Edward Sames: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 234 of 234 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 29/03/2021 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/01/2021 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 24/09/2021 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 02/01/2021 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/12/2021 Papercourt 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 19/03/2021 Mercer’s lake 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 02/01/2021 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 18/01/2021 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 27/02/2021 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 30/04/2021 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/01/2021 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2021 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 18 Pintail Anas acuta 29/03/2021 19 Teal Anas crecca 18/01/2021 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 05/01/2021 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 26/11/2021 Thorpe lake 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 19/03/2021 Mercer’s lake 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 24 Scaup Aythya marila 20/03/2021 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 23/05/2021 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 23/05/2021 River Esk, Musselburgh Self-found!! 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23/04/2021 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18/01/2021 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 11/01/2021 Papercourt Sailing Lake Drake seen initially with two Gadwall. Hassled by Black Headed Gulls flew north 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 19/02/2021 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29/03/2021 32 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 25/09/2021 Tipmill NR, Yorks 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 25/05/2021 34 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 26/05/2021 35 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 26/05/2021 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 05/01/2021 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 04/04/2021 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 06/06/2021 39 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2021 40 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 22/04/2021 Wiltshire plains 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/04/2021 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 29/05/2021 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2021 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/01/2021 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 48 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2021 49 Crane Grus grus 29/04/2021 Minsmere 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2021 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 27/05/2021 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/01/2021 54 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 30/04/2021 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 29/03/2021 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 29/03/2021 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 12/04/2021 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 27/05/2021 59 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 24/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 60 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 27/05/2021 Cairngorm mountain 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 19/04/2021 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/03/2021 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 26/01/2021 64 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 20/09/2021 Blacktoft sands 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 17/04/2021 Staines Res 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 29/03/2021 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 17/04/2021 Staines Res 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 29/03/2021 69 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 27/05/2021 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/01/2021 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/04/2021 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 18/01/2021 Staines Moor 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 30/04/2021 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 29/03/2021 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/04/2021 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 29/03/2021 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/03/2021 78 Knot Calidris canutus 19/04/2021 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 19/04/2021 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/05/2021 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 10/04/2021 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 20/04/2021 Southsea Castle 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 24/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 85 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 24/07/2021 RSPB Snettisham 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 22/04/2021 87 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 22/04/2021 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 17/04/2021 Staines Res 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 17/04/2021 Staines Res 90 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 06/06/2021 Pagham Harbour Two 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 20/04/2021 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13/04/2021 Staines Resevoir 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 28/04/2021 94 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 95 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 13/02/2021 Papercourt lake 96 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2021 97 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 22/09/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 98 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 99 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 29/03/2021 100 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 23/05/2021 River Esk, Musselburgh Self-found!! 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 10/01/2021 102 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 23/04/2021 Dungeness 103 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 20/09/2021 Spurn 104 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 20/09/2021 Spurn 105 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 24/09/2021 106 Puffin Fratercula arctica 30/05/2021 107 Razorbill Alca torda 30/05/2021 108 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 23/05/2021 River Esk, Musselburgh Self-found!! 109 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 30/05/2021 110 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 28/05/2021 111 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2021 Island Barn Reservoir, viewed from Molsey Heath 112 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 23/09/2021 Bempton cliffs 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 10/04/2021 114 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 24/09/2021 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 06/07/2021 116 Gannet Morus bassanus 10/04/2021 117 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2021 118 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 30/05/2021 119 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 23/04/2021 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 22/05/2021 121 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 29/04/2021 Minsmere 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 123 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 06/06/2021 Breeding 124 Great White Egret Ardea alba 15/02/2021 Papercourt water meadows 125 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2021 126 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 25/05/2021 127 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 28/05/2021 Findhorn Valley 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2021 129 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 05/06/2021 New forest 130 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 19/04/2021 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2021 132 Buzzard Buteo buteo 06/01/2021 133 Barn Owl Tyto alba 11/01/2021 134 Little Owl Athene noctua 03/07/2021 135 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 20/09/2021 Spurn 136 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 27/06/2021 Icklingham, Suffolk 137 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 19/02/2021 138 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 31/08/2021 Chobham Common 139 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 19/04/2021 140 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 141 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 142 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2021 143 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/09/2021 Birding gap 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo 29/04/2021 Minsmere 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 29/03/2021 146 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2021 147 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 20/04/2021 Woolmer Foresta as 148 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 149 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 150 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 28/08/2021 Anglesey 151 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 152 Rook Corvus frugilegus 10/01/2021 153 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 154 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 28/05/2021 Findhorn Valley ?element of hybrid - possible dark under tail coverts 155 Raven Corvus corax 08/01/2021 156 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 157 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 25/05/2021 158 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/01/2021 159 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 160 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 161 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 29/03/2021 162 Woodlark Lullula arborea 18/03/2021 Chobham common 163 Skylark Alauda arvensis 18/01/2021 164 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2021 165 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2021 166 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2021 167 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/03/2021 Papercourt Meadows 168 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 169 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 26/04/2021 170 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 03/01/2021 Molsey Heath 171 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 05/04/2021 New Forest 172 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 03/01/2021 173 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 31/05/2021 Besthorpe Nature Reserve, Notts 174 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 07/04/2021 175 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/04/2021 176 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 08/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall 177 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 27/03/2021 178 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2021 179 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 23/09/2021 Flamborough Head 180 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 06/05/2021 181 Whitethroat Curruca communis 06/04/2021 182 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 10/01/2021 183 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 01/03/2021 Gracious pond road, Chobham 184 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 185 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 186 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2021 187 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2021 188 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 08/04/2021 Pulborough 189 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 15/06/2021 Martin Down, Hants 190 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 191 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 192 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2021 193 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 194 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 195 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 05/01/2021 196 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 20/04/2021 Woolmer Forest Two 197 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 26/05/2021 198 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 199 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 30/04/2021 200 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 20/09/2021 Blacktoft sands 201 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/04/2021 Britten’s pond, Whitmoor common Male 202 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/05/2021 203 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 05/04/2021 New Forest 204 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 06/05/2021 205 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 206 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/03/2021 207 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 29/05/2021 208 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 20/09/2021 Blacktoft sands 209 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 210 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 211 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 02/04/2021 212 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/01/2021 213 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 214 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 08/01/2021 215 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 19/05/2021 216 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 19/02/2021 217 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 10/04/2021 218 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2021 219 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 25/10/2021 Papercourt farm 220 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 05/04/2021 New Forest 221 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 03/01/2021 222 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 20/09/2021 Spurn 223 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 05/01/2021 224 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2021 225 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 10/01/2021 226 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 01/01/2021 Thursley Common At least four by moat car park 227 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 228 Siskin Spinus spinus 03/01/2021 229 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 22/04/2021 230 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/04/2021 231 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 01/01/2021 Thursley Common Two 232 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 01/01/2021 Thursley Common 233 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021 234 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 10/04/2021 Barcombe