British Isles Birding

by Richard Bonser

Richard Bonser's 2002 year list

1)            Red-throated Diver

2)            Black-throated Diver

3)            Great Northern Diver

4)            Little Grebe

5)            Great Crested Grebe

6)            Red-necked Grebe – 1 Slapton, Devon 23/2 nw, 5 Gullane Point, Lothian 26/11 AH

7)            Slavonian Grebe

8)            Black-necked Grebe

9)            Fulmar

10)        presumed Fea’s Petrel – 1 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 23/8 AH

11)        Cory’s Shearwater – 2 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 13/8 LE, 1 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 14/8 AH

12)        Great Shearwater – 21 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 13/8 LE, 52 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 14/8 AH, 1 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 24/8 AH, 4 Scillonian btwn Penzance & St.Mary’s 7/10 AH

13)        Sooty Shearwater

14)        Manx Shearwater

15)        Balearic Shearwater – 2 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 10/8 AH, 21 Porthgwarra 13/8 LE, 5 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 14/8, 2 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 15/8 CH, 1 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 22/8 AH, 1 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 24/8 AH, 3 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 25/8 AH, 1 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 26/8 AH, 1 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 27/8 AH

16)        Wilson’s Petrel – 2 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 13/8 LE

17)        Storm Petrel

18)        Leach’s Petrel – 1 Leasowe, Wirral 28/10 nw

19)        Gannet

20)        Cormorant

21)        Shag

22)        Bittern – 2 Minsmere, Suffolk 4/7 AH, 2 Hickling, Norfolk 15/7 nw

23)        Little Bittern – Marsh Barton, Devon 28/3 AH

24)        Night Heron – ad Tregeseal, Cornwall 30/3 JT

25)        Squacco Heron – 1st sum Walney, Cumbria 7/6 LE

26)        Cattle Egret – 3 Gweek, Cornwall 25/3 AH

27)        Snowy Egret – Isle of Arran, Ayrshire 26/3 AH

28)        Little Egret

29)        Great White Egret – Sandbach, Cheshire 5/1 nw, Stubber’s Green, W.Mids 1/11 SN, Donna Nook, Lincs 5/11 MR

30)        Grey Heron

31)        Purple Heron – Minsmere, Suffolk 4/7 AH

32)        White Stork – Pulborough Brooks, West Sussex 1/6 RK, (Cottenham, Cambs 13/9 nw, 28/9 nw)

33)        Glossy Ibis – Budleigh Salterton, Devon 7/9 AH, Bowling Green Marsh, Devon 18/10 ACl, 21/11 MRo

34)        Spoonbill – ad Wacker Quay, Cornwall 29/1 GB, 3 1st sum Bowling Green Marsh, Devon 28/3 AH, 2ad Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 3/7 nw

35)        Mute Swan

36)        Bewick’s Swan

37)        Whooper Swan

38)        Taiga Bean Goose – 161 Slamannan, Falkirk 25/11 AH

39)        Pink-footed Goose

40)        Eurasian White-fronted Goose

41)        Greenland White-fronted Goose

42)        Greylag Goose

43)        Lesser Snow Goose – ad blue morph Preesall, Lancs 10/2 AH, (ad white morph Baffins Pond, Hants 4/5 SH)

44)        Ross’s Goose – 2 Wighton, Norfolk 15/10 ACl, Caerlaverock, Dumfries 25/11 AH

45)        Greater Canada Goose

46)        Small Canada Goose – 1(hutchinsii) Islay, Argyll 9/11 AH, 4(hutchinsii) Islay, Argyll 10/11 AH, 3(hutchinsii) Islay, Argyll 11/11 AH, 1(hutchinsii) Islay, Argyll 12/11, 1(minima-type) Islay, Argyll 13/11 AH

47)        Barnacle Goose

48)        Pale-bellied Brent

49)        Dark-bellied Brent

50)        Black Brant – ad Keyhaven, Hants 13/2 JB, ad Weston Shore, Hants 26/2 nw, Hook-with-Warsash, Hants 12/3 nw

51)        Red-breasted Goose – Islay, Argyll 10/11 AH, 11/11 AH, 12/11 AH

52)        Egyptian Goose

53)        Shelduck

54)        Mandarin Duck

55)        Eurasian Wigeon

56)        American Wigeon – 1f Porthmadog, Gwynedd 3/9 RM

57)        Gadwall

58)        Teal

59)        Green-winged Teal – drk Cresswell Pond, N’berland 16/2 AH, drk Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 18/11 nw, 23/11 nw, 26/12 nw, drk Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 2/12 nw

60)        Mallard

61)        Black Duck – drk Slapton Ley, Devon 23/2 nw

62)        Pintail

63)        Garganey

64)        Shoveler

65)        Red-crested Pochard – Cotswold WP, Wilts 15/4 nw

66)        Pochard

67)        Canvasback – drk Pennington Flash, Gtr Manchester 11/7 SY

68)        Redhead – drk Kenfig, Glamorgan 22/9 AH

69)        Ring-necked Duck – fem Bourne Hall Lake, Surrey 28/1 nw

70)        Ferruginous Duck – drk Fairhaven Lake, Lancs 2/1 AH

71)        Tufted Duck

72)        Scaup

73)        Lesser Scaup – 1w drk Studland, Dorset 23/2 nw, drk Drift Res, Cornwall 16/10 ACl

74)        Eider

75)        Long-tailed Duck

76)        Common Scoter

77)        Black Scoter – drk Llanfairfechan, Gwynedd 24/3 GBe

78)        Surf Scoter – 1w Torbay, Devon 23/2 nw, 2drks Ruddon’s Point, Fife 27/3 AH, drk Gullane Point, Lothian 26/11 AH, 1w Mumbles, Glamorgan 2/12 KV

79)        Velvet Scoter

80)        Goldeneye

81)        Smew – 3(drk, 1w drk+redhead) Wraysbury, Berks 1/12 nw

82)        Red-breasted Merganser

83)        Goosander

84)        Ruddy Duck

85)        White-headed Duck – drk Hardley, Norfolk 4/7 AH, drk Stanford Res, N’hants/Leics 11/9 AH

86)        Honey Buzzard – 1 Nomansland, New Forest, Hants 31/5 nw

87)        Red Kite – 6 M40 btwn Thame & High Wycombe, Oxon/Bucks 11/4 nw, 1 Dingwall, Highland 28/6 LE, 1 Land’s End, Cornwall 16/10 ACl

88)        Marsh Harrier

89)        Hen Harrier

90)        Pallid Harrier – Elmley, Kent 11/8 AH

91)        Montagu’s Harrier – 1 1st sum m Black Gutter, Hants 4/5 SH, 3(1m, 1 1st sum m, 1f) Gedney Drove End, Lincs 4/7 AH, 3juvs Gedney Drove End, Lincs 6/8 AH

92)        Goshawk – 1juv Strines, South Yorks 2/9 nw

93)        Sparrowhawk

94)        Buzzard

95)        Rough-legged Buzzard – 2juvs Sudbourne, Suffolk 25/10 nw

96)        Golden Eagle – 2 Isle of Arran, Ayrshire 26/3 AH, 3(2ad&juv) Strathconon, Highland 29/6 LE

97)        Osprey – 3 Loch of Lowes, Perthshire 26/3 AH, 1 Frodsham, Cheshire 3/4 nw, 1 Inverness, Highland 11/5 RK, 1 Boat of Garten, Highland 30/6 LE

98)        Lesser Kestrel – Golf Course/Peninis, St.Mary’s 15/5 FM

99)        Kestrel

100)    Red-footed Falcon – 1 1st sum f Hickling, Norfolk 15/7 nw

101)    Merlin

102)    Hobby

103)    Gyr Falcon – South Stack, Anglesey 9/3 AH

104)    Peregrine

105)    Red Grouse

106)    Ptarmigan – 1m1f Cairngorm, Highland 30/6 LE

107)    Black Grouse – 23(21m2f) Langdon Beck, Co.Durham 16/2 AH

108)    Capercaillie – 1f Grantown Woods, Highland 30/6 LE

109)    Red-legged Partridge

110)    Grey Partridge

111)    Quail – 1 heard Helvich, Highland 8/6 LE, 1 heard Shotwick, Cheshire/Clwyd 10/7 nw

112)    Pheasant

113)    Golden Pheasant – 9 Waylands Wood, Norfolk 3/2 AH

114)    Lady Amherst’s Pheasant – 1m Woburn, Beds 21/2 LE

115)    Water Rail

116)    Spotted Crake – ad Belvide Res, Staffs 3/4 nw, 2ads Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 8/9 nw, 1w Parkgate, Cheshire 6/11 TE

117)    Corncrake – 1 Uig, Isle of Skye 28/6 LE, 1 Airfield, St.Mary’s 10/10 AH

118)    Moorhen

119)    Coot

120)    Common Crane – 6 Horsey, Norfolk 6/9 AH

121)    Oystercatcher

122)    Black-winged Stilt – 2 Titchfield Haven, Hants 17/4 RK, Titchwell, Norfolk 6/8 AH

123)    Avocet

124)    Stone Curlew – 1 Caesar’s Belt, Hants 4/5 SH, 1 Foxhole Heath, Suffolk 4/7 AH

125)    Little Ringed Plover

126)    Ringed Plover

127)    Kentish Plover – 1m Oare Marshes, Kent 28/4 AC

128)    Lesser Sand Plover – Rimac, Lincs 13/5 IP

129)    Dotterel – ad Frodsham, Cheshire 3/4 BM, 6/4 nw, juv Weybourne, Norfolk 13/9 LG

130)    Pacific Golden Plover – Horseshoe Point, Lincs 19/7 nw, Whitburn, Co.Durham 21/9 AH

131)    Golden Plover

132)    Grey Plover

133)    Lapwing

134)    Knot

135)    Sanderling

136)    Little Stint

137)    Temminck’s Stint – ad Titchfield Haven, Hants 20/6 JB

138)    Least Sandpiper – ad Drayton Bassett, Staffs 24/5 LE

139)    White-rumped Sandpiper – Titchwell, Norfolk 2/9 nw

140)    Pectoral Sandpiper – ad Farlington, Hants 16/5 nw, juv Eagland Hill, Lancs 16/9 AH, juv Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 18/9 nw

141)    Curlew Sandpiper

142)    Purple Sandpiper

143)    Dunlin

144)    Broad-billed Sandpiper – 2 juvs Cley, Norfolk 6/8 AH

145)    Stilt Sandpiper – Pennington, Hants 22/7 nw

146)    Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Wheldrake, North Yorks 26/9 GT

147)    Ruff

148)    Jack Snipe – Porthellick, St.Mary’s 30/3 PC, Castle Down, Tresco 9/10 AB, Lower Moors, St.Mary’s 11/10 AH

149)    Snipe

150)    Long-billed Dowitcher – 1w Saltfleet Haven, Lincs 5/11 MR

151)    Woodcock

152)    Black-tailed Godwit

153)    Bar-tailed Godwit

154)    Whimbrel

155)    Curlew

156)    Spotted Redshank

157)    Redshank

158)    Marsh Sandpiper – Leventhorpe Flash, West Yorks 8/6 LE, Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 26/7 TE

159)    Greenshank

160)    Lesser Yellowlegs – ad Frodsham, Cheshire 23/3 BM, 29/3 nw, 31/3 FD, juv Eagland Hill, Lancs 16/9 AH

161)    Solitary Sandpiper – ad Rye Meads, Herts 14/9 GE

162)    Green Sandpiper

163)    Wood Sandpiper

164)    Common Sandpiper

165)    Spotted Sandpiper – Derwent Res, Co.Durham 26/6 nw

166)    Turnstone

167)    Red-necked Phalarope – 1f Welney, Norfolk 5/6 AH

168)    Grey Phalarope – Frodsham, Cheshire 23/7 BM, 25/7 LE, Gailey Res, Staffs 31/10 AH

169)    Pomarine Skua – 2 Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria 29/4 LE, 1 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 13/8 LE, 2 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 14/8 AH, 1 Southwold, Suffolk 24/9 GB

170)    Arctic Skua

171)    Great Skua

172)    Mediterranean Gull

173)    Franklin’s Gull – ad Farmoor Res, Oxon 19/8 LE

174)    Little Gull

175)    Bonaparte’s Gull – ad Millbrook, Cornwall 29/1 GB, ad Pagham, West Sussex 21/3 MM

176)    Black-headed Gull

177)    Ring-billed Gull – ad Langstone Hbr, Hants 9/2 nw, ad Corfe Mullen Tip, Dorset 8/3 LE, ad Stromness, Orkney 6/12 AH

178)    Common Gull

179)    Lesser Black-backed Gull

180)    American Herring Gull – 1w Corfe Mullen Tip, Dorset 8/3 LE

181)    Herring Gull

182)    Western Yellow-legged Gull

183)    Iceland Gull – 3w Weston Shore, Hants 13/1 nw, ad West Denton, N’berland 16/2 AH, 2w Weston Shore, Hants 17/2 nw, 24/2 nw, 25/2 nw, 26/2 nw, 1/3 nw, 4/3 nw, 7/3 nw, 12/3 nw, 15/3 nw, 1w Corfe Mullen Tip, Dorset 6/3 JL, 8/3 LE, ad Chasewater, Staffs 9/3 AH, ad Stromness, Orkney 6/12 LE

184)    Glaucous Gull – 2w Fishmoor Res, Lancs 2/1 AH, 1w Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd 10/2 AH, ad North Shields, N’berland 16/2 AH

185)    Great Black-backed Gull

186)    Ross’s Gull – ad Plym Estuary, Devon 29/1 GB

187)    Kittiwake

188)    Ivory Gull – ad Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd 10/2 AH, 1w Mumbles, Glamorgan 2/12 KV

189)    Gull-billed Tern – Marazion, Cornwall 7/9 AH

190)    Sandwich Tern

191)    Elegant Tern – Dawlish, Devon 8/7 JT, Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd 24/7 GBe

192)    Roseate Tern – 2 Titchfield Haven, Hants 5/5 AM, 1 Port Edgar, Lothian 30/6 LE

193)    Common Tern

194)    Arctic Tern

195)    Forster’s Tern – 1w Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 2/12 nw

196)    Little Tern

197)    Whiskered Tern – Cotswold WP, Wilts 15/4 RK

198)    Black Tern – 1 Titchfield Haven, Hants 8/5 NV, 1 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 22/8 AH

199)    White-winged Black Tern – juv Stretham, Cambs 25/9 JO

200)    Guillemot

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