Owen Erasmus: Britain Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 16/04/2019 Lodmoor 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 05/01/2019 Cosmeston 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 09/02/2019 Slimbridge 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 13/01/2019 Kenfig 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 16/11/2019 Cley 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 09/02/2019 Slimbridge 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2019 river ely 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 09/02/2019 Slimbridge 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17/08/2019 Rutland 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 24/01/2019 Uskmouth 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/02/2019 Cannop 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/03/2019 Kenfig 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13/01/2019 Kenfig 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13/01/2019 Kenfig 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13/01/2019 Kenfig 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 14/04/2019 Llanelli 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2019 hay on wye 18 Pintail Anas acuta 31/01/2019 Cardiff heliport 19 Teal Anas crecca 11/01/2019 Cbwr 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29/04/2019 Wentlooge 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 05/01/2019 Cosmeston 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2019 Cardiff bay 23 Scaup Aythya marila 09/03/2019 Cardiff bay 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 16/04/2019 Portland bill 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 16/02/2019 Gower 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/10/2019 Lisvane reservoir 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 13/01/2019 Ogmore 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 21/01/2019 Usk 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 13/01/2019 Ogmore 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 07/04/2019 Worlds end 31 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 07/04/2019 Worlds end 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 24/01/2019 Uskmouth 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 24/10/2019 Forest of Dean 34 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 05/06/2019 Llanwonno 35 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2019 Penarth 36 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 23/06/2019 Slimbridge 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/04/2019 Uskmouth 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2019 cardiff 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 07/01/2019 Sully 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2019 powys 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 17/08/2019 Frampton 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 13/01/2019 Porthcawl 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13/01/2019 Parc slip 44 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 27/09/2019 Greylake 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 05/01/2019 Cosmeston 46 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2019 river ely 47 Crane Grus grus 09/02/2019 Slimbridge 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2019 Cbwr 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/01/2019 Cosmeston 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 13/01/2019 Kenfig 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/03/2019 Kenfig 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 13/01/2019 Porthcawl 53 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 28/05/2019 Catcott 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 24/01/2019 Goldcliff 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 06/01/2019 Porthcawl 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 09/02/2019 Slimbridge 57 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 06/05/2019 Wiltshire 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/01/2019 Porthcawl 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/04/2019 Goldcliff 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 24/01/2019 Redhouse barns 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 13/01/2019 Ogmore 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 09/02/2019 Pilning 64 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 17/08/2019 Frampton 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/02/2019 Slimbridge 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 25/05/2019 Cannop ponds 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 09/02/2019 Slimbridge 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 12/08/2019 Ferrybridge 69 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 22/04/2019 Goldcliff 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 31/01/2019 Ogmore 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/08/2019 Goldcliff 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/08/2019 Goldcliff 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 13/01/2019 Ogmore 74 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 16/04/2019 Lodmoor 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 20/04/2019 Goldcliff 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 20/04/2019 Goldcliff 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 13/01/2019 Porthcawl 78 Knot Calidris canutus 09/02/2019 Pilning 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 09/02/2019 Slimbridge 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 20/04/2019 Goldcliff 81 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 17/08/2019 Frampton 82 Sanderling Calidris alba 13/01/2019 Porthcawl 83 Dunlin Calidris alpina 24/01/2019 Goldcliff 84 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 24/09/2019 Clifton Worcestershire 85 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 05/09/2019 Goldcliff 86 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 04/07/2019 Llanelli WWT 87 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 22/07/2019 gronant 88 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 17/08/2019 Rutland 89 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 19/05/2019 Slimbridge 90 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/04/2019 Cardiff bay 91 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 28/05/2019 Abbotsbury swannery 92 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 19/04/2019 Penarth 93 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 09/03/2019 Cardiff bay 94 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 16/02/2019 Gower 95 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 25/04/2019 Cardiff bay 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2019 Cardiff bay 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/02/2019 Gower 98 Common Gull Larus canus 13/01/2019 Porthcawl 99 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2019 penarth 100 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 12/05/2019 Cosmeston 101 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 13/01/2019 Ogmore 102 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2019 cardiff 103 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 09/05/2019 Lavernock 104 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 12/10/2019 Strumble 105 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 12/10/2019 Strumble 106 Puffin Fratercula arctica 21/07/2019 puffin island ynys mon 107 Razorbill Alca torda 16/04/2019 Portland bill 108 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 16/04/2019 Portland bill 109 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 16/11/2019 Cley 110 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 12/10/2019 Strumble 111 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 26/08/2019 At sea out of neyland 112 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16/02/2019 Gower 113 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 24/08/2019 Strumble head 114 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/04/2019 Portland bill 115 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2019 Cardiff bay 116 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 16/04/2019 Portland bill 117 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/08/2019 Goldcliff 118 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia ********** ********** 119 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 18/05/2019 Ham wall 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 13/01/2019 Water mill ogmore 121 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 13/01/2019 Porthcawl 122 Great White Egret Ardea alba 13/01/2019 Kenfig 123 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2019 penarth 124 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/04/2019 Dyfi 125 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 13/01/2019 Ogmore 126 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 25/01/2019 Ebbw valley forestry 127 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 18/02/2019 Uskmouth 128 Red Kite Milvus milvus 23/01/2019 Crickhowell 129 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 16/11/2019 Wells 130 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2019 beacons 131 Barn Owl Tyto alba 17/08/2019 Lincolnshire on route to Frampton 132 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/02/2019 Northwick wharf 133 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 22/04/2019 Gwent levels 134 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 19/05/2019 Slimbridge 135 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 27/08/2019 Ogmore 136 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 17/01/2019 Garwnant 137 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 24/01/2019 Uskmouth rspb 138 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 17/01/2019 Garwnant 139 Merlin Falco columbarius 09/02/2019 Pilning 140 Hobby Falco subbuteo 18/05/2019 Shapwick 141 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 08/01/2019 Cardiff city hall 142 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 17/01/2019 Cwm cadlan 143 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 19/11/2019 porthcawl 144 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/01/2019 Newbridge 145 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2019 penarth 146 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 05/04/2019 Port eynon 147 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2019 penarth 148 Rook Corvus frugilegus 13/01/2019 Porthcawl 149 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2019 cardiff 150 Raven Corvus corax 17/01/2019 Cardiff barrage 151 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2019 Blackwood 152 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 14/02/2019 153 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 06/02/2019 Garwnant 154 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 05/01/2019 Blackwood 155 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2019 hay on wye 156 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 11/05/2019 Uskmouth 157 Skylark Alauda arvensis 29/03/2019 Ogmore 158 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/02/2019 Cwm ivy Gower 159 Swallow Hirundo rustica 21/02/2019 Cwm ivy Gower 160 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/04/2019 Cardiff bay 161 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 21/02/2019 Cwm ivy Gower 162 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 05/01/2019 Cosmeston 163 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 05/01/2019 Cosmeston 164 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 16/11/2019 Holkham pines 165 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 06/04/2019 Cosmeston 166 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 13/01/2019 Parc slip Siberian at Parc slip. Overwintering regular at kenfig 167 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/05/2019 cbwr 168 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12/04/2019 Cbwr 169 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 26/05/2019 Uskmouth Newport 170 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2019 Goldcliff 171 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/03/2019 Kenfig 172 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2019 Draycote 173 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 19/04/2019 Cbwr 174 Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/04/2019 Cbwr 175 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 13/08/2019 Arne 176 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 13/01/2019 Kenfig 177 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 11/01/2019 Cbwr 178 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 17/01/2019 Garwnant 179 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17/01/2019 Garwnant 180 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2019 hay on wye 181 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 22/01/2019 Crickhowell 182 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 17/01/2019 Garwnant 183 Redwing Turdus iliacus 24/01/2019 Goldcliff 184 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2019 hay on wye 185 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 24/01/2019 Goldcliff 186 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 12/04/2019 Trefil 187 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 06/06/2019 Brecon Beacons 188 Robin Erithacus rubecula 05/01/2019 Blackwood 189 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 03/05/2019 nagshead glos and lower slopes of blorenge 190 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 23/12/2019 Penarth 191 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 11/04/2019 Cardiff bay 192 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/05/2019 Blorenge 193 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2019 Cbwr 194 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2019 Cardiff bay 195 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 16/11/2019 Cley 196 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 16/01/2019 Garwnant 197 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/02/2019 Draycote 198 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2019 Penarth 199 Dunnock Prunella modularis 05/01/2019 Blackwood 200 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 25/04/2019 Pilning Several including 2 blue headed 201 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 25/04/2019 Pilning 202 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 17/01/2019 Llwyn on 203 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2019 Cardiff bay 204 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 31/01/2019 Ogmore 205 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 03/05/2019 blorenge 206 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 13/01/2019 Ogmore 207 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 13/01/2019 Porthcawl 208 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2019 bronllys 209 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 04/03/2019 Forest ganol 210 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 13/01/2019 Parc slip 211 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 20/01/2019 Cbwr 212 Linnet Linaria cannabina 17/01/2019 Cardiff barrage 213 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 24/10/2019 Yew tree brake Forest of Dean 214 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 05/01/2019 Blackwood 215 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/04/2019 Dyfi 216 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 22/10/2019 Blorenge 217 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 06/05/2019 Marshfield 218 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/02/2019 Draycote 219 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/01/2019 Cbwr