John Douglas: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 220 of 220 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Spurn 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis River Calder, Dewsbury 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Carsington Water 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 29/11/2021 Slimbridge 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens York University 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser Horbury Wyke 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 15/11/2021 Slamannan 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Horbury Wyke 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 19/11/2021 Udale Bay 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor River Calder, Dewsbury 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 29/11/2021 Slimbridge 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Ardsley Reservoir 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Fairburn Ings 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Farnley balancing reservoir 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata Horbury Wyke 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera Farnley balancing reservoir 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope Horbury Wyke 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 02/12/2021 Carr Vale 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos River Calder, Dewsbury 21 Pintail Anas acuta Horbury Wyke 22 Teal Anas crecca Horbury Wyke 23 Pochard Aythya ferina St Aidan's 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 17/11/2021 Loch na Bo 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Ladywood Lake , Dewsbury 26 Scaup Aythya marila 19/11/2021 Udale Bay 27 Eider Somateria mollissima Hartlepool 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 20/11/2021 Musselborough 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 11/10/2021 Flamborough 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Tophill Low 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Lake next to canal at Brighouse 32 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 20/04/2021 Tophill Low 33 Goosander Mergus merganser River Calder, Dewsbury 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 11/10/2021 Flamborough 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus Ovenden Moor 36 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 16/11/2021 Near Grantown-on-Spey 37 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 18/11/2021 Lecht 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 17/11/2021 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus fields off Halifax Road in Liversedge 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Ovenden Moor 41 Swift Apus apus Wintersett 42 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 01/12/2021 Wiltshire 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Wharncliffe Chase Heard 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas Crossley 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Garden 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Garden 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Blacktoft Sands 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mann Dam, Cleckheaton 50 Coot Fulica atra Ladywood Lakes, Dewsbury 51 Crane Grus grus 29/11/2021 Slimbridge 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Horbury Wyke 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Carsington Water 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Horbury sailing lake 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus St Aidan's 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis St Aidan's 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Horbury Wyke 58 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Fairburn Ings 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Titchwell 60 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 22/07/2021 Frampton 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula St Aidan's 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Carsington Water 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Farnley balancing reservoir 64 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus St Aidan's 66 Curlew Numenius arquata Ovenden Moor 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 17/11/2021 Lossiemouth 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Frampton 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus St Aidan's 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago In flight over Liversedge 71 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 21/09/2021 Burton Mere 72 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos St Aidan's 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Titchwell 74 Redshank Tringa totanus Carsington Water 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Frampton 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia Frampton 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Bridlington Harbour 78 Knot Calidris canutus 17/11/2021 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax North Cave Wetlands 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea St Aidan's 81 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 10/10/2021 St Aidan's 82 Sanderling Calidris alba 17/11/2021 Hopeman 83 Dunlin Calidris alpina St Aidan's 84 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 17/11/2021 Hopeman 85 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 14/10/2021 Newington Flash 86 Little Stint Calidris minuta Blacktoft Sands 87 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Anglers Country Park 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Tophill Low 89 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Newbiggin by the Sea 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Bempton 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greenway, Liversedge 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Porthmadog 93 Common Gull Larus canus Greenway, Liversedge 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Weir at Ravensthorpe 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Greenway, Liversedge 96 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Oldham 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus In fields at side of canal at Ravensthorpe 98 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus River Calder, Dewsbury 99 Puffin Fratercula arctica Bempton 100 Razorbill Alca torda Bempton 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge Bempton 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 11/10/2021 Flamborough 103 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 25/10/2021 Hartlepool 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Carsington Water 105 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 10/07/2021 Bempton 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Bempton 107 Gannet Morus bassanus Bempton 108 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Ladywood Lakes, Dewsbury 109 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 11/10/2021 Flamborough 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Fairburn Ings 111 Bittern Botaurus stellaris St Aidan's Heard 112 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Fairburn Ings 113 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Tophill Low 114 Great White Egret Ardea alba RSPB Conwy 115 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Fields near Moorend, Cleckheaton 116 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Wykenham 117 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 18/11/2021 Glenlivet Estate 118 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Clough Lane, Liversedge 119 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Wykenham 120 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Tophill Low 121 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus Fields south of Gildersome 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo Little Gomersal 124 Barn Owl Tyto alba Allerthorpe 125 Little Owl Athene noctua Heard near Springfield Farm, Liversedge 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Greenhow Hill. Pateley Bridge 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Birkenshaw Heard 128 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Spen River, Dewsbury CP 129 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 23/12/2021 Roach Bridge 130 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Whitby 131 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Santon Downham 132 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wood off Greenway in Liversedge 133 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Heard near Dewsbury Country Park 134 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Field off Greenway, Liversedge 135 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/12/2021 Enford 136 Hobby Falco subbuteo Wheldrake Ings 137 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 138 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri Tree near Lock Farm at side of canal near Dewsbury 139 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 01/06/2021 Whitby 140 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Spurn 141 Jay Garrulus glandarius Dewsbury CP 142 Magpie Pica pica Garden 143 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Birds Rock 144 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Garden 145 Rook Corvus frugilegus Fields off Greenway, Liversedge 146 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Garden 147 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Bridge of Garten 148 Raven Corvus corax Birds Rock 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater Greenway, Heckmondwike 150 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus Mount view Hotel, Nethybridge 151 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Santon Downham 152 Willow Tit Poecile montanus Fairburn Ings 153 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Garden 154 Great Tit Parus major Garden 155 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Titchwell 156 Woodlark Lullula arborea Skipwith Common 157 Skylark Alauda arvensis Fields off canal at Horbury 158 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Carsington Water 159 Swallow Hirundo rustica Strensall 160 House Martin Delichon urbicum Pugneys 161 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti St Aidan's 162 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Trees off Greenway, Liversedge 163 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Wyming Brook, Sheffield 164 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Fairburn Ings 165 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Cromwell Bottom NR 166 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 25/10/2021 Hartlepool 167 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus St Aidan's 168 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Heslington East Campus 169 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 12/05/2021 Heslington East Campus 170 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Wheldrake Ings 171 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla River Wyre near Street 172 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Wheldrake Ings 173 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 29/05/2021 Middle Camp Spurn 174 Whitethroat Curruca communis Fairburn Ings 175 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dockentail Wood, Hartshead 176 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Greenway 177 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Wood off Greenway, Liversedge 178 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Near River Spen at Mann Dam 179 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 09/05/2021 Newbiggin by the Sea 180 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Garden 181 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Near Ship Inn, Dewsbury 182 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Fields off Greenway, Liversedge 183 Redwing Turdus iliacus Fields off Primrose Lane, Liversedge 184 Blackbird Turdus merula Garden 185 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/11/2021 Flock of 6 over Bradford 186 Robin Erithacus rubecula Garden 187 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 20/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 188 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 05/11/2021 Flamborough 189 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Spurn 190 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 05/11/2021 Flamborough 191 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Wharncliffe Chase 192 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Ovenden Moor 193 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Carsington Water 194 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 12/11/2021 Whitburn 195 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Cromwell Bottom NR 196 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Bullace Tree Lane 197 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Garden 198 Dunnock Prunella modularis Garden 199 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Tophill Low 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Spen River near Mann Dam 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Morrison’s car park, Heckmondwike 202 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Field off Roberttown Lane 203 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Wharncliffe Chase 204 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Porthmadog 205 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wood off Greenway 206 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Allerthorpe 207 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Spen Ringway, near Heckmondwike 208 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Primrose Lane, Liversedge 209 Linnet Linaria cannabina Fields off Greenway in Earlsheaton 210 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret Cromwell Bottom NR 211 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 16/11/2021 Grantown-on-Spey 212 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Thoresby 213 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 13/04/2021 Thoresby 214 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wood off Greenway 215 Siskin Spinus spinus Cromwell Bottom NR 216 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Carsington Water 217 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Bempton 218 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Field near Gawthorpe 219 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 30/11/2021 Labrador Bay 220 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Cromwell Bottom NR