Matthew Broadbent: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 279 of 279 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 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/05/2021 Walmsley 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 04/10/2021 Girlsta, Shetland 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 22/11/2021 Musselburgh 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 33 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 15/11/2021 Lossiemouth 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 40 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 41 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 44 Quail Coturnix coturnix 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 47 Swift Apus apus 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 56 Coot Fulica atra 57 Crane Grus grus 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 61 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 63 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 64 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 65 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 66 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 67 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 68 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 69 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 28/07/2021 Frampton 70 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 71 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 73 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 74 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 75 Curlew Numenius arquata 76 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 77 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 78 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 79 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 80 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 81 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 82 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 83 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 84 Redshank Tringa totanus 85 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 86 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 87 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 29/09/2021 Loch of Strathbeg 88 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 89 Knot Calidris canutus 90 Ruff Calidris pugnax 91 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 92 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 93 Sanderling Calidris alba 94 Dunlin Calidris alpina 95 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 96 Little Stint Calidris minuta 97 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 98 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 99 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 28/07/2021 Salthome 100 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/10/2021 Virkie, Shetland 101 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 102 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2021 Hayle Estuary 103 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 26/07/2021 Salthome 104 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 07/05/2021 Abbotsbury Swannery 105 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 106 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 107 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 108 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 109 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 110 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 09/08/2021 Formby Beach 111 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 112 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 113 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 114 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 115 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 116 Common Gull Larus canus 117 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 118 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 119 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 120 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 121 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 122 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 123 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 20/03/2021 Newlyn 124 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 125 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 126 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 127 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 128 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 129 Puffin Fratercula arctica 130 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 131 Razorbill Alca torda 132 Little Auk Alle alle 133 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 134 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 135 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 136 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 18/02/2021 Pennance Point 137 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 138 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 139 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 14/07/2021 Bempton 140 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 141 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 142 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 143 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 144 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 145 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 146 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 04/06/2021 Carnon Downs 147 Gannet Morus bassanus 148 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 149 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 150 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 151 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 152 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 153 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 154 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 155 Great White Egret Ardea alba 156 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 157 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 158 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 159 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 160 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 161 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 162 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 163 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 164 Red Kite Milvus milvus 165 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 166 Buzzard Buteo buteo 167 Barn Owl Tyto alba 168 Little Owl Athene noctua 169 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 170 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 171 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 172 Hoopoe Upupa epops 173 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 174 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 22/12/2021 Roach Bridge 175 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 176 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 177 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 178 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 179 Merlin Falco columbarius 180 Hobby Falco subbuteo 181 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 182 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 183 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 184 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 185 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 186 Jay Garrulus glandarius 187 Magpie Pica pica 188 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 189 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 190 Rook Corvus frugilegus 191 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 192 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 193 Raven Corvus corax 194 Coal Tit Periparus ater 195 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 196 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 197 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 198 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 199 Great Tit Parus major 200 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 201 Woodlark Lullula arborea 202 Skylark Alauda arvensis 203 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 204 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 205 Swallow Hirundo rustica 206 House Martin Delichon urbicum 207 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 208 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 209 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 03/10/2021 Easter Quarff 210 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 211 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 212 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 213 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 214 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 215 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 216 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 217 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12/06/2021 Ham Wall 218 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 219 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 220 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 221 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 222 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 24/05/2021 Holy Vale, St Mary's 223 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 20/04/2021 Treeve Moor, Cornwall Male 224 Whitethroat Curruca communis 225 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 226 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 227 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 228 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 229 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 230 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 231 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth 232 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 233 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 234 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 235 Redwing Turdus iliacus 236 Blackbird Turdus merula 237 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 238 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 239 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 240 Robin Erithacus rubecula 241 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 242 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 243 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 244 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 245 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 246 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 247 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 248 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 249 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 250 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 251 Dunnock Prunella modularis 252 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Blue headed wagtail, Sennen, 16th April 253 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 254 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 255 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 07/05/2021 Cogden Beach 256 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 257 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 258 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 259 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 260 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 261 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 262 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 263 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 264 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 265 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 266 Twite Linaria flavirostris 267 Linnet Linaria cannabina 268 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 269 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 270 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 271 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 272 Siskin Spinus spinus 273 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 274 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 275 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 276 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 277 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 278 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 06/10/2021 Kergord, Shetland 279 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus