Lee Johnson: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 255 of 255 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 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/05/2021 Tophill low 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 30/03/2021 North Cave 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26/02/2021 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris ********** ********** 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 26/02/2021 25 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 03/11/2021 Hopeman, Moray Drake coming out of eclipse 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 05/11/2021 Mussleburgh 2 drake, 1 duck 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 05/11/2021 Mussleborough 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22/03/2021 Little driffield 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26/02/2021 32 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 27/01/2021 Coton pools Drake. Working 1km away when news broke 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 26/02/2021 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 19/09/2021 Tophill low 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 31/05/2021 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 15/06/2021 43 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2021 Tophill low 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/05/2021 Leven carrs 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 13/06/2021 Harwood dale 49 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 05/07/2021 Easington Meena 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Crane Grus grus 03/08/2021 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 27/09/2021 Tophill low 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 17/03/2021 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 12/04/2021 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 19/07/2021 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 30/03/2021 North Cave 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 65 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 26/07/2021 Frampton marsh 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 14/05/2021 Flamborough 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/04/2021 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 70 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/04/2021 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 21/02/2021 Watton 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/04/2021 75 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 77 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 05/11/2021 Newstead, Northumberland Winter plumage 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 25/04/2021 Tophill low 79 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 17/02/2021 Skerne 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 05/05/2021 Leven carrs 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/07/2021 Frampton marsh 83 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 28/04/2021 Tophill low 84 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 85 Knot Calidris canutus 26/07/2021 Frampton marsh 86 Ruff Calidris pugnax 30/03/2021 North Cave 87 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Tophill low 88 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St Aidens RSPB 89 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth 90 Sanderling Calidris alba 91 Dunlin Calidris alpina 92 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 93 Little Stint Calidris minuta 23/05/2021 Swine moor 94 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 17/09/2021 Tophill low 95 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 13/06/2021 Wheldrake Ings 96 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 97 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 01/07/2021 Southfield res 2 birds. Both with red rings 98 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 28/04/2021 Tophill low 99 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/04/2021 100 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 06/06/2021 Newbiggin 101 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 14/04/2021 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 103 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 02/09/2021 Flamborough 2 adult, 1 juv. My highest site day count 104 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 105 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 27/03/2021 106 Common Gull Larus canus 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 108 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 109 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 110 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 27/08/2021 Flamborough 111 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 112 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 113 Puffin Fratercula arctica 24/04/2021 Flamborough 114 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 22/06/2021 Orkney 115 Razorbill Alca torda 116 Little Auk Alle alle 22/10/2021 Flamborough 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 121 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 22/10/2021 Flamborough 122 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 Bempton 123 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 27/08/2021 Flamborough 124 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 125 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 126 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 01/08/2021 Flamborough 127 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 29/08/2021 Flamborough 128 Gannet Morus bassanus 129 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 130 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 131 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 23/05/2021 Leven carrs 132 Bittern Botaurus stellaris ********** ********** 133 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 134 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 17/01/2021 135 Great White Egret Ardea alba 136 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 137 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 26/03/2021 Driffield 138 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 08/06/2021 Wykeham 139 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 140 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 141 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 142 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 22/06/2021 Orkney 143 Red Kite Milvus milvus 144 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 07/03/2021 Fraisthorpe 145 Buzzard Buteo buteo 146 Barn Owl Tyto alba 147 Little Owl Athene noctua 148 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 18/01/2021 149 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 18/01/2021 150 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 151 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/05/2021 Flamborough 152 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 153 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 31/05/2021 Saltwick Nab 154 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 155 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 156 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 157 Merlin Falco columbarius 16/02/2021 Watton carrs 158 Hobby Falco subbuteo 13/04/2021 159 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 160 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 27/01/2021 Elmdon 161 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 31/05/2021 Saltwick Nab 162 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 27/05/2021 Bempton 163 Jay Garrulus glandarius 164 Magpie Pica pica 165 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 166 Rook Corvus frugilegus 167 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 168 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 169 Raven Corvus corax 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 171 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 172 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 173 Willow Tit Poecile montanus ********** ********** 174 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 175 Great Tit Parus major 176 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 26/08/2021 Blacktoft 177 Woodlark Lullula arborea 20/03/2021 Allerthorpe 178 Skylark Alauda arvensis 179 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2021 180 Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/04/2021 181 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/04/2021 Tophill low 182 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 183 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 184 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 11/05/2021 Flamborough 185 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 15/10/2021 Flamborough 186 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 07/10/2021 Flamborough 187 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 14/11/2021 Flamborough 188 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 02/04/2021 189 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 190 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 09/09/2021 Buckton 191 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn 192 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 21/04/2021 Tophill low 193 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 22/04/2021 Skerne 194 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 02/06/2021 Flamborough 195 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 12/05/2021 Heslington East 196 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2021 Flamborough 197 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 30/03/2021 North Cave 198 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 02/05/2021 Hornsea mere 199 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 28/08/2021 Flamborough 200 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 30/04/2021 Tophill low 201 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2021 Tophill low 202 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla ********** ********** 203 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 204 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 205 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 206 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 207 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 08/05/2021 Newbiggin 208 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 23/06/2021 209 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 210 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 211 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 212 Redwing Turdus iliacus 213 Blackbird Turdus merula 214 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 215 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 07/05/2021 Flamborough 216 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 11/05/2021 Flamborough 217 Robin Erithacus rubecula 218 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 24/05/2021 Flamborough 219 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 19/09/2021 Blacktoft 220 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 16/10/2021 Flamborough 221 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 09/05/2021 Flamborough 222 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 06/11/2021 Flamborough 223 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 12/01/2021 GAL 224 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/04/2021 Cowlam 225 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 07/05/2021 Flamborough 226 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 227 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/04/2021 Flamborough 228 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 17/09/2021 Easington 229 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 08/06/2021 Wykeham 230 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 231 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 232 Dunnock Prunella modularis 233 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 09/04/2021 234 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 235 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 236 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 237 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 08/06/2021 Wykeham 238 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 239 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 240 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 241 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 242 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 243 Twite Linaria flavirostris 244 Linnet Linaria cannabina 245 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 246 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 247 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 20/03/2021 Allerthorpe 248 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 249 Siskin Spinus spinus 250 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 251 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 252 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 253 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 05/09/2021 Flamborough 254 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 255 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 12/04/2021 Barcombe Cross, E Sussex