Kevin Childs: Guernsey Life List CI, All records Record(s) 1 to 235 of 235 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2007 2 Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis 20/04/2007 Claire Mare 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 26/12/2010 Colin Best 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2007 Miellette 5 Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 14/10/2020 Rocquaine 6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2007 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18/03/2007 Track Marais 11 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2007 14 Northern Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2007 15 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 24/02/2013 Vale Pond 16 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2007 17 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 31/12/2007 Grande Mare 20 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 15/01/2010 Grande Mare 21 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 01/12/2012 Ladies Bay, Guernsey Female swimming out to sea 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26/12/2010 Pembroke 24 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28/12/2010 Grande Mare 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 14/12/2010 Grande Havres 27 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 28 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 29 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 13/06/2020 Pleinmont,Guernsey 30 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 02/04/2022 Rocquaine 31 Common Swift Apus apus 32 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 06/05/2012 Vale Pond 33 Rock Dove Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 36 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 39 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 40 Common Coot Fulica atra 41 Common Crane Grus grus 04/03/2023 Rousse 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 43 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 22/02/2014 Rousse 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 23/11/2012 Ladies Bay 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 30/12/2007 Bellegreve Bay 47 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 27/04/2010 Shingle Bank 48 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 49 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 09/05/2011 Pulias 50 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 12/03/2013 Colin Best 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 52 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 53 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 11/05/2017 Rue des Hougues 54 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 55 Little Plover Charadrius dubius 56 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 57 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 06/05/2016 Grandes Havres 58 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 59 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 60 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 61 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 62 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 31/03/2009 Track Marais 63 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 64 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 66 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 28/09/2020 Vale Pond, Guernsey 67 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 68 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 69 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 09/09/2023 Rue des Bergers, Guernsey 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 71 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 23/09/2012 Colin Best 73 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Red Knot Calidris canutus 11/05/2009 Vazon 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 78 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 29/05/2015 Claire Mare 79 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Yes 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 25/09/2011 Pelagic 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 25/09/2011 Pelagic 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 89 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 05/02/2017 Miellette 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 91 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 92 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 25/09/2011 Pelagic 93 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 12/02/2021 Shingle Bank, Guernsey 94 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 95 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 96 Common Gull Larus canus 97 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 25/01/2009 Airport 98 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 13/09/2020 Perelle 99 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 100 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 02/04/2011 Mont Cuet 101 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 102 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 103 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 104 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 105 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 02/10/2016 Jaonneusse 106 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 107 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 10/12/2007 Jaonneusse 108 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 109 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 110 Razorbill Alca torda 111 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 112 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 20/11/2022 Jaonneuse 113 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 114 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 06/01/2010 GRANDES HAVRES 115 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 116 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 117 Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 05/11/2023 Jaonneuse 118 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 119 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 16/08/2019 Jaonneusse 120 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 27/09/2010 Chouet Hide 121 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 26/07/2017 Chouet Hide Guernsey 122 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 123 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 124 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 21/03/2021 Talbot Valley 2 in field 125 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 126 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 127 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 128 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 27/10/2017 Fort Le Marchant 129 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 09/05/2013 Claire Mare 130 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yes 12/06/2023 Vale Pond 131 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 132 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 02/11/2007 Rue de Bergers 133 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 04/05/2017 Les Effards 134 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 135 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 05/04/2020 Vale Pond, Guernsey 136 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 137 European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 09/05/2016 Rue du Clos 138 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 139 Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 140 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 13/09/2020 Pleinmont, Guernsey 141 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 142 Barn Owl Tyto alba 143 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 144 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 145 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 01/03/2009 Lihou Island Female excellent views 146 Hoopoe Upupa epops 147 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 148 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 23/08/2007 fort doyle 149 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 150 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 151 Merlin Falco columbarius 152 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 153 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 154 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 30/08/2009 Pleinmont, Guernsey Juvenile bird 155 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 26/09/2015 156 Black-billed Magpie Pica pica 157 Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 158 Rook Corvus frugilegus 28/03/2016 Rue des Hougues 159 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 160 Common Raven Corvus corax 161 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 30/12/2010 Highlands Estate 162 Coal Tit Periparus ater 163 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 164 Great Tit Parus major 165 Wood Lark Lullula arborea 14/11/2012 Rue des Houges 166 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis 167 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Yes 18/04/2015 Vazon, Guernsey 168 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 169 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 170 House Martin Delichon urbicum 171 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 172 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 173 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 174 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 175 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 176 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 177 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 178 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 06/05/2018 Saumarez Park, Guernsey 179 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 180 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 181 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 25/09/2013 Bordeaux 182 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 183 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Yes 20/08/2003 Claire Mare 184 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 185 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 186 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 05/05/2014 Pleinmont 187 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 188 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 189 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 02/11/2007 Rue de Bergers 190 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 191 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 192 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 193 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus 194 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 195 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 196 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 197 Redwing Turdus iliacus 198 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 199 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 200 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 201 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 202 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 203 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 03/06/2016 Sark 204 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 27/10/2012 Icart Guernsey 205 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 206 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 207 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 208 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 23/08/2007 fort doyle 209 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 210 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 211 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 05/12/2012 Vazon Bay, Guernsey On beach in strong wind 212 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 213 Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis 214 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 215 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 216 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 217 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 218 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 219 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 24/04/2017 Fort Le Marchant 220 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 221 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 222 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 223 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 224 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 02/12/2017 Le Foulon 225 Common Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 226 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 227 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 228 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 229 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 230 European Serin Serinus serinus 06/05/2019 Rue Du Gains, Torteval 231 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 232 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 233 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 234 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 24/04/2019 Pleinmont 235 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus