Jonathan Bull: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 190 of 190 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 13/03/2021 Foryd Bay 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 08/06/2021 WWT Slimbridge 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/01/2021 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12/10/2021 WWT Slimbridge 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 05/11/2021 WWT Slimbridge 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/09/2021 Epney 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 22/07/2021 Cannop Ponds, Forest of Dean 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18/04/2021 RSPB Cors Ddyga 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 14/04/2021 Llyn Maelog 3rd lifer of 2021 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 27/03/2021 Brickfields Pond, Rhyl 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31/12/2021 Barrow Tanks Last bird of 2021 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 13/03/2021 Caernarfon Harbour 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 22/05/2021 RSPB Conwy A really bizarre twitch involving a bird sat on a plastic heron in the middle of a reedbed!! 31 Swift Apus apus 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/04/2021 Ogwen Valley 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 Holywell Orchid 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 12/10/2021 WWT Slimbridge 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Crane Grus grus 08/06/2021 WWT Slimbridge 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 27/06/2021 WWT Slimbridge 4th record for the reserve. Usually distant but gave some amazing views at times. 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 26/06/2021 Pilning Wetlands 46 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/06/2021 WWT Slimbridge 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 49 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 05/05/2021 Great Orme 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 08/06/2021 WWT Slimbridge 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 58 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 26/08/2021 WWT Llanelli 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 60 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 25/06/2021 WWT Slimbridge 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 62 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 08/07/2021 WWT Slimbridge Nice summer plumaged adult 63 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 64 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 65 Knot Calidris canutus 66 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 10/09/2021 WWT Slimbridge 67 Sanderling Calidris alba 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 69 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 70 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10/09/2021 WWT Slimbridge 71 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Foryd Bay 72 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Dinas Dinelle 73 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Dinas Dinelle 74 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Bangor 75 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/04/2021 RSPB South Stack 76 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 77 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 78 Common Gull Larus canus 79 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 80 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 02/08/2021 Frampton Pools 81 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 82 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 83 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 27/03/2021 Brickfields Pond 2nd lifer of 2021, nice very showy bird. 84 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Dinas Dinelle 85 Puffin Fratercula arctica 14/04/2021 RSPB South Stack 86 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Holyhead Harbour 87 Razorbill Alca torda Bangor 88 Common Guillemot Uria aalge Bangor 89 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Bangor 90 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 29/12/2021 Glamorgan Lifer 91 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 13/03/2021 Foryd Bay 92 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 93 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Dinas Dinelle 94 Gannet Morus bassanus Llanfairfechan 95 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 96 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 97 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 26/08/2021 WWT Llanelli 98 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 25/06/2021 WWT Slimbridge Self-found! Flying over the Severn and onto the shore after walking back from Bluethroat spot 99 Bittern Botaurus stellaris RSPB Cors Ddyga Booming bird 100 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 101 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 07/09/2021 WWT Slimbridge self-found 102 Great White Egret Ardea alba RSPB Cors Ddyga 103 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 104 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Bangor 105 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 106 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 107 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus RSPB Cors Ddyga 108 Red Kite Milvus milvus 109 Buzzard Buteo buteo 110 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Bangor 111 Hoopoe Upupa epops 26/10/2021 Warwick 112 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Bangor 113 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 114 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Ogwen Valley 115 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 116 Merlin Falco columbarius RSPB Cors Ddyga 117 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/06/2021 RSPB St Aidans 118 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Bangor 119 Jay Garrulus glandarius 120 Magpie Pica pica 121 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Great Orme 122 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 123 Rook Corvus frugilegus 124 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 125 Raven Corvus corax 126 Coal Tit Periparus ater 127 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/11/2021 Stinchcombe Hill 128 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 129 Great Tit Parus major 130 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 03/10/2021 Westhay Moor 131 Skylark Alauda arvensis 132 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 133 Swallow Hirundo rustica 134 House Martin Delichon urbicum 135 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti RSPB Cors Ddyga 136 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 137 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 138 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 139 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus RSPB Cors Ddyga 140 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus RSPB Cors Ddyga 141 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 09/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall 2nd mega! 142 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 143 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 144 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 145 Whitethroat Curruca communis 146 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Morfa Madryn 147 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 148 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 149 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 150 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 151 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 152 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 153 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 154 Redwing Turdus iliacus 155 Blackbird Turdus merula 156 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 05/11/2021 WWT Slimbridge 157 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Ogwen Valley 158 Robin Erithacus rubecula 159 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 25/06/2021 WWT Slimbridge Heard singing twice + Brief viewing, 5th lifer of 2021 160 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Ogwen Valley 161 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Great Orme 162 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Ogwen Valley 163 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra RSPB Cors Ddyga 164 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 165 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Ogwen Valley 166 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Llanfairfechan 167 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/07/2021 Bempton 168 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 169 Dunnock Prunella modularis 170 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Cemlyn Bay 171 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 172 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 173 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 174 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 175 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta RSPB Cors Ddyga 1st Lifer of 2021 176 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 177 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 178 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/11/2021 Stinchcombe Hill 179 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 22/12/2021 Forest of Dean 180 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 181 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 182 Linnet Linaria cannabina 183 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 184 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 185 Siskin Spinus spinus 186 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus Great Orme 187 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Great Orme 188 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/07/2021 Bempton 189 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 05/07/2021 Bempton 190 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus