Kay Donaghy: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 235 of 235 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 22/08/2021 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 21/03/2021 Sandwell Valley RSPB, West Midlands 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2021 Radford Meadows, Staffordshire 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2021 Radford Meadows, Staffordshire 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/01/2021 Staffordshire 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2021 Radford Meadows, Staffordshire 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 03/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 04/04/2021 Belvide, Staffordshire M & F. 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 16 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2021 Radford Meadows, Staffordshire 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 05/01/2021 Staffordshire 19 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 24/10/2021 Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire Adult female. 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 21 Scaup Aythya marila 24/10/2021 Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire 1st winter male and also this afternoon found a juv Scaup with MY at Gailey Reservoir. 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/10/2021 Penzance Drake in harbour as usual. 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 07/11/2021 Cley, Norfolk 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27/05/2021 Sizewell, Suffolk 25 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 21/02/2021 Coton Lakes, Warwickshire LIFER. Subject to BBRC acceptance. 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2021 Radford Meadows, Staffordshire 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/11/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix ********** ********** 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 04/01/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 21/02/2021 32 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 02/06/2021 Staffordshire 33 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2021 Upton Warren Moors Pool, Worcs 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 02/05/2021 Staffordshire 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30/05/2021 Norfolk 39 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 04/07/2021 Easington, East Yorkshire LIFER. Ssp Meena. 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 14/03/2021 Ladywalk NR, Warks 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 43 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 44 Crane Grus grus 28/05/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/01/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 08/11/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 03/04/2021 49 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 27/05/2021 Suffolk 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 21/02/2021 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta ********** ********** 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 30/05/2021 Snettisham, Norfolk 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 54 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 22/08/2021 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 55 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 22/08/2021 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 28/02/2021 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/03/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 59 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 27/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands, East York LIFER. 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/05/2021 Whitemoor Haye, Staffordshire 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 13/03/2021 Branston GPs, Staffordshire 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/04/2021 Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 20/03/2021 Branston GPs, Staffordshire 64 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/10/2021 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 27/02/2021 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 67 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 09/11/2021 Ken Hill, Norfolk 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/04/2021 Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 27/03/2021 Whitemoor Haye, Staffordshire 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 09/05/2021 Middleton RSPB, Staffordshire 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 28/02/2021 72 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 04/05/2021 Clifton Pits, Worcestershire WMBC regional tick. 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 22/08/2021 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 74 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/04/2021 Middleton RSPB, Staffordshire 75 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 27/05/2021 Minsmere, Suffolk 76 Knot Calidris canutus 30/05/2021 Snettisham, Norfolk 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 28/02/2021 78 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 29/08/2021 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/05/2021 Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 27/02/2021 Tucklesholme 3 birds. 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 22/08/2021 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 04/10/2021 Abbey Pool, Tresco, Isles of Scilly 2 birds. 83 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 17/10/2021 Carnsew Basin, Cornwall LIFER. 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 27/05/2021 Minsmere, Suffolk 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/05/2021 Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 01/05/2021 Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/04/2021 Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 27/05/2021 Minsmere, Suffolk 89 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 23/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey LIFER. Adult in tern colony. 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 04/04/2021 Belvide, Staffordshire 3 birds present (adult & 2 1st summers) 91 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 27/05/2021 Minsmere, Suffolk 92 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 29/04/2021 Upton Warren Moors Pool, Worcs WMBC Regional tick. 1st-summer. 93 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 20/03/2021 95 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 18/04/2021 Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 23/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 102 Razorbill Alca torda 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/11/2021 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 105 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 07/11/2021 Cley, Norfolk 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 07/11/2021 Cley, Norfolk 107 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire LIFER. 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 27/05/2021 Minsmere, Suffolk 109 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 02/10/2021 Scillonian crossing 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 24/07/2021 South Stack, Anglesey 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire 112 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 113 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/10/2021 Cot Valley 114 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 05/01/2021 Alrewas, Staffordshire 115 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 28/05/2021 Holkham, Norfolk 116 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 05/06/2021 Ham Wall, Somerset 117 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 118 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 16/04/2021 Fisher’s Mill, Warwickshire 3 birds. 119 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 120 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 121 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 18/04/2021 122 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 123 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 124 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 27/05/2021 Minsmere, Suffolk 125 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/11/2021 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus 16/05/2021 Monks Wood, Worcestershire 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba ********** ********** 129 Little Owl Athene noctua ********** ********** 130 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 28/05/2021 Salthouse, Norfolk 131 Tawny Owl Strix aluco West Midlands 132 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/05/2021 Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire 133 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2021 Radford Meadows, Staffordshire 134 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/12/2021 Samlesbury, Lancashire LIFER. 135 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 14/10/2021 Bryher, Isles of Scilly 136 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor ********** ********** 137 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB 138 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 10/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 139 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 140 Merlin Falco columbarius 22/08/2021 Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 141 Hobby Falco subbuteo 29/04/2021 Upton Warren Moors Pool, Worcs 142 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 31/01/2021 Little Aston, Staffordshire 143 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 144 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 16/05/2021 Monks Wood, Worcestershire WMBC Regional Tick. 145 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 02/10/2021 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 146 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 05/10/2021 Airport, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 147 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 148 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 149 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 24/07/2021 South Stack, Anglesey 150 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 151 Rook Corvus frugilegus 04/01/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB 152 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 153 Raven Corvus corax 04/01/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB 154 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 155 Willow Tit Poecile montanus ********** ********** 156 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 157 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 158 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 27/05/2021 Minsmere, Suffolk 159 Woodlark Lullula arborea ********** ********** 160 Skylark Alauda arvensis 05/01/2021 Staffordshire 161 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 08/11/2021 Holkham, Norfolk Also WMBC ticked this year (28/11/2021). 162 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 07/11/2021 West Runton, Norfolk 163 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2021 Tucklesholme, Staffordshire 164 Swallow Hirundo rustica 27/03/2021 Whitemoor Haye, Staffordshire 165 House Martin Delichon urbicum 29/04/2021 Upton Warren Moors Pool, Worcs 166 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 15/10/2021 Porth Hellick, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 167 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti ********** ********** 168 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 169 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/04/2021 Worcestershire 170 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 17/10/2021 Newford Duck Pond, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 171 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 11/04/2021 Barr Beacon, West Midlands 172 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 04/01/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB 173 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 15/04/2021 Middleton RSPB, Staffordshire 174 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 19/06/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB WMBC Regional tick. Singing bird near river at Middleton RSPB (Staffordshire side). 175 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/04/2021 Fisher’s Mill, Warwickshire 176 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 05/06/2021 Ham Wall, Somerset LIFER. 177 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 25/04/2021 Staffordshire 178 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/04/2021 Little Aston, Staffordshire 179 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2021 Middleton RSPB, Staffordshire 180 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 15/05/2021 Branston GP, Staffordshire 181 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2021 Middleton RSPB, Staffordshire 182 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 27/05/2021 Suffolk 183 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 2 birds still around 16th tee of golf course. 184 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 185 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 186 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB 187 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 188 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 189 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 190 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 10/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 191 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 192 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 193 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 194 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 02/05/2021 Cuckoo Bank, Staffordshire 195 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/05/2021 Monks Wood, Worcestershire 196 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 197 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 28/05/2021 Suffolk 198 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 14/10/2021 Gweal Hill, Bryher, Isles of Scilly 199 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 14/10/2021 Garrison, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 200 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 06/11/2021 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire LIFER. 201 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 09/10/2021 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 202 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 06/11/2021 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 203 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 27/05/2021 Suffolk 204 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 04/04/2021 Belvide, Staffordshire 205 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 01/05/2021 Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire 206 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 4 birds present. 207 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2021 Whitemoor Haye, Staffordshire 208 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 29/04/2021 Worcestershire 209 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/04/2021 Belvide, Staffordshire 210 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 211 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 212 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 15/04/2021 Middleton RSPB, Staffordshire 213 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 214 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 215 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 216 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/06/2021 Cannock Chase, Staffordshire 217 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 02/01/2021 Doxey Marshes, Staffordshire 2 birds. 218 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/10/2021 Cot Valley 219 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 220 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 07/03/2021 Ladywalk NR, Warks 221 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes ********** ********** 222 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 Sutton Park, West Midlands 223 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 06/10/2021 St Agnes, Isles of Scilly 224 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Stubbers Green, West Midlands 225 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 226 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 31/01/2021 Little Aston, Staffordshire 227 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 228 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2021 Radford Meadows, Staffordshire 229 Serin Serinus serinus 12/10/2021 Parting Carn, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly LIFER. 230 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2021 Middleton Lakes RSPB 231 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 05/10/2021 Penninis Head, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 232 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 29/05/2021 Norfolk 233 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 31/01/2021 Little Aston, Staffordshire 234 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 12/10/2021 Longstones, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly LIFER. 235 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands