Johannes Nobel: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 366 of 366 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 24/10/2011 Scaling Dam 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Not of wild origin, but living in wild 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 23/05/2019 Spurn 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 05/10/2009 Saltholme 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25 Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 14/02/2016 Pugney's 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 17/10/2011 Marden Quarry, Whitley Bay 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 01/05/2022 Marske-by-the-Sea 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Smew Mergellus albellus 42 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 07/09/2009 Calor Gas Pool 43 Goosander Mergus merganser 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 45 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 46 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 47 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 48 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 49 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 50 Quail Coturnix coturnix 51 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 52 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 53 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 01/07/2012 Bempton Clifs 54 Swift Apus apus 55 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 20/10/2013 Hartlepool Headland 56 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 06/08/2019 Mickletown 57 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 58 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 59 Stock Dove Columba oenas 60 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 61 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 62 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 63 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 64 Corncrake Crex crex 30/06/2014 Flamborough Head 65 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 66 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 67 Coot Fulica atra 68 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 01/09/2016 Alkborough Flats 69 Crane Grus grus 70 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 71 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 72 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 73 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 74 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 75 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 76 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 77 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 10/05/2017 Blacktoft Sands 78 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 79 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 80 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 81 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 19/10/2015 Spurn 82 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 83 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 84 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 85 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 86 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands Showing extremely well in front of hide 87 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 15/07/2018 Easington beach 88 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 03/11/2019 Redcar 89 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 90 Curlew Numenius arquata 91 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 92 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 93 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 25/09/2017 Saltfleet 94 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 95 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 96 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 97 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 14/08/2011 Greenabella Marsh, Seal Sands 98 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 99 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 18/05/2014 North Cave Wetlands 100 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 101 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 18/05/2014 Potteric Carr 102 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 103 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 104 Redshank Tringa totanus 105 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 13/01/2020 Nosterfield 106 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 107 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 108 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 109 Knot Calidris canutus 110 Ruff Calidris pugnax 111 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 06/06/2010 Port Clarence 112 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 20/09/2010 Greatham Creek Tidal Pool 113 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 22/07/2022 Alkborough Flats 114 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 115 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 116 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 Swillington Ings 117 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 118 Sanderling Calidris alba 119 Dunlin Calidris alpina 120 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 121 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 31/08/2016 Hatfield Moors 122 Little Stint Calidris minuta 123 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 28/07/2010 Saltholme 124 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 125 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 31/07/2011 Saltholme 126 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 13/06/2021 Wheldrake Ings 127 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 128 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 11/07/2019 Adwick Washlands RSPB (Dearne Valley) 129 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 20/07/2017 Swillington Ings Self refound 130 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 26/04/2009 Saltholme 131 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 132 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 133 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 134 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 135 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 136 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 137 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 138 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 139 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 17/12/2013 Patrington Haven 140 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini South Shields 141 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 142 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 16/02/2015 New Brighton 143 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 18/05/2021 Swillington Ings 144 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 145 Common Gull Larus canus 146 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 08/12/2014 Pugney's Country Park 147 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 148 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 149 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 150 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 151 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 152 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 04/01/2009 Cowpen Bewley 153 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 154 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 155 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 156 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 157 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 158 Puffin Fratercula arctica 159 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 160 Razorbill Alca torda 161 Little Auk Alle alle 162 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 163 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 164 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 165 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 166 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 27/04/2021 Portsoy Found two. Lots of LT Ducks and a GND. 167 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 168 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 169 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 170 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 171 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 172 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 04/09/2015 Sunk Island 173 Gannet Morus bassanus 174 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 07/09/2023 South Gare 175 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 176 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 177 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 15/10/2011 Saltholme Behind Fire Station 178 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 179 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 180 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 03/05/2019 Fairburn Ings 181 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 182 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/06/2018 Spurn Kilnsea Wetlands 183 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 24/03/2017 Alkborough Flats 184 Great White Egret Ardea alba 185 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 186 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 187 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 188 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 03/08/2020 Peak District Lammergier. Niet geaccepteerd op de BOU lijst. 189 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 190 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 191 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 192 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 193 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 194 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 195 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 21/10/2011 Dormans Pool 196 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 27/04/2015 Blacktoft Sands 197 Red Kite Milvus milvus 198 Black Kite Milvus migrans 20/04/2023 Helmsley Duncombe Park 199 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 200 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 201 Buzzard Buteo buteo 202 Barn Owl Tyto alba 203 Little Owl Athene noctua 204 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 27/09/2017 Ryhope 205 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 206 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 207 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 208 Hoopoe Upupa epops 209 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 02/06/2012 Aldbrough 210 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 211 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/12/2021 Samlesbury 212 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 15/08/2015 Brampton 213 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 214 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor ********** ********** 215 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 216 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 217 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 23/10/2019 Fraisthorpe Much discussed bird, not able to id myself! 218 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 219 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 21/07/2015 Chatterley Whitfield 220 Merlin Falco columbarius 221 Hobby Falco subbuteo 222 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 223 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 224 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 14/10/2019 Spurn Vicar's Lane, Kilnsea 225 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 21/07/2015 Carlton Miniott 226 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor SF near Corwen, 17 Feb 2015. 227 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 22/09/2014 Kilnsea 228 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 01/06/2021 Whitby 350th species in UK 229 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 26/09/2010 Hartlepool Headland Bowling Green 230 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 30/10/2016 The Leas, South Shields Isabelline Shrike 231 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 232 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 28/06/2022 Bempton Cliffs 233 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 20/10/2020 Johnny Brown's Common 234 Jay Garrulus glandarius 235 Magpie Pica pica 236 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 237 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 238 Rook Corvus frugilegus 239 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 240 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 241 Raven Corvus corax 242 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 243 Coal Tit Periparus ater 244 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 25/04/2021 Abernethy Forest 245 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 246 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 247 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 248 Great Tit Parus major 249 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 21/03/2016 Saltholme 250 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 251 Woodlark Lullula arborea 252 Skylark Alauda arvensis 253 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 254 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 17/10/2020 South Gare 255 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 256 Swallow Hirundo rustica 257 House Martin Delichon urbicum 258 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 16/04/2017 Fairburn Ings Easter Day 2017 259 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 260 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 261 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 262 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 20/10/2013 Hartlepool Headland 263 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 25/10/2016 Flamborough Head, Thornwick Bay 264 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 265 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 266 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 14/10/2013 Flamborough Head, South Landing 267 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 268 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/02/2014 Lemonroyd STW Siberian Chiffchaff 269 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 27/04/2013 Flamborough Head Coast Guard Cottages 270 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 24/10/2009 South Shields 271 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 11/09/2021 Bempton Cliffs 272 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 18/10/2021 Spurn 273 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 06/10/2016 Bempton Cliffs Self refound. Also Eastern Crowned Warbler showing very well. 274 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 01/09/2012 Flamborough Old Fall With Martin Gardner and Richard Baines 275 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 20/05/2019 Wintersett reservoir Also one possible in June 2016 at Rivers Edge, Humber 276 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 277 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 08/06/2020 Far Ings 278 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 279 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 280 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 281 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 11/05/2021 Hes East Reeling 282 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 283 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 284 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 285 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 286 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Presumed Siberian Lesser Whitethroat, Spurn, 14 Oct 2019 287 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 29/05/2021 Spurn 288 Whitethroat Curruca communis 289 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 04/05/2022 Aylesbeare Common 290 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 291 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 292 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 293 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 294 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 295 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 09/10/2017 Easington 296 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 297 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 298 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 299 Redwing Turdus iliacus 300 Blackbird Turdus merula 301 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 302 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 303 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 03/04/2010 Hartlepool 304 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 12/12/2016 Beeley 305 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 306 Robin Erithacus rubecula 307 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 06/06/2011 Hartlepool Headland 308 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 309 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 310 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 26/09/2012 Flamborough Head Old Fall 311 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 17/10/2020 Trow Quarry 312 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 313 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 04/10/2020 Spurn 314 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 30/10/2016 Skinningrove Eastern Black Redstart 315 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 316 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 317 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 20/10/2013 Scarborough 318 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 319 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 320 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 24/11/2014 Seaton Snook On beach near Zink Road, showing very well 321 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 07/01/2018 Whitby 322 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 30/10/2016 Redcar 323 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 324 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 325 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 326 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 15/10/2016 Easington, East Yorkshire 327 Dunnock Prunella modularis 328 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 329 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 23/08/2009 Saltholme 330 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 331 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 332 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 333 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 08/12/2014 Pugney's Country Park 334 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 13/04/2014 Flamborough head 335 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 336 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 337 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 338 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 339 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 340 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 341 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 342 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 343 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 344 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 345 Twite Linaria flavirostris 346 Linnet Linaria cannabina 347 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 348 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 349 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 350 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 25/04/2021 Abernethy Forest Large bill, but not massive. Call recorded - sounded good. Perfect candidate. 351 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 352 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 15/08/2013 Broomhead Reservoir Male, female and junveniles 353 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 354 Serin Serinus serinus 355 Siskin Spinus spinus 356 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 357 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 358 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 359 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 360 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 23/01/2017 Dunnington 361 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 04/05/2022 Prawle Point 362 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 03/03/2014 Lea, Gainsbrough 363 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 09/06/2019 Flamborough Head 364 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 27/10/2023 Flamborough North Marsh Immature male 365 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 366 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 09/02/2014 Shincliffe, Durham Myrtle Warbler. Feeding on Coconut Feeders. Road where I first learned to drive!