Sam Goddard: Britain Life List BOU, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 281 of 281 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 1958 83.50 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2157 91.98 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 1948 83.07 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 2110 89.98 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 1894 80.77 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 1786 76.16 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 2176 92.79 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 1771 75.52 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 1929 82.26 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 1945 82.94 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 2103 89.68 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 1917 81.75 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa 784 33.43 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 1797 76.63 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 2072 88.36 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 2050 87.42 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 2085 88.91 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 1331 56.76 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 2147 91.56 20 Pintail Anas acuta 1977 84.31 21 Teal Anas crecca 2092 89.21 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 1674 71.39 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 2049 87.38 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 1513 64.52 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 2099 89.51 26 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 1030 43.92 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 1891 80.64 28 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 1225 52.24 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 1558 66.44 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 1825 77.83 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 1733 73.90 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 1978 84.35 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 1744 74.37 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 1965 83.80 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 1868 79.66 36 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 1531 65.29 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 1714 73.09 38 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 989 42.17 39 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 1393 59.40 40 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 1826 77.87 41 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 2119 90.36 42 Quail Coturnix coturnix 1208 51.51 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 1956 83.41 44 Swift Apus apus 2039 86.95 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 1914 81.62 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 1881 80.21 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 1952 83.24 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 2100 89.55 49 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 1618 69.00 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 2067 88.14 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 1895 80.81 52 Corncrake Crex crex 1012 43.16 53 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 2107 89.85 54 Coot Fulica atra 2103 89.68 55 Crane Grus grus 1619 69.04 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 2050 87.42 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 1563 66.65 58 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 2075 88.49 59 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 1713 73.05 60 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 1705 72.71 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 2074 88.44 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 1421 60.60 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 1968 83.92 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1849 78.85 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 1925 82.09 66 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 818 34.88 67 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1375 58.64 68 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1973 84.14 69 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 1861 79.36 70 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 2077 88.57 71 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus 326 13.90 72 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus 897 38.25 73 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1826 77.87 74 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus 415 17.70 75 Curlew Numenius arquata 2043 87.12 76 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 1878 80.09 77 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 1977 84.31 78 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 1648 70.28 79 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1765 75.27 80 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 1996 85.12 81 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1439 61.36 82 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1910 81.45 83 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1819 77.57 84 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1643 70.06 85 Redshank Tringa totanus 2039 86.95 86 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 1302 55.52 87 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 1779 75.86 88 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1894 80.77 89 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1960 83.58 90 Knot Calidris canutus 1855 79.10 91 Ruff Calidris pugnax 1886 80.43 92 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 1688 71.98 93 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 1157 49.34 94 Sanderling Calidris alba 1874 79.91 95 Dunlin Calidris alpina 1984 84.61 96 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 1713 73.05 97 Little Stint Calidris minuta 1699 72.45 98 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 640 27.29 99 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 852 36.33 100 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 1709 72.88 101 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 1583 67.51 102 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 1756 74.88 103 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 1966 83.84 104 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 1310 55.86 105 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 1863 79.45 106 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 1723 73.48 107 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 1897 80.90 108 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 1205 51.39 109 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 2068 88.19 110 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 1832 78.12 111 Common Gull Larus canus 1985 84.65 112 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 1274 54.33 113 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 2076 88.53 114 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 1553 66.23 115 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 1993 84.99 116 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 1452 61.92 117 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 2013 85.84 118 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 1472 62.77 119 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 1596 68.06 120 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1255 53.52 121 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 1588 67.72 122 Puffin Fratercula arctica 1847 78.76 123 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 1602 68.32 124 Razorbill Alca torda 1894 80.77 125 Little Auk Alle alle 1145 48.83 126 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 1919 81.83 127 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 1764 75.22 128 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 1630 69.51 129 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 1775 75.69 130 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 517 22.05 131 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 1285 54.80 132 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 1916 81.71 133 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 871 37.14 134 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 73 3.11 135 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 1295 55.22 136 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 853 36.38 137 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 1695 72.28 138 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1120 47.76 139 Gannet Morus bassanus 1979 84.39 140 Red-footed Booby Sula sula 181 7.72 141 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 2100 89.55 142 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 1945 82.94 143 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 1573 67.08 144 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 1819 77.57 145 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 1823 77.74 146 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1155 49.25 147 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 2062 87.93 148 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1632 69.59 149 Great White Egret Ardea alba 1808 77.10 150 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 2094 89.30 151 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 1190 50.75 152 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1874 79.91 153 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 1271 54.20 154 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 1499 63.92 155 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 2038 86.91 156 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 1558 66.44 157 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 1976 84.26 158 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 1808 77.10 159 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 994 42.39 160 Red Kite Milvus milvus 2029 86.52 161 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 1424 60.72 162 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 1295 55.22 163 Buzzard Buteo buteo 2084 88.87 164 Barn Owl Tyto alba 1951 83.20 165 Little Owl Athene noctua 1794 76.50 166 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 1514 64.56 167 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 1797 76.63 168 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 1901 81.07 169 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 2031 86.61 170 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 1136 48.44 171 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 1379 58.81 172 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 1462 62.35 173 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 2043 87.12 174 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 1978 84.35 175 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 2076 88.53 176 Merlin Falco columbarius 1751 74.67 177 Hobby Falco subbuteo 1852 78.98 178 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 2005 85.50 179 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 1789 76.29 180 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 691 29.47 181 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 1545 65.88 182 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1136 48.44 183 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1437 61.28 184 Jay Garrulus glandarius 2047 87.29 185 Magpie Pica pica 2088 89.04 186 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 1641 69.98 187 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 2068 88.19 188 Rook Corvus frugilegus 2038 86.91 189 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 2078 88.61 190 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 1701 72.54 191 Raven Corvus corax 1955 83.37 192 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 1782 75.99 193 Coal Tit Periparus ater 2037 86.87 194 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 1294 55.18 195 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 1812 77.27 196 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 1630 69.51 197 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 2098 89.47 198 Great Tit Parus major 2087 89.00 199 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 1755 74.84 200 Woodlark Lullula arborea 1504 64.14 201 Skylark Alauda arvensis 1999 85.25 202 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 1450 61.83 203 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 1970 84.01 204 Swallow Hirundo rustica 2031 86.61 205 House Martin Delichon urbicum 2007 85.59 206 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 1797 76.63 207 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 2064 88.02 208 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1585 67.59 209 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 1485 63.33 210 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 1920 81.88 211 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 2015 85.93 212 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus 435 18.55 213 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 766 32.67 214 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 1900 81.02 215 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 1902 81.11 216 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis 671 28.61 217 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 1628 69.42 218 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 1999 85.25 219 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 1755 74.84 220 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 1723 73.48 221 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae 485 20.68 222 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans 442 18.85 223 Whitethroat Curruca communis 1939 82.69 224 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 1661 70.83 225 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 2002 85.37 226 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 2059 87.80 227 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 2016 85.97 228 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 1997 85.16 229 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 1247 53.18 230 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 2082 88.78 231 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 2043 87.12 232 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 1978 84.35 233 Redwing Turdus iliacus 2003 85.42 234 Blackbird Turdus merula 2086 88.96 235 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 1990 84.86 236 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 1679 71.60 237 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1814 77.36 238 Robin Erithacus rubecula 2094 89.30 239 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 1141 48.66 240 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 1167 49.77 241 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla 360 15.35 242 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 1697 72.37 243 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 1078 45.97 244 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 1680 71.64 245 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1799 76.72 246 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 1783 76.03 247 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 1978 84.35 248 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 1940 82.73 249 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 1873 79.87 250 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 1868 79.66 251 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 2067 88.14 252 Dunnock Prunella modularis 2061 87.89 253 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1817 77.48 254 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 1994 85.03 255 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 2064 88.02 256 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 1099 46.87 257 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 1973 84.14 258 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 1701 72.54 259 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 1560 66.52 260 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 1872 79.83 261 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 2069 88.23 262 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 1842 78.55 263 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 1631 69.55 264 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 1994 85.03 265 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 2052 87.51 266 Twite Linaria flavirostris 1606 68.49 267 Linnet Linaria cannabina 1986 84.69 268 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 1747 74.50 269 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 877 37.40 270 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 1673 71.34 271 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 2078 88.61 272 Serin Serinus serinus 923 39.36 273 Siskin Spinus spinus 1966 83.84 274 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 1321 56.33 275 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 1686 71.90 276 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 1687 71.94 277 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 1931 82.35 278 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 1194 50.92 279 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 1139 48.57 280 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 1985 84.65 281 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 614 26.18