Joseph Margetts: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 173 of 173 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 24/10/2021 Kilnsea 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Pugneys 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/12/2021 Crossens Lancashire 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 30/03/2021 Derwent and howden 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/12/2021 Crossens Lancashire 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Pugneys 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 20/03/2021 Garden Skein of about 30 flying north very low 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16/10/2021 Idle washlands 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/04/2021 Bolton Abbey 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/05/2021 Swillington Ings 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 Pugneys 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Pugneys 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Pugneys 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 12/12/2021 Carr Vale NR 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Pugneys 17 Pintail Anas acuta 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Pugneys 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24/10/2021 North Cave 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 16/10/2021 Idle valley c.40 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2021 Pugneys 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 Pugneys 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24/10/2021 Spurn 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24/10/2021 Spurn 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2021 Pugneys 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2021 Pugneys 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 09/10/2021 Swillington Ings 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 22/01/2021 Ilkley Moor 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Pugneys 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/05/2021 Nr. Swillington Ings 31 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2021 Swillington Ings 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/05/2021 Lawrence Field 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 28/03/2021 From garden 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 Pugneys 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Garden 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 28/03/2021 Dore 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 15/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Pugneys 39 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Pugneys 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 11/04/2021 Old Moor 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 Pugneys 42 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 15/06/2021 Near Minsmere 43 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 24/10/2021 Kilnsea 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 22/01/2021 Ilkley Moor 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 16/10/2021 Idle washlands 48 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 Pugneys 50 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 15/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/05/2021 Swillington Ings 8+ 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 26/02/2021 Salter's Bridge 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 28/08/2021 Swillington Ings 54 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 22/03/2021 Budby 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 56 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 26/09/2021 Old Moor 57 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 58 Redshank Tringa totanus 31/08/2021 Leighton Moss 59 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 15/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 60 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 31/08/2021 Leighton Moss 61 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 24/12/2021 Broadstairs 62 Knot Calidris canutus 24/10/2021 Kilnsea 63 Ruff Calidris pugnax 31/08/2021 Leighton Moss 64 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 Swillington Ings 65 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/05/2021 Birchinlee 66 Little Stint Calidris minuta 28/08/2021 Swillington Ings 67 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/05/2021 Swillington Ings 68 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 21/08/2021 Bempton Cliffs 69 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 27/06/2021 Bempton 70 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Pugneys 71 Common Gull Larus canus 09/10/2021 Swillington Ings 72 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Pugneys 73 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 11/04/2021 old moor 74 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Pugneys 75 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 12/03/2021 Mayfield Valley W Sheffield Very close views, circling overhead and eating worms off the path 76 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 11/09/2021 Flamborough head 77 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 21/08/2021 Bempton Cliffs 78 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/06/2021 Bempton 79 Razorbill Alca torda 27/06/2021 Bempton 80 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/06/2021 Bempton 81 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 11/09/2021 Flamborough head 82 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2021 Pugneys 83 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 21/08/2021 Bempton Cliffs 84 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 27/06/2021 Bempton 85 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 11/09/2021 Flamborough head 86 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 26/12/2021 Worth, Kent Unringed, presumed wild 87 Gannet Morus bassanus 27/06/2021 Bempton 88 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Pugneys 89 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 27/06/2021 Bempton 90 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 28/08/2021 Swillington Ings 91 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields Heard 92 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 93 Great White Egret Ardea alba 31/08/2021 Leighton Moss 94 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Pugneys 95 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 Calder Wetlands 96 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 97 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 15/06/2021 Strumpshaw Fen 98 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 05/12/2021 Crossens Lancashire 99 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/02/2021 M1 near Leeds 100 Buzzard Buteo buteo 12/01/2021 M1 101 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 15/07/2021 Peak District 102 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 16/03/2021 Garden Heard 103 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 09/01/2021 Pond near house 104 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 22/03/2021 Sherwood Male 105 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/03/2021 Garden 106 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 17/03/2021 Garden Heard 107 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 Calder Wetlands 108 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/08/2021 Swillington Ings 109 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/02/2021 Moss Moor 110 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 14/02/2021 Graves Park 111 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 Pugneys 112 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Garden 113 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 16/02/2021 Beauchief gardens 114 Rook Corvus frugilegus 07/04/2021 Edale 115 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Pugneys 116 Raven Corvus corax 29/01/2021 Birchinlee 117 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2021 Garden 118 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 15/06/2021 Strumpshaw Fen 119 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 14/11/2021 Carr Vale NR 120 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Garden 121 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Pugneys 122 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 15/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands Heard 123 Woodlark Lullula arborea 22/03/2021 Budby 124 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/02/2021 Moss Moor 125 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 126 Swallow Hirundo rustica 30/03/2021 Derwent and howden 127 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/04/2021 Roche Abbey 128 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields Heard 129 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Pugneys 130 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 12/05/2021 Blacka Moor 131 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 132 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 22/03/2021 Budby 133 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 11/09/2021 Buckton 134 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 02/05/2021 Swillington Ings 135 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 28/08/2021 Swillington Ings 136 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 11/04/2021 Old Moor 137 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/05/2021 Malvern Common 138 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 06/01/2021 Garden 139 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2021 Garden 140 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 09/01/2021 Beauchief 141 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 23/01/2021 Garden 142 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Garden 143 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 Calder Wetlands 144 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 16/02/2021 Millhouses Park 145 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Pugneys 146 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Garden 147 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 Calder Wetlands 148 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 25/07/2021 Valley of the Rocks 149 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Garden 150 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 12/05/2021 Lawrence Field 151 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 20/05/2021 Barbrook 152 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 20/05/2021 Barbrook 153 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 26/02/2021 Salter's Bridge 154 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2021 Derwent and howden 155 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 02/04/2021 Bolton Abbey 156 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 27/06/2021 Bempton 157 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Garden 158 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Garden 159 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 160 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2021 River Calder 161 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Pugneys 162 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 16/03/2021 Moss Moor 163 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 05/05/2021 Lawrence Field 164 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 24/10/2021 Kilnsea 165 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 31/01/2021 Garden 166 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 Pugneys 167 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Pugneys 168 Linnet Linaria cannabina 22/03/2021 Budby 169 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/05/2021 Barbrook 170 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Garden 171 Siskin Spinus spinus 27/01/2021 Garden 172 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/03/2021 Budby 173 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 28/02/2021 Greave's Piece