Ian Ellis: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 209 of 209 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 24/10/2021 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2021 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/01/2021 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 01/01/2021 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2021 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2021 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2021 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 22/01/2021 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 21/02/2021 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/01/2021 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 08/04/2021 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 19 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2021 20 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 07/07/2021 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2021 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/06/2021 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 24/10/2021 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23/04/2021 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29/03/2021 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 06/06/2021 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29/03/2021 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2021 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2021 33 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2021 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 10/04/2021 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2021 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 09/05/2021 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 31/01/2021 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 42 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 43 Crane Grus grus 01/01/2021 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 07/02/2021 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/04/2021 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 27/02/2021 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/04/2021 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 20/03/2021 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2021 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/05/2021 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 05/04/2021 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 25/04/2021 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 29/03/2021 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 29/03/2021 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/02/2021 58 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/05/2021 59 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 09/02/2021 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 03/05/2021 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 06/01/2021 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 28/04/2021 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 27/02/2021 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/08/2021 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 24/04/2021 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 28/03/2021 68 Knot Calidris canutus 27/02/2021 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 27/02/2021 70 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 25/05/2021 71 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 15/05/2021 72 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St Aidan’s RSPB 73 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 28/03/2021 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 17/01/2021 76 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/05/2021 77 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/09/2021 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 27/10/2021 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/04/2021 80 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 11/08/2021 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/04/2021 82 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/10/2021 83 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 23/06/2021 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 85 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/08/2021 86 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 87 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 06/03/2021 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 89 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 31/01/2021 90 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 91 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 92 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 07/03/2021 Kumliens 93 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 25/10/2021 94 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 24/10/2021 95 Puffin Fratercula arctica 04/07/2021 96 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 24/10/2021 97 Razorbill Alca torda 04/07/2021 98 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 28/03/2021 99 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 28/03/2021 100 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 24/10/2021 101 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 10/07/2021 Bempton, East Yorkshire 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 23/04/2021 103 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 09/08/2021 104 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 09/08/2021 105 Gannet Morus bassanus 28/03/2021 106 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 107 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 04/07/2021 108 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 17/01/2021 109 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 01/05/2021 110 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/01/2021 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 17/01/2021 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 114 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 03/04/2021 115 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2021 116 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 25/02/2021 117 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 05/03/2021 118 Red Kite Milvus milvus 17/01/2021 119 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 120 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2021 121 Little Owl Athene noctua 15/01/2021 122 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 23/04/2021 123 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 24/01/2021 124 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/06/2021 Icklesham 125 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2021 126 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 27/12/2021 Roach Bridge, Lancs 127 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 128 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/01/2021 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 130 Merlin Falco columbarius 21/02/2021 131 Hobby Falco subbuteo 21/04/2021 132 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 25/01/2021 133 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 31/07/2021 134 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2021 135 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 136 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 137 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 138 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 139 Raven Corvus corax 02/04/2021 140 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2021 141 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 02/01/2021 142 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 143 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 144 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 09/10/2021 145 Woodlark Lullula arborea 29/03/2021 146 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2021 147 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2021 148 Swallow Hirundo rustica 28/03/2021 149 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/04/2021 150 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 03/01/2021 151 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2021 152 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 22/12/2021 153 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2021 154 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/02/2021 155 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 19/10/2021 Spurn 156 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/04/2021 157 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2021 158 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/05/2021 159 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 11/03/2021 160 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 06/05/2021 161 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2021 162 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15/04/2021 163 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 29/03/2021 164 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 25/05/2021 165 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2021 166 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2021 167 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2021 168 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2021 169 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 170 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 171 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2021 172 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 11/01/2021 173 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 174 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 175 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 176 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 02/05/2021 177 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 31/05/2021 178 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2021 179 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 31/05/2021 180 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 14/04/2021 181 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 31/05/2021 182 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 29/08/2021 183 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 184 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2021 185 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 27/12/2021 186 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/07/2021 187 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 188 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 189 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 31/03/2021 190 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 06/01/2021 191 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 192 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2021 193 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 31/05/2021 194 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 17/01/2021 195 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 10/07/2021 196 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 197 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 07/10/2021 198 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/01/2021 199 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 200 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2021 201 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 13/02/2021 202 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/04/2021 203 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 204 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/04/2021 205 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 28/03/2021 206 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/01/2021 207 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2021 208 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 07/08/2021 209 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021