Craig Fulcher: Britain Year List 2014 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 257 of 257 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 24 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 27/05/2014 Ythan 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 34 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 35 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 36 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 42 Swift Apus apus 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 50 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 51 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 52 Coot Fulica atra 53 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 08/01/2014 Loch Flemington 54 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 05/10/2014 Minsmere 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 59 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 19/07/2014 Cavenham 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 63 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 67 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 68 Curlew Numenius arquata 69 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 70 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 71 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 72 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 73 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 74 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 75 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 76 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 77 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 78 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 79 Redshank Tringa totanus 80 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 81 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 82 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 83 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 14/07/2014 Breydon 84 Knot Calidris canutus 85 Ruff Calidris pugnax 86 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 87 Sanderling Calidris alba 88 Dunlin Calidris alpina 89 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 91 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 92 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 03/08/2014 Ouse Washes 93 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 15/07/2014 Minsmere 94 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 95 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 96 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 97 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 99 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 100 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 101 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 102 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 103 Common Gull Larus canus 104 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 105 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 106 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 107 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 108 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 109 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 08/03/2014 Campbeltown 110 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 111 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 112 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 113 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 114 Puffin Fratercula arctica 115 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 116 Razorbill Alca torda 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 121 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 122 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 123 Gannet Morus bassanus 124 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 125 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 126 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 23/01/2014 Oulton marsh 127 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 128 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 129 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 130 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 131 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 132 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 133 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 25/06/2014 Ashdown Forest 134 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 135 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 136 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 137 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 138 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 04/10/2014 Tingwall 139 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 140 Red Kite Milvus milvus 141 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 142 Buzzard Buteo buteo 143 Barn Owl Tyto alba 144 Little Owl Athene noctua 145 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 146 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 147 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 148 Hoopoe Upupa epops 149 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 150 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 151 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 152 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 153 Merlin Falco columbarius 154 Hobby Falco subbuteo 155 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 156 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 157 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 20/09/2014 Spurn 158 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 06/09/2014 Shingle St 159 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 17/10/2014 Warham Greens 160 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 162 Magpie Pica pica 163 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 164 Rook Corvus frugilegus 165 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 166 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 167 Raven Corvus corax 168 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 169 Coal Tit Periparus ater 170 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 171 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 172 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 173 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 174 Great Tit Parus major 175 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 176 Woodlark Lullula arborea 177 Skylark Alauda arvensis 178 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 179 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 13/04/2014 Flamborough 180 Swallow Hirundo rustica 181 House Martin Delichon urbicum 182 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 183 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 184 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 185 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 186 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 187 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 188 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 06/06/2014 Swinnng 189 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 190 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 191 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 192 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 193 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 194 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 195 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 196 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 197 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 198 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 03/10/2014 Baltasound, Unst 199 Whitethroat Curruca communis 200 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 08/06/2014 Burnham 201 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 202 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 203 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 204 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 205 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 206 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 207 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 208 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 209 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 210 Redwing Turdus iliacus 211 Blackbird Turdus merula 212 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 213 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 214 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 215 Robin Erithacus rubecula 216 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 217 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 218 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 03/10/2014 Levenwick 219 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 220 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 221 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 29/05/2014 Fair Isle 222 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 223 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 224 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 225 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 29/05/2014 Fair Isle 226 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 227 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 228 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 229 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 230 Dunnock Prunella modularis 231 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 232 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 233 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 234 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 235 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 236 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 237 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 238 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 239 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 240 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 241 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 242 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 243 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 244 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 245 Twite Linaria flavirostris 246 Linnet Linaria cannabina 247 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 248 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 249 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 250 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 251 Siskin Spinus spinus 252 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 253 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 254 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 255 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 256 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 257 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 11/02/2014 Shincliffe