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          British Isles Year List 2003

 

The following is a list of species (using UK400 club guidelines) that I have seen in the British Isles in 2003: -

  1. Red-throated Diver
  2. Black-throated Diver
  3. Great Northern Diver
  4. Little Grebe
  5. Great Crested Grebe
  6. Red-necked Grebe 1 Blickling Hall Lake, Norfolk 19/1
  7. Slavonian Grebe
  8. Black-necked Grebe
  9. Fulmar
  10. Great Shearwater Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 21/8 & 22/8
  11. Manx Shearwater
  12. Balearic Shearwater 1 Exmouth, Devon 8/8, 2 Porthgwarra 9/8, 2 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 24/8, 1 25/8
  13. Sooty Shearwater
  14. Wilson's Petrel 3+ Western Approaches 10/8, 4+ Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 21/8
  15. Leach's Petrel 1 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 23/8
  16. Storm Petrel
  17. Gannet
  18. Cormorant
  19. Shag
  20. Bittern 1 Budworth Mere, Cheshire 9/1
  21. Little Bittern male Dungeness, Kent 12/5, male Swanpool, Cornwall 28/5
  22. Squacco Heron Aberlerry, Ceredigion 4/6
  23. Little Egret
  24. Great White Egret  Longhirst Flash, Nberland 12/6, Frodsham, Cheshire 4/8, Rutland Water, Leics 15/8
  25. Grey Heron
  26. White Stork (Cottenham, Cambs 6/6, Ashford, Kent 15 & 16/11)
  27. Glossy Ibis Bowling Green Marsh, Devon 28/5, 8/8 & 21/12
  28. Spoonbill 4 Bowling Green Marsh, Devon 16/1, 1 Bowling Green Marsh 8/8 & 21/12
  29. Mute Swan
  30. Bewicks Swan
  31. Whooper Swan
  32. Taiga Bean Goose 20 Cantley, Norfolk 19/1
  33. Tundra Bean Goose 1 Wighton, Norfolk 18/1
  34. Pink-footed Goose
  35. Lesser White-fronted Goose Slimbridge, Gloucs 17/2
  36. Eurasian White-fronted Goose
  37. Greenland White-fronted Goose
  38. Lesser Snow Goose Islay, Argyll 18/12 & 19/12
  39. Greylag Goose
  40. Canada Goose
  41. Small Canada Goose 1 Ballyconnell, Co.Sligo 13/2, 4 Islay, Argyll 18/12, 2 Islay, Argyll 19/12
  42. Barnacle Goose
  43. Red-breasted Goose Islay, Argyll 18/12
  44. Pale-bellied Brent
  45. Dark-bellied Brent
  46. Black Brant ad Broadmarsh, Hants 17/1
  47. Egyptian Goose
  48. Shelduck
  49. Mandarin Duck
  50. Eurasian Wigeon
  51. American Wigeon drk Ballycotton, Co.Cork 10/2, drk Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 21/12
  52. Gadwall
  53. Teal
  54. Green-winged Teal drk Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 1/1, Islay, Argyll 18/12 & 19/12, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 21/12
  55. Mallard
  56. Black Duck The Mullet, Co.Mayo 12/2
  57. Pintail
  58. Garganey
  59. Shoveler
  60. Red-crested Pochard drk Daventry Resr, N’thants 10/1
  61. Pochard
  62. Redhead drk Lisvane, Glamorgan 17/2
  63. Ring-necked Duck drk Rivington Resr, Lancs 5/1, fem Bourne Hall Lake, Surrey 17/1, drk Doogan Lough, Co.Mayo 12/2
  64. Ferruginous Duck 1w drk Daventry Resr, N’thants 10/1
  65. Tufted Duck
  66. Scaup
  67. Lesser Scaup drk Studland, Dorset 17/1, drk Regent’s Park, Gtr London 2/4, drk Longtown, Cumbria 16/6
  68. Eider
  69. King Eider  drk Stevenston, Ayrshire 16/6
  70. Long-tailed Duck
  71. Common Scoter
  72. Black Scoter drk Llanfairfechan, Gwynedd 21/1
  73. Surf Scoter 1w Trearddur Bay, Anglesey 21/1, fem Feock, Cornwall 21/12
  74. Velvet Scoter
  75. Goldeneye
  76. Smew drk Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 1/1, drk Shotwick, Clwyd 7/1
  77. Red-breasted Merganser
  78. Goosander
  79. White-headed Duck juv Lade GP, Kent/East Sussex 15/11
  80. Ruddy Duck
  81. Honey Buzzard 1 Great Ryburgh, Norfolk 31/5
  82. Red Kite
  83. White-tailed Eagle  ad Isle of Skye 17/6
  84. Marsh Harrier
  85. Hen Harrier
  86. Pallid Harrier juv fem Warham Greens, Norfolk 18/1
  87. Montagus Harrier 3 Lincs 31/5
  88. Sparrowhawk
  89. Buzzard
  90. Rough-legged Buzzard juv Sudbourne, Suffolk 11/1, Harty Marshes, Kent 15/11
  91. Golden Eagle  1 Shiel Bridge, Highland 16/6, 1 Isle of Skye 17/6
  92. Osprey
  93. Kestrel
  94. Merlin
  95. Hobby
  96. Red-footed Falcon Deeping Fen, Lincs 15/8
  97. Peregrine
  98. Red Grouse
  99. Ptarmigan  1f Cairngorm, Highland 17/6
  100. Black Grouse  18m Langdon Beck, County Durham 12/6
  101. Capercaillie  1f Abernethy, Highland 17/6
  102. Red-legged Partridge
  103. Grey Partridge
  104. Quail Shotwick Fields, Clwyd 3/6
  105. Pheasant
  106. Golden Pheasant 3m Waylands Wood, Norfolk 19/1
  107. Water Rail
  108. Spotted Crake Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 30/5
  109. Corncrake – 3+ (1 seen) Isle of Skye 17/6
  110. Moorhen
  111. Coot
  112. Common Crane 4(3ads+juv) Horsey, Norfolk 19/1, ad Church Hill, Co.Kerry 11/2
  113. Oystercatcher
  114. Black-winged Stilt Titchwell, Norfolk 18/1
  115. Avocet
  116. Stone Curlew 2 Foxhole Heath, Suffolk 31/5
  117. Little Ringed Plover
  118. Ringed Plover
  119. Golden Plover
  120. American Golden Plover Bishopsthorpe, North Yorks 4/10
  121. Grey Plover
  122. Lapwing
  123. Knot
  124. Sanderling
  125. Little Stint
  126. Least Sandpiper Startops End, Herts 6/8
  127. Temmincks Stint Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 7/5
  128. Pectoral Sandpiper Durleigh Res, Somerset 11/8, Clonakilty, Co.Cork 26/8, Inner Marsh Farm RSPB, Cheshire 27/8
  129. Curlew Sandpiper
  130. Purple Sandpiper
  131. White-rumped Sandpiper Hambleton, Lancs 3/8
  132. Dunlin
  133. Buff-breasted Sandpiper Wicken Fen, Cambs 12/5
  134. Ruff
  135. Long-billed Dowitcher Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 10/3
  136. Snipe
  137. Jack Snipe
  138. Woodcock
  139. Black-tailed Godwit
  140. Bar-tailed Godwit
  141. Whimbrel
  142. Curlew
  143. Spotted Redshank
  144. Redshank
  145. Greenshank
  146. Lesser Yellowlegs Hauxley, Nberland 10/5, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 21/12
  147. Common Sandpiper
  148. Green Sandpiper
  149. Wood Sandpiper Frodsham, Cheshire 5/8
  150. Terek Sandpiper East Chevington, Nberland 12/6
  151. Turnstone
  152. Grey Phalarope 1 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 21/8, Ellesmere, Shrops 11/10, Belvide Resr, Staffs 17/12
  153. Pomarine Skua 2 Criccieth, Gwynedd 9/5, 1 Bridges of Ross, Co.Clare 24/8
  154. Arctic Skua
  155. Long-tailed Skua ad Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria 10/5
  156. Great Skua
  157. Little Gull
  158. Sabines Gull Lowestoft, Suffolk 31/5, 2 Western Approaches 10/8
  159. Mediterranean Gull
  160. Black-headed Gull
  161. Bonapartes Gull 1w/1s Fairburn Ings, N.Yorks 28/4, Douglas Estuary, Co.Cork 22/5
  162. Common Gull
  163. Audouins Gull 2s Dungeness, Kent 5/5.
  164. Ring-billed Gull 2w New Ferry, Wirral, ad Cobh, Co.Cork 10/2, 2(ad+2w) Clonakilty, Co.Cork 10/2, 2w Dingle, Co.Kerry 11/2, 3(2ad+2w) Nimmo’s Pier, Co.Galway 12/2, 1s/2w Helston, Cornwall 27/5, 28/5, 9/8 & 21/12, ad Gosport, Hants 14/12
  165. Lesser Black-backed Gull
  166. Herring Gull
  167. American Herring Gull 3w Cobh, Co.Cork 10/2
  168. Western Yellow-legged Gull
  169. Caspian Gull Woolwich, London 29/11 &  30/11
  170. Iceland Gull 2(2w + 1w (of race kumlieni)) Dingle, Co.Kerry 11/2, 4(ad, 2w, 2 1w) Killybegs, Co.Donegal 13-14/2
  171. Glaucous Gull 1w Fishmoor Res, Lancs 20/1, 1w Ballycotton, Co.Cork 10/2, 1w Dingle, Co.Kerry 11/2, 4(2ad, 2w, 1w) Killybegs, Co.Donegal 13-14/2
  172. Great Black-backed Gull
  173. Kittiwake
  174. Sandwich Tern
  175. Roseate Tern  1+ East Chevington, Nberland 12/6
  176. Common Tern
  177. Arctic Tern
  178. Forsters Tern 2w Barrow Harbour, Co.Kerry 11/2, 1w Elly Bay, Co.Mayo 12/2
  179. Little Tern
  180. Whiskered Tern  Hallcrof GP, Notts 15/6
  181. Black Tern
  182. White-winged Black Tern  East Chevington, Nberland 12/6
  183. Black Guillemot
  184. Puffin
  185. Guillemot
  186. Razorbill
  187. Stock Dove
  188. Rock Dove Fair Isle & Shetland 16-17/5
  189. Woodpigeon
  190. Collared Dove
  191. Turtle Dove
  192. Ring-necked Parakeet
  193. Cuckoo
  194. Barn Owl
  195. Little Owl
  196. Tawny Owl
  197. Long-eared Owl 1 Virkie, Shetland 17/5
  198. Short-eared Owl
  199. Nightjar
  200. Alpine Swift Sizewell/Minsmere, Suffolk 2/5.
  201. Swift
  202. Kingfisher
  203. Hoopoe  Terrington, Malton, North Yorks 4/10
  204. Green Woodpecker
  205. Great Spotted Woodpecker
  206. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Marbury Country Park, Cheshire 7/1
  207. Black Lark South Stack, Anglesey 1/6 & 2/6
  208. Woodlark 2+ Exminster, Devon 16/1, 2 Llandudno, Gwynedd 9/3
  209. Skylark
  210. Shorelark 56 Holkham, Norfolk 18/1
  211. Sand Martin
  212. Swallow
  213. Red-rumped Swallow Minsmere, Suffolk 2/5.
  214. House Martin
  215. Tawny Pipit Point of Air, Clwyd 9/6
  216. Richards Pipit Birley, South Yorks 20/1, Fair Isle, Shetland 18/10
  217. Blyth’s Pipit Gringley Carr, Notts 5/1
  218. Meadow Pipit
  219. Tree Pipit
  220. Rock Pipit
  221. Water Pipit
  222. Grey Wagtail
  223. Pied Wagtail
  224. White Wagtail
  225. Yellow Wagtail
  226. Waxwing 1 St.Neots, Cambs 10/1, 1 Holkham, Norfolk 18/1, 7 Croxton, Norfolk 19/1, 16 Birkenhead, Wirral 14/4, 6 Surrey Quays, London 21/10, 5 West Kirby, Wirral 26/12
  227. Dipper
  228. Wren
  229. Dunnock
  230. Robin
  231. Siberian Rubythroat Fair Isle, Shetland 18/10
  232. Nightingale
  233. Redstart
  234. Black Redstart Spurn, East Yorks 1/8
  235. Whinchat
  236. Stonechat
  237. Desert Wheatear Dengemarsh, Kent 16/11, Reculver, Kent 29/11
  238. Wheatear
  239. Pied Wheatear Waxham, Norfolk 25/10
  240. Ring Ousel
  241. Blackbird
  242. American Robin Godrevy, Cornwall 21/12
  243. Fieldfare
  244. Song Thrush
  245. Redwing
  246. Mistle Thrush
  247. Cettis Warbler
  248. Grasshopper Warbler
  249. Reed Warbler
  250. Great Reed Warbler Marton Mere, Lancs 27/5
  251. Thick-billed Warbler Fair Isle, Shetland 16/5
  252. Savis Warbler Leighton Moss, Lancs 10/5
  253. Sedge Warbler
  254. Dartford Warbler
  255. Blackcap
  256. Lesser Whitethroat
  257. Whitethroat
  258. Garden Warbler
  259. Pallas Warbler Southwold, Suffolk 25/10
  260. Yellow-browed Warbler Stiffkey, Norfolk 18/1, The Naze, Essex 28/9, 2 Hemsby, Norfolk 25/10, Portland, Dorset 23/11
  261. Humes Warbler Sizewell, Suffolk 19/10, Southwold, Suffolk 25/10, Caernarfon, Gwynedd 23/12
  262. Wood Warbler
  263. Dusky Warbler Hemsby, Norfolk 25/10
  264. Chiffchaff
  265. Iberian Chiffchaff Kingswear, Devon 28/5
  266. Willow Warbler
  267. Greenish Warbler Reculver, Kent 30/8
  268. Goldcrest
  269. Firecrest
  270. Spotted Flycatcher
  271. Taiga Flycatcher Flamborough, East Yorks 28/4.
  272. Pied Flycatcher
  273. Bearded Tit
  274. Long-tailed Tit
  275. Marsh Tit
  276. Crested Tit – 3 Abernethy, Highland 17/6
  277. Coal Tit
  278. Blue Tit
  279. Great Tit
  280. Nuthatch
  281. Treecreeper
  282. Golden Oriole 1m Lakenheath, Suffolk 31/5
  283. Isabelline Shrike Porlock, Somerset 3/6
  284. Red-backed Shrike male Hoylake, Wirral 9/6
  285. Steppe Grey Shrike – The Ayres, Isle of Man 21/6
  286. Great Grey Shrike Hinxton, Cambs 10/1, Elveden, Suffolk 25/10, 2 Clocaenog, Denbighshire 26/12
  287. Woodchat Langley Park, Bucks 3/5, Trevose Head, Cornwall 8/8
  288. Jay
  289. Magpie
  290. Chough
  291. Jackdaw
  292. Rook
  293. Carrion Crow
  294. Hooded Crow
  295. Raven
  296. Starling
  297. Rose-coloured Starling 1w Cranwell, Lincs 20/1
  298. House Sparrow
  299. Tree Sparrow
  300. Chaffinch
  301. Brambling
  302. Serin 2 Norfolk 31/5
  303. Greenfinch
  304. Goldfinch
  305. Siskin
  306. Linnet
  307. Lesser Redpoll
  308. Mealy Redpoll 2+ Marford Quarry, Wrexham 4/3
  309. Twite
  310. Crossbill
  311. Two-barred Crossbill Gerrard’s Cross, Bucks 8/2
  312. Bullfinch
  313. Savannah Sparrow Fair Isle, Shetland 18/10
  314. White-crowned Sparrow Dursey Sound, Co.Cork 22/5
  315. White-throated Sparrow Caldy, Wirral 23/5
  316. Snow Bunting 2 New Brighton, Wirral 7/1, 3 New Brighton, Wirral 14/1, 24 Holkham, Norfolk 18/1
  317. Cirl Bunting 4 Exminster, Devon 16/1, 3 Exminster, Devon 27/5
  318. Yellowhammer
  319. Reed Bunting
  320. Corn Bunting
  321. Baltimore Oriole Headington, Oxon 17/12

          My 2002 British Isles 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 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 New Forest, Hants 4/5 SH, 3(1m, 1 1st sum m, 1f) Lincs 4/7 AH, 3juvs Lincs 6/8 AH

92)          Goshawk  1juv 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 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.Marys 30/3 PC, Castle Down, Tresco 9/10 AB, Lower Moors, St.Marys 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

201)       Razorbill

202)       Black Guillemot

203)       Puffin

204)       Rock Dove  15 North Ronaldsay, Orkney 11/5 AH, 3 Isle of Skye 29/6 LE

205)       Stock Dove

206)       Woodpigeon

207)       Collared Dove

208)       Oriental Turtle Dove  juv Stromness, Orkney 6/12 AH

209)       Turtle Dove

210)       Ring-necked Parakeet

211)       Cuckoo

212)       Barn Owl

213)       Scops Owl  Porthgwarra, Cornwall 25/3 AH

214)       Little Owl

215)       Tawny Owl

216)       Long-eared Owl  1 Elmley, Kent 11/8 AH

217)       Short-eared Owl

218)       Nightjar

219)       Swift

220)       Alpine Swift  Lodmoor, Dorset 21/4 SW, Peveril Point, Dorset 17/6 JB

221)       Kingfisher

222)       Bee-eater  2 Bishop Middleham, Co.Durham 5/6 AH

223)       Hoopoe  Porthgwarra, Cornwall 25/3 AH

224)       Wryneck  South Gare, Cleveland 10/9 AH

225)       Green Woodpecker

226)       Great Spotted Woodpecker

227)       Lesser Spotted Woodpecker  Rhinefield, New Forest, Hants 13/2 JB

228)       Short-toed Lark  Castle Down, Tresco 9/10 AH

229)       Woodlark  1 Beaulieu Rd, Hants 22/3 nw, 4 Beaulieu Rd, Hants 4/5 SH

230)       Skylark

231)       Shorelark  3 Donna Nook, Lincs 5/11 nw

232)       Sand Martin

233)       Swallow

234)       Red-rumped Swallow  Shotwick, Cheshire/Clwyd 9/8 SWi, Old Town, St.Mary’s 29/10 AH, 30/10 MMu

235)       House Martin

236)       Richard's Pipit  Black Bank, Staffs 6/10 CJ

237)       Olive-backed Pipit  Lynford, Norfolk 3/2 AH

238)       Tree Pipit

239)       Meadow Pipit

240)       Rock Pipit

241)       Water Pipit  2+ Lower Test Marshes, Hants 19/2 nw, 1 Neston, Cheshire 4/12 nw

242)       Yellow Wagtail

243)       Citrine Wagtail  Flamborough, East Yorks 30/9 MR, Cricket Pitch, St.Martins 8/10 AH

244)       Grey Wagtail

245)       White Wagtail

246)       Pied Wagtail

247)       Dipper

248)       Wren

249)       Dunnock

250)       Alpine Accentor  Minsmere, Suffolk 17/3 GB

251)       Robin

252)       Nightingale

253)       Bluethroat  1f Portland, Dorset 4/6 JL

254)       Black Redstart

255)       Redstart

256)       Whinchat

257)       Stonechat

258)       Wheatear

259)       Black-eared Wheatear  Nanquidno, Cornwall 25/3 AH

260)       Grey-cheeked Thrush  Covean, St.Agnes 29/10 AH

261)       Veery  North Ronaldsay, Orkney 1/10 JM

262)       Ring Ousel

263)       Blackbird

264)       Fieldfare

265)       Song Thrush

266)       Redwing

267)       Mistle Thrush

268)       Cetti’s Warbler

269)       Grasshopper Warbler

270)       Savi's Warbler  Pagham, West Sussex 31/5 LE

271)       Sedge Warbler

272)       Blyth's Reed Warbler  Filey, North Yorks 14/10 ACl, Old Town, St.Mary’s 30/10 MMu

273)       Marsh Warbler  Barns Ness, Lothian 8/6 LE, heard South Gare, Cleveland 8/6 AH

274)       Reed Warbler

275)       Great Reed Warbler  Frensham, Surrey 18/5 SH

276)       Booted Warbler  Portland, Dorset 15/8 LE

277)       Icterine Warbler  South Gare, Cleveland 8/6 AH, Donna Nook, Lincs 5/11 nw

278)       Melodious Warbler  2 Portland, Dorset 15/8 LE, 1 Carn Gwarval, St.Mary’s 30/10 MMu

279)       Dartford Warbler

280)       Western Subalpine Warbler  1m Blakeney Point, Norfolk 21/5 LE

281)       Eastern Subalpine Warbler  1m South Gare, Cleveland 8/6 AH

282)       Sardinian Warbler  Old Hunstanton, Norfolk 28/9 LE

283)       Barred Warbler  Redcar, Cleveland 10/9 AH, Skinningrove, Cleveland 10/9 nw, North Ronaldsay, Orkney 1/10 JM, Porthellick, St.Marys 10/10 AH

284)       Lesser Whitethroat

285)       Whitethroat

286)       Garden Warbler

287)       Blackcap

288)       Greenish Warbler  Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 10/9 AH

289)       Arctic Warbler  Cot Valley, Cornwall 17/10 ACl

290)       Pallas's Warbler  Great Orme, Gwynedd 19/10 AD

291)       Yellow-browed Warbler  Garrison, St.Mary’s 10/10 AH, Trenoweth, St.Mary’s 10/10 AH

292)       Hume's Warbler  Newbiggin, N’berland 16/2 AH

293)       Western Bonelli's Warbler  Land’s End, Cornwall 31/10 AH

294)       Wood Warbler

295)       Siberian Chiffchaff  1 Newbiggin, Nberland 16/2 AH

296)       Chiffchaff

297)       Willow Warbler

298)       Goldcrest

299)       Firecrest  1 St.Levan, Cornwall 25/3 AH, 1 Hants 4/5 SH, 2 Great Pool, Tresco 9/10 AH, 1 Nanquidno, Cornwall 16/10 AC, 1 Carn Gwarval, St.Mary’s 29/10 AH, 2 Carn Gwarval, St.Mary’s 30/10 MMu 

300)       Spotted Flycatcher

301)       Red-breasted Flycatcher  South Gare, Cleveland 10/9 AH, Holme, Norfolk 13/9 nw, Trenoweth, St.Mary’s 11/10 AH

302)       Collared Flycatcher  Pagham, West Sussex 20/6 JL

303)       Pied Flycatcher

304)       Bearded Tit

305)       Long-tailed Tit

306)       Marsh Tit

307)       Willow Tit

308)       Crested Tit  2 Grantown Woods, Highland 27/3 AH, 4 Grantown Woods, Highland 30/6 LE

309)       Coal Tit

310)       Blue Tit

311)       Great Tit

312)       Nuthatch

313)       Treecreeper

314)       Golden Oriole  1m heard Lakenheath, Suffolk 5/6 AH, 1m1f Lakenheath, Suffolk 4/7 AH

315)       Red-backed Shrike  juv Old Hunstanton, Norfolk 2/9 nw, 3(fem + 2juvs) South Gare, Cleveland 10/9 AH, juv Easington, East Yorks 20/10 PH

316)       Great Grey Shrike  Thursley Common, Surrey 21/2 AR, Insh Marshes, Highland 27/3 AH

317)       Woodchat  1m St.Levan, Cornwall 25/3 AH

318)       Jay

319)       Magpie

320)       Chough

321)       Jackdaw

322)       Rook

323)       Carrion Crow

324)       Hooded Crow

325)       Raven

326)       Starling

327)       Rose-coloured Starling  ad South Gare, Cleveland 8/6 AH, ad Southwater, West Sussex 23/6 LE, ad Happisburgh, Norfolk 4/7 AH, ad Medbourne, Leics 19/8 nw, juv Lands End, Cornwall 22/9 AH, juv Penzance, Cornwall 17/10 ACl, juv Islay, Argyll 9/11 AH

328)       House Sparrow

329)       Tree Sparrow

330)       Chaffinch

331)       Brambling

332)       Serin  1m Footscray, Gtr London 3/3, 2(ad+juv) Carn Friars, St.Mary’s 30/10 MMu

333)       Greenfinch

334)       Goldfinch

335)       Siskin

336)       Linnet

337)       Twite

338)       Lesser Redpoll

339)       Mealy Redpoll  6 Llanfairfechan, Gwynedd 24/3 GBe

340)       Two-barred Crossbill  Strines, South Yorks 2/9 AH

341)       Scottish Parrot Crossbill  9 Grantown Woods, Highland 27/3 AH

342)       Crossbill

343)       Bullfinch

344)       Hawfinch

345)       White-throated Sparrow  Flamborough, East Yorks 22/10 GT

346)       Lapland Bunting  1 The Range, Anglesey 2/10 nw

347)       Snow Bunting  1 Hengistbury Head, Dorset 2/2 nw, 3 Spurn, East Yorks 20/10 PH, 25 Donna Nook, Lincs 5/11 nw, 3 New Brighton, Wirral 3/12 nw

348)       Yellowhammer

349)       Cirl Bunting  1m1f Coombe Cellars, Devon 23/2 nw, 2m1f Prawle, Devon 28/3 AH, 1f(or hybrid) North Ronaldsay, Orkney 1/10 JM

350)       Ortolan  3 Sennen, Cornwall 7/9 AH, Peninis, St.Mary’s 9/10 AB

351)       Rustic Bunting  West Hove, East Sussex 10/5 SH, Carn Friars, St.Mary’s 7/10 GE

352)       Little Bunting  Spurn, East Yorks 21/9 AH

353)       Reed Bunting

354)       Black-headed Bunting  1w Gunton, Suffolk 24/9 LE

355)       Corn Bunting

356)       Bobolink  Hengistbury Head, Dorset 4/11 SG

 

Contentious species

Acrocephalus sp. – Kelynack, Cornwall 17/10 ACl

 

Other species

Whistling Swan – Kirkintilloch, Clyde 29/4 LE

Black Swan – Frodsham, Cheshire 19/10 FD

Cape Shelduck – Inner Marsh Farm, Cheshire 18/9 nw

Yellow-billed Teal – Normandy, Hants 3/6 nw

Wood Duck – Sutton Bingham Res, Somerset/Dorset 15/4 nw

Black-hooded Parakeet – Pennington Flash, Gtr Manchester 11/7 nw

 

Please note that initials after each occurrence indicate a person who was with me during my time of observation. However, there are several occurrences that I observed alone due to the fact that there were no other observers on-site or observers on-site remained anonymous in their identity to me - both of these instances fall under the category ‘no witnesses’ (abbreviated ‘nw’). Initials of those people used in the text include: -

 

AB – Antony Brydges, GB – Garry Bagnell, GBe – Gary Bellingham, JB – Jon Bills, AC – Alan Clewes, ACl – Andy Clifton, PC – Paul Chapman, AD – Alan Davies, FD – Frank Duff, LE – Lee Evans, TE – Ted Abraham, GE – Graham Etherington, LG – Lee Gregory, SG – Steve Gent, AH – Andrew Holden, CH – Chris Heard, PH – Paul Hackett, SH – Steve Hall, CJ – Chris Jackson, RK – Ron King, JL – James Lidster, AM – Alan Moody, BM – Bill Morton, FM – Franko Maroevic, JM – James McGill, MM – Mike McDonnell, MMu – Matt Mulvey, RM – Ralph Morris, SN – Steve Nuttall, JO – John Oates, IP – Ian Prophet, AR – Adrian Riley, MR – Mike Richardson, MRo – Mike Robinson, GT – Gary Taylor, JT – Julian Thomas, KV – Keith Vinicombe, NV – Nigel Voaden, SW – Steve Webb, SWi – Steve Williams, SY – Steve Young

 

Richard Bonser 2003

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