Patrick Safford: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 233 of 233 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/05/2021 Cley 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 08/03/2021 Fowlmere 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/04/2021 Buckenham 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 18/02/2021 Wendy 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/03/2021 Wendy 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 26/12/2021 Welney 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 26/12/2021 Welney 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/04/2021 Buckenham 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 06/03/2021 Wimpole 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/04/2021 Buckenham 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 22/05/2021 St Aidan's 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Eider Somateria mollissima Skye 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11/12/2021 Holkham 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/04/2021 Winterton 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 11/12/2021 Holkham 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 20/08/2021 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 06/11/2021 Kinder Scout 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 32 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 07/04/2021 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 35 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2021 Earlham Marsh 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 04/04/2021 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 44 Coot Fulica atra 45 Crane Grus grus 14/05/2021 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/03/2021 Fowlmere 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11/12/2021 Holkham 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 02/04/2021 Ormesby Broad 50 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 51 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 04/04/2021 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/04/2021 Buckenham 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 14/04/2021 Cley 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/04/2021 Winterton 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/03/2021 Meldreth/Orwell 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 59 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 30/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/04/2021 Buckenham 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/04/2021 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 12/03/2021 Wendy 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 14/04/2021 64 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 21/03/2021 UEA 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 18/02/2021 Wendy 67 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 23/04/2021 Cantley 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/05/2021 Earlham Marsh 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 28/03/2021 Mangreen quarry 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 14/05/2021 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 18/03/2021 Earlham marsh 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 30/08/2021 Spurn 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 25/04/2021 Earlham Marsh 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 14/04/2021 75 Knot Calidris canutus 14/04/2021 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/04/2021 Buckenham 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 18/08/2021 South Uist 78 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 11/10/2021 St Aiden's 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/04/2021 Winterton 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 18/02/2021 Wendy 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14/04/2021 Sheringham 82 Little Stint Calidris minuta 30/08/2021 Spurn 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 19/09/2021 Titchwell 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 27/05/2021 Cley 85 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 16/05/2021 UEA Broad, Norfolk 86 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 28/04/2021 Whitlingham 87 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 19/04/2021 Whitlingham 3 adults 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 16/04/2021 Whitlingham 89 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 22/04/2021 Cley 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/04/2021 Whitlingham 91 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/04/2021 Sizewell 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 25/01/2021 Bassingbourn 94 Common Gull Larus canus 95 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 24/04/2021 Minsmere 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Wensum Park 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/04/2021 Buckenham 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 100 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14/04/2021 Salthouse-Sheringham coast 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 102 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 31/08/2021 Spurn 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Skye 104 Puffin Fratercula arctica Skye 105 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Skye 106 Razorbill Alca torda 107 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 108 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Skye 109 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 25/08/2021 Handa 110 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 19/08/2021 South Uist 111 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 31/08/2021 Bempton 112 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 14/08/2021 Uig Lochmaddy ferry 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14/04/2021 Sheringham 114 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 21/08/2021 S Uist Mallaig ferry 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Skye 116 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 15/09/2021 Frampton Marsh 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/04/2021 Winterton 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis Skye 120 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 23/10/2021 Earith, Cambs 6 121 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 22/04/2021 Cley 122 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 20/04/2021 Lakenheath 123 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 124 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 18/02/2021 Wendy 125 Great White Egret Ardea alba 08/01/2021 Wendy 126 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 127 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 29/05/2021 Hickling 128 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 04/05/2021 Earlham Marsh 129 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 17/08/2021 South Uist 130 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 131 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 04/04/2021 132 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/04/2021 Buckenham 133 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 08/07/2021 Creag Meagaidh 134 Red Kite Milvus milvus 135 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Skye 136 Buzzard Buteo buteo 137 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/04/2021 Lakenheath 138 Little Owl Athene noctua 21/04/2021 UEA 139 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/03/2021 Bassingbourn 140 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 141 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Icklingham, Suffolk 142 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 143 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 04/04/2021 144 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 145 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 146 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 147 Merlin Falco columbarius 17/01/2021 Wendy 148 Hobby Falco subbuteo 03/05/2021 Earlham Marsh 149 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 150 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 151 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 152 Jay Garrulus glandarius 153 Magpie Pica pica 154 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 155 Rook Corvus frugilegus 156 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 157 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Skye 158 Raven Corvus corax 159 Coal Tit Periparus ater 160 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 09/07/2021 Abernethy 161 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 04/04/2021 162 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 11/10/2021 Fairburn Ings 163 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 164 Great Tit Parus major 165 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 17/04/2021 Strumpshaw 166 Woodlark Lullula arborea 30/03/2021 Buxton 167 Skylark Alauda arvensis 168 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 08/11/2021 Holkham 169 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 30/10/2021 West Runton 170 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 28/03/2021 Mangreen quarry 171 Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/04/2021 Whitlingham 172 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/04/2021 Norwich 173 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 08/03/2021 Fowlmere 174 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 175 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 15/10/2021 Walsey Hills 176 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 16/04/2021 Whitlingham 177 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 178 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/04/2021 Cley 179 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/04/2021 Thorpe marshes 180 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 08/11/2021 Holkham/Wells 181 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 12/05/2021 Biggleswade 182 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/2021 Cley 183 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/02/2021 184 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 18/05/2021 UEA 185 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 07/09/2021 Burnham Overy 186 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 11/05/2021 Meldreth 187 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2021 Lakenheath 188 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 24/04/2021 189 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 190 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 191 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 192 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 193 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 05/10/2021 Titchwell 194 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 195 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 196 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 197 Redwing Turdus iliacus 198 Blackbird Turdus merula 199 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 200 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 21/04/2021 Bowthorpe Southern Park 201 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 11/06/2021 Therfield Heath 202 Robin Erithacus rubecula 203 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 24/04/2021 204 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 205 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 30/08/2021 Spurn 206 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 11/01/2021 Royston 207 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 22/04/2021 Bowthorpe Southern Park 208 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 03/05/2021 Earlham slopes 209 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 210 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 04/04/2021 211 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/04/2021 Cavenham 212 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 213 Dunnock Prunella modularis 214 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 20/04/2021 Cavenham 215 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 216 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 217 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 218 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 20/04/2021 219 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/03/2021 Earlham marsh 220 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 221 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/04/2021 222 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 223 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 224 Twite Linaria flavirostris 15/08/2021 South Uist 225 Linnet Linaria cannabina 226 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 227 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 04/04/2021 228 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 229 Siskin Spinus spinus 230 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 30/10/2021 Cley 231 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 232 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 233 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus