Tony Barter: West Midlands Combined Counties (WMBC) Life List BOU, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 265 of 265 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 31 96.88 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 29 90.63 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 31 96.88 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 8 25.00 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 30 93.75 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 24 75.00 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 29 90.63 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 31 96.88 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 27 84.38 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 31 96.88 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 30 93.75 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 31 96.88 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 30 93.75 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 30 93.75 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 17 53.13 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 31 96.88 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 31 96.88 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 31 96.88 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23 71.88 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 31 96.88 21 Pintail Anas acuta 30 93.75 22 Teal Anas crecca 31 96.88 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 84.38 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30 93.75 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 31 96.88 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 29 90.63 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27 84.38 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 96.88 29 Scaup Aythya marila 30 93.75 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 27 84.38 31 Eider Somateria mollissima 15 46.88 32 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 15 46.88 33 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 23 71.88 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 96.88 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 93.75 36 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 18 56.25 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 96.88 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 30 93.75 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 31 96.88 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29 90.63 41 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 28 87.50 42 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 23 71.88 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 31 96.88 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 96.88 45 Quail Coturnix coturnix 26 81.25 46 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 31 96.88 47 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 27 84.38 48 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 12 37.50 49 Swift Apus apus 30 93.75 50 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 29 90.63 51 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 25 78.13 52 Stock Dove Columba oenas 30 93.75 53 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 31 96.88 54 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 25 78.13 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 30 93.75 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30 93.75 57 Corncrake Crex crex 12 37.50 58 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 23 71.88 59 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 31 96.88 60 Coot Fulica atra 31 96.88 61 Crane Grus grus 23 71.88 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 31 96.88 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 27 84.38 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 31 96.88 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 29 90.63 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 31 96.88 67 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 31 96.88 68 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 31 96.88 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25 78.13 70 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 30 93.75 71 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 18 56.25 72 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 21 65.63 73 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 31 96.88 74 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 31 96.88 75 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 31 96.88 76 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus 13 40.63 77 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29 90.63 78 Curlew Numenius arquata 30 93.75 79 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 28 87.50 80 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 31 96.88 81 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 28 87.50 82 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 30 93.75 83 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 30 93.75 84 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 28 87.50 85 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 26 81.25 86 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 31 96.88 87 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 27 84.38 88 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 30 93.75 89 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 30 93.75 90 Redshank Tringa totanus 31 96.88 91 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 25 78.13 92 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29 90.63 93 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 30 93.75 94 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 27 84.38 95 Knot Calidris canutus 26 81.25 96 Ruff Calidris pugnax 30 93.75 97 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30 93.75 98 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 28 87.50 99 Sanderling Calidris alba 28 87.50 100 Dunlin Calidris alpina 31 96.88 101 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 23 71.88 102 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 21 65.63 103 Little Stint Calidris minuta 28 87.50 104 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 19 59.38 105 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 19 59.38 106 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 28 87.50 107 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 24 75.00 108 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 19 59.38 109 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 15 46.88 110 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 30 93.75 111 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 25 78.13 112 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 28 87.50 113 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 30 93.75 114 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 24 75.00 115 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 30 93.75 116 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 27 84.38 117 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 23 71.88 118 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 21 65.63 119 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 30 93.75 120 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 22 68.75 121 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30 93.75 122 Common Gull Larus canus 30 93.75 123 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 28 87.50 124 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 30 93.75 125 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 29 90.63 126 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 30 93.75 127 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 28 87.50 128 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 30 93.75 129 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 30 93.75 130 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 26 81.25 131 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 10 31.25 132 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 27 84.38 133 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 28 87.50 134 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 31 96.88 135 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14 43.75 136 Gannet Morus bassanus 17 53.13 137 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 31 96.88 138 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 26 81.25 139 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 26 81.25 140 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 24 75.00 141 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 29 90.63 142 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 16 50.00 143 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 26 81.25 144 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 31 96.88 145 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 29 90.63 146 Great White Egret Ardea alba 30 93.75 147 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 31 96.88 148 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 31 96.88 149 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 31 96.88 150 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 24 75.00 151 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 24 75.00 152 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 26 81.25 153 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 15 46.88 154 Red Kite Milvus milvus 30 93.75 155 Buzzard Buteo buteo 32 100.00 156 Barn Owl Tyto alba 30 93.75 157 Little Owl Athene noctua 29 90.63 158 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 28 87.50 159 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 28 87.50 160 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 29 90.63 161 Hoopoe Upupa epops 28 87.50 162 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 30 93.75 163 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 5 15.63 164 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 22 68.75 165 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 26 81.25 166 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 30 93.75 167 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 30 93.75 168 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 31 96.88 169 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 21 65.63 170 Merlin Falco columbarius 27 84.38 171 Hobby Falco subbuteo 31 96.88 172 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 31 96.88 173 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 28 87.50 174 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 29 90.63 175 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 19 59.38 176 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 27 84.38 177 Jay Garrulus glandarius 30 93.75 178 Magpie Pica pica 30 93.75 179 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 31 96.88 180 Rook Corvus frugilegus 30 93.75 181 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 31 96.88 182 Raven Corvus corax 30 93.75 183 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 30 93.75 184 Coal Tit Periparus ater 30 93.75 185 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 29 90.63 186 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 29 90.63 187 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 30 93.75 188 Great Tit Parus major 30 93.75 189 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 21 65.63 190 Woodlark Lullula arborea 23 71.88 191 Skylark Alauda arvensis 30 93.75 192 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 23 71.88 193 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30 93.75 194 Swallow Hirundo rustica 30 93.75 195 House Martin Delichon urbicum 30 93.75 196 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 15 46.88 197 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 29 90.63 198 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 30 93.75 199 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29 90.63 200 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei 21 65.63 201 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 26 81.25 202 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 20 62.50 203 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30 93.75 204 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 30 93.75 205 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 18 56.25 206 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 30 93.75 207 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 24 75.00 208 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 29 90.63 209 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 25 78.13 210 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 14 43.75 211 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 29 90.63 212 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 30 93.75 213 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29 90.63 214 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 28 87.50 215 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30 93.75 216 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 23 71.88 217 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 28 87.50 218 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 30 93.75 219 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 30 93.75 220 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 30 93.75 221 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 30 93.75 222 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 30 93.75 223 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 30 93.75 224 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 30 93.75 225 Redwing Turdus iliacus 30 93.75 226 Blackbird Turdus merula 30 93.75 227 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 30 93.75 228 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 27 84.38 229 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 30 93.75 230 Robin Erithacus rubecula 30 93.75 231 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 22 68.75 232 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 29 90.63 233 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29 90.63 234 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 30 93.75 235 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28 87.50 236 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 30 93.75 237 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30 93.75 238 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 29 90.63 239 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 30 93.75 240 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 30 93.75 241 Dunnock Prunella modularis 30 93.75 242 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 30 93.75 243 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 30 93.75 244 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 30 93.75 245 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 11 34.38 246 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 30 93.75 247 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 28 87.50 248 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 28 87.50 249 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 23 71.88 250 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 30 93.75 251 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30 93.75 252 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 29 90.63 253 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 30 93.75 254 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 30 93.75 255 Twite Linaria flavirostris 13 40.63 256 Linnet Linaria cannabina 30 93.75 257 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 25 78.13 258 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 29 90.63 259 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 29 90.63 260 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 30 93.75 261 Siskin Spinus spinus 30 93.75 262 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 23 71.88 263 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 30 93.75 264 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 30 93.75 265 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 30 93.75