Matt Doyle: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 293 of 293 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 121 30 2 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 77 19 3 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 161 40 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 145 36 5 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 67 16 6 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 141 35 7 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 120 29 8 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 77 19 9 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 61 15 10 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 187 46 11 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 117 29 12 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 109 27 13 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 75 18 14 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 126 31 15 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 131 32 16 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 88 21 17 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 114 28 18 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 259 64 19 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 178 44 20 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 183 45 21 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 127 31 22 Quail Coturnix coturnix 214 53 23 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 76 18 24 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 25 Needle-tailed Swift Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 29 7 26 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 67 16 27 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 173 43 28 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 131 32 29 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 75 18 30 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 95 23 31 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 9 2 32 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 40 9 33 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 34 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 93 23 35 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 74 18 36 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 22 5 37 Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 110 27 38 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 47 11 39 Corncrake Crex crex 192 47 40 Sora Porzana carolina Yes 117 29 41 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 103 25 42 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 1 0 43 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 1 0 44 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 102 25 45 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 115 28 46 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 122 30 47 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 84 20 48 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 152 37 49 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 91 22 50 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 100 24 51 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 79 19 52 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 148 36 53 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 9 2 54 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 47 11 55 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 34 8 56 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 122 30 57 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 109 27 58 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 98 24 59 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 47 11 60 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 103 25 61 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 111 27 62 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 111 27 63 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 81 20 64 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 137 34 65 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 111 27 66 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 51 12 67 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 141 35 68 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 114 28 69 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 148 36 70 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 119 29 71 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 96 23 72 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 107 26 73 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 117 29 74 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 87 21 75 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 113 28 76 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 137 34 77 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 78 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 76 18 79 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 99 24 80 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 50 12 81 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 145 36 82 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 225 55 83 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 3 0 84 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 111 27 85 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 88 21 86 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 135 33 87 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 69 17 88 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 139 34 89 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 55 13 90 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 80 19 91 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 92 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 82 20 93 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 38 9 94 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 7 1 95 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 96 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 79 19 97 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 106 26 98 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 54 13 99 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 4 0 100 Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 101 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 30 7 102 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 6 1 103 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 13 3 104 Capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 105 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 25 6 106 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 37 9 107 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 108 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 141 35 109 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 110 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 111 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 53 13 112 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 98 24 113 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 93 23 114 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 116 28 115 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 16 3 116 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 47 11 117 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 64 15 118 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 122 30 119 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 29 7 120 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 55 13 121 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 79 19 122 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 45 11 123 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 32 7 124 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus Yes 0 0 125 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 106 26 126 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 89 22 127 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 165 41 128 Black Kite Milvus migrans 160 39 129 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 130 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 222 55 131 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 132 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 52 12 133 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 134 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 111 27 135 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 145 36 136 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 147 36 137 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 113 28 138 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 46 11 139 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 200 49 140 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 12 2 141 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 73 18 142 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 4 0 143 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 39 9 144 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 102 25 145 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 146 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 31 7 147 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 35 8 148 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 71 17 149 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 15 3 150 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 42 10 151 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 51 12 152 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 198 49 153 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 112 27 154 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 110 27 155 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 15 3 156 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 69 17 157 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 83 20 158 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 159 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 67 16 160 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 165 41 161 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 1 0 162 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 41 10 163 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 82 20 164 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 32 7 165 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 12 2 166 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 97 24 167 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 91 22 168 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 131 32 169 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 35 8 170 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 166 41 171 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 101 25 172 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 77 19 173 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 99 24 174 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 175 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 148 36 176 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 120 29 177 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 118 29 178 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 24 5 179 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 133 33 180 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 59 14 181 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 115 28 182 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 1 0 183 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 184 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 90 22 185 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 79 19 186 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 72 17 187 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 210 52 188 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 76 18 189 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 7 1 190 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 113 28 191 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 48 11 192 Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 50 12 193 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 94 23 194 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 110 27 195 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 97 24 196 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 197 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 65 16 198 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 17 4 199 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 89 22 200 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 201 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 45 11 202 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 2 0 203 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 104 25 204 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 73 18 205 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 109 27 206 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 66 16 207 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 96 23 208 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 62 15 209 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 67 16 210 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 160 39 211 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 43 10 212 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 108 26 213 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 60 14 214 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 142 35 215 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 65 16 216 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 76 18 217 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 114 28 218 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 205 50 219 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 50 12 220 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 3 0 221 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 4 0 222 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 93 23 223 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 107 26 224 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 177 44 225 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 226 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 117 29 227 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 111 27 228 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 87 21 229 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 69 17 230 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 57 14 231 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 9 2 232 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 233 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 113 28 234 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 100 24 235 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 107 26 236 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 111 27 237 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 126 31 238 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 91 22 239 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 145 36 240 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 241 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 48 11 242 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 85 21 243 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 189 47 244 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 183 45 245 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 148 36 246 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 165 41 247 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 152 37 248 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 51 12 249 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 121 30 250 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 251 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 159 39 252 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 56 13 253 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 20 4 254 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 41 10 255 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 161 40 256 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 76 18 257 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 20 4 258 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 113 28 259 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 54 13 260 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 78 19 261 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 1 0 262 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 34 8 263 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 264 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 129 32 265 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 134 33 266 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 33 8 267 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 55 13 268 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 2 0 269 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 100 24 270 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 99 24 271 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 25 6 272 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 6 1 273 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 27 6 274 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 61 15 275 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 28 6 276 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 92 22 277 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 32 7 278 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 98 24 279 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 280 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 62 15 281 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 41 10 282 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 74 18 283 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 29 7 284 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 53 13 285 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 51 12 286 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 287 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 109 27 288 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 118 29 289 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 38 9 290 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 291 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 54 13 292 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 81 20 293 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 40 9