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Ibis (2018), 160, 190–240 doi: 10.1111/ibi.12536

The British List: A Checklist of Birds of Britain (9th edition)

CHRISTOPHER J. MCINERNY,1,2 ANDREW J. MUSGROVE,1,3 ANDREW STODDART,1 ANDREW H. J. HARROP1 † STEVE P. DUDLEY1,* & THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION RECORDS COMMITTEE (BOURC) 1British Ornithologists’ Union, PO Box 417, Peterborough PE7 3FX, UK 2School of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK 3British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, IP24 2PU, UK

Recommended citation: British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU). 2018. The British List: a Checklist of Birds of Britain (9th edition). Ibis 160: 190–240.

and the Irish Rare Birds Committee are no longer INTRODUCTION published within BOURC reports. This, the 9th edition of the Checklist of the Birds The British List is under continuous revision by of Britain, referred to throughout as the British BOURC. New species and subspecies are either List, has been prepared as a statement of the status added or removed, following assessment; these are of those species and subspecies known to have updated on the BOU website (https://www.bou. occurred in Britain and its coastal waters (Fig. 1). org.uk/british-list/recent-announcements/) at the time It incorporates all the changes to the British List of the change, but only come into effect on the List up to and including the 48th Report of the British on publication in a BOURC report in Ibis. A list of Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee the species and subspecies removed from the British (BOURC) (BOU 2018), and detailed in BOURC List since the 8th edition is shown in Appendix 1. reports published in Ibis since the publication of the 8th edition of the British List (BOU 2013a). Taxonomy This 9th edition replaces The British List: A Checklist of Birds of Britain (8th edition) (BOU In 2017, following a detailed review by BOURC 2013a). A downloadable EXCEL version of the 9th (BOU 2017b), BOU announced that it would edition of the British List can be found at https:// adopt, from 1 January 2018, the International ’ www.bou.org.uk/british-list/. Ornithological Union s (IOU) IOC World Bird List (Gill & Donsker 2017) for all its taxonomic needs, including the British List. The taxonomy and The British List sequence of species in this 9th edition of the Bri- ﬁ The British List is the systematic list of bird spe- tish List is the rst version of the British List to cies and subspecies that have occurred in Britain follow the IOC World Bird List, using version 7.3, and its coastal waters (Fig. 1); it is maintained by which was current at the time of going to press. the British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) through its Records Committee. The Republic of Ireland English names List, the Northern Ireland List, and the Manx List Major moves to create standard internationally recog- are maintained by their respective organizations. nized English names of birds date back to 1978 when Decisions by the Manx Ornithological Society for the Royal Australian Ornithologists’ Union (now the Isle of Man will continue to be published in BirdLife Australia) ﬁrst addressed the subject, fol- Ibis within BOURC reports. However, decisions of lowed by the American Ornithologists’ Union (now the Northern Ireland Birdwatchers’ Association American Ornithological Society) in 1983, with BOURC joining the process in 1985 (Atkin et al. *Corresponding author. 1988, BOU 1992b, Inskipp & Sharrock 1992). It was Email: [email protected] takenupin1990bythethenInternationalOrnitho- † logical Congress (IOC; now the IOU) who brought The BOURC members are listed in Acknowledgements section. together ornithologists from all regions to help deliver

Figure 1. British waters used for recording of ‘at sea’ records in relation to the British List. The solid line marks the boundaries of the coastal waters considered by BOURC for the purposes of the British List. It follows the ~370 km (200 nautical miles) of the UK Exclusive Economic Zone Limit and the UK Offshore Marine Area as defined by JNCC (2015) following The Offshore Marine Conser- vation (Natural Habitats, & c.) Regulations 2007 (UK Government 2007), except for Northern Ireland which are instead defined in The Adjacent Waters Boundaries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (Marine Scotland 2017); and with territorial waters of ~22 km (12 nautical miles) around the Isle of Man excluded. The named sea areas are shown with their boundaries indicated; R = Rockall. [Colour figure can be viewed at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1474-919X] the first standard list of international English bird Extensive changes to names can be disruptive, names. This culminated in 2006 with the publication especially when many of the established vernacular of Birds of the World: recommended English names (Gill names have historical and cultural associations. Thus, & Wright 2006). Updates to this title have since been to assist both the acceptance and use of the new pro- posted on the IOC World Bird List website at http:// posed international names, the British List has, since www.worldbirdnames.org (Gill & Donsker 2017). the sixth edition, used the new international English

names in bold and, where they differed, vernacular C6 Former naturalized species – species formerly names (BOU 1992, BOU 2006, 2007b). In the 8th placed in C1 whose naturalized populations and this 9th editions we have maintained the policy, are either no longer self-sustaining or are though for taxonomic and other reasons the vernacu- considered extinct, e.g. Lady Amherst’s lar name is listed first in bold, followed by the interna- Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae. tional English name, when different (BOU 2013a). D Species that would otherwise appear in The international English names used here are those Category A except that there is reasonable in version 7.3 of the IOC World Bird List (Gill & doubt that they have ever occurred in a Donsker 2017). Vernacular English names are consid- natural state. Species placed only in Category ered by BOURC when changes in taxonomy occur D form no part of the British List, and are not with these published in BOURC reports in Ibis. included in the species totals. Category D species are listed in Appendix 2, and on the Species categories used in the British List BOU website at https://www.bou.org.uk/ british-list/category-d-species/. Each species is categorized, depending on the cri- E Species that have been recorded as teria for its admission to the British List, and the introductions, human-assisted transportees or Category (A, B or C) appears to the right of the escapees from captivity, and whose breeding English name. Species in Categories D, E and F do populations (if any) are thought not to be not form part of the British List. Where species in self-sustaining. Species in Category E that Categories A, B or C are known to have also have bred in the wild in Britain are occurred as escapes, this is indicated in the system- designated as E*. Category E species form no atic list by also being shown in Category E. part of the British List (unless already The categories are defined as follows: included within Categories A, B or C). Category E species are listed on the BOU A Species that have been recorded in an apparently website at https://www.bou.org.uk/british- natural state at least once since 1 January 1950. list/category-e-species/, although this list is B Species that were recorded in an apparently incomplete. natural state at least once between 1 January F Records of bird species recorded between c. 1800 and 31 December 1949, but have not 16 000 BP (before present) to 1800. been recorded subsequently. C Species that, although introduced, now derive A species is usually placed in only one category. from the resulting self-sustaining populations. Some are placed in multiple categories, such as, C1 Naturalized introduced species – species that for example, those species occurring in Category A have occurred only as a result of which now also have naturalized populations (e.g. introduction, e.g. Little Owl Athene noctua. Red Kite) that match Category C criteria. C2 Naturalized established species – species with To better manage Category C, BOU and the Joint established populations resulting from Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) held a con- introduction by man, but which also occur ference on naturalized and introduced birds in Britain in an apparently natural state, e.g. Greylag (Holmes & Simons 1996). This led to a review of the Goose Anser anser. process of establishment of such species and the C3 Naturalized re-established species – species terms that best describe their status (Holmes & with populations successfully re-established Stroud 1995), as well as a major review of the cate- by man in areas of former occurrence, e.g. gorisation of species on the British List (Holmes et al. Red Kite Milvus milvus. 1998). Further reviews of the categories have C4 Naturalized feral species – domesticated species occurred since and these are summarized in the with populations established in the wild, e.g. BOURC 31st Report (BOU 2005). A further review Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon Columba livia. of Category C category definitions was carried out as C5 Vagrant naturalized species – species from part of a thorough review of Category C species for established naturalized populations abroad, e.g. the 7th edition of the British List (Dudley 2005), African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus which further re-defined existing categories and intro- from the naturalized French populations. duced a new subcategory C6 (see above). There are currently no species in category C5.

The British List comprises only those species in given, with the museum or institution accession Categories A, B and C. number. BOURC would welcome further informa- Note that Category B used to refer to records tion on the location of specimens of British firsts up to 31 December 1957 but, to accord with that have not been listed here. European practice, now refers to records up to 31 December 1949. The British List totals The number of species recorded in Britain, within Status codes used in the British List each category, is as follows: Abbreviated codes are given for the status of each subspecies on the List: Category Total A 596 RB Resident Breeder B8 MB Migrant Breeder C10 NB Naturalized Total 614 Breeder CB Casual Breeder As stated, species in Categories D, E and F do not FB Former Breeder form part of the British List. HB Hybrid Breeder In addition, there have been records not identified WM Winter Migrant to species level which are not included in the system- PM Passage Migrant atic list, and so do not form part of the species totals. SM Scarce Migrant These include: White-bellied Storm Petrel or Black- V Vagrant bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria/tropica;the Madeiran/Monteiro’s/Cape Verde Storm Petrel Some of the codes are generalizations. For example, group Oceanodroma castro/monteiroi/jabejabe;the many forms listed as WM may occasionally be Zino’s/Fea’s/Desertas Petrel group Pterodroma found in summer. RB and MB together imply that madeira/feae/deserta; and South Polar Skua or Brown the species is a partial migrant in which a proportion Skua Stercorarius maccormicki/antarcticus.The of the population leaves Britain in winter. CB records for these are listed in Appendix 3. includes those where there are fewer than 10 breed- A list of the species and subspecies removed ing attempts each year. HB was introduced to from the British List since the 8th edition is shown denote those species which have been recorded in Appendix 1. breeding with another closely related species (e.g. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps with Little SYSTEMATIC LIST Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis). HB does not attempt to cover all species which have formed hybrid pair- The taxonomy of the systematic list follows ver- ings. NB is included to denote species with self-sus- sion 7.3 of the IOC World Bird List (Gill & Dons- taining naturalized populations. V is reserved for ker 2017). rare taxa. Descriptions are required of records for Changes since the publication of the 7th and these species and some of the rarer subspecies by 8th editions of the British List (BOU 2006, the British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC) (de- 2013a) have been detailed in the 34th to 48th noted by † within the systematic list) to be consid- BOURC reports, the full citations for which are ered for inclusion in British totals; descriptions are listed in the references. Superscript notation 1–15 also required by BBRC for all species in Category D. has been used to direct the reader to the 34th to For each rare species and, where possible, sub- 48th BOURC reports, respectively. † species, the number of birds that have occurred is Indicates rare species and subspecies for which noted where the total is fewer than 100. This descriptions are required of records by the British information is based on data up to 31 December Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC) to be considered 2015 provided by BBRC (2017). Details of the for inclusion in British totals. first British record of rare species are given in A downloadable EXCEL version of the systematic those cases where there is an identifiable first. If list can be found at https://www.bou.org.uk/bri there is an extant specimen, its current location is tish-list/.

Order Anseriformes Admitted to C2 (in 2005) on the basis of a naturalized population established Family Anatidae in Argyll and Bute.

Brent Goose AE Greylag Goose AC2C4E* Brant Goose Anser anser (Linnaeus) Branta bernicla (Linnaeus) RB NB WM anser (Linnaeus). SM nigricans (Lawrence) Taiga Bean Goose15 AE* WM bernicla (Linnaeus) Anser fabalis (Latham) WM hrota (O.F. Muller).€ WM fabalis (Latham). Red-breasted Goose† AE* Pink-footed Goose AE* Branta ruficollis (Pallas) Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon First record: Greater London, early WM monotypic. 1776. 88 individuals. Tundra Bean Goose15 AE V monotypic. Anser serrirostris Gould WM rossicus Buturlin. Canada Goose6,13 AC2E* Branta candensis (Linnaeus) † White-fronted Goose AE* V probably interior Todd. Eight Greater White-fronted Goose individuals. First record: One neck- Anser albifrons (Scopoli) collared individual (of two birds), WM flavirostris Dalgety & Scott Loch Davan, Loch Kinord and Muir WM albifrons (Scopoli). of Fowlis, Aberdeenshire, November 1992; same, Loch of Skene, † Lesser White-fronted Goose AE* Aberdeenshire, January 1993; same, Anser erythropus (Linnaeus) near Perth, Perthshire, January 1993. First record: male, first-calendar-year, NB canadensis (Linnaeus). Fenham Flats, Northumberland, September 1886. Barnacle Goose AC2E* V monotypic. Branta leucopsis (Bechstein) NB WM monotypic. Mute Swan AC2 Admitted to C2 (in 2005) on the basis Cygnus olor (J.F. Gmelin)4 of several naturalized populations RB NB monotypic. established in England. Admitted to C2 (in 2005) on the basis † of birds deriving from naturalized Cackling Goose AE populations in England. Branta hutchinsii (Richardson)13 First record: Plex Moss and Formby Bewick’s Swan AE Moss, Lancashire, November 1976. Tundra Swan 10 individuals. Cygnus columbianus (Ord) V subspecies undetermined, but likely † V columbianus (Ord). Two to have been nominate hutchinsii individuals. First record: adult, Hay (Richardson).15 Moor and Curry Moor, Somerset, January 1986; same, Ibsley, Snow Goose AC2E* Hampshire, December 1986 to Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus) January 1987, returning to Somerset SM caerulescens (Linnaeus) each winter up to 1990. SM atlanticus (Kennard). WM bewickii Yarrel.15

Whooper Swan AE* MB HB WM PM monotypic. Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus) Hybrid pairing with Blue-winged Teal. CB WM monotypic. Gadwall AC2E* Egyptian Goose C1E* Mareca strepera (Linnaeus)15 Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus) RB NB MB WM strepera (Linnaeus). NB monotypic. Admitted to C2 (in 2005) on the basis of birds deriving from naturalized Shelduck A populations in England. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus) Wigeon AE* MB RB WM monotypic. Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope (Linnaeus)15 Ruddy Shelduck† BDE* RB WM monotypic. Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas) First record: ﬁve, Durness, Sutherland, American Wigeon AE June 1892. Mareca americana (J.F. Gmelin)4,15 V monotypic. SM monotypic. Last recorded in an apparently wild state in 1946. All subsequent records Mallard AC2C4E* considered to be of UK captive origin. Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus RB NB HB WM platyrhynchos Mandarin Duck C1E* Linnaeus. Aix galericulata (Linnaeus) Large numbers released annually for NB monotypic. hunting, many of which naturalize into the wild population. These Baikal Teal† AE releases, and birds from other captive Sibirionetta formosa (Georgi)5,15 sources, contain individuals of First record: Tillingham, Essex, domestic origin. January 1906. Hybrid pairing with Black Duck. Seven individuals. Admitted to C2 and C4 (in 2005) on V monotypic. the basis of several naturalized populations established in England. Garganey A † Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus)15 Black Duck A MB PM monotypic. American Black Duck Anas rubripes Brewster Blue-winged Teal† AE* First record: male, Stoke, Kent, March Spatula discors (Linnaeus)15 1967. First record: female, Upper Nithsdale, 41 individuals. Dumfries and Galloway, 1858, now at V HB monotypic. National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z Hybrid pairing with Mallard. 1887.48). V HB monotypic. Pintail AE Hybrid pairing with Northern Northern Pintail Shoveler. Anas acuta Linnaeus RB MB WM monotypic.15 Shoveler A Northern Shoveler Teal A Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus)15 Eurasian Teal

Anas crecca Linnaeus Lesser Scaup A RB WM PM crecca Linnaeus. Aythya affinis (Eyton) SM monotypic. Green-winged Teal A † Anas carolinensis J.F. Gmelin4 Steller’s Eider A SM monotypic. Polysticta stelleri (Pallas) First record: male, sub-adult, Caister, Red-crested Pochard AC2E* Norfolk, February 1830, now at Netta rufina (Pallas) Norwich Castle Museum and Art NB SM monotypic. Gallery (NWHCM:1831.47.86). Admitted to C2 (in 2005) on the basis 15 individuals. of several naturalized populations V monotypic. established in England. King Eider† A † Canvasback AE Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus) Aythya valisineria (A. Wilson) First record: Orkney, 1832. First record: male, Cliffe, Kent, V monotypic. December 1996. Seven individuals.5 Eider A V monotypic. Common Eider Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus) † Redhead AE RB WM mollissima (Linnaeus).6 Aythya americana (Eyton) One record: male, Bleasby, Harlequin Duck† A Nottinghamshire, March 1996. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus) V monotypic. First record: male, Filey, North Yorkshire, autumn 1862, now at Pochard AE* Mansfield Museum (MASMG:BB296). Common Pochard 20 individuals. Aythya ferina (Linnaeus) V monotypic. MB RB WM PM monotypic. Surf Scoter A † Ferruginous Duck AE Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus) Aythya nyroca (Guldenst€ €adt) SM monotypic. First record: male, Lincolnshire, pre- 1771. Velvet Scoter A V monotypic. Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus) WM PM monotypic. Ring-necked Duck AE Aythya collaris (Donovan) White-winged Scoter† A SM monotypic. Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte)9 First record: male, second-calendar- Tufted Duck A year, Blackdog, Aberdeenshire, June Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus) 2011. RB WM PM monotypic. Two individuals. V deglandi (Bonaparte). Scaup A Greater Scaup Common Scoter A Aythya marila (Linnaeus) Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus) CB WM PM marila (Linnaeus). RB MB WM PM monotypic.

† Black Scoter A Red-breasted Merganser A Melanitta americana (Swainson) Mergus serrator Linnaeus First record: male, adult, Gosford Bay, RB WM monotypic. Lothian, December 1987 to January 1988. Ruddy Duck C1E* 13 individuals. Oxyura jamaicensis (J.F. Gmelin) V monotypic. NB jamaicensis (J.F. Gmelin).1

Long-tailed Duck A Order Galliformes Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus) CB WM monotypic. Family Phasianidae

† Bufﬂehead AE Capercaillie8 C3E* Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus) Western Capercaillie First record: female or second- Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus calendar-year, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, FB NB urogallus Linnaeus. January 1920. Black Grouse AE 17 individuals. 15 V monotypic. Lyrurus tetrix (Linnaeus) RB britannicus Witherby & Lonnberg.€ * Goldeneye AE Ptarmigan A Common Goldeneye Rock Ptarmigan Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus) Lagopus muta (Montin) RB WM PM clangula (Linnaeus). RB millaisi Hartert. † Barrow’s Goldeneye AE Red Grouse A Bucephala islandica (J.F. Gmelin)4 Willow Ptarmigan First record: male, adult, Irvine, Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus) Ayrshire, November to December RB scotica (Latham). 1979. * Three individuals. Red-legged Partridge C1E V monotypic. Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus) NB rufa (Linnaeus) Smew A Large numbers released annually for Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus)4 hunting, mostly of undetermined WM monotypic. subspecies.

† * Hooded Merganser AE Grey Partridge AC2E Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus)4 Perdix perdix (Linnaeus) 4 First record: Oban Trumisgarry (Oban RB NB perdix (Linnaeus). Trumaisgearraidh), North Uist Quail AE* (Uibhist a Tuath), Outer Hebrides, Common Quail October to November 2000. Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus) Seven individuals. MB coturnix (Linnaeus). V monotypic. Pheasant C1E* Goosander A Common Pheasant Common Merganser Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus Mergus merganser Linnaeus NB colchicus Linnaeus RB WM merganser Linnaeus. NB principalis P.L. Sclater

NB mongolicus J.F. von Brandt Order Procellariiformes NB satscheuensis Pleske NB pallasi Rothschild Family Oceanitidae NB torquatus J.F. Gmelin Very large numbers released annually Wilson’s Petrel A for hunting, many of which naturalize Wilson’s Storm Petrel into the population, which consists Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl) largely of intraspeciﬁc hybrids.4 SM subspecies undetermined.3

Golden Pheasant C1E* White-faced Storm Petrel† B Chrysolophus pictus (Linnaeus) Pelagodroma marina (Latham)15 NB monotypic. One record: female, immature, Colonsay, Argyll and Bute, January ’ * Lady Amherst s Pheasant C6E 1897, now at National Museums Chrysolophus amherstiae (Leadbeater) Scotland (NMS.Z 1897.17). NB monotypic. V hypoleuca (Webb, Berthelot & Moved to C6 (in 2005) on the basis Moquin-Tandon). of English populations no longer considered self-sustaining. Family Diomedeidae

Order Gaviiformes Black-browed Albatross† A Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck)1 Family Gaviidae First record: sub-adult, Linton, Cambridgeshire, July 1897. Red-throated Diver A 29 individuals. Red-throated Loon V monotypic.15 Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan) [There have been 12 further records of MB RB WM PM monotypic. albatrosess not identiﬁed to species.]

Black-throated Diver A Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross† A Black-throated Loon Thalassarche chlororhynchos (J.F. Gavia arctica (Linnaeus) Gmelin)5 MB RB WM arctica (Linnaeus). One record: immature, Brean, Pacific Diver† A Somerset, June 2007; same, Manton, Pacific Loon Lincolnshire, July 2007. 15 Gavia pacifica (Lawrence)5 V monotypic. First record: second-calendar-year, Farnham Gravel Pit, North Yorkshire, Family Hydrobatidae January to February 2007. Seven individuals. Storm Petrel A V monotypic. European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus) Great Northern Diver A MB pelagicus (Linnaeus). Common Loon ’ † Gavia immer (Brunnich)€ Swinhoe s Petrel A ’ CB WM monotypic. Swinhoe s Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis (Swinhoe) White-billed Diver A First record: female, Tynemouth, Yellow-billed Loon Northumberland, July 1989.10 Gavia adamsii (G.R. Gray)4 Seven individuals. SM monotypic. V monotypic.

Leach’s Petrel A Barolo Shearwater† A Leach’s Storm Petrel Puffinus baroli (Bonaparte) Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot) First record: male, near Earsham, MB PM leucorhoa (Vieillot). Norfolk, April 1858, now at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery Family Procellariidae (NWHCM:38.944). 65 individuals. Fulmar A V monotypic.15 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus) Order Podicipediformes15 RB MB PM glacialis (Linnaeus). Family Podicipedidae Black-capped Petrel† A Pterodroma hasitata (Kuhl) Little Grebe A First record: Swaffham, Norfolk, Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas) March or April 1850, now at Norwich RB MB HB WM ruficollis (Pallas) Castle Museum and Art Gallery Hybrid pairing with Pied-billed Grebe. (NWHCM:108.949). Two individuals. Pied-billed Grebe† A V monotypic.15 Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus) First record: Blagdon Lake, Somerset, ’ † Scopoli s Shearwater A December 1963. Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli) 44 individuals. One record: at sea, off Isles of Scilly, 4,8 V HB subspecies undetermined, but August 2004. likely to have been nominate podiceps V monotypic. (Linnaeus). Cory’s Shearwater A Hybrid pairing with Little Grebe. Calonectris borealis (Cory) Red-necked Grebe A SM monotypic. Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert) CB WM grisegena (Boddaert) Sooty Shearwater A † 15 Ardenna grisea (J.F. Gmelin) 4,15 V holbollii Reinhardt. One record: PM monotypic. male, Gruinard Bay, Wester Ross, Highland, September 1925, examined Great Shearwater A at British Museum. Ardenna gravis (O’Reilly)15 SM monotypic. Great Crested Grebe A Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus) Manx Shearwater A RB WM cristatus (Linnaeus). Puffinus puffinus (Brunnich)€ MB monotypic. Slavonian Grebe A Horned Grebe † Yelkouan Shearwater A Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus) Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi)13 RB WM auritus (Linnaeus). One record: Berry Head, Devon, July 2008. Black-necked Grebe A V monotypic. Podiceps nigricollis C.L. Brehm MB RB WM PM nigricollis C.L. Balearic Shearwater A Brehm. Puffinus mauretanicus Lowe1 PM monotypic.

Order Phaethontiformes First record: Puddletown, Dorset, autumn 1804. Family Phaethontidae 38 individuals. V monotypic. † Red-billed Tropicbird AE † Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus Little Bittern A First record: at sea, off Isles of Scilly, Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus) June 2001. First record: Greater London Five individuals. (Middlesex), May 1782. V subspecies undetermined, but likely CB V minutus (Linnaeus). 15 to have been mesonauta J.L. Peters. Night-heron AE* Black-crowned Night Heron Order Ciconiiformes Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus) SM nycticorax (Linnaeus). Family Ciconiidae Green Heron† A † Black Stork AE Butorides virescens (Linnaeus) Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus) First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, First record: second-calendar-year, Penrice, Cornwall, October 1889. West Sedge Moor, near Stoke St Seven individuals. Gregory, Somerset, May 1814, now at V subspecies undetermined, but likely Natural History Museum, Tring (Vel. to have been nominate virescens Cat. 3: 182.a.). (Linnaeus).15 V monotypic. Squacco Heron† A White Stork AE Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli) Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus) First record: adult, Boynton, Wiltshire, FB SM ciconia (Linnaeus). 1775. V monotypic. Order Pelecaniformes Chinese Pond Heron† A 13 Family Threskiornithidae Ardeola bacchus (Bonaparte) First record: adult, Eccles-on-Sea, Glossy Ibis AE Norfolk, October 2004 and East Dean, Hampshire, November Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus) 1,14 SM monotypic.15 2004. Two individuals. Spoonbill AE V monotypic. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus Cattle Egret AE FB CB SM leucorodia Linnaeus. Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus) 15 Family Ardeidae CB SM monotypic. Grey Heron A Bittern A Ardea cinerea Linnaeus Eurasian Bittern RB WM cinerea Linnaeus. Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus) † RB WM stellaris (Linnaeus). Great Blue Heron A 4 † Ardea herodias Linnaeus American Bittern A First record: St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett) December 2007.

Two individuals. MB RB PM monotypic. V subspecies undetermined. Red-footed Booby† A Purple Heron A Sula sula (Linnaeus)15 Ardea purpurea Linnaeus One record: female, second-calendar- CB SM purpurea Linnaeus. year or older, St Leonards, East Great White Egret A Sussex, September 2016, held in care Great Egret to December 2016, when transported Ardea alba Linnaeus to the Cayman Islands, where died in CB SM alba Linnaeus. quarantine. † V subspecies undetermined, but likely Snowy Egret A to have been nominate sula Egretta thula (Molina) (Linnaeus). One record: Seil Island, Argyll and Bute, November 2001, and various Family Phalacrocoracidae west and south-west Scottish coast localities into 2002. Double-crested Cormorant† AE V subspecies undetermined. Phalacrocorax auritus (R. Lesson) One record: Billingham, Co. Durham Little Egret A (then Cleveland), January to April Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus) 1989. RB PM garzetta (Linnaeus). V subspecies undetermined.

Order Suliformes Shag A European Shag Family Fregatidae Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus) RB aristotelis (Linnaeus). Ascension Frigatebird† A Fregata aquila (Linnaeus) Cormorant A First record: female, immature, Tiree, Great Cormorant Argyll and Bute, July 1953, now at Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus) National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z RB MB carbo (Linnaeus) 1953.16). RB PM WM sinensis (Staunton). Two individuals. V monotypic. Order Accipitriformes [There have been three further records of frigatebirds not identified to Family Pandionidae species.] Osprey * † AE Magnificent Frigatebird A Western Osprey 3 Fregata magnificens Mathews Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus) First record: male, adult, near MB PM haliaetus (Linnaeus). Whitchurch, Shropshire, November 2005, now at Natural History Family Accipitridae Museum, Tring (NHMUK 2006.23.1). Two individuals. Egyptian Vulture† BDE V monotypic Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus) First record: immature, Bridgwater Family Sulidae Bay, Somerset, October 1825. Last recorded in 1868. Gannet A Two individuals.7 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus (Linnaeus)

V percnopterus (Linnaeus). Northern Harrier† A Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus)3,12 Honey-buzzard A First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, St. European Honey Buzzard Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, October 1982, Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus) possibly present until June 1983. MB PM monotypic. Eight individuals. Short-toed Eagle† A V monotypic. Short-toed Snake Eagle † 4 Pallid Harrier A Circaetus gallicus (J.F. Gmelin) Circus macrourus (S.G. Gmelin)4 ﬁ First record: rst-calendar-year, St. First record: male, second-calendar- Agnes and other islands, Isles of Scilly, year, Fair Isle, Shetland, April to May October 1999. 1931, now at National Museums Three individuals. Scotland (NMS.Z 1931.127.1). V monotypic. 87 individuals. Spotted Eagle† B V HB monotypic. Greater Spotted Eagle Hybrid pairing with Hen Harrier. 15 Clanga clanga (Pallas) Montagu’s Harrier A ’ First record: Hawk s Wood, near Circus pygargus (Linnaeus) Cheesewring, Cornwall, December MB PM monotypic. 1860. Last recorded 1915. 12 individuals. Red Kite AC3E* V monotypic. Milvus milvus (Linnaeus) RB NB HB WM PM milvus Golden Eagle AE (Linnaeus) Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus) Naturalized populations now in RB chrysaetos (Linnaeus). England and Scotland following Sparrowhawk A release of birds in 1989 from Spain Eurasian Sparrowhawk and Scandinavia. Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus) Hybrid pairing with Black Kite. RB PM WM nisus (Linnaeus). Black Kite AE Goshawk AC3E* Milvus migrans (Boddaert) Northern Goshawk SM HB migrans (Boddaert). Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus) Hybrid pairing with Red Kite. FB NB gentilis (Linnaeus). White-tailed Eagle AC3E* Admitted to C3 (in 2005) to note the Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus) captive origin of the British FB NB V albicilla (Linnaeus).15 population. Naturalized population now Marsh Harrier A established in Scotland. Western Marsh Harrier Rough-legged Buzzard AE Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus) Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan) RB MB PM aeruginosus (Linnaeus). WM PM lagopus (Pontoppidan). Hen Harrier A Buzzard AE* Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus) Common Buzzard RB MB HB PM WM monotypic. Buteo buteo (Linnaeus) Hybrid pairing with Pallid Harrier. RB PM WM buteo (Linnaeus).

Order Otidiformes CB V intermedia (Hermann).

Family Otididae Spotted Crake A Porzana porzana (Linnaeus) † Great Bustard AE* CB PM monotypic. Otis tarda Linnaeus Sora Rail† A 84 old records; 20 individuals since Sora January 1950. Porzana carolina (Linnaeus) FB NB V tarda Linnaeus. First record: near Newbury, Berkshire, Macqueen’s Bustard† A October 1864. Chlamydotis macqueenii (J.E. Gray) 18 individuals. First record: Kirton in Lindsey, V monotypic. † Lincolnshire, October 1847, now at Western Swamphen AE York Museums Trust Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus)15 (YORYM:1999.15). One record: adult, Minsmere RSPB, Four old records; one individual since Suffolk, July to August 2016; same, January 1950. Alkborough Flats, Lincolnshire, V monotypic. August 2016 to January 2017. Little Bustard† A V monotypic. Tetrax tetrax (Linnaeus) Allen’s Gallinule† A First record: Cornwall, 1751. Porphyrio alleni Thomson3 183 old records; 27 individuals since First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, at sea, January 1950. off Hopton, Norfolk (then Suffolk), V monotypic. January 1902. Two individuals. Order Gruiformes V monotypic.

† Family Rallidae American Purple Gallinule A Purple Gallinule Water Rail A Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus)3,15 Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, St. RB PM WM aquaticus Linnaeus. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, November 1958, now at Natural History * Corncrake AE Museum, Tring (NHMUK 1958.27.1). Corn Crake Three individuals. Crex crex (Linnaeus) V monotypic. MB PM monotypic.

† Moorhen A Little Crake A Common Moorhen Porzana parva (Scopoli) Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus) ﬁ First record: Cats eld, East Sussex, RB WM chloropus (Linnaeus). March 1791. V monotypic. Coot A Eurasian Coot ’ † Baillon s Crake A Fulica atra Linnaeus Porzana pusilla (Pallas) RB WM atra Linnaeus. First record: near Beccles, Suffolk, pre- 1819. 87 individuals

† American Coot A Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus) Fulica americana J.F. Gmelin4 RB MB PM WM monotypic. First record: possibly second-calendar- † year, Stodmarsh, Kent, April 1996. Sociable Plover A Eight individuals. Sociable Lapwing V americana J.F. Gmelin.15 Vanellus gregarius (Pallas) First record: near St Michael’son Family Gruidae Wyre, Lancashire, autumn c. 1860. 43 individuals. Sandhill Crane† A V monotypic. 15 Antigone canadensis (Linnaeus) White-tailed Plover† A First record: second-calendar-year, Fair White-tailed Lapwing Isle, Shetland, April 1981. Vanellus leucurus (M.H.K. Four individuals. Lichtenstein) V subspecies undetermined. First record: male, adult, Packington, Crane AE* Warwickshire, July 1975. Common Crane Six individuals. Grus grus (Linnaeus) V monotypic. 15 FB RB NB PM monotypic. Golden Plover A European Golden Plover Order Charadriiformes Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus) RB MB WM PM monotypic. Family Burhinidae Paciﬁc Golden Plover† A Stone-curlew A Pluvialis fulva (J.F. Gmelin)4 Eurasian Stone-curlew First record: Epsom, Surrey, Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus) November 1870. MB oedicnemus (Linnaeus). 90 individuals. V monotypic. Family Haematopodidae American Golden Plover A € Oystercatcher A Pluvialis dominica (P.L. Statius Muller) Eurasian Oystercatcher SM monotypic. Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus Grey Plover A RB MB PM WM ostralegus Linnaeus. Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus) PM WM squatarola (Linnaeus).15 Family Recurvirostridae Ringed Plover A Black-winged Stilt A Common Ringed Plover Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus) Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus CB SM monotypic.15 PM psammodromus Salomonsen15 RB MB PM WM hiaticula Linnaeus Avocet AE PM WM tundrae (Lowe). Pied Avocet † Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus Semipalmated Plover A RB MB PM WM monotypic. Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, St. Family Charadriidae Agnes, Isles of Scilly, October to November 1978. Lapwing A Four individuals. Northern Lapwing V monotypic.

Little Ringed Plover A Family Scolopacidae

Charadrius dubius Scopoli † MB PM curonicus J.F. Gmelin.1 Upland Sandpiper A Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein) † Killdeer A First record: Compton Verney, Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus Warwickshire, October 1851. First record: near Christchurch, Dorset 46 individuals. (then Hampshire), April 1859. V monotypic. 56 individuals. V vociferus Linnaeus. Whimbrel A Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus)15 Kentish Plover A MB PM islandicus C.L. Brehm Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus PM phaeopus (Linnaeus) † FB SM alexandrinus Linnaeus. V hudsonicus Latham. 10 individuals. Lesser Sand Plover† A First record: Fair Isle, Shetland, May Charadrius mongolus Pallas 1955.

Six individuals. † V pamirensis (Richmond), atrifrons Little Whimbrel A Wagler or schaeferi Meyer de Little Curlew Schauensee. Two individuals. Numenius minutus Gould ﬁ ﬁ First record: adult, Pagham Harbour, First record: adult, Ken g (Cynf g), West Sussex, August 1997. Mid Glamorgan (Morgannwg Ganol), V mongolus Pallas or stegmanni August to September 1982. Portenko. Three individuals. First Two individuals. record: adult or second-calendar-year, V monotypic.

Donmouth, Aberdeenshire, August † 1991.3,6 Eskimo Curlew B Numenius borealis (J.R. Forster) † Greater Sand Plover A First record: Cairn-mon-earn, Durris, Charadrius leschenaultii R. Lesson Aberdeenshire, September 1855.1,5 First record: ﬁrst/second-calendar-year, Four individuals. None since 1887, Pagham Harbour, West Sussex, probably extinct. December 1978 to January 1979. V monotypic. 16 individuals. V subspecies undetermined. Curlew A Eurasian Curlew † Caspian Plover A Numenius arquata (Linnaeus) Charadrius asiaticus Pallas RB MB PM WM arquata (Linnaeus). First record: pair, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, May 1890, male, now at Bar-tailed Godwit A Norwich Castle Museum and Art Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus) Gallery (NWHCM:39.90). PM WM lapponica (Linnaeus) Six individuals. SM taymyrensis Engelmoer & V monotypic. Roselaar.15

Dotterel A Black-tailed Godwit A Eurasian Dotterel Limosa limosa (Linnaeus) Charadrius morinellus Linnaeus CB PM WM islandica C.L. Brehm MB PM monotypic. MB PM limosa (Linnaeus).

† Hudsonian Godwit† A Stilt Sandpiper A Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus) Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte) First record: adult, Blacktoft Sands, First record: adult, Kilnsea, East East Yorkshire, September to October Yorkshire, August to September 1954. 1981; same, Countess Wear, Devon, 33 individuals. November 1981 to January 1982; V monotypic. same, Blacktoft Sands, East Yorkshire, April to May 1983. Curlew Sandpiper A Three individuals. Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan) V monotypic. PM monotypic.

Turnstone A Temminck’s Stint A Ruddy Turnstone Calidris temminckii (Leisler) Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus) CB PM monotypic. CB PM WM interpres (Linnaeus). Long-toed Stint† A Great Knot† A Calidris subminuta (Middendorff) Calidris tenuirostris (Horsﬁeld) First record: adult, Marazion, First record: adult, Scatness and Pool Cornwall, June 1970. of Virkie, Mainland, Shetland, Two individuals. September 1989. V monotypic.

Four individuals. † V monotypic. Red-necked Stint A Calidris ruﬁcollis (Pallas) Knot A First record: adult, Blacktoft Sands, Red Knot East Yorkshire, July 1986. Calidris canutus (Linnaeus) Seven individuals. PM WM canutus (Linnaeus) V monotypic. PM WM islandica (Linnaeus). Sanderling A Ruff A Calidris alba (Pallas) 15 Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus) PM WM alba (Pallas). CB PM WM monotypic. Dunlin A Broad-billed Sandpiper† A Calidris alpina (Linnaeus) Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan) PM arctica (Schiøler) First record: Breydon Water, Norfolk, MB PM WM schinzii (C.L. Brehm & May 1836; was in the Connop and Schilling) Lysaght collections at Birmingham PM WM alpina (Linnaeus). Museum and Art Gallery, but no longer present. Purple Sandpiper A V falcinellus (Pontoppidan). Calidris maritima (Brunnich)€ CB PM WM monotypic. † Sharp-tailed Sandpiper A † Calidris acuminata (Horsﬁeld) Baird’s Sandpiper A First record: adult, Great Yarmouth, Calidris bairdii (Coues) Norfolk, September 1848, now at First record: female, St Kilda, Outer Norwich Castle Museum and Art Hebrides, September 1911, now at Gallery (NWHCM:25.50). National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z 32 individuals. 1912.39.56). V monotypic. V monotypic.

Little Stint A First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, Calidris minuta (Leisler) Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, September PM monotypic. 1999; same, Seal Sands, Hartlepool, Co. Durham, September to October Least Sandpiper† A 1999. Calidris minutilla (Vieillot) Four individuals. First record: Marazion, Cornwall, V subspecies undetermined. October 1853. 37 individuals. Woodcock A V monotypic. Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus White-rumped Sandpiper A RB MB WM PM monotypic. Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot) SM monotypic. Jack Snipe A Lymnocryptes minimus (Brunnich)€ Buff-breasted Sandpiper A WM PM monotypic. Calidris subruﬁcollis (Vieillot) SM monotypic. Great Snipe† A Gallinago media (Latham) Pectoral Sandpiper A First record: pre-1797 Kent. Calidris melanotos (Vieillot) V monotypic. SM monotypic. Snipe A Semipalmated Sandpiper† A Common Snipe Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus) Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus) First record: adult, Cley next the Sea, RB MB WM PM faeroeensis (C.L. Norfolk, July 1953. Brehm) V monotypic. RB MB WM PM gallinago (Linnaeus).

† † Western Sandpiper A Wilson’s Snipe A Calidris mauri (Cabanis) Gallinago delicata (Ord)4 First record: adult, Tresco, Isles of First record: St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, Scilly, August 1969.1,2 October 1998 to April 1999. Eight individuals. Seven individuals. V monotypic. V monotypic.

Long-billed Dowitcher† A Terek Sandpiper† A Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say) Xenus cinereus (Guldenst€ €adt) First record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, First record: Midrips, near Camber, obtained, coastal locality, Devon, East Sussex, May 1951. October 1801, now at Natural History 85 individuals. Museum, Tring (Vel. Cat. B: 202a). V monotypic. V monotypic. [There have been 78 further records Wilson’s Phalarope† A of dowitchers not identiﬁed to Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot) species.] First record: Rosyth, Fife, September to October 1954. Short-billed Dowitcher† A V monotypic. Limnodromus griseus (J.F. Gmelin)4

Red-necked Phalarope A Marsh Sandpiper† A Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus) Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein) MB PM monotypic. First record: two, Midrips, near Camber, East Sussex, September Grey Phalarope A 1937. Red Phalarope V monotypic. Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus) PM monotypic. Wood Sandpiper A Tringa glareola Linnaeus Common Sandpiper A CB PM monotypic. Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus) MB PM WM monotypic. Spotted Redshank A Tringa erythropus (Pallas) † Spotted Sandpiper A PM WM monotypic. Actitis macularius (Linnaeus) First record: Loe Bar, Cornwall, June Greenshank A 1924.2,4 Common Greenshank CB V monotypic. Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus) RB MB PM WM monotypic. Green Sandpiper A † Tringa ochropus Linnaeus Greater Yellowlegs A CB PM WM monotypic. Tringa melanoleuca (J.F. Gmelin)4 First record: Tresco, Isles of Scilly, † Solitary Sandpiper A September 1906, now at Isles of Scilly Tringa solitaria A. Wilson Museum as part of the Tresco Abbey First record: River Clyde, Lanarkshire, Bird Collection. pre-1870. 33 individuals. 36 individuals. V monotypic. V subspecies undetermined. Family Glareolidae Grey-tailed Tattler† A Tringa brevipes (Vieillot)3 Cream-coloured Courser† A First record: Dyfi estuary, Ceredigion/ Cream-colored Courser Gwynedd (then Meirionnydd), Cursorius cursor (Latham)15 October to November 1981. First record: immature, near Two individuals. Wingham, Kent, 1785. V monotypic. 38 individuals. V cursor (Latham). Lesser Yellowlegs† A Tringa flavipes (J.F. Gmelin)4 Collared Pratincole† A First record: Misson, Nottinghamshire, Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus) winter 1854, now at Leeds City First record: Bowness, Cumbria, Museum (LEEDM.C.1962.1205). October 1807.4 V monotypic. 94 individuals. V pratincola (Linnaeus). Redshank A [There have been 34 further records Common Redshank of pratincoles not identified to Tringa totanus (Linnaeus) species.] PM WM robusta (Schiøler) RB MB PM WM totanus (Linnaeus).

Oriental Pratincole† A Black-headed Gull A Glareola maldivarum J.R. Forster Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus)3 First record: second-calendar-year, RB MB HB WM PM monotypic. Dunwich, Suffolk, June to July 1981. Hybrid pairing with Mediterranean Seven individuals. Gull. V monotypic. Little Gull A † Black-winged Pratincole A Hydrocoloeus minutus (Pallas)3 Glareola nordmanni Fischer von CB PM WM monotypic. Waldheim First record: near Northallerton, North Ross’s Gull† A Yorkshire, August 1909, now at Rhodostethia rosea (W. MacGillivray) Dorman Museum, Middlesborough First record: second-calendar-year, (MIDDM:1984.1152). between Whalsay and Out Skerries, 39 individuals. Shetland, April 1936. V monotypic. 97 individuals. V monotypic. Family Laridae Laughing Gull† A Kittiwake A Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus)15 Black-legged Kittiwake First record: Crumbles, Eastbourne, Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus) East Sussex, July 1923. RB MB PM WM tridactyla (Linnaeus). V subspecies undetermined.

Ivory Gull† A Franklin’s Gull† A Pagophila eburnea (Phipps) Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler)15 First record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, First record: adult, Farlington Marshes, Baltasound, Unst, Shetland, December Hampshire, February to May 1970. 1822. 72 individuals. V monotypic. V monotypic.

Sabine’s Gull A Audouin’s Gull† A Xema sabini (Sabine) Ichthyaetus audouinii PM monotypic. (Payraudeau)15 First record: third-calendar-year, Slender-billed Gull† A Dungeness, Kent, May 2003. Chroicocephalus genei (Breme)3 Seven individuals. First record: second-calendar-year, V monotypic. Langney Point, East Sussex, June to July 1960. Mediterranean Gull A 10 individuals. Ichthyaetus melanocephalus V monotypic. (Temminck)15 RB MB HB PM WM monotypic. Bonaparte’s Gull† A Hybrid pairings with Black-headed Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Ord)3 and Common Gulls. First record: adult, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, April 1850, now at Great Black-headed Gull† B Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Pallas’s Gull Glasgow (GLAMG Z.1969.93).1 Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas)15 V monotypic.

One record: adult, Exmouth, Devon, Hybrid pairings with Lesser Black- late May or early June 1859, now at backed, Yellow-legged and Glaucous Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Gulls. Exeter (EXEMS:B344a). V monotypic. American Herring Gull† A Larus smithsonianus Coues Common Gull A First record: second-calendar-year, Mew Gull Ashton’s Flashes, Cheshire, February Larus canus Linnaeus to March 1994.5 RB MB HB WM PM canus Linnaeus 30 individuals. SM heinei Homeyer. V monotypic.3,15 Hybrid pairing with Mediterranean Gull. Caspian Gull A Ring-billed Gull A Larus cachinnans Pallas Larus delawarensis Ord SM monotypic.3,10 SM monotypic. Yellow-legged Gull A Great Black-backed Gull A Larus michahellis J.F. Naumann † Larus marinus Linnaeus V atlantis Dwight. Two individuals. First RB WM monotypic. record: second-calendar-year, Sennen, Cornwall, July to November 2008.13 † Glaucous-winged Gull A CB HB PM WM michahellis J.F. Larus glaucescens J.F. Naumann5 Naumann. First record: third/fourth-calendar- Hybrid pairings with Herring and year, Hempsted, Gloucestershire, Lesser Black-backed Gulls. December 2006 and March 2007; same, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, Slaty-backed Gull† A March 2007 and Beddington, Greater Larus schistisagus Stejneger13 London, April 2007. One record: near-adult, Rainham Two individuals. Landfill, Greater London, and Pitsea V monotypic.5 and Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex, January to February 2011. Glaucous Gull A V monotypic. Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus WM HB hyperboreus Gunnerus. Lesser Black-backed Gull A Hybrid pairing with Herring Gull. Larus fuscus Linnaeus MB RB HB PM graellsii A.E. Brehm Iceland Gull A PM intermedius Schiøler † Larus glaucoides Meyer V fuscus Linnaeus. Two individuals. WM glaucoides Meyer First record: Suffolk, October 1981 SM kumlieni Brewster4 (ringing recovery). † V thayeri W.S. Brooks12,15 Two Hybrid pairing with Herring Gull. individuals. First record: adult, Pitsea landfill site, Essex, November 2010. Gull-billed Tern† A Gelochelidon nilotica (J.F. Gmelin) Herring Gull A First record: Rye Harbour, East European Herring Gull Sussex, 1802, now at Natural History Larus argentatus Pontoppidan Museum, Tring (Vel. Cat. 4: 288 b). RB HB argenteus C.L. Brehm & CB V nilotica (J.F. Gmelin).1 Schilling PM WM argentatus Pontoppidan.

Caspian Tern† A Aleutian Tern† A Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas)1 Onychoprion aleuticus (Baird)1 First record: immature, Breydon One record: adult, Farne Islands, Water, Norfolk, October 1825. Northumberland, May 1979. V monotypic. V monotypic.

Royal Tern† A Bridled Tern† A Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert)15 Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli) First record: St. Ives, Cornwall, First record: male, adult, Dungeness, September 1971. Kent, November 1931. Five individuals. 25 individuals. V maximus (Boddaert). First record V melanopterus (Swainson) or ascribed to nominate subspecies: antarcticus (R. Lesson).1,15 Kenfig (Cynffig), Mid Glamorgan (Morgannwg Ganol), November 1979. Sooty Tern† A Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus)1 Lesser Crested Tern† A First record: near Burton-on-Trent, Thalasseus bengalensis (R. Lesson)15 Staffordshire, October 1852. First record: adult, Cymyran Bay, 21 individuals. Anglesey (Ynys Mon),^ July 1982. V fuscatus (Linnaeus). Nine individuals. VHBemigratus (Neumann) Roseate Tern A Hybrid pairing with Sandwich Tern. Sterna dougallii Montagu MB PM dougallii Montagu. Sandwich Tern A Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham)15 Common Tern A MB HB PM monotypic. Sterna hirundo Linnaeus Hybrid pairing with Lesser Crested MB PM hirundo Linnaeus. Tern. Arctic Tern A † Cabot’s Tern A Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan Thalasseus acuflavidus (S. Cabot)15 MB PM monotypic. One record: Newhouse Wood, Herefordshire, November 1984 Forster’s Tern† A (ringing recovery). Sterna forsteri Nuttall V subspecies undetermined, but likely First record: second-calendar-year, to have been nominate acuflavidus (S. Falmouth Bay, Cornwall, February to Cabot). March 1980. 20 individuals. Little Tern A V monotypic. Sternula albifrons (Pallas)1 † MB PM albifrons (Pallas). Whiskered Tern A Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas) Least Tern† A First record: Lyme Regis, Dorset, late Sternula antillarum R. Lesson15 August 1836. One record: male, Rye Harbour, East V hybrida (Pallas).1 Sussex, June 1983, returning annually to July 1992; presumed same, Colne White-winged Black Tern A Point, Essex, June to July 1991. White-winged Tern V subspecies undetermined, but likely Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck)1 to have been nominate antillarum R. Lesson.

SM monotypic. Common Guillemot A Common Murre Black Tern A Uria aalge (Pontoppidan) Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus) RB MB WM aalge (Pontoppidan) FB CB PM niger (Linnaeus) SM hyperborea Salomonsen15 † V surinamensis (J.F. Gmelin).1 Five RB MB WM albionis Witherby. individuals. First record: ﬁrst-calendar- year, Axe Estuary, Somerset, October Razorbill A 1999. Alca torda Linnaeus SM torda Linnaeus Family Stercorariidae RB MB WM islandica C.L. Brehm.

Great Skua4 A Great Auk B Stercorarius skua (Brunnich)€ Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus) MB PM monotypic.9,15 Extinct: last recorded St Kilda in about 1840. Pomarine Skua FB monotypic. Pomarine Jaeger A Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck) Black Guillemot A PM monotypic. Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus) RB arcticus (C.L. Brehm).1 Arctic Skua A Parasitic Jaeger Long-billed Murrelet† A Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus) Brachyramphus perdix (Pallas)3 MB PM monotypic. One record: first-calendar-year, Dawlish, Devon, November 2006.2 Long-tailed Skua A V monotypic. Long-tailed Jaeger † Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot Ancient Murrelet A PM longicaudus Vieillot.4 Synthliboramphus antiquus (J.F. Gmelin)4 Family Alcidae One record: adult, Lundy, Devon, May to June 1990, returning spring Little Auk A 1991 and 1992. Alle alle (Linnaeus) V subspecies undetermined, but likely PM WM alle (Linnaeus). to have been nominate antiquus (J.F. Gmelin).15 † Brunnich€ ’s Guillemot A Thick-billed Murre Puffin A Uria lomvia (Linnaeus) Atlantic Puffin First record: female, Craigielaw Point, Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus) Lothian, December 1908, now at MB RB PM WM monotypic. National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z 1909.134). Tufted Puffin† A 44 individuals. Fratercula cirrhata (Pallas)6 V subspecies undetermined, but likely One record: adult, Oare Marshes, to have been nominate lomvia Kent, September 2009. (Linnaeus).15 V monotypic.

Order Pterocliformes15 Collared Dove A Eurasian Collared Dove Family Pteroclidae15 Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky) RB decaocto (Frivaldszky). Pallas’s Sandgrouse† A † Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas) Mourning Dove A First record: three, River Glaslyn, Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus) Tremadog, Gwynedd (then First record: Carinish (Cairinis), North Caernarfonshire), July 1859, one now Uist (Uibhist a Tuath), Outer at Grosvenor Museum, Chester Hebrides, November 1999. (CHEGM:1976.37.e). Five individuals.9 6,848 old records; seven individuals V subspecies undetermined, but likely since January 1950. to have been carolinensis (Linnaeus).15 CB V monotypic. Order Cuculiformes Order Columbiformes Family Cuculidae Family Columbidae Great Spotted Cuckoo† A Rock Dove AC4E* Clamator glandarius (Linnaeus) Columba livia J.F. Gmelin First record: immature, near RB livia J.F. Gmelin.1 Bellingham, Northumberland, August There are also large urban and rural 1870, now at Hancock Museum, populations of Feral Pigeons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne domestic origin. (NEWHM:2003.H2541). Admitted to C4 (in 2005) to note the 50 individuals. captive origin of these populations. V monotypic.

Stock Dove A Yellow-billed Cuckoo† A Columba oenas Linnaeus Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus) RB PM WM oenas Linnaeus. First record: Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro), autumn Woodpigeon A 1832. Common Wood Pigeon 64 individuals. Columba palumbus Linnaeus V monotypic. RB WM palumbus Linnaeus. Black-billed Cuckoo† A Turtle Dove A Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A. Wilson) European Turtle Dove First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus) Tresco, Isles of Scilly, October 1932, MB PM turtur (Linnaeus). now at Isles of Scilly Museum as part of the Tresco Abbey Bird Collection. Oriental Turtle Dove† A 14 individuals. Streptopelia orientalis (Latham)15 V monotypic. 12 individuals. V meena (Sykes). Four individuals. Cuckoo A First record: Spurn, East Yorkshire, Common Cuckoo November 1975. Cuculus canorus Linnaeus V orientalis (Latham). Five individuals. MB PM canorus Linnaeus. First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, October 1889.

Order Strigiformes First record: Widdrington, near Morpeth, Northumberland, January Family Tytonidae 1812. 57 individuals. Barn Owl AE* V funereus (Linnaeus). Western Barn Owl Tyto alba (Scopoli) Long-eared Owl A RB alba (Scopoli) Asio otus (Linnaeus) † V guttata (C.L. Brehm). 12 RB WM PM otus (Linnaeus). individuals. First record: near Norwich, Norfolk, December 1864.10 Short-eared Owl A Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan) Family Strigidae RB MB PM WM flammeus (Pontoppidan). Scops Owl† A Eurasian Scops Owl Order Caprimulgiformes Otus scops (Linnaeus) First record: Wetherby, West Family Caprimulgidae Yorkshire, spring 1805. † 84 individuals. Common Nighthawk A V scops (Linnaeus). Chordeiles minor (J.R. Forster) First record: female, Tresco, Isles of Snowy Owl† AE Scilly, September 1927, now at Isles Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus) of Scilly Museum as part of the Tresco First record: Unst, Shetland, 1812. Abbey Bird Collection. FB V monotypic. 22 individuals. V minor (J.R. Forster). Tawny Owl A † Strix aluco Linnaeus Red-necked Nightjar B RB sylvatica Shaw. Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck One record: Killingworth, Hawk Owl† A Northumberland, October 1856, now Northern Hawk-Owl at Hancock Museum, Newcastle- Surnia ulula (Linnaeus) upon-Tyne (NEWHM:1999.H1071).1 Four individuals. V ruficollis Temminck. V ulula (Linnaeus). Two individuals. First record: Skaw, Unst, Shetland, Nightjar A December 1860.5 European Nightjar V caparoch (P.L. Statius Muller).€ One Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus record: at sea, off Cornwall, March MB PM europaeus Linnaeus. 1830, now at National Museum of † Ireland (NMINH 1959.13.1).5 Egyptian Nightjar A Caprimulgus aegyptius M.H.K. Little Owl C1E* Lichtenstein Athene noctua (Scopoli) First record: Rainworth, near NB vidalii A.E. Brehm. Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, June 1883, now at Mansfield Museum Tengmalm’s Owl† A (MASMG:BB261). Boreal Owl Two individuals. Aegolius funereus (Linnaeus) V subspecies undetermined.

Order Apodiformes Order Coraciiformes

Family Apodidae Family Coraciidae

White-throated Needletail† A Roller† A Hirundapus caudacutus (Latham)15 European Roller First record: Great Horkesley, Essex, Coracias garrulus Linnaeus July 1846. First record: killed, Crostwick, Eight individuals. Norfolk, May 1664. V caudacutus (Latham). V garrulus Linnaeus.

Chimney Swift† A Family Alcedinidae Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus) First record: Porthgwarra, Cornwall, Kingﬁsher A October 1982. Common Kingﬁsher 20 individuals. Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus) V monotypic. RB MB ispida Linnaeus.

Alpine Swift A Belted Kingﬁsher† A Tachymarptis melba (Linnaeus)15 Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus)3 SM melba (Linnaeus). First record: female, Sladesbridge, Cornwall, November 1908. Swift A Three individuals. Common Swift V monotypic. Apus apus (Linnaeus) MB PM apus (Linnaeus). Family Meropidae

Pallid Swift† A Blue-cheeked Bee-eater† A Apus pallidus (Shelley) Merops persicus Pallas First record: Stodmarsh, Kent, May First record: adult, St. Mary’s, Isles of 1978. Scilly, July 1921, now at Isles of Scilly 94 individuals. Museum as part of the Tresco Abbey V subspecies undetermined. Bird Collection. 10 individuals. † Pacific Swift A V persicus Pallas.1 Apus pacificus (Latham) First record: captured in the North Bee-eater A Sea (Shell BT gas platform, Leman European Bee-eater Bank, c. 45 km ENE of Happisburgh, Merops apiaster Linnaeus Norfolk) and released at Beccles, CB SM monotypic. Suffolk, June 1981. Seven individuals. Order Bucerotiformes V pacificus (Latham). Family Upupidae Little Swift† A Apus affinis (J.E. Gray) Hoopoe AE First record: Skewjack, Cornwall, May Eurasian Hoopoe 1981. Upupa epops Linnaeus 25 individuals. CB SM epops Linnaeus. V subspecies undetermined, but likely to have been galilejensis (Antinori).15

Order Piciformes First record: male, Fair Isle, Shetland, May 1976. Family Picidae Two individuals. V sparverius Linnaeus. Wryneck A Eurasian Wryneck Red-footed Falcon A Jynx torquilla Linnaeus Falco vespertinus Linnaeus FB CB SM torquilla Linnaeus. SM monotypic.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker† A Amur Falcon† AE Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus) Falco amurensis Radde6 One record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, One record: male, second-calendar- Tresco, Isles of Scilly, September to year, Tophill Low, East Yorkshire, October 1975. September to October 2008. V monotypic. V monotypic.

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker A Eleonora’s Falcon† A Dryobates minor (Linnaeus)15 Falco eleonorae Gene RB comminutus (Hartert). First record: second-calendar-year, Formby Point, Merseyside, August 1977. Great Spotted Woodpecker A Seven individuals. Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus) V monotypic. SM major (Linnaeus) RB anglicus Hartert. Merlin A Falco columbarius Linnaeus Green Woodpecker A PM WM subaesalon C.L. Brehm4 European Green Woodpecker RB MB PM WM aesalon Tunstall. Picus viridis Linnaeus RB viridis Linnaeus. Hobby A Eurasian Hobby Order Falconiformes Falco subbuteo Linnaeus MB PM subbuteo Linnaeus. Family Falconidae Gyr Falcon† AE Lesser Kestrel† A Gyrfalcon Falco naumanni J.G. Fleischer Falco rusticolus Linnaeus First record: Buckland, near Dover, First record: Shetland, 1835.7 Kent, May 1877, deposited at Dover V monotypic. Museum1, but no longer present. 19 individuals. Peregrine AE V monotypic. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Tunstall Kestrel A RB PM WM peregrinus Tunstall. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus Order Psittaciformes RB MB PM WM tinnunculus Linnaeus. Family Psittacidae

American Kestrel† AE Falco sparverius Linnaeus

Ring-necked Parakeet C1E* Red-backed Shrike A Rose-ringed Parakeet Lanius collurio Linnaeus Psittacula krameri (Scopoli) FB CB SM monotypic.15 NB1 Naturalized birds show characteristics of the two Indian Daurian Shrike† A subspecies borealis (Neumann) and Isabelline Shrike manillensis (Bechstein).4 Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg15 Order Passeriformes First record: male, adult, Fetlar, Shetland, September 2002.5,12 Family Tyrannidae Five individuals. V isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg. Eastern Phoebe† A [There have been 94 further records Sayornis phoebe (Latham) of Daurian/Turkestan Shrikes not One record: Lundy, Devon, April 1987. identified to species.] V monotypic. Turkestan Shrike† A Acadian Flycatcher† A Red-tailed Shrike Empidonax virescens (Vieillot)14 Lanius phoenicuroides (Schalow)15 One record: first-calendar-year, First record: Snettisham, Norfolk, May Dungeness, Kent, September 2015. 1995.5 V monotypic. Eight individuals. V monotypic. Alder Flycatcher† A † Empidonax alnorum Brewster10 Long-tailed Shrike A First record: first-calendar-year, Lanius schach Linnaeus Nanjizal, Cornwall, October 2008.6 One record: first-calendar-year, Two individuals. Howmore (Tobha Mor), South Uist V monotypic. (Uibhist a Deas), Outer Hebrides, November 2000. Eastern Kingbird† A V subspecies undetermined, but likely Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus)15 to have been erythronotus (Vigors). One record: second-calendar-year or older, Eoligarry (Eolaigearraidh), Barra Lesser Grey Shrike† A (Barraigh), Outer Hebrides, Lanius minor J.F. Gmelin September 2016; same, Bornish V monotypic. (Bornais), South Uist (Uibhist a Deas), Outer Hebrides, October Great Grey Shrike A 2016. Lanius excubitor Linnaeus V monotypic. WM PM excubitor Linnaeus.

Family Laniidae Steppe Grey Shrike† AE Lanius pallidirostris Cassin15 Brown Shrike† A First record: Fair Isle, Shetland, Lanius cristatus Linnaeus September 1956. First record: Sumburgh, Mainland, 25 individuals. Shetland, September to October V monotypic. 1985. 18 individuals. Woodchat Shrike A V cristatus Linnaeus.5 Lanius senator Linnaeus

SM senator Linnaeus. Magpie A † V badius Hartlaub. 12 individuals. Eurasian Magpie First record: male, Sizewell, Suffolk, Pica pica (Linnaeus) June 1980.4 RB pica (Linnaeus).

† † Masked Shrike A Nutcracker A Lanius nubicus M.H.K. Lichtenstein Spotted Nutcracker First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linnaeus) Kilrenny, Fife, October to November First record: Mostyn, Flintshire (Sir y 2004. Fﬂint), Clwyd, October 1753. Three individuals. V caryocatactes (Linnaeus). First V monotypic. record: near Northwich, Cheshire, 1860. Family Vireonidae V macrorhynchos C.L. Brehm.

Yellow-throated Vireo† A Chough AE* Vireo ﬂavifrons Vieillot1,3 Red-billed Chough One record: Kenidjack, Cornwall, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus) September 1990. RB pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus). V monotypic. Jackdaw A † Philadelphia Vireo A Western Jackdaw Vireo philadelphicus (Cassin) Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus)15 One record: Tresco, Isles of Scilly, WM monedula (Linnaeus) October 1987. RB WM spermologus Vieillot. V monotypic. Rook A † Red-eyed Vireo A Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus) RB WM frugilegus Linnaeus. First record: St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly, October 1962. Carrion Crow A V subspecies undetermined, but likely Corvus corone Linnaeus to have been nominate olivaceus RB WM corone Linnaeus. (Linnaeus).15 Hooded Crow A Family Oriolidae Corvus cornix Linnaeus RB WM cornix Linnaeus. Golden Oriole A Eurasian Golden Oriole Raven A Oriolus oriolus (Linnaeus) Northern Raven CB PM monotypic.15 Corvus corax Linnaeus RB corax Linnaeus. Family Corvidae Family Bombycillidae Jay A Eurasian Jay Waxwing AE Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus)1 Bohemian Waxwing RB ruﬁtergum Hartert Bombycilla garrulus (Linnaeus) SM glandarius (Linnaeus). WM garrulus (Linnaeus).

† Cedar Waxwing AE Family Remizidae Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot First record: Isle of Noss, Shetland, Penduline Tit A June 1985. Eurasian Penduline Tit Six individuals. Remiz pendulinus (Linnaeus) V monotypic. SM pendulinus (Linnaeus).

Family Paridae Family Panuridae

Coal Tit A Bearded Tit A Periparus ater (Linnaeus) Bearded Reedling RB britannicus (Sharpe & Dresser)1 Panurus biarmicus (Linnaeus) SM ater (Linnaeus).1 RB WM PM biarmicus (Linnaeus).

Crested Tit A Family Alaudidae European Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus (Linnaeus) Woodlark A RB scoticus Prazak Lullula arborea (Linnaeus) † V cristatus (Linnaeus).1 One record: RB MB PM arborea (Linnaeus). Whitby, North Yorkshire, March † 1872. White-winged Lark A † V mitratus (C.L. Brehm).1 One Alauda leucoptera Pallas15 record: Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, First record: female, near Brighton, ‘before 1844’. East Sussex, November 1869, now at Booth Museum, Brighton (BoMNH Marsh Tit A 208047). Poecile palustris (Linnaeus)1 Two individuals. RB dresseri (Stejneger).1 V monotypic.

Willow Tit A Skylark A Poecile montanus (Conrad von Eurasian Skylark Baldenstein)1,3,15 Alauda arvensis Linnaeus RB kleinschmidti (Hellmayr)1 RB PM WM arvensis Linnaeus. † V borealis (de Selys-Longchamps).1 Two individuals. First record: female, Crested Lark† AE Tetbury, Gloucestershire, March Galerida cristata (Linnaeus) 1907, now at Natural History First record: Littlehampton, West Museum, Tring (NHMUK Sussex, pre-1845. 1908.10.25.6).5 24 individuals. V cristata (Linnaeus). Blue Tit A Eurasian Blue Tit Shore Lark A Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus)1 Horned Lark RB obscurus (Prazak)1 Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus) WM caeruleus (Linnaeus). CB WM ﬂava (J.F. Gmelin).1

Great Tit A Short-toed Lark A Parus major Linnaeus Greater Short-toed Lark RB newtoni Prazak1 Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisler) RB WM major Linnaeus. SM subspecies undetermined.

Bimaculated Lark† A Swallow AE Melanocorypha bimaculata (Menetries) Barn Swallow First record: Lundy, Devon, May Hirundo rustica Linnaeus 1962. MB PM rustica Linnaeus. Three individuals. † V monotypic.15 Crag Martin A Eurasian Crag Martin Calandra Lark† A Ptyonoprogne rupestris (Scopoli) Melanocorypha calandra (Linnaeus) First record: Stithians Reservoir, First record: Portland, Dorset, April Cornwall, June 1988. 1961. 10 individuals. 18 individuals. V monotypic. V subspecies undetermined. House Martin A Black Lark† A Common House Martin Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (J.R. Delichon urbicum (Linnaeus) Forster)1 MB HBPM urbicum (Linnaeus). First record: Spurn, East Yorkshire, Hybrid pairing with Red-rumped April 1984. Swallow. Three individuals. V monotypic. Red-rumped Swallow A Cecropis daurica (Laxmann)1,3 Lesser Short-toed Lark† A SM HB rufula (Temminck).1 † † Alaudala rufescens (Vieillot)15 V daurica (Laxmann) or japonica One record: Portland, Dorset, May (Temminck & Schlegel). One record: 1992. adult, Nearhouse, Sanday, Orkney and V subspecies undetermined. Talisker Bay, Skye, Highland, June 2011.9 Family Hirundinidae Hybrid pairing with House Martin.

† Sand Martin A American Cliff Swallow A Riparia riparia (Linnaeus) Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot)1 MB PM riparia (Linnaeus). First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly, October 1983. Tree Swallow† A Nine individuals. Tachycineta bicolor (Vieillot)1 V subspecies undetermined, but likely First record: St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, to have been nominate pyrrhonota June 1990. (Vieillot). Two individuals. V monotypic. Family Cettiidae

Purple Martin† A Cetti’s Warbler A Progne subis (Linnaeus) Cettia cetti (Temminck) One record: Butt of Lewis (Rubha RB PM cetti (Temminck). Robhanais), Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leodhais), Outer Hebrides, Family Aegithalidae September 2004. V subspecies undetermined, but likely Long-tailed Tit A to have been nominate subis Aegithalos caudatus (Linnaeus)9 (Linnaeus).15

† V caudatus (Linnaeus). 32 Radde’s Warbler A individuals. First record: Tynemouth, Phylloscopus schwarzi (Radde) Northumberland, November 1852. SM monotypic. RB rosaceus Mathews. Pallas’s Warbler A Family Phylloscopidae Pallas’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus (Pallas) Willow Warbler A SM monotypic. Phylloscopus trochilus (Linnaeus) MB PM trochilus (Linnaeus) Yellow-browed Warbler A PM acredula (Linnaeus). Phylloscopus inornatus (Blyth) PM WM monotypic. Chiffchaff A Common Chiffchaff Hume’s Warbler† A Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot) Hume’s Leaf Warbler PM abietinus (Nilsson) Phylloscopus humei (W.E. Brooks) MB PM WM collybita (Vieillot) First record: Beachy Head, East SM WM tristis Blyth. Sussex, November 1966. V humei (W.E. Brooks). Iberian Chiffchaff† A Phylloscopus ibericus Ticehurst Arctic Warbler† A First record: Brent Reservoir, Greater Phylloscopus borealis (J.H. Blasius) London, June 1972. First record: male, Sule Skerry 47 individuals. Lighthouse, Orkney, September 1902, CB V monotypic. now at National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z 1902.115). † Western Bonelli’s Warbler A V subspecies undetermined, but likely Phylloscopus bonelli (Vieillot) to have been nominate borealis (J.H. First record: female, Skokholm Island, Blasius).1,15 Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro), August 1948. Green Warbler† A V monotypic. Phylloscopus nitidus Blyth4 [There have been 80 further records One record: first-calendar-year, St. of Bonelli’s Warblers not identified to Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, September to species.] October 1983. V monotypic. Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler† A Phylloscopus orientalis (C.L.Brehm) Greenish Warbler4,15 A First record: first-calendar-year, St. Phylloscopus trochiloides (Sundevall) Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, September to SM viridanus Blyth. October 1987. Seven individuals. Two-barred Greenish Warbler† A V monotypic. Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Swinhoe15 Wood Warbler A First record: first-calendar-year, Gugh, Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechstein) Isles of Scilly, October 1987. MB PM monotypic. Four individuals. V monotypic. Dusky Warbler A Phylloscopus fuscatus (Blyth) SM fuscatus (Blyth).

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler† A 15 ’ Phylloscopus tenellipes Swinhoe Blyth s Reed Warbler A One record: male, first-calendar-year, Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, October SM monotypic. 2016. V monotypic. Reed Warbler A [There has been one further record Eurasian Reed Warbler identified as this species or Sakhalin Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann) MB PM scirpaceus (Hermann) Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides † Portenko: Southwell, Portland, Dorset, V fuscus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg). 10 fi October 2012. ] Two individuals. First record: rst- calendar-year, Jenny Brown’s Point, Eastern Crowned Warbler† A Silverdale, Lancashire and North Phylloscopus coronatus (Temminck & Merseyside, December 2011, now at Schlegel)6 at National Museums Liverpool 14 First record: first-calendar-year, Trow (LIV.2014.50). Quarry, South Shields, Co. Durham, October 2009. Marsh Warbler A Three individuals. Acrocephalus palustris (Bechstein) V monotypic. MB SM monotypic.

† Family Acrocephalidae Thick-billed Warbler A Iduna aedon (Pallas) Great Reed Warbler† A First record: Fair Isle, Shetland, Acrocephalus arundinaceus October 1955. (Linnaeus) Six individuals. First record: near Swalwell, V subspecies undetermined, but likely Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Co. Durham, to have been nominate aedon 15 May 1847, now at Hancock Museum, (Pallas).

Newcastle-upon-Tyne † (NEWHM:2006.H1261). Booted Warbler A V arundinaceus (Linnaeus). Iduna caligata (M.H.K. Lichtenstein) First record: female, Fair Isle, Aquatic Warbler† A Shetland, September 1936, now at Acrocephalus paludicola (Vieillot) National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z V monotypic. 1936.93.1). V monotypic. Sedge Warbler A ’ † Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Linnaeus) Sykes s Warbler A MB PM monotypic. Iduna rama (Sykes) First record: Fair Isle, Shetland, Paddyﬁeld Warbler† A August 1959. Acrocephalus agricola (Jerdon) 17 individuals. First record: male, Fair Isle, Shetland, V monotypic.

September to October 1925, now at † National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z Eastern Olivaceous Warbler A 1925.167). Iduna pallida (Hemprich & V subspecies undetermined, but likely Ehrenberg) to have been septimus Gavrilenko.15

First record: Isle of May, Fife, 1967, Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler† A now at National Museums Scotland Locustella certhiola (Pallas) (NMS.Z 1968.73). First record: first-calendar-year, Fair 20 individuals. Isle, Shetland, October 1949. V elaeica (Lindermayer). 54 individuals. V rubescens Blyth. Olive-tree Warbler† A Hippolais olivetorum (Strickland)3 Family Cisticolidae One record: Boddam, Mainland, Shetland, August 2006. Fan-tailed Warbler† A V monotypic. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque) Melodious Warbler A First record: Cley next the Sea, Hippolais polyglotta (Vieillot) Norfolk, August 1976. SM monotypic. Eight individuals. V subspecies undetermined. Icterine Warbler A Hippolais icterina (Vieillot) Family Sylviidae CB SM monotypic. Blackcap A Family Locustellidae Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus) Grasshopper Warbler A MB PM WM atricapilla (Linnaeus). Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia (Boddaert) Garden Warbler A MB PM naevia (Boddaert) Sylvia borin (Boddaert) † V straminea Seebohm.10,15 One MB PM borin (Boddaert). record: first-calendar-year, Fair Isle, Shetland, September 2012. Barred Warbler A Sylvia nisoria (Bechstein) † River Warbler A SM nisoria (Bechstein). Locustella fluviatilis (Wolf) First record: first-calendar-year, Fair Lesser Whitethroat A Isle, Shetland, September 1961. Sylvia curruca (Linnaeus) 44 individuals. MB PM curruca (Linnaeus) V monotypic. SM blythi Ticehurst & Whistler.

† Savi’s Warbler A Western Orphean Warbler† A Locustella luscinioides (Savi) Sylvia hortensis (J.F. Gmelin)15 FB CB SM luscinioides (Savi). First record: possible male, first- calendar-year, trapped, Portland, † Lanceolated Warbler A Dorset, September 1955.1 Locustella lanceolata (Temminck) Three individuals. First record: first-calendar-year, Fair V hortensis (J.F.Gmelin).1 Isle, Shetland, September 1908. [There have been four further records V subspecies undetermined, but likely of Orphean Warblers not identified to to have been nominate lanceolata species.] (Temminck).15

Asian Desert Warbler† A Moltoni’s Subalpine Warbler† A Sylvia nana (Hemprich & Moltoni’s Warbler Ehrenberg)15 Sylvia subalpina Temminck11 First record: Portland, Dorset, First record: male, Hirta, St Kilda, December 1970 to January 1971. Outer Hebrides, June 1894, now at 12 individuals. Natural History Museum, Tring V monotypic. (NHMUK 1901.1.4.1).9 Eight individuals. Whitethroat A V monotypic. Common Whitethroat † Sylvia communis Latham Sardinian Warbler A MB PM communis Latham. Sylvia melanocephala (J.F. Gmelin) First record: male, adult, Lundy, Dartford Warbler A Devon, May 1955. Sylvia undata (Boddaert) 79 individuals. RB dartfordiensis Latham. V melanocephala (J.F. Gmelin).

Marmora’s Warbler† A Ruppell€ ’s Warbler† A Sylvia sarda Temminck8 Sylvia ruppeli Temminck15 First record: male, Mickleden Edge, First record: male, adult, near Langsett, South Yorkshire, May to Boddam, Mainland, Shetland, August July 1982. to September 1977. Six individuals. Five individuals. V monotypic. V monotypic.

Spectacled Warbler† A Family Regulidae Sylvia conspicillata Temminck First record: male, Filey, North Firecrest A Yorkshire, May 1992. Common Firecrest Eight individuals. Regulus ignicapilla (Temminck) V subspecies undetermined, but likely MB RB PM WM ignicapilla to have been nominate conspicillata (Temminck). Temminck. Goldcrest A Subalpine Warbler A Regulus regulus (Linnaeus) Sylvia cantillans (Pallas) RB PM WM regulus (Linnaeus). † V cantillans (Pallas). One record: male, second-calendar-year, Fair Isle, Family Troglodytidae Shetland, May 2014.14 † V albistriata (C.L. Brehm). Five Wren A individuals. First record: male, adult, Eurasian Wren Fair Isle, Shetland, May 1908, now at Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus) National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z RB zetlandicus Hartert 1908.94.17).9 RB fridariensis Williamson † † V iberiae Svensson or inornata RB hirtensis Seebohm Tschusi. Three individuals. First RB hebridensis R. Meinertzhagen record: male, adult, Isle of May, Fife, RB indigenus Clancey May 1924, now at National Museums WM PM troglodytes (Linnaeus). Scotland (NMS.Z 1925.35).9,15

Family Sittidae One record: South Stack (Ynys Lawd), Holy Island (Ynys Gybi), Nuthatch A Anglesey (Ynys Mon),^ October 2001. Eurasian Nuthatch V monotypic. Sitta europaea Linnaeus † RB caesia Wolf. Northern Mockingbird AE Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus) Red-breasted Nuthatch† A First record: Saltash, Cornwall, August Sitta canadensis Linnaeus 1982. One record: male, ﬁrst/second- Two individuals. calendar-year, Holkham, Norfolk, V subspecies undetermined, but likely October 1989 to May 1990. to have been nominate polyglottos V monotypic. (Linnaeus).15

Family Tichodromidae Brown Thrasher† A Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus) Wallcreeper† A One record: Durlston Head, Dorset, Tichodroma muraria (Linnaeus) November 1966 to February 1967. First record: Stratton Strawless, V rufum (Linnaeus). Norfolk, October 1792. Six old records; four individuals since Family Sturnidae January 1950. V subspecies undetermined, but likely Rose-coloured Starling AE to have been nominate muraria Rosy Starling (Linnaeus). Pastor roseus (Linnaeus) SM monotypic. Family Certhiidae Starling A Treecreeper A Common Starling Eurasian Treecreeper Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus Certhia familiaris Linnaeus RB WM PM vulgaris Linnaeus RB brittanica Ridgway RB zetlandicus Hartert. † V familiaris Linnaeus.15 12 individuals. First record: Duns, Family Turdidae Borders, September 1899, now at Hancock Museum, Newcastle-upon- Siberian Thrush† AE Tyne (NEWHM:2006.H1395). Geokichla sibirica (Pallas) First record: male, adult, Isle of May, Short-toed Treecreeper† A Fife, October 1954. Certhia brachydactyla C.L. Brehm 10 individuals. First record: Dungeness, Kent, V subspecies undetermined. September 1969. 30 individuals. White’s Thrush† A V subspecies undetermined. Zoothera aurea (Holandre)15 First record: male, near Christchurch, Family Mimidae Dorset (formerly Hampshire), January 1828. Grey Catbird† A 84 individuals. Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus) V aurea (Holandre).

Varied Thrush† A Ring Ouzel A Ixoreus naevius (J.F. Gmelin) Turdus torquatus Linnaeus One record: probable male, first- MB PM torquatus Linnaeus. calendar-year, grey-white morph, Nanquidno, Cornwall, November Blackbird A 1982. Common Blackbird V subspecies undetermined.3 Turdus merula Linnaeus RB MB PM WM merula Linnaeus. Veery† A † Catharus fuscescens (Stephens) Eyebrowed Thrush A First record: first-calendar-year, Turdus obscurus J.F. Gmelin Porthgwarra, Cornwall, October 1970. First record: first-calendar-year, 11 individuals. Oundle, Northamptonshire, October V subspecies undetermined, but likely 1964. to have been nominate fuscescens 22 individuals. (Stephens) or fuliginosus (Howe).15 V monotypic.

Grey-cheeked Thrush† A Black-throated Thrush† A Catharus minimus (Lafresnaye) Turdus atrogularis Jarocki4 First record: first-calendar-year, Fair First record: male, near Lewes, East Isle, Shetland, October 1953. Sussex, December 1868, now at 63 individuals. Booth Museum, Brighton (BoMNH V subspecies undetermined. 000102). 74 individuals. Swainson’s Thrush† A V monotypic. Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall) First record: Skokholm Island, Red-throated Thrush† A Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro), October Turdus ruficollis Pallas4 1967. One record: male, first-calendar-year, 36 individuals. The Naze, Essex, September to V subspecies undetermined, but likely October 1994. to have been swainsoni (Tschudi) or V monotypic. appalachiensis Ramos.1,15 Naumann’s Thrush† A † Hermit Thrush A Turdus naumanni Temminck4 Catharus guttatus (Pallas) First record: male, Woodford Green, First record: Fair Isle, Shetland, June Greater London, January to March 1975. 1990. 11 individuals. Two individuals. V subspecies undetermined, but likely V monotypic. to have been faxoni (Bangs & T.E. Penard).15 Dusky Thrush† A Turdus eunomus Temminck4 Wood Thrush† A First record: near Gunthorpe, Hylocichla mustelina (J.F. Gmelin) Nottinghamshire, October 1905. One record: first-calendar-year, St. 11 individuals. Agnes, Isles of Scilly, October 1987. V monotypic. V monotypic.

Fieldfare A Siberian Blue Robin† A Turdus pilaris Linnaeus Larvivora cyane (Pallas) CB WM PM monotypic. First record: female, adult or ﬁrst- calendar-year, Minsmere, Suffolk, Redwing A October 2000. Turdus iliacus Linnaeus Three individuals. CB WM PM coburni Sharpe V subspecies undetermined, but likely MB RB WM PM iliacus Linnaeus. to have been bochaiensis Shulpin.15

Song Thrush A Rufous-tailed Robin† A Turdus philomelos C.L. Brehm Larvivora sibilans (Swinhoe) RB MB hebridensis W.E. Clarke First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, Fair RB MB PM WM clarkei Hartert Isle, Shetland, October 2004. PM WM philomelos C.L. Brehm. Three individuals. V monotypic. Mistle Thrush A Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus Bluethroat A RB MB PM WM viscivorus Linnaeus. Luscinia svecica (Linnaeus) CB SM svecica (Linnaeus) † American Robin AE SM cyanecula (Meisner). Turdus migratorius Linnaeus First record: ﬁrst-calendar-year, Lundy, Thrush Nightingale† A Devon, October to November 1952. Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus) 27 individuals. First record: male, Fair Isle, Shetland, V migratorius Linnaeus. May 1911, now at National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z 1912.38.39). Family Muscicapidae V monotypic.

† Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin A Nightingale A Cercotrichas galactotes (Temminck)15 Common Nightingale First record: male, Plumpton Bostall, Luscinia megarhynchos C.L. Brehm East Sussex, September 1854. MB PM megarhynchos C.L. Brehm † Eight individuals. V golzii Cabanis. Three individuals. V galactotes (Temminck).1 First record: Fair Isle, Shetland, October 1971. Spotted Flycatcher A † Muscicapa striata (Pallas) White-throated Robin A MB PM striata (Pallas). Irania gutturalis (Guerin-Meneville) First record: female, Skokholm Island, † Asian Brown Flycatcher A Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro), May Muscicapa dauurica Pallas5,15 1990. First record: Fair Isle, Shetland, July Three individuals.9 1992. V monotypic. Four individuals. † V dauurica Pallas. Siberian Rubythroat A Calliope calliope (Pallas) Robin A First record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, European Robin Fair Isle, Shetland, October 1975. Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus) 12 individuals. RB MB melophilus Hartert PM WM rubecula (Linnaeus).

V subspecies undetermined, but likely Moussier’s Redstart† A to have been nominate calliope Phoenicurus moussieri (Olphe-Galliard) (Pallas).15 One record: male, adult, Dinas Head, Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro), April Red-flanked Bluetail AE 1988. Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas) V monotypic. SM monotypic. Rock Thrush† A Pied Flycatcher A Common Rock Thrush European Pied Flycatcher Monticola saxatilis (Linnaeus) Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas) First record: male, Therfield, MB PM hypoleuca (Pallas) Hertfordshire, May 1843. † V sibirica (Khakhlov). One record: 28 individuals. trapped, Filey, North Yorkshire, V monotypic. September 1996.6 Blue Rock Thrush† AE † Collared Flycatcher A Monticola solitarius (Linnaeus) Ficedula albicollis (Temminck) First record: male, second-calendar- First record: male, adult, Whalsay, year, Skerryvore Lighthouse, Argyll Shetland, May 1947, now at Shetland and Bute, June 1985, now at Natural Museum, Lerwick (A58-2001). History Museum, Tring (NHMUK 46 individuals. 1986.2.4). V monotypic. Six individuals. V subspecies undetermined. Red-breasted Flycatcher A Ficedula parva (Bechstein) Whinchat A SM monotypic. Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus) MB PM monotypic. Taiga Flycatcher† A Ficedula albicilla (Pallas)1 Stonechat A First record: male, Flamborough, East European Stonechat Yorkshire, April 2003. Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus)9 Three individuals. RB MB hibernans (Hartert). V monotypic. Siberian Stonechat† A Black Redstart A Saxicola maurus (Pallas)15 Phoenicurus ochruros (S.G. Gmelin) V hemprichii Ehrenberg. Five MB RB PM WM gibraltariensis (J.F. individuals. First record: Porthgwarra, Gmelin) Cornwall, October 1985. † V phoenicuroides (F. Moore) or V maurus (Pallas). First record: † rufiventris (Vieillot).10,15 Six female, Isle of May, Fife, October individuals. First record: Dungeness, 1913, now at National Museums Kent, November 1981. Scotland (NMS.Z 1913.239.2).8

† Redstart A Stejneger’s Stonechat A Common Redstart Saxicola stejnegeri (Parrot)10,15 Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus)7 One record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, MB PM phoenicurus Portland Bill, Dorset, October 2012. (Linnaeus). V monotypic.

Wheatear A White-crowned Black Wheatear† A Northern Wheatear White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus) Oenanthe leucopyga (C.L. Brehm) PM leucorhoa (J.F. Gmelin) One record: male, probable second- MB PM oenanthe calendar-year, Kessingland, Suffolk, (Linnaeus). June 1982. V subspecies undetermined. Isabelline Wheatear† A Oenanthe isabellina (Temminck) Family Cinclidae First record: Allonby, Cumbria, November 1887, deposited at Natural Dipper A History Museum, Tring (NHMUK White-throated Dipper 1888.11.16.1), but no longer present. Cinclus cinclus (Linnaeus) 34 individuals. RB hibernicus Hartert V monotypic. RB gularis (Latham) † V cinclus (Linnaeus). 28 individuals. † Desert Wheatear A First record: Spiggie, Mainland, Oenanthe deserti (Temminck) Shetland, November 1898. First record: male, Gartmorn Dam, near Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Family Passeridae November 1880. V homochroa (Tristram). Four House Sparrow A individuals. First record: female, Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) Spurn, East Yorkshire, October 1885. RB domesticus (Linnaeus). V deserti (Temminck). Four individuals. First record: male, Spanish Sparrow† A Pentland Skerries, Orkney, June 1906, Passer hispaniolensis (Temminck) now at National Museums Scotland First record: male, Lundy, Devon, (NMS.Z 1906.50). June 1966. 10 individuals. † Black-eared Wheatear A V subspecies undetermined, but likely Oenanthe hispanica (Linnaeus) to have been nominate hispaniolensis First record: male, adult, near Bury, (Temminck). Greater Manchester (formerly Lancashire), May 1875 or 1878. Tree Sparrow A 59 individuals. Eurasian Tree Sparrow V hispanica (Linnaeus). 21 individuals. Passer montanus (Linnaeus) First record: male, Spurn, East RB PM montanus (Linnaeus). Yorkshire, September 1892. V melanoleuca (Guldenst€ €adt). 15 Rock Sparrow† A individuals. First record: male, Petronia petronia (Linnaeus) Burnage, Greater Manchester One record: Cley next the Sea, (formerly Lancashire), March 1915. Norfolk, June 1981. V subspecies undetermined. Pied Wheatear† A Oenanthe pleschanka (Lepechin) Family Prunellidae First record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, ‘vittata’ form, Isle of May, Fife, Alpine Accentor† A October 1909, now at National Prunella collaris (Scopoli) Museums Scotland (NMS.Z 1910.9). First record: near Walthamstow, 75 individuals. Greater London (formerly Essex), V monotypic. August 1817.

36 individuals. Pied Wagtail A V collaris (Scopoli). White Wagtail Motacilla alba Linnaeus † Siberian Accentor A MB RB yarrellii Gould Prunella montanella (Pallas)14 CB PM alba Linnaeus † One record: Mossy Hill, Scousburgh, V leucopsis Gould. One record: male, Mainland, Shetland, October 2016. Seaham, Co. Durham, April 2005.5 V subspecies undetermined, but likely to have been nominate montanella Richard’s Pipit A (Pallas). Anthus richardi Vieillot SM monotypic. Dunnock A † Prunella modularis (Linnaeus) Blyth’s Pipit A RB hebridium R. Meinertzhagen Anthus godlewskii (Taczanowski) RB occidentalis (Hartert) First record: Brighton, East Sussex, PM WM modularis (Linnaeus). October 1882, now at Natural History Museum, Tring (NHMUK Family Motacillidae 83.10.10.1). 28 individuals. Yellow Wagtail2,5,15 A V monotypic. Western Yellow Wagtail † Motacilla flava Linnaeus Tawny Pipit A MB PM flavissima (Blyth) Anthus campestris (Linnaeus) CB PM flava Linnaeus V monotypic.15 † V iberiae Hartert. One record: male, second-calendar-year, Filey, North Meadow Pipit A Yorkshire, April 2015.14 Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus) † V cinereocapilla Savi. Six individuals. MB RB PM WM monotypic.4,15 First record: Cornwall, 1860. † V feldegg Michahelles. 19 individuals. Tree Pipit A First record: male, Fair Isle, Shetland, Anthus trivialis (Linnaeus) May 1970. MB PM trivialis (Linnaeus). CB PM thunbergi Billberg. Olive-backed Pipit A † Eastern Yellow Wagtail A Anthus hodgsoni Richmond Motacilla tschutschensis J.F. Gmelin8,15 SM yunnanensis Uchida & Kuroda. V subspecies undetermined. Three † individuals. First record: female, Fair Pechora Pipit A Isle, Shetland, October 1909, now at Anthus gustavi Swinhoe National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z First record: male, Fair Isle, Shetland, 1910.132.15). September 1925, now at National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z Citrine Wagtail A 1925.166). Motacilla citreola Pallas V gustavi Swinhoe. SM citreola Pallas.15 † Red-throated Pipit A Grey Wagtail A Anthus cervinus (Pallas) Motacilla cinerea Tunstall RB PM cinerea Tunstall.

First record: Fair Isle, Shetland, Pine Grosbeak† AE October 1908, now at National Pinicola enucleator (Linnaeus) Museums Scotland (NMS.Z First record: female, Pelaw, Co. 1909.222.35). Durham, pre-1831. V monotypic. 12 individuals. V enucleator (Linnaeus). Buff-bellied Pipit† A Anthus rubescens (Tunstall) Bullfinch A First record: male, first-calendar-year, Eurasian Bullfinch St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, September Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Linnaeus) 1910, now at National Museums RB pileata W. MacGillivray Scotland (NMS.Z 1910.165.31). SM pyrrhula (Linnaeus). 43 individuals. † V rubescens (Tunstall). Trumpeter Finch AE Bucanetes githagineus (M.H.K. Water Pipit A Lichtenstein) Anthus spinoletta (Linnaeus) First record: male, second-calendar- PM WM spinoletta (Linnaeus). year, Minsmere, Suffolk, May to June 1971. Rock Pipit A 16 individuals. Eurasian Rock Pipit V subspecies undetermined. Anthus petrosus (Montagu) RB petrosus (Montagu) Common Rosefinch A PM WM littoralis C.L. Brehm. Carpodacus erythrinus (Pallas) CB SM erythrinus (Pallas). Family Fringillidae Greenfinch AE Chaffinch AE European Greenfinch Common Chaffinch Chloris chloris (Linnaeus) Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus RB WM chloris (Linnaeus). RB gengleri O. Kleinschmidt WM PM coelebs Linnaeus. Twite A Linaria flavirostris (Linnaeus)15 Brambling A RB MB pipilans (Latham) Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus WM flavirostris (Linnaeus). CB WM PM monotypic. Linnet A † Evening Grosbeak A Common Linnet Hesperiphona vespertina (W. Cooper) Linaria cannabina (Linnaeus)1,15 First record: male, adult, Hirta, St MB RB autochthona (Clancey) Kilda, Outer Hebrides, March 1969. MB RB WM PM cannabina Two individuals. (Linnaeus). V subspecies undetermined, but likely to have been nominate vespertina (W. Common Redpoll1,8 A Cooper). Acanthis flammea (Linnaeus) CB WM PM flammea (Linnaeus) Hawfinch A CB SM rostrata (Coues). Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus) Lesser Redpoll A RB PM coccothraustes (Linnaeus). Acanthis cabaret (P.L. Statius Muller)€

RB MB monotypic. Siskin15 A Eurasian Siskin Arctic Redpoll15 A Spinus spinus (Linnaeus) Acanthis hornemanni (Holboll)€ RB WM PM monotypic. † V exilipes (Coues). First record: Easington, East Yorkshire, winter Family Parulidae 1893/94. † V hornemanni (Holboll).€ First record: Ovenbird† A near Whitburn, Co. Durham, April Seiurus aurocapilla (Linnaeus) 1855, now at Hancock Museum, First record: Out Skerries, Shetland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne October 1973. (NEWHM:2003.H2542). Six individuals. V aurocapilla (Linnaeus). Parrot Crossbill A Loxia pytyopsittacus von Borkhausen Northern Waterthrush† A CB SM monotypic. Parkesia noveboracensis (J.F. Gmelin) First record: first-calendar-year, St. Scottish Crossbill A Agnes, Isles of Scilly, September to Loxia scotica Hartert October 1958. RB monotypic. Seven individuals. V monotypic. Crossbill A Red Crossbill Golden-winged Warbler† A Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus Vermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus) RB MB WM PM curvirostra One record: Maidstone, Kent, January Linnaeus. to April 1989. V monotypic. Two-barred Crossbill† A † Loxia leucoptera J.F. Gmelin Black-and-white Warbler A First record: female, Cambeckhill Mniotilta varia (Linnaeus) Woods, near Brampton, Cumbria, First record: male, first-calendar-year, November 1845.1 Scalloway, Mainland, Shetland, V bifasciata (C.L. Brehm). October 1936, now at National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z 1936.84). Goldfinch A 14 individuals. European Goldfinch V monotypic. Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus) MB RB britannica (Hartert). Tennessee Warbler† A Leiothlypis peregrina (A. Wilson)15 † Citril Finch A First record: first-calendar-year, Fair Carduelis citrinella (Pallas)6 Isle, Shetland, September 1975. First record: male, adult, Fair Isle, Four individuals. Shetland, June 2008. V monotypic. Two individuals. † V monotypic. Common Yellowthroat A Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus) Serin A First record: male, first-calendar-year, European Serin Lundy, Devon, November 1954. Serinus serinus (Linnaeus) 10 individuals. CB SM monotypic. V subspecies undetermined.

Hooded Warbler† A Yellow Warbler† A Setophaga citrina (Boddaert) American Yellow Warbler First record: female, St. Agnes, Isles of Setophaga aestiva (J.F. Gmelin)1,15 Scilly, September 1970. First record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, Two individuals. Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli), Gwynedd V monotypic. (then Caernarfonshire), August 1964. Five individuals. † American Redstart AE V aestiva (J.F. Gmelin). Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus) First record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, Chestnut-sided Warbler† A Porthgwarra, Cornwall, October 1967. Setophaga pensylvanica (Linnaeus) Five individuals. First record: Fetlar, Shetland, V monotypic. September 1985. Two individuals. Cape May Warbler† A V monotypic. Setophaga tigrina (J.F. Gmelin) First record: male, Paisley Glen, Blackpoll Warbler† AE Renfrewshire, June 1977. Setophaga striata (J.R. Forster) Two individuals. First record: St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly, V monotypic. October 1968. 47 individuals. † Northern Parula AE V monotypic. Setophaga americana (Linnaeus) First record: Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Yellow-rumped Warbler† A October 1966. Myrtle Warbler 15 individuals. Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus) V monotypic. First record: male, Newton St. Cyres, Devon, January to February 1955, Magnolia Warbler† AE now at Royal Albert Memorial Setophaga magnolia (A. Wilson) Museum, Exeter (EXEMS:14/1955). Frist record: St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly, 21 individuals. September 1981. V subspecies undetermined, but likely Two individuals. to have been nominate coronata V monotypic. (Linnaeus).

Bay-breasted Warbler† A Wilson’s Warbler† A Setophaga castanea (A. Wilson) Cardellina pusilla (A. Wilson) One record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, First record: male, Rame Head, Land’s End, Cornwall, October 1995. Cornwall, October 1985. V monotypic. Two individuals. V subspecies undetermined, but likely † Blackburnian Warbler A to have been nominate pusilla (A. Setophaga fusca (P.L. Statius Muller)€ Wilson).15 First record: Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro), October Family Icteridae 1961. Three individuals. Bobolink† A V monotypic. Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus)

First record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, Ortolan Bunting AE St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly, September Emberiza hortulana Linnaeus 1962. SM monotypic. 32 individuals. † V monotypic. Cretzschmar’s Bunting A Emberiza caesia Cretzschmar † Baltimore Oriole AE First record: male, Fair Isle, Shetland, Icterus galbula (Linnaeus) June 1967. First record: male, ﬁrst-calendar-year, Six individuals. Baltasound, Unst, Shetland, V monotypic. September 1890, now at Chelmsford Museum (BM. 43/a. D, 210). Cirl Bunting A 25 individuals. Emberiza cirlus Linnaeus V monotypic.1 RB monotypic.

† Brown-headed Cowbird A Chestnut-eared Bunting† A Molothrus ater (Boddaert) Emberiza fucata Pallas2 First record: male, probable first- First record: first-calendar-year, calendar-year, Islay, Argyll and Bute, Fair Isle, Shetland, October 2004. April 1988. Two individuals. Five individuals. V fucata Pallas. V subspecies undetermined, but likely to have been artemisiae Grinnell or Little Bunting A nominate ater (Boddaert). Emberiza pusilla Pallas SM monotypic. Family Emberizidae Yellow-browed Bunting† A Corn Bunting A Emberiza chrysophrys Pallas Emberiza calandra Linnaeus First record: female or first-calendar- RB PM calandra Linnaeus. year, Holkham Meals, Norfolk, October 1975. Yellowhammer A Five individuals. Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus V monotypic. RB caliginosa Clancey RB PM WM citrinella Linnaeus. Rustic Bunting† A Emberiza rustica Pallas † Pine Bunting A First record: near Brighton, East Emberiza leucocephalos S.G. Gmelin Sussex, October 1867, now at Booth First record: male, Fair Isle, Shetland, Museum, Brighton (BoMNH 189248). October 1911, now at National V monotypic.15 Museums Scotland (NMS.Z 1912.147.1). Yellow-breasted Bunting† AE 50 individuals. Emberiza aureola Pallas V leucocephalos S.G. Gmelin. First record: female, first-calendar- year, Cley next the Sea, September † Rock Bunting A 1905, now at Norwich Castle Emberiza cia Linnaeus Museum and Art Gallery First record: near Shoreham, West (NWHCM:479.966). Sussex, October 1902. V aureola Pallas. Six individuals. V subspecies undetermined, but likely to have been nominate cia Linnaeus.

† Chestnut Bunting A White-throated Sparrow† AE Emberiza rutila Pallas4,14 Zonotrichia albicollis (J.F. Gmelin) One record: male, first-calendar-year, First record: Holderness House, Hull, Papa Westray, Orkney, October 2015. East Yorkshire, January to February V monotypic. 1893.6 48 individuals. † Black-headed Bunting AE V monotypic. Emberiza melanocephala Scopoli First record: male, near Radcliffe-on- Dark-eyed Junco† AE Trent Nottinghamshire, June or July Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus) 1884.8,10 First record: male, Dungeness, Kent, V monotypic. May 1960. 39 individuals. † Black-faced Bunting AE V hyemalis (Linnaeus). Emberiza spodocephala Pallas First record: male, second-calendar- Savannah Sparrow† A year, Pennington Flash, Greater Passerculus sandwichensis (J.F. Manchester, March to April 1994. Gmelin) Five individuals. V princeps Maynard. One record: V spodocephala Pallas. Portland, Dorset, April 1982. V labradorius Howe.15 Two † Pallas’s Reed Bunting A individuals. First record: first-calendar- Emberiza pallasi (Cabanis) year, Fair Isle, Shetland, September to First record: first-calendar-year, Fair October 1987. Isle, Shetland, September to October 1976. Lark Sparrow† A Four individuals. Chondestes grammacus (Say) V subspecies undetermined, but likely First record: Landguard Point, Suffolk, to have been polaris Middendorff.15 June to July 1981. Two individuals. Reed Bunting A V grammacus (Say). Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus) Eastern Towhee† A RB PM WM schoeniclus (Linnaeus). Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus) One record: female, adult, Lundy, † Song Sparrow AE Devon, June 1966. Melospiza melodia (A. Wilson) V subspecies undetermined, but likely First record: male, Fair Isle, Shetland, to have been nominate April to May 1959. erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus). Seven individuals. V subspecies undetermined. Family Calcariidae

† White-crowned Sparrow AE Lapland Bunting A Zonotrichia leucophrys (J.R. Forster) Lapland Longspur First record: Fair Isle, Shetland, May Calcarius lapponicus (Linnaeus) 1977. PM WM subcalcaratus C.L. Brehm15 Five individuals. CB PM WM lapponicus (Linnaeus). V subspecies undetermined, but likely to have been nominate leucophrys (J.R. Snow Bunting A Forster).15 Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus)

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Sangster, G., Collinson, M., Crochet, P.-A., Knox, A.G., American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Parkin, D.T. & Votier, S.C. 2012. Taxonomic smithsonianus Coues15 recommendations for British birds: Eighth report. The Ibis – Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis tor- 154: 874 883. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j. 15 1474-919X.2012.01273.x/full resii Gould UK Government. 2007. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/ Little Tern Sternula antillarum antillarum (R. 2007/1842/contents/made. Lesson), athalassos (Burleigh & Lowery) or browni Voous, K.H. 1977. List of Recent Holarctic Bird Species. (Mearns)15 ’ Tring: British Ornithologists Union. Great Skua Stercorarius skua skua (Brunnich)€ 15 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus phoenicuroides (Schalow)15 APPENDIX 1 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio collurio Lin- naeus15 SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis Tem- REMOVED FROM THE BRITISH LIST minck15 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus oriolus (Lin- Species and subspecies removed from the British 15 List since the 8th edition; in many cases this is naeus) Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus europaeus because they are no longer valid in the taxonomy 9 of the IOC World Bird List (Gill & Donsker (Hermann) Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita fulvescens (Sev- 2017). 15 Pintail Anas acuta acuta Linnaeus15 ertzov) Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melano- 15 phris melanophris (Temminck)15 plumbeitarsus Swinhoe Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia mon- Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhyn- 15 chos chlororhynchos (J.F. Gmelin)15 golica Sushkin ’ 15 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros xerophilus Fea s Petrel Pterodroma feae (Salvadori) 10 Fea’s Petrel and Desertas Petrel Pterodroma Stegmann Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus variegatus deserta Mathews are now treated as separate spe- 15 cies, whereas before they were considered sub- (S.G. Gmelin) Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti atrogularis species of P. feae. As none of the six British 15 records separated P. feae from P. deserta, P. feae is (Blyth) ﬂ removed from the British List. Furthermore, at Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla ava tschutschensis J.F. Gmelin, macronyx (Stresemann) least another 58 records of P. feae were not distin- 15 guished from Zino’s Petrel Pterodroma madeira or taivana (Swinhoe) Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris campestris (Lin- Mathews and so have also not been assigned to 15 species. naeus) Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis pratensis (Lin- Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata hasitata 15 (Kuhl)15 naeus) ﬁ Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis whistleri Clan- Barolo Shearwater Puf nus baroli baroli (Bona- 15 15 cey parte) 15 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus falcinellus (Lin- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica rustica Pallas 15 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis naeus) 15 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ibis (Linnaeus)15 oblitus (Peters & Griscom) Crane Grus grus grus (Linnaeus)15 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis atricapillus (A. Wil- APPENDIX 2 son)8,11,12 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus CATEGORY D himantopus (Linnaeus)15 Species in Category D would otherwise appear in Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Category A, except that there is reasonable doubt Latham15 that they have occurred in Britain in a natural Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris state. Species placed only in Category D form no (Vieillot)9

part of the British List, and are not included in the Order Accipitriformes species totals. Category D is a holding category and is not Family Accipitridae intended to be a long-term assignment of any species. The species are reviewed periodically with a view to Booted Eagle† DE assign them to either Category A or Category E. Hieraaetus pennatus (J.F. Gmelin)1,15 † Indicates species for which descriptions are required of records by the British Birds Rarities Bald Eagle† DE Committee (BBRC) to be considered for inclusion Haliaeetus leucocephalus in Categories A–C of the British List. (Linnaeus)4 Category D species are also listed on the BOU website at https://www.bou.org.uk/british-list/cate Order Falconiformes gory-d-species/. These species form no part of the British List. Family Falconidae

Order Anseriformes Saker Falcon† DE Falco cherrug J.E. Gray6,7 Family Anatidae Order Passeriformes Ross’s Goose† DE* 1 Anser rossii Cassin Family Sturnidae

† Wood Duck DE* Daurian Starling† DE 7,14 Aix sponsa (Linnaeus) Agropsar sturninus Pallas5

† Falcated Duck DE Family Muscicapidae Mareca falcata (Georgi)6,15 † † Mugimaki Flycatcher D Marbled Duck DE Ficedula mugimaki (Temminck)5,13,14 Marmaronetta angustirostris 1,6,12,14 (Menetries) Family Icteridae

† White-headed Duck DE Yellow-headed Blackbird† DE Oxyura leucocephala (Scolpoli) Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte)1 Order Phoenicopteriformes Family Emberizidae Family Phoenicopteridae † † Red-headed Bunting DE Greater Flamingo DE Emberiza bruniceps J.F. von Brandt5 Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas1

Order Pelecaniformes APPENDIX 3 Family Pelecanidae SPECIES GROUPS NOT INCLUDED † IN THE SYSTEMATIC LIST White Pelican DE Great White Pelican Included here are records that were not identiﬁed Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus5 to species level, which are not included in the

systematic list of the British List, and so do not Oceanodroma jabejabe (Barboza du Bocage) form part of the species totals. † V monotypic. Indicates species for which descriptions are First record: at sea, off Isles of Scilly, July 2007. required of records by the British Birds Rarities Two records not identified to species.4,7,8 Committee (BBRC) to be considered for inclusion in Categories A–C of the British List. Family Procellariidae These species form no part of the British List. Zino’s Petrel†/Fea’s Petrel†/Desertas Petrel† Order Procellariiformes Pterodroma madeira Mathews V monotypic. Family Oceanitidae Pterodroma feae (Salvadori) V monotypic. White-bellied Storm Petrel†/Black-bellied Storm Pterodroma deserta Mathews Petrel† V monotypic. Fregetta grallaria (Vieillot) First record: Porthgwarra, Cornwall, August V subspecies undetermined. 1989. Fregetta tropica (Gould) 64 records not identified to species including six V subspecies undetermined. records identified to P. feae/deserta.15 One record not identified to species: Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire (Avon), Order Charadriiformes November 2009.7,8 Family Stercorariidae Family Hydrobatidae South Polar Skua†/Brown Skua† Madeiran Storm Petrel† Band-rumped Storm Stercorarius maccormicki H. Saunders Petrel/Monteiro’s Storm Petrel†/Cape Verde V monotypic. Storm Petrel† Stercorarius antarcticus (R. Lesson) Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt) V subspecies undetermined. V monotypic. First record: Isles of Scilly, October 2001 to Oceanodroma monteiroi Bolton et al. January 2002. V monotypic. Two records not identified to species.4,12