Stuart Darbyshire: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, #LocalPatch Record(s) 1 to 180 of 180 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/02/2022 Crossens Pale-bellied 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Inc Todd’s on Banks Marsh 9 Jan, and 2nd Todd's 4 Mar 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 05/01/2022 Banks Marsh bird from early Dec 2021, re-appeared after a few weeks absence 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 09/02/2022 Crossens Outer - last year's bird 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 20/04/2022 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 4 Russians 14 Jan, Banks 10 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 04/02/2022 Crossens 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2022 Banks Marsh & Boundary Lane 7 - 5ad and 2juv 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 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 09/10/2022 Marshside SF - adult drake 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 29/05/2022 Marshside Adult drake - SF 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 35 Swift Apus apus 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia feral 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Crane Grus grus 19/09/2022 Banks Marsh Adult 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 18/04/2022 Marshside RSPB 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/04/2022 61 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 62 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/04/2022 Marshside 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 64 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 29/10/2022 Marshside 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 68 Knot Calidris canutus 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 70 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 27/04/2022 Marshside Cracker! 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 72 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 09/10/2022 Marshside juvenile 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 76 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 77 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 15/05/2022 78 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 79 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/04/2022 Martin Mere 2 - ad & 3cy SF 80 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 81 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 82 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 83 Common Gull Larus canus 84 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 85 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 86 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 87 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 07/09/2022 Banks Marsh (over sea) Distant dark morph harassing Sandwich Terns at the mouth of the Ribble estuary 88 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 89 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 90 Gannet Morus bassanus 91 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 92 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2022 Southport Marine Lake 1st winter, only stayed one day - SF 93 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 22/05/2022 HOM Adult roosting on east early morning 94 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 95 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 96 Great White Egret Ardea alba 97 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 98 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 21/09/2022 Martine Mere juv 99 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 12/08/2022 over garden (2nd record) 100 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 101 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 102 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 103 Red Kite Milvus milvus HOM 2nd site record 104 Buzzard Buteo buteo 105 Barn Owl Tyto alba 106 Little Owl Athene noctua Gravel Lane - pair 107 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 108 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 109 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 110 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 111 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 112 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 06/09/2022 Longton Marsh Juvenile - SF 113 Merlin Falco columbarius 114 Hobby Falco subbuteo 10/08/2022 HOM 115 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 116 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 09/10/2022 Marshside 117 Jay Garrulus glandarius 118 Magpie Pica pica 119 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 120 Rook Corvus frugilegus 26/02/2022 121 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 122 Raven Corvus corax 123 Coal Tit Periparus ater 124 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 125 Great Tit Parus major 126 Skylark Alauda arvensis 127 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 128 Swallow Hirundo rustica 129 House Martin Delichon urbicum 130 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 131 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 132 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 133 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Inc Tristis bird on Hesketh Golf Course 16 Jan 134 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 135 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 136 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 137 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Male 138 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 139 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 140 Whitethroat Curruca communis 141 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 142 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 143 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 144 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 145 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 146 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 147 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 148 Redwing Turdus iliacus 149 Blackbird Turdus merula 150 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 151 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 10/04/2022 Hesketh Golf Course Male 152 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/05/2022 Sandworks, Marshside At least 3 153 Robin Erithacus rubecula 154 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27/04/2022 Hesketh Golf Course Male 155 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 156 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 157 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/03/2022 158 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 159 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 160 Dunnock Prunella modularis 161 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Includes SF male Blue-headed at HOM 7 May 162 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 163 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 164 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 165 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 166 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 26/01/2022 Crossens Outer Marsh 167 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 168 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 169 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 170 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 171 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 172 Twite Linaria flavirostris 173 Linnet Linaria cannabina 174 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 175 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 176 Siskin Spinus spinus 177 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 178 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 179 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 180 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus