Julian Thomas: Isles of Scilly Life List BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 373 of 373 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 81 75 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 0 0 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 1 0 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 61 57 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 2 1 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 7 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 43 40 10 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 6 5 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 0 0 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 37 34 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 60 56 16 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23 21 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 55 51 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 3 2 20 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 21 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 22 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 1 0 23 Scaup Aythya marila 56 52 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 6 5 25 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 26 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 0 0 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 49 45 28 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 40 37 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 7 6 31 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 32 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25 23 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 2 1 35 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 6 5 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 58 54 38 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 13 12 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 0 0 40 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 0 0 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 3 2 42 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 1 0 43 Quail Coturnix coturnix 22 20 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 7 6 45 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 46 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 47 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 6 5 48 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 16 14 49 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 0 0 50 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 6 5 51 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 52 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 0 0 53 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 54 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 2 1 55 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 56 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 16 14 57 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 58 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 0 0 59 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 60 Corncrake Crex crex 50 46 61 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 68 63 62 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 63 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 64 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 65 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 66 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 67 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 5 4 68 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 69 Crane Grus grus 9 8 70 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 2 1 71 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 33 30 72 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 42 39 73 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 13 12 74 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 3 2 75 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 4 3 76 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 1 0 77 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 7 6 78 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 5 4 79 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 80 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 28 26 81 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 82 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 83 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 84 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 85 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 86 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 0 0 87 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 28 26 88 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 89 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 89 83 90 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 91 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 22 20 92 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 1 0 93 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 1 0 94 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 6 5 95 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 2 1 96 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 97 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 2 1 98 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 60 56 99 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 56 52 100 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 1 0 101 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 102 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 103 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 0 104 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 105 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 9 8 106 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 107 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 108 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 35 32 109 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 43 40 110 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 89 83 111 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 112 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 1 0 113 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 114 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 1 0 115 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 116 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 117 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 118 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 12 11 119 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 120 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 0 0 121 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 11 10 122 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 123 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 35 32 124 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 125 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 84 78 126 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 127 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 128 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 2 1 129 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 36 33 130 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 131 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 132 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 60 56 133 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 134 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 6 5 135 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 6 5 136 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 137 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 138 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 12 11 139 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 10 9 140 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 141 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 64 59 142 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 2 1 143 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 144 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 145 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 30 28 146 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 65 60 147 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 6 5 148 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 149 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 150 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 1 0 151 Little Auk Alle alle 12 11 152 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 153 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 154 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 1 0 155 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 22 20 156 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 157 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 0 0 158 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 159 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 1 0 160 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 161 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 38 35 162 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 2 1 163 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 2 1 164 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 1 0 165 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 6 5 166 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 167 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 2 1 168 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 169 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 0 0 170 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 171 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 2 1 172 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 173 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 87 81 174 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 2 1 175 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 176 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 12 11 177 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 178 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 9 8 179 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 180 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 73 68 181 Great White Egret Ardea alba 55 51 182 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 46 42 183 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 184 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 73 68 185 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 186 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 2 1 187 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 35 32 188 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 0 0 189 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 190 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 4 3 191 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 37 34 192 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 18 16 193 Red Kite Milvus milvus 32 29 194 Black Kite Milvus migrans 28 26 195 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 0 0 196 Buzzard Buteo buteo 78 72 197 Barn Owl Tyto alba 5 4 198 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 199 Little Owl Athene noctua 0 0 200 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 201 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 202 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 12 11 203 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 1 0 204 Hoopoe Upupa epops 54 50 205 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 206 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 1 0 207 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 208 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 37 34 209 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 1 0 210 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 0 0 211 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 0 0 212 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 213 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 12 11 214 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 215 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 216 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 2 1 217 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 0 0 218 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 219 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 220 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 221 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 9 8 222 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 223 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 33 30 224 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 4 3 225 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 226 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 1 0 227 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 28 26 228 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 229 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 230 Jay Garrulus glandarius 1 0 231 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 232 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 6 5 233 Rook Corvus frugilegus 44 41 234 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 70 65 235 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 13 12 236 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 30 28 237 Coal Tit Periparus ater 60 56 238 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 0 0 239 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 0 0 240 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 0 0 241 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 25 23 242 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 1 0 243 Woodlark Lullula arborea 58 54 244 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 245 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 246 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 2 1 247 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 248 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 8 7 249 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 3 2 250 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 62 57 251 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 13 12 252 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 2 1 253 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 254 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 5 4 255 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 256 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 5 4 257 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 10 9 258 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 55 51 259 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 260 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 6 5 261 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 31 28 262 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 38 35 263 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 27 25 264 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 50 46 265 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 19 17 266 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 13 12 267 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 47 43 268 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 3 2 269 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 1 0 270 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 0 0 271 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 272 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 35 32 273 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 274 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 3 2 275 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 276 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 277 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 8 7 278 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 50 46 279 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 280 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 12 11 281 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 15 14 282 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 283 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 30 28 284 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 285 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 0 0 286 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 287 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17 15 288 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 289 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 290 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 291 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 292 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 293 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 294 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 295 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 24 22 296 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 297 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 1 0 298 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 299 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 300 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 301 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 302 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 9 8 303 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 60 56 304 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 305 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 306 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 307 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 308 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 309 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 46 42 310 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 1 0 311 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 46 42 312 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 59 55 313 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 3 2 314 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 27 25 315 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 26 24 316 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 317 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 318 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 0 0 319 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 320 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 14 13 321 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 1 0 322 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 1 0 323 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 324 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 45 42 325 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 59 55 326 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 68 63 327 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 328 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 329 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 22 20 330 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 331 Twite Linaria flavirostris 3 2 332 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 18 16 333 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 3 2 334 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 0 0 335 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 71 66 336 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 337 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 338 Serin Serinus serinus 62 57 339 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 9 8 340 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 19 17 341 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 2 1 342 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 343 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 344 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 0 0 345 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 346 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 14 13 347 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 348 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 9 8 349 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 350 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 351 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 352 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 353 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 354 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 355 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 356 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 357 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 358 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 359 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 16 14 360 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 361 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 52 48 362 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 363 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 364 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 365 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 7 6 366 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 34 31 367 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 368 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 369 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 370 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 371 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 372 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 18 16 373 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 6 5