Huw Morgan: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 207 of 207 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 23/12/2021 Penrhos Country Park 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 24/12/2021 River Clwyd 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 15/01/2021 Formby 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 24/12/2021 River Clwyd 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 08/02/2021 Bodenham 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2021 Deeping High Bank 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 25/01/2021 Preston Marina 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/02/2021 Urmston Meadows 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 03/04/2021 Lightshaw Hall Flashes 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 18 Pintail Anas acuta 24/04/2021 RSPB Burton Mere 19 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 11/04/2021 Arnot Hill Park 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 19/02/2021 Alexandra Park 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 24 Scaup Aythya marila 15/01/2021 Hesketh Park 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/05/2021 Glasson 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 07/04/2021 Elton Reservoir 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28/12/2021 Shotwick Boating Lake 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19/07/2021 Hodbarrow 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 10/06/2021 Woodhead Pass 32 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 07/09/2021 Cairn Gorm 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 30/01/2021 Carrington Moss 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/04/2021 Hundred End 36 Swift Apus apus 07/05/2021 Heywood 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 29/05/2021 Langford Lowfields 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2021 Attenborough NR 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/04/2021 Pennington Flash 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 44 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 46 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 48 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/04/2021 St Aidan's 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 05/04/2021 St Aidan's 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/03/2021 Irlam Locks 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/04/2021 Marshside 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/04/2021 Ainsdale 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 23/02/2021 Stanah 54 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/04/2021 Ainsdale 55 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 03/04/2021 Pennington Flash 56 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 57 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 19/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 58 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2021 Heswall Shore 59 Curlew Numenius arquata 23/02/2021 Stanah 60 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/04/2021 Ainsdale 61 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 23/02/2021 Stanah 62 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 18/01/2021 Lea 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2021 Sale Water Park 64 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 07/04/2021 Elton Reservoir 65 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 25/07/2021 Attenborough 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 15/02/2021 New Brighton 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 24/04/2021 RSPB Burton Mere 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/05/2021 Conder Green 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 15/02/2021 New Brighton 70 Knot Calidris canutus 02/04/2021 Ainsdale 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/04/2021 Marshside 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 09/05/2021 Marshside 73 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 10/10/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/04/2021 Ainsdale 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 15/02/2021 New Brighton 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 15/02/2021 New Brighton 77 Little Stint Calidris minuta 09/05/2021 Marshside 78 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 21/09/2021 Burwell Fen 79 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/06/2021 Gronant 80 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 14/07/2021 Hesketh Out Marsh 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2021 Preston Marina 82 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 19/07/2021 Hodbarrow 83 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 15/08/2021 Formby Point 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 12/04/2021 Sale Water Park 85 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 86 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 24/04/2021 RSPB Burton Mere 87 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 89 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 25/01/2021 Preston Marina 90 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 91 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 17/01/2021 Moses Gate CP 92 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 15/08/2021 Formby Point 93 Puffin Fratercula arctica 19/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 94 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 23/12/2021 Holyhead Fish Quay 95 Razorbill Alca torda 19/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 96 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 19/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 97 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 22/11/2021 Watergrove Reservoir 98 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 23/12/2021 Holyhead Fish Quay 99 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 19/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 100 Gannet Morus bassanus 30/04/2021 Maryport 101 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 102 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 19/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 103 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 24/04/2021 Parkgate 104 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 05/04/2021 St Aidan's 105 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 106 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 19/09/2021 Fairburn Ings 107 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 108 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 109 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/04/2021 Bassenthwaite Lake 110 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 06/09/2021 Findhorn Valley 111 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 09/01/2021 Sale Water Park 112 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/04/2021 RSPB Burton Mere 113 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 05/12/2021 Parkgate 114 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 115 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 116 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2021 Deeping High Bank 117 Little Owl Athene noctua 05/04/2021 St Aidan's 118 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 119 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/01/2021 Deeping High Bank 120 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 121 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 22/12/2021 Roach Bridge 122 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 17/01/2021 Moses Gate CP 123 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 124 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 125 Merlin Falco columbarius 14/11/2021 Marshside 126 Hobby Falco subbuteo 29/05/2021 Langford Lowfields 127 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 16/01/2021 Sale Water Park 128 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/01/2021 Attenborough NR 129 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 10/06/2021 Sandiacre 130 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2021 Attenborough NR 131 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 132 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 30/08/2021 Little Orme 133 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 134 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 135 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 136 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 23/12/2021 RSPB South Stack 137 Raven Corvus corax 30/01/2021 Carrington Moss 138 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2021 Sale Water Park 139 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 05/09/2021 Loch Garten 140 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 25/06/2021 Leighton Moss 141 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 09/01/2021 Sale Water Park 142 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 143 Great Tit Parus major 03/01/2021 Attenborough NR 144 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 03/10/2021 Alkborough Flats 145 Skylark Alauda arvensis 30/01/2021 Carrington Moss 146 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/03/2021 Sale Water Park 147 Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/04/2021 Neumann's Flash 148 House Martin Delichon urbicum 11/04/2021 Thoresby Pit Top 149 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 20/03/2021 Hope Carr NR 150 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 151 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 16/05/2021 Dove Stone RSPB 152 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2021 Neumann's Flash 153 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/03/2021 Hope Carr NR 154 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 31/05/2021 Besthorpe NR 155 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2021 RSPB Burton Mere 156 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/04/2021 RSPB Burton Mere 157 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 31/03/2021 Wigan 158 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 22/05/2021 Delamere Forest 159 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/05/2021 Stretford Meadows 160 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2021 RSPB Burton Mere 161 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 03/01/2021 Attenborough NR 162 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 163 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2021 Sale Water Park 164 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 09/01/2021 Sale Water Park 165 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 166 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 167 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 168 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 169 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 170 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 171 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/04/2021 Ludworth Moor 172 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/05/2021 Dove Stone RSPB 173 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 174 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 19/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 175 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/05/2021 RSPB Coombes Valley 176 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 10/10/2021 Cat & Fiddle 177 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 02/05/2021 RSPB Coombes Valley 178 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 25/04/2021 Marshside 179 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2021 Attenborough NR 180 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 01/04/2021 Hareshill 181 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 05/02/2021 Queen's Park 182 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13/02/2021 Hope Carr NR 183 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 03/01/2021 Attenborough NR 184 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 185 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 20/04/2021 Irlam Moss Also Blue-headed Wagtail at Marshside 25/04 186 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/01/2021 Sale Water Park 187 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Colwick Country Park 188 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 08/01/2021 Northwich 189 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/05/2021 RSPB Coombes Valley 190 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 30/04/2021 Maryport 191 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2021 Attenborough NR 192 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 24/01/2021 Dunham Massey 193 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 11/01/2021 Tunnel Woods 194 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 10/01/2021 Stretford Meadows 195 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 11/01/2021 Tunnel Woods 196 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/11/2021 Southport 197 Linnet Linaria cannabina 15/01/2021 Formby 198 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 11/01/2021 Tunnel Woods 199 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/04/2021 Thoresby Pit Top 200 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 11/04/2021 Thoresby Pit Top 201 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2021 Deeping Lakes 202 Siskin Spinus spinus 20/02/2021 Chorlton Water Park 203 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 07/09/2021 Ben Macdui 204 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 02/04/2021 Hundred End 205 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21/02/2021 Carrington Moss 206 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 10/04/2021 Langford Lowfields 207 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 03/01/2021 Attenborough NR