Peter Nash: Bedfordshire Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 163 of 163 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 23/02/2021 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 31/03/2021 Fields beside Twin Bridges, Tempsford Rd, Blunham,, Bedfordshire 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 03/01/2021 Gypsy Lane West, Bedfordshire 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 19/02/2021 Fields nr Hatch, Sandy, Bedfordshire 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 08/03/2021 G&M Growers fields, Upper Caldecote, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 31/07/2021 Blunham Lake, Bedfordshire 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10/07/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 30/10/2021 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 03/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 16 Pintail Anas acuta 08/01/2021 One Hundred Acre, Bedford, Bedfordshire 17 Teal Anas crecca 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 08/03/2021 Gypsy Lane West, Broom, Bedfordshire 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 16/12/2021 Priory CP, Bedfordshire 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 22 Scaup Aythya marila 19/03/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 10/12/2021 Brogborough Lake, Bedfordshire 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 23/04/2021 Peacocks Lake, Broom, Bedfordshire 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 13/02/2021 5CC, Sandy, Bedfordshire 26 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/01/2021 Stockbridge Road,Clifton, Shefford, Bedfordshire 27 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 28 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/01/2021 RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire 29 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 18/04/2021 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 07/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2021 Stockbridge Road,Clifton, Shefford, Bedfordshire 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 34 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30/04/2021 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13/06/2021 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 38 Coot Fulica atra 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 39 Crane Grus grus 18/05/2021 Girtford Area, Bedfordshire 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 19/02/2021 5CC, Sandy, Bedfordshire 43 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 21/03/2021 G&M Growers Pits, Upper Caldecote, Bedfordshire 44 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 19/02/2021 5CC, Sandy, Bedfordshire 45 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 28/04/2021 G&M Growers fields, Upper Caldecote, Bedfordshire 46 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 30/03/2021 Southill Lake, Bedfordshire 47 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 48 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 49 Curlew Numenius arquata 07/03/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 50 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 25/04/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 51 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/02/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 52 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 07/03/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 53 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/01/2021 RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire 54 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 55 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/04/2021 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 56 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 08/01/2021 One Hundred Acre, Bedford, Bedfordshire 57 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/04/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 58 Redshank Tringa totanus 23/02/2021 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 59 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 26/04/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 60 Sanderling Calidris alba 09/05/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 61 Dunlin Calidris alpina 08/03/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 62 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 17/09/2021 Brogborough Tip Pools, Bedfordshire 63 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 24/04/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 64 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 15/04/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 65 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 23/04/2021 Peacocks Lake, Broom, Bedfordshire 66 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 67 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 24/04/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 68 Common Gull Larus canus 07/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 69 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 10/12/2021 Brogborough Lake, Bedfordshire 70 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 04/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 71 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 03/11/2021 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 72 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 30/10/2021 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 73 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 74 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 75 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 31/01/2021 Jordan's Mill, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire 76 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 10/04/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 77 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 18/04/2021 Rookery North, Stewartby, Bedfordshire 78 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 79 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 03/01/2021 Stockbridge Road,Clifton, Shefford, Bedfordshire 80 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 81 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 82 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/03/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 83 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2021 RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire 84 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 19/03/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 85 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2021 Top End Farm, 2 Shrubbery Ln, Wilden, Bedfordshire 86 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 05/03/2021 Raptor Watchpoint, Warden Wood, Bedfordshire Cat D - released and tagged Isle of Wight bird G471 87 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 88 Barn Owl Tyto alba 31/03/2021 Langford Mill, Bedfordshire 89 Little Owl Athene noctua 14/04/2021 Girtford area, Bedfordshire 90 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 05/03/2021 Raptor Watchpoint, Warden Wood, Bedfordshire 91 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 20/02/2021 5CC, Sandy, Bedfordshire 92 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 04/04/2021 Coopers Hill, Ampthill, Bedfordshire 93 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 07/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 94 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/01/2021 Top End Farm, 2 Shrubbery Ln, Wilden, Bedfordshire 95 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2021 Top End Farm, 2 Shrubbery Ln, Wilden, Bedfordshire 96 Merlin Falco columbarius 30/11/2021 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 97 Hobby Falco subbuteo 30/04/2021 Quest Pit, Bedfordshire 98 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 16/03/2021 5CC, Sandy, Bedfordshire 99 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22/05/2021 Willington, Bedfordshire 100 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2021 RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire 101 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 102 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 103 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 104 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 105 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2021 RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire 106 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 107 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 108 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 109 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/01/2021 Gypsy Lane West, Bedfordshire 110 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 111 Swallow Hirundo rustica 26/03/2021 R Ivel & fields off Park Ln, Blunham, Bedfordshire 112 House Martin Delichon urbicum 11/04/2021 One Hundred Acre, Meadow Lane, Bedfordshire 113 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 08/01/2021 One Hundred Acre, Bedford, Bedfordshire 114 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 115 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2021 Coopers Hill, Ampthill, Bedfordshire 116 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/01/2021 One Hundred Acre, Bedford, Bedfordshire 117 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/04/2021 Girtford area, Bedfordshire 118 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 30/04/2021 Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 119 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 05/05/2021 Derek White's Eggs Pit, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire 120 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2021 Tesco, Sandy, Bedfordshire 121 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 122 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2021 Stewartby Sailing club to Marston Vale CP, Bedfordshire 123 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 08/05/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 124 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2021 Girtford area, Bedfordshire 125 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 25/02/2021 Deepdale Woods, Bedfordshire 126 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 127 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 128 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 15/02/2021 RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire 129 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 10/02/2021 RSPB The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire 130 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 131 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2021 Top End Farm, 2 Shrubbery Ln, Wilden, Bedfordshire 132 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 133 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2021 Top End Farm, 2 Shrubbery Ln, Wilden, Bedfordshire 134 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 135 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2021 Top End Farm, 2 Shrubbery Ln, Wilden, Bedfordshire 136 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/04/2021 Pegsdon Hills, Bedfordshire 137 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 07/05/2021 Ampthill Park, Ampthill, Bedfordshire 138 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 139 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 30/04/2021 Marston Vale CP Bedfordshire 140 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 25/08/2021 Coopers Hill, Bedfordshire 141 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 21/08/2021 Brogborough Hill, Bedfordshire 142 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 31/08/2021 Sandy Heath, Bedfordshire 143 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2021 Gypsy Lane West, Bedfordshire 144 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 145 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 146 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 147 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 03/04/2021 G&M Growers Pits, Upper Caldecote, Bedfordshire 148 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 149 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2021 Gypsy Lane West, Bedfordshire 150 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2021 Gypsy Lane West, Bedfordshire 151 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 152 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/04/2021 Coopers Hill, Ampthill, Bedfordshire 153 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 05/11/2021 The Pinnacle, Sandy, Bedfordshire 154 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/05/2021 Broom East CWS, Bedfordshire 155 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 156 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2021 Gypsy Lane West, Bedfordshire 157 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 13/02/2021 5CC, Sandy, Bedfordshire 158 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 18/01/2021 Sandy Heath, Bedfordshire 159 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 160 Siskin Spinus spinus 16/01/2021 Coopers Close, Bedfordshire 161 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 23/03/2021 Fields between Southill Lake and Broom Crossroads, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire 162 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/01/2021 RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire 163 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/01/2021 One Hundred Acre, Bedford, Bedfordshire