Nigel Sluman: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 210 of 210 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/05/2021 Titchwell, Norfolk 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 20/05/2021 Potter Heigham, Norfolk 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 12/01/2021 CWP125, Gloucestershire 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/12/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 08/03/2021 CWP132, Wiltshire 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11/11/2021 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13/01/2021 Castle Eaton, Wiltshire 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 04/03/2021 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 07/01/2021 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14/01/2021 Calne, Wiltshire 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 25/03/2021 Swindon, Wiltshire 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 07/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 07/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 07/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 18 Pintail Anas acuta 27/01/2021 CWP127, Gloucestershire 19 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 13/01/2021 CWP127, Gloucestershire 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 07/01/2021 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23/06/2021 Foxhole, Cornwall adult male on one of the ponds 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 07/01/2021 Barrow Tanks, Somerset 24 Scaup Aythya marila 22/06/2021 Helston Boating Lake, Cornwall 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 04/12/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 04/12/2021 Holkham, Norfolk UK tick, one of 6 plus possible Stejnegers\White-winged 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 04/12/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/01/2021 Barrow Tanks, Somerset 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 12/01/2021 CWP125, Gloucestershire 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 09/02/2021 CWP30, Wiltshire 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/12/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 32 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ********** ********** 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2021 Liddington Hill, Wiltshire 34 Quail Coturnix coturnix 03/06/2021 Marshfield, Gloucestershire 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 20/01/2021 A417, Gloucestershire 36 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 10/06/2021 Bovey Heathfield, Devon 37 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 05/01/2021 Swindon, Wiltshire Feral Pigeon 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 09/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 44 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 45 Crane Grus grus 27/03/2021 Swindon, Wiltshire 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 04/12/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 12/01/2021 CWP125, Gloucestershire 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/03/2021 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 28/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 51 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 22/06/2021 RSPB Marazion Marsh, Cornwall immature showing very well, my second UK bird 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 09/03/2021 Coombe Hill Meadows, Gloucestershire 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 20/05/2021 Cley, Norfolk 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/02/2021 Hannington Wick, Wiltshire 55 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 24/11/2021 Hayle Estuary, Cornwall my 2nd UK bird 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/05/2021 Eysey, Wiltshire 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/03/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 07/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/05/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 07/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 27/10/2021 Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 28/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/12/2021 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 07/01/2021 Somerford Common, Wiltshire 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 12/01/2021 CWP125, Gloucestershire 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 24/03/2021 Eysey, Wiltshire 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/07/2021 Pilning Wetlands, Gloucestershire 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 28/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 69 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 26/04/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 70 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 07/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/07/2021 Pilning Wetlands, Gloucestershire 72 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 29/08/2021 CWP132, Gloucestershire My 2nd UK bird 73 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 08/04/2021 CWP74a, Wiltshire lifer for me 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 20/05/2021 Titchwell, Norfolk 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 07/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 12/04/2021 Kennack Sands, Cornwall 77 Little Stint Calidris minuta 03/09/2021 Pilning Wetlands, Gloucestershire 78 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 20/05/2021 Cley, Norfolk my 2nd UK bird and only 1 day off from seeing my first bird in 2020 79 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 20/05/2021 Cley, Norfolk 80 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 12/07/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 21/04/2021 CWP43, Wiltshire 82 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 12/04/2021 Newlyn, Cornwall 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 11/03/2021 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 11/03/2021 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire 85 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 21/05/2021 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire stunning full summer plumaged adult, a lifer for me 86 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 87 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 24/03/2021 CWP127, Gloucestershire 88 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 89 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 90 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 14/10/2021 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 91 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 09/03/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 92 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 04/12/2021 Cley, Norfolk juvenile from Simmonds Scrape 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 94 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 11/03/2021 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire an adult flying only 10ft in front of me, easily my best self-found bird to date! 95 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 10/08/2021 Formby, Lancashire 96 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 21/05/2021 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire 3 birds close in including one with full spoons nearly over our heads! 97 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 22/08/2021 Pendeen, Cornwall 98 Razorbill Alca torda 12/04/2021 Kennack Sands, Cornwall 99 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 12/04/2021 Kennack Sands, Cornwall 100 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/12/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 101 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 12/04/2021 Penrose NT, Cornwall 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/03/2021 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire 103 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 22/08/2021 Pendeen, Cornwall 104 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/04/2021 Coverack, Cornwall 105 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 22/08/2021 Pendeen, Cornwall 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 11/03/2021 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 12/04/2021 Kennack Sands, Cornwall 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 09/03/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire my second UK bird and a Wilts tick. Another off Pendeen in Aug & another at Chew in Oct 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 20/05/2021 Breydon Water, Norfolk 111 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 24/03/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 112 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 113 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 07/01/2021 Compton Martin, Somerset 114 Great White Egret Ardea alba 21/01/2021 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 115 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 116 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/05/2021 Titchwell, Norfolk 117 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 118 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 25/02/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 119 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2021 Liddington Hill, Wiltshire 120 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2021 Liddington Hill, Wiltshire 121 Barn Owl Tyto alba 09/02/2021 CWP82, Wiltshire 122 Little Owl Athene noctua 22/07/2021 All Cannings, Wiltshire 123 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/01/2021 Swindon, Wiltshire 124 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 09/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 125 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 16/03/2021 Chiseldon, Wiltshire 126 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 127 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 128 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2021 Liddington Hill, Wiltshire 129 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/06/2021 Babbacombe, Devon 130 Hobby Falco subbuteo 05/05/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 131 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 28/01/2021 New Passage, Gloucestershire 132 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 29/03/2021 M25, Surrrey 133 Jay Garrulus glandarius 09/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 134 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 135 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 13/04/2021 Lizard, Cornwall 136 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 137 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 138 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 139 Raven Corvus corax 12/01/2021 CWP125, Gloucestershire 140 Coal Tit Periparus ater 15/01/2021 Nightingale Woods, Wiltshire 141 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 04/02/2021 Coate Water, Wiltshire 142 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 143 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 144 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 27/12/2021 Weston Airfield, Somerset LIFER. 3 birds returning for thei second winter 145 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 20/05/2021 Titchwell, Norfolk 146 Woodlark Lullula arborea 29/03/2021 Wishmoor Bottom, Berkshire 147 Skylark Alauda arvensis 09/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 148 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 04/12/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 149 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/03/2021 Swindon, Wiltshire 150 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2021 Tadpole NR, Wiltshire 151 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/03/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 152 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 12/01/2021 CWP125, Gloucestershire 153 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 154 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 27/01/2021 Siddington, Gloucestershire nice to see one after only hearing my first last year 155 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/03/2021 Swindon, Wiltshire 156 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 157 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 02/04/2021 Tadpole NR, Wiltshire 158 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 03/04/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 159 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 09/06/2021 Ham Wall, Somerset Great views of it constantly singing, a lifer for me 160 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes ********** ********** 161 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2021 CWP83, Wiltshire 162 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2021 Swindon, Wiltshire 163 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 21/04/2021 CWP43, Wiltshire 164 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 04/12/2021 Wiveton, Norfolk 3rd UK bird 165 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 30/04/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 166 Whitethroat Curruca communis 13/04/2021 Kennack Sands, Cornwall 167 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 10/06/2021 Aylesbeare Common, Devon 168 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 169 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 170 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 09/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 171 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 07/06/2021 Swindon, Wiltshire my 3rd UK bird 172 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 173 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 174 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 08/02/2021 Tadpole NR, Wiltshire 175 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 176 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 177 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2021 Liddington Hill, Wiltshire 178 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 03/04/2021 CWP74, Wiltshire 179 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 23/08/2021 Treleaver, Cornwall LIFER, cracking views down to only a few feet 180 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 181 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 21/04/2021 CWP43, Wiltshire 182 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29/01/2021 Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire 183 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 13/04/2021 Cadgwith, Cornwall 184 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 12/08/2021 Blakehill NR, Wiltshire 185 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2021 Liddington Hill, Wiltshire 186 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/03/2021 Staines Reservoir, Surrey 187 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 10/02/2021 Stroud, Gloucestershire 188 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13/05/2021 Avebury, Wiltshire 189 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2021 Swindon, Wiltshire 190 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 191 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 01/07/2021 Pilning Wetlands, Gloucestershire 192 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 193 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 194 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2021 Liddington Hill, Wiltshire 195 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 15/04/2021 St Agnes Head, Cornwall 196 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 12/04/2021 Newlyn, Cornwall 197 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 198 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 15/01/2021 Nightingale Woods, Wiltshire 199 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 200 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 09/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 201 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2021 Liddington Hill, Wiltshire 202 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 19/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 203 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 29/03/2021 Wishmoor Bottom, Berkshire 204 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 205 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2021 Mouldon Hill, Wiltshire 206 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/12/2021 Cleeve Hill Common, Gloucestershire 207 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 10/02/2021 Daglingworth, Gloucestershire 208 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 14/01/2021 Liddington Hill, Wiltshire 209 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 10/06/2021 Labrador Bay, Devon 210 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 12/01/2021 CWP125, Gloucestershire