John Edwards: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 292 of 292 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 23/09/2021 Lincolnshire 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27/09/2021 Barleycroft lake Cambridgeshire 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 15/01/2021 Cambridgeshire ???? 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 08/10/2021 Shetland 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 13/10/2021 Musselburgh 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 41 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 3 seen 42 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 24 males lekking 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 45 Quail Coturnix coturnix 26/05/2021 46 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 47 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 48 Swift Apus apus 49 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 50 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 51 Stock Dove Columba oenas 52 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12/05/2021 Norfolk 9 seen 54 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 55 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 56 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 57 Coot Fulica atra 58 Crane Grus grus 14/04/2021 Nene washes 11 59 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 60 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 61 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 62 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 63 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 64 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 65 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 66 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 25/06/2021 Hickling 67 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 68 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 69 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 70 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 24/07/2021 Frampton 71 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 05/05/2021 Northamptonshire 72 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 73 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 74 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 75 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft sands 76 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Rutland water 77 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 78 Curlew Numenius arquata 79 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 80 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 81 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 25/07/2021 Dickleburgh 82 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/04/2021 83 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 84 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 08/04/2021 85 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 02/06/2021 Northumberland 86 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 87 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 88 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 89 Redshank Tringa totanus 90 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 11/10/2021 Loch of strathbeg 91 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 92 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 93 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 11/10/2021 Loch of stathbeg 94 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 95 Knot Calidris canutus 96 Ruff Calidris pugnax 97 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 06/05/2021 Iken Suffolk 98 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 99 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 06/05/2021 Trimley 100 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 13/10/2021 St aidans rspb 101 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 07/06/2021 Blyth Northumberland 102 Sanderling Calidris alba 103 Dunlin Calidris alpina 104 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 105 Little Stint Calidris minuta 106 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 05/08/2021 Mimsmere 107 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 05/08/2021 Mimsmere 108 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 24/07/2021 Snettisham 109 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 25/06/2021 Hickling 110 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 111 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 30/06/2021 30/6 112 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 22/04/2021 1 113 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 114 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 115 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 116 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 117 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 118 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 119 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 03/04/2021 Frampton on Severn 120 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 121 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 122 Common Gull Larus canus 123 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 124 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 125 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 28/07/2021 Stanwick lakes 126 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 127 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 128 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 129 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 03/04/2021 Newlyn 130 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14/04/2021 Smithy fen Kumliens 131 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 132 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 133 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 134 Puffin Fratercula arctica 135 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 136 Razorbill Alca torda 137 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 26/11/2021 Wells 138 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 139 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 140 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 141 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 142 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 06/10/2021 Shetland 143 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton cliffs 144 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 145 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 146 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 147 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 16/08/2021 Frampton marsh 148 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Norfolk 149 Gannet Morus bassanus 150 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 151 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 152 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 153 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 154 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 155 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 156 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 157 Great White Egret Ardea alba 158 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 159 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 07/06/2021 Cleveland 160 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Rutland 2 birds 161 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 26/06/2021 Nottinghamshire 162 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 11/10/2021 Highland 163 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 164 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 165 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 166 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 167 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 12/05/2021 Holme 168 Red Kite Milvus milvus 169 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 170 Buzzard Buteo buteo 171 Barn Owl Tyto alba 172 Little Owl Athene noctua 173 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 174 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 16/05/2021 Salthouse 175 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 176 Hoopoe Upupa epops 29/10/2021 Warwick 177 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Suffolk 178 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 179 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 05/05/2021 Northamptonshire 180 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 181 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 182 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 183 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 184 Merlin Falco columbarius Spurn 185 Hobby Falco subbuteo 186 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 187 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 13/04/2021 188 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22/05/2021 Bedfordshire 189 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 22/11/2021 Comberton Cambs 190 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 11/05/2021 Rochford 200th 191 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 26/08/2021 Over Cambridgeshire 192 Jay Garrulus glandarius 193 Magpie Pica pica 194 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 195 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 196 Rook Corvus frugilegus 197 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 198 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 199 Raven Corvus corax 200 Coal Tit Periparus ater 201 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 12/10/2021 Cairngorms 202 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 203 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 04/10/2021 Fairburn ings 204 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 205 Great Tit Parus major 206 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 207 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 208 Woodlark Lullula arborea 209 Skylark Alauda arvensis 210 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Shetland 211 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 30/10/2021 West Runton 212 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 213 Swallow Hirundo rustica 214 House Martin Delichon urbicum 215 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 216 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 217 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 218 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 07/10/2021 Shetland garden 219 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 220 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 221 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 06/05/2021 Foxhall 222 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 03/06/2021 Nottinghamshire 223 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 224 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 21/06/2021 Middleton RSPB 225 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 226 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 03/09/2021 Blakeney point 227 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 11/06/2021 Ham wall 228 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 09/05/2021 Biggleswade 229 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 230 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 231 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 10/10/2021 Shetland 232 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 233 Whitethroat Curruca communis 234 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 235 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 236 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 237 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 238 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 239 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 240 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 241 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 25/06/2021 Norfolk 242 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 243 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 244 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 245 Redwing Turdus iliacus 246 Blackbird Turdus merula 247 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 248 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 249 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 250 Robin Erithacus rubecula 251 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 6 252 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 08/10/2021 Shetland 253 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 254 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 08/11/2021 Flam head 255 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 256 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 15/05/2021 Fenstanton Cambridgeshire 257 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 258 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 259 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 260 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 261 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 262 Dunnock Prunella modularis 263 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 264 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 265 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 266 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 267 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 268 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 269 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 270 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 271 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 272 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 273 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 274 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 07/10/2021 Shetland 275 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 276 Twite Linaria flavirostris Shetland 277 Linnet Linaria cannabina 278 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 279 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 280 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 281 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 14/04/2021 Nottinghamshire 282 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 283 Siskin Spinus spinus 284 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 285 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 30/10/2021 Holkham gap 12 286 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 287 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 288 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 289 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 14/04/2021 Langford 290 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 06/10/2021 Shetland 291 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 292 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 13/04/2021 Sussex