Liam Andrews: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 279 of 279 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 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 08/11/2021 North Cave 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 37 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix 20/07/2021 Gib Point 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 42 Swift Apus apus 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 48 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 04/07/2021 Spurn 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Northamptonshire Flushed by fireworks. 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 52 Coot Fulica atra 53 Crane Grus grus 54 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 55 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 57 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 58 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 59 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 27/06/2021 Suffolk 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 63 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 64 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 25/07/2021 Frampton 65 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 66 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 67 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 68 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 69 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft 70 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 21/04/2021 Rutland 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 77 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 78 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 79 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 86 Knot Calidris canutus 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 89 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 90 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St Aidain's 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 96 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 97 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/04/2021 Rutland 98 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 99 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 100 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 101 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/04/2021 Rutland 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 103 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 02/04/2021 Frampton on Severn 104 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 105 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 106 Common Gull Larus canus 107 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 108 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 109 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 110 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 111 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 112 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 113 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 114 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 115 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 116 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 117 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 118 Puffin Fratercula arctica 119 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 120 Razorbill Alca torda 121 Little Auk Alle alle 122 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 26/11/2021 Wells 123 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 124 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/04/2021 125 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 126 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 127 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 Bempton 128 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 129 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 02/04/2021 130 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 131 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 132 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 133 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 12/08/2021 Frampton Marsh Flew over 2 Pasific golden plover... 134 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/04/2021 135 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 136 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/04/2021 137 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 138 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 139 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 06/06/2021 Ham Wall 140 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 141 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 142 Great White Egret Ardea alba 143 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 144 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 15/05/2021 Spurn 145 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 146 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 147 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 148 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 10/04/2021 149 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/04/2021 150 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 151 Red Kite Milvus milvus 152 Black Kite Milvus migrans 19/05/2021 Gib Point 153 Buzzard Buteo buteo 154 Barn Owl Tyto alba 155 Little Owl Athene noctua 156 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 157 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 158 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2021 Northamptonshire calling from garden 159 Hoopoe Upupa epops 160 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 27/06/2021 Suffolk 161 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 162 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 27/12/2021 Roach Bridge Pwaaaaaa 163 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 29/05/2021 Spurn 164 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 24/08/2021 Spurn 165 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 166 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 167 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 168 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 169 Merlin Falco columbarius 170 Hobby Falco subbuteo 02/04/2021 171 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 172 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 173 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio ********** ********** 174 Jay Garrulus glandarius 175 Magpie Pica pica 176 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 177 Rook Corvus frugilegus 178 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 179 Raven Corvus corax 180 Coal Tit Periparus ater 181 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 182 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 183 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 184 Great Tit Parus major 185 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 186 Woodlark Lullula arborea 10/04/2021 187 Skylark Alauda arvensis 188 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 189 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 02/04/2021 190 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2021 191 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/04/2021 192 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 02/04/2021 193 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 194 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 195 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 12/10/2021 Spurn 196 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 06/10/2021 Spurn 197 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 05/11/2021 Spurn 198 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 02/04/2021 199 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 200 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 09/09/2021 Bempton 201 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn 202 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 22/08/2021 Spurn 203 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 06/09/2021 Spurn 204 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 01/06/2021 Besthorpe Nature Reserve 205 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 206 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 207 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 208 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 28/05/2021 Spurn 209 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 06/06/2021 Ham Wall 210 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 211 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 212 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 213 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 214 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 215 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 27/05/2021 Spurn 216 Whitethroat Curruca communis 217 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 218 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 219 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 220 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 221 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 222 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 223 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 224 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 225 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 226 Redwing Turdus iliacus 227 Blackbird Turdus merula 228 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 229 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 230 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 231 Robin Erithacus rubecula 232 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 233 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 29/05/2021 Spurn 234 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 06/10/2021 Spurn 235 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 16/10/2021 Flamborough 236 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 237 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 238 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 239 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 240 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 241 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 02/04/2021 242 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 17/09/2021 Spurn 243 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 244 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 245 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 246 Dunnock Prunella modularis 247 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 02/04/2021 248 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 249 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 250 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 08/11/2021 Spurn 251 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 252 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 253 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 06/10/2021 Spurn 254 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 255 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 256 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 257 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 258 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 259 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 260 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 28/05/2021 Spurn 261 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 262 Twite Linaria flavirostris 263 Linnet Linaria cannabina 264 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 265 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 266 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 267 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 10/04/2021 Notts 268 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 269 Siskin Spinus spinus 270 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 271 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 272 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 273 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 274 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana Spurn 275 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 276 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 10/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 277 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 28/09/2021 Spurn 278 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 279 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 15/04/2021 Sussex