Martin McCallum: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 251 of 251 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 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 06/04/2021 Idle Washlands 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 23/10/2021 North Cave Wetlands 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 06/10/2021 Musselburgh 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 07/02/2021 Idle Valley NR 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 45 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 06/07/2021 Easington 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 49 Coot Fulica atra 50 Crane Grus grus 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 60 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 23/07/2021 Frampton marsh RSPB 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 64 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 65 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 21/04/2021 Rutland water 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 71 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 73 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 29/11/2021 Covenham Reservoir Lincs 74 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 75 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 76 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 77 Redshank Tringa totanus 78 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 79 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 80 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 81 Knot Calidris canutus 82 Ruff Calidris pugnax 83 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 84 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 14/08/2021 Langford lowlands 85 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St Aidan's RSPB Swillington 86 Sanderling Calidris alba 87 Dunlin Calidris alpina 88 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 89 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 18/10/2021 Idle Washlands 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 91 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 24/07/2021 Adwick Washlands RSPB 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 93 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 94 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 95 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 96 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 98 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 16/08/2021 Formby Point 99 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 100 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 101 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 03/09/2021 Adult and juvenile Flamborough 102 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 21/04/2021 Rutland water 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 105 Common Gull Larus canus 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 111 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 15/03/2021 Fulwood Sheffield 112 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 113 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 114 Puffin Fratercula arctica 115 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 116 Razorbill Alca torda 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 121 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 122 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 123 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 124 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 125 Gannet Morus bassanus 126 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 127 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 128 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 04/08/2021 Alkborough Flats 129 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 20/03/2021 Fairburn Ings 130 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 22/03/2021 Langford Lowlands Heard only 131 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 132 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 27/06/2021 Idle Valley NR 133 Great White Egret Ardea alba 134 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 135 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21/04/2021 Rutland water 136 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 04/08/2021 Welbeck raptor point 137 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 138 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 139 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 140 Red Kite Milvus milvus 141 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 23/08/2021 Watch water Berwickshire 142 Buzzard Buteo buteo 143 Barn Owl Tyto alba 144 Little Owl Athene noctua 145 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 146 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 147 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 148 Hoopoe Upupa epops 11/05/2021 Flamborough south landing 149 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 150 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 13/09/2021 Thorne Moors 151 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 152 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 153 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 154 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 155 Merlin Falco columbarius 156 Hobby Falco subbuteo 157 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 158 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 05/05/2021 Spurn 159 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 160 Jay Garrulus glandarius 161 Magpie Pica pica 162 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 163 Rook Corvus frugilegus 164 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 165 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 166 Raven Corvus corax 167 Coal Tit Periparus ater 168 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 169 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 170 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 171 Great Tit Parus major 172 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 173 Woodlark Lullula arborea 174 Skylark Alauda arvensis 175 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 03/06/2021 Fair Isle 176 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 177 Swallow Hirundo rustica 178 House Martin Delichon urbicum 179 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 180 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 181 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 182 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 13/10/2021 Spurn 183 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 05/11/2021 Gibraltar point 184 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15/11/2021 Flamborough Head 185 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 186 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 187 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 11/09/2021 Buckton by Bempton 188 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn 189 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 25/10/2021 Hartlepool headland 190 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 09/06/2021 Besthorpe Notts 191 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 192 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 193 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 03/06/2021 Fair Isle 194 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 04/06/2021 Fair Isle 195 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 08/06/2021 Hams Wall RSPB 196 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 22/05/2021 Heslington York 197 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 198 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 199 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 22/09/2021 Flamborough Head 200 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 201 Whitethroat Curruca communis 202 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 203 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 204 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 205 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 206 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 07/04/2021 Exmouth 207 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 208 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 209 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 210 Redwing Turdus iliacus 211 Blackbird Turdus merula 212 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 213 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 214 Robin Erithacus rubecula 215 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 24/05/2021 Flamborough Head 216 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 16/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 217 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 218 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 219 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 220 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 221 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 222 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2021 Idle Valley NR 223 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 224 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 225 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 226 Dunnock Prunella modularis 227 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 228 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 229 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 230 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 231 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 232 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 233 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 234 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 235 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 236 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 237 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 238 Twite Linaria flavirostris 239 Linnet Linaria cannabina 240 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 241 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 242 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 10/04/2021 Thoresby pit top 243 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 244 Siskin Spinus spinus 245 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 246 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 247 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 248 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 249 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 15/04/2021 Langford lowlands 250 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 251 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 12/04/2021 Barcombe Cross East Sussex