Joe Dobinson: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 172 of 172 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 The Gut 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 20/03/2021 Swallow Pond 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2021 The Gut 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/05/2021 Bakethin Reservoir 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2021 Swallow Pond 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/02/2021 Holywell Pond 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 12 Pintail Anas acuta 29/03/2021 Swallow Pond 13 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 The Gut 14 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 15 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 14/06/2021 Bothal Pond 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 17 Scaup Aythya marila 30/11/2021 Swallow Pond 18 Eider Somateria mollissima 29/01/2021 North Shields Fish Quay 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 09/05/2021 Newbiggin 22 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 02/05/2021 Tarras Water 23 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 02/05/2021 Tarras Water 24 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/01/2021 Killingworth Moor 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 26 Quail Coturnix coturnix 14/06/2021 Spital Point 27 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 24/04/2021 Brampton 28 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2021 Swallow Pond 29 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 12/06/2021 East Chevington 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/06/2021 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Wallsend Burn 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Garden 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2021 Garden 35 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 36 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 37 Coot Fulica atra 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 38 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 39 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 29/01/2021 Tynemouth 40 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 29/01/2021 Tynemouth Pier 41 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 24/04/2021 Leighton Moss 42 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 43 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/02/2021 St Mary’s Island 44 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 26/04/2021 Swallow Pond 45 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 46 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 09/05/2021 Newbiggin 47 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 The Gut 48 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 24/04/2021 Leighton Moss 49 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 50 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 51 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 52 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/05/2021 Swallow Pond 53 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 The Gut 54 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/02/2021 Scotswood Bridge 55 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/01/2021 Tynemouth Pier 56 Knot Calidris canutus 01/02/2021 St Mary’s Island 57 Ruff Calidris pugnax 05/06/2021 Druridge Pools 58 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth Estuary 59 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/02/2021 St Mary’s Island 60 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/02/2021 St Mary’s Island 61 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 29/01/2021 Tynemouth Haven 62 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/05/2021 Newbiggin 63 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 26/04/2021 Swallow Pond 64 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 09/05/2021 Newbiggin 65 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 09/05/2021 Newbiggin 66 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/02/2021 Walker Riverside 67 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 The Gut 68 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 18/01/2021 Swallow Pond 69 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Wallsend 70 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Garden 71 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 The Gut 72 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 30/01/2021 River Tyne 73 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/03/2021 Walker Riverside Country Park 74 Razorbill Alca torda 17/09/2021 Walker Riverside Country Park Amazing inland record of 4 birds 75 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/02/2021 St Mary’s Island 76 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/02/2021 St Mary’s Island 77 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 29/01/2021 Tynemouth Pier 78 Gannet Morus bassanus 09/05/2021 Newbiggin 79 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 The Gut 80 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 29/01/2021 Tynemouth 81 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 05/06/2021 Druridge Pools 82 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 24/04/2021 Leighton Moss 83 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 12/02/2021 Swallow Pond 84 Great White Egret Ardea alba 24/04/2021 Leighton Moss 85 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 86 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/05/2021 Kielder Water 87 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 Wallsend Burn 88 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 24/04/2021 Leighton Moss 89 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/05/2021 Langholm 90 Red Kite Milvus milvus 30/01/2021 Elswick 91 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 23/06/2021 Brading Marsh 92 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 93 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/04/2021 Swallow Pond 94 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/02/2021 Killingworth Moor 95 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 21/02/2021 Swallow Pond 96 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 01/02/2021 Holywell Pond 97 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 22/01/2021 Henderson Hall 98 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 Hall Grounds 99 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 100 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 23/06/2021 Brading 101 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 Wallsend Burn 102 Merlin Falco columbarius 23/02/2021 Swallow Pond 103 Hobby Falco subbuteo 23/06/2021 Brading Marsh 104 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 30/01/2021 River Tyne 105 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 10/02/2021 Walker Park 106 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 107 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Garden 108 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Garden 109 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 110 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Wallsend Burn 111 Raven Corvus corax 24/04/2021 Sizergh Castle 112 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Garden 113 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 24/04/2021 Leighton Moss 114 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 12/01/2021 Swallow Pond 115 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Garden 116 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Garden 117 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/02/2021 St Mary’s Island 118 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/04/2021 Swallow Pond 119 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2021 Swallow Pond 120 House Martin Delichon urbicum 26/04/2021 Swallow Pond 121 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/03/2021 Backworth 122 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 123 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 05/04/2021 Swallow Pond 124 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/03/2021 Swallow Pond 125 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 05/06/2021 East Chevington 126 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2021 Leighton Moss 127 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/04/2021 Leighton Moss 128 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 26/04/2021 Swallow Pond 129 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/04/2021 Wallsend Dene 130 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 22/05/2021 Swallow Pond 131 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/04/2021 Swallow Pond 132 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2021 Swallow Pond 133 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 06/01/2021 Swallow Pond 134 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 135 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 136 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 12/01/2021 Swallow Pond 137 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 09/05/2021 Newbiggin 138 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 The Valley 139 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 The Gut 140 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 141 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 142 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Garden 143 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 The Gut 144 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Garden 145 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/04/2021 Prudhoe 146 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29/01/2021 Tynemouth Pier 147 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/05/2021 Langholm 148 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 149 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/03/2021 Swallow Pond 150 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 25/01/2021 Jesmond Dene 151 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/01/2021 Swallow Pond 152 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Garden 153 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Wallsend Burn 154 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 20/04/2021 Swallow Pond 155 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2021 The Gut 156 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 04/01/2021 Swallow Pond 157 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 27/01/2021 Swallow Pond 158 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 29/01/2021 Tynemouth Pier 159 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Hall Grounds 160 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 24/04/2021 Sizergh Castle 161 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 162 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 The Gut 163 Twite Linaria flavirostris 01/02/2021 St Mary’s Island 164 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/02/2021 St Mary’s Island 165 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 12/02/2021 Swallow Pond 166 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 27/01/2021 Swallow Pond 167 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 04/01/2021 Swallow Pond 168 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 The Gut 169 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2021 Swallow Pond 170 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 14/04/2021 Swallow Pond 171 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/01/2021 Killingworth Moor 172 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2021 Swallow Pond