Terence Baker: Britain Life List BOU, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 332 of 332 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 1960 83.51 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 1138 48.49 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2158 91.95 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 1950 83.08 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 2111 89.94 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 1895 80.74 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 1115 47.51 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 1788 76.18 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 2177 92.76 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 1772 75.50 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 1930 82.23 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 1946 82.91 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 2105 89.69 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 1917 81.68 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 1800 76.69 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 991 42.22 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 2073 88.33 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 2051 87.39 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 2086 88.88 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 1332 56.75 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 2148 91.52 22 Pintail Anas acuta 1978 84.28 23 Teal Anas crecca 2093 89.18 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 1428 60.84 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 1675 71.37 26 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 564 24.03 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 2050 87.35 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 1274 54.28 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 1515 64.55 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 2100 89.48 31 Scaup Aythya marila 1772 75.50 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 1253 53.39 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 1892 80.61 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 1559 66.43 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 1826 77.80 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 1734 73.88 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 1979 84.32 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 1745 74.35 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 1966 83.77 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 1869 79.63 41 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 1532 65.27 42 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 1715 73.07 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 1827 77.84 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 2120 90.33 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 1957 83.38 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 1600 68.17 47 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 965 41.12 48 Swift Apus apus 2040 86.92 49 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 1916 81.64 50 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 1882 80.19 51 Stock Dove Columba oenas 1953 83.21 52 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 2101 89.52 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 1620 69.02 54 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis 539 22.97 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 2068 88.11 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 1897 80.83 57 Corncrake Crex crex 1013 43.16 58 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 1282 54.62 59 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 2108 89.82 60 Coot Fulica atra 2104 89.65 61 Crane Grus grus 1621 69.07 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 2051 87.39 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 1564 66.64 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 2076 88.45 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 1714 73.03 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 1706 72.69 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 1467 62.51 68 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 2075 88.41 69 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 1423 60.63 70 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 1969 83.89 71 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1850 78.82 72 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 1926 82.06 73 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 819 34.90 74 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1090 46.44 75 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1378 58.71 76 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1974 84.11 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 1862 79.34 78 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 2078 88.54 79 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus 898 38.26 80 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 976 41.59 81 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1830 77.97 82 Curlew Numenius arquata 2044 87.09 83 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 1879 80.06 84 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 1978 84.28 85 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 1313 55.94 86 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 1649 70.26 87 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1766 75.24 88 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 1997 85.09 89 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 337 14.36 90 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 960 40.90 91 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1440 61.35 92 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1388 59.14 93 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1911 81.42 94 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 1043 44.44 95 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1820 77.55 96 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 826 35.19 97 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1645 70.09 98 Redshank Tringa totanus 2040 86.92 99 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 1304 55.56 100 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 1780 75.84 101 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1895 80.74 102 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1961 83.55 103 Knot Calidris canutus 1856 79.08 104 Ruff Calidris pugnax 1887 80.40 105 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 1690 72.01 106 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 1358 57.86 107 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 1158 49.34 108 Sanderling Calidris alba 1875 79.89 109 Dunlin Calidris alpina 1985 84.58 110 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 1714 73.03 111 Little Stint Calidris minuta 1701 72.48 112 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 1168 49.77 113 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 1494 63.66 114 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 641 27.31 115 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 1710 72.86 116 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 738 31.44 117 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 864 36.81 118 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 1584 67.49 119 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 1140 48.57 120 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 1758 74.90 121 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 1967 83.81 122 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 1311 55.86 123 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 1864 79.42 124 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 1724 73.46 125 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 1899 80.91 126 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 1206 51.38 127 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1085 46.23 128 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 2069 88.16 129 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 1833 78.10 130 Common Gull Larus canus 1986 84.62 131 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 1275 54.32 132 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 2077 88.50 133 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 1554 66.21 134 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 1995 85.00 135 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 1453 61.91 136 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 2014 85.81 137 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 1473 62.76 138 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 1083 46.14 139 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 1597 68.04 140 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1257 53.56 141 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 1590 67.75 142 Puffin Fratercula arctica 1848 78.74 143 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 1603 68.30 144 Razorbill Alca torda 1895 80.74 145 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 1920 81.81 146 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 1765 75.20 147 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 1631 69.49 148 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 1776 75.67 149 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 518 22.07 150 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris 798 34.00 151 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 1286 54.79 152 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 1918 81.72 153 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 872 37.15 154 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 1296 55.22 155 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 854 36.39 156 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 1696 72.26 157 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1121 47.76 158 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 714 30.42 159 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 1048 44.65 160 Gannet Morus bassanus 1980 84.36 161 Red-footed Booby Sula sula 182 7.75 162 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 2101 89.52 163 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 1946 82.91 164 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 1574 67.06 165 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 1820 77.55 166 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 1825 77.76 167 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 525 22.37 168 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1157 49.30 169 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 2063 87.90 170 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 917 39.07 171 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1633 69.58 172 Great White Egret Ardea alba 1809 77.08 173 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 2095 89.26 174 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 1194 50.87 175 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1875 79.89 176 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 1272 54.20 177 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 1501 63.95 178 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 2040 86.92 179 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 1559 66.43 180 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 1977 84.24 181 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 1809 77.08 182 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 995 42.39 183 Red Kite Milvus milvus 2030 86.49 184 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 1428 60.84 185 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 1295 55.18 186 Buzzard Buteo buteo 2085 88.84 187 Barn Owl Tyto alba 1952 83.17 188 Little Owl Athene noctua 1795 76.48 189 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 1515 64.55 190 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 1799 76.65 191 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 1902 81.04 192 Hoopoe Upupa epops 1341 57.14 193 Roller Coracias garrulus 832 35.45 194 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 2032 86.58 195 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 1139 48.53 196 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 1381 58.84 197 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 1463 62.33 198 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 2044 87.09 199 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 1979 84.32 200 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 2077 88.50 201 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 1222 52.07 202 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 340 14.49 203 Merlin Falco columbarius 1752 74.65 204 Hobby Falco subbuteo 1856 79.08 205 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 2007 85.51 206 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 1790 76.27 207 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 1546 65.87 208 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 518 22.07 209 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1137 48.44 210 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1439 61.31 211 Jay Garrulus glandarius 2048 87.26 212 Magpie Pica pica 2089 89.01 213 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 1643 70.00 214 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 2069 88.16 215 Rook Corvus frugilegus 2039 86.88 216 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 2079 88.58 217 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 1703 72.56 218 Raven Corvus corax 1956 83.34 219 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 1784 76.01 220 Coal Tit Periparus ater 2038 86.83 221 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 1813 77.25 222 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 1631 69.49 223 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 2099 89.43 224 Great Tit Parus major 2088 88.96 225 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 993 42.31 226 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 1757 74.86 227 Woodlark Lullula arborea 1507 64.21 228 Skylark Alauda arvensis 2000 85.22 229 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 1451 61.82 230 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 1972 84.02 231 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 465 19.81 232 Swallow Hirundo rustica 2032 86.58 233 House Martin Delichon urbicum 2008 85.56 234 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 942 40.14 235 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 1800 76.69 236 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 2065 87.98 237 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1587 67.62 238 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei 939 40.01 239 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 1486 63.31 240 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 1185 50.49 241 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 829 35.32 242 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 1058 45.08 243 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 1921 81.85 244 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 2016 85.90 245 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus 864 36.81 246 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 767 32.68 247 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 1012 43.12 248 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 1903 81.08 249 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 1903 81.08 250 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 1075 45.80 251 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata 646 27.52 252 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 873 37.20 253 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 939 40.01 254 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 1632 69.54 255 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 2000 85.22 256 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 1761 75.03 257 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1209 51.51 258 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 1725 73.50 259 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina 184 7.84 260 Whitethroat Curruca communis 1942 82.74 261 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 1544 65.79 262 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 1664 70.90 263 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2003 85.34 264 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 2060 87.77 265 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 2017 85.94 266 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 1998 85.13 267 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 1249 53.22 268 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 2083 88.75 269 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 410 17.47 270 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 2044 87.09 271 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 1979 84.32 272 Redwing Turdus iliacus 2004 85.39 273 Blackbird Turdus merula 2087 88.92 274 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 1991 84.83 275 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 1680 71.58 276 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis 871 37.11 277 American Robin Turdus migratorius 732 31.19 278 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1815 77.33 279 Robin Erithacus rubecula 2095 89.26 280 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 1475 62.85 281 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 1145 48.79 282 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 1169 49.81 283 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 1699 72.39 284 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 1079 45.97 285 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 1682 71.67 286 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1800 76.69 287 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 1785 76.05 288 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus 783 33.36 289 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 1979 84.32 290 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 1942 82.74 291 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 801 34.13 292 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 1874 79.85 293 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 1869 79.63 294 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 2068 88.11 295 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 421 17.94 296 Dunnock Prunella modularis 2062 87.86 297 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1818 77.46 298 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis 595 25.35 299 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 1996 85.04 300 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 2065 87.98 301 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 1100 46.87 302 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 1974 84.11 303 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 1702 72.52 304 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 859 36.60 305 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens 650 27.69 306 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 1561 66.51 307 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 1873 79.80 308 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 2070 88.20 309 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 1843 78.53 310 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 1632 69.54 311 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 1995 85.00 312 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 1010 43.03 313 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 2053 87.47 314 Twite Linaria flavirostris 1608 68.51 315 Linnet Linaria cannabina 1987 84.66 316 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 1385 59.01 317 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 1748 74.48 318 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 1674 71.33 319 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 2079 88.58 320 Serin Serinus serinus 924 39.37 321 Siskin Spinus spinus 1967 83.81 322 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 1322 56.33 323 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 1687 71.88 324 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 1689 71.96 325 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 1932 82.32 326 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 772 32.89 327 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 1140 48.57 328 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 778 33.15 329 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 1986 84.62 330 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 600 25.56 331 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 505 21.52 332 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca 205 8.73