Ed Betteridge: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 238 of 238 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 29/01/2021 Bangor 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Lower moor 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/04/2021 Carsington water 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Lower moor 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 17/01/2021 Chowley, Cheshire 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2021 Lower moor 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Lower moor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 04/11/2021 Slimbridge WWT 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/02/2021 Frodshs 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2021 Clifton pits 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2021 Clifton pits 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13/01/2021 Evesham 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 07/04/2021 Holt 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Lower moor 18 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 19 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 06/12/2021 Rutland water 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 10/02/2021 Wyler Lane, Belper 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 17/03/2021 Staunton Harold estate, 1st winter 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 Lower moor 24 Scaup Aythya marila 28/03/2021 Rhyl 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 22/03/2021 Llanfairfechen 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 10/04/2021 Llanddulas Drake 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30/03/2021 Llandulas 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 17/01/2021 Llanfairfechen 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29/03/2021 Foryd bay 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2021 Clifton pits/Throckmorton 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 21/01/2021 Spinnies 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 18/01/2021 Spinnies 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus ********** ********** 34 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix ********** ********** 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Lower moor 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/01/2021 Childswickham 37 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Heard only 38 Swift Apus apus 30/04/2021 Cors ddyga 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 31/05/2021 Bardsey island 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Tewkesbury Feral 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 Lower moor 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Lower moor 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Lower moor 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 22/07/2021 Skomer Island 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Bredon’s Hardwick 46 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Lower moor 47 Crane Grus grus 25/06/2021 Slimbridge WWT 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 04/04/2021 Carsington water 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 27/01/2021 Spinnies 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 10/04/2021 Frodsham 2 Sum plum 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 18/01/2021 Spinnies 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 07/04/2021 Lower moor 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 31/01/2021 Bangor 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2021 Lower moor 57 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 23/10/2021 Steart WWT 58 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 17/04/2021 The Range, RSPB 2 males 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 24/03/2021 Foryd bay 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/04/2021 Exminster marsh 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 15/04/2021 RSPB Conwy 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 17/01/2021 Penmaenmawr 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 24/03/2021 Foryd bay 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 30/01/2021 Bangor 66 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 67 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 24/03/2021 Bangor 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 09/01/2021 Evesham 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 31/03/2021 Cemlyn 70 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2021 Clifton pits 71 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 09/05/2021 RSPB Middleton Lakes 72 Redshank Tringa totanus 18/01/2021 Spinnies 73 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 04/05/2021 Clifton pits 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 15/04/2021 RSPB Conwy 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18/01/2021 Spinnies 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 18/01/2021 Spinnies 77 Knot Calidris canutus 21/01/2021 Bangor 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 10/04/2021 Frodsham 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 07/09/2021 Skomer 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/05/2021 Dinas Dinlle 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 18/01/2021 Spinnies 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 30/01/2021 Bangor 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 09/05/2021 Frodsham 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 03/05/2021 Foryd bay 85 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 01/07/2021 Southfield reservoir 86 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 21/05/2021 Cemlyn 87 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/04/2021 RSPB South Stack 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/04/2021 Dinas Dinlle 89 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 21/05/2021 Cemlyn 90 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 28/03/2021 Foryd bay 91 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 04/07/2021 Cemlyn 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 09/05/2021 Frodsham 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/03/2021 Dinas Dinlle 94 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 05/10/2021 Bardsey Island 95 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 06/04/2021 Frampton-upon-Severn 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Lower moor 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 31/03/2021 Morfa madryn 98 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Bredon’s Hardwick 99 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 03/01/2021 Throckmorton 100 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Lower moor 101 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/01/2021 Throckmorton tip 102 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 Throckmorton tip 103 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 04/04/2021 Draycote water 104 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Lower moor 105 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 01/01/2021 Throckmorton tip 1st winter 106 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 30/09/2021 Bardsey Island 107 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 24/04/2021 Dinas Dinlle 108 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 01/10/2021 Bardsey Island 109 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 30/09/2021 Bardsey Island 110 Puffin Fratercula arctica 22/04/2021 RSPB South Stack 111 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 23/01/2021 Bangor 112 Razorbill Alca torda 26/01/2021 Bangor 113 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 28/03/2021 Foryd bay 114 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 17/01/2021 Llanfairfechen 115 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 06/12/2021 Rutland water 116 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 18/01/2021 Spinnies 117 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 05/07/2021 Bempton RSPB 118 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 14/06/2021 Bardsey Island 119 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 28/03/2021 Llandulas 120 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/04/2021 Dinas dinlle 121 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 04/06/2021 Bardsey Island 122 Gannet Morus bassanus 22/03/2021 Llanfairfechen 123 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Lower moor 124 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 23/01/2021 Bangor 125 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/12/2021 RSPB Arne 126 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 24/06/2021 Ham wall 127 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 18/01/2021 Spinnies 128 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 06/04/2021 Exminster marsh 129 Great White Egret Ardea alba 19/03/2021 Cors ddyga 130 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Lower moor 131 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/04/2021 Llansadwrn 132 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2021 Evesham 133 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 28/03/2021 Colwyn bay 134 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 19/03/2021 Cors ddyga 135 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 19/03/2021 Cors ddyga 136 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 06/05/2021 Avon Meadows, Pershore Self found! Male 137 Red Kite Milvus milvus 14/02/2021 Evesham 138 Black Kite Milvus migrans 26/04/2021 RSPB South Stack Self-found! 139 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 Lower moor 140 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/04/2021 Draycote 141 Little Owl Athene noctua Heard only 142 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 19/03/2021 Cors ddyga 143 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 28/04/2021 Bangor 144 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/05/2021 Drayton Bassett 145 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 27/01/2021 Bangor 146 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 31/08/2021 Skomer Island 147 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 Tewkesbury 148 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2021 Lower moor 149 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 Evesham 150 Merlin Falco columbarius 19/03/2021 Cors ddyga 151 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/05/2021 Clifton pits 152 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 28/01/2021 Bangor 153 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 02/10/2021 Bardsey Island Self-found!! Later caught and ringed (3) 154 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 155 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Lower moor 156 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 21/03/2021 Great orme 157 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Lower moor 158 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 159 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Lower moor 160 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 22/04/2021 Range RSPB 161 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2021 Throckmorton tip 162 Coal Tit Periparus ater 25/01/2021 Bangor 163 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/04/2021 Bredon hill 164 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Lower moor 165 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Lower moor 166 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 24/06/2021 Ham wall 167 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2021 Throckmorton tip 168 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 28/03/2021 Rhyl 169 Swallow Hirundo rustica 24/03/2021 Bangor 170 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/04/2021 Frampton-upon-Severn 171 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 13/04/2021 Cors Ddyga 172 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Clifton pits 173 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 30/04/2021 Ugly house 174 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 09/10/2021 Bardsey Island 175 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 31/03/2021 Morfa madryn Heard only great orme 30/3/21 176 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2021 Lower moor 177 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2021 Range RSPB 178 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 01/05/2021 Cors Ddyga 179 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 01/06/2021 Bardsey island 180 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 19/06/2021 Lickey's Hills 181 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 01/06/2021 Bardsey island 182 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/2021 Range RSPB 183 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2021 Blackcap 184 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2021 Ugly house 185 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 08/05/2021 Ripple 186 Whitethroat Curruca communis 10/04/2021 Frodsham 187 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 06/04/2021 Aylesbeare common 188 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 02/10/2021 Bardsey Island 189 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 Clifton pits 190 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Lower moor 191 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 25/01/2021 Bangor 192 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 12/01/2021 Broadway GP 193 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 06/04/2021 Exmouth 194 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 07/06/2021 Bardsey 195 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Lower moor 196 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 Lower moor 197 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 Charlton 198 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Lower moor 199 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Evesham 200 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 Lower moor 201 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/04/2021 Bethesda 202 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 25/05/2021 Ugly house 203 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Lower moor 204 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos ********** ********** 205 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 09/10/2021 Bardsey Island Ad male self-found! 206 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 24/04/2021 Bethesda 207 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 15/04/2021 Great orme MF 208 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 15/04/2021 Ogwen valley/Great orme 209 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 19/04/2021 Dinas Dinlle Male 210 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 Clifton pits 211 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/03/2021 Great orme 212 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 14/10/2021 Bangor 213 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/04/2021 Carsington water 214 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Lower moor 215 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Lower moor 216 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/04/2021 Frampton-upon-Severn 217 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2021 Lower moor 218 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Lower moor 219 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2021 Lower moor 220 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 21/04/2021 Dinas Dinlle 221 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 10/04/2021 Frodsham 222 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 21/01/2021 Bangor 223 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Lower moor 224 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/01/2021 North littleton 225 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 24/01/2021 Bangor 226 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2021 Evesham 227 Twite Linaria flavirostris 15/04/2021 Bethesda 228 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2021 Lower moor 229 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2021 Throckmorton 230 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 14/10/2021 Bangor 231 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Throckmorton tip 232 Siskin Spinus spinus 24/03/2021 Bangor 233 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 21/03/2021 Great orme 234 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 21/03/2021 Great orme 235 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra ********** ********** 236 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2021 North Littleton 237 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 06/04/2021 Labrador bay 238 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021 Nafford