Angus Wilkinson: Malta Life List BirdLife Malta, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 111 of 111 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 52.17 2 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  17 73.91 3 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 12 52.17 4 Little Grebe Tachybaptus  ruficollis   15 65.22 5 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 13 56.52 6 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis   15 65.22 7 Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris borealis/diomedea 5 21.74 8 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan   15 65.22 9 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus   12 52.17 10 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo   13 56.52 11 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus   12 52.17 12 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax   14 60.87 13 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides   15 65.22 14 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis   15 65.22 15 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 20 86.96 16 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  17 73.91 17 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea  16 69.57 18 White Stork Ciconia ciconia  14 60.87 19 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus  13 56.52 20 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 13 56.52 21 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 16 69.57 22 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 18 78.26 23 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus  20 86.96 24 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus  16 69.57 25 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni  17 73.91 26 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus  20 86.96 27 Hobby Falco subbuteo 16 69.57 28 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae  16 69.57 29 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 14 60.87 30 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus  13 56.52 31 Little Crake Porzana parva  14 60.87 32 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus  17 73.91 33 Common Coot Fulica atra  14 60.87 34 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  18 78.26 35 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta  13 56.52 36 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18 78.26 37 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14 60.87 38 Little Stint Calidris minuta  16 69.57 39 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii  14 60.87 40 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea  14 60.87 41 Dunlin Calidris alpina 14 60.87 42 Ruff Philomachus pugnax  18 78.26 43 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago  13 56.52 44 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 14 60.87 45 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus  16 69.57 46 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola  19 82.61 47 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos  20 86.96 48 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanochephalus  15 65.22 49 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus  16 69.57 50 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei  14 60.87 51 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii  12 52.17 52 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 14 60.87 53 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 21 91.30 54 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis  16 69.57 55 Rock Dove Columba livia  7 30.43 56 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto  17 73.91 57 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur  18 78.26 58 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus  14 60.87 59 Alpine Swift Apus melba  16 69.57 60 Common Swift Apus apus  19 82.61 61 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus  16 69.57 62 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  15 65.22 63 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster  19 82.61 64 Hoopoe Upupa epops  17 73.91 65 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 15 65.22 66 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla  18 78.26 67 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis  14 60.87 68 Sand Martin Riparia riparia  18 78.26 69 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  21 91.30 70 House Martin Delichon urbicum 20 86.96 71 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis  15 65.22 72 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis  15 65.22 73 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava  19 82.61 74 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis 10 43.48 75 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  14 60.87 76 White Wagtail Motacilla alba  16 69.57 77 Dunnock Prunella modularis  12 52.17 78 Robin Erithacus rubecula  16 69.57 79 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros  14 60.87 80 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus  16 69.57 81 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 18 78.26 82 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 14 60.87 83 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe  16 69.57 84 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarus 21 91.30 85 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos  13 56.52 86 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti  19 82.61 87 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis  19 82.61 88 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus  15 65.22 89 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus  13 56.52 90 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 15 65.22 91 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina  15 65.22 92 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 16 69.57 93 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin  14 60.87 94 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis  16 69.57 95 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata  18 78.26 96 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans  17 73.91 97 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala  21 91.30 98 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix  18 78.26 99 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita  16 69.57 100 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus  15 65.22 101 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 14 60.87 102 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata  18 78.26 103 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis  19 82.61 104 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus  17 73.91 105 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris  13 56.52 106 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis  22 95.65 107 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus  15 65.22 108 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs  14 60.87 109 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 9 39.13 110 Siskin Carduelis spinus 12 52.17 111 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea  9 39.13