Bob Philpott: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 306 of 306 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 28/09/2017 Slimbridge, Glos Old entry. Unringed with feral Barnacle and wild Brent. Origin unknown. 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 05/01/2022 Slimbridge Full winged and with barnacle geese. Wild? 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 18/01/2010 Snettisham, Norfolk White phase. With pinkfoot at Holkham 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Slimbridge 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 11 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10/02/2016 Slimbridge WWT, Glos 2 Greenland race with russian race 12 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 01/02/2003 slimbridge old record. Date may be inaccurate. Seen at Slimbridge on several years before I began computer recording. 13 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 14 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 21/05/2016 Breeding record on Lewis. 16 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Also Ruddy shelduck at CWP 1/9/1979 and Langford Lakes should rules change 18 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 21 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 22 Gadwall Mareca strepera 23 Wigeon Mareca penelope 24 American Wigeon Mareca americana 13/01/1999 Lechlade. ARC Pit Glos. With Wigeon 25 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26 Pintail Anas acuta 27 Teal Anas crecca 28 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23/01/2014 Sopley, Hants 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30 Pochard Aythya ferina 31 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22/02/2018 CWP. Lake 16. Adults male. North corner of Glos lake. 28/03/2019. Radiploe. 33 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 34 Scaup Aythya marila 29/8/1981 Radipole 35 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 18/01/2011 Slimbridge 36 Eider Somateria mollissima 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/05/1974 Somerford Keynes Lake Also 3/12/1988 same area. 18/01/2010 15 at sea off Holme, Norfolk. 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Smew Mergellus albellus 42 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 15/09/2010 Radipole, Dorset Old entry. Long staying bird. 43 Goosander Mergus merganser 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 12/08/1989. Fem and 4 young at Penmaenpool 45 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 46 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 26/05/2017 Northumberland 47 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 13/05/2006 Loch garten RSPB Council weekend 48 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 1/7/1986. Birwen Moor. Iolo Williams and Mark Barrett. 49 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 50 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 51 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 52 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 53 Quail Coturnix coturnix 54 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 55 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 56 Swift Apus apus 57 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 58 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 24/06/2019 Slimbridge 1 on Dumbles 59 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 23/05/2016 North Uist, Paible In garden on N. Uist 60 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 61 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 08/09/2012 North Uist True Species seen on North Uist 62 Stock Dove Columba oenas 63 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 64 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 18/06/2013 Buscot, Oxon 65 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 66 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26/03/1989 Jubilee Lake, RWB Two birds calling and feeding in reedbed. Well obsbserved and photographed (slide) 67 Corncrake Crex crex 68 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 69 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 70 Coot Fulica atra 71 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 16/09/2005 Slimbridge WWT. Glos Old entry. Juvenile. In Reed Bed in front of Zeiss Hide 11.00 to 12.30 72 Crane Grus grus 28/02/2003 Tortworth, Glos 5 Birds 73 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 74 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 75 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11/10/2014 Farmoor Reservoir, Oxford 76 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 77 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/05/2006 Lake Ruthven, Scotland RSPB Council weekend 78 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 79 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 80 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 81 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 05/05/2014 Lodmoor, Dorset 82 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 83 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 84 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 85 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 07/10/2017 Scilly Isles Porth Hellick Bay 86 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 87 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 88 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 23/05/2010 CWP Glos. Kent End Four birds 89 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 90 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 10/07/2010 Slimbridge, Glos Old entry. From Zeiss Hide. 91 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 92 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 15/11/2005 Kingston Seymour, Somerset. In field with cows. Long neck striking eyes. 93 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 94 Curlew Numenius arquata 95 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 96 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 97 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 25/02/2012 Lodmoor, Dorset Old record. Seen from western footpath 98 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 99 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 100 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 101 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Pelagic from Scillies. 102 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 103 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 104 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 105 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 106 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 30/08/2014 Severn Estuary, Glos Old entry. Immature in fields next to Slimbridge. Greenshank present for comparison 107 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 08/08/2017 WWT Slimbridge. 108 Redshank Tringa totanus 109 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 10/09/2016 Scilly Isles 28/03/2019. Lodmoor, Dorset 110 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/08/1981. Radipole. 111 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 112 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 113 Knot Calidris canutus 114 Ruff Calidris pugnax 115 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 20/08/2008 Walmore Common GWT Reserve, Glos. Old entry. Bird at GWT Reserve for some time. 116 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 117 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 23/05/2010 CWP, Glos. Kent End Two birds 118 Sanderling Calidris alba 119 Dunlin Calidris alpina 120 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 121 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 03/10/2005 Keyhaven Old entry. In pool photographed 122 Little Stint Calidris minuta 123 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 18/02/2023 Slimbridge South Lake 124 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 01/05/2004 Campsfield Marsh, Cumbria 125 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 126 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 127 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 128 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 129 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 130 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 131 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 132 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 04/09/1984 Ilfracombe 133 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 134 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 18/03/1968. Found dead on Lydney Cricket pitch. Ringed as an adult on 24/05/1963 in Langenwerder, near Poel (Mecklenburg) Germany. Ring Number Helgoland. 510.7896 Ring sent to BTO. 135 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 136 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 22/03/2004 RSPB Radipole, Dorset Old entry. 1 st Winter. With pink tinge. Possibly going to Ad. In front of RSPB Centre. 137 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Radipole Car Park 138 Common Gull Larus canus 139 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 15/02/2011 Poole, Dorset Second winter in Poole Gardens. P 140 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 141 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 22/01/2016 CWP 82 142 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 143 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 144 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 145 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 146 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 147 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 07/10/2017 Scilly Isles From Scilloninan 148 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 149 Puffin Fratercula arctica 150 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 28/01/2015. Wintering bird in Portland Harbour. 151 Razorbill Alca torda 152 Little Auk Alle alle 153 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 154 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 155 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 156 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 157 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 07/09/2012 Ferry between Skye and North uist 158 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 159 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 160 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 161 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 25/07/1985 From Ferry back to Weymouth. 162 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 07/09/2012 Ferry from Skye to North uist 163 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 164 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 19/03/2022 Discovery Centre, Thatcham Over car park. Poss from Knepp. 165 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/06/2014 Swillbrook, Glos. 166 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 167 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 168 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 06/05/2007 Frampton, Glos 16 Birds on the wharf 169 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 170 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 171 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 16/11/1981 Magor Marshes, Wales With Dave Kjaer 172 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 26/05/2014 Ham Wall, Somerset Old entry. Bird long stayer at RSPB Ham Wall. 173 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 16/09/2006 Frampton, Glos Old entry. On private lake. In sallows 174 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 175 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes ********** ********** 176 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 177 Great White Egret Ardea alba 178 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 179 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 180 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 181 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 09/1981. Exmoor. 182 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 183 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 184 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 185 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 186 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 1/7/1986. Birwen Moor. Iolo Williams and Mark Barrett. 187 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus ********** ********** 188 Red Kite Milvus milvus 189 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 190 Buzzard Buteo buteo 191 Barn Owl Tyto alba 192 Little Owl Athene noctua 193 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 23/06/2006 Thrupp, Oxfordshire Heard constantly and seen flying around trees. 194 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 195 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 196 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 197 Hoopoe Upupa epops 198 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 199 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 200 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 15/09/2014 Tetbury, Great Tithe Barn. P 09/2016. Several on Scillies 201 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 12/02/2007. Pair at Parkend Churchyard 202 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 203 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 204 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 205 Merlin Falco columbarius 206 Hobby Falco subbuteo 207 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 208 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/10/1991 Lydiard Millicent 209 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 07/06/2010 Lakenheath 210 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 28/02/2008 Boys Grave, Forest of Dean 211 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 12/07/1981 Hampton Ridge, New Forest 212 Jay Garrulus glandarius 213 Magpie Pica pica 214 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 18/09/2020 Dinas Head, Wales 26/09/2014. Gower, Rhossilli. 20.09.20:. 4 in field near old sailors restaurant. 1 flyover at white sands near St Davids. 215 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 216 Rook Corvus frugilegus 217 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 218 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 219 Raven Corvus corax 20/03/2014 RAF Fairford, Glos. Breeding site 220 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 30/1/2005. Large group at Cirencester Police Station gardens. 2024. Karge group at Minchinhampton. 221 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 07/10/2017 Scilly Isles From cafe on Bryher 222 Coal Tit Periparus ater 223 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 12/05/2005 Loch Garten 224 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 225 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 226 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 227 Great Tit Parus major 228 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 10/02/2016 Gloucester Two males in flood lagoon. 229 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 29/08/1981 Weymouth. 230 Woodlark Lullula arborea 231 Skylark Alauda arvensis 232 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 233 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 234 Swallow Hirundo rustica 235 House Martin Delichon urbicum 236 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 237 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 238 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 239 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 26/10/1989 Durlston, Dorset 21/1/2019. River Thames by Lower Mill. 31/03/2022 Bridport. 7/10/2017. 2 in old town churchyard. near Harold Wilson's grave. 240 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 20/04/2008 Frampton, Glos 241 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/2016 northern race at St. Marys duck pond 242 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 243 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 244 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 245 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 09/06/2021 Ham Wall, Somerset 246 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 247 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 248 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 249 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 250 Whitethroat Curruca communis 251 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 27/11/2022 Swindon 252 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 253 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 254 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 255 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 256 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 257 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 07/10/2017. St Marys Scilly Isles 258 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 259 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 260 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 261 Redwing Turdus iliacus 262 Blackbird Turdus merula 263 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 264 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 265 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 266 Robin Erithacus rubecula 267 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 268 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 18/06/2023 Slimbridge Male singing 269 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 270 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 06/03/2014 Shire Valley Marshfield Just in Wiltshire by feet 271 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 27/01/2015. One West Bay. 272 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 273 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 274 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 275 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 276 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 09/1981. Exmoor 277 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 278 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 279 Dunnock Prunella modularis 280 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 05 August 1986. Blue Headed at Radiploe. 281 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 282 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 283 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 284 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 285 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 18/03/2010 Titcghwell, Norfolk 286 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 287 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 288 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 289 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 290 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/05/1975. Female. Ring No: JX 16.841 Ringed 27.07.1974 at Madjeston, Gillingham, Dorset. Found recently killed by traffic at Madjeston. 291 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 292 Twite Linaria flavirostris 293 Linnet Linaria cannabina 294 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 18/01/2010 Titchwell, Norfolk 295 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 296 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 297 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 298 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 24/03/2014 Forest of Dean Old entry. One male seen briefly from New Fancy viewpoint. 299 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 300 Siskin Spinus spinus Bred in or around Sorrel Close garden 301 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 26/11/2016 Slimbridge, Glos One at WWT on Dumbles. 302 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 18/01/2010 Norfolk 25/10/1986 Clay 303 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 304 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 305 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 306 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus