Carla Hill: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 231 of 231 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/05/2021 Walmsley Sanctuary 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Quail Coturnix coturnix 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 34 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 35 Swift Apus apus 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 44 Coot Fulica atra 45 Crane Grus grus 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 50 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 52 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 56 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 64 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 67 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Knot Calidris canutus 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 77 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 81 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 83 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 84 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2021 Hayle 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 87 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 91 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 94 Common Gull Larus canus 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 96 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 98 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 100 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 13/04/2021 Newlyn 101 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 102 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 103 Puffin Fratercula arctica 104 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 105 Razorbill Alca torda 106 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 108 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 109 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 110 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 22/07/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 111 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 112 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 113 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 114 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 115 Gannet Morus bassanus 116 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 117 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 118 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 119 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 120 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 121 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 122 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 123 Great White Egret Ardea alba 124 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 125 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 126 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 127 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 128 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 129 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 130 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 132 Buzzard Buteo buteo 133 Barn Owl Tyto alba 134 Little Owl Athene noctua 135 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 136 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 137 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 138 Hoopoe Upupa epops 139 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 140 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 141 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 142 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 143 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 144 Merlin Falco columbarius 145 Hobby Falco subbuteo 146 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 147 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 148 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 149 Jay Garrulus glandarius 150 Magpie Pica pica 151 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 152 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 153 Rook Corvus frugilegus 154 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 155 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 156 Raven Corvus corax 157 Coal Tit Periparus ater 158 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 159 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 160 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 161 Great Tit Parus major 162 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 163 Woodlark Lullula arborea 164 Skylark Alauda arvensis 165 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 166 Swallow Hirundo rustica 167 House Martin Delichon urbicum 168 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 169 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 170 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 171 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 172 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 173 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 174 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 175 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 176 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 177 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 178 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 179 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 20/04/2021 Trevescan 180 Whitethroat Curruca communis 181 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 182 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 183 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 184 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 185 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 186 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 187 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth Quick detour on the way home from Cornwall to Norfolk 188 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 189 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 190 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 191 Redwing Turdus iliacus 192 Blackbird Turdus merula 193 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 194 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 195 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 196 Robin Erithacus rubecula 197 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 198 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 199 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 200 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 201 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 202 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 203 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 204 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 205 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 206 Dunnock Prunella modularis 207 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 208 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 209 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 210 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 211 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 212 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 213 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 214 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 215 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 216 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 217 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 218 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 219 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 220 Linnet Linaria cannabina 221 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 222 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 223 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 224 Siskin Spinus spinus 225 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 226 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 227 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 228 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 229 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 230 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 231 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus