Mike Barth: Cheshire Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 180 of 180 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 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 08/10/2021 Neumann's Flash 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 26 Smew Mergellus albellus 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 32 Swift Apus apus 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 39 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 41 Coot Fulica atra 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 44 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 45 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 47 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 50 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 58 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 25/07/2021 Burton Mere Wetlands 59 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 61 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 22/09/2021 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB Reserve 62 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 63 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 65 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 68 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 69 Knot Calidris canutus 70 Ruff Calidris pugnax 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 74 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 76 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 77 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 78 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 79 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 80 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 81 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 82 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 23/05/2021 Burton Mere Wetlands 83 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 84 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 85 Common Gull Larus canus 86 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 87 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 88 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 89 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 90 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 91 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 92 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 93 Gannet Morus bassanus 94 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 95 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 96 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 97 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 98 Great White Egret Ardea alba 99 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 100 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 101 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 102 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 103 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 104 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/05/2024 Acre Nook 105 Buzzard Buteo buteo 106 Barn Owl Tyto alba 107 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 108 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 109 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 110 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 111 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 112 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 113 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 114 Merlin Falco columbarius 115 Hobby Falco subbuteo 12/05/2024 Acre nook 116 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 117 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 118 Jay Garrulus glandarius 119 Magpie Pica pica 120 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 121 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 122 Rook Corvus frugilegus 123 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 124 Raven Corvus corax 125 Coal Tit Periparus ater 126 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 127 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 128 Great Tit Parus major 129 Skylark Alauda arvensis 130 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 131 Swallow Hirundo rustica 132 House Martin Delichon urbicum 133 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 134 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 135 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 136 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 137 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 138 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 139 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 140 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 141 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 142 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 143 Whitethroat Curruca communis 144 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 145 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 146 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 147 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 148 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 149 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 150 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 151 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 152 Redwing Turdus iliacus 153 Blackbird Turdus merula 154 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 155 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 156 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 157 Robin Erithacus rubecula 158 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 159 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 160 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 161 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 28/12/2019 Neumann's Flashes 162 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 163 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 164 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 165 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 166 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 167 Dunnock Prunella modularis 168 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 169 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 170 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 171 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 172 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 173 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 174 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 175 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 176 Linnet Linaria cannabina 177 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 178 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 179 Siskin Spinus spinus 180 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus