Reuben Veal: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 239 of 239 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2021 Copperhouse ssp. hrota; bernicla later 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 25/03/2021 Stithians 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 23/12/2021 Grade Marsh 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/02/2021 St Gothian albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 27/11/2021 Chew Valley Lake Somerset 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 27/11/2021 Chew Valley Lake Somerset 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/03/2021 Bowling Green Marsh Devon 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/05/2021 Walmsley 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta Devon 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 01/01/2021 Drift 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/11/2021 Chew Valley Lake Somerset 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Devon 33 Swift Apus apus 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/04/2021 Porthgwarra 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral Pigeon 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 41 Coot Fulica atra 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 44 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/01/2021 Longrock Pool 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 46 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 21/06/2021 Marazion Marsh 47 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Devon 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 50 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 26/08/2021 Porthgwarra 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 25/04/2021 Hayle Estuary self found 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 58 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 59 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 61 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 31/10/2021 Pendeen 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 63 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 64 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 21/08/2021 Hayle Estuary 65 Redshank Tringa totanus 66 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 11/05/2021 Copperhouse 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 17/08/2021 Stithians 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 70 Knot Calidris canutus 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2021 Copperhouse 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/02/2021 Copperhouse 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 75 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 76 Little Stint Calidris minuta 28/08/2021 Hayle Estuary 77 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 28/05/2021 Land's End 78 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 11/10/2021 Hayle Estuary 79 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2021 Hayle Estuary 80 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 16/08/2021 Pendeen 81 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 82 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 83 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 84 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 08/03/2021 St Gothian 85 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 86 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 08/08/2021 Pendeen 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 88 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 89 Common Gull Larus canus 90 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 01/01/2021 Hayle Estuary 91 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 93 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 95 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 16/01/2021 Hayle Estuary 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 97 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 22/03/2021 Newlyn 98 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 01/01/2021 Hayle Estuary 99 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 11/07/2021 Porthgwarra 100 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 101 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 15/02/2021 Loe Bar 102 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 103 Puffin Fratercula arctica 104 Razorbill Alca torda 105 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 106 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 107 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 108 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 109 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 111 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 28/07/2021 Pendeen 112 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 113 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 06/08/2021 Pendeen 114 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 115 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 116 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 30/05/2021 Chapel Carn Brea 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 23/02/2021 Hayle Estuary 121 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 15/02/2021 Loe Pool 122 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 28/05/2021 Nanjizal self found 123 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 124 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 15/02/2021 Loe Pool 125 Great White Egret Ardea alba 18/04/2021 Hayle Estuary 126 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 127 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/08/2021 Drift Reservoir 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/04/2021 Marazion Marsh 130 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 132 Buzzard Buteo buteo 133 Barn Owl Tyto alba 134 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus ********** ********** 135 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 136 Hoopoe Upupa epops 04/04/2021 Kenidjack 137 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 138 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 27/08/2021 Nanjizal 139 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 140 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 141 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 142 Merlin Falco columbarius 143 Hobby Falco subbuteo 144 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 145 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 30/05/2021 Land's End 146 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 30/05/2021 Land's End 147 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 12/09/2021 Sancreed 148 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 24/10/2021 Pendeen 149 Jay Garrulus glandarius 150 Magpie Pica pica 151 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 152 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 153 Rook Corvus frugilegus 154 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 155 Raven Corvus corax 156 Coal Tit Periparus ater 157 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 158 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 159 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 160 Great Tit Parus major 161 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 14/08/2021 St Gothian 162 Woodlark Lullula arborea 163 Skylark Alauda arvensis 164 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 165 Swallow Hirundo rustica 166 House Martin Delichon urbicum 167 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 168 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 169 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 02/05/2021 Nanjizal 170 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 25/07/2021 Kenidjack 171 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 01/01/2021 St Erth 172 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 173 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 174 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 05/09/2021 St Levan 175 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 176 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 177 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 178 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 179 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 11/08/2021 Nanjizal 180 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 181 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 182 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 183 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/07/2021 Kenidjack 184 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 20/04/2021 Land's End 185 Whitethroat Curruca communis 186 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 187 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 188 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 189 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 190 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 191 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 192 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 16/03/2021 Exmouth Devon. Cycled from university 193 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 08/06/2021 St Buryan 194 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 195 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 196 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 St Erth 197 Redwing Turdus iliacus 198 Blackbird Turdus merula 199 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 200 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 12/04/2021 Rosewall Hill 201 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 22/08/2021 Treleaver 202 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 203 Robin Erithacus rubecula 204 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 25/04/2021 Kenidjack 205 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 02/03/2021 Little London 206 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/08/2021 Nanjizal 207 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 26/08/2021 Porthgwarra 208 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 209 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 210 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 211 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 212 Dunnock Prunella modularis 213 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 17/04/2021 Polgigga + self found ssp. flava 214 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 215 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 216 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 10/10/2021 Sennen 217 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 218 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 219 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 28/04/2021 Kenidjack 220 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 31/10/2021 Lizard 221 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 02/03/2021 Little London 222 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 223 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 224 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30/10/2021 St Levan 225 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 226 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 227 Linnet Linaria cannabina 228 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 18/07/2021 Goss Moor 229 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 230 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 231 Serin Serinus serinus 04/04/2021 Trevilley self found 232 Siskin Spinus spinus 233 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 234 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 30/10/2021 St Levan 235 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 236 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 237 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 238 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 22/03/2021 Trevilley 239 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus