Aman Emerson: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 255 of 255 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 22/12/2020 Laleham 3 in field 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13/02/2018 slimbridge russian 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13/02/2018 slimbridge 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 08/04/2019 Staines res male 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 16/04/2022 Marlow Putative female 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Bushy park male 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 04/12/2021 Thorpe park 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20/01/2019 Radipole lake also male, Ham Wall 30.01.22 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28/04/2019 staines res 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 05/02/2023 Staines res 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 19/03/2023 Pennington marshes Female 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 13/01/2024 Abertton reservoir 2 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31/12/2019 holkham large raft 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31/12/2019 holkam drake on sea 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 21/01/2018 Bedfont lakes Male 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 39 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 15/04/2019 worlds end also landon beck 15.02.22 Group of 8 at side of road 40 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 19/01/2023 holkham 41 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 28/01/2018 pagham harbour 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Chobham common 2 45 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 19/03/2023 Stanpit marsh 1 distantly for 2 seconds 46 Swift Apus apus 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 48 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 51 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 52 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13/02/2018 slimbridge 2 53 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 54 Coot Fulica atra 55 Crane Grus grus 13/02/2018 slimbridge 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 58 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 59 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 60 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 61 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 13/04/2023 winterbourne down 62 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 63 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 21/05/2023 Worth marsh 4 64 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 65 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 66 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 67 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 20/08/2021 Frampton marsh 2 on saltmarsh 68 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 69 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 70 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 28/04/2019 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 04/08/2019 Frampton marsh 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 77 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 19/01/2023 78 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 79 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 11/09/2022 Little marlow gp Juvenile 80 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 81 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 82 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 23/04/2024 Normandy lagoon 83 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 84 Redshank Tringa totanus 85 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 86 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 87 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 88 Knot Calidris canutus 89 Ruff Calidris pugnax 90 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 19/03/2023 Barton on sea 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 13/02/2018 slimbridge 95 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 04/08/2019 Freiston shore 2 96 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 24/07/2021 Adwick washlands rspb also wwt barnes, 26.09.21 97 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 25/10/2022 WWT Slimbridge 98 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 30/04/2023 Pagham harbour 99 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 100 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 101 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 102 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 103 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 104 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 105 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 13/11/2022 Port Lympe safari park 106 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 28/08/2023 Oare Marshes 107 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 108 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 109 Common Gull Larus canus 110 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 111 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 112 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 113 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 114 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 115 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 28/08/2023 Staines Reservoir distant dot 116 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 117 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 118 Puffin Fratercula arctica 119 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 120 Razorbill Alca torda 121 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 122 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 123 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 124 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 125 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 21/08/2021 Bempton cliffs 126 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 127 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 20/08/2021 Frampton marsh 128 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 129 Gannet Morus bassanus 130 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 131 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 132 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 30/01/2022 somerset levels 2 133 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 134 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 135 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 13/04/2023 iford 136 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 137 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis somerset levels 138 Great White Egret Ardea alba 139 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 140 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 10/09/2023 Fernleigh park, Warks 141 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 142 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 143 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 144 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 145 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 146 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 147 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 19/01/2023 Warham greens 148 Red Kite Milvus milvus 149 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 150 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 31/12/2019 Wells next the sea 151 Buzzard Buteo buteo 152 Barn Owl Tyto alba 153 Little Owl Athene noctua 13/07/2019 154 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 19/01/2023 Eldernell 155 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 156 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 157 Hoopoe Upupa epops 26/06/2022 Hinxworth, hertfordshire 158 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 159 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 07/09/2019 Wwt barnes 160 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 161 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 162 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 163 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 164 Merlin Falco columbarius 165 Hobby Falco subbuteo 166 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 167 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 168 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 01/03/2020 Frensham common, Surrey 169 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 26/08/2021 Over, cambridgeshire 170 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 03/08/2022 Bempton cliffs 171 Jay Garrulus glandarius 172 Magpie Pica pica 173 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 174 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 175 Rook Corvus frugilegus 176 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 177 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 178 Raven Corvus corax 179 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 02/03/2019 South Park gardens, wimbledon also 200+ Hassop, Derbys 23.12.23 180 Coal Tit Periparus ater 181 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 28/01/2024 Warburg nature reserve 2 182 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 183 Great Tit Parus major 184 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 30/01/2022 Weston super mare, Somerset 185 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 186 Woodlark Lullula arborea 187 Skylark Alauda arvensis 188 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 19/01/2023 Holkham 189 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 190 Swallow Hirundo rustica 191 House Martin Delichon urbicum 192 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 193 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 194 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 195 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 196 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 07/05/2022 Regent’s Park, london 197 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 198 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 199 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 21/09/2019 Farlington marshes, hampshire 200 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 201 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 202 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 25/08/2021 Thornham, Norfolk 203 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/08/2022 Church Norton, West Sussex 204 Whitethroat Curruca communis 205 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 206 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 207 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 208 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 209 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 210 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 211 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 212 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 213 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 214 Redwing Turdus iliacus 215 Blackbird Turdus merula 216 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 217 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/04/2023 Richmond park 218 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 219 Robin Erithacus rubecula 220 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 30/04/2023 Pulborough brooks 221 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 21/08/2022 Church Norton, West Sussex 222 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 30/01/2022 Brean down, Somerset 223 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 224 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 225 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 226 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 227 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 228 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 229 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 230 Dunnock Prunella modularis 231 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 232 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 233 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 234 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 235 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 236 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 237 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 238 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 239 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 14/04/2019 llyn brenig 240 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 241 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 242 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 243 Twite Linaria flavirostris 244 Linnet Linaria cannabina 245 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 246 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 247 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 248 Siskin Spinus spinus 249 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 19/01/2023 Holkham 250 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 13/01/2024 Bradwell-on-sea 251 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 252 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 13/12/2020 Thursley common 253 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 13/12/2020 Thursley common 254 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 255 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 13/01/2024 Heybridge