Elliott Cornelius: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 187 of 187 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/05/2021 Walmsley 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Teal Anas crecca 14 Pochard Aythya ferina 15 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 Eider Somateria mollissima 18 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 19 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 20 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 22 Goosander Mergus merganser 23 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 24 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 25 Swift Apus apus 26 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 27 Stock Dove Columba oenas 28 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 29 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 30 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 32 Coot Fulica atra 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 34 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 35 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 36 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 38 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 39 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 40 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 41 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 42 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 43 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 44 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 45 Curlew Numenius arquata 46 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 47 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 48 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 49 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 50 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 51 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 52 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 53 Redshank Tringa totanus 54 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 55 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 56 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 57 Knot Calidris canutus 58 Ruff Calidris pugnax 59 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 60 Sanderling Calidris alba 61 Dunlin Calidris alpina 62 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 63 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 07/05/2021 Abbotsbury Swannery 64 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 65 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 66 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 67 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 68 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 69 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 70 Common Gull Larus canus 71 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 72 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 73 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 74 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 75 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 76 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 29/03/2021 Newlyn, Cornwall 77 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 78 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 79 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 80 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 81 Razorbill Alca torda 82 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 83 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 84 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 85 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 18/02/2021 Pennance Point 86 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 87 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 88 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 89 Gannet Morus bassanus 90 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 91 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 92 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 93 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 94 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 95 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 96 Great White Egret Ardea alba 97 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 98 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 99 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 100 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 101 Red Kite Milvus milvus 102 Buzzard Buteo buteo 103 Barn Owl Tyto alba 104 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 105 Hoopoe Upupa epops 106 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 107 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 108 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 109 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 110 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 111 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 112 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 113 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 114 Jay Garrulus glandarius 115 Magpie Pica pica 116 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 117 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 118 Rook Corvus frugilegus 119 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 120 Raven Corvus corax 121 Coal Tit Periparus ater 122 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 123 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 124 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 125 Great Tit Parus major 126 Woodlark Lullula arborea 127 Skylark Alauda arvensis 128 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 129 Swallow Hirundo rustica 130 House Martin Delichon urbicum 131 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 132 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 133 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 134 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 135 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 136 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 137 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 138 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 139 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 140 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 141 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 142 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 20/04/2021 Treeve Moor, Land's End 143 Whitethroat Curruca communis 144 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 145 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 146 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 147 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 148 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 149 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth, Devon 150 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 151 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 152 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 153 Redwing Turdus iliacus 154 Blackbird Turdus merula 155 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 156 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 157 Robin Erithacus rubecula 158 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 159 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 160 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 161 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 162 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 163 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 164 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 165 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 166 Dunnock Prunella modularis 167 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 168 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 169 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 170 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 07/05/2021 Cogden Beach 171 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 172 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 173 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 174 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 175 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 176 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 177 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 178 Linnet Linaria cannabina 179 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 180 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 181 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 182 Siskin Spinus spinus 183 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 184 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 185 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 186 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 187 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus