George Watola: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 204 of 204 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Pintail Anas acuta 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 17 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 21 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 07/02/2021 3 at Clifton Ings, York 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24 Smew Mergellus albellus 22/02/2021 Thorganby Ings 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 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 32 Swift Apus apus 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 38 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 05/07/2021 Easington 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 42 Coot Fulica atra 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 18/02/2021 Bank Island 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 24/03/2021 North Duffield Carrs 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 28/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 59 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/03/2021 Rawcliffe Pond 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 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 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 71 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 10/10/2021 St Aidens RSPB 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 74 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 76 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 77 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 13/06/2021 Wheldrake Ings 78 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 79 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 22/06/2021 Southfield Reservoir 80 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 82 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 83 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 84 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 02/09/2021 Flamborough Head 85 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 86 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 87 Common Gull Larus canus 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 89 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 90 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 91 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 92 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 93 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 94 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 95 Puffin Fratercula arctica 96 Razorbill Alca torda 97 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 98 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 99 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 100 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 101 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 RSPB Bempton 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 103 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 104 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 105 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 109 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 110 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 114 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 115 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 116 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 117 Red Kite Milvus milvus 118 Buzzard Buteo buteo 119 Barn Owl Tyto alba 120 Little Owl Athene noctua 121 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 122 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 123 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 124 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 125 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 126 Hobby Falco subbuteo 127 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 128 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 129 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 02/06/2021 Whitby 130 Jay Garrulus glandarius 131 Magpie Pica pica 132 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 133 Rook Corvus frugilegus 134 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 135 Raven Corvus corax 136 Coal Tit Periparus ater 137 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 138 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 15/02/2021 East Cottingwith 139 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 140 Great Tit Parus major 141 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 142 Woodlark Lullula arborea 26/02/2021 Strensall Common 143 Skylark Alauda arvensis 144 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/03/2021 145 Swallow Hirundo rustica 146 House Martin Delichon urbicum 147 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 148 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 149 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 150 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 151 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 152 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 153 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 10/09/2021 Buckton 154 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/06/2021 Besthorpe NWT 155 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 156 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 157 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 11/05/2021 Heslington East, York First for York area, ringed 158 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 159 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 160 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 161 Whitethroat Curruca communis 162 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 163 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 164 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 165 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 166 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 167 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 168 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 169 Redwing Turdus iliacus 170 Blackbird Turdus merula 171 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 172 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 173 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 174 Robin Erithacus rubecula 175 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 176 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 177 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 178 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 179 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 180 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 181 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 182 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 183 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 184 Dunnock Prunella modularis 185 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 186 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 187 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 188 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 189 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 190 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 191 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 192 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 193 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 194 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 195 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 196 Twite Linaria flavirostris 197 Linnet Linaria cannabina 198 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 199 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 200 Siskin Spinus spinus 201 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 202 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 203 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 204 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus