I recorded 227 species in Britain during 2008. Rarities in bold.

1. Mute Swan

2. Bewick's Swan

3. Taiga Bean Goose

4. Pink-footed Goose

5. White-fronted Goose

6. Greylag Goose

7. Ross's Goose

8. Brent Goose

9. Barnacle Goose

10. Canada Goose

11. Egyptian Goose

12. Shelduck

13. Mandarin Duck

14. Eurasian Wigeon

15. Gadwall

16. Common Teal

17. Mallard

18. Pintail

19. Shoveler

20. Pochard

21. Tufted Duck

22. Scaup

23. Common Eider

24. Common Scoter

25. Surf Scoter

26. Velvet Scoter

27. Common Goldeneye

28. Red-breasted Merganser

29. Goosander

30. Ruddy Duck

31. Red-legged Partridge

32. Grey Partridge

33. Pheasant

34. Red-throated Diver

35. Great Northern Diver

36. Little Grebe

37. Great Crested Grebe

38. Slavonian Grebe

39. Fulmar

40. Gannet

41. Cormorant

42. Shag

43. Cattle Egret 03/02/08 Kingsbridge, Devon

44. Little Egret

45. Grey Heron

46. Marsh Harrier

47. Sparrowhawk

48. Common Buzzard

49. Kestrel

50. Peregrine Falcon

51. Water Rail

52. Moorhen

53. Coot

54. Oystercatcher

55. Avocet

56. Ringed Plover

57. European Golden Plover

58. Grey Plover

59. Northern Lapwing

60. Knot

61. Sanderling

62. Little Stint

63. Dunlin

64. Ruff

65. Woodcock

66. Common Snipe

67. Black-tailed Godwit

68. Bar-tailed Godwit

69. Whimbrel

70. Curlew

71. Common Sandpiper

72. Spotted Redshank

73. Greenshank

74. Redshank

75. Turnstone

76. Kittiwake

77. Black-headed Gull

78. Common Gull

79. Lesser Black-backed Gull

80. Herring Gull

81. Great Black-backed Gull

82. Common Guillemot

83. Razorbill

84. Rock Dove

85. Stock Dove

86. Woodpigeon

87. Collared Dove

88. Cuckoo

89. Little Owl

90. Barn Owl

91. Tawny Owl

92. Common Swift

93. Green Woodpecker

94. Great Spotted Woodpecker

95. Skylark

96. Shore Lark

97. Sand Martin

98. Swallow

99. House Martin

100. Tree Pipit

101. Meadow Pipit

102. Rock Pipit

103. Grey Wagtail

104. Pied Wagtail

105. Waxwing

106. Dipper

107. Wren

108. Dunnock

109. Robin

110. Common Redstart

111. Whinchat

112. European Stonechat

113. Northern Wheatear

114. Blackbird

115. Fieldfare

116. Song Thrush

117. Redwing

118. Mistle Thrush

119. Cetti's Warbler

120. Reed Warbler

121. Sedge Warbler

122. Blackcap

123. Garden Warbler

124. Common Whitethroat

125. Dartford Warbler

126. Wood Warbler

127. Common Chiffchaff

128. Willow Warbler

129. Goldcrest

130. Pied Flycatcher

131. Bearded Tit

132. Long-tailed Tit

133. Blue Tit

134. Great Tit

135. Coal Tit

136. Nuthatch

137. Treecreeper

138. Jay

139. Magpie

140. Jackdaw

141. Rook

142. Carrion Crow

143. Raven

144. Starling

145. House Sparrow

146. Chaffinch

147. Brambling

148. Greenfinch

149. Goldfinch

150. Siskin

151. Linnet

152. Bullfinch

153. White-crowned Sparrow 19/01/08 Cley, Norfolk

154. Lapland Bunting

155. Snow Bunting

156. Yellowhammer

157. Cirl Bunting

158. Reed Bunting

159. Yellow Wagtail

160. Hobby

161. Grasshopper Warbler

162. Common Tern

163. Arctic Tern

164. Sandwich Tern

165. Little Tern

166. Black Tern

167. Roseate Tern

168. Spotted Flycatcher

169. American Golden Plover 18/05/08 Exminster, Devon 

170. Spoonbill

171. Turtle Dove

172. Manx Shearwater

173. Chough

174. Marsh Tit 

175. Nightjar 

176. Mediterranean Gull 

177. Kingfisher

178. Green Sandpiper 

179. Storm Petrel

180. Balearic Shearwater 02/08/08 Berry Head, Devon

181. Puffin 

182. Arctic Skua

183. Great Skua

184. Cory's Shearwater 10/08/08 Scillonian Pelagic, Cornwall 

185. Great Shearwater 10/08/08 Scillonian Pelagic, Cornwall 

186. Sooty Shearwater 10/08/08 Scillonian Pelagic, Cornwall 

187. Grey Phalarope 10/08/08 Scillonian Pelagic, Cornwall 

188. Wood Sandpiper 

189. Red Kite

190. Tree Sparrow

191. Red Grouse

192. Little Gull

193. Crossbill

194. Goshawk 18/08/08 Wykeham Forest, Yorkshire 

195. Little Ringed Plover

196. Stilt Sandpiper 21/08/08 Coombe Hill, Gloucestershire

197. Red-necked Phalarope 21/08/08 Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire

198. Garganey

199. Long-tailed Duck

200. Semipalmated Sandpiper 29/08/08 Dawlish Warren, Devon

201. Pomarine Skua

202. Wryneck 06/09/08 Hope's Nose, Devon

203. Sabine's Gull 09/09/08 Berry Head, Devon

204. Long-tailed Skua 05/10/08  Berry Head, Devon

205. Lesser Scaup 11/10/08 Appledore, Devon

206. King Eider 11/10/08 Appledore, Devon

207. Black Redstart

208. Merlin

209. Radde's Warbler 16/10/08 Start Point, Devon

210. Sociable Lapwing 18/10/08 St Mary's, Scilly

211. Grey-cheeked Thrush 18/10/08 St Agnes, Scilly

212. Blyth's Reed Warbler 25/10/08 St Agnes, Scilly

213. Yellow-browed Warbler 26/10/08 St Mary's, Scilly

214. Red-backed Shrike 26/10/08 St Mary's, Scilly

215. Hawfinch 26/10/08 St Mary's, Scilly

216. White-rumped Sandpiper 27/10/08 St Mary's, Scilly

217. Red-flanked Bluetail 28/10/08 St Mary's, Scilly

218. Snowy Owl 29/10/08 St Mary's, Scilly

219. Spotted Crake 29/10/08 St Mary's, Scilly

220. Red-breasted Flycatcher 29/10/08 St Mary's, Scilly

221. Pallas's Warbler 01/11/08 St Mary's, Scilly

222. Common Crane 06/11/08 Modbury, Devon

223. Great Grey Shrike 08/11/08 Bellever, Devon

224. Great White Egret 15/11/08 Blashford Lakes, Hampshire

225. Sardinian Warbler 16/11/08 Berry Head, Devon

226. Woodlark

227. Red-breasted Goose 31/12/08 Keyhaven, Hampshire