Ana de Ath: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 11/10/2023 Islay 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/02/2024 Welney 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/02/2024 Welney 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/02/2024 Welney 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 09/01/2024 Stockers Lake 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 09/01/2024 Stockers Lake 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 26/01/2024 Staines 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 18 Pintail Anas acuta 02/02/2024 Welney 19 Teal Anas crecca 02/02/2024 Welney 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 11/01/2024 Bury Lake 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 23 Scaup Aythya marila 02/02/2024 Welney 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/02/2024 Holkham 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 09/01/2024 Stockers Lake 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 32 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/02/2024 Norfolk 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 36 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 37 Swift Apus apus 38 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 17/08/2023 Wiltshire 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Garden 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Garden 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Garden 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 45 Corncrake Crex crex 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 47 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 48 Crane Grus grus 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 26/01/2024 Staines 53 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 55 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/02/2024 Welney 66 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 06/02/2023 Cley Norfolk 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/02/2024 Lemsford Springs 70 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 02/02/2024 Lemsford Springs 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/02/2024 Welney 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 77 Knot Calidris canutus 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/02/2024 Welney 81 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 82 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 30/07/2023 Poole Harbour 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 85 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 86 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/04/2024 Poole harbour 87 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 88 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 91 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 09/01/2024 Stockers Lake 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 94 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 95 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 96 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 97 Puffin Fratercula arctica 98 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 99 Razorbill Alca torda 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 26/01/2024 Staines 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 26/01/2024 Staines 104 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 105 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 106 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 107 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 108 Gannet Morus bassanus 109 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 110 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 111 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 112 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 113 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 114 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 115 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 09/01/2024 Stockers Lake 116 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/02/2024 Welney 117 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/02/2024 Welney 118 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 09/01/2024 Stockers Lake 119 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 120 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 121 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 122 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 123 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/02/2024 Welney 124 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 125 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Garden 126 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 09/01/2024 Stockers Lake 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 129 Little Owl Athene noctua 130 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 131 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 133 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 134 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 135 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 27/01/2024 Garden 136 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 06/01/2024 Garden 137 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 20/01/2024 Portsmouth 138 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 139 Merlin Falco columbarius 140 Hobby Falco subbuteo 141 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 30/01/2024 St Albans 142 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2024 Garden 143 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 12/10/2023 Islay 144 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Garden 145 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Garden 146 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 147 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Garden 148 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/02/2024 Welney 149 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 150 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 151 Raven Corvus corax 152 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 06/01/2024 Chorleywood 153 Coal Tit Periparus ater 31/01/2024 Garden 154 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 155 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 156 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Garden 157 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Garden 158 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 159 Woodlark Lullula arborea 160 Skylark Alauda arvensis 161 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 162 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 163 Swallow Hirundo rustica 164 House Martin Delichon urbicum 165 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 166 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 167 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 168 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 169 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 170 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 171 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 172 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2024 Garden 173 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2024 Croxley Moor 174 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 175 Whitethroat Curruca communis 176 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 177 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 178 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 179 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Garden 180 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 181 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 182 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 06/01/2024 Chorleywood 183 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 184 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 185 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Garden 186 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Garden 187 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 17/01/2024 Garden 188 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 189 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Garden 190 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 191 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 192 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 193 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 194 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 195 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 196 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/02/2024 Welney 197 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 198 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Garden 199 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2024 Stockers Lake 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 202 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 203 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 204 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 205 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 30/01/2024 St Albans 206 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 207 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 208 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 209 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 210 Twite Linaria flavirostris 211 Linnet Linaria cannabina 212 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 24/01/2024 Garden 213 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 30/01/2024 Garden 214 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Garden 215 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Stockers Lake 216 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 217 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 218 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 219 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/02/2024 Welney