Sophie Barrell: Britain Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 263 of 263 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 17/02/2019 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 17/03/2019 Cley 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 17/03/2019 Cley 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 02/03/2019 Llyn Traffwyll With Pink-feet. 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 17/02/2019 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17/02/2019 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17/02/2019 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 29/04/2019 Ouse Washes 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 06/04/2019 Berry Fen 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 08/08/2019 Frankfield Loch 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24/03/2019 Rutland Water 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 09/08/2019 Strontian 23 Pintail Anas acuta 24 Teal Anas crecca 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 06/04/2019 Berry Fen 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/02/2019 Pitsford reservoir 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20/01/2019 Blithfield Reservoir 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 17/02/2019 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 11/05/2019 Wales 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 17/02/2019 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 02/03/2019 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 01/03/2019 41 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 12/08/2019 42 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 01/03/2019 World's End 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 17/02/2019 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 31/01/2019 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 29/06/2019 North Wales 47 Swift Apus apus 48 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 23/06/2019 Slimbridge 49 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 08/10/2019 Scillies 50 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 51 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 52 Stock Dove Columba oenas 31/01/2019 53 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2019 54 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 07/05/2019 Cambridge Research Park 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 57 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 25/06/2019 WWT Welney 58 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 59 Coot Fulica atra 60 Crane Grus grus 17/02/2019 61 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 62 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 63 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 64 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 65 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 66 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 01/06/2019 Minsmere 67 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 16/02/2019 68 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 16/02/2019 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 16/02/2019 70 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 17/02/2019 71 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 06/05/2019 Chosley Barns 72 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 17/03/2019 Cley 73 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/04/2019 Berry Fen 74 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 75 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 13/07/2019 North Wales 76 Curlew Numenius arquata 77 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 17/02/2019 78 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 17/02/2019 79 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 30/03/2019 Frampton 80 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 81 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 82 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 31/01/2019 83 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 03/10/2019 Ferry 84 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 85 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 31/01/2019 Silverstone 86 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 30/06/2019 Titchwell 87 Redshank Tringa totanus 88 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 07/07/2019 Cley, Norfolk 89 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 30/03/2019 Frampton 90 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 91 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 17/02/2019 92 Knot Calidris canutus 17/02/2019 93 Ruff Calidris pugnax 30/03/2019 Frampton 94 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 03/06/2019 Orfolk, Suffolk 95 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/08/2019 Frampton Marsh 96 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 24/08/2019 Frampton Marsh 97 Sanderling Calidris alba 98 Dunlin Calidris alpina 99 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/03/2019 Rhos on sea 100 Little Stint Calidris minuta 24/08/2019 Frampton Marsh 101 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 21/07/2019 Frampton Marsh 102 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 22/07/2019 Titchwell 103 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 03/06/2019 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 104 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 07/08/2019 Sandback flashes 105 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 106 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 08/07/2019 Grafham Water 107 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 108 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 109 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 110 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 08/06/2019 Hornsea Mere, Yorkshire 111 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 112 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 113 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 20/01/2019 Chasewater 114 Common Gull Larus canus 115 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 19/01/2019 Blithfield Reservoir 116 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 117 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 20/01/2019 Chasewater 118 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 119 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 120 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 20/01/2019 Chasewater 121 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 04/10/2019 Scillonian 122 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 04/10/2019 Scillonian 123 Puffin Fratercula arctica 08/06/2019 Bempton Cliffs 124 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 02/03/2019 Holyhead Harbour 125 Razorbill Alca torda 126 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 08/06/2019 Bempton Cliffs 127 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 17/02/2019 128 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 129 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 130 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 05/10/2019 Scillonian 131 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 132 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 05/10/2019 Scillonian 133 Gannet Morus bassanus 17/02/2019 134 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 135 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 136 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 17/03/2019 Cley 137 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 07/05/2019 Cambridge Research Park 138 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 17/05/2019 BTO nunnery 139 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 140 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/06/2019 Stiffkey, Norfolk 141 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Norfolk 142 Great White Egret Ardea alba 143 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 144 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 06/05/2019 Norfolk 145 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 146 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 09/08/2019 Strontian 147 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 148 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 17/02/2019 149 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 150 Red Kite Milvus milvus 151 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 15/02/2019 152 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2019 153 Barn Owl Tyto alba 154 Little Owl Athene noctua 29/06/2019 North Wales 155 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 156 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 157 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/03/2019 158 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 06/10/2019 Scillies 159 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 17/02/2019 160 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 161 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 162 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 163 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/03/2019 164 Hobby Falco subbuteo 01/06/2019 Minsmere 165 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/03/2019 166 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 167 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 09/10/2019 Scillies 168 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 24/01/2019 Hanging Houghton 169 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 09/06/2019 Horsey, Norfolk 170 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 09/06/2019 Kessingland, Norfolk 171 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 06/10/2019 Scillies 172 Jay Garrulus glandarius 17/02/2019 173 Magpie Pica pica 174 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 01/03/2019 175 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 176 Rook Corvus frugilegus 177 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2019 178 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 02/03/2019 Holyhead Mcdonand's 179 Raven Corvus corax 180 Coal Tit Periparus ater 181 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 11/08/2019 Loch a Eileen 182 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 183 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 184 Great Tit Parus major 185 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 01/06/2019 Minsmere 186 Woodlark Lullula arborea 17/02/2019 187 Skylark Alauda arvensis 24/01/2019 Hanging Houghton 188 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 16/02/2019 189 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 06/10/2019 Scillies 190 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 191 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2019 Berry Fen 192 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/04/2019 Berry Fen 193 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 194 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 195 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 11/05/2019 North Wales 196 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 197 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/03/2019 198 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 01/06/2019 Dunwich Heath 199 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 27/05/2019 Wintersett Reservoir 200 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 201 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 202 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 01/06/2019 Minsmere 203 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 26/05/2019 Paxton pits 204 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 05/04/2019 205 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 206 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 207 Whitethroat Curruca communis 208 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 209 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 210 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 31/01/2019 Silverstone 211 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 212 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 20/01/2019 Strawberry Hill, Cannock 213 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 31/01/2019 Silverstone 214 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 215 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 216 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 217 Redwing Turdus iliacus 218 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2019 219 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 24/01/2019 Hanging Houghton 220 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 29/06/2019 North Wales 221 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 29/06/2019 North Wales 222 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2019 223 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 26/05/2019 Paxton pits 224 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 225 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/03/2019 226 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 227 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 228 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 229 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 17/03/2019 Cley 230 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 25/11/2019 Cley 231 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/03/2019 232 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 24/01/2019 Hanging Houghton 233 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 234 Dunnock Prunella modularis 235 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 236 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 16/11/2019 Walberswick 237 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 31/01/2019 238 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 239 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 240 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 11/05/2019 Conwy 241 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 08/10/2019 Scillies 242 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 243 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2019 244 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 245 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 246 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 247 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 248 Twite Linaria flavirostris 11/05/2019 North Wales 249 Linnet Linaria cannabina 31/01/2019 250 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 17/03/2019 Sculthorpe 251 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 252 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 17/03/2019 Sculthorpe 253 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 20/01/2019 Strawberry Hill, Cannock 254 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 255 Serin Serinus serinus 27/05/2019 Spurn 256 Siskin Spinus spinus 31/01/2019 257 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 14/09/2019 Norfolk 258 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 16/02/2019 259 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 24/01/2019 Hanging Houghton 260 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 24/01/2019 Hanging Houghton 261 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 06/10/2019 Scillies 262 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 08/06/2019 Flamborough Head, Yorkshire 263 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus