Brian Anderson: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 240 of 240 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 13/04/2021 Dungeness 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/01/2021 Rainham RSPB 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 24/10/2021 Titchwell 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2021 Connaught Waters 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 08/04/2021 Lakenheath 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 16 Pintail Anas acuta 03/01/2021 Rainham RSPB 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 06/11/2021 North Caves 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26/01/2021 Lee Valley CP Female 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 22 Scaup Aythya marila 02/01/2021 King George V reservoir 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 07/06/2021 Oare 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 21/02/2021 King George v res 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 13/04/2021 Dungeness 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 10/11/2021 Abberton 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2021 King George V reservoir 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2021 Connaught Water 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 09/10/2021 St. Aidans RSPB 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28/04/2021 Castle Acre 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 33 Quail Coturnix coturnix 01/06/2021 Wallington 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 19/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 01/06/2021 The Brecks 36 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2021 Startops reservoir 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/04/2021 Abberton 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Feral 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 24/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Epping Forest 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 07/06/2021 Oare 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 45 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 46 Crane Grus grus 08/04/2021 Lakenheath 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 48 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 12/12/2021 King George V reservoir 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 24/10/2021 Titchwell 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 30/03/2021 Staines reservoir 3 on Roding Valley lake 20/4/21 52 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 08/04/2021 Cavenham 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 19/03/2021 Lee Valley cp 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/01/2021 Rainham Aveley Bay 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25/04/2021 Rainham 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/05/2021 Frampton marsh 57 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 25/07/2021 Frampton marsh 58 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 02/05/2021 Frampton marsh 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/04/2021 Rainham 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 07/04/2021 Cornmill Meadow 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 62 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/11/2021 Blacktoft Sands 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/04/2021 Old Hall Marshes 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 03/01/2021 Beckton sewage works 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 19/04/2021 Old Hall Marshes 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/01/2021 Beckton sewage works 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 28/04/2021 Titchwell 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 31/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 70 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 24/10/2021 Titchwell 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 03/01/2021 Beckton sewage works 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 19/04/2021 Abberton 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 28/04/2021 Wells north pools 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2021 Beckton sewage works 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 19/04/2021 Old Hall Marshes 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 25/04/2021 Rainham 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 19/04/2021 Old Hall Marshes 78 Knot Calidris canutus 28/04/2021 Titchwell 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 28/04/2021 Wells north pools 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 25/07/2021 Frampton marsh 81 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St. Aidans RSPB 82 Sanderling Calidris alba 25/07/2021 Snettisham 83 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2021 Rainham RSPB 84 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 24/10/2021 Titchwell 85 Little Stint Calidris minuta 25/07/2021 Snettisham 86 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 03/08/2021 Minsmere 87 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 03/08/2021 Minsmere 88 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 25/07/2021 Snettisham 89 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 07/06/2021 Dungeness RSPB THREE birds 90 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 11/05/2021 Ferrybridge 91 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 11/05/2021 Longham lakes 92 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 03/08/2021 Minsmere 93 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 07/04/2021 King George V reservoir 94 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 13/04/2021 Dungeness 95 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 31/03/2021 Abberton 96 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 07/04/2021 King George V reservoir 97 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 01/08/2021 Oare marsh Kent 98 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 99 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17/01/2021 Wanstead 100 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 101 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 03/01/2021 Eagle Pond 102 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 103 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/04/2021 104 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2021 Beckton sewage works 105 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 106 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 01/04/2021 Newlyn Life tick 107 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 24/03/2021 Wanstead 108 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 13/04/2021 Dungeness 109 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 01/11/2021 Cley 110 Puffin Fratercula arctica 30/05/2021 Bempton 111 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 15/12/2021 Gunners Park Essex 112 Razorbill Alca torda 11/05/2021 Portland 113 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/05/2021 Portland 114 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 13/04/2021 Dungeness 115 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 28/12/2021 Port Talbot 116 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 13/04/2021 Dungeness 117 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 118 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 28/04/2021 Hunstanton 119 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 17/08/2021 Frampton. 120 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 15/04/2021 Lee Valley cp Of unknown origin No rings but had some damage to one wing. Also saw another bird at Rainham on 25/4/21 no wing damage 121 Gannet Morus bassanus 13/04/2021 Dungeness 122 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 123 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/04/2021 124 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 13/04/2021 Dungeness 125 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 02/05/2021 Frampton marsh 126 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 08/04/2021 Lakenheath 127 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 128 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 129 Great White Egret Ardea alba 15/02/2021 Lee Valley CP 130 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 131 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30/05/2021 Spurn 132 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/05/2021 Oakham 133 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/01/2021 Garden 134 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 05/06/2021 Acres down 135 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/01/2021 Rainham RSPB 136 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 15/12/2021 Wallasea Island 137 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/01/2021 Garden fly over 138 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 08/04/2021 Lakenheath G466 IOW female 139 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2021 King George V reservoir 140 Barn Owl Tyto alba 11/02/2021 Abridge 141 Little Owl Athene noctua 17/01/2021 Wanstead 142 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 143 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2021 Epping Forest 144 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Icklingham Suffolk 145 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 Connaught Water 146 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 22/06/2021 Breydon water Nine birds seen 147 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 05/09/2021 Wanstead 148 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 08/03/2021 xxx 149 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 150 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 151 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 152 Merlin Falco columbarius 15/12/2021 Wallasea Island 153 Hobby Falco subbuteo 27/05/2021 Loughton 154 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 155 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 156 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 03/05/2021 Rochford 157 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 158 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 159 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 11/05/2021 Portland first time i've ever seen one in Dorset 160 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 161 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2021 Rainham RSPB 162 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Garden 163 Raven Corvus corax 24/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 164 Coal Tit Periparus ater 18/02/2021 Epping Forest 165 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 28/04/2021 Lynford 166 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 167 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 168 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 28/04/2021 Titchwell 169 Woodlark Lullula arborea 30/03/2021 Thursley 170 Skylark Alauda arvensis 19/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 171 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 01/11/2021 Holkham 172 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 01/11/2021 West Runton 173 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/04/2021 Sewardstone Marsh 174 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2021 Friday Lake Lee Valley CP 175 House Martin Delichon urbicum 08/04/2021 King George V reservoir 176 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 03/01/2021 Beckton sewage works 177 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 178 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 22/12/2021 Walthamstow marshes 179 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 19/04/2021 Abberton 180 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 03/01/2021 Beckton sewage works 181 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 03/04/2021 Rainham 182 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/04/2021 Old Hall Marshes 183 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 05/06/2021 Ham Wall RSPB 184 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 28/04/2021 Titchwell 185 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 27/01/2021 garden 186 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 07/05/2021 Lee Valley cp 187 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/04/2021 Rainham 188 Whitethroat Curruca communis 03/04/2021 Rainham 189 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 30/03/2021 Thursley 190 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 28/04/2021 Lynford 191 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 192 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 193 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 18/02/2021 Epping Forest 194 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 09/01/2021 Loughton 195 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 01/04/2021 Exemouth Life tick 196 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 197 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 198 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 17/01/2021 Loughton 199 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 200 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Garden 201 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 202 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/04/2021 Rainham 203 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 05/06/2021 Acres down 204 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 205 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 19/04/2021 Abberton 206 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 06/11/2021 South landings Flamborough 207 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/04/2021 Greatstone-on-sea 208 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 06/11/2021 South landings Flamborough 209 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 02/01/2021 King George V reservoir 210 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 05/06/2021 Acres down 211 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/08/2021 Oare marsh 212 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 213 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 08/04/2021 Cavenham 214 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 30/05/2021 Bempton 215 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 216 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 217 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 11/04/2021 Rainham 218 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2021 King George V reservoir 219 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 220 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2021 Beckton sewage works 221 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 05/06/2021 Acres down 222 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/01/2021 Rainham marsh 223 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/01/2021 Rainham marsh 224 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 225 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 03/01/2021 Beckton sewage works 226 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 05/06/2021 Acres down 227 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 228 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 229 Twite Linaria flavirostris 15/12/2021 Wallasea Island 230 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2021 Beckton sewage Works 231 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 16/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 232 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 30/03/2021 Thursley 233 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 234 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2021 Lee Valley CP 235 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 24/10/2021 Titchwell 236 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 03/05/2021 Wallasea 237 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 23/03/2021 Lee Valley cp 238 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 30/03/2021 Thursley 239 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2021 Loughton 240 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 09/04/2021 Barcombe East Sussex Life tick