Shannon Clifford: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 252 of 252 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 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 04/02/2023 Redcar 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 39 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 40 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 41 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 42 Quail Coturnix coturnix 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 45 Swift Apus apus 46 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 47 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 48 Stock Dove Columba oenas 49 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 50 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 51 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 52 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 53 Corncrake Crex crex 54 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 55 Coot Fulica atra 56 Crane Grus grus 57 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 58 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 59 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 60 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 66 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 70 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton, Northumberland 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 21/05/2023 Ken Hill marshes 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 77 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 78 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 79 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 29/09/2023 North Point Pools, Norfolk 80 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 81 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 15/05/2022 Elton Reservoir 82 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 83 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 84 Redshank Tringa totanus 85 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 15/10/2022 RSPB Saltholme 86 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 87 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 88 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 89 Knot Calidris canutus 90 Ruff Calidris pugnax 91 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 94 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 95 Little Stint Calidris minuta 96 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 97 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 98 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 22/05/2023 Hickling, Norfolk 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 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 106 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 107 Common Gull Larus canus 108 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 109 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 110 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 111 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 112 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 113 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 114 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 115 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 116 Puffin Fratercula arctica 117 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 118 Razorbill Alca torda 119 Little Auk Alle alle 120 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 121 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 122 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 123 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 124 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 19/07/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 125 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 126 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 127 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 128 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 129 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 130 Gannet Morus bassanus 131 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 132 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 133 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 134 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 135 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 136 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 137 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 138 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 139 Great White Egret Ardea alba 140 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 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 01/10/2022 Point of Lag 148 Red Kite Milvus milvus 149 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 150 Buzzard Buteo buteo 151 Barn Owl Tyto alba 152 Little Owl Athene noctua 153 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 154 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 155 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 156 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 157 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 158 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 159 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 160 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 161 Merlin Falco columbarius 162 Hobby Falco subbuteo 163 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 164 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 165 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 166 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 167 Jay Garrulus glandarius 168 Magpie Pica pica 169 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 170 Rook Corvus frugilegus 171 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 172 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 173 Raven Corvus corax 174 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 175 Coal Tit Periparus ater 176 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 177 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 178 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 179 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 180 Great Tit Parus major 181 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 182 Woodlark Lullula arborea 183 Skylark Alauda arvensis 184 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 185 Swallow Hirundo rustica 186 House Martin Delichon urbicum 187 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 188 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 189 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 190 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 191 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 192 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 193 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 194 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 195 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 196 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 197 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 198 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 199 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 200 Whitethroat Curruca communis 201 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 202 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 203 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 204 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 205 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 206 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 207 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 208 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 209 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 210 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 211 Redwing Turdus iliacus 212 Blackbird Turdus merula 213 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 214 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 215 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 216 Robin Erithacus rubecula 217 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 218 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 219 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 220 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 221 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 222 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 223 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 224 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 225 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 226 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 227 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 228 Dunnock Prunella modularis 229 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 230 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 231 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 232 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 233 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 234 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 235 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 236 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 237 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 238 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 239 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 240 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 241 Twite Linaria flavirostris 242 Linnet Linaria cannabina 243 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 244 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 245 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 246 Siskin Spinus spinus 247 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 248 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 249 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 250 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 251 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 252 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus