Paul Whiteman: Suffolk 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 15/02/2012 Felixstowe Ferry 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 21/11/2001 Minsmere 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 16/09/1987 Minsmere 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 10/06/2002 Minsmere 23 Wigeon Mareca penelope 24 American Wigeon Mareca americana 25 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26 Pintail Anas acuta 27 Teal Anas crecca 28 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 03/02/2016 Blythburgh 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30 Pochard Aythya ferina 31 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 18/07/2010 Minsmere 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 33 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 34 Scaup Aythya marila 35 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 17/05/2006 Bramford 36 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 03/11/2010 Dunwich 37 Eider Somateria mollissima 38 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 39 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 40 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 41 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 42 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 19/01/1998 Heveningham origin? 43 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 44 Smew Mergellus albellus 45 Goosander Mergus merganser 46 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 47 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 48 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 49 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 50 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 51 Quail Coturnix coturnix 52 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 53 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 54 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 55 Swift Apus apus 56 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 31/03/2010 Kessingland 57 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 06/11/1992 Aldeburgh 58 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 25/10/1989 Landguard 59 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 60 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 61 Stock Dove Columba oenas 62 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 63 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 64 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 65 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 66 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 67 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 68 Coot Fulica atra 69 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 03/08/2016 Minsmere 70 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 06/10/2014 Minsmere 71 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 02/10/2011 Boyton 72 Crane Grus grus 73 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 74 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 75 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 76 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 77 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 78 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 79 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 80 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 15/07/1991 Trimley 81 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 82 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 83 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 84 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 22/07/2019 Burgh 85 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 14/08/2018 Hazelwood Common 86 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 87 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 29/03/2005 Breydon 88 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 89 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 90 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 91 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 24/10/2000 Minsmere 92 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 93 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 94 Curlew Numenius arquata 95 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 96 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 97 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 05/05/2012 Livermere 98 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 99 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 100 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 101 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 16/09/1991 Benacre 102 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 103 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 104 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 105 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 14/09/1998 Bawdsey 106 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 107 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 10/07/2019 Minsmere 108 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 109 Redshank Tringa totanus 110 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 06/10/2018 Hollesley 111 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 112 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 113 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 24/07/1985 Minsmere 114 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 115 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 14/07/2014 Breydon water, South of the mid-line channel 116 Knot Calidris canutus 117 Ruff Calidris pugnax 118 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 22/05/2015 Tinkers Marsh 119 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 06/05/1985 Minsmere 120 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 121 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 122 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 06/05/2021 123 Sanderling Calidris alba 124 Dunlin Calidris alpina 125 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 126 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 29/09/2004 Minsmere 127 Little Stint Calidris minuta 128 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 129 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 130 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 13/08/1986 Minsmere 131 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 08/09/1993 Livermere 132 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 17/07/2014 Minsmere 133 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 134 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 04/08/2020 Alton Water 135 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 08/05/1987 Minsmere 136 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 02/05/2005 Lakenheath 137 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 138 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 29/06/2019 Minsmere 139 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 20/11/2016 River Stour On Suffolk & Essex sides of the river 140 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 141 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 142 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 143 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 144 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 145 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 09/01/2006 Lowestoft 146 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 147 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 08/12/1999 Aldborough 148 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 149 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 150 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 151 Common Gull Larus canus 152 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 153 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 154 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 155 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 156 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 157 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 158 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 159 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 160 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 161 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 162 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 163 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 164 Razorbill Alca torda 165 Little Auk Alle alle 166 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 167 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 168 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 169 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 170 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 28/09/2020 Southwold 171 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 172 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 173 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 174 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 175 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 06/08/1990 Iken 176 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 177 Gannet Morus bassanus 178 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 179 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 180 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 24/02/2012 Minsmere 181 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 182 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 183 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 13/04/2018 Carlton marshes 184 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 21/05/2015 Lakenheath 185 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 186 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 187 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/09/2001 Blythburgh 188 Great White Egret Ardea alba 189 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 190 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 191 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 192 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 27/07/2016 Walberswick 193 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 194 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 195 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 196 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 197 Red Kite Milvus milvus 198 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 199 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 200 Buzzard Buteo buteo 201 Barn Owl Tyto alba 202 Little Owl Athene noctua 203 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 204 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 205 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 24/10/2001 Landguard 206 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 207 Hoopoe Upupa epops 208 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 09/09/1991 Aldeburgh 209 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 210 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 14/07/1988 Reydon 211 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 212 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 213 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 214 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 215 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 31/03/2010 Westleton 216 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 217 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 218 Merlin Falco columbarius 219 Hobby Falco subbuteo 220 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 221 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 222 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 13/10/1995 Thorpeness 223 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 224 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 225 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 11/09/1989 Lound 226 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 227 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 228 Jay Garrulus glandarius 229 Magpie Pica pica 230 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 04/11/1985 Westleton 231 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 232 Rook Corvus frugilegus 233 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 234 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 235 Raven Corvus corax 31/08/2018 236 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 237 Coal Tit Periparus ater 238 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 239 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 240 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 241 Great Tit Parus major 242 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 19/04/1989 Minsmere 243 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 244 Woodlark Lullula arborea 245 Skylark Alauda arvensis 246 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 02/10/1996 Landguard 247 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 248 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 249 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 250 Swallow Hirundo rustica 251 House Martin Delichon urbicum 252 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 11/11/2022 Walberswick 3 253 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 05/11/2016 Minsmere 254 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 255 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 256 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 257 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 02/10/1996 Landguard 258 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 17/11/2011 Lowestoft 259 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 260 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 261 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 262 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 263 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 264 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 265 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 22/04/2019 Lowestoft 266 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 13/10/2019 Orford 267 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 268 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 30/08/2023 Landguard 269 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 270 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 271 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 272 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 273 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 04/09/1996 Gorleston 274 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 12/08/1995 Benacre 275 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 276 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 277 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 28/05/1984 Minsmere 278 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 279 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 280 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 281 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 282 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 283 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 29/05/2008 Landguard 284 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 26/09/1986 Landguard 285 Whitethroat Curruca communis 286 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 28/04/1997 Landguard 287 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 288 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 289 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 290 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 291 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 292 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 293 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 30/03/2011 Landguard 294 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 31/07/2001 Carlton Colville 295 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 296 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 297 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 298 Redwing Turdus iliacus 299 Blackbird Turdus merula 300 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 301 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 302 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 303 Robin Erithacus rubecula 304 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 30/08/1995 Landguard 305 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 306 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 307 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 308 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 309 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 19/10/2009 Minsmere 310 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 311 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 312 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 313 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 06/10/2016 Landgaurd 314 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 02/12/2019 Hollesley 315 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 316 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 317 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 21/09/2001 Landguard 318 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 21/10/1987 Landguard 319 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 26/10/1994 Fagbury 320 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 321 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 322 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 07/09/2012 Landguard 323 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 324 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 18/03/2002 Eastbridge 325 Dunnock Prunella modularis 326 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 327 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 18/11/2019 Walberswick 328 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 11/09/2017 Minsmere 329 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 330 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 331 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 03/11/2010 Covehithe 332 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 05/11/1994 Landguard 333 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 334 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 335 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 336 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 24/10/2012 Corton 337 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 27/09/2017 Landguard 338 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 339 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 340 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 341 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 342 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 343 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 344 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 21/05/2005 Landguard 345 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 346 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 347 Twite Linaria flavirostris 348 Linnet Linaria cannabina 349 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 350 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 351 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Both exilipes and hornemanni 352 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 25/11/2013 Tunstall 353 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 354 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 355 Serin Serinus serinus 356 Siskin Spinus spinus 357 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 358 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 359 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 360 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 361 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 28/10/1995 Hopton 362 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 363 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 364 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 06/09/1993 Fagbury 365 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 366 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 01/06/1992 Fagbury