Roy Scott: World Year List 2021 IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 92 of 92 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 27/03/2021 Goldcliff 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 4 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17/04/2021 Ogmore River 5 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 6 Gadwall Mareca strepera 27/03/2021 Goldcliff 7 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 12th Nov. 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 9 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 27/03/2021 Goldcliff 10 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 11 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 Cardiff Bay 25th Sept. 12 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 13/09/2021 Giants Causeway N. Ireland 13 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 01/01/2021 Radyr 4th Oct 14 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 20/04/2021 Ogmore 15 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 14/05/2021 Naunton. Glos. A pair in winter sown wheat. 16 Common Swift Apus apus 25/05/2021 Radyr First Swifts of the summer hawking near River Taff. 17 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 07/05/2021 Heol Senni Male heard calling. 18 Rock Dove Columba livia 01/01/2021 Cardiff Bay 25th Sept. 19 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Radyr 16th Sept. 20 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Radyr 21 Sept 2020. 21 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 17/08/2021 Forest Farm Reserve 22 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Cardiff Bay 25th Sept. 23 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 Cardiff Bay 25th Sept. 24 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 Cardiff Bay 25th Sept. 25 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/01/2021 Cardiff Bay 25th Sept. 26 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 13/09/2021 Ballycastle N. Ireland 27 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 27/03/2021 Goldcliff 28 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 29 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept 30 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 31 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 32 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 Peterston Gout 21st Sept. 33 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/03/2021 Goldcliff 34 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 35 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 36 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 37 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea ********** ********** 38 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 39 Little Stint Calidris minuta 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 40 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Cardiff Bay 25th Sept 41 Common Gull Larus canus 13/09/2021 Carrick Fergus N.Ireland 42 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 43 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Radyr 16th Sept. 44 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Cardiff Bay 25th Sept. 45 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 46 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 17/02/2021 Coryton Heronry 47 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 Radyr 14th Oct. Female rested on my garden fence for 20 minutes before resuming hunting.2nd Feb2021. 48 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2021 Llangrannog 26th Nov. 49 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 12th Nov. 50 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 RSPB Newport 12th Nov. Heard drumming in Maerdy Wood each morning during first week in 2021. 51 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 18/03/2021 Radyr Heard in Maerdy Wood. 52 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 26/08/2021 Near Avonmouth 53 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 Radyr 4th Oct. 54 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Radyr 16th Sept 55 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 01/01/2021 Llangranog 26tn Nov. 56 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Radyr 16th Sept . 57 Rook Corvus frugilegus 09/03/2021 Capel Llaniltern Rookery 58 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 59 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 13/09/2021 Belfast 60 Northern Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept 61 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Radyr 22nd Nov. 62 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Radyr 13th Oct. 63 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Radyr 13th Oct. A pair used a nest box in my garden. Made good use of the Mealworms and fledged 18th May. 64 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 65 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 66 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/06/2021 Radyr A pair investigating my eaves as a nest site. 67 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 12th Nov. 68 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/03/2021 Maerdy Wood Radyr The first song of summer 69 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 27/03/2021 Goldcliff Heard singing. 70 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Radyr 16th Sept. 71 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2021 Radyr 22nd Nov. 72 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2021 Radyr 21st Nov.. A pair are building a nest in my specially constructed nest box (07/05/2021). But failed to lay. 73 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 74 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2021 Radyr Hunting for snails in my garden. A bit of frost last night. 75 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/02/2021 Maerdy Wood Radyr A bright sunny morning heard singing this morning. 76 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 12th Nov. 77 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Radyr 13th Oct. 78 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 12th Nov. 79 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Radyr 16th Sept. Nest box in my garden not used. But 2 pairs, whose territories must have met in my back garden made full used of my mealworms to feed their young. Sometimes all four would be present. Breast displaying but no more. 80 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 21st Sept. 81 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 20/04/2021 Ogmore 82 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/01/2021 Radyr 4th Oct 83 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Goldcliff 12th Nov. 84 Dunnock Prunella modularis 30/03/2021 Radyr 85 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2021 Rady 4th Oct 86 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 RSPB Newport 12th Nov. Pied Wagtail. 87 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 19/07/2021 Upper Tawe valley 88 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Radyr 14th Oct. 89 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 10/06/2021 Radyr 90 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 20/04/2021 Ogmore 91 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Radyr 13th Oct. 92 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021 RSPB Newport 12th Nov.