Levi Gravett: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 204 of 204 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/05/2021 Spinnies 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 22/02/2021 Rhos 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Burton Mere 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/03/2021 World's End 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 04/09/2021 RSPB Conwy 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 27/02/2021 RSPB Conwy 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 27/02/2021 RSPB Conwy 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 14 Pintail Anas acuta 14/02/2021 Llandudno 15 Teal Anas crecca 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 27/02/2021 RSPB Conwy 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27/02/2021 RSPB Conwy 18 Scaup Aythya marila 28/03/2021 Rhyl 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/05/2021 Spinnies 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2021 The Hammerhead 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27/02/2021 RSPB Conwy 22 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/12/2021 RSPB Conwy 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 27/03/2021 Llanrwst 24 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 25 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 28/03/2021 " 26 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 28/03/2021 No location attached as Black Grouse is a sensitive species. 27 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 28 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/05/2021 Cemlyn 29 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 22/05/2021 RSPB Conwy Brilliant daytime view! 30 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2021 RSPB Conwy Earliest in North Wales this year to my knowledge 31 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 29/05/2021 Skye 32 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 11/02/2021 Penrhyn Bay 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 38 Coot Fulica atra 27/02/2021 RSPB Conwy 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/02/2021 Glanwydden 40 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 41 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 42 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/05/2021 Shotton 43 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 44 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 09/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 45 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 05/05/2021 Great Orme 46 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2021 Rhos Point 47 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/04/2021 RSPB Conwy 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 49 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 10/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/04/2021 RSPB Conwy 51 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 52 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/05/2021 Cemlyn 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/03/2021 Glan Conwy 54 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/12/2021 RSPB Conwy 55 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 15/02/2021 Little Orme 56 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 57 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 21/04/2021 RSPB Conwy 58 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/05/2021 Shotton Heard 59 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 20/08/2021 Spurn Heard 60 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 61 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/08/2021 Spurn 62 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 04/06/2021 Skye 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 64 Knot Calidris canutus 28/03/2021 Flint 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 19/08/2021 Spurn 66 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 01/05/2021 Four Mile Bridge 67 Sanderling Calidris alba 14/02/2021 Llandudno 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 69 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/01/2021 Rhos Point 70 Little Stint Calidris minuta 27/08/2021 RSPB Conwy 71 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 10/07/2021 Gronant 72 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 01/05/2021 Cemlyn 73 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2021 Cemlyn 74 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 04/07/2021 Cemlyn 2 birds with a stonking Elegant Tern! 75 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 13/04/2021 Rhos Point 76 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 04/07/2021 Cemlyn Finally, revenge for my Uncle Luke's White-throated Sparrow (last year) 77 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/08/2021 Spurn 78 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 23/01/2021 Little Orme 79 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 80 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 28/03/2021 Shotton 81 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 82 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 19/08/2021 Spurn 83 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 84 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 19/08/2021 Spurn 85 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 Little Orme 86 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 18/02/2021 Penrhyn Bay 87 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 28/03/2021 Rhyl 88 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 11/09/2021 Spurn 89 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 03/06/2021 Skye 90 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 02/06/2021 Skye 91 Puffin Fratercula arctica 01/05/2021 South Stack 92 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 19/03/2021 Great Orme 93 Razorbill Alca torda 03/01/2021 Little Orme 94 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 03/01/2021 Little Orme 95 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 96 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 31/01/2021 Rhos Point 97 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 28/05/2021 Glencoe 98 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 12/01/2021 Little Orme 99 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 23/07/2021 Llanrhystud 100 Gannet Morus bassanus 18/02/2021 Little Orme 101 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 102 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 103 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/05/2021 Shotton 104 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 01/05/2021 RSPB Cors Ddyga Heard 105 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 106 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/05/2021 Shotton 107 Great White Egret Ardea alba 28/03/2021 Shotton 108 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 109 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 23/07/2021 Dyfi estuary 110 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 31/05/2021 Skye 111 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 112 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 18/02/2021 Penrhyn Bay 113 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13/03/2021 Caerhun 114 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 31/05/2021 Skye 115 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/03/2021 Llanbedr y Cennin 116 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 28/05/2021 Scotland 117 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 Little Orme 118 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/08/2021 Spurn 119 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 21/08/2021 Spurn 120 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 15/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 121 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 06/11/2021 The Spinnies 122 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 Little Orme 123 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 09/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 124 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 Little Orme 125 Merlin Falco columbarius 25/07/2021 Llidiad Nennog 126 Hobby Falco subbuteo 21/08/2021 Spurn 127 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 23/01/2021 Little Orme 128 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 18/12/2021 Brenig area 129 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 130 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 131 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 03/01/2021 Little Orme 132 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 133 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 134 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 135 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/05/2021 South Stack 100th bird on 5.1 bird race 136 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2021 Little Orme 137 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 138 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 139 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 140 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 10/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft 141 Skylark Alauda arvensis 09/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 142 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 18/03/2021 RSPB Conwy 143 Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/04/2021 Llanrwst 144 House Martin Delichon urbicum 30/04/2021 Glanwydden 145 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 28/03/2021 Shotton Finally seen on 24/4! 146 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 147 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/05/2021 Conwy Valley 148 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2021 Llyn Geirionydd 149 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 150 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 12/09/2021 Bempton Heard only 151 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 21/04/2021 RSPB Conwy 152 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/04/2021 RSPB Conwy 153 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2021 RSPB Conwy Heard 154 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 18/02/2021 Penrhyn Bay 155 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 22/08/2021 Spurn 156 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2021 RSPB Conwy Heard 157 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2021 RSPB Conwy 158 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 18/02/2021 Penrhyn Bay 159 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 160 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Little Orme 161 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 162 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 09/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 163 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 26/09/2021 Llandudno Junction 164 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 165 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2021 Little Orme 166 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 167 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 168 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 169 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 28/03/2021 Shotton 170 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 01/05/2021 Nant Ffrancon 171 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 31/05/2021 Skye 172 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Little Orme 173 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 01/05/2021 Conwy Valley 174 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 15/04/2021 Great Orme 175 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 01/05/2021 Conwy Valley 176 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 25/04/2021 Glanwydden 177 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2021 Little Orme 178 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 28/03/2021 Kimmel Bay 179 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 30/03/2021 Bodnant Garden 180 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 19/08/2021 Spurn 181 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 182 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 183 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2021 RSPB Conwy Heard 184 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 185 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2021 Rhos Point 186 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 187 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 01/05/2021 Llyn Geirionydd 188 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 189 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2021 Little Orme 190 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 191 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 16/10/2021 Great Orme 192 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 13/03/2021 Llanbedr y Cennin 193 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 Little Orme 194 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 195 Twite Linaria flavirostris 28/05/2021 Fort William 196 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 197 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 03/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 198 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 04/04/2021 Llyn Geirionydd Heard 199 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Penrhyn Bay 200 Siskin Spinus spinus 28/02/2021 Penrhyn Bay 201 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 21/03/2021 Great Orme 202 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 19/03/2021 Great Orme 203 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 11/09/2021 Spurn 204 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 28/03/2021 Shotton