Simon Knight: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/04/2021 Parkgate 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/04/2021 Burton Marsh 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 29/03/2021 Arrowe park 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/04/2021 Burton Marsh 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 30/03/2021 Hesketh 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 30/03/2021 Hesketh 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/05/2021 Newbiggin 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29/03/2021 Leasowe 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 04/12/2021 Kinghorn 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 29 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 30/10/2021 Amulree 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 33 Swift Apus apus 16/05/2021 Ness 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2021 Leasowe 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 22/01/2021 Dee Estuary 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 23/01/2021 Dee Estuary 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/04/2021 Burton Marsh 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 41 Coot Fulica atra 42 Crane Grus grus 16/05/2021 Burton Marsh 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 23/03/2021 Bmw 44 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 30/03/2021 Dolphinholme 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 30/03/2021 Dolphinholme 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 30/10/2021 47 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 10/04/2021 Hoylake 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 52 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Hoylake 53 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 10/10/2021 Scilly 54 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 56 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 11/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 57 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 09/05/2021 Grindon Lough 58 Curlew Numenius arquata 59 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 25/09/2021 Titchwell 60 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 22/01/2021 Dee Estuary 61 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 25/07/2021 Bmw 62 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/10/2021 Scilly 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 64 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 18/09/2021 Bmw 65 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 09/05/2021 Grindon Lough 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 67 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 14/10/2021 Scilly 68 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/07/2021 Burton Marsh 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 71 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 25/04/2021 BMW 72 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 74 Knot Calidris canutus 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 76 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 12/09/2021 Hoylake 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 12/09/2021 Hoylake 81 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Bmw 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 02/05/2021 Cemlyn 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/05/2021 Cemlyn 85 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/05/2021 Cemlyn 87 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 88 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 25/04/2021 BMW 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21/04/2021 Burton Mere 92 Common Gull Larus canus 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 94 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 12/09/2021 Hoylake 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 05/04/2021 Burton Marsh 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 97 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 08/10/2021 Scilly 98 Puffin Fratercula arctica 02/05/2021 South Stack 99 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 100 Razorbill Alca torda 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 29/03/2021 Leasowe 103 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 104 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 25/05/2021 Burton Mere 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 111 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 112 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 113 Great White Egret Ardea alba 114 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 115 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 31/03/2021 Thurstaton 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 117 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 118 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 119 Red Kite Milvus milvus 120 Buzzard Buteo buteo 121 Barn Owl Tyto alba 14/11/2021 Parkgate 122 Little Owl Athene noctua 123 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/11/2021 Parkgate 124 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 29/01/2021 Little neston 125 Hoopoe Upupa epops 21/10/2021 Scilly 126 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 127 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/12/2021 Roach Bridge, Lancs 128 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 10/01/2021 Garden 129 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 130 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 131 Hobby Falco subbuteo 132 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 133 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 23/05/2021 Pinner 134 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 05/12/2021 Millington lake 135 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 16/10/2021 Scilly 136 Jay Garrulus glandarius 137 Magpie Pica pica 138 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 02/05/2021 South Stack 139 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 140 Rook Corvus frugilegus 22/01/2021 Dee Estuary 141 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 142 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 143 Raven Corvus corax 144 Coal Tit Periparus ater 145 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 146 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 147 Great Tit Parus major 148 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 11/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 149 Woodlark Lullula arborea 150 Skylark Alauda arvensis 151 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2021 Dolphinholme 152 Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2021 Thurstaton 153 House Martin Delichon urbicum 17/04/2021 Prestatyn 154 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 15/10/2021 Scilly 155 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 156 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 157 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 02/05/2021 Hafod 158 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 21/10/2021 Scilly 159 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 16/10/2021 Scilly 160 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 05/04/2021 Burton Marsh 161 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 162 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 11/09/2021 Buckton 163 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2021 Prestatyn 164 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/04/2021 Prestatyn 165 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/04/2021 Prestatyn 166 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/03/2021 Neston 167 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 168 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 169 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2021 Prestatyn 170 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 10/01/2021 Neston 171 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 172 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 30/03/2021 Dolphinholme 174 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 09/05/2021 Newbiggin 175 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 176 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 177 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 22/01/2021 Dee Estuary 178 Redwing Turdus iliacus 179 Blackbird Turdus merula 180 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 181 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 29/03/2021 Leasowe 182 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 25/05/2021 Lake vynrw 183 Robin Erithacus rubecula 184 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 185 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 15/10/2021 Scilly 186 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 14/10/2021 Scilly 187 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 06/11/2021 Flamborough 188 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/05/2021 Hafod 189 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 06/11/2021 Flamborough 190 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 191 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 25/05/2021 Lake vynrw 192 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 193 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 22/01/2021 Dee Estuary 194 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/04/2021 Burton Mere 195 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 196 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 197 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 198 Dunnock Prunella modularis 199 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 25/04/2021 Leasowe 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 10/01/2021 Neston 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 202 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 203 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 25/05/2021 Lake vynrw 204 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 20/10/2021 Scilly 205 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 206 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 207 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 29/01/2021 Little neston 208 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 209 Linnet Linaria cannabina 210 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 31/03/2021 Thurstaton 211 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 212 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 213 Serin Serinus serinus 12/10/2021 Scilly 214 Siskin Spinus spinus 215 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 216 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 30/10/2021 217 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 218 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 12/10/2021 Scilly 219 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus