Philip Whittaker: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 221 of 221 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12/03/2021 Trimley SWT 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 27/02/2021 Pipps Ford 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12/03/2021 Trimley SWT 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 30/12/2021 Westleton 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 18/11/2021 Trimley SWT 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 08/01/2021 Pipps Ford 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna ********** ********** 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 06/04/2021 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15/02/2021 Pipps Ford 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/01/2021 Pipps Ford 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2021 Pipps Ford 18 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 19 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2021 Pipps Ford 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 15/11/2021 Abberton 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 10/01/2021 Pipps Ford 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23/10/2021 Dozmary Pool Cornwall 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2021 Alton Water 24 Scaup Aythya marila 13/07/2021 Benacre Broad Two 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 27/04/2021 Dunwich 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29/11/2021 Slaughdon Quay 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15/04/2021 Slaughdon Quay 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15/11/2021 Abberton 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 14/03/2021 Waldringfield River Deben 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2021 Causeway Lake Baylham 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/01/2021 Wherstead Strand 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 21/02/2021 Combs Suffolk 33 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 24/09/2021 East Yorks Thorpe Park 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/02/2021 Creeting St Mary 36 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2021 Pipps Ford 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 02/05/2021 Pipps Ford 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 04/01/2021 Wherstead Strand 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 07/01/2021 Pipps Ford 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 09/06/2021 Snape Marshes SWT 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 04/01/2021 Ipswich 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 31/01/2021 Pipps Ford 44 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 24/03/2021 Site with no general access Accepted by SOURC photographed 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 46 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 47 Crane Grus grus 06/04/2021 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 04/01/2021 Wherstead Strand 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 15/11/2021 Abberton & Shotley 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 15/11/2021 Abberton 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/10/2021 Drift Reservoir Cornwall 53 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 06/04/2021 Cavenham Heath NR 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 55 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 28/05/2021 Trimley SWT 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 12/03/2021 Trimley SWT 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 17/03/2021 Trimley SWT 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius ********** ********** 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 11/04/2021 River Deben Waldringfield Webs 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 12/03/2021 Trimley SWT 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 12/03/2021 Trimley SWT 66 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 03/01/2021 Pipps Ford 67 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 24/01/2021 Pipps Ford 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 69 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21/10/2021 Cape Cornwall 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/03/2021 Pipps Ford 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/04/2021 Pipps Ford 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/04/2021 Trimley SWT 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 10/07/2021 Pipps Ford 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 77 Knot Calidris canutus 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 06/07/2021 Minsmere 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 07/05/2021 Carlton Marshes SWT 80 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 30/04/2021 Trimley SWT 81 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 07/05/2021 Carlton Marshes SWT 82 Sanderling Calidris alba 16/09/2021 Beadnell Bay Northumbs 83 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 84 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 19/10/2021 Hale Estuary Cornwall 85 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 06/07/2021 Minsmere 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 27/04/2021 Minsmere RSPB 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 27/04/2021 Minsmere RSPB 88 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 07/07/2021 Minsmere 89 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 27/04/2021 Minsmere RSPB 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/04/2021 Trimley SWT 91 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/04/2021 Sizewell Suffolk 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 14/04/2021 Trimley SWT 94 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2021 Pipps Ford 95 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 16/04/2021 Hollesley Marshes RSPB 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 06/03/2021 Pipps Ford 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2021 Pipps Ford 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/01/2021 Pipps Ford 100 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 27/09/2021 East Lane Suffolk 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 27/09/2021 East lane Suffolk 102 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 21/10/2021 Cape Cornwall 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 19/09/2021 Ardnamurchan Point 104 Puffin Fratercula arctica 21/10/2021 Cape Cornwall 105 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 18/09/2021 Coron Highland 106 Razorbill Alca torda 16/09/2021 Bempton RSPB 107 Little Auk Alle alle 21/10/2021 Cape Cornwall 108 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 16/09/2021 Bempton RSPB 109 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 16/09/2021 Bempton RSPB 110 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/12/2021 Levington Creek 111 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 112 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 23/09/2021 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16/09/2021 Brampton RSPB 114 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 27/09/2021 East Lane Suffolk 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 17/09/2021 Beadnell Bay Northumbria 116 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 20/10/2021 Cape Cornwall 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 15/04/2021 Thorpeness 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 19/09/2021 Ardnamurchan Point 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 15/04/2021 North Warren RSPB 121 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 06/04/2021 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 123 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/04/2021 Langham Bridge Suffolk 124 Great White Egret Ardea alba ********** ********** 125 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2021 Pipps Ford 126 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 06/07/2021 Hazelwood Marshes SWT 127 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 18/09/2021 Resipole Ardnamurchan 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 06/01/2021 Pipps Ford 129 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 26/02/2021 130 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/01/2021 Lings Lane 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 20/01/2021 Pipps Ford 132 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 18/09/2021 Resipole Ardnamurchan Three 133 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2021 Pipps Ford 134 Barn Owl Tyto alba 26/02/2021 Pipps Ford 135 Little Owl Athene noctua 26/02/2021 Pipps Ford 136 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 26/10/2021 Pipps Ford 137 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 16/06/2021 Trimley SWT 138 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 09/02/2021 Pipps Ford 139 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/06/2021 Icklingham Suffollk 140 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 12/01/2021 Pipps Ford 141 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 142 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 143 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2021 Pipps Ford 144 Merlin Falco columbarius 19/10/2021 Pendeen Cornwall 145 Hobby Falco subbuteo 29/04/2021 Pipps Ford 146 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton 147 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri ********** ********** 148 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 14/05/2021 Lakenheath Fen RSPB Heard only interacting with Cuckoo briefly 149 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 150 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 151 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 17/03/2021 Cot Valley Cornwall 152 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 153 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 154 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 155 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 18/09/2021 Ardnamurchan Common 156 Raven Corvus corax 31/01/2021 Pipps Ford 157 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/02/2021 Pipps Ford 158 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 21/09/2021 Glenmore Highland 159 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/01/2021 Pipps Ford 160 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 161 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 162 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 06/04/2021 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 163 Woodlark Lullula arborea 06/04/2021 Cavenham Heath NR 164 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/01/2021 Wherstead Strand 165 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/03/2021 Pipps Ford 166 Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2021 Trimley SWT 167 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/04/2021 Pipps Ford 168 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 12/03/2021 Trimley SWT 169 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 170 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/06/2021 Brandon 171 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 03/03/2021 Pipps Ford 172 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 31/03/2021 Trimley SWT 173 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 21/04/2021 Trimley SWT 174 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 14/05/2021 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 175 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/04/2021 Pipps Ford 176 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/04/2021 Pipps Ford 177 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca ********** ********** 178 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2021 Pipps Ford 179 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 15/04/2021 Westleton Heath 180 Goldcrest Regulus regulus ********** ********** 181 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 182 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 27/01/2021 Priestley Wood 183 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/01/2021 Pipps Ford 184 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 185 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 186 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2021 Pipps Ford 187 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2021 Pipps Ford 188 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 189 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 11/01/2021 Pipps Ford 190 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 15/04/2021 Hinton 5 Ways 191 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 27/08/2021 Trimley SWT 192 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 193 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 27/04/2021 Dunwich 194 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 24/03/2021 Trimley SWT Entrance Track 195 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 18/05/2021 Suffolk Heath 196 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 22/08/2021 Pipps Ford 197 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 198 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/03/2021 Pipps Ford 199 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 16/09/2021 Bempton RSPB 200 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 10/01/2021 Creeting St Mary 201 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 202 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 08/04/2021 Trimley SWT 203 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 16/01/2021 Pipps Ford 204 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Pipps Ford 205 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2021 Pipps Ford 206 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 15/04/2021 Pipps Ford NFR 207 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 29/03/2021 Pipps Ford 208 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 14/03/2021 Waldringfield River Deben 209 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 10/01/2021 Pipps Ford 210 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 13/10/2021 Trimley SWT 5 heading south 211 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 07/01/2021 Pipps Ford 212 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 07/05/2021 Covehithe 213 Twite Linaria flavirostris 30/12/2021 Dunwich 214 Linnet Linaria cannabina 20/02/2021 Pipps Ford 215 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 17/09/2021 Aberfoyle Stirlingshire 216 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 06/01/2021 Pipps Ford 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 05/01/2021 Pipps Ford 218 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 02/11/2021 Falkenham 219 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 16/11/2021 Lings Lane Suffolk 220 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 23/02/2021 Great Bricett Suffolk 221 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/01/2021 River Stour Stutton