David Beckerton: Wales Life List BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 352 of 352 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 46 67 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 38 55 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 8 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 55 80 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 2 2 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 34 50 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12 17 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 39 57 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 33 48 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 51 75 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 19 27 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 27 39 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 6 8 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 36 52 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 13 19 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 14 20 17 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 9 13 18 Pintail Anas acuta 51 75 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 36 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 19 27 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 58 85 22 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 7 10 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 33 48 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 62 91 25 Scaup Aythya marila 45 66 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 33 48 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 16 23 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 49 72 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 31 45 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 32 47 31 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 17 25 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 42 61 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 51 75 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 31 45 35 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 1 1 36 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 32 47 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 39 57 38 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 34 50 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 18 26 40 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 3 4 41 Quail Coturnix coturnix 12 17 42 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 36 52 43 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 38 55 45 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 46 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 7 10 47 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 1 1 48 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 49 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 50 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 14 20 51 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 52 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 52 76 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 25 36 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 49 72 55 Corncrake Crex crex 2 2 56 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 57 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 9 13 58 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 1 1 59 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 0 0 60 Crane Grus grus 10 14 61 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 11 16 62 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 22 32 63 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 46 67 64 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 34 50 65 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 6 8 66 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 11 16 67 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 39 57 68 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 4 5 69 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 19 27 70 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 26 38 71 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 4 5 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 45 66 73 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 88 74 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 75 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 76 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 9 13 77 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 78 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 54 79 79 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 3 4 80 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 3 4 81 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 54 79 82 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 55 80 83 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 26 38 84 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 34 50 85 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 35 51 86 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 87 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 6 8 88 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 34 50 89 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 16 23 90 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 5 7 91 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 11 16 92 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 43 63 93 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 94 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 95 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 27 39 96 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 16 23 97 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 44 64 98 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 56 82 99 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 100 Knot Calidris canutus 53 77 101 Ruff Calidris pugnax 47 69 102 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 13 19 103 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 5 7 104 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 3 4 105 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 43 63 106 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 12 17 107 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 23 33 108 Sanderling Calidris alba 53 77 109 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 47 69 110 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 18 26 111 Little Stint Calidris minuta 40 58 112 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 113 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 9 13 114 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 20 29 115 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 13 19 116 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 117 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 5 7 118 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 9 13 119 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 7 10 120 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 8 11 121 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 37 54 122 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 14 20 123 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 7 10 124 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 11 16 125 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 33 48 126 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 13 19 127 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 10 14 128 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 51 75 129 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 27 39 130 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 14 20 131 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 132 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 4 5 133 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 40 58 134 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 3 4 135 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 59 86 136 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 10 14 137 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 23 33 138 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 27 39 139 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14 20 140 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 7 10 141 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 52 76 142 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 19 27 143 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 8 11 144 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 32 47 145 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 34 50 146 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 147 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 3 4 148 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 37 54 149 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 17 25 150 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 41 60 151 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 23 33 152 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 34 50 153 Razorbill Alca torda 57 83 154 Little Auk Alle alle 9 13 155 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 55 80 156 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 32 47 157 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 18 26 158 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 47 69 159 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 2 2 160 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 5 7 161 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 162 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 30 44 163 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 21 30 164 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 8 11 165 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 19 27 166 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 7 10 167 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 53 77 168 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 22 32 169 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 170 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 10 14 171 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 10 14 172 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 32 47 173 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 39 57 174 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 34 50 175 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 3 4 176 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 1 1 177 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 15 22 178 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 21 30 179 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 15 22 180 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 32 47 181 Great White Egret Ardea alba 40 58 182 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 18 26 183 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 46 67 184 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 185 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 13 19 186 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 43 63 187 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 46 67 188 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 10 14 189 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 7 10 190 Black Kite Milvus migrans 21 30 191 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 0 0 192 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 1 1 193 Barn Owl Tyto alba 43 63 194 Little Owl Athene noctua 44 64 195 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 196 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 16 23 197 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 47 69 198 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 6 8 199 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 49 72 200 Hoopoe Upupa epops 24 35 201 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 4 5 202 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 2 2 203 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 22 32 204 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 25 36 205 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 6 8 206 Merlin Falco columbarius 46 67 207 Hobby Falco subbuteo 38 55 208 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 3 4 209 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 58 85 210 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 11 16 211 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 1 1 212 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 2 2 213 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 10 14 214 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 38 55 215 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 4 5 216 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 28 41 217 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 7 10 218 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 17 25 219 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 3 4 220 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 221 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 45 66 222 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 38 55 223 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 224 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 44 64 225 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 41 60 226 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 6 8 227 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 23 33 228 Woodlark Lullula arborea 11 16 229 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 230 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 11 16 231 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 17 25 232 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 13 19 233 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 234 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 17 25 235 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 51 75 236 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 50 73 237 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 1 1 238 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 6 8 239 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 27 39 240 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 4 5 241 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 1 1 242 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 7 10 243 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 17 25 244 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 1 1 245 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 246 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 247 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 4 5 248 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 55 80 249 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 250 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 1 1 251 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 54 79 252 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 3 4 253 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 10 14 254 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 11 16 255 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 4 5 256 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 0 0 257 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 0 0 258 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 23 33 259 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 48 70 260 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 53 77 261 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 6 8 262 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 46 67 263 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 13 19 264 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 265 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 266 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 6 8 267 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 3 4 268 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 23 33 269 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 27 39 270 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 35 51 271 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 1 1 272 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 29 42 273 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 2 2 274 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 275 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 0 0 276 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 52 76 277 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 43 63 278 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 15 22 279 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 280 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 281 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 52 76 282 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 283 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 2 2 284 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 3 4 285 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 4 5 286 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 6 8 287 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 48 70 288 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 289 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 11 16 290 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 40 58 291 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 51 75 292 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 293 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 23 33 294 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 295 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 51 75 296 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 1 297 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 23 33 298 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 6 8 299 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 300 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 29 42 301 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 302 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 303 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 43 63 304 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 1 1 305 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 13 19 306 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 11 16 307 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 308 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 1 1 309 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 49 72 310 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 2 2 311 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 9 13 312 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 1 1 313 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 1 1 314 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 29 42 315 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 35 51 316 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 15 22 317 Twite Linaria flavirostris 29 42 318 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 10 14 319 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 50 73 320 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 2 2 321 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 48 70 322 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 323 Serin Serinus serinus 1 1 324 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 27 39 325 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 36 52 326 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 7 10 327 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 328 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 329 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 11 16 330 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 8 11 331 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 2 2 332 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 21 30 333 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 2 2 334 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 335 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 8 11 336 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 3 4 337 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 3 4 338 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 1 1 339 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 2 2 340 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 5 7 341 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 342 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 1 1 343 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 21 30 344 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 17 25 345 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 346 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 347 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 348 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 4 5 349 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 6 8 350 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 351 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 352 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 4 5