen well Seen well - Minsmere 26/04/24 28 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 30/06/2022 Chigborough lakes 29 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Goldhanger 30 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 26/05/2023 Weeting heath + juvenile 31 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 32 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/02/2021 River Blackwater (near greens farm) 33 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 17/11/2023 RSPB Tichwell Marsh 34 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/09/2023 Cley marshes 35 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere 36 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 10/07/2022 Cley marshes + juvenile 37 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 38 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/04/2024 Walberswick 39 Curlew Numenius arquata 26/05/2023 Weeting heath 40 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 17/11/2023 RSPB Tichwell Marsh 41 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 07/09/2021 Blue House Farm, Fambridge 42 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 07/09/2023 Cley marshes 43 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere 44 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 07/09/2023 Cley marshes 45 Redshank Tringa totanus River Blackwater (near greens farm) 46 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 26/07/2023 Fingringhoe wick 47 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere 48 Knot Calidris canutus 17/11/2023 RSPB Tichwell Marsh 49 Ruff Calidris pugnax 07/09/2021 Blue House Farm, Fambridge 50 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 07/09/2023 Cley marshes 51 Sanderling Calidris alba 17/11/2023 RSPB Tichwell Marsh 52 Dunlin Calidris alpina 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere 53 Little Stint Calidris minuta 07/09/2023 Cley marshes 54 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 30/04/2023 Abberton reservoir 55 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 10/07/2022 Cley marshes 56 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/05/2022 Bempton cliffs 57 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 58 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/04/2024 RSPB Minsmere 59 Common Gull Larus canus 07/09/2023 Cley marshes 60 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 61 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 62 Puffin Fratercula arctica 14/05/2022 Bempton cliffs 63 Razorbill Alca torda 14/05/2022 Bempton cliffs 64 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 14/05/2022 Bempton cliffs 65 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 14/05/2022 Bempton cliffs 66 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14/05/2022 Bempton cliffs 67 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/05/2022 Bempton cliffs + juvenile 68 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 69 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 10/07/2022 Cley marshes 70 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere 71 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 72 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11/01/2022 Near Abberton Reservoir 73 Great White Egret Ardea alba 20/02/2024 Old Hall marshes 74 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 75 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 26/07/2023 Fingringhoe wick Not seen well 76 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 30/10/2021 Near Maldon Wick nature reserve 77 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere + female 78 Red Kite Milvus milvus 24/03/2021 Beeleigh falls 79 Buzzard Buteo buteo 80 Barn Owl Tyto alba 81 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 14/09/2023 Dedham 82 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 10/07/2022 Trimingham quarry 83 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Maldon Wick nature reserve 84 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/03/2021 Near Lime Brook/A414 85 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 86 Hobby Falco subbuteo 26/05/2023 Lakenheath Fen 87 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 25/03/2021 Bradwell power station 88 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 21/11/2022 Hyde Park, London 89 Jay Garrulus glandarius Maldon Wick nature reserve 90 Magpie Pica pica 91 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 92 Rook Corvus frugilegus 93 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 94 Raven Corvus corax 06/03/2023 Snowdon 95 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 03/01/2024 Brunel way, Colchester 96 Coal Tit Periparus ater 97 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 98 Great Tit Parus major 99 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 07/09/2023 Cley marshes Not seen well but in flight colour and call confirmed 100 Skylark Alauda arvensis 23/02/2021 Near Hazeleigh 101 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 17/11/2023 Holkham 102 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 103 Swallow Hirundo rustica + chicks 104 House Martin Delichon urbicum 105 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 26/04/2024 RSPB Minsmere Heard fingringhoe 30/4/23 106 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 107 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/05/2023 Stansted Airport 108 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/03/2021 Beeleigh falls 109 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 26/04/2024 RSPB Minsmere 110 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/05/2023 Lakenheath Fen 111 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/06/2021 Woods near Maldon Wick nature reserve 112 Whitethroat Curruca communis 03/06/2021 Field near Maldon Wick nature reserve 113 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/12/2020 Maldon Wick nature reserve 114 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/07/2021 Woods near Maldon Wick nature reserve 115 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere 116 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere 117 Starling Sturnus vulgaris + juvenile 118 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 119 Redwing Turdus iliacus Near A414 120 Blackbird Turdus merula + female 121 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 09/12/2022 Blue house farm, North fambridge 122 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 26/05/2023 Weeting heath 123 Robin Erithacus rubecula 124 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 09/03/2022 Stansted Airport + female 125 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 25/10/2023 Blue house farm, North fambridge 126 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 13/04/2024 Stansted airport Also possible sighting last autumn same place 127 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 128 House Sparrow Passer domesticus + female 129 Dunnock Prunella modularis Elms Farm 130 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 04/08/2023 Near Bradwell/Tillingham 131 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Seen well 02/06/23 Nayland 132 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 04/02/2021 Near Lime Brook/A414 + juvenile 133 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 23/02/2021 Near Hazeleigh + female 134 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 28/04/2022 Goldhanger 135 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/02/2021 Greens farm, Maldon 136 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/02/2021 Greens Farm, Maldon + juvenile 137 Siskin Spinus spinus 27/02/2022 RSPB Minsmere 138 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/03/2021 Near Lime Brook/A414 139 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 14/05/2022 Bempton cliffs 140 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 04/01/2024 Heybridge sea wall