Matthew Dick: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 221 of 221 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 30/03/2021 Titchwell Marsh 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2021 Thetford 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/10/2021 Budle Bay 3 Todds Canada Geese (form interior) with circa 4,000 Barnacles 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 06/01/2021 Titchwell 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 07/03/2021 Lackford river bridge 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 04/09/2021 Potter Heigham Marshes esc 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12/12/2021 Abberton Reservoir 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/02/2021 Lakenheath Fen 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11/01/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11/01/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 26/02/2021 Brandon Country Park 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15/03/2021 Lakenheath Fen 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15/03/2021 Lakenheath Fen 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15/03/2021 Lakenheath Fen 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2021 Thetford 19 Pintail Anas acuta 23/11/2021 Cley Marshes 20 Teal Anas crecca 25/01/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30/03/2021 Titchwell Marsh 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 15/03/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/11/2021 Loch na Bo 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 11/01/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 25 Scaup Aythya marila 12/12/2021 Abberton Reservoir 26 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/11/2021 Hopeman 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/10/2021 Seahouses 28 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 05/11/2021 Hopeman 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 15/10/2021 Seahouses 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30/03/2021 Titchwell Marsh 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 05/11/2021 Hopeman 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/11/2021 Loch na Bo 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 19/12/2021 Fen Drayton Lakes Ferry Lagoon 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 29/09/2021 Draycott Water Warks 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30/03/2021 Titchwell Beach 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 04/11/2021 Glenshee 37 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 04/11/2021 Tomintoul 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 24/08/2021 North Point Wells 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 14/01/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30/03/2021 Choseley 41 Swift Apus apus 06/05/2021 Thetford (G) 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/04/2021 Lakenheath Fen 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 12/01/2021 Thetford west of A11 LOR 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Thetford (G) 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 09/08/2021 Holme Next the Sea beach car park 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 09/01/2021 Thetford (G) 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 22/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 04/01/2021 Thetford 49 Coot Fulica atra 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 50 Crane Grus grus 15/03/2021 Lakenheath Fen 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 11/01/2021 Thetford Nuns Bridges 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 19/01/2021 Lynford Lakes 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/11/2021 Loch Spynie 54 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 13/08/2021 Cavenham Heath 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 15/03/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 56 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad NWT 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 24/03/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/05/2021 Iken Cliff Suffolk 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/09/2021 Stiffkey saltmarsh 60 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 05/07/2021 Cley East Bank Serpentine 61 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 27/04/2021 Chalk Pit Lane Choseley Drying Barns 62 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 28/04/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 63 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 28/04/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 64 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 04/02/2021 Lakenheath Fen 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 05/05/2021 Iken Cliff Suffolk 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 15/03/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 07/05/2021 Thornham Harbour 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 30/03/2021 Titchwell Marsh 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 27/04/2021 North Point Wells 70 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 09/01/2021 Thetford Forest GC 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 15/03/2021 Lakenheath Fen 72 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/10/2021 Titchwell RSPB 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 12/08/2021 Lakenheath Fen 74 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad NWT 75 Redshank Tringa totanus 16/02/2021 Lakenheath Fen 76 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 05/05/2021 Iken Cliff Suffolk 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 05/05/2021 Iken Cliff Suffolk 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 30/03/2021 Titchwell Beach 79 Knot Calidris canutus 25/07/2021 Snettisham RSPB 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 06/01/2021 Titchwell 81 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/07/2021 Snettisham RSPB 82 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 06/05/2021 Carlton Marshes Suffolk 83 Sanderling Calidris alba 30/03/2021 Titchwell Beach 84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/05/2021 Iken Cliff Suffolk 85 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 21/11/2021 Ness Point Lowestoft 86 Little Stint Calidris minuta 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 87 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 25/07/2021 Snettisham RSPB 88 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad NWT 89 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/05/2021 Minsmere RSPB 90 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/04/2021 Lakenheath Fen 91 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/05/2021 Titchwell 92 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 05/07/2021 Cley Marshes Arnolds Marsh 93 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/06/2021 Weybourne Camp 94 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/07/2021 Cley Marshes Arnolds Marsh 95 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26/05/2021 Minsmere RSPB 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2021 Thetford 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/03/2021 Choseley 98 Common Gull Larus canus 15/01/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 99 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 26/11/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 100 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2021 Thetford 101 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 31/12/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 102 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 18/05/2021 Titchwell Beach 103 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 08/01/2021 Thetford (G) 104 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 07/12/2021 Cley Beach 105 Puffin Fratercula arctica 22/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 106 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 23/11/2021 Cley Beach 107 Razorbill Alca torda 22/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 108 Little Auk Alle alle 13/10/2021 Seahouses 109 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 22/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 110 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 30/03/2021 Titchwell Beach 111 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/10/2021 Seahouses 112 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 22/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 22/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 114 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 115 Gannet Morus bassanus 22/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 116 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 07/01/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 117 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 12/10/2021 Lindisfarne 118 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 14/04/2021 Earith Bridge Cambs 119 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 07/05/2021 Burnham Overy Dunes 120 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 11/05/2021 Lakenheath Fen 121 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 122 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 22/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 123 Great White Egret Ardea alba 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 124 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 125 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/06/2021 Lakenheath Fen Joist fen 126 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 04/11/2021 Glenshee 127 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 09/01/2021 Thetford (G) 128 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 21/04/2021 Lynford Aboretum 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 130 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 06/01/2021 L 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 16/03/2021 Ingham Suffolk 132 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 04/11/2021 Near Braemar 133 Buzzard Buteo buteo 11/01/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 134 Barn Owl Tyto alba 15/03/2021 Lakenheath Fen 135 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 23/11/2021 Salthouse Beach Road 136 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/06/2021 Icklingham Suffolk 137 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 11/01/2021 Thetford Nuns Bridges 138 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 26/02/2021 Santon Downham 139 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 12/01/2021 Thetford west of A11 LOR 140 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 12/01/2021 Thetford west of A11 LOR 141 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/02/2021 Lakenheath Fen 142 Merlin Falco columbarius 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 143 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11/05/2021 Lakenheath Fen 144 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/02/2021 Lakenheath Fen 145 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 19/06/2021 New Malden 146 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 12/10/2021 Lindisfarne 147 Jay Garrulus glandarius 10/01/2021 Thetford 148 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Thetford (G) 149 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 05/01/2021 Thetford (G) 150 Rook Corvus frugilegus 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 151 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 152 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 05/11/2021 Lossiemouth 153 Raven Corvus corax 19/04/2021 Lakenheath Fen 154 Coal Tit Periparus ater 08/01/2021 Thetford (G) 155 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 05/11/2021 Nethy Bridge 156 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 11/01/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 157 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Thetford (G) 158 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2021 Thetford (G) 159 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 11/05/2021 Lakenheath Fen 160 Woodlark Lullula arborea 23/02/2021 Weeting Heath Track 49 161 Skylark Alauda arvensis 10/03/2021 Titchwell 162 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 23/12/2021 Holkham 163 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 30/10/2021 West Runton 164 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2021 Titchwell Marsh 165 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2021 Lakenheath Fen 166 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 167 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/02/2021 Lakenheath Fen 168 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 12/01/2021 Thetford west of A11 LOR 169 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 15/03/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 170 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 171 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/03/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 172 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 16/04/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 173 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 11/05/2021 Lakenheath Fen 174 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 12/05/2021 Lakenheath Fen 175 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 31/03/2021 Thetford BTO 176 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 07/12/2021 Wiveton Norfolk 177 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 18/05/2021 Titchwell 178 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2021 MCH Suffolk 179 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 25/03/2021 Santon Downham Suffolk 180 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2021 Thetford 181 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2021 Thetford (G) 182 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/01/2021 Thetford (G) 183 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/01/2021 Thetford Forest GC 184 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 05/01/2021 Thetford (G) 185 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 11/01/2021 Thetford Nuns Bridges 186 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 04/02/2021 Lakenheath Fen 187 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 188 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Thetford (G) 189 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 190 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Thetford (G) 191 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 22/04/2021 MCH Suffolk 192 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 20/11/2021 Ness Point Lowestoft 193 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 11/09/2021 Cavenham Heath 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/02/2021 Lakenheath Fen 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/04/2021 Weybourne Camp 196 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 23/11/2021 Cley Arnolds Marsh 197 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 14/04/2021 WWT Welney 198 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Thetford (G) 199 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Thetford (G) 200 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 201 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2021 Thetford 202 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 19/01/2021 Lynford Aboretum 203 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 30/03/2021 Titchwell 204 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 205 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 10/10/2021 Seahouses 206 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 19/01/2021 Lynford Aboretum 207 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 23/02/2021 Santon Downham 208 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 16/11/2021 Lynford Aboretum 209 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 07/12/2021 Wiveton Norfolk 210 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 22/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 211 Linnet Linaria cannabina 06/01/2021 Titchwell 212 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 15/03/2021 Thetford Nunnery Lakes 213 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 19/01/2021 Lynford Aboretum 214 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 06/11/2021 Abernethy Forest 215 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 19/01/2021 Lynford Aboretum 216 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 12/01/2021 Thetford Abbey Farm LOR 218 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 08/04/2021 Happisburgh w of church 219 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 23/12/2021 Holkham 220 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 30/03/2021 Choseley 221 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/01/2021 Lakenheath Fen