Alan Hudson: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 206 of 206 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 32 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 33 Swift Apus apus 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 42 Coot Fulica atra 43 Crane Grus grus 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 47 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 48 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 50 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 53 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 16/07/2021 RSPB Titchwell 54 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 56 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 57 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 58 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 64 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 65 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 66 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 67 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 69 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 70 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 71 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 72 Knot Calidris canutus 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 74 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 75 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 11/10/2021 St Adiens 76 Sanderling Calidris alba 77 Dunlin Calidris alpina 78 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 79 Little Stint Calidris minuta 80 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 81 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 23/06/2021 Southfield Reservoir 82 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 83 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 84 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 85 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 86 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 88 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 89 Common Gull Larus canus 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 91 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 92 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 94 Puffin Fratercula arctica 95 Razorbill Alca torda 96 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 97 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 98 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 99 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 100 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 101 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 102 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 103 Gannet Morus bassanus 104 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 105 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 106 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 107 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 108 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 109 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 110 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 111 Great White Egret Ardea alba 112 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 113 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 114 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 115 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 116 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 117 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 118 Red Kite Milvus milvus 119 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 120 Buzzard Buteo buteo 121 Barn Owl Tyto alba 122 Little Owl Athene noctua 123 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 124 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 125 Hoopoe Upupa epops 126 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 127 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 128 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 130 Merlin Falco columbarius 131 Hobby Falco subbuteo 132 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 133 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 134 Jay Garrulus glandarius 135 Magpie Pica pica 136 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 137 Rook Corvus frugilegus 138 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 139 Coal Tit Periparus ater 140 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 141 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 142 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 143 Great Tit Parus major 144 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 145 Woodlark Lullula arborea 146 Skylark Alauda arvensis 147 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 148 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 149 Swallow Hirundo rustica 150 House Martin Delichon urbicum 151 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 152 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 153 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 154 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 155 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 156 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 157 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn 158 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 14/06/2021 Besthorpe 159 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 160 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 161 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 162 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 163 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 164 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 165 Whitethroat Curruca communis 166 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 167 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 168 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 169 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 170 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 171 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 172 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 173 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 174 Redwing Turdus iliacus 175 Blackbird Turdus merula 176 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 177 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 178 Robin Erithacus rubecula 179 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 180 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 181 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 182 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 183 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 184 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 185 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 186 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 187 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 188 Dunnock Prunella modularis 189 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 190 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 191 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 192 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 193 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 194 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 195 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 196 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 197 Linnet Linaria cannabina 198 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 199 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 200 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 201 Siskin Spinus spinus 202 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 203 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 204 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 205 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 16/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 206 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus