Nick Weston: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 203 of 203 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB 5+ 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Hall Marsh 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB Numerous on pits 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 24/10/2021 Loch Spynie 3 birds with goose flock 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 06/01/2021 Theydon Pond 3 on pond 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 24/04/2021 Buckenham Single bird with injured wing 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 09/01/2021 Fishers Green River Lea 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17/10/2021 WWT Welney Small flock flying over visitor centre 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 09/01/2021 Fishers Green 4+ Holyfield Farm 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Single bird on dung heap Holyfield Farm 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13/01/2021 Connaught Waters Male 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 24/04/2021 Buckenham Pair seen asleep south of level crossing Station Road, Buckenham 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Hall Marsh 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Hall Marsh 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17/03/2021 Fishers Green 8+ Hooks Marsh 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 17/10/2021 Bluntisham Single bird with wigeon flock 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 06/01/2021 Theydon Pond 20+ 18 Pintail Anas acuta 17/03/2021 Fishers Green Female on small lake south of Grand Weir Hide 19 Teal Anas crecca 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Male on goose field pool 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 01/07/2021 Amwell Two pairs on island in front of viewpoint 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Seventy Acre Lake 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Hall Marsh 23 Scaup Aythya marila 30/12/2021 Abberton - from LDLH Causeway One male and 3 (+) females 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 21/06/2021 Handa Island Female with two chicks on sea 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24/10/2021 Hopeman 2 females near Eider flock 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24/10/2021 Hopeman 5 close to Eider flock 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 08/05/2021 Loch Garten Male on loch 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Bowyers Water - male at north end. Female in front of Bittern Watchpoint 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 09/01/2021 Fishers Green 5+ sailing club lake 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 18/06/2021 Lochindorb Single male in centre of loch - early morning 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 08/05/2021 Lochindorb Numerous birds 32 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix ********** ********** 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 05/06/2021 Wallington / Sandon area 6+ 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Hayes Hill Farm 35 Quail Coturnix coturnix 05/06/2021 South of Deadmam's Hill, Sandon' Herts 1+ calling 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/04/2021 Claverhambury 4+ birds in fields 37 Swift Apus apus 01/05/2021 Fishers Green Two birds screaming above Otter seat 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw Calling and seen perched 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 21/06/2021 Handa Island Three birds on cliffs 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of 5 feeding in field with gulls 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Loughton - Garden Back garden flyover 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Hayes Hill Farm 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Hall Marsh - West side 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 06/01/2021 Theydon Pond 2+ 45 Coot Fulica atra 05/01/2021 Loughton Pair on Goldings Hill Pond 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Pair on relief channel 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Bowyers Water 48 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 24/10/2021 Loch Spynie Single bird coming into winter plumage 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 25/05/2021 Alexandra Lake, Wanstead Long staying bird 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 24/04/2021 Buckenham On water west of track 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB Numerous on mud 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB Numerous on mud 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria ********** ********** 54 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB 8+ 55 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 01/07/2021 Amwell Single bird on island in front of viewpoint 56 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Pair Hayes Hill Farm 57 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 05/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands #319 Individual in front of Xerox Hide. 58 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB 2 in channel , before flying off 59 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB Nine - flyovers 60 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB With Knot and Oystercatchers on mud 61 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB 20+ on pits 62 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola ********** ********** 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 24/04/2021 Buckenham One drumming south of level crossing Station Road, Buckenham 64 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB Pair on shore 65 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 22/08/2021 RSPB Rye Meads 4+ in front of Draper Hide 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 24/04/2021 Buckenham Pair on marsh west of track 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 05/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 3 birds 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 05/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands Single bird 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB 20+ on pits 70 Knot Calidris canutus 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB 1,000s in murmurations 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 05/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 8+ birds 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/09/2021 Findhorn Beach 8 in flight 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB 100s in murmurations and on foreshore 74 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 24/10/2021 Hopeman 2+ birds with Turnstones to right of harbour 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 2 birds with Dunlins 76 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 31/05/2021 RSPB Cliffe Pools Distant individual hawking insects over Black Barn Pools 77 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/06/2021 Handa Island Two+ birds on beach 78 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/04/2021 Great Livermere 2+ Great Livermere Lake 79 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB Two over 80 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/04/2021 Great Livermere 5+ Great Livermere Lake 81 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 21/06/2021 Handa Island Numerous birds on cliffs 82 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Loughton Flyover 83 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 02/05/2021 Snettisham RSPB Numerous on pits. 84 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of 20+ feeding 85 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 29/12/2021 Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook Usual returning bird 86 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Loughton Potato Grounds Pair over 87 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 24/04/2021 Buckenham Single bird on marsh west of track 88 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 11/01/2021 Roding Valley Nature Reserve 4+ birds with small gull flock 89 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 21/06/2021 Handa Island Pos 10+ birds 90 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 21/06/2021 Handa Island Numerous birds seen 91 Puffin Fratercula arctica 21/06/2021 Handa Island Numerous birds on cliffs 92 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 21/06/2021 Handa Island 6+ birds on the sea 93 Razorbill Alca torda 21/06/2021 Handa Island Numerous birds on cliffs 94 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 21/06/2021 Handa Island Numerous birds on cliffs plus bridled form 95 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 21/06/2021 Handa Island In flight and on lochan at north end of island 96 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica ********** ********** 97 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 05/09/2021 RSPB Bempton #318 Long staying bird. Initially perched on rocks, before flying off onto sea. 98 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 21/06/2021 Handa Island Numerous birds on cliffs 99 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 03/09/2021 Ullapool to Stornoway Ferry mid channel 2 birds on water with Guillemot raft. Flew off. Pos 2+ in flight. 100 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 03/09/2021 Ullapool to Stornoway Ferry 1 in flight - prob more distant. 1 in flight on return ferry. 101 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 04/07/2021 RSPB Rainham - Wennington Marshes Unringed individual 102 Gannet Morus bassanus 12/06/2021 Findhorn Numerous birds seen from Findhorn Beach 103 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Numerous birds 104 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 21/06/2021 Handa Island Numerous birds on the sea 105 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 17/10/2021 Earith, Cambs 3+ Birds Berry Fen 106 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw 3+ Booming 107 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Four in ditch adjacent to Hall Marsh 108 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Hall Marsh - single bird 109 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/07/2021 RSPB Rainham - Wennington Marshes Single bird. Distant. 110 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 06/01/2021 Theydon Pond Perched on branch in pond 111 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 08/05/2021 Craigellachie Birds calling and hunting 112 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos ********** ********** 113 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/01/2021 Debden Campsite Hunting bird - seen to try to take a Dunnock or Wren 114 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw Male in flight and perched 115 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 116 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/01/2021 Loughton - rear garden flyover Single bird drifting north 117 Buzzard Buteo buteo 05/01/2021 Loughton Flying across Goldings Hill 118 Barn Owl Tyto alba 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw Seen in flight in front of Tower Hide 119 Little Owl Athene noctua 15/04/2021 Stapleford Tawney Single bird at usual site 120 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 13/11/2021 Elmley NNR Roosting bird next to car park. 121 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/01/2021 Gunpowder Park, Lea Valley Two birds hunting 122 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 20/03/2021 Ditches Ride 3+ calling. Seen early a.m. Debden Lane - 10/05/21 - in flight in front of car 123 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 29/06/2021 Icklingham On wires East of village 124 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Relief channel behind Bittern Watchpoint 125 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 02/05/2021 Santon Downham Male in usual area 126 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 Loughton Potato Grounds Calling bird 127 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of 1 seen in flight 128 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of Male in flight 129 Hobby Falco subbuteo 25/04/2021 Wildspace, Winchmore Hill One flying over 130 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 11/04/2021 Forest Road, E17 - Eastern End Two birds perched on a crane 131 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 02/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of Flyovers 132 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/01/2021 Debden Campsite Vocal bird 133 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Loughton Potato Grounds Bird in flight 134 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Loughton Flyovers 135 Rook Corvus frugilegus 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Holyfield Farm with corvid flock 136 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Loughton Pair in flight 137 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 21/06/2021 Handa Island 2+ birds 138 Raven Corvus corax 17/03/2021 Fishers Green Single calling bird in flight. (16/03 A9 Sth GoS) 139 Coal Tit Periparus ater 09/02/2021 Loughton Golf Course Calling bird with small tit flock 140 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus ********** ********** 141 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw Pair near Tower Hide 142 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Epping Forest Staples Hill 143 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Epping Forest Staples Hill 144 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw One pinging West of Tower Hide 145 Woodlark Lullula arborea 02/05/2021 Cockley Cley 3 at wood edge 146 Skylark Alauda arvensis 25/01/2021 Fields south of Theydon Bois Flock of 10+ flying southeast 147 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 06/11/2021 Holkham Gap Four birds in roped off area 148 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/05/2021 Fishers Green 3+ birds above Nightingale area 149 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2021 Claverhambury Single bird in flight over fields 150 House Martin Delichon urbicum 08/05/2021 Old Spey bridge Numerous birds with Sand Martins and Swallows 151 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/03/2021 Fishers Green Various calling birds 152 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2021 Birch Wood, Debden Green Small group next to campsite 153 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw 4+ seen around reserve 154 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/03/2021 Fishers Green Small flock (08/03 GoS) 155 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw Numerous birds calling and performing song flights 156 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw 3+ singing birds 157 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw 4+ birds calling 158 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 26/02/2021 Woodford Wells Club Singing bird by boundary fence 159 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 02/05/2021 Santon Downham 2+ along river 160 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 02/05/2021 Santon Downham One heard and seen along river 161 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2021 RSPB Strumpshaw In scrub near Tower Hide 162 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 Loughton - Goldings Hill Pair in tree 163 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 06/01/2021 Playing fields between Loughton and Theydon Bois By brook 164 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2021 Epping Forest Staples Hill 165 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2021 Epping Forest Staples Hill 166 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Loughton Flyover 167 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of In bushes 168 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 Loughton Defending berries 169 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Loughton Small flocks 170 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Loughton - Garden In garden on berries. First bird of the year. 171 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of 1 or 2 amongst the Redwings 172 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/06/2021 Cairngorm Mountain Female collecting worms by the cafe 173 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 05/06/2021 Wallington 3 in centre of village - inc 1 on usual nest 174 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Loughton Potato Grounds Pair in apple trees 175 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 01/05/2021 Fishers Green Single bird singing and perched in usual area 176 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/06/2021 Cragellachie NNR 2+ males and 1 female 177 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 19/06/2021 Loch Garten Two singing birds 178 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 07/05/2021 South of Dalwhinnie Single bird from train 179 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 09/01/2021 Fishers Green Female near Snipe Hide 180 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/04/2021 Long Running, Epping Forest Single F in glade to West of bridle path 181 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 11/06/2021 Cromdale 1+ 182 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 24/04/2021 Great Livermere In bushes between Great Livermere lake and church 183 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Loughton - Garden In garden on feeders 184 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of 185 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 17/04/2021 Stapleford Tawney 2+ 186 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 24/04/2021 Lynford Arboretum Flyover 187 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Loughton Flyover 188 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 25/01/2021 Fields south of Theydon Bois 3+ with finch flock 189 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 08/05/2021 Craigellachie 2+ birds 190 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 20/06/2021 Cairn gorm Numerous birds on path to Ben Macdui 191 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of Large flock 192 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 29/11/2021 Hayes Hill / Holyfield Farm area At least 8 birds with finch flocks (200-300 birds) 193 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of In bushes with finch flock 194 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 03/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of Single bird with mixed flock of 200+ finches 195 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of Small flock 196 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/05/2021 Santon Downham One over 197 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/05/2021 Santon Downham 5+ feeding 198 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2021 Theydon Bois - fields south of 1 singing from tree top 199 Siskin Spinus spinus 17/03/2021 Fishers Green Small flock (08/03 GoS) 200 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 06/11/2021 Titchwell RSPB Single bird on the beach 201 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/06/2021 Wallington to Baldock Road 20+ 202 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/04/2021 Holyfied Hall Farm Single bird in bush at field edge NCN1 203 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2021 Fishers Green 4 Holyfield Farm