Tony Hood: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/11/2021 NWT Cley marshes 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 06/01/2021 Agnes Pond 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 28/11/2021 East of Holkham 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2021 South Landing 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/01/2021 Bridlington 40 over Morrisons Car Park 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 30/11/2021 Holkham fresh marsh 10 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2021 Lisset 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 29/11/2021 Ingham minimum 6 with mute swans 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/04/2021 YWT North Cave Wetlands 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/04/2021 YWT North Cave Wetlands 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13/01/2021 ncw 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 24/10/2021 YWT North Cave Wetlands 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13/01/2021 ncw 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/01/2021 Church Lake 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13/01/2021 ncw 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2021 South Landing 17 Pintail Anas acuta 28/11/2021 RSPB Titchwell 18 Teal Anas crecca 13/01/2021 ncw 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20/01/2021 ncw 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 06/01/2021 Church Lake 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/01/2021 Hartendale Gutter 2 male 2 female 1 1st cy male 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30/11/2021 Holkham gap 5 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2021 South Landing 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 05/01/2021 Danes Dyke 5 on sea 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 22/04/2021 Tophill Low 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 17/06/2021 Loch Na Kemal , Mull 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 09/05/2021 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 21/06/2021 Lochindorb 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 13/05/2021 Cattlemere 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 13/01/2021 ncw 32 Swift Apus apus 06/05/2021 North Cave Wetlands 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 06/06/2021 Branault 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 North Landing 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 05/01/2021 Danes Dyke 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 37 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 07/07/2021 Easington Meena 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 North Marine Road 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 22/04/2021 Tophill Low 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2021 South Landing 41 Coot Fulica atra 09/01/2021 Thornwick Pools 42 Crane Grus grus 29/11/2021 NWT Stubb Mill 6 inc 2 juvs 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2021 Church Lake 44 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 30/11/2021 Holkham gap 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/01/2021 Danes Dyke 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 19/06/2021 Speyside 47 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 04/12/2021 RSPB Titchwell 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 North Landing 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/04/2021 YWT North Cave Wetlands 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 28/11/2021 RSPB Titchwell 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 28/08/2021 Hartendale 2/3 birds over calling 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 11/02/2021 South Landing 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 01/04/2021 YWT North Cave Wetlands 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2021 North Cave 55 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 RSPB Blacktoft 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/08/2021 Danes Dyke beach 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2021 South Landing 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/09/2021 South Landing 2 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 07/07/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 60 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 09/01/2021 Rotherhams Path 61 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 24/01/2021 Beacon Farm Pond 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/05/2021 Thornwick Pools 63 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 21/07/2021 Thornwick Pools 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/08/2021 RSPB Blacktoft 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/06/2021 Kentra bay 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2021 South Landing 68 Knot Calidris canutus 07/07/2021 Beacon Ponds 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/04/2021 YWT North Cave Wetlands 70 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 10/10/2021 RSPB St Aidens 71 Sanderling Calidris alba 24/01/2021 Danes Dyke 72 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/02/2021 South Landing 73 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 07/01/2021 High Stacks 74 Little Stint Calidris minuta 26/09/2021 Idle Washlands, Nottinghamshire 2 including that one 75 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 07/07/2021 Beacon Ponds 76 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/05/2021 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 77 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 22/04/2021 Tophill Low 78 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 09/05/2021 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 79 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 07/07/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 80 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 03/03/2021 North Landing 81 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 03/09/2021 Seawatch observatory 2 adults and 2 juveniles 82 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 83 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/07/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 84 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 85 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 86 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2021 South Landing 87 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 25/02/2021 walk in to pond 88 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 31/03/2021 Hartendale Gutter 89 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 03/09/2021 Seawatch observatory 90 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 28/08/2021 From Seawatch observatory 2 dark phase 91 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 18/08/2021 Seawatch observatory 92 Puffin Fratercula arctica 15/03/2021 North Landing 93 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 05/06/2021 Corran Ferry 94 Razorbill Alca torda 21/02/2021 South Landing 95 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/01/2021 North Landing 96 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2021 South Landing 97 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 19/06/2021 Clovullin 3 98 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 02/01/2021 South Landing 99 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 RSPB Bempton Stunning adult off Staple Newk 100 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 08/06/2021 Sanna Bay 101 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2021 North Landing 102 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 18/08/2021 Seawatch observatory 2 103 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 08/06/2021 Sanna Bay 104 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/01/2021 North Landing 105 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2021 South Landing 106 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/01/2021 High Stacks 107 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 07/07/2021 Kilnsea wetlands 108 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 13/01/2021 bypass 109 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26/09/2021 Haggs Lane, Idle Washlands, Nottinghamshire 110 Great White Egret Ardea alba 20/07/2021 Thornwick Pools 111 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 13/01/2021 bypass 112 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/06/2021 Castle Tioram 113 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 11/06/2021 Mull 114 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 115 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 21/04/2021 Wykeham Raptor viewpoint 116 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 22/04/2021 Tophill Low 117 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 11/06/2021 Mull 118 Red Kite Milvus milvus 20/01/2021 Castle Hill 119 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 30/03/2021 South Landing 120 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2021 Bessingby 121 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/01/2021 High Hunsley 122 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 23/01/2021 RSPB Bempton 123 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 12/01/2021 Hartendale 124 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/05/2021 Bowling Green , Flamborough 125 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 05/10/2021 Church lake, North Cave 126 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2021 South Landing 127 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 24/10/2021 YWT North Cave Wetlands 128 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 North Landing 129 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/11/2021 130 Hobby Falco subbuteo 18/05/2021 RSPB Bempton 131 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/01/2021 Hartendale Gutter 132 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 18/05/2021 Oceanview 133 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 27/05/2021 RSPB Bempton 134 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/06/2021 Hamilton 135 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Hartendale 136 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Hartendale 137 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 138 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Hartendale 139 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 05/06/2021 Branault 140 Raven Corvus corax 06/06/2021 Swordle 141 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Hartendale 142 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 21/06/2021 Loch Mallachie 143 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 21/04/2021 Wykeham BWCP 144 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 22/04/2021 Tophill Low 145 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 146 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Hartendale 147 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 04/12/2021 RSPB Titchwell 148 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2021 South Landing 149 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 30/11/2021 Holkham gap 5 150 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2021 Bay Brambles 151 Swallow Hirundo rustica 30/03/2021 Flamborough Golf Course 152 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/05/2021 North Cave village 153 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/04/2021 YWT North Cave Wetlands 154 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 155 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 11/05/2021 Old Fall 156 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 15/10/2021 Highcliffe Manor , South Landing 157 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 07/10/2021 Old Fall 158 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15/11/2021 Golf course willows 159 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2021 North Cave village 160 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 14/01/2021 Hartendale 161 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 09/09/2021 Buckton heligoland trap 162 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 YWT Spurn 163 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 22/04/2021 Tophill Low 164 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 05/05/2021 Thornwick Pools 165 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla ********** ********** 166 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 11/05/2021 South Landing 167 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 23/09/2021 Bay Brambles 168 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 05/05/2021 Bay brambles 169 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2021 Tophill Low 170 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2021 Danes Dyke 171 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2021 Hartendale 172 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 31/03/2021 Needles Plantation 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2021 Danes Dyke 174 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 09/05/2021 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 175 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Hartendale 176 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2021 Hartendale 177 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 07/01/2021 Outer Head 178 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2021 South Landing 179 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Hartendale 180 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 09/02/2021 Hartendale 181 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 30/03/2021 Briel Nook male 182 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 11/05/2021 Old Fall 183 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Hartendale 184 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 24/05/2021 Bay brambles Singing male 185 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 15/10/2021 South Landing 186 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 16/10/2021 Fog Station, Flamborough head 187 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/06/2021 Craigellachie NNR 188 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 08/10/2021 Golf Course Willows 189 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 07/01/2021 High Stacks 190 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 22/06/2021 Loch Mallachie 191 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 07/05/2021 Gorse Field 192 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 09/01/2021 Thornwick Pools 193 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2021 Flamborough Golf Course 194 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 24/06/2021 Carrbridge 195 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2021 Hartendale 196 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2021 Water lane 197 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Hartendale 198 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 22/04/2021 Tophill Low 199 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 12/01/2021 South Landing 200 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 08/01/2021 Bridlington 201 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2021 South Landing 202 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 06/06/2021 Loch Mudle 203 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 04/12/2021 RSPB Titchwell 204 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 09/01/2021 Thornwick Nab 205 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Hartendale 206 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 06/10/2021 South Landing 26 over 207 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2021 South Landing 208 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Hartendale 209 Twite Linaria flavirostris 18/06/2021 Bay MacNeil 210 Linnet Linaria cannabina 09/01/2021 Rotherhams Path 211 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 13/05/2021 Old Fall 212 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 21/06/2021 Loch Mallachie 213 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Hartendale 214 Siskin Spinus spinus 19/03/2021 Hartendale 215 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 23/01/2021 Rotherhams Path 216 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/12/2021 Arnold’s marsh, NWT Cley 50 217 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 18/05/2021 RSPB Bempton 3 218 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 12/01/2021 South Landing 219 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2021 Rotherhams Path