Malcolm Roxby: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 584 of 584 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 05/10/1991 Caerlaverock WWT 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 01/01/2007 Druridge, Northumberland Others seen before this date but require a deeper delve into my records, will update later 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 04/11/2001 Near Waxham, Norfolk 1st Winter 7 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser 9 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 10 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 08/03/1992 Leysdown Marsh, Kent 14 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 16 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 19/11/2001 Minsmere, Suffolk 21 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 01/11/1987 Coatham Marsh, Cleveland others seen 23 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 24 Gadwall Mareca strepera 25 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 21/02/1987 Pitsford Plus Bowling Green Marsh, Devon 9/12/06 26 Wigeon Mareca penelope 27 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 29 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 10/12/1989 Lochwinnoch, Strathclyde others seen 30 Pintail Anas acuta 31 Teal Anas crecca 32 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 33 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 34 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 24/01/1997 Welney WWT, Norfolk 35 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 10/03/1996 Bleasby, Notts 36 Pochard Aythya ferina 37 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 31/08/1986 Alerton Bywater, W Yorks others seen 38 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31/08/1986 Alerton Bywater, W Yorks others seen 39 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 40 Scaup Aythya marila 41 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 18/03/1990 Hilsborough Lake, N. Ireland others seen 42 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 17/11/2000 Hopeman harbour, Moray 43 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 19/02/1989 Criccieth, Wales others seen 44 Eider Somateria mollissima 45 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 31/10/1987 Islay, Strathclyde 46 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 17/01/1988 Gosforth Bay, lothian others seen 47 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 48 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 18/06/2011 Murcar, Aberdeen 49 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 12/03/2011 Rossbeigh, Ireland 50 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 51 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 14/03/1999 Llanfairfechan, N. wales 52 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 53 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 17/03/1994 Notts 54 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 55 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 13/05/2005 Meickle Loch, Aberdeen 56 Smew Mergellus albellus 57 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 31/12/1969 Oban Trumisgary, North Uist Newbiggin, Nothumberland Mar 2002 58 Goosander Mergus merganser 59 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 60 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 61 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 62 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 63 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 64 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 65 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 66 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 67 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 68 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 69 Quail Coturnix coturnix 70 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 71 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 17/09/1989 Tresco, Scilly 72 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 73 Needle-tailed Swift Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 04/06/1988 Hoy, Orkney 74 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 10/11/1991 St Andrew's, Fife 75 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 76 Swift Apus apus 77 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 25/05/1998 Cliffe, Kent Several others seen 78 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 30/05/1993 Cley, Norfolk Plus East Chevington, Northumberland 12/06/2021 79 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 26/06/1998 Barton GP, Lincs 80 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 03/01/1988 Burton, Dorset Plus Lizard, Cornwall 81 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 23/03/1990 Dawlish, Devon Plus Cleveland 82 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 19/10/1995 St Mary's, Scilly 83 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 10/10/1990 St Mary's, Scilly 84 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 85 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 21/05/1990 Loch of Hillwell, Shetland 86 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 87 Stock Dove Columba oenas 88 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 89 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 90 Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 05/12/2002 Stromness, Orkney 91 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 92 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 15/11/1999 Carnish, North Uist 93 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 94 Corncrake Crex crex 95 Sora Porzana carolina Yes 15/10/1991 St Mary's, Scilly 96 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 97 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 98 Coot Fulica atra 99 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 17/04/1996 Stodmarsh, Kent 100 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 01/08/2016 Minsmere 101 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 18/05/1989 Sundeland, Tyne & Wear 102 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 23/03/1997 Bough Beach Res, Kent 103 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 18/09/1991 Exnaboe, Shetland 104 Crane Grus grus 20/06/1987 Tiendland, Morayshire 105 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 106 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 14/03/1987 Kenfig, Glamorgan 107 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 108 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 109 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 110 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 111 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 112 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 113 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 17/05/1987 Holme, Norfolk 114 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 115 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 116 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 117 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 22/07/1989 Thornham, Norfolk 118 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 21/05/1988 Spurn, Humberside 119 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 120 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 01/01/1994 Holyhead, Wales 121 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 122 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 18/06/1997 Dawlish, Devon 123 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 124 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 125 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton Scrape, Northumberland 126 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Yes 21/09/1988 Old, Northants 127 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/06/2007 Caelaeverock Plus Blacktoft 2021 128 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 12/05/2002 Rimac, Lincolnshire 129 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 03/05/1988 Dawlish, Devon 130 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 131 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 11/10/1990 St mary,s Scilly 132 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 133 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 07/05/2000 Goldcliffe Pools, Glamorgan Plus Cornwall 2016 134 Curlew Numenius arquata 135 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 136 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 137 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 11/11/2020 Eden Estuary, Fife, Scotland 138 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 14/11/1987 Anthorn, Cumbria 139 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 14/09/1999 Rosehearty, Grampian 140 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 141 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 142 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 28/05/1989 Spurn, east yorkshire 143 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 144 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 12/02/1999 St Mary's, Scilly 145 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 25/05/1988 Leighton Moss, Lancs 146 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 147 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 148 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 18/07/1988 Stanpit Marsh, Dorset 149 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 150 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 16/03/1988 River Ply, Devon 151 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 152 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 23/09/2000 St Mary's, Scilly 153 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 28/11/1994 Burghead, Grampian 154 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 24/07/1987 Cley, Norfolk 155 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 156 Redshank Tringa totanus 157 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 22/10/1988 Nene Washes, Cambs 158 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 159 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 160 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 16/10/1994 Rockcliffe, Cumbria 161 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 162 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 15/10/1996 Teesmouth 163 Knot Calidris canutus 164 Ruff Calidris pugnax 165 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 03/05/1987 Teesmouth, Cleveland 166 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 05/09/1987 Sandwich Bay, Kent 167 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 21/08/1987 Cliffe, Kent 168 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 169 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 170 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St. Aidan's RSPB, West Yorkshire 171 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 02/08/1992 Cley, Norfolk 172 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 173 Sanderling Calidris alba 174 Dunlin Calidris alpina 175 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 176 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 08/10/1986 South Gare, Cleveland 177 Little Stint Calidris minuta 178 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 03/08/1988 Cove, Aberdeen 179 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 30/07/1989 Minsmere, Suffolk 180 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 181 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 05/09/1992 Wexford Slobs, Eire Also Scotlland 182 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 30/11/1988 Sidlesham, W Sussex 183 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 30/09/2004 St Mary's, Scilly 184 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 02/10/1988 Elmley, Kent 185 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 04/10/1992 Davidstowe, Cornwall 186 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 01/07/1994 Titchwell, Norfolk 187 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 08/07/2005 Skerries, Anglesey 188 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 10/07/1988 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey Twitched from Paris, quite a drive 189 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 190 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 24/06/1992 Rye Harbour, East Sussex 191 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 05/06/1991 Rec pool, Cleveland 192 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 08/05/1988 Winthorpe, Notts 193 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 13/06/1987 Covenham Res, Lincs 194 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 195 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 18/07/1988 Chichester Harbour, Dorset 196 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 07/11/1987 Beaumaris, Anglesey 197 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 198 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 199 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 200 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 201 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 24/06/2020 Lady's Island 202 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 08/07/2002 Dawlish, Devon Also Porthmadog 2002 203 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 11/06/1989 Brownsman, Farne Islands 204 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 09/08/1999 Musselborough, Lothian 205 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 206 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 15/03/1988 Plym Estuary, Devon 207 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 208 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 19/07/1995 South Kessock, Inverness 209 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 210 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 05/05/1999 Grove Ferry, kent 211 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 26/02/1990 Mothcpmbe Bay, devon1 212 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 213 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 17/12/1986 The outpatient 214 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 20/06/1991 Rec Pool, Teesmouth 215 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 05/05/2003 Dungeness, Kent 216 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 217 Common Gull Larus canus 218 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 219 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 220 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 07/08/2022 Grafham Water 221 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 222 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 223 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 224 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 225 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 226 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 16/03/2005 Nimo's Pier, galway 227 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 02/01/2009 Cowpen Bewley, Teesmouth In Taiwan when the first arrived...phew! 228 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 17/02/2011 Rainham, London 229 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 230 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 231 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 232 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 233 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 234 Puffin Fratercula arctica 235 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 11/11/2006 Dawlish, devon 236 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 237 Razorbill Alca torda 238 Little Auk Alle alle 239 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 20/06/1989 Sumburgh Head, Shetland 240 Guillemot Uria aalge 241 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 02/06/1990 Lundy, devon 242 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 243 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 244 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 29/01/2007 Farnham GP, North Yorks 245 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 246 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 01/10/1987 Flamborough, North Yorks 247 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 248 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 24/06/1987 Unst, shetland 249 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 250 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 28/07/1993 Tynemouth 251 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 252 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 253 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 254 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 11/08/2020 Hound Point, Lothian 255 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 256 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 257 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 258 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 08/07/2020 Portland, Dorset 259 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 260 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 07/08/2005 Whitburn Tyne & Wear Officially accepted (finally) 261 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 29/07/1990 Ellough, Suffolk 262 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 03/05/1993 Near Arudal, W Sussex 263 Gannet Morus bassanus 264 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 16/08/2023 Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall 265 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 31/08/2019 Georgian Sands, Cornwall 266 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 267 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 268 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 01/02/1989 Charletons Pond, billingham 269 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 09/03/1988 Stodmarsh, Kent 270 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 271 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 272 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 03/02/1991 Marton Mere, Blackpool 273 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 07/04/1988 Oreham Common, W Sussex and others 274 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 03/05/1987 Swine, Humberside 275 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 06/10/2008 Eire 276 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 06/11/2001 Balvicar, argyll 277 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 278 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 24/09/2001 Messingham, Lincs 279 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 07/04/1990 St Mary's, Scilly 280 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 22/10/1986 Near Lincoln, Lincs 281 Great White Egret Ardea alba 22/04/1989 Near Aberdeen 282 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 283 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 284 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 13/08/2016 Devoran, Cornwall Played it cool with this one, having aborted a trip on 14 May in favour of a Green Warbler on Shetland! 285 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 286 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 18/07/2023 Stubb Mill, Hickling, Norfolk 287 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes ********** ********** 288 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 289 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 08/10/1999 Eastern Isles, Scilly 290 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 291 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 292 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 293 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 294 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 295 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 27/11/2010 Thonham, Norfolk 296 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 23/06/1995 Birsay, Orkney 297 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 298 Red Kite Milvus milvus 299 Black Kite Milvus migrans 23/05/1989 Porthgwara, Cornwall 300 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 04/12/1988 Elmley, Kent 301 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 302 Buzzard Buteo buteo 303 Barn Owl Tyto alba 304 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 21/02/2019 Bicster, Shetland 305 Little Owl Athene noctua 306 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 10/04/1995 Morwenstowe, Cornwall Plus 1 307 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 308 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 309 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 24/06/1987 Unst, Shetland 310 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 311 Hoopoe Upupa epops 312 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 29/05/1989 East Budleigh Common, Dorset 313 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 314 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 06/04/2005 Peterculter, Aberdeen 315 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 09/07/1989 Hreat Cowdon, Humberside 316 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 23/05/1993 Newborough, Grampian 317 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 318 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 319 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 320 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 321 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 15/05/2002 St, Mary's, Scilly 322 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 323 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 324 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 27/05/2022 Worth Marshes, Kent 325 Merlin Falco columbarius 326 Hobby Falco subbuteo 327 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 27/02/1999 Gott, Shetland 10 Mar 2002, South Stack 328 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 329 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 330 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 16/09/2020 Tiree, Scotland 331 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 22/09/2015 Dungeness, Kent 332 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 08/10/2008 Nanjizal, Cornwall 333 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 30/09/2016 Barra, Western Isles After dipping both Irish birds an amazing bird in a beautiful location. 334 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 10/10/1987 St Mary's, Scilly 335 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 11/10/1987 Tresco, Scilly 336 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 21/09/1990 Kenidjack Valley, Cornwall 337 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 338 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 339 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 31/10/2004 Kilrenny, Fife 340 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 20/08/1989 Great Wakering, Essex 341 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 30/08/1987 Lytham, lancs 342 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 22/10/1988 Durlston CP, Dorset 343 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 344 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 14/05/2006 Whitburn, Co Durham Accepted to species by BBRC. Got there in the nick of time after initially identified as Red Backed Shrike!! Also saw Buckton probable.... 345 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 25/11/1999 Ballyferriter, Dingle, Ireland Flamborough plus Warham Greens, Norfolk and Holy Island, Northumberland 346 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 04/11/2000 Howmore, South Uist 347 Jay Garrulus glandarius 348 Magpie Pica pica 349 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 20/10/1991 Cocksnage Wood, Staffs 350 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 351 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 352 Rook Corvus frugilegus 353 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 354 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 355 Raven Corvus corax 356 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 357 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 25/02/1996 Wilford, Notts 358 Coal Tit Periparus ater 359 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 360 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 361 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 362 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 363 Great Tit Parus major 364 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 07/04/1987 Hickling Broad, Norfolk 365 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 366 Woodlark Lullula arborea 367 Skylark Alauda arvensis 368 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 30/04/2009 Dungeness, Kent 369 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 370 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 371 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 18/05/1997 Langness Point, IOM 372 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 02/06/2003 Anglesey, Wales 500th species 373 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 374 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 07/06/1990 St Mary's, Scilly 375 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 06/09/2004 Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis 376 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 18/04/1999 Swithland Res, Leicester 377 Swallow Hirundo rustica 378 House Martin Delichon urbicum 379 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 380 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 29/09/2000 St mary's, Scilly 381 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 382 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 383 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 384 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 19/10/1990 St Agnes, Scilly 385 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 10/10/1987 St Mary's, Scilly 386 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 07/11/1993 Flamborough, North Yorks 387 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 04/10/1986 Wells, Norfolk 388 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 10/11/1987 Filey, North Yorks 389 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 17/10/1987 St Mary's, Scilly 390 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes ********** ********** 391 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 21/10/1990 Filey, North Yorks 392 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 393 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 394 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 01/04/1999 The Verne, Portland, Dorset 395 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 23/10/2009 Trow Quarry, South Shields two ticks in my home county this year! Plus 1 396 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 16/05/2016 Unst, Shetland Plus Bempton, North Yorkshire 397 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2006 Filey, North Yorkshire 398 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 25/08/1987 Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 399 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 12/10/1988 Agnes, Scilly 400 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 28/05/1989 Spurn, Humberside 401 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 20/08/1989 Thrapston GP, Northants 402 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 403 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 27/09/1992 Flamborough Head, E Yorks 404 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 23/09/1996 Filey, North Yorks 405 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 406 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 407 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 05/10/2013 Geosetter, Shetland 10 years after my charter to Fair Isle was nicked, finally saw TBW, even managed one brief deck view. 408 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 05/09/1987 Dungeness, Kent 409 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 26/10/1993 Seafield, Lerwick, Shetland 410 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 13/06/1995 Fair Isle, Shetland 411 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 412 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 413 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 23/09/1992 North Ronaldsay, Orkney 414 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 29/09/1993 Sheringham , Norfolk 415 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 10/07/1989 Boughton Fen, Norfolk 416 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 17/05/1987 East Bank, Cley, Norfolk 417 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 418 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 15/05/2000 Portland Bill, Dorset 419 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 420 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 421 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 422 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 423 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 29/05/2012 Hartlepool Headland 'THE' Headland strikes again! 424 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 14/10/1991 Flamborough, Humberside 425 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 06/10/1990 Whalsay, Shetland 426 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 10/03/1990 Stratton, Cornwall 427 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 15/05/2016 Holy Island, Northumberland Other candidates seen as early as 1988 but this is the only one I have seen currently accepted as Western by BBRC 428 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 14/10/1996 Portland Bill, Dorset Accepted as such by BBRC. Other accepted Easterns include one at South Gare, Cleveland. Date unlknown 429 Whitethroat Curruca communis 430 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 25/05/1992 Filey, North Yorkshire 431 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 23/05/1993 St Abb's Head, Borders 432 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 433 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 434 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 435 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 436 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 14/10/1989 Holkham Pines, Norfolk 437 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 438 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 439 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 21/10/1990 Dungeness, Kent 440 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 16/10/2018 Lands End, Cornwall 441 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 03/04/2021 Exemouth, Devon 442 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 20/06/1987 Duftown, Morayshire 443 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 444 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes ********** ********** 445 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 13/10/1987 St Mary's, Scilly 446 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 16/10/1987 Agnes, Scilly 447 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 19/10/1990 St Mary's, Scilly 448 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 01/10/2002 North Ronaldsay, Orkney 449 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 29/09/1991 Balranald, Brora, Highland 400th UK species 450 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 02/10/1992 North Ronaldsay, Orkney 451 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 452 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 453 Redwing Turdus iliacus 454 Blackbird Turdus merula 455 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 12/10/1987 St Mary's, Scilly 456 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 457 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 458 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 13/10/1993 St Martin's, Scilly 459 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 01/10/1994 Walton on the Naze, Essex 460 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 18/05/2013 Margate, Kent 461 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 05/02/1990 Chingford, Essex 462 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 26/12/1988 Inverbervie, Grampian 463 Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey, Norfolk 464 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 02/07/1992 Fair Isle, Shetland 465 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 466 Robin Erithacus rubecula 467 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 06/06/2011 Hartlepool Headland Malcolm, leave work now, that blutail on the headland is a WHITE THROATED ROBIN! 468 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 21/05/1989 Whalsay Hills, Norfolk 469 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 470 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 471 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 17/10/2003 Fair Isle, Shetland 472 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 02/10/2001 North Ronaldsay, Orkney 473 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 474 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 26/04/2003 Flamborough Head, E Yorks 475 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 476 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 31/05/1997 Ethie Mains Farm, Tayside 477 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 31/10/1993 Worth Maltravers, Dorset 478 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 479 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 480 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 22/04/1988 Weston, Portland, Dorset 481 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 14/10/1999 St Mary's, Scilly 482 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 483 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 07/10/2016 Landguard Point, Suffolk Accepted to species, DNA confirmed 484 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 15/09/1989 Wells Woods, Norfolk Maurus DNA accepted bird South Gare 29/09/20 485 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 486 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 487 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 18/10/1990 St Mary's, Scilly 488 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 14/04/1989 Barn Elms Res, London 489 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 25/10/1993 Stiffkey, Norfolk 490 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 08/07/1990 Newhaven, East Sussex 491 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 01/09/2019 Fluke Hall, Lancashire 492 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 493 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 494 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 13/08/1993 North Ronaldsay, Orkney 495 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 496 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 27/05/1990 Alum Bay, Isle of Wight 497 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 10/10/2016 Mainland, Shetland This little beauty seen before the species became a common passage migrant! 498 Dunnock Prunella modularis 499 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 500 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 15/12/2019 Prestwick Carr, Northumberland 501 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 16/05/1991 Hauxley, Northumberland 502 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 503 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 504 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 11/10/1987 Tresco, Scilly 505 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 06/11/1994 Landguard, Suffolk 506 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 14/05/1988 South Gare, Cleveland 507 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 508 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 509 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 20/10/1987 St Martins, Scilly 510 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 22/11/2007 Goodwick Moor, Fishguard 511 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 17/10/1990 St Mary's, Scilly 512 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 09/10/1988 St Mary's, Scilly 513 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 514 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 515 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 516 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 517 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 518 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 27/03/1992 Lerwick, Shetland 519 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 520 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 21/05/2005 Landguard, Suffolk 521 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 522 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 523 Twite Linaria flavirostris 524 Linnet Linaria cannabina 525 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 526 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 527 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 528 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 21/10/1990 Gibralter Point, Lincs 529 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 530 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 531 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 21/10/1990 Bedgebury, Kent 532 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 533 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 09/06/2008 Fair Isle, Shetland 534 Serin Serinus serinus 535 Siskin Spinus spinus 536 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 537 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 538 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 539 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 540 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 25/02/1990 Bigwaters, Tyne & Wear 541 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 542 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 18/05/1998 Stronsay, Orkney 543 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 544 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 19/10/2004 Fair Isle, Shetland 545 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 546 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 23/09/1992 North Ronaldsay, Orkney Bonus in hand PG Tips as our charter landed! 547 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 548 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 19/09/1992 Inner Farne, Northumberland 549 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 25/10/2015 Papa Westray, Orkney Fabulous little bird and really enjoyable twitch! 550 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 05/06/1988 Irving, Strathclyde 551 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 21/10/2023 Flamborough, East Yorkshire 552 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 10/03/1994 pennington Flash, Manchester 553 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 554 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 16/05/1991 Waxham, Norfolk 555 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 09/12/1989 Portland, Dorset 556 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 02/10/1995 Seaforth, Merseyside 557 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 02/06/1992 Trimley St Mary, Suffolk 558 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 15/10/2003 Fair Isle, Shetland 559 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 16/10/1994 Seaforth, Merseyside 560 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 20/09/1991 Soar Warren, Devon 561 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 08/10/1988 St Agnes, Scilly 562 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 30/04/2017 North Ronaldsay, Orkney 563 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 09/05/2009 Fair Isle, Shetland 564 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 26/10/2004 St Mary's Scilly 565 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 14/10/1996 Portland, Dorset 566 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 09/02/1989 Maidstone, Kent 567 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 31/12/1969 Cape Clear, Ireland So excited I left my bins' at home!! 568 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 07/10/1996 St Mary's, Scilly 569 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes ********** ********** 570 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 17/05/1997 Baltasound, Unst, Shetland 571 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 08/09/2017 Barra, Outer Hebrides 572 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 24/10/2013 Baltasound, Unst, Shetland World tick and one of the best birds I have ever seen in Britain, just fabulous!! 573 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 23/10/1987 Nanquidno, Cornwall 574 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 21/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire 575 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 23/09/2023 Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire 576 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes ********** ********** 577 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 13/10/1995 Kilbaha, Loop Head, Ireland 578 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 12/10/1987 Tresco, Scilly 579 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 08/10/1993 Cape Clear, Island 08 Oct 1995 Tresco, Scilly 580 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 09/10/2006 Kilbaha, loop Head, Ireland 581 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 21/09/2013 Dursey Island, Cork What a little cracker! 582 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 09/10/2008 Eire 583 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 11/10/1987 Tresco, Scilly 584 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 20/10/1996 Ramsey Island, Wales