Jim Anderson: Britain Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 281 of 281 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2019 Titchwell 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2019 Holkham 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/01/2019 Scotney GP 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2019 Thornham 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 02/12/2019 Buckenham Marshes, Norfolk 3 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2019 Thornham 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 20/10/2019 Stodmarsh 2 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 19/01/2019 Holkham Marsh 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2019 Titchwell 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2019 Ludham 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2019 Ludham 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2019 Holkham 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2019 Titchwell 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/01/2019 Connaught Waters 15 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 04/05/2019 March Farmers, Cambridge 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 31/03/2019 Wanstead Flats Drake 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2019 Connaught Waters 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2019 Titchwell 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2019 Titchwell 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 08/04/2019 Rutland Water 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2019 Titchwell 22 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2019 Titchwell 23 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2019 Titchwell 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 05/03/2019 Herringfleet, Suffolk 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 29/01/2019 Amwell 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2019 Titchwell 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 06/02/2019 Lee Valley, Holyfield lake 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/01/2019 New Hythe GPs 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2019 Titchwell 30 Scaup Aythya marila 11/01/2019 KGV Reservoir, Chingford 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 19/10/2019 Rutland Water 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2019 Titchwell 33 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 24/10/2019 Cley 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2019 Titchwell 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2019 Titchwell 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2019 Titchwell 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 04/01/2019 Lee Valley, Bowyers Water 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2019 Connaught Waters 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2019 Titchwell 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 29/07/2019 A66 Durham 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2019 Wells 42 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 02/12/2019 The Brecks 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 44 Quail Coturnix coturnix 11/06/2019 Hazelwood Common 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2019 Choseley 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 16/06/2019 Brecks 47 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2019 Abridge 48 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 23/06/2019 Slimbridge 49 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 07/05/2019 Weybourne Camp seen from Muckleburgh Hill 50 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/04/2019 Abbott's Hall farm 51 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2019 Titchwell 52 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2019 Dungeness 53 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2019 A149 54 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 07/05/2019 Titchwell 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2019 Titchwell 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 57 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 13/09/2019 Blacktoft Sands 58 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 59 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2019 Titchwell 60 Crane Grus grus 06/04/2019 Dungeness 61 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2019 Titchwell 62 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 27/01/2019 Cliffe Pools 63 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 64 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 65 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/01/2019 Cliffe Pools 66 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 05/03/2019 Cavenham Heath 67 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 68 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 13/04/2019 Vange marshes 69 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/01/2019 Cliffe Pools 70 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2019 Titchwell 71 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2019 Titchwell 72 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 21/07/2019 Breydon Water RSPB 73 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 28/09/2019 Oare Marshes 74 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 07/05/2019 Choseley Drying Barns Seen in field viewed west from Chalkpit Lane 75 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2019 Brancaster 76 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 08/04/2019 Rutland Water 2 77 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2019 Thornham 78 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 06/04/2019 Dungeness 79 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2019 Thornham 80 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2019 Titchwell 81 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2019 Titchwell 82 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 05/02/2019 Frampton Marsh 83 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/02/2019 Nunnery Lakes 2 84 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 19/01/2019 Dersingham 85 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 13/10/2019 Kilnsea, East Yorkshire 86 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2019 Titchwell 87 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 12/09/2019 Spurn 88 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 15/09/2019 Pulborough Brooks 89 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 08/01/2019 Cliffe Pools 90 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 14/01/2019 Lemsford Springs 91 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 25/04/2019 Vange marsh 92 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 25/04/2019 Vange marsh 93 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 94 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 24/03/2019 Lodmoor 95 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/02/2019 Titchwell 96 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 23/04/2019 Abberton, Wigborough Bay 7 97 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2019 Titchwell 98 Knot Calidris canutus 26/02/2019 Titchwell 99 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/01/2019 Dungeness 100 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 21/07/2019 Titchwell 101 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 16/05/2019 Cley Marshes 4 102 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 17/08/2019 Frampton Marsh 103 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2019 Titchwell 104 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2019 Titchwell 105 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 19/01/2019 Sheringham 106 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/07/2019 Frampton Marsh 107 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 20/07/2019 Frampton Marsh 108 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 06/08/2019 Cley 109 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 21/07/2019 Titchwell 110 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 18/06/2019 Frampton Marsh 111 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 16/05/2019 Cley 112 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 20/05/2019 Dungeness RSPB 113 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 19/04/2019 KGV Reservoir, Chingford 5 114 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 04/05/2019 Abberton Reservoir 115 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 10/04/2019 KGV Reservoir, Chingford 116 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 06/04/2019 Dungeness 2 117 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 20/05/2019 Dungeness RSPB 118 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 30/03/2019 Dungeness 119 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/04/2019 KGV Reservoir, Chingford 120 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 03/01/2019 Dungeness 121 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 20/10/2019 Dungeness 122 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 04/05/2019 Abberton Reservoir 123 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2019 Thornham 124 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/02/2019 Titchwell 125 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2019 Roding Valley Lake 126 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 05/01/2019 Snaresbrook 127 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 128 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 14/02/2019 Lackford Lakes SWT 129 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 130 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 19/01/2019 Cley 131 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/01/2019 Snaresbrook 132 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14/02/2019 Lackford Lakes SWT 2nd winter Kumlien's 133 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 11/08/2019 Porthgwarra 134 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 05/11/2019 Cley Coastguards 135 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 03/01/2019 Dungeness 136 Puffin Fratercula arctica 12/05/2019 Bempton Cliffs 137 Razorbill Alca torda 01/01/2019 Titchwell 138 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 03/01/2019 Dungeness 139 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 03/01/2019 Dungeness 140 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 22/02/2019 Mercers CP 141 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 26/02/2019 Titchwell 142 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2019 Hunstanton 143 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 10/08/2019 Porthgwarra 144 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 10/08/2019 Porthgwarra 145 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 10/08/2019 Porthgwarra 146 Gannet Morus bassanus 03/01/2019 Dungeness 147 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2019 Titchwell 148 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 24/03/2019 weymouth Harbour 149 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 23/11/2019 Thornham 150 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 09/03/2019 Elmley NNR 151 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/02/2019 Lakenheath 152 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 14/11/2019 Amwell 153 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2019 Titchwell 154 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 03/01/2019 Dungeness 155 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/01/2019 Dungeness 156 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2019 Connaught Waters 157 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30/04/2019 Burnham Overy 158 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 08/04/2019 Rutland Water 159 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 27/01/2019 Cliffe Pools 160 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 14/02/2019 Cockley Cley 161 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2019 Thornham 162 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 03/01/2019 Capel Fleet 163 Red Kite Milvus milvus 14/01/2019 Lemsford Springs 164 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 19/01/2019 Choseley Drying Barns 165 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2019 Choseley 166 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2019 Runton 167 Little Owl Athene noctua 03/04/2019 Wanstead Flats 2 168 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 05/02/2019 Deeping Lakes 169 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/01/2019 Capel Fleet 170 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2019 Epping Forest 171 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 05/01/2019 Santon Downham 172 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 29/08/2019 Holland Haven CP 2 173 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 04/01/2019 174 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2019 Roding Valley 175 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/01/2019 Roding Valley 176 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2019 Wells 177 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 28/04/2019 Rendlesham Forest 178 Merlin Falco columbarius 03/01/2019 Capel Fleet 179 Hobby Falco subbuteo 07/05/2019 Weybourne Camp 180 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 181 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 02/01/2019 Garden 182 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 13/10/2019 Easington, East Yorkshire 183 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 02/02/2019 Santon Warren 184 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 11/06/2019 Horsey 185 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2019 Dungeness 186 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2019 Titchwell 187 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 10/08/2019 Porthgwarra 188 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2019 Titchwell 189 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2019 Ludham 190 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2019 Titchwell 191 Raven Corvus corax 17/03/2019 Dungeness 192 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2019 Long Stratton 193 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2019 Titchwell 194 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/01/2019 Lynford Arboretum 195 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 29/07/2019 Fairburn Ings 196 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 197 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2019 Titchwell 198 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 02/03/2019 Crossness NR Male 199 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 22/02/2019 Crossness NR 200 Woodlark Lullula arborea 26/02/2019 Santon Downham 201 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/01/2019 Dungeness 202 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 19/01/2019 Holkham 203 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 24/03/2019 Lodmoor 204 Swallow Hirundo rustica 24/03/2019 Lodmoor 205 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2019 KGV Reservoir, Chingford 206 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2019 Titchwell 207 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 208 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 09/11/2019 Easington, East Yorkshire 209 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 13/10/2019 Titchwell Also seen at Easington, East Yorkshire 210 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 09/11/2019 Kilnsea, East Yorkshire 211 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/03/2019 Lodmoor 212 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/03/2019 Crossness NR 213 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 02/06/2019 Dunwich Heath Pending 214 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 06/04/2019 Dungeness 215 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 21/04/2019 Rainham Marshes 216 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 15/09/2019 Fralington Marshes 217 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 28/04/2019 Minsmere 218 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 28/04/2019 Minsmere 219 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 13/01/2019 Garden 220 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 22/04/2019 Lee Valley 221 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 10/09/2019 Spurn 222 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 19/04/2019 KGV Reservoir, Chingford 223 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 09/06/2019 Flamborough Head 224 Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/04/2019 KGV Reservoir, Chingford 225 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 03/01/2019 Dungeness 226 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 17/03/2019 Dungeness 2 227 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2019 Titchwell 228 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2019 Titchwell 229 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2019 Epping Forest 230 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2019 Titchwell 231 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2019 Titchwell 232 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2019 Capel Fleet 233 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2019 Choseley 234 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2019 Capel Fleet 235 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2019 Thornham 236 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2019 Capel Fleet 237 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 15/04/2019 Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve 2 males 238 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 14/12/2019 Whipsnade Zoo 239 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 20/08/2019 Wanstead Flats 240 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2019 Titchwell 241 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 22/04/2019 Lee Valley, Fishers Green 242 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/10/2019 Easington, East Yorkshire 243 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 03/01/2019 Dungeness 244 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 06/04/2019 Wanstead Flats 245 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/08/2019 Wanstead Flats 246 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 02/12/2019 Hollesley Marshes, Suffolk 247 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2019 Dungeness 248 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 17/03/2019 Dungeness 249 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 12/11/2019 Cley 250 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/01/2019 North Walsham Black-bellied 251 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/01/2019 Dungeness 252 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2019 Burnham 253 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2019 Titchwell 254 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 19/04/2019 KGV Reservoir, Chingford 7 255 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 10/11/2019 Walberswick NNR Pending 256 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2019 Roding Valley 257 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2019 Roding Valley 258 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2019 Titchwell 259 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 01/01/2019 Titchwell 260 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 16/05/2019 Cley Marshes 261 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2019 Titchwell 262 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/01/2019 Lynford Arboretum 263 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 05/01/2019 Lynford Arboretum 264 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/02/2019 Deeping lakes 265 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2019 Titchwell 266 Twite Linaria flavirostris 01/01/2019 Thornham 267 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2019 Choseley 268 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 26/02/2019 Sculthorpe Moor 269 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 05/01/2019 Lynford Arboretum 270 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 26/02/2019 Sculthorpe Moor 271 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 05/01/2019 Lynford Arboretum 272 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2019 Titchwell 273 Siskin Spinus spinus 05/01/2019 Lynford Arboretum 274 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 09/11/2019 Spurn YWT 275 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 19/01/2019 Holkham 276 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 03/01/2019 Capel Fleet 277 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2019 Choseley 278 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 23/04/2019 Abberton, Billet's Farm 279 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 10/08/2019 Labrador Bay 280 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 09/06/2019 Flamborough Head 281 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2019 Titchwell