Jonathan Nasir: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 250 of 250 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 17/03/2021 Stour Estuary during survey 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 27/06/2021 Minsmere RSPB 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 22/09/2021 Norwick, Unst 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 21/09/2021 Loch of Spiggie, Shetland 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19/03/2021 Broom GPs 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 05/04/2021 Santon Downham 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/04/2021 Hockwold Washes 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 17 Pintail Anas acuta 17/03/2021 Stour Estuary during survey 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 21/02/2021 Stockers Lake 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 22 Scaup Aythya marila 19/03/2021 Broom GPs 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 20/09/2021 Wadbister, Shetland 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 20/09/2021 Wadbister, Shetland 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29/08/2021 Winterton 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29/08/2021 Winterton 27 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 18/12/2021 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 18/12/2021 Budle Bay, Northumberland 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21/02/2021 Stockers Lake 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 06/04/2021 Paxton Pits 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 23/04/2021 Broom GPs 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 24/07/2021 Cemlyn Lagoons 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 17/06/2021 Worlds End 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/01/2021 Baldock / Wallington 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2021 Clifton, Beds 36 Quail Coturnix coturnix 30/05/2021 Wallington, Herts 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/01/2021 Sandy RSPB 38 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2021 Broom GPs 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 01/05/2021 Broom GPs 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP feral pigeon 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2021 Clifton, Beds 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Baldock 43 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 08/06/2021 Ouse Fen RSPB 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Baldock 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 08/10/2021 St. Mary's, Scilly 46 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 02/10/2021 St. Mary's, Scilly 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 48 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 19/12/2021 Holkham Gap 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 18/12/2021 Budle Bay, Northumberland 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/02/2021 Harwich during survey 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 05/04/2021 Hockwold Washes 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 07/04/2021 Titchwell RSPB 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 10/01/2021 Wallington 57 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 25/07/2021 Frampton Marsh 58 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 03/10/2021 Tresco, Scilly 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 04/05/2021 Broom GPs tundrae 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/03/2021 Broom GPs G&M 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 62 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 15/10/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 25/04/2021 Broom GPs 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 17/03/2021 Stour Estuary during survey 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 07/04/2021 Titchwell RSPB 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 21/03/2021 Broom GPs calling 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/10/2021 St. Mary's, Scilly 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 26/01/2021 nr Glinton, Cambs during survey 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 70 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 24/10/2021 Titchwell RSPB 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/04/2021 Broom East GPs 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 22/03/2021 Broom GPs G&M 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/04/2021 Broom GPs 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 14/03/2021 Broom GPs 75 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 11/08/2021 Tresco, Scilly 76 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 27/06/2021 Minsmere RSPB 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 26/04/2021 Broom GPs 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/02/2021 Harwich during survey 79 Knot Calidris canutus 07/04/2021 Titchwell RSPB 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 16/05/2021 Frampton Marsh 81 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 15/10/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB 82 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 16/05/2021 Frampton Marsh 2 83 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 15/10/2021 St Aidens RSPB 84 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 03/10/2021 Bryher, Scilly 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 07/04/2021 Titchwell RSPB 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 28/04/2021 Broom East GPs 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 18/12/2021 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 03/10/2021 Tresco, Scilly 2 90 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 14/05/2021 Ferrybridge 91 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 14/05/2021 Longham Lakes, Dorset 92 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 28/04/2021 Broom East GPs 3 93 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 17/04/2021 Broom GPs 94 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 27/06/2021 Minsmere RSPB 95 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 24/07/2021 Cemlyn Lagoons 96 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 18/04/2021 Rutland Water 97 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/05/2021 Portland 98 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 09/08/2021 Scilly Pelagic 2 99 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 100 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/04/2021 Titchwell RSPB 101 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 102 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 103 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/04/2021 Titchwell RSPB 104 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 18/12/2021 Budle Bay, Northumberland 105 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 106 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 30/08/2021 Cley 107 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 09/08/2021 Scilly Pelagic 108 Puffin Fratercula arctica 14/06/2021 South Stack RSPB 109 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 24/07/2021 Holyhead Harbour 110 Razorbill Alca torda 14/05/2021 Portland 111 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 14/05/2021 Portland 112 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 24/10/2021 Titchwell RSPB 113 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 18/04/2021 Rutland Water 114 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 09/08/2021 Scilly Pelagic 8 115 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 05/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 116 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 09/08/2021 Scilly Pelagic 2 117 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 02/04/2021 Budleigh Salterton 118 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 09/08/2021 Scilly Pelagic 3 119 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 09/08/2021 Scilly Pelagic 2 120 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 09/08/2021 Scilly Pelagic 10 121 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 07/08/2021 Scillonian Crossing 122 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 123 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 18/04/2021 Rutland Water unringed 124 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/05/2021 Portland 125 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 126 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/04/2021 Budleigh Salterton 127 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 06/04/2021 Earith Marshes 3 128 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 16/05/2021 Frampton Marsh 3 129 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 05/06/2021 Ham Wall RSPB 130 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 131 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/01/2021 Clifton, Beds 132 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 133 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 134 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 18/04/2021 135 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 136 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 07/04/2021 Santon Downham 137 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/04/2021 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 138 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 139 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 140 Barn Owl Tyto alba 21/02/2021 Wallington 141 Little Owl Athene noctua 26/01/2021 nr Glinton, Cambs during survey 142 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 25/02/2021 Wallington 2 143 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 21/03/2021 Fowlmere RSPB calling 144 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/06/2021 Icklingham, Suffolk 145 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 146 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 27/12/2021 River Darwen, Lancs Belter! 147 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 29/05/2021 Spurn 1 over Point 148 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 07/04/2021 Santon Downham 149 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 150 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 151 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 152 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/03/2021 near Glentham, Lincs during survey 153 Hobby Falco subbuteo 26/04/2021 Broom GPs 154 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 25/04/2021 Broom GPs 155 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 21/02/2021 Stockers Lake 156 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 02/10/2021 St. Mary's, Scilly 157 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 04/10/2021 St. Mary's, Scilly 158 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 159 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 160 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 14/06/2021 South Stack RSPB 161 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Baldock 162 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2021 Sandy Heath 163 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 164 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 14/06/2021 South Stack RSPB 165 Raven Corvus corax 21/02/2021 Wallington 166 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2021 Sandy RSPB 167 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/04/2021 Santon Downham 168 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 169 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 170 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 07/04/2021 Titchwell RSPB 171 Woodlark Lullula arborea 05/04/2021 Santon Downham 172 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 173 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 19/12/2021 Holkham Gap 174 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 05/11/2021 West Runton, Norfolk 175 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2021 Broom GPs 176 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2021 Fen Drayton 177 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/04/2021 Paxton Pits 178 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 179 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 180 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 16/06/2021 Capel Curig at least 7 singing males 181 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 15/10/2021 Flamborough Head 182 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 05/11/2021 Wells Wood, Norfolk 183 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 06/04/2021 Fen Drayton 184 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 185 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn 186 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 20/09/2021 Sumburgh Hotel, Shetland 187 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2021 Broom GPs 188 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/04/2021 Broom GPs 189 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 05/06/2021 Ham Wall RSPB 190 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 09/05/2021 Derek White Egg Pits. Beds so satisfying seeing this one after 8 attempts! 191 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 03/05/2021 Blagrove Meadows, Herts 192 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 28/03/2021 Broom GPs 193 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2021 Broom GPs 194 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 04/05/2021 Broom GPs 195 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 29/05/2021 Spurn 196 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2021 Broom GPs 197 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 27/06/2021 Minsmere RSPB 198 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 05/04/2021 Lynford Arboretum 199 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2021 Sandy RSPB 200 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 201 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/02/2021 Radwell Lake 202 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/02/2021 Radwell Lake 203 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 204 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 23/09/2021 Aith, Shetland male 205 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Baldock 206 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 207 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 208 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 209 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Baldock 210 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 211 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 01/05/2021 Hawkesbury Meadow, Beds At least 2 males 212 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 29/05/2021 Spurn 213 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 214 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 02/05/2021 Hawkesbury Meadow, Beds 215 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 20/09/2021 Quendale, Shetland 216 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 16/10/2021 Flamborough Head 217 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/06/2021 Capel Curig 218 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 07/04/2021 Titchwell RSPB 219 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 08/04/2021 Weston, Herts 220 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 17/06/2021 Worlds End 221 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2021 Sandy Heath 222 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2021 Baldock 2 on airfield 223 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 16/06/2021 Capel Curig 224 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 225 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 03/01/2021 Clothall Common 226 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 227 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 17/04/2021 Broom GPs 228 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/01/2021 Baldock 229 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 230 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 231 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 07/04/2021 Santon Downham 232 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 19/12/2021 Titchwell RSPB 233 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 19/03/2021 Broom East GPs 234 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2021 Baldock / Wallington 235 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 06/03/2021 Baldock 5 at Quickswood Farm 236 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 13/06/2021 Aber Falls 237 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 21/03/2021 Fowlmere RSPB 238 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 22/09/2021 Norwick, Unst 239 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 240 Twite Linaria flavirostris 20/09/2021 Quendale, Shetland 241 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2021 Baldock / Wallington 242 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/01/2021 Sandy RSPB 243 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/01/2021 Sandy RSPB 244 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 245 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2021 Meadow Lane CP 246 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 06/10/2021 St. Mary's, Scilly 247 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 03/01/2021 Baldock / Wallington 248 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/01/2021 Baldock / Wallington 249 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021 Broom GPs 250 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 11/04/2021 Barcombe, East Sussex