Peter Jessop: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 252 of 252 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 11/01/2022 Titchwell 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 17/02/2022 Cley Good Views 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2022 WCPS 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2022 WCPS 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11/01/2022 Norfolk 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/01/2022 Holkham Freshmarsh 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2022 WCPS 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 25/11/2022 Misson Good views 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 03/01/2022 R/W,Lyndon 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2022 WCPN 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16/03/2022 Swithland Res North x3 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/03/2022 Groby Pool x7 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2022 WCPN 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2022 WCPN 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28/02/2022 Frampton Marsh Drake 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2022 WCPS 19 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 20 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2022 WCPS 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 01/01/2022 WCPS M+F 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2022 WCPS 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 10/01/2022 Langford Lowfields Juv 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2022 WCPS 25 Scaup Aythya marila 03/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/05/2022 Titchwell M + 2XF 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 14/12/2022 Ferny Point, Lothian, Scotland x2 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14/12/2022 Ferny Point, Lothian, Scotland 29 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 14/12/2022 Ferny Point, Lothian, Scotland Finally a sighting in afternoon 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/03/2022 Holkham x30 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28/02/2022 Frampton Marsh Female 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2022 WCPN - John Merrick's Lake x7 -1 Drake + 6 Ducks 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 11/01/2022 Titchwell 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 15/03/2022 Shrines Moor 10+ 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/03/2022 Holkham x2 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 09/06/2022 Dersingham Bog Churring continuously 41 Swift Apus apus 08/05/2022 Swithland Res 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 03/05/2022 Snettisham 2 Heard + on wires/Perched in tree 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 03/01/2022 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2022 Leics 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2022 Garden 46 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 17/05/2022 x4 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2022 Garden 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 10/01/2022 Langford Lowfields 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2022 WCPS 50 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2022 WCPS 51 Crane Grus grus 01/03/2022 Eldernell x7 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2022 R/W-Dam 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11/01/2022 Titchwell 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2022 WCPN 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/03/2022 Eyebrook Res 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 19/04/2022 Frampton Marsh 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 11/01/2022 Hunstanton 58 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 12/07/2022 Potteric Carr 6 [2Adult + 4 Young] 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 11/01/2022 Cley 61 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 11/01/2022 Titchwell 62 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 03/05/2022 Thornham Area x5 Distant 63 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 11/01/2022 Titchwell 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 12/04/2022 Titchwell 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2022 WCPS 66 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 10/03/2022 Frampton Marsh In Vegetation - ok views 67 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 12/04/2022 Cley 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 12/04/2022 Cley 69 Curlew Numenius arquata 11/01/2022 Titchwell/Cley 70 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 11/01/2022 Titchwell 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 11/01/2022 Lady Ann's Drive 72 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 02/10/2022 Hayle Estuary from Causeway Close View 73 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 08/10/2022 ISBG Hide, Lower Moors 74 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 09/06/2022 Dersingham Bog 75 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2022 Lancs 76 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 20/11/2022 Kelling Water Meadows 77 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 07/09/2022 Kilnsea Beacon Ponds 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/04/2022 Swithland Resevoir In flight + outflow 79 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 09/06/2022 Titchwell Excellent views. Summer Plumage. 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 27/02/2022 Wanlip North 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 23/04/2022 Wanlip Meadows 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 11/01/2022 Titchwell 83 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 24/05/2022 Old Moor RSPB Good Views - Showed Well 84 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 08/02/2022 Frampton Marsh x2 85 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 11/04/2022 R/W x5 Lag 4 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 11/01/2022 Hunstanton 87 Knot Calidris canutus 19/04/2022 Frampton Marsh 88 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/01/2022 Lady Ann's Drive 89 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 26/07/2022 Alkborough Flats Finally Good View 90 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 19/04/2022 Frampton Marsh 91 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 18/08/2022 Iron Road, Salthouse Good Views 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 11/01/2022 Titchwell 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res c20 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 18/01/2022 Frampton Marsh x2+ 95 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 04/08/2022 Eyebrook Res With 4x Dunlin +Snipe 96 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 25/08/2022 Eyebrook Res Inflow End 97 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 31/05/2022 Gibraltar Point 3+ though distant 98 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 03/06/2022 R/W 99 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 24/04/2022 WCPN 100 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 101 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 17/05/2022 Titchwell 102 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 14/04/2022 Swithland Res 103 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 07/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs 104 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 WCPS 105 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 11/04/2022 R/W + Titchwell Lag 4 + Dawkes Hide 106 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2022 Leics 107 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans WCPS 1W 108 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 07/08/2022 Grafham Water Good Close Views 109 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 03/01/2022 R/W 110 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 17/05/2022 Snettisham Beach 111 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2022 WCPS 112 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 25/03/2022 Frankley Resevoir 1W Spring 113 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2022 WCPN 114 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 25/03/2022 Edgbaston Resevoir 115 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 31/08/2022 Cley 15+ 116 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 03/10/2022 Scillonian x3 117 Puffin Fratercula arctica 07/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs x2 118 Razorbill Alca torda 119 Little Auk Alle alle 04/11/2022 Cley x1 120 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs 121 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 11/01/2022 Cley 122 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 30/09/2022 Wells behind lifeboat station 123 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2022 R/W,Dam x2 124 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 07/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs On Cliff 125 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 31/08/2022 Cley 11:12am 126 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/01/2022 Hunstanton 127 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 03/10/2022 Scillonian x100 - several large flocks + on sea 128 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 03/10/2022 Scillonian 10+ 129 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 03/10/2022 Scillonian 50+ 130 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 03/10/2022 Scillonian 131 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 03/10/2022 Scillonian Several 132 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs 133 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2022 WCPS 134 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/10/2022 Penzance Harbour 135 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 08/09/2022 Eyebrook Resevoir Showed well on ground and in flight 136 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 28/02/2022 Frampton Marsh 137 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/06/2022 Cossington Meadows 138 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 139 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11/01/2022 Wells 140 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 141 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2022 WCPN 142 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/03/2022 R/W 143 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 24/05/2022 Welbeck View Point Distant but long view with just one wing clap 144 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 17/01/2022 Leics 145 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 22/02/2022 Cockley Cley 146 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 11/01/2022 Titchwell 147 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 17/02/2022 Stiffkey Male + 2+ Ringtails 148 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 14/09/2022 Lady Ann's Drive, Holkham Flew low over Lady Ann's Drive and continued flying low over Holkham Freshmarsh. 149 Red Kite Milvus milvus 03/01/2022 Leics 150 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2022 A47 Leics 151 Barn Owl Tyto alba 18/01/2022 Lincs 152 Little Owl Athene noctua 21/01/2022 Deeping Lakes 153 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 21/01/2022 Deeping Lakes x1 154 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 13/03/2022 155 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 17/04/2022 WCPB Flight View 156 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 04/01/2022 Roach Bridge, Lancs Good close views on bank, in tree, on post, in flight on River Darwen. Mobile over a small area of river. 157 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 23/06/2022 Trimingham - RSVP Viewpoint 5 on wires - showing very well 158 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 06/10/2022 Tresco showed very well 159 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2022 WCPN 160 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2022 WCPN 161 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2022 WCPN 162 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 28/05/2022 Worth RSPB On Wires 163 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 28/05/2022 Worth RSPB Excellent views in flight + perched. 164 Merlin Falco columbarius 08/02/2022 Frampton Marsh 165 Hobby Falco subbuteo 10/05/2022 Rutland Water over Lag 3 166 Peregrine Falco peregrinus ********** ********** 167 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 17/01/2022 Leics x6 168 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 15/10/2022 Pendeen near Coastguard Cottages 169 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 07/06/2022 Titchwell Tank Road 170 Jay Garrulus glandarius 13/01/2022 WCPN 171 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 Garden 172 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 15/10/2022 Pendeen 173 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2022 Garden 174 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2022 Leics 175 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2022 WCPS 176 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 02/08/2022 Warham Greens Pig Field NE of Barn 177 Raven Corvus corax 08/05/2022 Swithland Res 178 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 11/01/2022 Cley 179 Coal Tit Periparus ater 16/01/2022 Garden 180 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/01/2022 Rufford Country Park 181 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2022 Leics 182 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2022 Garden 183 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 12/04/2022 Cley 184 Woodlark Lullula arborea 22/02/2022 Cockley Cley 185 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2022 Eyebrook Res 186 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 08/03/2022 Holkham 187 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 08/03/2022 West Runton South of A149 188 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2022 Eyebrook Res Double figure flock 189 Swallow Hirundo rustica 30/03/2022 Eyebrook Res 190 House Martin Delichon urbicum 11/04/2022 Eyebrook Res 191 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 11/01/2022 Titchwell 192 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2022 Roach Bridge area 193 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 06/10/2022 Carrag Dhu Gardens x2 194 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 09/10/2022 Old Town Churchyard Showed Well 195 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 196 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 11/01/2022 Titchwell 197 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/05/2022 Ken Hill Marshes Singing Regularly + seen in flight + in reeds 198 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 12/04/2022 Titchwell 199 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 200 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 16/01/2022 Garden Male 201 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10/05/2022 Rutland Water - Summer Trail 202 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 13/10/2022 Standing Stones Field, St Marys, IOS Very Good Views 203 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2022 Cossington Meadows 204 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 06/10/2022 Carrag Dhu Gardens,IOS X2 Showed Well 205 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2022 Roach Bridge area,Lancs 206 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2022 WCPN 207 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 10/01/2022 Rufford Country Park 208 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2022 Roach Bridge Area,Lancs 209 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 Garden 210 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 06/10/2022 Tresco IOS Showed well. Good Close Views 211 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 13/01/2022 WCPN 212 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 10/01/2022 Rufford Country Park 213 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/01/2022 Lancs 214 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 Garden 215 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 10/01/2022 Langford Lowfields 216 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/04/2022 Beacon Hill Male 217 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 14/05/2022 Cossington Meadows Showed Well 218 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2022 WCPN 219 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 18/08/2022 Salthouse, Gramborough Hill 220 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 10/10/2022 Porth Minnick On Rocks showed well 221 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 07/09/2022 Kilnsea Near Church 222 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 22/08/2022 Kinchley Lane, Swithland Res 223 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 18/01/2022 Frampton Marsh 224 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 12/04/2022 Titchwell 225 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 15/03/2022 Leadmill Bridge 226 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 227 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2022 Garden 228 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2022 Garden 229 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 04/08/2022 Eyebrook Res Several on west side 230 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 07/09/2022 Kilnsea Behind closed hotel 231 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2022 Brookside,Syston 232 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 10/01/2022 LangfordLowfields 233 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 11/01/2022 Titchwell 234 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 09/06/2022 Dersingham Bog 235 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 10/10/2022 Carn Friars, St Marys, IOS In field. Viewing somewhat difficult but ok views in end + thanks to DF for good scope view whilst bird preening. 236 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 01/03/2022 Welney 1+ 237 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/10/2022 Penzance Harbour 238 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2022 R/W-Lyndon 239 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 22/02/2022 Lynford Arboretum 240 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 22/02/2022 Lynford Arboretum 241 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 11/02/2022 WCPN x3 242 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 03/10/2022 St Mary's, IOS - above allotments on track above Porthcressa 243 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 10/01/2022 Rufford Country Park 244 Twite Linaria flavirostris 20/11/2022 Norfolk 245 Linnet Linaria cannabina 11/01/2022 Titchwell 246 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 07/01/2022 WCPN X2 247 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2022 Garden 248 Siskin Spinus spinus 22/02/2022 Lynford Arboretum 249 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 11/01/2022 Cley 20+ 250 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/02/2022 Lynford Arberetum 251 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 10/01/2022 LangfordLowfields 252 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 13/10/2022 Popplestone Fields, Bryer, IOS WHAT A BIRD Good views in canopy. Well done to finder: John Judge