Robert Pocklington: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 203 of 203 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 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 12/12/2021 Ribble marsh 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Scaup Aythya marila 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 28 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 31 Swift Apus apus 32 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 12/06/2021 Hauxley 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 05/07/2021 Easington 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 41 Coot Fulica atra 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 43 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 46 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 51 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 55 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 30/08/2021 Blacktoft 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 59 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 61 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 63 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 68 Knot Calidris canutus 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 70 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St Aidens, Yorkshire 71 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 74 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 76 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 77 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 80 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 82 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 05/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 85 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 29/03/2021 Frampton on Severn 86 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 87 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 88 Common Gull Larus canus 89 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 90 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 91 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 92 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 29/03/2021 Newlyn, Cornwall 93 Puffin Fratercula arctica 94 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 95 Razorbill Alca torda 96 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 97 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 98 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 99 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 100 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 101 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 102 Gannet Morus bassanus 103 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 104 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 105 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 106 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 107 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 108 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 109 Great White Egret Ardea alba 110 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 111 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 112 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 113 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 114 Red Kite Milvus milvus 115 Buzzard Buteo buteo 116 Barn Owl Tyto alba 117 Little Owl Athene noctua 118 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 119 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 120 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 25/11/2021 River Ribble 121 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 122 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 123 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 124 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 125 Jay Garrulus glandarius 126 Magpie Pica pica 127 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 128 Rook Corvus frugilegus 129 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 130 Raven Corvus corax 131 Coal Tit Periparus ater 132 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 133 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 134 Great Tit Parus major 135 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 136 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 137 Skylark Alauda arvensis 138 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 139 Swallow Hirundo rustica 140 House Martin Delichon urbicum 141 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 142 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 143 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 144 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 145 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 146 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 10/09/2021 Buckton 147 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 06/06/2021 East Chevington 148 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 149 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 150 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 19/05/2021 York 151 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 152 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 153 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 154 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 155 Whitethroat Curruca communis 156 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 157 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 158 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 159 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 160 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 29/03/2021 Exmouth 161 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 162 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 163 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 164 Redwing Turdus iliacus 165 Blackbird Turdus merula 166 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 167 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 23/08/2021 Cornwall 168 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 169 Robin Erithacus rubecula 170 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 171 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 172 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 173 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 174 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 175 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 176 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 15/11/2021 Whitburn 177 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 178 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 179 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 180 Dunnock Prunella modularis 181 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 182 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 183 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 184 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 185 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 186 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 187 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 188 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 189 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 190 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 191 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 192 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 193 Twite Linaria flavirostris 194 Linnet Linaria cannabina 195 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 196 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 197 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 198 Siskin Spinus spinus 199 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 200 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 201 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 202 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 203 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus