James Johnstone: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 277 of 277 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 08/01/2022 Maidens dark bellied Frampton marsh also 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 01/05/2022 Blakeney saltmarsh 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2022 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/01/2022 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 25/01/2022 Buchley clyde 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2022 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 01/01/2022 Slammannan 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2022 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 23/01/2022 Tealham moss 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/01/2022 West freugh Greenland 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2022 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 03/01/2022 Glasson 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2022 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 30/04/2022 Salthouse 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2022 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 03/03/2022 Balloch 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 13/03/2022 Swine moor 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 04/03/2022 Capringstone pool ayrshire 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 06/01/2022 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/01/2022 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2022 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/01/2022 Crook of baldoon 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2022 24 Pintail Anas acuta 19/01/2022 25 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2022 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 07/11/2022 Lochwinnoch rspb 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 15/01/2022 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 01/01/2022 Martenham loch 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2022 30 Scaup Aythya marila 22/01/2022 Loch ryan 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 01/01/2022 Auchencross loch 32 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/03/2022 Mussleburgh 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 08/01/2022 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 16/01/2022 Musselburgh 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 16/01/2022 36 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 16/01/2022 Fisherrow hrb 37 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 11/12/2022 Gullane 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 16/01/2022 39 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 05/03/2022 Cocklawburn beach 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 16/01/2022 41 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2022 42 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2022 Hogganfield loch 43 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2022 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/01/2022 45 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 22/01/2022 Loch braden 46 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 19/03/2022 Glenshee ski centre 47 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 27/02/2022 Loch braden 48 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/01/2022 Skinflats 49 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2022 50 Quail Coturnix coturnix 19/06/2022 51 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 10/02/2022 52 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 27/05/2022 Wykeham forest 53 Swift Apus apus 15/05/2022 54 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 30/04/2022 Minsmere 55 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 08/01/2022 56 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13/01/2022 57 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2022 58 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 09/07/2022 Snettisham 59 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2022 60 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 23/01/2022 61 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2022 62 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2022 63 Crane Grus grus 30/04/2022 Hickling broad 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2022 65 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 25/09/2022 Loch feorlin 66 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11/02/2022 Widdrington lake 67 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 06/01/2022 68 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 11/02/2022 Widdrington lake 69 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/01/2022 Martenham loch 70 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 30/04/2022 Minsmere 71 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2022 72 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/04/2022 Hickling broad Also one at lochwinnoch rspb on 19/5 Scottish tick 73 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 13/03/2022 Frampton marsh rspb 74 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/01/2022 75 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 06/01/2022 76 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 27/08/2022 Longhoughton steel 77 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 07/01/2022 78 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 03/04/2022 Ayrshire 79 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2022 80 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 13/03/2022 Frampton marsh rspb 81 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 26/08/2022 Redcar beach 82 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 23/01/2022 Burnham on sea 83 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 27/04/2022 Saltcoats hrb 84 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2022 85 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 15/01/2022 86 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/01/2022 87 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/01/2022 Seamill pools 88 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 05/01/2022 89 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2022 90 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 10/11/2022 Stevenston point 91 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 15/05/2022 Grindon lough 92 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/04/2022 93 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 11/02/2022 Bothal pond 94 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/05/2022 Wastelands road farm pool 95 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2022 96 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 04/06/2022 Frankfield loch 97 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 11/02/2022 Bothal pond 98 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 09/01/2022 99 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2022 100 Knot Calidris canutus 02/01/2022 101 Ruff Calidris pugnax 13/03/2022 Frampton marsh rspb 102 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 27/08/2022 Boulmer 103 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 07/05/2022 Letham pools 104 Sanderling Calidris alba 07/01/2022 105 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2022 106 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/01/2022 107 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 27/09/2022 Meikle loch 108 Little Stint Calidris minuta 13/03/2022 Frampton marsh rspb 109 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 09/07/2022 Snettisham rspb 110 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 07/09/2022 Frankfield loch 111 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 15/05/2022 Long nanny 112 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 24/10/2022 Forfar loch 113 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 15/05/2022 Long nanny American 114 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 02/05/2022 Saltcoats hrb 115 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 30/04/2022 Minsmere 116 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 15/05/2022 Long nanny 117 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 03/04/2022 Stevenstone pt 118 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 09/04/2022 Strathclyde loch 119 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 08/01/2022 120 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 121 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 11/01/2022 Loans floods 122 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2022 123 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 01/01/2022 Strathclyde loch 124 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 09/07/2022 Cromer 125 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2022 126 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 03/01/2022 Darwen services 127 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2022 128 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 12/02/2022 Budle bay 129 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2022 130 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 11/02/2022 North shields 131 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 17/09/2022 Noses point seaham 132 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 05/05/2022 Saltcoats hrb 133 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 05/05/2022 Saltcoats hrb 134 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 11/05/2022 Saltcoats hrb 135 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/04/2022 Saltcoats hrb 136 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 15/02/2022 Saltcoats hrb 137 Razorbill Alca torda 12/01/2022 138 Little Auk Alle alle 12/01/2022 Troon hrb ayrshire 139 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 09/01/2022 140 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2022 141 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 04/03/2022 Lendellfoot 142 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 12/01/2022 143 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 12/02/2022 Stag rocks 144 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 01/05/2022 Bempton cliffs 145 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 08/01/2022 146 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 29/07/2022 Kinghorn 147 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 17/09/2022 Noses point seaham 148 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 17/09/2022 Noses point seaham 149 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 27/04/2022 Saltcoats hrb 150 Gannet Morus bassanus 04/03/2022 Lendellfoot 151 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2022 152 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/01/2022 153 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 23/01/2022 Sharpham 154 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 30/04/2022 Holkham marsh 155 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 30/04/2022 Minsmere 156 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2022 157 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 23/01/2022 Sharpham Also 11 on 21st oct Girvan. First birds in ayrshire 158 Great White Egret Ardea alba 22/01/2022 Crook of baldoon 159 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2022 160 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/04/2022 Clyde area 161 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 28/05/2022 Wykeham forest 162 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 09/10/2022 Loch eck 163 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2022 164 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 28/02/2022 Perthshire 165 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 10/02/2022 166 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 13/01/2022 Bogside 167 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 02/10/2022 St medans whithorn 168 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/01/2022 169 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2022 170 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10/02/2022 171 Little Owl Athene noctua 30/04/2022 Westleton heath 172 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 31/03/2022 Near glendoick 173 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 04/01/2022 Bogside flats 174 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 11/02/2022 175 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/02/2022 River annick 176 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 03/01/2022 River darwen 177 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 09/07/2022 Trimmingham 178 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 11/09/2022 Holy island 179 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 12/01/2022 180 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 30/04/2022 Westleton heath 181 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2022 182 Merlin Falco columbarius 11/02/2022 Widdrington 183 Hobby Falco subbuteo 30/04/2022 Minsmere 184 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 16/01/2022 185 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 12/01/2022 Kay park ayrshire 186 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 13/03/2022 Cropton forest 187 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 07/07/2022 Bempton 188 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/01/2022 189 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 190 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2022 191 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2022 192 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2022 193 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 18/04/2022 Glen coe 194 Raven Corvus corax 08/01/2022 195 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 20/03/2022 Nethy bridge 196 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2022 197 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 20/03/2022 Abernathy forest 198 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 27/02/2022 Bogton loch 199 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 03/01/2022 200 Great Tit Parus major 05/01/2022 201 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 30/04/2022 Minsmere 202 Woodlark Lullula arborea 30/04/2022 Westleton heath 203 Skylark Alauda arvensis 15/01/2022 204 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 15/01/2022 Holy island 205 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 12/04/2022 206 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2022 207 House Martin Delichon urbicum 30/04/2022 208 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 23/01/2022 209 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 11/01/2022 210 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/04/2022 Wood of cree 211 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 19/02/2022 Eastbourne 212 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 22/10/2022 Newbiggin 213 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2022 214 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 19/02/2022 215 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/04/2022 Ardeer 216 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 30/04/2022 217 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2022 Ardeer fen 218 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/02/2022 219 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2022 Toddhill community wood 220 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 22/10/2022 Holy island 221 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 20/04/2022 Ardeer 222 Whitethroat Curruca communis 28/04/2022 Shewalton swt 223 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 30/04/2022 224 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2022 225 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2022 226 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2022 227 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2022 228 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 229 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/01/2022 230 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 04/01/2022 231 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2022 232 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 233 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2022 234 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 23/01/2022 Bream down 235 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 11/12/2022 Haddington 236 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 19/02/2022 Eastbourne 237 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 23/05/2022 Glen afton 238 Robin Erithacus rubecula 04/01/2022 239 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 30/04/2022 240 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 09/09/2022 Barns ness 241 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 23/04/2022 Wood of cree 242 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 10/02/2022 Bowlees 243 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 23/01/2022 Brean 244 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 23/04/2022 Wĺood of cree 245 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 19/05/2022 Loch doon 246 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2022 247 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2022 Loch doon 248 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 15/02/2022 249 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 15/01/2022 250 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2022 251 Dunnock Prunella modularis 05/01/2022 252 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/05/2022 Skateraw Also blue headed 253 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/02/2022 254 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2022 Also white wagtail 17/4 255 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2022 256 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 20/04/2022 Pow burn 257 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 13/11/2022 258 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 02/01/2022 259 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 04/01/2022 260 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 16/01/2022 Reston 261 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 25/01/2022 Homehill dunblane 262 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/01/2022 263 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 11/09/2022 Holy island 264 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 07/01/2022 265 Twite Linaria flavirostris 11/02/2022 Cresswell 266 Linnet Linaria cannabina 15/01/2022 267 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 12/01/2022 268 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 19/03/2022 Linn o dee 269 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 19/02/2022 270 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2022 271 Siskin Spinus spinus 12/01/2022 272 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 05/03/2022 Holy island 273 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 21/10/2022 Balkenna 274 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 13/03/2022 Fordon yorkshire 275 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 15/01/2022 276 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 19/02/2022 Poundgate 277 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/01/2022