Kim Matts: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 254 of 254 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 17/02/2022 Cley 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Eyebrook 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Syston 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser Swithland 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 23/03/2022 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Swithland 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Eyebrook 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Albert village 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Eyebrook 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Blackbrook 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula Cossington 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata Cossington 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera Blackbrook 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope Eyebrook 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbrook 21 Pintail Anas acuta Cossington 22 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2022 Swithland 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Watermead 24 Pochard Aythya ferina Blackbrook 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 20/08/2022 Daventry res 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Eyebrook 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbrook 28 Scaup Aythya marila Eyebrook 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 21/04/2022 Barton under needleworth 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/05/2022 31 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 33 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 14/12/2022 Longniddy Lifer 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Eyebrook 37 Smew Mergellus albellus Eyebrook 38 Goosander Mergus merganser Rutland water 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 40 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis XXXX 41 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Swithland 44 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Eyebrook 45 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 03/06/2022 46 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Bempton cliffs 47 Swift Apus apus Home 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Brandon 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Syston 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas Cossington 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Swithland 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur X3 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Syston 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Watermead 56 Coot Fulica atra Blackbrook 57 Crane Grus grus 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Blackbrook 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Swithland 61 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Rutland water 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Frampton 63 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus x 2 64 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Watermead 65 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 66 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Eyebrook 67 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 68 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 69 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Northants 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Eyebrook 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Leicestershire 72 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Watermead 73 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 20/03/2022 Frampton 74 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Cley 75 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 76 Curlew Numenius arquata 77 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 78 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Eyebrook 79 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 04/11/2022 Salthouse 80 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 81 Snipe Gallinago gallinago Eyebrook 82 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 83 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Rutland water 84 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Watermead 85 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Wanlip 86 Redshank Tringa totanus Wanlip 87 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 14/05/2022 Old moor 88 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 89 Greenshank Tringa nebularia Rutland water 90 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 91 Knot Calidris canutus 92 Ruff Calidris pugnax Eyebrook 93 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 26/07/2022 Alkborough 94 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 95 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 18/08/2022 96 Sanderling Calidris alba 97 Dunlin Calidris alpina Eyebrook 98 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 99 Little Stint Calidris minuta 100 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 101 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 25/08/2022 Eyebrook 102 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 103 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 22/07/2022 Cropston 104 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 105 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/04/2022 Eyebrook 106 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 107 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Frampton 108 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 109 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbrook 110 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Rutland water 111 Common Gull Larus canus Cossington 112 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 113 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 07/08/2022 Graffham water Lifer 114 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Watermead 115 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 17/05/2022 116 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Watermead 117 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 25/03/2022 118 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Watermead 119 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 120 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 121 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 20/10/2022 122 Puffin Fratercula arctica 123 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 124 Razorbill Alca torda 125 Little Auk Alle alle 126 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 127 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 128 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 129 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Rutland water 130 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 131 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 132 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 17/10/2022 Scillionian of lands end Pressumed Deserts lifer 133 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 134 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 135 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 136 Gannet Morus bassanus 137 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Eyebrook 138 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 139 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 140 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 141 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Ham wall 142 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Eyebrook 143 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 144 Great White Egret Ardea alba Swithland 145 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbrook 146 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Rutland 147 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 148 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Syston 149 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 150 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Rutland water 151 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 152 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 14/09/2022 Lady Anne's drive 153 Red Kite Milvus milvus Tilton 154 Buzzard Buteo buteo Blackbrook 155 Barn Owl Tyto alba 156 Little Owl Athene noctua 157 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 15/01/2022 Market deeping Thanks to Brian and Roger 158 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 159 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 12/04/2022 NR keyham 160 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 161 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 04/01/2022 Roach bridge Lifer good views 162 Bee-eater Merops apiaster X3 163 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Syston 164 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 21/01/2022 Cossington 165 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Eyebrook 166 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 167 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 28/05/2022 Worth kent Lifer 168 Merlin Falco columbarius 169 Hobby Falco subbuteo Rutland water 170 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Swithland 171 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri Nr stoughton 172 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 173 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Rutland water 174 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 01/07/2022 Nr bempton Lifer 175 Jay Garrulus glandarius Swithland 176 Magpie Pica pica Blackbrook 177 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 178 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Syston 179 Rook Corvus frugilegus A47 180 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Swithland 181 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 182 Raven Corvus corax Wardley hill 183 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 184 Coal Tit Periparus ater Swithland 185 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Swithland 186 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Swithland 187 Great Tit Parus major Swithland 188 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 189 Woodlark Lullula arborea 190 Skylark Alauda arvensis Eyebrook 191 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 192 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 193 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 11/04/2022 Eyebrook 194 Swallow Hirundo rustica 11/04/2022 Eyebrook 195 House Martin Delichon urbicum 11/04/2022 Eyebrook 196 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Cossington 197 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Syston 198 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 13/04/2022 Cossington 199 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Cossington 200 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/05/2022 Snettisham 201 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/04/2022 Cossington 202 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 22/04/2022 Watermead 203 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Watermead 204 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Rutland water 205 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 206 Whitethroat Curruca communis Warren hills 207 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 12/02/2022 208 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Watermead 209 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Cossington 210 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Swithland 211 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Watermead 212 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 213 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Swithland 214 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Watermead 215 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Cossington park 216 Redwing Turdus iliacus Eyebrook 217 Blackbird Turdus merula Swithland 218 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Eyebrook 219 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 30/04/2022 Warren hills 220 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 21/05/2022 Off A47 221 Robin Erithacus rubecula Swithland 222 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 223 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 224 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 225 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 226 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 29/04/2022 Eyebrook 227 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Warren hills 228 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Warren hills 229 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 230 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Eyebrook 231 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbrook 232 Dunnock Prunella modularis Swithland 233 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/04/2022 Eyebrook 234 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 235 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Swithland 236 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Watermead 237 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Warren hills 238 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 25/04/2022 Warren hills 1 239 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 240 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 241 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Swithland 242 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 29/01/2022 Barton in the beans 243 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 24/01/2022 244 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Cossington 245 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Cossington 246 Linnet Linaria cannabina 247 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 248 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Watermead 249 Siskin Spinus spinus Watermead c/p 250 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 251 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 252 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Blackbrook 253 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Eyebrook 254 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 17/10/2022 Bryher Lifer