Nigel Sluman: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 238 of 238 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 16/04/2022 Blakeney, Norfolk LIFER. Superb adult with Brent Geese (not the one in the pen!) 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2022 CWP 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2022 CWP 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2022 CWP 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/03/2022 Rodley, Gloucestershire 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15/01/2022 Deeping High Bank, Lincolnshire 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 06/01/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 06/01/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13/01/2022 Calne, Wiltshire 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 21/01/2022 RSPB Greylake, Somerset Lifer. Showed distantly and often behind vegetation but still saw it! 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22/03/2022 CWP200 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 16/04/2022 Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire 2nd record and my first female 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2022 CWP 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2022 CWP 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2022 CWP 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 10/11/2022 Meare Heath, Somerset LIFER. Second attempt but a great looking drake gave good views eventually 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2022 CWP 21 Pintail Anas acuta 06/01/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 22 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2022 CWP 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 31/01/2022 RSPB Middleton Lakes, Staffordshire drake on North Pool 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 01/01/2022 CWP 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2022 CWP 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 01/08/2022 Draycote Water, Warwickshire my 2nd UK bird 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 11/02/2022 Lifford Reservoir, West Midlands female 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2022 CWP 29 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2022 CWP 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 18/07/2022 Walney, Cumbria 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 06/01/2022 Barrow Tanks, Somerset 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2022 CWP 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/02/2022 Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Northamptonshire 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2022 CWP 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 26/09/2022 Snake Pass, Derbyshire lifer, found 6 together & 2 on the footpath 39 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 18/10/2022 World's End, Denbighshire lifer, at least 15 males showing well! 40 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 18/01/2022 Farhill Farm, Gloucestershire 41 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2022 CWP 42 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 13/01/2022 Marshfield, Gloucestershire 43 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 28/05/2022 Greenham Common, Berkshire 44 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/04/2022 CWP43 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2022 CWP feral pigeon 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2022 CWP 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2022 CWP 49 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 18/07/2022 Epney, Gloucestershire 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2022 Bourton-on-the-Water 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2022 CWP 52 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 23/08/2022 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset a juvenile and my 2nd UK bird 53 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2022 CWP 54 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2022 CWP 55 Crane Grus grus 14/03/2022 Tadpole Nature Reserve, Wiltshire 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2022 CWP 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 31/01/2022 Carsington Waters, Derbyshire 58 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2022 CWP 59 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/12/2022 Aqualate Mere, Staffordshire 60 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 06/01/2022 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 61 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 30/07/2022 RSPB Winterbourne Down, Wiltshire 62 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 05/09/2022 Cleeve Hill Common, Gloucestershire adult & juv showed very well, my 2nd UK birds 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 22/03/2022 CWP200 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2022 CWP 70 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 25/02/2022 Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset German-ringed wintering bird, UK tick 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/04/2022 CWP200 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 06/01/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 06/01/2022 Somerford Common, Wiltshire 77 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2022 CWP 78 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 13/10/2022 Goldcliff Lagoons, Gwent one feeding on Prior's Lagoon 79 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 26/08/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset Juvenile on Herriotts Pool, only my second UK bird 80 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/01/2022 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 81 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2022 CWP 82 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/07/2022 RSPB Middleton Lakes, West Midlands 83 Redshank Tringa totanus 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 84 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 30/07/2022 Sidlesham Ferry, West Sussex 85 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 28/01/2022 Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 87 Knot Calidris canutus 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 88 Ruff Calidris pugnax 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 89 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30/07/2022 RSPB Medmerry, West Sussex 90 Sanderling Calidris alba 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 91 Dunlin Calidris alpina 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 92 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/03/2022 Portishead, Somerset 93 Little Stint Calidris minuta 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 94 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 05/05/2022 Pilning Wetlands, Gloucestershire my 4th UK record 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 30/07/2022 Church Norton, West Sussex 96 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 19/07/2022 Epney, Gloucestershire LIFER. Great views from The Anchor Inn, 2nd summer bird 97 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 07/09/2022 Frampton-on-Severn. Gloucestershire 98 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 16/04/2022 Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire 99 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/04/2022 Cley, Norfolk 100 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/03/2022 Cheddar Reservoir, Somerset 101 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 17/02/2022 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire 102 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 CWP 103 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/03/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 104 Common Gull Larus canus 06/01/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 105 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 07/03/2022 Blashford Lakes, Hampshire one of my bogey birds finally seen! A lovely adult on Ibsley Lake. Managed a second bird a week later at CVL 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/02/2022 Lilbourne, Northamptonshire 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2022 CWP 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 10/02/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 15/01/2022 Holkham Gap, Norfolk 110 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 14/03/2022 Frankley Reservoir, West Midlands Juvenile on central wall of reservoir 111 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2022 CWP 112 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 21/02/2022 Chasewater, Staffordshire 2 (adult & juvenile) in roost 113 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 17/08/2022 Pendeen, Cornwall 114 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 07/04/2022 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire 115 Puffin Fratercula arctica 01/06/2022 Dancing Ledge 116 Razorbill Alca torda 21/04/2022 Mullion, Cornwall 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 20/04/2022 Mullion, Cornwall 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 09/10/2022 Flamborough, East Yorkshire 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2022 CWP 121 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 15/08/2022 St Ives, Cornwall 122 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/04/2022 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire 123 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 19/08/2022 St Ives, Cornwall 2 west past the Island 124 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 20/04/2022 Lizard, Cornwall 125 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 15/08/2022 St Ives, Cornwall 126 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/04/2022 Severn Beach, Gloucestershire 127 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2022 CWP 128 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 20/04/2022 Mullion, Cornwall 129 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 18/01/2022 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 130 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 07/03/2022 Keyhaven Marshes, Hampshire 131 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 16/04/2022 Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire 132 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2022 CWP 133 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/07/2022 RSPB Pagham Harbour, West Sussex UK tick, showed well behind Halsey's Farm 134 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 24/03/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 135 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2022 CWP 136 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2022 CWP 137 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 10/06/2022 Rutland Water, Leicestershire 138 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 139 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 01/03/2022 New Fancy View, Gloucestershire 140 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/01/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 141 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 142 Red Kite Milvus milvus 03/01/2022 Bourton-on-the-Water 143 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2022 CWP 144 Barn Owl Tyto alba 28/05/2022 Greenham Common, Berkshire 145 Little Owl Athene noctua 19/05/2022 Marshfield, Gloucestershire 146 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 15/01/2022 Deeping Lake, Lincolnshire lifer 147 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2022 CWP 148 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2022 CWP 149 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2022 Swindon, Wiltshire 150 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2022 CWP 151 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2022 Bourton-on-the-Water 152 Merlin Falco columbarius 16/04/2022 Cley, Norfolk 153 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/04/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 154 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 15/01/2022 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 155 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 14/02/2022 Twickenham, London 156 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2022 CWP 157 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 CWP 158 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 20/04/2022 Gunwalloe, Cornwall 159 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2022 CWP 160 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2022 CWP 161 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2022 CWP 162 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 18/07/2022 Walney, Cumbria my second UK bird 163 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2022 CWP 164 Coal Tit Periparus ater 06/01/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 165 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 14/06/2022 Barnsley Warren, Gloucestershire 166 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2022 CWP 167 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2022 CWP 168 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 06/01/2022 Weston Airfield, Somerset 2 of the 3 wintering flock 169 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 06/01/2022 Weston Airfield, Somerset 170 Woodlark Lullula arborea 14/02/2022 Wishmoor Bottom, Berkshire 171 Skylark Alauda arvensis 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 172 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 173 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/04/2022 CWP74, Wiltshire 174 Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/04/2022 CWP74, Wiltshire 175 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 176 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2022 CWP 177 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2022 CWP 178 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 04/05/2022 Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire 179 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 07/10/2022 Flamborough, East Yorkshire 2 at South Landing 180 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 16/04/2022 Stiffkey, Norfolk my 3rd UK bird 181 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 11/04/2022 CWP43 182 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2022 CWP 183 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/04/2022 CWP43 184 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 23/04/2022 CWP82 185 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 14/04/2022 Blakehill Farm Nature Reserve, Wiltshire 186 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 14/01/2022 Swindon, Wiltshire 187 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/04/2022 CWP43 188 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 08/10/2022 Spurn, East Yorkshire my 4th UK bird 189 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/04/2022 Stiffkey, Norfolk 190 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2022 CWP43 191 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 02/02/2022 Storton GPs, Northamptonshire 192 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 20/01/2022 Clifton, Somerset 193 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 03/01/2022 Bourton-on-the-Water 194 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2022 CWP 195 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/01/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 196 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 13/01/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 197 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 CWP 198 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2022 CWP 199 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 24/03/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 200 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2022 CWP 201 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 CWP 202 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2022 CWP 203 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 04/04/2022 Liddington Hill, Wiltshire 204 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/06/2022 Nagshead RSPB, Gloucestershire 205 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2022 CWP 206 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 23/04/2022 CWP43 207 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 04/05/2022 Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire 208 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 19/01/2022 Gloucester, Gloucestershire 209 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 04/05/2022 Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire 210 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 11/05/2022 Blakehill Farm Nature Reserve, Wiltshire 211 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2022 Marshfield, Gloucestershire 212 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 14/04/2022 Blakehill Farm Nature Reserve, Wiltshire 213 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 23/03/2022 Stroud, Gloucestershire 214 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 07/10/2022 Flamborough, East Yorkshire 215 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2022 Swindon, Wiltshire 216 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2022 CWP 217 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 16/04/2022 Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire 218 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 06/01/2022 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 219 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 06/01/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 220 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2022 CWP 221 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/11/2022 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 222 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 223 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2022 CWP 224 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 13/01/2022 Marshfield, Gloucestershire 225 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 25/01/2022 Savernake Forest, Wiltshire 226 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2022 CWP 227 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 21/04/2022 Mullion, Cornwall 228 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2022 CWP 229 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 07/03/2022 Blashford Lakes, Hampshire 230 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 14/02/2022 Wishmoor Bottom, Berkshire 231 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2022 CWP 232 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2022 CWP 233 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 07/10/2022 Flamborough, East Yorkshire One flew south over the head, my second UK bird 234 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 15/01/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 235 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 13/01/2022 Marshfield, Gloucestershire 236 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/01/2022 Marshfield, Gloucestershire 237 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 13/09/2022 Labrador Bay, Devon 238 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2022 CWP