Gary James: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 253 of 253 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 08/02/2022 Cley, Norfolk 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 08/02/2022 Cley, Norfolk World first 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 27/01/2022 Carsington Water, Derbys. 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 14/03/2022 Trusscross, North Yorks 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 16/01/2022 Buckton, East Yorks 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 07/02/2022 Welney WWT, Norfolk 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 08/02/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 07/02/2022 Welney WWT, Norfolk 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12/01/2022 Branton, South Yorks 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12/01/2022 Misson, Notts 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12/01/2022 Misson, Notts 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 05/01/2022 Sheffield area 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 01/03/2022 Swinemoor, East Yorks 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12/04/2022 Wombwell Ings NR, South Yorks 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20/01/2022 Idle Valley NR, Notts 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 23 Pintail Anas acuta 12/01/2022 Misson, Notts 24 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 20/01/2022 Idle Valley NR, Notts 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 07/02/2022 Carburton, Notts 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 29 Scaup Aythya marila 17/01/2022 Hornsea Mere, East Yorks 30 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 30/11/2022 South Gare, Cleveland World first 31 Eider Somateria mollissima 24/01/2022 South Gare, Cleveland 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 24/01/2022 South Gare, Cleveland 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24/01/2022 South Gare, Cleveland 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 17/01/2022 Hornsea Mere, East Yorks 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 20/01/2022 Idle Valley NR, Notts 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 09/02/2022 Titchwell, Norfolk 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 24/01/2022 Scaling Dam, Cleveland 40 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 23/01/2022 Langdon Beck, County Durham 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2022 Adwick washlands 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/01/2022 Wykeham, North Yorks 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 24/05/2022 Sheffield area 45 Swift Apus apus 09/05/2022 From garden 46 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/05/2022 Torver, Cumbria 47 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 48 Stock Dove Columba oenas 05/01/2022 Garden 49 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 50 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 23/05/2022 Snettisham, Norfolk 51 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 52 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 24/01/2022 Scarborough, North Yorks 53 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 15/08/2022 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorks 54 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 55 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 56 Crane Grus grus 08/02/2022 Blakney, Norfolk 57 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 58 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 27/01/2022 Carsington Water, Derbys. 59 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 60 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 17/01/2022 Hornsea Mere, East Yorks 61 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 14/03/2022 St Aidens NR, W. Yorks 62 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 22/05/2022 Weeting Heath, Norfolk 63 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 16/01/2022 Filey 64 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 19/05/2022 Potteric Carr NR, South Yorks Yorkshire first. 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 07/02/2022 Welney WWT, Norfolk 66 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 09/02/2022 Titchwell, Norfolk 67 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 23/01/2022 Greatham Creek, Cleveland 68 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 24/01/2022 South Gare, Cleveland 69 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 24/03/2022 Orgreave Lakes, S Yorks 70 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 71 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 27/08/2022 Redcar, Cleveland World first 72 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 27/08/2022 Redcar, Cleveland 73 Curlew Numenius arquata 23/01/2022 Greatham Creek, Cleveland 74 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 09/02/2022 Titchwell, Norfolk 75 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 12/01/2022 Misson, Notts 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 03/10/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 77 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 24/03/2022 Sheffield area 78 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 79 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 16/01/2022 Filey 80 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 01/09/2022 Spurn, East Yorks 81 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 12/04/2022 Orgreave Lakes, S Yorks 82 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 15/05/2022 Elton reservoir, Greater Manchester WP first 83 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 23/03/2022 Wombwell Ings NR, South Yorks 84 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/04/2022 Wombwell Ings NR, South Yorks 85 Redshank Tringa totanus 12/01/2022 Misson, Notts 86 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 24/05/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 87 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 23/01/2022 Greatham Creek, Cleveland 88 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/04/2022 Ederthorpe Flash, South Yorks 89 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 16/01/2022 Filey 90 Knot Calidris canutus 09/02/2022 Titchwell, Norfolk 91 Ruff Calidris pugnax 12/01/2022 Misson, Notts 92 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 21/07/2022 Alkborough Flats, Lincs 93 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 04/09/2022 Ederthorpe Flash, South Yorks 94 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 10/07/2022 Ederthorpe Flash, South Yorks 95 Sanderling Calidris alba 17/01/2022 Hornsea. East Yorks 96 Dunlin Calidris alpina 12/01/2022 Misson, Notts 97 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 16/01/2022 Filey 98 Little Stint Calidris minuta 17/08/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 99 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 24/07/2022 Ederthorpe Flash, South Yorks 100 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 14/05/2022 Holdbarrow, Cumbria 101 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 26/06/2022 Idle Washlands, Notts 102 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 09/09/2022 Chard reservoir, Somerset 103 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 15/09/2022 Longham lakes, Dorset 104 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/06/2022 Northumberland 105 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/05/2022 iPort lakes, Doncaster 106 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 22/06/2022 Northumberland 107 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/05/2022 Holdbarrow, Cumbria 108 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 23/03/2022 Broomhill Flash, South Yorks 109 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/01/2022 Scarborough, North Yorks 110 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 111 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 24/01/2022 Scarborough, North Yorks 112 Common Gull Larus canus 04/01/2022 From garden 113 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 23/03/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 114 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 115 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 28/07/2022 Ederthorpe Flash, South Yorks 116 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 117 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 118 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 08/02/2022 Cley, Norfolk 119 Puffin Fratercula arctica 08/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks 120 Razorbill Alca torda 08/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks 121 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 23/01/2022 North Gare, Cleveland 122 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 23/01/2022 North Gare, Cleveland 123 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 23/01/2022 North Gare, Cleveland 124 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 16/01/2022 Filey 125 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 08/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks WP first 126 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 11/09/2022 Scillonian crossing British first. 127 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 08/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks 128 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 11/09/2022 Scillonian crossing New year record. 129 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 11/09/2022 Scillonian crossing World first 130 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 11/09/2022 Scillonian crossing 131 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 11/09/2022 Scillonian crossing World first 132 Gannet Morus bassanus 08/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks 133 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 134 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 16/01/2022 Filey 135 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 24/06/2022 Staveley NR, North Yorks 136 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/04/2022 Fairburn Ings, West Yorks 137 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 14/03/2022 St Aidens NR, W. Yorks 138 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 12/01/2022 Misson, Notts 139 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 07/02/2022 Welney WWT, Norfolk 140 Great White Egret Ardea alba 12/01/2022 Misson, Notts 141 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 142 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 28/07/2022 Denaby Ings, S Yorks 143 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 15/05/2022 Foulshaw Moss NR, Cumbria 144 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 27/05/2022 Welbeck watchpoint, Notts 145 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2022 Adwick Washlands, S Yorks 146 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 08/03/2022 Welbeck watchpoint, Notts 147 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/02/2022 St Aidens NR, W. Yorks 148 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 08/02/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 149 Red Kite Milvus milvus 23/01/2022 M1, North Yorks 150 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 151 Barn Owl Tyto alba 09/04/2022 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks 152 Little Owl Athene noctua 14/03/2022 St Aidens NR, W. Yorks 153 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 01/01/2022 Adwick Washlands, S Yorks 154 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 16/01/2022 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks 155 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 11/01/2022 Garden 156 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 20/01/2022 Idle Valley NR, Notts 157 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 01/09/2022 Spurn, East Yorks 158 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 08/03/2022 Sherwood Forest, Notts 159 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 07/01/2022 Garden 160 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 14/03/2022 Bolton Abbey, North Yorks 161 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 10/01/2022 Sheffield area 162 Merlin Falco columbarius 17/01/2022 Wistow, North Yorks 163 Hobby Falco subbuteo 19/05/2022 Thorne Moors, South Yorks 164 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 16/01/2022 Buckton, East Yorks 165 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 28/01/2022 Sheffield 166 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 17/01/2022 Wistow, North Yorks 100 up. 167 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 27/08/2022 South Gare, Cleveland 168 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 07/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks World first 169 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 170 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 171 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 12/09/2022 Lizard point, Cornwall 172 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 173 Rook Corvus frugilegus 12/01/2022 Misson, Notts 174 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 175 Raven Corvus corax 16/04/2022 Sheffield area 176 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 177 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 14/03/2022 Fountains Abbey, North Yorks 178 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 25/01/2022 Fairburn Ings, West Yorks 179 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 180 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 181 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 23/05/2022 Titchwell NR, Norfolk 182 Woodlark Lullula arborea 28/03/2022 Budby Common, Notts 183 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 184 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 09/02/2022 Holkham, Norfolk 185 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/04/2022 Wombwell Ings NR, South Yorks 186 Swallow Hirundo rustica 11/04/2022 Fairburn Ings, West Yorks 187 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/05/2022 Torver, Cumbria 188 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 20/01/2022 Idle Valley NR, Notts 189 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 190 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 08/05/2022 Sheffield area 191 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 25/10/2022 Flamborough, East Yorks 250 up 192 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2022 Orgreave Lakes, S Yorks 193 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/02/2022 St Aidens NR, W. Yorks 194 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 23/05/2022 Snettisham, Norfolk 195 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 21/04/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 196 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 09/05/2022 Thrybergh CP, South Yorks 197 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2022 Sheffield area 198 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 28/02/2022 Garden 199 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 02/05/2022 Garden 200 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/04/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 201 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 202 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 15/09/2022 Ham Common, Dorset 203 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 25/10/2022 Filey 204 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 13/01/2022 Rufford CP, Notts 205 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2022 Garden 206 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2022 Garden 207 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/01/2022 Garden 208 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 209 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/01/2022 Garden 210 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2022 Sheffield area 211 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2022 Adwick Washlands, S Yorks 212 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 213 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2022 Adwick Washlands, S Yorks 214 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/04/2022 Sheffield area 215 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/05/2022 Sheffield area 216 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 217 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 22/05/2022 Castor Hanglands, Cambs 218 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 18/05/2022 Sheffield area 219 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 23/01/2022 Middleton, County Durham 220 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/10/2022 Holme Moss, West Yorks 221 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 18/05/2022 Sheffield area 222 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 29/05/2022 Sheffield area 223 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 16/01/2022 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks 224 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 12/04/2022 Orgreave Lakes, S Yorks 225 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 14/03/2022 Bolton Abbey, North Yorks 226 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 16/01/2022 Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks 227 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2022 Garden 228 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 229 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 09/05/2022 Thrybergh CP, South Yorks 230 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 01/09/2022 Spurn, East Yorks British first. 231 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/02/2022 St Aidens NR, W. Yorks 232 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 233 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 234 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 16/04/2022 Sheffield area 235 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 02/02/2022 St Aidens NR, W. Yorks 236 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 16/01/2022 Filey 237 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 238 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 12/01/2022 Bawtry, South Yorkshire 239 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 20/01/2022 Rufford CP, Notts 240 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 241 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 242 Twite Linaria flavirostris 24/01/2022 Seaton Snook, Cleveland 243 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2022 Sheffield area 244 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 245 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 30/11/2022 May Beck plantation, N Yorks 246 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks 247 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2022 Garden 248 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 16/01/2022 Buckton, East Yorks 249 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 10/01/2022 Sheffield area 250 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 11/04/2022 Strensall, North Yorks 251 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/02/2022 Sheffield area 252 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 13/09/2022 Labrador Bay, Devon 253 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2022 Old Moor NR, S Yorks