Matt Willmott: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 533 of 533 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 18/12/1987 Cley, Norfolk Eye Field. 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 17/11/2016 Docking, Norfolk. Plus Richardson's. 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 24/11/1985 Holme, Norfolk 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 11 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 14/02/1987 Slimbridge 13 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 14 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 18 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 04/12/2013 Crossens Outer Marsh, Lancashire Free flying, un-ringed, wary, good location and timing. Good enough for me I reckon! 20 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 26/09/1987 Upper Tamar Lake, Cornwall 22 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 23 Gadwall Mareca strepera 24 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 23/02/1987 Pitsford Reservoir, Northants. 25 Wigeon Mareca penelope 26 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 28 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 29 Pintail Anas acuta 30 Teal Anas crecca 31 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 32 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 33 Pochard Aythya ferina 34 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 35 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 36 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 37 Scaup Aythya marila 38 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 21/03/1987 Chasewater, Staffordshire First for Britain. Several since. 39 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 22/11/2019 Papa Westray, Orkney. A major expedition on my own.... 40 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 15/02/1986 Porthscatho, Cornwall Same day as Least Sandpiper. 41 Eider Somateria mollissima 42 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 31/01/1987 Sullom Voe, Shetland. 43 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 44 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 45 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 30/06/2016 Murcar GC, Aberdeenshire. 46 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 47 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 27/12/1991 Newgale, Pembrokeshire 48 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 49 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 18/03/1994 Colwick Country Park, Nottinghamshire 50 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 51 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 15/05/2005 Ythan Estuary 52 Smew Mergellus albellus 53 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 25/02/2016 Corsham Park Lake, Wiltshire. As good as virtually any in my opinion. 54 Goosander Mergus merganser 55 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 56 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 57 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 58 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 59 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 60 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 61 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 62 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 63 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 64 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 65 Quail Coturnix coturnix 66 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 67 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 68 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 05/06/1988 Hoy, Orkney Best bird on my British list. Appeared after 2 hours of thinking we had dipped. 69 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 16/08/1985 Berry Head, Devon 70 Swift Apus apus 71 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 07/05/2009 Seaforth, Merseyside 72 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 16/06/2013 Trimley Marshes, Suffolk Stressful few hours from 4am but eventually showed very nicely. Great 'get-back'!!! 73 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 27/05/2001 Netherfield Lagoons, Nottinghamshire 74 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 21/02/1987 Leiston, Suffolk Still sought by many! 75 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 01/01/1988 Burton, Dorset Shite day, great bird 76 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 08/07/1989 Dungeness Real rarity at the time 77 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 12/10/1985 St Mary's First of three in a classic Scilly week 78 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 12/10/1985 Golf Course, Scilly Just before it fell off the branch. 79 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 80 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 21/05/1990 Quendale, Shetland 81 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 82 Stock Dove Columba oenas 83 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 84 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 85 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 13/12/2002 Stromness, Orkney Plus Chipping Norton bird. 86 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 87 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 05/01/2016 Lerwick, Shetland. A great, but truly gruelling twitch. Great location for my 500th BOU species, virtually 29 years ago to the day that I first twitched Shetland as a 13 year old! With J.Willmott, P.Massey and N.Milbourne. 88 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 89 Corncrake Crex crex 90 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 91 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 92 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 93 Coot Fulica atra 94 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 25/01/2014 Loch Flemington, Highland Late off the mark, but thanks to Gareth Stamp for the mammoth drive. 95 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 05/09/2016 Alkborough Flats, Lincolnshire. Second time lucky for me and my dad after dipping it last Wednesday and both missing it at Minsmere. 96 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 19/05/1989 Mowbrey Park, Sunderland 97 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 12/11/2004 Marazion, Cornwall 98 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 21/09/1991 Exnaboe, Shetland (Used to be) a blocker !!! 99 Crane Grus grus 15/07/1985 Horsey, Norfolk 100 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 101 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 14/02/1987 Kenfig Plus another, Radley Gravel Pits, Oxfordshire, 1993. 102 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 103 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 104 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 105 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 106 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 107 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 108 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 109 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 110 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 111 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 112 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 27/07/1986 Tetney Lock, Humberside 113 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 13/10/1985 St.Mary's Golf Course, Scilly 114 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 115 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 02/01/1994 Anglesey, Gwynedd 116 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 117 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 25/06/1997 Dawlish Warren, Devon 118 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 119 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 120 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 21/12/1985 West Sussex Aerodrome. 121 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 07/06/2007 Carlaeverock 122 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 12/05/2002 Rimac, Lincolnshire 123 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 28/04/1988 Dawlish 124 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 125 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 13/10/1990 St.Mary's Airfield, Scilly 126 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 127 Curlew Numenius arquata 128 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 129 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 130 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 30/04/2015 Meare Heath, Somerset Sweating a bit about this whilst surfing the waves of Fuerteventura but connected soon after getting back to the UK...plus Shetland bird 2023 131 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 29/09/1985 Slimbridge 132 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 06/09/2012 Lodmoor RSPB, Dorset 133 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 134 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 135 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 31/05/1989 Kilnsea, Humberside With J. Willmott. Plus Unst, Shetland 2016, with J. Willmott, M. Ponsford and N. Harris. 136 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 137 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 06/09/1987 Radipole Lake, Dorset 138 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 139 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 140 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 16/07/1988 Stanpit Marsh 141 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 142 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 143 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 144 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 26/09/2000 Porthellick, St.Mary's, Scilly 145 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 01/07/1990 Sidlesham Ferry, West Sussex 146 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 147 Redshank Tringa totanus 148 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 22/08/1986 Farlington Marsh, Hampshire 149 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 150 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 151 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 28/07/1985 Minsmere 152 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 153 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 15/07/2014 Breydon Water, Norfolk. Another nice 'get back' this year. 154 Knot Calidris canutus 155 Ruff Calidris pugnax 156 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 16/05/1988 Severn Beach, Avon Nice local tick 157 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 28/07/1985 Isle of Sheppey Ticked Purple Heron, Montague's Harrier and Greater Yellowlegs same day ! 158 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 16/07/1990 Cliffe Marshes, Kent 159 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 160 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 161 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 27/07/1986 Blacktoft Sands, Humberside 162 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 09/10/1986 Blagdon Lake, Somerset Plus Fetlar, Shetland 2003. 163 Sanderling Calidris alba 164 Dunlin Calidris alpina 165 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 166 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 21/09/1987 Dungeness, Kent 167 Little Stint Calidris minuta 168 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 15/02/1986 Porthscatho, Cornwall 169 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 25/10/1987 Cheddar Reservoir, Somerset 170 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 171 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 21/08/1997 Aberlady Bay, Lothian 172 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 11/10/1986 Porthloo, St.Mary's I remember Peter Grant explaining to me why this was one ! 173 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 07/10/2004 St.Martin's, Scilly 174 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 21/05/1993 Gimingham, Norfolk 175 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 11/06/1988 Clevedon, Avon 176 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 22/06/1986 Dungeness, Kent 177 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 19/07/2005 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 178 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 03/07/1988 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 179 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 180 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 22/06/1992 Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, East Sussex. 181 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 20/04/1987 Hayle, Cornwall 182 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 09/05/1987 Minsmere Good year for tern ticking! 183 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 13/04/1987 Thurlestone, Devon 184 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 185 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 14/08/1988 Upper Tamar Lake, Devon 186 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 08/02/1987 Hinkley Point, Somerset 187 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 188 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 189 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 190 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 191 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 11/06/2017 Church Norton, West Sussex. 192 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 19/07/1985 Dawlish 193 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 194 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 195 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 196 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 02/12/2002 The Mumbles, Swansea 197 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 198 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 16/03/1986 Kenfig Running around for this at the time ! 199 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 200 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 28/03/1986 Newcastle General Hospital Famous bird 201 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 07/03/1987 Helston, Cornwall 202 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 19/08/2008 Chapel Point, Lincolnshire Gave us the run around but eventually connected. 203 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 204 Common Gull Larus canus 205 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 30/12/1986 Chew Valley Lake 206 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 01/11/2007 Draycote Water Finally saw one I was happy with 207 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 208 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 209 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 210 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 211 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 212 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 08/02/1990 Anglesey 213 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 214 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 215 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 216 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 217 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 218 Puffin Fratercula arctica 219 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 12/11/2006 Dawlish, Devon 220 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 221 Razorbill Alca torda 222 Little Auk Alle alle 223 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 22/06/1989 Sumburgh, Shetland With P. Massey, J. Willmott and S. Guy. 224 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 225 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 30/05/1990 Lundy, Devon 226 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 227 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 228 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 23/01/2008 Llys-y-Fran reservoir, Pembrokeshire. 229 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 230 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 02/10/1987 Flamborough Head Smart bird moulting out of summer plumage. 231 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 31/07/1988 Scillonian Pelagic 232 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 23/05/1987 Hermaness, Unst 233 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 234 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 17/10/1987 Staines Reservoir, Surrey Ian McCaskill got it wrong, so did the seabirds! 235 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 236 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 31/07/1988 Scillonian Pelagic Also 20+ from Scillonian returning from Cliff Swallow, 2016. 237 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 238 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 31/07/1988 Scillonian pelagic Also 2 from Scillonian returning from Cliff Swallow, 2016. 239 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 240 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 08/07/2020 Portland, Dorset. 241 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 242 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 17/04/1988 East Allington, Devon With J.Barnett. 243 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 244 Gannet Morus bassanus 245 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 28/08/2019 St.Ives, Cornwall. Worth having an awful night's sleep in the car for, though it doesn't get any easier... 246 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 247 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 248 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 02/02/1989 Billingham, Tyneside Hell hole of a place. 249 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 13/06/1987 Radipole Lake, Dorset With G. and M. Avery and J.Willmott. 250 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 251 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 252 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 05/02/1991 Marton Mere 253 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 07/10/2022 Scousburgh, Shetland. Good 34th anniversary of the Blackburnian Warbler!! 254 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 13/05/1987 Chichester Gravel Pits, West Sussex This or the Slender-billed Gulls? Wrong decision still haunts... 255 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 16/10/1985 Lower Moors, St.Mary's, Scilly 256 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 257 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 01/10/2001 Messingham Sand Quarries, Lincolnshire Very late off the mark (as usual) - me and another bloke did really well to find it. 258 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 07/04/1990 St.Mary's, Scilly 259 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/01/1986 Sutton Bingham, Somerset A rarity at the time ! Global warming eh? 260 Great White Egret Ardea alba 15/07/1985 Horsey, Norfolk 261 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 262 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 20/04/2015 Great Pool, Bryher Second time lucky! 263 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 28/07/1985 Tonbridge, Kent 264 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 30/10/2016 Camel Estuary, Wadebridge. We'll see... 265 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 266 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 267 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 01/06/2014 Morden Bog NNR, Dorset. Nice 'get back'. 268 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 269 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 270 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 271 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 272 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 273 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 07/01/2003 Warham Greens, Norfolk Plus another, Tingwall, Shetland, 2014. 274 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 275 Red Kite Milvus milvus 276 Black Kite Milvus migrans 11/04/1987 Hickling, Norfolk Dipped Penduline Tit but jammed into this! With A. Bone and J.Willmott. 277 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 278 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 04/01/1989 Butley, Suffolk 279 Buzzard Buteo buteo 280 Barn Owl Tyto alba 281 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 23/02/2019 Bixter, Mainland Shetland. With my wonderful dad, J. Willmott. 282 Little Owl Athene noctua 283 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 27/09/2017 Ryhope, County Durham Superb little bird! 284 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 285 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 286 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 287 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 288 Hoopoe Upupa epops 05/04/1987 Devizes 289 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 31/05/1987 Pig Bush, New Forest 290 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 291 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 05/04/2005 Peterculter, Aberdeenshire Nearly cost me a divorce, but heh 292 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 09/07/1989 Cowden, Humberside 293 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 294 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 295 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 296 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 297 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 298 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 29/03/2010 Westleton Heath, Suffolk Great views of a smart bird. 299 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 300 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 29/07/1985 Yoxter, Cheddar 301 Merlin Falco columbarius 302 Hobby Falco subbuteo 303 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 01/04/1986 Berry Head, Devon No April fool, that! 304 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 305 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 306 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 17/09/2020 Tiree, Inner Hebrides. Nice bird. Great twitch. Brilliant company. 307 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 22/09/2015 Dungeness, Kent With J.Willmott, K.Vinicombe, M.Ponsford. 308 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 09/10/2008 Nanjizal With K. Vinicombe. 309 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 10/10/1985 Old Town, Scilly My second visit to the Isles - loads of ticks ! 310 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 11/10/1987 Tresco With J.Willmott and M.Entwhistle. Quite emotional really. RIP Mike... 311 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 24/09/1990 Kenidjack Valley, Cornwall Almost missed this whilst attending a Keele University open day, but got there in the end! 312 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 313 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 14/02/1985 Chepstow Park Wood 314 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 09/11/2004 Kilrenny, Fife 315 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28/10/1986 Aberdaron, Gwynedd A real corker at the time 316 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 14/10/1985 Tresco 317 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 16/10/1988 Durlston Country Park, Dorset. 318 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 319 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 09/10/2023 Fair Isle 320 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 25/09/2008 Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire With J.Willmott and A.Bone. 321 Jay Garrulus glandarius 322 Magpie Pica pica 323 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 10/12/1985 Westleton, Suffolk Part of a great month in Norfolk when I also ticked Black and White Warbler and White-tailed Eagle. Those apples didn't do it any good! 324 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 325 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 326 Rook Corvus frugilegus 327 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 328 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 329 Raven Corvus corax 330 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 331 Coal Tit Periparus ater 332 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 333 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 334 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 335 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 336 Great Tit Parus major 337 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 02/02/1991 Farlington Marsh, Hampshire 2 males 338 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 339 Woodlark Lullula arborea 340 Skylark Alauda arvensis 341 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 342 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 343 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 02/06/2021 Malcolm's Head, Fair Isle. Flying round me calling, all to myself! 344 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 02/06/2003 Anglesey, Gwynedd 345 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 346 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 08/06/1990 Scilly Mad few weeks. 347 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 10/11/2015 Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fantastic moment when it flew in after being absolutely convinced we'd dipped! 348 Swallow Hirundo rustica 349 House Martin Delichon urbicum 350 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 11/04/1987 Wiveton, Norfolk 351 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 08/09/2016 Porthellick, St.Mary's, Scilly. With D.Ludlow 352 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 353 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 354 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 355 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 12/10/1986 Bryher, Scilly 356 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 18/01/1992 Plymouth, Devon Plus North Warwickshire bird 2014. 357 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 358 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 13/10/1986 St.Agnes, Scilly 359 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 27/10/1988 St. Mary's, Scilly 360 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 19/12/1991 Padstow, Cornwall 361 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 362 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 363 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 364 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 23/10/2009 The Leas, South Shields With T.Marlow. 365 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 27/10/1987 Gugh, Scilly 366 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 29/08/1987 Blakeney Point 367 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 09/09/1993 Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire 368 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 05/06/1993 Elmley, Kent 369 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 370 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 371 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 24/09/1994 Fair Isle, Shetland One of three in a week. This bird performed well outside my bedroom window from the Obs! 372 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 07/10/2010 Aith, Fetlar, Shetland Finally laid to rest - same great day as 'Lancy' on Unst - logistical nightmare getting both in a day! 373 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 374 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 375 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 16/10/1985 Penninis, St.Mary's, Scilly 376 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 04/10/2010 Channerwick, Mainland Shetland 377 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 22/09/2019 Farlington Marshes, Hampshire. 378 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 21/10/2023 Skibberhoull, Whalsay. 379 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 380 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 381 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 05/10/1988 Fair Isle, Shetland One of three in a week, plus found one on Out Skerries in 2010. 382 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 04/10/1988 Fair Isle Part of a great week - also ticked PG Tips, Pechora and Blackburnian! 5 more since, including self-found on Whalsay in 1994, moments after Keith Vinicombe found the 1st Isabelline Wheatear for Shetland! I almost trod on the Lancy when going for a pee! 383 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12/07/1989 Broughton, Norfolk 384 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 07/05/1988 Westbere, Kent 385 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 386 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 05/11/2009 Pegwell Bay, Kent Played this one well cool. Worth it, showed brilliantly on my first visit! 387 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 388 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 389 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 390 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 391 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 15/11/2013 Dale, Pembrokeshire Nice get back! 392 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 19/10/1991 Flamborough Head Plus Blakeney Point nest building individual. 393 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 16/10/1990 Whalsay, Shetland 9 Hours depression before it showed down to 5 feet ! 394 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 10/03/1990 Stratton near Bude 395 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 12/05/2023 Quendale, Shetland. Several earlier but not assigned to species at the time. 396 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 03/06/2018 Blakeney Point, Norfolk. With J.Willmott and M.Ponsford. 397 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 13/05/2023 Loch of Clickimin, Shetland. 398 Whitethroat Curruca communis 399 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 26/05/1992 Filey 400 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 09/06/1992 Spurn Point 401 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 402 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 403 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 404 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 405 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 11/10/1989 Holkham Pines, Norflok 406 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 407 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 408 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 06/11/1990 Dungeness, Kent 409 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 16/10/2018 Land’s End, Cornwall. 410 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 12/02/2021 Exmouth, Devon. 411 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 21/11/1987 Christmaspie, Surrey 412 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 413 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 11/10/1987 Cot Valley, Cornwall Same day as Philly Vireo 414 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 11/10/1993 Tresco, Scilly 415 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 20/10/1990 Old Town, St.Mary's, Scilly 416 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 26/10/1987 Lundy 417 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 02/10/2004 Voe, Shetland 418 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 06/10/1992 North Ronaldsay 419 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 420 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 421 Redwing Turdus iliacus 422 Blackbird Turdus merula 423 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 27/10/1987 St Agnes, Scilly Unexpected bonus. 2 since, Scillies 1993. 424 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 425 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 426 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 20/01/1996 Webheath, Worcestershire With D. Willmott. 427 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 05/12/2016 Beeley, Derbyshire Another grip-back. This year continues to deliver top quality rares... 428 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 05/02/1990 Chingford, Greater London 429 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 26/12/1986 Inverbervie, Grampian Crazy passing the Lockerbie grimness, those visions will stay with me forever... 430 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Norfolk 431 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 432 Robin Erithacus rubecula 433 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 06/06/2011 Hartlepool Headland Chav proof wall deterrant's didn't keep the birders out! Madness... 434 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 17/05/1988 Blakeney Point 435 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 436 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 437 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 17/10/2003 Fair Isle, Shetland A jam in when twitching the Savannah Sparrow - a great relief when I re-found this bird. Also lovely male, Levenwick, Shetland, 3/10/2014. 438 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 439 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 440 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 30/04/2009 Portland Cracker. 441 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 31/10/1993 Winspit, Dorset Plus another two, Upper Voe, Shetland, 2013, and Marshfield, South Gloucestershire, 2014. 442 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 443 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 444 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 23/04/1988 Portland Great bird. With J.Willmott. 445 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 02/01/2017 Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. 446 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 447 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 06/10/2023 Loch of Norby, Shetland. 448 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 14/10/1985 St Mary's, Scilly. 449 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 450 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 451 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 20/10/1990 St Mary's, Scilly Plus self-found first for Shetland with K.Vinicombe on Whalsay Golf Course, 1994. 452 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 24/10/1987 Languard Point, Suffolk 453 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 28/05/1985 Portland, Dorset. With J. Willmott and P. Massey. 454 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 08/07/1990 Newhaven, West Sussex 455 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 456 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 457 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 13/08/1993 North Ronaldsay 458 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 459 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 27/05/1990 Isle of Wight 460 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 14/10/2016 Easington, East Yorkshire. Amazing grip-back after leaving Shetland a day early before the first ever and being gripped by photos and videos all week. 461 Dunnock Prunella modularis 462 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 463 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 21/09/1994 Out Skerries, Shetland. 464 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 14/05/1993 Fleet Pond, Hampshire Nice male. Two since, 1 self-found Out Skerries 1994, and Boddam, Shetland, 2013. 465 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 466 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 467 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 468 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 10/12/2014 Calder Wetlands, West Yorkshire. Another nice 'get back' to finish the year with! 469 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 20/08/1989 Snettisham, Norfolk 470 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 471 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 472 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 16/10/1985 St Mary's, Scilly Plus self-found 3 since including two together at Vidlin, Shetland, 2014. 473 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 05/10/1988 Fair Isle, Shetland Same day as PG Tips + 3 since. 474 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 17/05/1988 Blakeney Point, Norfolk Same day as Thrush Nightingale. 475 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 02/10/2007 Scilly 476 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 477 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 478 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 479 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 480 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 481 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 28/03/1992 Lerwick, Shetland 482 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 483 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 23/05/2005 Languard Point, Suffolk 484 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 485 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 486 Twite Linaria flavirostris 487 Linnet Linaria cannabina 488 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 489 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 490 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni First ticked in Norfolk, 1989, but several 'beaut's' since, including snowball on Unst, 5 feet away, 2012. Also, self found, East Burrafirth, Shetland, 2016. 491 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 21/01/1991 Kirkby, Lincolnshire 492 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 493 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 494 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 30/10/1990 Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk 495 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 496 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 10/05/2015 Holkham Pines, Norfolk. Quick off the mark for once. Great get back! With J.Willmott and S.Cole. 497 Serin Serinus serinus 498 Siskin Spinus spinus 499 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 500 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 501 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 502 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 503 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 26/02/1990 Wide Open Nature Reserve 504 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 25/09/1988 Portland 505 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 18/06/2015 Bardsey, Gwynedd Another fantastic 'grip back!' Very anxious 90 minutes wait until superb views. 506 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 507 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 508 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 509 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 09/09/1989 Fair Isle, Shetland Three since. 510 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 08/10/2010 Out Skerries, Shetland. 511 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 512 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 16/05/1991 Waxham, Norfolk Think that several people wish they had gone for this? With G. Avery and J. Willmott. 513 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 03/12/1989 Portland, Dorset 514 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 07/01/2008 Cley, Norfolk Plus Fetlar, Oct 2023 515 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 02/06/1992 Trimley-St-Mary, Felixstowe 516 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 17/10/2003 Fair Isle Nice day twitch - jammed into Siberian Rubythroat as well. 517 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 16/10/1994 Seaforth, Merseyside 518 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 13/10/1985 St Mary's, Scilly 519 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 11/03/1989 Roch, Dyfed 520 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 06/05/2017 North Ronaldsay, Orkney. Superb trip. Summer plumaged White-billed Diver as a bonus! With S.Cole and A.Howe. 521 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 26/10/2004 St.Mary's, Scilly 522 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 29/09/2011 St.Mary's, Scilly 523 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 08/02/1989 New Hyde, Kent 524 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 07/12/1985 How Hill, Norfolk Great bird. Plus Prawle Point, Devon, 1987. 525 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 17/02/2012 Rhiwderin, Gwent Nice 'get back' after not being on Scilly at the right time and not being willing to twitch one on Shetland. 526 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 09/09/2017 Eoligarry, Barra Great twitch with great company. 527 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 23/10/2013 Baltasound, Unst Great to be up there when news broke (well birding at Sumburgh anyway!) and be part of the initial twitch with Shetland's finest and my dad's crew as news that the Dendroica sp. was actually a Cape May Warbler materialised en route! Late strategy paid off 528 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 06/10/1985 Hengitsbury Head 529 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 07/10/1988 Fair Isle Found by my dad, I was the third person to see this mega! No longer holding out, but the memory stays....also saw the 2023 bird in Shetland with my dad....emotional day 530 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 07/09/2023 Ham, Foula. 531 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 16/10/1992 Sumburgh Same day as Ruppell's. 532 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 12/10/1985 St Mary's, Scilly Same great day as 2 Yankee Cuckoo's and Rose Breasted Grosbeak. 533 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 09/10/1985 Scilly Same day as Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoo's.