Dave Cox: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 230 of 230 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/05/2021 Titchwell 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 08/10/2021 Shetland 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 09/10/2021 Shetland 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 08/10/2021 Shetland 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 27/09/2021 Brandon Marsh 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 09/10/2021 Shetland 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 11/02/2021 Draycote Water 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 08/11/2021 North Cave Wetlands 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 04/11/2021 Draycote Water 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 08/10/2021 Shetland 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/10/2021 Shetland 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 08/06/2021 Blyth 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 04/03/2021 Draycote Water 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/10/2021 Shetland 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 07/10/2021 Shetland 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 20/02/2021 Draycote Water 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 05/10/2021 Shetland 32 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 22/05/2021 Worlds End 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 24/06/2021 Cavenham Heath 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 14/03/2021 Grandborough fields 36 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 22/05/2021 Conwy 37 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2021 Draycote Water 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 12/05/2021 Brandon Marsh 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 10/10/2021 Shetland 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 27/05/2021 Snettisham 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 28/07/2021 Brandon Marsh 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 46 Coot Fulica atra 47 Crane Grus grus 27/05/2021 Holkham Freshmarsh 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Draycote Water 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 17/01/2021 Draycote Water 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 14/02/2021 Draycote Water 53 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 02/06/2021 Weeting Heath 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 23/01/2021 Draycote Water 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 31/03/2021 Draycote Water 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 27/05/2021 Titchwell 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 04/04/2021 Lower Shuckborough 58 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 26/07/2021 Frampton marsh 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 09/04/2021 Lilbourne 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 02/04/2021 Wolston WARP 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 62 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 31/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/04/2021 Lillbourne DIRFT. 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 09/04/2021 Lilbourne DIRFT 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 06/10/2021 Shetland 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 07/03/2021 Wappenbury wood 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 21/03/2021 Draycote Water 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 21/01/2021 Bubbenhall Wood and Meadow 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/07/2021 Frampton marsh 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 15/03/2021 Wolston GP 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/07/2021 Frampton marsh 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 24/04/2021 A5 flashes DIRFT 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 28/04/2021 A5 scrape DIRFT 77 Knot Calidris canutus 26/07/2021 Snettisham 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 09/04/2021 Lilbourne DIRFT 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 12/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 80 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 13/10/2021 Swillington Ings 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 27/05/2021 Snettisham 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 30/03/2021 Draycote Water 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 08/10/2021 Shetland 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 12/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 85 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 26/07/2021 Snettisham 86 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 16/06/2021 Hickling 87 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 27/05/2021 Titchwell 88 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 14/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 89 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 22/05/2021 Anglesey 90 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/04/2021 Draycote Water 91 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/04/2021 Brandon Marsh 92 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 14/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 93 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 22/05/2021 Anglesey 94 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/04/2021 Draycote Water 95 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 22/05/2021 Anglesey 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 22/05/2021 Anglesey 98 Common Gull Larus canus 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 04/03/2021 Draycote Water 104 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Also Baltic Gull A5 DIRFT 105 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 04/05/2021 Draycote Water 106 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 10/10/2021 Shetland 107 Puffin Fratercula arctica 22/05/2021 Anglesey 108 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 22/05/2021 Anglesey 109 Razorbill Alca torda 22/05/2021 Anglesey 110 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 22/05/2021 Anglesey 111 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 05/10/2021 Shetland 112 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 113 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 05/10/2021 Shetland 114 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton 115 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 22/05/2021 Anglesey 116 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 12/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 22/05/2021 Anglesey 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 27/05/2021 Holkham Freshmarsh 121 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 19/06/2021 Middleton Lakes 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 123 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Grandborough Fields 124 Great White Egret Ardea alba 08/04/2021 Draycote Water 125 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 126 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 29/05/2021 Summer Leys 127 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 10/06/2021 Welbeck 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 12/04/2021 Brandon Marsh 130 Red Kite Milvus milvus 24/01/2021 Shawell 131 Buzzard Buteo buteo 132 Barn Owl Tyto alba 24/01/2021 Houlton Rugby 133 Little Owl Athene noctua 04/04/2021 Lower Shuckborough 134 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 22/01/2021 Houlton Rugby 135 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/06/2021 Ecklington 136 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 26/01/2021 Draycote Water 137 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 22/12/2021 Roach Bridge 138 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 03/05/2021 Borough Hill Daventry 139 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 140 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 141 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 142 Merlin Falco columbarius 06/10/2021 Shetland 143 Hobby Falco subbuteo 06/05/2021 Draycote Water 144 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 23/04/2021 Napton on Hill 145 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 13/02/2021 Canley 146 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 29/05/2021 Stanford Res Heard only 147 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 05/10/2021 Shetland 148 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 06/06/2021 Hydes Lane Hinckley 149 Jay Garrulus glandarius 150 Magpie Pica pica 151 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 22/05/2021 South Stack 152 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 153 Rook Corvus frugilegus 154 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 155 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 22/05/2021 Anglesey 156 Raven Corvus corax 157 Coal Tit Periparus ater 158 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 07/03/2021 Wappenbury wood 159 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 160 Great Tit Parus major 161 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 31/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 162 Woodlark Lullula arborea 02/06/2021 Buxton Heath 163 Skylark Alauda arvensis 22/01/2021 Houlton Rugby 164 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 10/10/2021 Shetland 165 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 12/03/2021 Draycote Water 166 Swallow Hirundo rustica 30/03/2021 Draycote Water 167 House Martin Delichon urbicum 04/04/2021 Napton res 168 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 10/06/2021 Welbeck 169 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 12/04/2021 Brandon Marsh 170 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 171 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 05/10/2021 Shetland 172 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/03/2021 Hinkley 173 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 14/01/2021 Draycote Water 174 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 19/10/2021 Spurn 175 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 10/06/2021 Beston 176 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 12/04/2021 Brandon Marsh 177 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 19/06/2021 Middleton Lakes 178 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2021 Wolston GP 179 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 11/06/2021 Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve, Old Wolverton 180 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2021 Brandon Marsh 181 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 182 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2021 Brandon Marsh 183 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/04/2021 Brandon Marsh a 184 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2021 Brandon Marsh 185 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 186 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 187 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 188 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 189 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 190 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 191 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 24/01/2021 Lilbourne Meadow 192 Redwing Turdus iliacus 193 Blackbird Turdus merula 194 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 195 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/08/2021 Napton on Hill 196 Robin Erithacus rubecula 197 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 09/10/2021 Shetland 198 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 23/08/2021 Napton on Hill 199 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 08/11/2021 Flamborough 200 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 14/04/2021 Draycote Water 201 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 07/04/2021 Lower Shuckborough 202 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 07/05/2021 Coventry Airfield 203 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 204 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/04/2021 Lower Shuckborough 205 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 13/02/2021 Canley 206 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 20/03/2021 Stanford Res 207 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 208 Dunnock Prunella modularis 209 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 02/04/2021 Wolston WARP 210 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 10/10/2021 Shetland 211 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 06/02/2021 Draycote Water 212 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 06/05/2021 Draycote Water 2 White Wagtail 213 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 214 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/04/2021 Draycote Water 215 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 216 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 03/02/2021 Draycote Water 217 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 218 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 08/10/2021 Shetland 219 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 220 Twite Linaria flavirostris 06/10/2021 Shetland 221 Linnet Linaria cannabina 222 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 08/04/2021 Draycote Water 223 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 224 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 225 Siskin Spinus spinus 226 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 10/10/2021 Shetland 227 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 08/03/2021 Charlecote 228 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 229 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 06/10/2021 Shetland 230 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus