Christopher Bell: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 213 of 213 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 23/10/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh, plus long nab Scarborough 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Peasholm, Scarborough 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/01/2021 WSL, Near Scarborough 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2021 WSL, Near Scarborough 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 14/02/2021 Seamer tip pool, Scarborough 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 14/02/2021 Seamer tip pool, Scarborough 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2021 WSL, Near Scarborough 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/02/2021 Yedingham, Near Scarborough 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 07/05/2021 WSL, Scarborough 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 28/02/2021 2 Johnson Marsh, Scarborough 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/05/2021 Hilla Green, Scarborough 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/06/2021 Filey Dams 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 07/03/2021 Seamer Tiip Pool, Scarborough 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2021 WSL, Near Scarborough 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Scalby Mills, Scarborough 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Peasholm, Scarborough 18 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2021 WSL Near Scarborough 1 pair 19 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Johnsons Marsh, Scarborough 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 03/04/2021 North Cave Wetlands 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 13/09/2021 Wykeham Lakes, Scarborough 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 Peasholm, Scarborough 23 Scaup Aythya marila 25/09/2021 Top Hill Low plus WSL East Lake 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 10/04/2021 South Gare 25/04/21 long Nab, Scarborough 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28/11/2021 Long Nab Burniston Scarborough 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2021 WSL Near Scarborough 6 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/04/2021 South Gare + long nab Scarborough 30 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 25/09/2021 Top Hill Low 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 25/04/2021 Ravenscar, Scarborough 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 13/02/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/01/2021 Long Nab Scarborough 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 03/06/2021 Wykeham Forest, Scarborough 36 Swift Apus apus 08/05/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2021 Jugger Howe, Scarborough 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 21/02/2021 Cayton Bay, Scarborough 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 14/05/2021 Low Hall Brompton, Scarborough 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 09/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 20/03/2021 Seamer Road Mere, Scarborough 7 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Peasholm, Scarborough 45 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2021 WSL, Near Scarborough 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2021 Brompton Ponds, Near Scarborough 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2021 WSL, Near Scarborough 48 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 21/02/2021 Cayton Bay, Scarborough 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 25/09/2021 Top Hill Low 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 Scalby Mills, Scarborough 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/06/2021 Thornwick Ponds, Flamborough 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 06/03/2021 Gristhorpe Bay, Scarborough 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/02/2021 Long nab, Scarborough 54 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 30/01/2021 8 at scalby mills, Scarborough 55 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 11/04/2021 WSL, 2 or a pair 56 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 17/02/2021 Harwood Dale lake, Near Scarborough 57 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 12/09/2021 Rspb Blacktoft Sands 58 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 27/04/2021 Long Nab, Burniston, Scarborough 59 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2021 Long Nab 22 in field, Scarborough 60 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 06/03/2021 Gristhorpe Bay, Scarborough 61 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 10/07/2021 7 south at Ling nab Scarborough 62 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 29/09/2021 WSL East Lake 63 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13/02/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 24/10/2021 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/04/2021 WSL 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/04/2021 North Cave Wetlands 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 Scalby Mills, Scarborough 69 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 07/08/2021 East Lea, Fbog, Filey 70 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 23/04/2021 Wykeham Lakes, East Lake, Scarborough 71 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2021 Scalby Mills, Scarborough 72 Knot Calidris canutus 03/01/2021 4 with Oyster catchers on Filey Count plus past long nab Scarborough ry Park, Near Scarborough, pre lock down 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/04/2021 Wykeham East Lake, Scarborough 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 10/04/2021 South Gare + long nab Scarborough 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 10/04/2021 South Gare + long nab Scarborough 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 17/01/2021 South Bay, Scarborough 77 Little Stint Calidris minuta 25/10/2021 RSPB Snettisham mudd flats 78 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 24/09/2021 Top Hill Low 79 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 03/08/2021 Craster Northumberland. 80 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/07/2021 Hauxley NR 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 30/07/2021 Huxley NR 82 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 30/07/2021 River Croquet Warkworth 83 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 18/04/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 84 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 29/10/2021 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 85 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/03/2021 Marine Drive, Scarborough 86 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Scalby Mills Scarborough 87 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 08/01/2021 Holbeck, Scarborough 88 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 89 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 10/10/2021 Long Nab Burniston Scarborough north 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Scalby Mills, Scarborough 91 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 04/09/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 92 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 Scalby Mills, Scarborough 93 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 03/05/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 94 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 25/03/2021 Garden, Scarborough (2 over south) 95 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 17/04/2021 Tail sighting south past cromer point Scarborough (rung by nick at the obs) 96 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 26/08/2021 Long Nab Scarborough 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 19/06/2021 Long Nab Scarborough 98 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 28/08/2021 Long Nab Scarborough South 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 19/06/2021 Long Nab Scarborough 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 22/04/2021 Bempton + long nab Scarborough 101 Razorbill Alca torda 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 102 Little Auk Alle alle 28/11/2021 Ling nab Burniston, Scarborough 2 North 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2021 South Bay Scarborough 105 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/11/2021 Long Nab Scarborough, North 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2021 South Bay Scarborough 107 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 28/11/2021 Ling nab, Burniston Scarborough 9.32 am north 108 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 Rspb Bempton 109 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2021 Castle Headland Scarborough 110 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 06/08/2021 Long Nab Scarborough 111 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 02/05/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 112 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 06/08/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 113 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Scarborough Harbour 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2021 South Bay Scarborough 116 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 29/10/2021 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 117 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 11/03/2021 Brompton Ponds, Scarborough 118 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 17/12/2021 Seamer Tip Pools, Scarborough 119 Great White Egret Ardea alba 27/03/2021 WSL, Scarborough (1 on central South lake island) 120 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Scalby Mills Scarborough 121 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 09/05/2021 Long Nab Scarborough 27/05/2021 2 at WSL 122 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 01/06/2021 Wykeham Raptor View Point Scarborough 123 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 124 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 31/03/2021 North of Snainton, Scarborough 125 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 12/08/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus 15/09/2021 Helmsley Walled Garden 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 21/01/2021 Yedingham, Near Scarborough 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2021 Crook Ness, Scarborough 129 Little Owl Athene noctua 05/01/2021 Snainton, Near Scarborough 130 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/05/2021 Rocket Pole Field, Filey 25/8/21 Long Nab Scarborough Nab 131 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/03/2021 Garden, Scarborough 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 16/01/2021 Open air theatre, Scarborough 133 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 03/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 134 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2021 Castle Headland, Scarborough 135 Merlin Falco columbarius 23/10/2021 RSPB Frampton 03/12/2021 Knapton, Scarborough 136 Hobby Falco subbuteo 09/05/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 137 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 16/01/2021 Castle Headland, Scarborough 138 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 29/12/2021 Sheffield, Meresbrook Park 139 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 01/06/2021 Hawkser Lane, Whitby 140 Jay Garrulus glandarius 17/04/2021 Wykeham Lakes Long Causeway Feeders, Near Scarborough 141 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 142 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 03/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 143 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2021 WSL Near Scarborough 144 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 145 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 146 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 17/02/2021 Forge Valley Feeding Station, Near Scarborough 147 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 17/02/2021 Turkey Carpet (new feeders), Near Scarborough 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 149 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 150 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 12/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 152 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 05/04/2021 WSL, Scarborough 153 Swallow Hirundo rustica 05/04/2021 WSL, Scarborough 154 House Martin Delichon urbicum 29/04/2021 Wykeham Lakes, Scarborough 155 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 27/10/2021 NWT Cley Marshes 156 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 09/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 157 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 18/05/2021 Turkey Carpet, Silpho, Scarborough 158 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Reasty Bank, Scarborough 159 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 06/03/2021 Rocks Lane, Scarborough 160 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 02/05/2021 WSL,Scarborough 161 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 10/05/2021 WSL Scarborough 162 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/04/2021 Crooks Ness, Scarborough 163 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/05/2021 Hilla Green, Scarborough 164 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10/05/2021 WSL, Scarborough 165 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 12/05/2021 WSL, Scarborough (behind oil tank) 166 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2021 Bempton 167 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 18/05/2021 Turkey Carpet, Silpho, Scarborough 168 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/01/2021 Peasholm, Scarborough 169 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 09/01/2021 Garden,Scarborough 170 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 24/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 171 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/03/2021 Garden, Scarborough 172 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 173 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/01/2021 Snainton and Brompton Carrs 174 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2021 Snainton and Brompton Carrs 175 Redwing Turdus iliacus 05/01/2021 Snainton and Brompton Carrs 176 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 177 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 05/01/2021 Snainton and Brompton Carrs 178 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 10/04/2021 Scar Wood and Castle Beck 179 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 31/05/2021 Castle Beck, Scarborough 180 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Garden 181 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 06/11/2021 Flamborough 182 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 01/05/2021 Hilla Green, Scarborough 183 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 06/11/2021 Flamborough 184 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Seamer Pools, Scarborough 185 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 31/05/2021 Castle Beck Scarborough (heard not seen) 186 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 15/05/2021 Jugger Howe, Scarborough 187 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2021 Long Nab 188 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 23/04/2021 Female, cockmor Hall, Snainton Scarborough 189 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/05/2021 Hilla Green, Scarborough 190 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 09/01/2021 North cliff golf club / cinder track 191 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Garden 192 Dunnock Prunella modularis 08/01/2021 Garden 193 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2021 WSL East Lake, Scarborough 194 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 22/01/2021 Brompton Ponds 195 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2021 Long Nab 196 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2021 Long Nab 197 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 03/06/2021 Wykeham Raptor View Point 198 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 13/02/2021 Long nab and RSPB Titchwell Marsh 27/10/21 199 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2021 Scarborough Harbour 200 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2021 Long Nab 201 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 17/04/2021 Long Causeway, Wykeham, Scarborough 202 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 24/01/2021 Scarborough Mere 203 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2021 Long Nab Scarborough 204 Twite Linaria flavirostris 23/10/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 205 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 206 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 03/06/2021 Wykeham Raptor View Point 207 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2021 Garden, Scarborough 208 Siskin Spinus spinus 21/03/2021 Burton Riggs, Scarborough 209 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 02/01/2021 Long Nab Scarborough 210 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/01/2021 3 on end of Filey Brigg 211 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 02/06/2021 Folkton - Fordon, Near Scarborough 212 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/01/2021 Long Nab, Scarborough 213 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2021 Long Nab