Gary Prescott: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 182 of 182 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/06/2021 Medmerry RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 18/05/2021 Marazion RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/10/2021 Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve, Shetland 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 19/05/2021 Exminster Marshes RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Sixth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/10/2021 Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve, Shetland 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 18/05/2021 Marazion RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/10/2021 Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve, Shetland 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 29/06/2021 Pulborough Meadows RSPB Reserve 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/04/2021 Lawrance Bay beach 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula St Aidens RSPB Reserve 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21/05/2021 Greylake RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Fifteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21/05/2021 Ham Wall RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Sixteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 10/01/2021 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 21/05/2021 Ham Wall RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Sixteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21/05/2021 Ham wall RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Sixteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 19 Scaup Aythya marila 01/10/2021 Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve, Shetland 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/04/2021 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 22/05/2021 Slimbridge W&WT reserve Carbon birding. Second W&WT reserve visited 22 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/03/2021 23 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus Geltsdale RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding 24 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 26/06/2021 Pagham Harbour RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Porthgwarra RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. First RSPB Reserve visited 26 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 09/01/2021 27 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 30/06/2021 Broadwater Warren RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 28 Swift Apus apus 29 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 30 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20/05/2021 Swell Wood RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Fourteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 31 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 32 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Snettisham RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 64th RSPB Reserve visited this year. 33 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 34 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 35 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 18/05/2021 Marazion RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 36 Coot Fulica atra 19/05/2021 Exminster Marshes RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 21/05/2021 Ham Wall RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Sixteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 38 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 21/05/2021 Ham Wall RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Sixteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 39 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 02/10/2021 Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve, Shetland 40 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis St Aidens RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 41 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 22/06/2021 Winterbourne RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 43 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 21/05/2021 Steart Marshes W&WT reserve Carbon Birding. First W&WT reserve visited on the tour. 44 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 09/01/2021 45 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 26/07/2021 Frampton RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 83rd RSPB Reserve visited. 46 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2021 47 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/05/2021 Steart Marshes W&WT reserve Carbon Birding. First W&WT reserve visited on the tour. 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 09/01/2021 49 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 17/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB Reserve 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/05/2021 Hayle Estuary RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. Third RSPB Reserve visited. 51 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 52 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 19/05/2021 Exminster Marshes RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Sixth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 54 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/10/2021 Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve, Shetland 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 10/02/2021 56 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Middleton Lakes RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 57 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 09/07/2021 Minsmere RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 58 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/07/2021 Frampton RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 84th RSPB Reserve visited this year. 59 Redshank Tringa totanus 60 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/06/2021 Pagham Harbour RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 61 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 05/06/2021 Higham Marshes RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 62 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2021 63 Knot Calidris canutus 26/07/2021 Frampton RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 83rd RSPB Reserve visited. 64 Ruff Calidris pugnax 09/06/2021 Minsmere RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 65 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 26/07/2021 Frampton RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 83rd RSPB Reserve visited. 66 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2021 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2021 68 Little Stint Calidris minuta Frampton RSPB Reserve 69 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 27/07/2021 Snettisham RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 85th RSPB Reserve visited this year. 70 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Adwick RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 76th RSPB Reserve visited this year. 71 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 27/07/2021 Snettisham RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 85th RSPB Reserve visited this year. 72 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 25/06/2021 Pagham Harbour RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 73 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 27/07/2021 Snettisham RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 85th RSPB Reserve visited this year. 74 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Carbon Birding. 75 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 26/06/2021 Pagham Harbour RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding 76 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 18/05/2021 Porthgwarra RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. First RSPB Reserve visited. 77 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 78 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 04/01/2021 79 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2021 80 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 81 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Beckingham Meadows RSPB Reserve 82 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 83 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 84 Puffin Fratercula arctica Bempton RSPB Reserve 85 Razorbill Alca torda 02/01/2021 86 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/01/2021 87 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 20/07/2021 Bempton RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 72nd RSPB Reserve visited this year. 88 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2021 Porthgwarra RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. First RSPB Reserve visited. 89 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 18/05/2021 Porthgwaraa RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. First RSPB Reserve visited. 90 Gannet Morus bassanus 18/05/2021 Porthgwarra RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. First RSPB Reserve visited. 91 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 18/05/2021 Porthgwarra RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. First RSPB Reserve visited. 92 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 18/05/2021 Porthgwarra RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. First RSPB Reserve visited. 93 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Fairburn Ings RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 94 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 21/05/2021 Greylake RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Fifteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 95 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 10/01/2021 96 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26/06/2021 Pagham Harbour RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 97 Great White Egret Ardea alba 21/05/2021 Ham Wall RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Sixteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 98 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 99 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 10/08/2021 Ynys Hyr RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 103rd RSPB Reserve visited this year 100 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2021 101 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Carbon Birding. 102 Red Kite Milvus milvus 103 Buzzard Buteo buteo 18/05/2021 Marazion RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 104 Barn Owl Tyto alba 105 Little Owl Athene noctua 04/07/2021 Northward Hill RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 106 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 26/07/2021 Frampton RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 84th RSPB Reserve visited this year. 107 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Horton Heath RSPB Reserve 90th RSPB Reserve visited this year 108 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 26/06/2021 Pagham Harbour RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 109 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 20/05/2021 Swell Wood RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Fourteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 110 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 19/05/2021 Labrador BayRSPB reserve, Devon Carbon Birding. Eighth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 111 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 112 Hobby Falco subbuteo 19/05/2021 Three seen at Exminster Marshes RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Sixth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 113 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/01/2021 114 Jay Garrulus glandarius 19/05/2021 Chapel Wood RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Fifth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 115 Magpie Pica pica 18/05/2021 Porthgwarra RSPB reserve, Cornwall Carbon Birding. First RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 116 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 18/05/2021 Porthgwarra RSPB reserve, Cornwall Carnon Birding First RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 117 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 118 Rook Corvus frugilegus 18/05/2021 Marazion RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 119 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2021 120 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/10/2021 Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve, Shetland 121 Raven Corvus corax 04/01/2021 Porthgwarra RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. First RSPB Reserve visited on the tour 122 Coal Tit Periparus ater 123 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 124 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2021 125 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2021 126 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 127 Woodlark Lullula arborea Sherwood Forest RSPB Reserve 128 Skylark Alauda arvensis 07/03/2021 129 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/04/2021 130 Swallow Hirundo rustica 20/03/2021 131 House Martin Delichon urbicum 30/03/2021 132 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 18/05/2021 Marazion RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 133 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 18/05/2021 Marazion RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 134 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 02/04/2021 135 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2021 136 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 18/05/2021 Marazion RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 137 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 18/05/2021 Marazion RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 138 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia St Aiden's RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 139 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/04/2021 140 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 21/05/2021 Ham Wall RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Sixteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 141 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 142 Whitethroat Curruca communis 02/04/2021 143 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 25/06/2021 Farnham Heath RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding 144 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2021 145 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 146 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 20/05/2021 Swell Wood RSPB reserve, Somerset Carbon Birding. Fourteenth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 147 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 148 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 149 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 150 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 151 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/10/2021 Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve, Shetland 152 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 153 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 154 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 155 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 06/04/2021 Coombe Valley RSPB Reserve 156 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 157 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 158 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/03/2021 159 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 11/08/2021 Lake Vyrnwy RSPB Reserve 104th RSPB Reserve visited this year 160 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Bempton RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 161 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 162 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 163 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 02/04/2021 Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 164 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/10/2021 Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve, Shetland 165 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/04/2021 166 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/03/2021 167 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2021 168 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 169 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2021 170 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2021 171 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/10/2021 Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve, Shetland 172 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 18/05/2021 Porthgwarra RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. First RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 173 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2021 174 Linnet Linaria cannabina 19/03/2021 6 atop a bush adjacent to the pond in the NE corner of the cricket pitch, Highertwon, St Martin's, Isles of Scilly 175 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret Geltsdale RSPB Reserve 176 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 20/05/2021 Aylesbeare RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Ninth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 177 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2021 178 Siskin Spinus spinus 11/08/2021 Lake Vyrnwy RSPB Reserve 179 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Bempton RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 180 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 26/06/2021 Pagham Harbour RSPB Reserve Carbon Birding. 181 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 19/05/2021 Labrador Bay RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Eighth RSPB reserve visited on the tour. 182 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 18/05/2021 Marazion RSPB reserve Carbon Birding. Second RSPB reserve visited on the tour.