Jamie Everett: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 263 of 263 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Brantham, Suffolk 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 26/04/2022 Blakeney, Norfolk 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Abberton Reservoir, Essex 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Banks Marsh, Lancashire 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser Out Skerries, Shetland 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Banks Marsh, Lancashire 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Minsmere, Suffolk 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Abberton Reservoir, Essex 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Minsmere, Suffolk 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Flatford, Suffolk 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Minsmere, Suffolk 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Stutton Mill, Suffolk 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 13/02/2022 Greylake, Somerset 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula Mistley, Essex 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 26/04/2022 Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata Minsmere, Suffolk 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera Minsmere, Suffolk 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope Minsmere, Suffolk 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28/01/2022 Idle Valley NR, Nottinghamshire 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Minsmere, Suffolk 22 Pintail Anas acuta Minsmere, Suffolk 23 Teal Anas crecca Minsmere, Suffolk 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Abberton Reservoir 25 Pochard Aythya ferina Abberton Reservoir, Essex 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 14/02/2022 Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 13/02/2022 Kenfig Hill, Glamorgan 6 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Abberton Reservoir, Essex 29 Scaup Aythya marila Abberton Reservoir, Essex 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 03/04/2022 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 31 Eider Somateria mollissima Burntisland, Scotland 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Holkham Gap, Norfolk 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Minsmere, Suffolk 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Abberton Reservoir, Essex 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Minsmere, Suffolk 36 Smew Mergellus albellus Abberton Reservoir, Essex 37 Goosander Mergus merganser Abberton Reservoir, Essex 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Mistley Quay, Essex 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus Square Corner, North Yorkshire 40 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Wistow, North Yorkshire 41 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Flatford, Suffolk 42 Quail Coturnix coturnix ********** ********** 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Brantham, Suffolk 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Dunwich Heath, Suffolk 45 Swift Apus apus Waldringfield, Suffolk 46 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Flatford, Suffolk 47 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Out Skerries, Shetland 48 Stock Dove Columba oenas Dedham, Essex 49 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Brantham, Suffolk 50 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Wrabness, Essex 51 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Brantham, Suffolk 52 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 53 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 21/08/2022 St Aidan's, West Yorkshire 54 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Minsmere, Suffolk 55 Coot Fulica atra Minsmere, Suffolk 56 Crane Grus grus ********** ********** 57 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Minsmere, Suffolk 58 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Alton Water, Suffolk 59 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Minsmere, Suffolk 60 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Abberton Reservoir, Essex 61 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis St Aidan’s, West Yorkshire 62 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus The Brecks, Suffolk 63 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Minsmere, Suffolk 64 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Minsmere, Suffolk 65 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Mistley Walls, Essex 66 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Manningtree, Essex 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius The Splodge, Essex 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Minsmere, Suffolk 70 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 14/02/2022 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Wrabness, Essex 72 Curlew Numenius arquata Minsmere, Suffolk 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Manningtree, Essex 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Manningtree, Essex 75 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 06/11/2022 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Wrabness, Essex 77 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Bentley, Suffolk 78 Snipe Gallinago gallinago Minsmere, Suffolk 79 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 15/10/2022 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 80 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/10/2022 Scillonian Crossing 81 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Alton Water, Suffolk 82 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 10/12/2022 Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex 83 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Stacies Farm, Essex 84 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Cattawade Marshes, Suffolk 85 Redshank Tringa totanus Mistley Walls, Essex 86 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 07/02/2022 Minsmere, Suffolk 87 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Holbrook Bay, Suffolk 88 Greenshank Tringa nebularia Mistley Walls, Essex 89 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Minsmere, Suffolk 90 Knot Calidris canutus Mistley Walls, Essex 91 Ruff Calidris pugnax Abberton Reservoir, Essex 92 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Brantham, Suffolk 93 Sanderling Calidris alba Landguard, Suffolk 94 Dunlin Calidris alpina Minsmere, Suffolk 95 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 22/10/2022 Scillonian Crossing 96 Little Stint Calidris minuta Dungeness, Kent 97 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 20/09/2022 Aldeburgh Town Marshes, Suffolk 98 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Dungeness, Kent 99 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 13/04/2022 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 100 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea North Link Ferry 101 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Alton Water, Suffolk 102 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 28/06/2022 Minsmere, Suffolk 103 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Shotley Marina, Suffolk 104 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Cley next the Sea, Norfolk 105 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Sizewell, Suffolk 106 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Brantham, Suffolk 107 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Mistley Quay, Essex 108 Common Gull Larus canus Minsmere, Suffolk 109 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Blyth Estuary, Suffolk 110 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Ipswich, Suffolk 111 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Minsmere, Suffolk 112 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Minsmere, Suffolk 113 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 07/02/2022 Hen Reedbed, Suffolk 114 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Manningtree, Essex 115 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus North Link Ferry 116 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Orford Ness, Suffolk 117 Great Skua Stercorarius skua North Link Ferry 118 Puffin Fratercula arctica North Link Ferry 119 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Bressay, Shetland 120 Razorbill Alca torda North Link Ferry 121 Common Guillemot Uria aalge North Link Ferry 122 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Minsmere, Suffolk 123 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Woolverstone, Suffolk 124 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 13/02/2022 Eglwys Nunydd, Glamorgan 125 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Wrabness, Essex 126 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Cove Bay, Scotland 127 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 22/10/2022 Scillonian Crossing 128 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 22/10/2022 Scillonian Crossing 129 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus North Link Ferry 130 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 28/08/2022 Dungeness, Kent 131 Gannet Morus bassanus North Link Ferry 132 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Minsmere, Suffolk 133 Shag Gulosus aristotelis Shotley Gate, Suffolk 134 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 07/02/2022 Walberswick, Suffolk Also seen at Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire 26/04/22 135 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Abberton Reservoir, Essex 136 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Minsmere, Suffolk 137 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Minsmere, Suffolk 138 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Abberton Reservoir, Essex Also 168 at Westhay Moor, Somerset 13/02/22 139 Great White Egret Ardea alba Abberton Reservoir, Essex 140 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Knodishall, Suffolk 141 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Hen Reedbed, Suffolk 142 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 02/06/2022 Worth Marsh, Kent 143 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Farnham, Suffolk 144 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Minsmere, Suffolk 145 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire Also found a ringtail at Whitwell, Rutland 31/01/22 146 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 26/11/2022 Warham Greens, Norfolk 147 Red Kite Milvus milvus Holbrook Bay, Suffolk 148 Black Kite Milvus migrans 18/04/2022 Mistley Quay, Essex 149 Buzzard Buteo buteo Woodbridge, Suffolk 150 Barn Owl Tyto alba Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 151 Little Owl Athene noctua Flatford, Suffolk 152 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 153 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 154 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Brantham, Suffolk 155 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Holbrook Bay, Suffolk 156 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 21/06/2022 Trimlingham, Norfolk 157 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Brantham, Suffolk 158 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Minsmere, Suffolk 159 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tattingstone, Suffolk 160 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 02/06/2022 Worth Marsh, Kent 161 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 02/06/2022 Worth Marsh, Kent 162 Merlin Falco columbarius Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 163 Hobby Falco subbuteo Giffords Flash, Suffolk 164 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 165 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri Worth, Kent 166 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 28/01/2022 Wistow, North Yorkshire 167 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 18/05/2022 Out Skerries, Shetland Male 168 Jay Garrulus glandarius Wherstead, Suffolk 169 Magpie Pica pica Brantham, Suffolk 170 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Brantham, Suffolk First of the year 171 Rook Corvus frugilegus Martlesham, Suffolk 172 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Ipswich, Suffolk 173 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Bressay, Shetland 174 Raven Corvus corax Thoresby, Nottinghamshire 175 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 27/11/2022 Sheringham, Norfolk 176 Coal Tit Periparus ater Minsmere, Suffolk 177 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Minsmere, Suffolk 178 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Brantham, Suffolk 179 Great Tit Parus major Brantham, Suffolk 180 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 14/02/2022 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset 181 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Minsmere, Suffolk 182 Woodlark Lullula arborea ********** ********** 183 Skylark Alauda arvensis Brantham, Suffolk 184 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Holkham, Norfolk 185 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Minsmere, Suffolk 186 Swallow Hirundo rustica Alton Water, Suffolk 187 House Martin Delichon urbicum Alton Water, Suffolk 188 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 20/04/2022 Alton Water, Suffolk 189 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Minsmere, Suffolk 190 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Minsmere, Suffolk 191 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 26/12/2022 Brancaster, Norfolk 192 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 13/10/2022 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 193 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 23/10/2022 Sand Point, Somerset 194 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Alton Water, Suffolk 195 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Brantham, Suffolk 196 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 29/05/2022 Snettisham Coastal Park, Norfolk 197 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Brantham, Suffolk 198 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Minsmere, Suffolk 199 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 18/10/2022 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 200 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 13/10/2022 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 201 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 17/05/2022 Out Skerries, Shetland 202 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Aldeburgh, Suffolk 203 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Brantham, Suffolk 204 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Alton Water, Suffolk 205 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 20/10/2022 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 206 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Alton Water, Suffolk 207 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 20/05/2022 Out Skerries, Shetland First record for Out Skerries post-split. 1st-summer male 208 Whitethroat Curruca communis Alton Water, Suffolk 209 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Minsmere, Suffolk 210 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla East Bergholt, Suffolk 211 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Alton Water, Suffolk 212 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Brantham, Suffolk 213 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Rufford, Nottinghamshire 214 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Brantham, Suffolk 215 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 22/10/2022 Pendeen, Cornwall 216 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Brantham, Suffolk 217 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 12/10/2022 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 218 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Brantham, Suffolk 219 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Dedham, Essex 220 Redwing Turdus iliacus Dedham, Essex 221 Blackbird Turdus merula Brantham, Suffolk 222 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Copt Hall, Essex 223 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Wrabness, Essex 224 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 12/02/2022 Eastbourne, East Sussex 225 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Out Skerries, Shetland 226 Robin Erithacus rubecula Minsmere, Suffolk 227 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Alton Water, Suffolk 228 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 16/05/2022 Out Skerries, Shetland Self find. Male red-spot 229 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca North York Moors 230 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Landguard, Suffolk 231 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus North York Moors 232 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra The Naze, Essex 233 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Minsmere, Suffolk 234 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Hazelwood Marshes, Suffolk 235 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire 236 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Brantham, Suffolk 237 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 28/10/2022 Slaughden, Suffolk 238 Dunnock Prunella modularis Minsmere, Suffolk 239 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Abberton Reservoir, Essex Also found a ‘Channel Wagtail’ at Mistley, Essex 01/05/22 240 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Flatford, Suffolk 241 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Brantham, Suffolk 242 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 243 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Out Skerries, Shetland 244 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 17/10/2022 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 245 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta North Point Pools, Norfolk 246 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Abberton Reservoir, Essex 247 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Brantham, Suffolk 248 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Alton Water, Suffolk 249 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Minsmere, Suffolk 250 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 14/10/2022 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 251 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Flatford, Suffolk 252 Twite Linaria flavirostris Southport, Lancashire 253 Linnet Linaria cannabina Brantham, Suffolk 254 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret Alton Water, Suffolk 255 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Minsmere, Suffolk 256 Siskin Spinus spinus Minsmere, Suffolk 257 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 20/10/2022 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 258 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Southport, Lancashire 259 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Tattingstone, Suffolk 260 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Brantham, Suffolk 261 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 11/10/2022 Labrador Bay, Devon 262 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Brantham, Suffolk 263 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 13/10/2022 Bryher, Isles of Scilly