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The official British List is maintained by the British Ornithologist's Union's Records Committee (BOURC) and can be viewed at www.bou.org.uk/recgen.html.

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Accentor, AlpinePrunella collarisMegaA
Albatross, Black-browedThalassarche melanophrisMegaA
Auk, GreatPinguinus impennisUngradedB
Auk, LittleAlle alleLocalA
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaLocalA
Bee-eater, Blue-cheekedMerops persicusMegaA
Bee-eater, EuropeanMerops apiasterScarceA
BitternBotaurus stellarisLocalA
Bittern, AmericanBotaurus lentiginosusMegaA
Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutusRareA
BlackbirdTurdus merulaCommonA
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaCommonA
Bluetail, Red-flankedTarsiger cyanurusMegaA
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaScarceA
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusMegaA
BramblingFringilla montifringillaCommonA
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaMegaA
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaCommonA
Bunting, Black-facedEmberiza spodocephalaMegaA
Bunting, Black-headedEmberiza melanocephalaRareA
Bunting, Chestnut-earedEmberiza fucataMegaA
Bunting, CirlEmberiza cirlusLocalA
Bunting, CornEmberiza calandraCommonA
Bunting, Cretzschmar'sEmberiza caesiaMegaA
Bunting, IndigoPasserina cyaneaMegaA
Bunting, LaplandCalcarius lapponicusLocalA
Bunting, LittleEmberiza pusillaScarceA
Bunting, OrtolanEmberiza hortulanaScarceA
Bunting, Pallas's ReedEmberiza pallasiMegaA
Bunting, PineEmberiza leucocephalosMegaA
Bunting, ReedEmberiza schoeniclusCommonA
Bunting, RockEmberiza ciaMegaA
Bunting, RusticEmberiza rusticaScarceA
Bunting, SnowPlectrophenax nivalisLocalA
Bunting, Yellow-breastedEmberiza aureolaRareA
Bunting, Yellow-browedEmberiza chrysophrysMegaA
Bustard, GreatOtis tardaRareA
Bustard, LittleTetrax tetraxMegaA
Bustard, Macqueen'sChlamydotis macqueeniiMegaA
Buzzard, CommonButeo buteoCommonA
Buzzard, HoneyPernis apivorusScarceA
Buzzard, Rough-leggedButeo lagopusScarceA
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaMegaA
CapercaillieTetrao urogallusLocalBC3
Catbird, GrayDumetella carolinensisMegaA
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsCommonA
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaCommonA
Chiffchaff, IberianPhylloscopus ibericusMegaA
ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLocalA
Cisticola, ZittingCisticola juncidisMegaA
CootFulica atraCommonA
Coot, AmericanFulica americanaMegaA
CormorantPhalacrocorax carboCommonA
Cormorant, Double-crestedPhalacrocorax auritusMegaA
CorncrakeCrex crexLocalA
Courser, Cream-colouredCursorius cursorMegaA
Cowbird, Brown-headedMolothrus aterMegaA
Crake, Baillon'sPorzana pusillaMegaA
Crake, LittlePorzana parvaMegaA
Crake, SpottedPorzana porzanaScarceA
Crane, CommonGrus grusScarceA
Crane, SandhillGrus canadensisMegaA
Crossbill, CommonLoxia curvirostraCommonA
Crossbill, ParrotLoxia pytyopsittacusRareA
Crossbill, ScottishLoxia scoticaLocalA
Crossbill, Two-barredLoxia leucopteraRareA
Crow, CarrionCorvus coroneCommonA
Crow, HoodedCorvus cornixLocalA
CuckooCuculus canorusCommonA
Cuckoo, Black-billedCoccyzus erythrophthalmusMegaA
Cuckoo, Great SpottedClamator glandariusRareA
Cuckoo, Yellow-billedCoccyzus americanusMegaA
CurlewNumenius arquataCommonA
Curlew, EskimoNumenius borealisMegaB
Curlew, LittleNumenius minutusMegaA
Curlew, Slender-billedNumenius tenuirostrisMegaA
Curlew, StoneBurhinus oedicnemusScarceA
DipperCinclus cinclusCommonA
Diver, Black-throatedGavia arcticaLocalA
Diver, Great NorthernGavia immerLocalA
Diver, Red-throatedGavia stellataLocalA
Diver, White-billedGavia adamsiiRareA
DotterelCharadrius morinellusLocalA
Dove, CollaredStreptopelia decaoctoCommonA
Dove, MourningZenaida macrouraMegaA
Dove, Oriental (Rufous) TurtleStreptopelia orientalisMegaA
Dove, StockColumba oenasCommonA
Dove, TurtleStreptopelia turturCommonA
Dowitcher, Long-billedLimnodromus scolopaceusRareA
Dowitcher, Short-billedLimnodromus griseusMegaA
Duck, BlackAnas rubripesRareA
Duck, FerruginousAythya nyrocaScarceA
Duck, HarlequinHistrionicus histrionicusMegaA
Duck, Long-tailedClangula hyemalisLocalA
Duck, MandarinAix galericulataLocalC1
Duck, Ring-neckedAythya collarisScarceA
Duck, RuddyOxyura jamaicensisCommonC1
Duck, TuftedAythya fuligulaCommonA
DunlinCalidris alpinaCommonA
DunnockPrunella modularisCommonA
Eagle, GoldenAquila chrysaetosLocalA
Eagle, Greater SpottedAquila clangaMegaB
Eagle, Short-toedCircaetus gallicusMegaA
Eagle, White-tailedHaliaeetus albicillaLocalAC3
Egret, CattleBubulcus ibisScarceA
Egret, Great WhiteArdea albaScarceA
Egret, LittleEgretta garzettaLocalA
Egret, SnowyEgretta thulaMegaA
EiderSomateria mollissimaLocalA
Eider, KingSomateria spectabilisRareA
Eider, Steller'sPolysticta stelleriMegaA
Falcon, Eleonora'sFalco eleonoraeMegaA
Falcon, GyrFalco rusticolusRareA
Falcon, PeregrineFalco peregrinusLocalA
Falcon, Red-footedFalco vespertinusScarceA
FieldfareTurdus pilarisCommonA
Finch, TrumpeterBucanetes githagineusMegaA
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaLocalA
Flycatcher, CollaredFicedula albicollisMegaA
Flycatcher, PiedFicedula hypoleucaLocalA
Flycatcher, Red-breastedFicedula parvaScarceA
Flycatcher, Red-throated (Taiga)Ficedula albicillaMegaA
Flycatcher, SpottedMuscicapa striataCommonA
Frigatebird, AscensionFregata aquilaMegaA
Frigatebird, MagnificentFregata magnificensMegaA
FulmarFulmarus glacialisLocalA
GadwallAnas streperaCommonAC2
Gallinule, Allen'sPorphyrula alleniMegaA
Gallinule, American PurplePorphyrula martinicaMegaA
GannetMorus bassanusLocalA
GarganeyAnas querquedulaLocalA
Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponicaCommonA
Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosaCommonA
Godwit, HudsonianLimosa haemasticaMegaA
GoldcrestRegulus regulusCommonA
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaCommonA
Goldeneye, Barrow'sBucephala islandicaMegaA
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisCommonA
GoosanderMergus merganserCommonA
Goose, BarnacleBranta leucopsisCommonAC2
Goose, BeanAnser fabalisLocalA
Goose, BrentBranta berniclaLocalA
Goose, CanadaBranta canadensisCommonC2
Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiacaLocalC1
Goose, GreylagAnser anserCommonAC2C4
Goose, Lesser White-frontedAnser erythropusRareA
Goose, Pink-footedAnser brachyrhynchusCommonA
Goose, Red-breastedBranta ruficollisRareA
Goose, SnowAnser caerulescensScarceAC2
Goose, White-frontedAnser albifronsLocalA
GoshawkAccipiter gentilisLocalAC3
Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollisLocalA
Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatusCommonA
Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollisCommonA
Grebe, Pied-billedPodilymbus podicepsRareA
Grebe, Red-neckedPodiceps grisegenaLocalA
Grebe, SlavonianPodiceps auritusLocalA
GreenfinchCarduelis chlorisCommonA
GreenshankTringa nebulariaCommonA
Grosbeak, EveningHesperiphona vespertinaMegaA
Grosbeak, PinePinicola enucleatorMegaA
Grosbeak, Rose-breastedPheucticus ludovicianusMegaA
Grouse, BlackTetrao tetrixLocalA
Grouse, WillowLagopus lagopusUngradedA
GuillemotUria aalgeCommonA
Guillemot, BlackCepphus grylleLocalA
Guillemot, BrĂ¼nnich'sUria lomviaMegaA
Gull, Audouin'sLarus audouiniiMegaA
Gull, Black-headedLarus ridibundusCommonA
Gull, Bonaparte'sLarus philadelphiaRareA
Gull, CommonLarus canusCommonA
Gull, Franklin'sLarus pipixcanRareA
Gull, GlaucousLarus hyperboreusLocalA
Gull, Great Black-backedLarus marinusCommonA
Gull, HerringLarus argentatusCommonA
Gull, IcelandLarus glaucoidesLocalA
Gull, IvoryPagophila eburneaMegaA
Gull, LaughingLarus atricillaRareA
Gull, Lesser Black-backedLarus fuscusCommonA
Gull, LittleLarus minutusLocalA
Gull, MediterraneanLarus melanocephalusLocalA
Gull, Pallas'sLarus ichthyaetusMegaB
Gull, Ring-billedLarus delawarensisScarceA
Gull, Ross'sRhodostethia roseaRareA
Gull, Sabine'sLarus sabiniScarceA
Gull, Slender-billedLarus geneiMegaA
Gull, Yellow-leggedLarus michahellisLocalA
Harrier, HenCircus cyaneusLocalA
Harrier, MarshCircus aeruginosusLocalA
Harrier, Montagu'sCircus pygargusScarceA
Harrier, PallidCircus macrourusMegaA
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesLocalA
Heron, GreenButorides virescensMegaA
Heron, GreyArdea cinereaCommonA
Heron, NightNycticorax nycticoraxScarceA
Heron, PurpleArdea purpureaScarceA
Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloidesRareA
HobbyFalco subbuteoCommonA
HoopoeUpupa epopsScarceA
Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellusRareA
JackdawCorvus monedulaCommonA
JayGarrulus glandariusCommonA
Junco, Dark-eyedJunco hyemalisMegaA
Kestrel, AmericanFalco sparveriusMegaA
Kestrel, CommonFalco tinnunculusCommonA
Kestrel, LesserFalco naumanniMegaA
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusMegaA
Kingfisher, BeltedCeryle alcyonMegaA
Kingfisher, CommonAlcedo atthisCommonA
Kite, BlackMilvus migransScarceA
Kite, RedMilvus milvusLocalAC3
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaLocalA
KnotCalidris canutusCommonA
Knot, GreatCalidris tenuirostrisMegaA
LapwingVanellus vanellusCommonA
Lapwing, SociableVanellus gregariusMegaA
Lapwing, White-tailedVanellus leucurusMegaA
Lark, BimaculatedMelanocorypha bimaculataMegaA
Lark, BlackMelanocorypha yeltoniensisMegaA
Lark, CalandraMelanocorypha calandraMegaA
Lark, CrestedGalerida cristataMegaA
Lark, Lesser Short-toedCalandrella rufescensMegaA
Lark, ShoreEremophila alpestrisLocalA
Lark, Short-toedCalandrella brachydactylaScarceA
Lark, SkyAlauda arvensisCommonA
Lark, White-wingedMelanocorypha leucopteraMegaA
Lark, WoodLullula arboreaLocalA
LinnetCarduelis cannabinaCommonA
MagpiePica picaCommonA
MallardAnas platyrhynchosCommonAC2C4
Martin, Eurasian CragPtyonoprogne rupestrisMegaA
Martin, HouseDelichon urbicumCommonA
Martin, PurpleProgne subisMegaA
Martin, SandRiparia ripariaCommonA
Merganser, HoodedLophodytes cucullatusCommonA
Merganser, Red-breastedMergus serratorCommonA
MerlinFalco columbariusLocalA
Mockingbird, NorthernMimus polyglottosMegaA
MoorhenGallinula chloropusCommonA
Murrelet, AncientSynthliboramphus antiquusMegaA
Murrelet, Long-billedBrachyramphus perdixMegaA
Needletail, White-throatedHirundapus caudacutusMegaA
Nighthawk, CommonChordeiles minorMegaA
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosLocalA
Nightingale, ThrushLuscinia lusciniaRareA
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusLocalA
Nightjar, EgyptianCaprimulgus aegyptiusMegaA
Nightjar, Red-neckedCaprimulgus ruficollisMegaB
NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactesMegaA
NuthatchSitta europaeaCommonA
Nuthatch, Red-breastedSitta canadensisMegaA
Oriole, BaltimoreIcterus galbulaMegaA
Oriole, GoldenOriolus oriolusScarceA
OspreyPandion haliaetusLocalA
Ouzel, RingTurdus torquatusLocalA
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaMegaA
Owl, BarnTyto albaCommonA
Owl, Eurasian ScopsOtus scopsMegaA
Owl, LittleAthene noctuaCommonC1
Owl, Long-earedAsio otusLocalA
Owl, Northern HawkSurnia ululaMegaA
Owl, Short-earedAsio flammeusLocalA
Owl, SnowyBubo scandiacusRareA
Owl, TawnyStrix alucoCommonA
Owl, Tengmalm'sAegolius funereusMegaA
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusCommonA
Parakeet, Ring-neckedPsittacula krameriCommonC1
Partridge, GreyPerdix perdixCommonAC2
Partridge, Red-leggedAlectoris rufaCommonC1
Parula, NorthernParula americanaMegaA
Petrel, Black-cappedPterodroma hasitataMegaA
Petrel, Fea'sPterodroma feaeRareA
Phalarope, GreyPhalaropus fulicariusScarceA
Phalarope, Red-neckedPhalaropus lobatusScarceA
Phalarope, Wilson'sPhalaropus tricolorRareA
PheasantPhasianus colchicusCommonC1
Pheasant, GoldenChrysolophus pictusLocalC1
Pheasant, Lady Amherst'sChrysolophus amherstiaeScarceC6
Phoebe, EasternSayornis phoebeMegaA
Pigeon, Feral/Dove, RockColumba liviaCommonAC4
Pigeon, WoodColumba palumbusCommonA
PintailAnas acutaCommonA
Pipit, Blyth'sAnthus godlewskiiMegaA
Pipit, Buff-belliedAnthus rubescensMegaA
Pipit, MeadowAnthus pratensisCommonA
Pipit, Olive-backedAnthus hodgsoniRareA
Pipit, PechoraAnthus gustaviRareA
Pipit, Red-throatedAnthus cervinusScarceA
Pipit, Richard'sAnthus richardiScarceA
Pipit, RockAnthus petrosusCommonA
Pipit, TawnyAnthus campestrisScarceA
Pipit, TreeAnthus trivialisCommonA
Pipit, WaterAnthus spinolettaLocalA
Plover, American GoldenPluvialis dominicaScarceA
Plover, CaspianCharadrius asiaticusMegaA
Plover, GoldenPluvialis apricariaCommonA
Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultiiMegaA
Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarolaCommonA
Plover, KentishCharadrius alexandrinusScarceA
Plover, Lesser SandCharadrius mongolusMegaA
Plover, Little RingedCharadrius dubiusCommonA
Plover, Pacific GoldenPluvialis fulvaRareA
Plover, RingedCharadrius hiaticulaCommonA
Plover, SemipalmatedCharadrius semipalmatusMegaA
PochardAythya ferinaCommonA
Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufinaCommonAC2
Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanniRareA
Pratincole, CollaredGlareola pratincolaRareA
Pratincole, OrientalGlareola maldivarumMegaA
PtarmiganLagopus mutaLocalA
PuffinFratercula arcticaLocalA
QuailCoturnix coturnixLocalA
Rail, WaterRallus aquaticusCommonA
RavenCorvus coraxCommonA
RazorbillAlca tordaLocalA
RedheadAythya americanaMegaA
Redpoll, ArcticCarduelis hornemanniScarceA
Redpoll, CommonCarduelis flammeaLocalA
Redpoll, LesserCarduelis cabaretCommonA
Redshank, CommonTringa totanus