My 288 for Cheshire (correct as of 3rd Jan 2003) (bold=accepted by relevant committee and itallics if not found)
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata
Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Great Egret Ardea alba
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens C
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Brent Goose Branta bernicla
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea C
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata C
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
American Wigeon Anas americana
Gadwall Anas strepera
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Pintail Anas acuta
Garganey Anas querquedula
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Shoveler Anas clypeata
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina C
Pochard Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup Aythya marila
Eider Somateria mollissima
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Smew Mergellus albellus
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Goosander Mergus merganser
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis C
Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Buzzard Buteo buteo
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Merlin Falco columbarius
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Quail Coturnix coturnix
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus C
Lady Amherst’s Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae C
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Corn Crake Crex crex
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Coot Fulica atra
Crane Grus grus
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Little Plover Charadrius dubius A
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula A
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola A
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Curlew Numenius arquata
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
Great Skua Catharacta skua
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
Little Gull Larus minutus
Sabine’s Gull Larus sabini
Bonaparte’s Gull Larus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Mew Gull Larus canus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Little Tern Sterna albifrons
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Common Guillemot Uria aalge
Razorbill Alca torda
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Little Auk Alle alle
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Stock Pigeon Columba oenas
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Little Owl Athene noctua
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Swift Apus apus A
Alpine Swift Apus melba
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Wood Lark Lullula arborea
Sky Lark Alauda arvensis
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Swallow Hirundo rustica
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
House Martin Delichon urbica
Richard’s Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Dipper Cinclus cinclus
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Stonechat Saxicola torquata
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Blackbird Turdus merula
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata
Desert Warbler Sylvia nana
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Marsh Tit Parus palustris
Willow Tit Parus montanus
Coal Tit Parus ater
Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Raven Corvus corax
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Serin Serinus serinus
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Siskin Carduelis spinus
Linnet Carduelis cannabina
Twite Carduelis flavirostris
Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret
Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea
Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra
and 4 Ortolans...just faiiled to convince the county committee since they were all flyovers and its a first for the county!