George Gay: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 241 of 241 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 16/03/2021 Walls, Shetland 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 16/11/2021 Mussleburugh 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 38 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Quail Coturnix coturnix 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 43 Swift Apus apus 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Corncrake Crex crex 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 59 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 60 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 70 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 71 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 72 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 74 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 75 Redshank Tringa totanus 76 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 16/09/2021 Brides date wrong 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 79 Knot Calidris canutus 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 81 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 82 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 83 Sanderling Calidris alba 84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 85 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 86 Little Stint Calidris minuta 87 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 88 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 89 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 90 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 94 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 95 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 96 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 97 Common Gull Larus canus 98 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 99 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 100 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 101 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 102 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 103 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 104 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 105 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 106 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 107 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 108 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 109 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 110 Puffin Fratercula arctica 111 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 112 Razorbill Alca torda 113 Little Auk Alle alle 114 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 115 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 116 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 117 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 118 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 119 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 120 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 121 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 122 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 123 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 124 Gannet Morus bassanus 125 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 126 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 127 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 128 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 129 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 130 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 131 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 132 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 133 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 134 Red Kite Milvus milvus 135 Black Kite Milvus migrans 136 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 137 Buzzard Buteo buteo 138 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 139 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 140 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 141 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 142 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 143 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 144 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 145 Merlin Falco columbarius 146 Hobby Falco subbuteo 147 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 148 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 149 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 150 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 151 Jay Garrulus glandarius 152 Magpie Pica pica 153 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 154 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 155 Rook Corvus frugilegus 156 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 157 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 158 Raven Corvus corax 159 Coal Tit Periparus ater 160 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 161 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 162 Great Tit Parus major 163 Woodlark Lullula arborea 164 Skylark Alauda arvensis 165 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 166 Swallow Hirundo rustica 167 House Martin Delichon urbicum 168 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 169 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 170 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 171 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 172 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 173 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 174 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 29/09/2021 NR 175 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 176 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 177 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 178 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 179 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 180 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 04/10/2021 Senness 181 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 182 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 183 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 184 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 185 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 186 Whitethroat Curruca communis 187 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 188 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 189 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 190 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 191 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 192 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 193 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 28/10/2021 papa westray oooooooo baby 194 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 195 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 196 Redwing Turdus iliacus 197 Blackbird Turdus merula 198 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 199 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 200 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 201 Robin Erithacus rubecula 202 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 203 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 204 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 11/09/2021 Westness 205 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 206 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 207 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 208 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 209 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 210 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 211 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 212 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 213 Dunnock Prunella modularis 214 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 215 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 216 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 217 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 218 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 03/11/2021 North ron 219 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 220 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 221 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 222 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 223 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 224 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 225 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 226 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 227 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 228 Twite Linaria flavirostris 229 Linnet Linaria cannabina 230 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 231 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 232 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 233 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 234 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 235 Siskin Spinus spinus 236 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 237 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 238 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 239 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 240 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 241 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus