Mark Hodson: Western Palearctic Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 213 of 213 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 29/01/2022 RSPB Snettisham 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Groby Pool 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser Groby Pool 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 Groby (c50 flew over) 7 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/12/2020 Groby Pool 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Groby Pool 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/11/2020 Swithland Reservoir 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Attenborough Nature Reserve 11 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 28/03/2021 Cossington Meadows 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10/08/2021 Attenborough NR 2 females 14 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera Cossington Meadows 16 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Swithland Reservoir 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Groby Pool 18 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 22/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 19 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca Cossington Meadows 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28/12/2021 Watermead Country Park 1 male/1 female 21 Common Pochard Aythya ferina Groby Pool 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Groby Pool 23 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 24 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 18/10/2021 Robin Hood’s Bay 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 10/12/2023 Swithland Reservoir Female 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 20/10/2022 RSPB Conwy 1 female 28 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31/01/2021 Swithland Reservoir 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 26/12/2020 Swithland Reservoir 30 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 28/02/2021 Cossington Meadows 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19/10/2021 Flamborough Head 32 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ********** ********** 33 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 04/08/2022 Near Whernside Peak, Yorkshire 5 birds 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/02/2023 Groby - Nr Roman Way 2 birds 35 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ratby (Burroughs Road) 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 20/03/2021 Anstey (Fields on right, heading towards Cropston) 37 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 05/09/2022 Cossington Meadows 38 Common Swift Apus apus Ratby (Over M1 bridge) 39 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/06/2021 Cossington Meadows 14.06.21 Heard only @ Titchwell Marsh 40 Rock Dove Columba livia Newbold Verdon (Main Street) 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas Groby Pool 42 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Garden 43 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur ********** ********** 44 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26/12/2020 Swithland Reservoir 46 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Kirby Muxloe Castle 47 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Groby Pool 48 Common Crane Grus grus 20/11/2022 Eldernell, Nene Washes 10 birds 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 31/05/2022 Thornton Reservoir 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 13/03/2022 Carsington Water 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Groby Pool 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/08/2022 Cropston Reservoir 53 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Cossington Meadows 54 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 01/05/2023 Watermead Country Park 55 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 29/01/2022 RSPB Snettisham 57 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 30/01/2022 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 58 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 59 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 30/04/2023 Choseley, Norfolk 60 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Cossington Meadows 62 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Cossington Meadows 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 64 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Cossington Meadows 67 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Cropston Reservoir 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Cossington Meadows 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 71 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 14/06/2021 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 72 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 150th bird on the list 74 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 75 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 18/10/2021 Whitby harbour 76 Red Knot Calidris canutus 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 78 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 79 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 21/05/2023 Thornwick Pools 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 30/01/2022 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 18/10/2021 Whitby harbour 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 23/10/2022 Cossington Meadows 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 02/08/2022 Seaton Carew Beach 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/07/2021 Rutland Water NR 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Cropston Reservoir 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 88 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rutland Water 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/04/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 91 Common Gull Larus canus 22/10/2020 Attenborough NR 92 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus Attenborough Nature Reserve 93 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 04/05/2022 Rome, Italy 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/02/2021 Bradgate Park 95 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 19/02/2023 Reykjavik, Iceland 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Groby Pool 97 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 19/02/2023 Reykjavik, Iceland 98 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 05/08/2023 From ferry back to Oban from Mull 2 birds 99 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 100 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 20/02/2023 Reykjavik, Iceland 101 Razorbill Alca torda 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 102 Common Murre Uria aalge 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 103 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 104 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/06/2021 Old Hunstanton 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 106 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 107 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Groby Pool 108 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 06/11/2020 Thornton Reservoir 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 22/10/2021 Swithland Reservoir 110 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 111 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 28/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 112 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 01/05/2023 Watermead Country Park 113 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 114 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/11/2023 Fosse Way, Syston 115 Great Egret Ardea alba 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Groby Pool 117 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Rutland Water 118 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 3 birds during day 119 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Glenfield (Nr old golf course) 120 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 12/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham 121 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 20/11/2022 Eldernell, Nene Washes 2 females & 1 male 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus Rutland Water 123 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 04/08/2023 Isle of Mull 7 birds seen during day 124 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Groby Pool 125 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham 126 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/02/2021 127 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 28/01/2023 Eldernell, Nene Washes 128 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 29/01/2023 Eldernell, Nene Washes 129 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 29/01/2023 Eldernell, Nene Washes 130 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Cossington Meadows 131 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 04/09/2021 Groby Pool 132 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Ratby (Burroughs Road) 133 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Thornton Reservoir (Fields Nr dam) 134 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Groby (Over A46) 135 Merlin Falco columbarius 20/11/2022 Eldernell, Nene Washes 1 female 136 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/06/2021 Groby Pool 137 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 04/10/2020 Swithland Reservoir 138 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 06/05/2022 Rome, Italy 3 birds near Colosseum 139 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 23/01/2021 140 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius Ratby (Burroughs Road) 141 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Garden 142 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 04/07/2021 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 143 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Bradgate Park 144 Rook Corvus frugilegus Glenfield (The Mill Lane) 145 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Groby (Fields near Sacheverell Way) 146 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 04/05/2022 Rome, Italy 147 Northern Raven Corvus corax Ratby (Burroughs Road) 148 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Markfield, on Chitterman Way 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater Thornton Reservoir 150 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/01/2021 Groby Pool 151 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 13/03/2022 Carsington Water 152 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Garden 153 Great Tit Parus major Ferndale Park 154 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 30/04/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 155 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis Dover (White Cliffs) 156 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Attenborough Nature Reserve 157 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Glenfield (Optimus Point) 158 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum Groby Pool 159 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 22/10/2020 Attenborough NR 160 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Glenfield (Fields off Ivanhoe Trail) 161 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Everards Meadow 162 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Groby Pool 163 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Attenborough Nature Reserve 164 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Cossington Meadows 165 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2022 Flamborough Head 166 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Martinshaw Woods 167 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/05/2023 Ratby, field after M1 walk bridge 168 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2024 Ratby Lane - Hedgerow between Ratby & Kirby Muxloe 169 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2021 Ivanhoe Trail (Off Roman Way) 170 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/02/2021 Bradgate Park 171 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Thornton Reservoir 172 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Ratby (Ivanhoe Trail) 173 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/11/2020 Thornton Reservoir 174 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Bradgate Park (Near Old John) 175 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris Garden 176 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Groby Pool 177 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Glenfield (Fields off Ivanhoe Trail) 178 Redwing Turdus iliacus 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 179 Common Blackbird Turdus merula Garden 180 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/12/2020 Ivanhoe Trail (near The Mill Lane) 181 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 18/04/2021 Barlestone (Washpit Lane) 182 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 31/05/2020 Bradgate Park (Near Old John) 183 European Robin Erithacus rubecula Garden 184 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 16/07/2023 Oświęcim, Poland 1 male 185 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Bradgate Park 186 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 01/05/2022 Elmesthorpe (Burbage Common Road) 187 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Groby Pool (Fields) 188 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/04/2021 Bradgate Park 189 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 18/10/2020 Monsal Trail (Wye Dale) 190 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 191 Italian Sparrow Passer italiae 05/05/2022 Rome, Italy 192 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Garden 193 Dunnock Prunella modularis Ratby (Burroughs Road) 194 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Anstey (Fields on way to Cropston) 195 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Kirby Muxloe (Under M1) 196 White Wagtail Motacilla alba Glenfield (Optimus Point) 197 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 23/04/2021 Bradgate Park 198 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 06/05/2023 Beacon Hill 199 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 28/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 200 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/07/2021 Caernarfon 201 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Watermead Country Park 202 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 16/01/2022 Anstey - Field off Cropston Road 203 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 21/02/2024 Berlin, Tiergarten Nr Victory Column 4 birds 204 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Ratby (Burroughs Road) 205 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris Attenborough Nature Reserve 206 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 11/06/2021 Old Hunstanton 207 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/10/2020 Groby Pool 208 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kirby Muxloe (Main Street) 209 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 16/10/2020 Groby Pool 210 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 20/10/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 211 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 212 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Bradgate Park 213 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Bradgate Park