Alan Wright: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 208 of 208 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 28/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire Good numbers still on the estuary 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/04/2021 RSPB Marshside 3 on Crossens inner 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 11/12/2021 Ribble Estuary NNR Distant views of single bird mixing with Pink Feet from the embankment at Cross Bank Covert, nr Banks 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 02/04/2021 Crossens Outer Single bird close in with Pink feet 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 16/04/2021 RSPB Marshside Probable European race with flock of Pink Feet on Crossens Outer 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 24/01/2021 Hundred End 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2021 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 05/07/2021 Mere Sands Wood 5 birds on the west lake 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/04/2021 RSPB Marshside Male showing from Marine Drive on Rimmers Marsh 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 18 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2021 19 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/01/2021 Hesketh Park Lake One of 2 males on site 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 22 Scaup Aythya marila 10/01/2021 Hesketh Park Lake Juv male loafing with the Tufties 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/06/2021 Blyth Estuary About dozen adults plus ducklings 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30/01/2021 From the end of sandplant road 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 10/01/2021 Southport Marine Lake Female type 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 06/06/2021 Blyth Estuary 8 females / juvs on river 27 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 25/04/2021 World's End, Wales 28 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 25/04/2021 World's End, Wales Usual lekking site. 11 males plus at least 2 further along valley 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 27/09/2021 Bath Lodge, Lathom, Lancs 8 in field, one adult female and 7 juvs 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 16/01/2021 Near Pitts House Covert several in field 32 Swift Apus apus 01/05/2021 RSPB Marshside Several migrants over sandplant 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2021 World's End, Wales On call only 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 24/01/2021 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 37 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 04/07/2021 Easington, East Yorkshire Mobile around the village from Vicars Lane to Hull Road- Meena ssp 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2021 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 41 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 18/01/2021 Southport Marine Lake Long staying bird close to south island 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 45 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 28/02/2021 Marshside RSPB About 40 spread out across the reserve 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 30/01/2021 End of sandplant road 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2021 48 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 21/06/2021 Hesketh Out Marsh Single bird on eastern pools 49 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/05/2021 RSPB Marshside Several migrants on Rimmers 50 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 02/04/2021 RSPB Marshside 3 on rough ground by the old sandplant 51 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 52 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2021 Leisure Lakes 24 birds in field on right of drive in 53 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 54 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/08/2021 Alt Estuary 10 plus some still in breeding finery 55 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2021 56 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/10/2021 Lower Moors, Scilly Single bird with Snipe 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 28/11/2021 Hawkshead Street, Southport Flying low up Hawkshead Street between Zetland Street and Windsor Road before turning into Windsor Road about 3.15 pm 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/01/2021 59 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 06/06/2021 Grindon Lough, Allerwash, Northumberland Long staying bird ln large field pool 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 16/04/2021 RSPB Marshside 2 on the reserve, one on Rimmers and the other on Crossens Inner 61 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/07/2021 Martin Mere WWT Two together feeding on right hand side of Vinsons 62 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/05/2021 Hesketh Golf Course Five birds in loose flock close to fence adj to Stanley Playing Field 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 64 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/06/2021 RSPB Marshside Single bird on junction pool. Still in breeding plumage 65 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/09/2021 Spurn 3 flying over the estuary calling 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 30/01/2021 End of sandplant road 67 Knot Calidris canutus 30/01/2021 End of sandplant road 68 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2021 69 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 09/05/2021 RSPB Marshside 2 in large flock of Dunlin by Stanley School 70 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth Estuary Adult in full breeding plumage mixing with Ringed Plover, Little Stint and Dunlin 71 Sanderling Calidris alba 11/10/2021 Porthmellon beach IoS Up to 46 in the area 72 Dunlin Calidris alpina 30/01/2021 End of sandplant road 73 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 16/10/2021 Off the Sillonian 2 fly passed 74 Little Stint Calidris minuta 06/06/2021 Blyth Estuary With the Red Necked Stint 75 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 28/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire Small breeding colony near Kilnsea Wetlands 76 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/05/2021 Hesketh Out Marsh 77 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 06/06/2021 Blyth Estuary 78 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 06/06/2021 Coquet Island Good numbers on and around the island 79 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 06/06/2021 East Chevington, Northumberland 80 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey Single bird which spent about 2 and a half hours out at sea before returning for us to view. Showed well and did much showing off over the Sandwich Terns 81 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/08/2021 Alt Estuary Single adult bird out on estuary 82 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 25/04/2021 Great Orme On cliffs 83 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 84 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/05/2021 RSPB Marshside 2nd cy bird? on Pollys 85 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 86 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 87 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 05/08/2021 Alt Estuary Adult bird showing some features of caspian gull 88 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 89 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 90 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 09/10/2021 From the Scillonian 3 birds including a pair harassing gulls 91 Puffin Fratercula arctica 06/06/2021 Coquet Island Good numbers on and around the island 92 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 5 plus in the bay 93 Razorbill Alca torda 25/04/2021 Great Orme On cliffs 94 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 25/04/2021 Great Orme On cliffs 95 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 04/07/2021 Bempton RSPB, Yorks Possibly the regular summer visiting bird in the North Sea, seen initially at some distance swimming on the sea, approx 2 miles out, then after disappearing for some time returned to fly around the cliffs at the south end of the reserve for at least an hour. Excellent views at times 96 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 25/04/2021 Great Orme On cliffs 97 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 16/10/2021 From the Scillonian 98 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 16/10/2021 From the Scillonian 99 Gannet Morus bassanus 100 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 101 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/04/2021 Great Orme On cliffs 102 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 13/11/2021 RSPB Marshside From Nels hide 103 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 27/07/2021 Southport Marine Lake At least 2 roosting mid afternoon on the north island 104 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 12/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall, Avalon Marshes, Somerset In flight at distance 105 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 106 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 16/09/2021 Big Pool Wood NWWT, Gronant, Flintshire Close up views of winter plumage bird feeding and stalking in and around large pond in woodland then taking flight to a nearby woodland pond 107 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 13/05/2021 KBO, Benthams Way One in flight and distant from little bridge near the avenue 108 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2021 109 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 110 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 25/04/2021 Llyn Brenig One bird on nest, then flew 111 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 22/01/2021 Hezketh Golf Course Male in bushes by the sssi oddly fanning its wings out 112 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2021 113 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/11/2021 Ribble Estuary from the Sandplant Probable juv male battling the strong wind 114 Red Kite Milvus milvus 25/04/2021 Near Cerrigydrudion 115 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 116 Barn Owl Tyto alba 24/02/2021 Field north of Hightown Viewed from the train 117 Little Owl Athene noctua 09/05/2021 Gravel Lane, Banks Single bird in ploughed field on southside of thr lane 118 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 119 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 16/01/2021 Three Pools Waterway single female resting and feeding by the Crowland Street bridge 120 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 26/11/2021 River Ribble at Redscar Woods, nr Preston Adult male, perched about 100 metres up river from river bank, calling occasionally, then flew past us and headed down river, perched again, then flew out of view. Excellent morning out with Neill Hunt and Graham Clarkson despite the tough climb down and up a very slippery slope. 121 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 29/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire Single bird circling over the Wildlife Trust Centre then flying south 122 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 14/10/2021 Stinking Pool, Bryher, IoS Elusive bird in garden in row of houses 123 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 16/01/2021 Pitts House Covert 124 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 12/06/2021 Collard Hill, Somerset On call only 125 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 126 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/01/2021 127 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2021 128 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 28/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire Adult male on inward side of peninsula south of the breach -Narrows 129 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 130 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 131 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 25/04/2021 Great Orme Two in field close to cemetery 132 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 133 Rook Corvus frugilegus 16/01/2021 Near Pitts House Covert 134 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 135 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 11/07/2021 Holyhead Mountain Viewed from South Stack 136 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2021 137 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 138 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 06/11/2021 Janet Kear Hide, Martin Mere Single bird 139 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 140 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 141 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2021 142 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 02/04/2021 RSPB Marshside Single flying through with Swallow 143 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2021 RSPB Marshside Single flying through with Sand Martins 144 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/04/2021 Reedbed Walk, Martin Mere C. 10 flying over the reserve 145 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 15/10/2021 Porthelick Single bird with Swallows and House Martins showing well on occasion 146 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 20/03/2021 SSSI ditch, Hesketh Golf Course One close in the scrub to right of the platform, then 2nd bird half way down the SSSI 147 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 10/01/2021 Alexandra Road 148 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 09/05/2021 KBO near Benthams Way One bird singing occasionally and feeding in trees between ditch and pond close to horse paddocks. Excellent views at times 149 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 28/02/2021 Ainsdale Local Nature Reserve Flitting from bush to bush around some hawthornes just off the Pinfold Path. Possibly one of 2 overwintering birds,it gave reasonable views, with a flitting tail motionand making quiet tacking calls 150 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 02/04/2021 Hesketh Golf Course Several birds on the golf course singing 151 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/03/2021 SSSI ditch, Hesketh Golf Course call only 152 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 12/09/2021 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 1st winter bird showing very briefly and calling at Buckton Heligoland Trap 153 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 06/09/2021 Kilnsea Lane, St Helens churchyard In trees at east end of churchyard 154 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 06/06/2021 East Chevington, Northumberland Distant, noisy and mobile, great bird 155 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2021 Reedbed Walk, Martin Mere Oncall only, single bird 156 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/04/2021 RSPB Marshside Sssi ditch 157 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall, Avalon Marshes, Somerset Long staying bird giving crippling views - less then 5m away - singing constantly 158 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 21/04/2021 Hightown Meadows 5 birds reeling including one showing 159 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 31/01/2021 Rear garden on Hawkshead Street Female dislodged by male Blackbird from the evergreen tree into the Maple and back 160 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/05/2021 Hesketh Golf Course Single bird in willows by 7th tee, singing quietly, bathing. May have been same bird that moved to near small bridge on HGC 161 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 09/05/2021 KBO near Benthams Way 1 to 2 birds calling on site. No views 162 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 28/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire Superb adult male showing well at Middle Camp south of the breach 163 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2021 Hightown Meadows good numbers in 164 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 03/01/2021 165 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 166 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2021 167 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/01/2021 168 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 169 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 170 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2021 171 Redwing Turdus iliacus 16/01/2021 in field off Crowland Street with Song Thrushes and Blackbird 172 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 173 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 16/01/2021 Near Pitts House Covert 20 to 30 in field 174 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/06/2021 Whitewell, Bowland Single bird in woodland. One later at Moor Piece 175 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 176 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 29/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire In scrub and small pond just south of the Wildlife Trust Centre and Canal Path. Showed well for us but otherwise elusive 177 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 14/10/2021 The Garrison, Scilly Excellent views of bird in the pine belt 178 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 06/09/2021 Spurn Good numbers all around Kilnsea 179 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire Female in garden of farm cottage on Beacon Lane 180 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 25/04/2021 World's End, Wales Male singing from Fir tree 181 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 25/04/2021 Great Orme Single bird in the cemetery 182 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 17/01/2021 Birkdale Dunes Male and female near to gate by Royal Birkdale 183 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 28/03/2021 Green Beach, Weld Road Single and flighty male 184 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/07/2021 Martin Mere WWT On feeders by Kingfisher Hide 185 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 186 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 187 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 13/05/2021 field off Birkdale Cop Pair showing well 188 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 18/01/2021 Southport Marine Lake 189 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2021 190 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2021 191 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/01/2021 192 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2021 193 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 06/11/2021 Janet Kear Hide, Martin Mere 6 plus 194 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 10/04/2021 KBO near Benthams Way Pair calling 195 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 196 Twite Linaria flavirostris 09/01/2021 Southport beach Flock of c. 150 on new saltmarsh just north of the pier. 197 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2021 198 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 199 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/02/2021 Ainsdale Local Nature Reserve One calling along north side of the pine woods in flight 200 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 201 Serin Serinus serinus 12/10/2021 Parting Carn Farm, St. Mary's, IOS Elusive bird showing on and off through the day. We saw it briefly when disturbed and flew onto telegraph wire 202 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/04/2021 Hesketh Golf Course 3 flyovers 203 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 17/03/2021 Crosby Beach Small flock of 3 204 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 16/01/2021 Near Pitts House Covert 2 on wires 205 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 24/04/2021 Leeds Liverpool Canal nr Heatons Bridge Singing only, no views 206 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 08/10/2021 Dawlish Country Park, Devon Good numbers including one excellent singing male 207 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 11/10/2021 Higher Town, St. Martin's, IOS Single bird in small field behind Grosbeak sight 208 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021