Robert Williams: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 134 of 134 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 30/01/2022 Darts Farm Just the one on our walk back home 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2022 Castle moat 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2022 Castle moat 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 27/02/2022 Goldcliff Counted 19, but 20 reported. Cool to see so many in South Wales! 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2022 Castle moat 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 30/01/2022 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh 7 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 05/02/2022 RSPB Greylake 2nd go, and 2nd time lucky. Spent most of the time asleep, but managed to see it stir, and then again a couple more times when it moved before I had to get back to Jess and Oscar in the car, and off we went to Glastonbury. 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 23/04/2022 Roath Park lake. A pair present at the buoys. I went around to get closer on the East side, and had great views. 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 29/01/2022 RSPB Greylake 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 29/01/2022 RSPB Greylake 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 29/01/2022 RSPB Greylake 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2022 Castle moat 13 Pintail Anas acuta 29/01/2022 RSPB Greylake 14 Teal Anas crecca 29/01/2022 RSPB Greylake 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 12/02/2022 Eglwys Nunydd 16 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 12/02/2022 Margam Open Cast 6! 2 males and 4 females. Mad count. It's been a massive winter for RND in the UK. Could they establish? 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22/01/2022 Margam Park 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 12/02/2022 Eglwys Nunydd 19 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2022 Caerphilly Castle North Moat 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31/01/2022 Okehampton? 21 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 17/06/2022 Rudry Saw what was probably a female briefly at close range with Nick and Phil. Growth has been significant this last year though, so perhaps the last year for those on site. 22 Swift Apus apus 14/05/2022 Wernddu Came into view as I was watching what Nick and I thought was a gos up high. Saw later in the day from the back garden too. 23 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 03/05/2022 Rudry Common Calling and perched up on the old dead birch 24 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2022 At home 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2022 Our street 26 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 11/01/2022 On the way to the gym from the car 27 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 08/03/2022 Weston Airfield Saw one run between reed beds very briefly whilst looking for the pendulines. 28 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2022 Caerphilly Castle 29 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2022 Castle moat 30 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/03/2022 Weston Airfield 31 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 12/02/2022 Eglwys Nunydd 32 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 12/02/2022 Eglwys Nunydd Got this down the south side whilst looking for the diver, and then later phone scoped it alongside some gcg's. First one I've seen for a good few years. 33 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 27/02/2022 Goldcliff point Never seen so much there! Loads of wildfowl, and dunlin flying around 34 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 30/01/2022 From Topsham 35 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 05/02/2022 RSPB Greylake 36 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27/02/2022 Goldcliff Loads there 37 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 29/01/2022 RSPB Greylake 38 Curlew Numenius arquata 30/01/2022 RSPB Goosemoor 39 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/08/2022 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh 40 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 20/12/2022 RSPB Gwenffrwdd Dinas Volunteer day with Jon , one flushed over the way as we surveyed 41 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 29/01/2022 RSPB Greylake 42 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 03/08/2022 Drift Reservoir, Cornwall Present on the far side from the hide. 43 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/08/2022 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh Nice and close in from the roadside fence. Turned into a right Sandpiper day! 4 pipers. 44 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/08/2022 Drift Reservoir, Cornwall Present on the far side from the hide. 45 Redshank Tringa totanus 30/01/2022 From the Goatwalk 46 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/08/2022 Exe Estuary viewing platform Ended up getting green sandpiper, greenshank and greenfinch for a green themed evening! 47 Knot Calidris canutus 31/08/2022 Exe observation platform 5 or so in the distance, one still with a decent bit of sum plum. 48 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/09/2022 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh One smack bang in front of the hide. Typically didn't have my cam! 49 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 31/08/2022 Exe observation platform 50 Dunlin Calidris alpina 30/01/2022 From Goatwalk 51 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 03/08/2022 Drift Reservoir, Cornwall Present on the near side after a week. I chanced a drive down early morning through rain and fog before Jess got up, and got that, along with wood and common sand, helped by a kindly gent who knew where it was. I may have missed it just looking from the hide! 52 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 09/09/2022 Lamby Lake There has been one there for the last two days, but a second dropped in today, and proved to hard to ignore on a lunchbreak. 53 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 Caerphilly Castle 54 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 11/11/2022 Bracelet Bay 55 Common Gull Larus canus 08/12/2022 Caerphilly Castle Haven't seen one down here before! The cold snap has obviously brought it in. 56 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 22/01/2022 Margam Park 57 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 11/11/2022 Mumbles 58 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2022 Owain Glyndwr Playing Field 59 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 12/02/2022 Eglwys Nunydd Was all the way down the south side today. Almost thought it wasn't there, bud teamed up with a chap on holidays from Portsmouth, and I got it for us down the far end. Good views.. cold though! 60 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2022 Caerphilly Castle 61 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 27/02/2022 Goldcliff 62 Great White Egret Ardea alba 29/01/2022 RSPB Greylake 63 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2022 Caerphilly Castle moat 64 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 22/05/2022 RSPB Newport Wetlands Had about 7 seconds flight view as it flew towards me on the 'mound', looking up the channel towards the screen. A bit of a shame it wasn't as good views as others had earlier on the day and the day before, but still, could tell it was a purple ronnie. 65 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 29/01/2022 M5 northbound 66 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 67 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/02/2022 RSPB Greylake 68 Red Kite Milvus milvus 22/01/2022 The Grand Sultan Didn't bother even setting the scope up for the Pacific though 69 Buzzard Buteo buteo 09/01/2022 Walk behind the Maen Llwyd 70 Barn Owl Tyto alba 27/02/2022 Goldcliff Had it to myself after waiting weeks for the bustle to die down. Cold wait, but worth it. 71 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 12/03/2022 Caerphilly Castle I had just said to Jess I haven't seen it for a while on a nice morning walk, and 30 secs later there it was. 72 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major On the way to Wernddu 73 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 08/03/2022 Weston-Super-Mare Saw 2 whikst I was parked up where I was going to see thr pendulines. These two were just in a backlane in a residential street. 74 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 29/01/2022 RSPB Greylake 75 Hobby Falco subbuteo 22/05/2022 RSPB Newport Wetlands Great hunting views from the screen with Ai-lin and Martin, and we saw them catch a dragonfly too. 76 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 08/01/2022 Prince of Wales bridge Saw one in terrible weather when going to visit our new nephew Harri! 77 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 23/10/2022 Kenfig Point blank views of juv, some good photos too! 78 Jay Garrulus glandarius 09/01/2022 Near Rudry Common over the road 79 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 At home 80 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2022 Caerphilly Castle 81 Rook Corvus frugilegus 29/01/2022 Taunton Services Whilst trying my second McPlant 82 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2022 At home 83 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2022 Our street 84 Coal Tit Periparus ater 12/01/2022 Coed Parc-Y-Van 85 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 20/12/2022 RSPB Gwenffrwdd Dinas Volunteer day with Jon , one on feeder in car park 86 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2022 At home 87 Great Tit Parus major 12/01/2022 Coed Parc-Y-Van 88 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 08/03/2022 Weston Airfield Saw 3 at pretty close range! Pulling at the reed mace as they usually do, I got some photos and a full scope views. Stunning! First for a good few years. 89 Skylark Alauda arvensis 08/03/2022 Weston-Super-Mare 90 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 12/03/2022 Above Rudry church Bit of sky scanning for gos, and picked this cheeky fella up instead! 91 Swallow Hirundo rustica 15/04/2022 RSPB Aylesbeare First of the year for me, flew across the common and didn't hang around. 92 House Martin Delichon urbicum 27/05/2022 The Bridge Inn, Topsham 93 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2022 Castle moat 94 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 30/04/2022 Coed Y Werin 95 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2022 Railway Terrace Singing and making its way along in the trees on the street as I came back from taking Oz to nursery. 96 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/03/2022 Wernddu 97 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 27/05/2022 The Bridge Inn, Topsham Singing from the reed bed by the bridge. 98 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 15/04/2022 Clyst End 99 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 02/05/2022 Rudry Common 100 Whitethroat Curruca communis 03/05/2022 Rudry Common 101 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 15/04/2022 RSPB Aylesbeare Saw a few, including some great views quite close up 102 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 20/03/2022 Wernddu 103 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2022 Daffydd Williams Park 104 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2022 Caerphilly Castle North Moat Heard it calling, and then saw it at the top of a tree behind where we go to Tots Play. 105 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 31/01/2022 Woodford Bridge Country Club Opened the curtains and saw the creeper on a nearby tree. Shame I couldn't tick the peacocks! 106 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 Our street 107 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 12/01/2022 Cutting through to the Business park on the way to Wern Ddu 108 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/04/2022 Forest Ganol 109 Redwing Turdus iliacus 08/03/2022 Weston-Super-Mare Actually the first of the winter in the new year. 2 on the way back to the car from the Pendulines. 110 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 Our street 111 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 27/02/2022 Goldcliff 112 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2022 Our street 113 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 03/05/2022 Surprise View, Lake District Male singing and then seen from carpark and view area. 114 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 02/05/2022 Graig Road 115 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 12/02/2022 Margam Crematorium Pair as I was passing through the hedge. 116 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 26/12/2022 Colyford Common Great views in the sun. Last lifer of the year no doubt! 117 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 20/12/2022 RSPB Gwenffrwdd Dinas Volunteer day with Jon 118 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2022 Our street 119 Dunnock Prunella modularis 05/01/2022 Caerphilly Mtn 120 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 22/01/2022 Margam Park 121 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2022 Caerphilly, The Twyn. 122 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 08/03/2022 Weston Airfield 123 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/05/2022 Rudry Common 124 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 11/11/2022 Mumbles 125 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 12/01/2022 Coed Parc-Y-Van 126 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 03/04/2022 Forest Ganol 127 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 22/01/2022 Margam Park 128 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 23/01/2022 Nant Y Calch Farm Calling from top of tree looking up the filed towards the mountain. 129 Linnet Linaria cannabina 15/04/2022 RSPB Aylesbeare 130 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 03/05/2022 Rudry Common Result these! New for me up here 131 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 23/01/2022 Wern Ddu Heard and then saw at least a male and female on a conifer along the path up to the ponds. May have been more, but don't think it's many at the moment up there. 132 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2022 Our street 133 Siskin Spinus spinus 12/01/2022 Wern Ddu 134 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/03/2022 Weston Airfield