Ollie King: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 222 of 222 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 10/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 17/01/2021 RSPB Fen Drayton 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/02/2021 Dernford Reservoir 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 17/01/2021 RSPB Fen Drayton 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 08/02/2021 Burpham 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/02/2021 Trumpington Meadows NNR 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/01/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 08/02/2021 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 08/04/2021 RSPB Lakenheath Fen 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 08/05/2021 Walmsley Sanctuary, Cornwall 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 17/01/2021 RSPB Fen Drayton 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24/12/2021 Whittlesford Pit, Cambridgeshire 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Eider Somateria mollissima Arisaig, Scotland 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 15/02/2021 Falmouth Bay, Cornwall 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 10/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28/11/2021 Cley Marshes NWT, Norfolk 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 17/01/2021 RSPB Fen Drayton 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 18/04/2021 Pumphouse Pits, Cambridgeshire 2 pairs 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 17/01/2021 RSPB Fen Drayton 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 18/02/2021 Mylor, Cornwall 32 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 05/09/2021 Cairngorms, Scotland 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 36 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 13/05/2021 37 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 22/04/2021 Wilbraham Fen SSSI, Cambridge 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 21/05/2021 St Marys, Isles of Scilly 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 46 Coot Fulica atra 47 Crane Grus grus 16/04/2021 Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 21/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/02/2021 Mylor, Cornwall 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 10/02/2021 Swanpool, Cornwall 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/04/2021 RSPB Lakenheath Fen 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25/03/2021 Devoran, Cornwall 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/04/2021 56 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 31/05/2021 RSPB Exminster & Powderham Marshes, Devon 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 12/04/2021 Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 14/04/2021 Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 10/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands, East Yorkshire 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 10/02/2021 Swanpool, Cornwall 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 08/02/2021 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/02/2021 Penryn River, Cornwall 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 18/02/2021 Devoran, Cornwall 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 10/02/2021 Swanvale, Cornwall 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 67 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 08/03/2021 Penryn River, Cornwall 68 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 26/07/2021 Kilnsea, East Yorkshire 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/07/2021 Kilnsea, East Yorkshire 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 18/02/2021 Penryn river, Cornwall 71 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 18/02/2021 Devoran, Cornwall 72 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18/02/2021 Penryn river, Cornwall 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 18/02/2021 Penryn River, Cornwall 74 Knot Calidris canutus 08/03/2021 Penryn River, Cornwall 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 16/04/2021 Cley Marshes NWT, Norfolk 76 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 18/09/2021 Devoran, Cornwall 77 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 10/10/2021 RSPB St Aidan's, Yorkshire 78 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 08/05/2021 Davidstow Airfield, Cornwall 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 29/03/2021 Jubilee Pool, Penzance 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 18/02/2021 Devoran, Cornwall 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 10/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 20/07/2021 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 83 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 20/07/2021 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 25/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 21/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/03/2021 Maenporth, Cornwall 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/02/2021 Dernford Reservoir 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 10/02/2021 Swanpool, Cornwall 91 Common Gull Larus canus 92 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 27/07/2021 Kilnsea, East Yorkshire 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 94 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 96 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 21/02/2021 Falmouth Bay, Cornwall 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 98 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 29/03/2021 Newlyn Harbour, Cornwall 99 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 100 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 28/07/2021 Spurn NNR, East Yorkshire 101 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 27/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 102 Puffin Fratercula arctica 22/05/2021 St Agnes, Isles of Scilly 103 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 21/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 104 Razorbill Alca torda 21/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 105 Little Auk Alle alle 28/11/2021 Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk 106 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 08/05/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 108 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 21/02/2021 Falmouth Bay, Cornwall 109 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 24/05/2021 Waters between Isles of Scilly and Penzance 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 10/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 111 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 21/08/2021 Falmouth Bay, Cornwall 112 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 16/03/2021 Rosemullion, Cornwall 113 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 19/08/2021 Lizard, Cornwall 114 Gannet Morus bassanus 10/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 115 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 116 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 10/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 117 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 04/01/2021 Chesterton Fen 118 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 25/03/2021 Devoran, Cornwall 119 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 08/04/2021 RSPB Lakenheath Fen 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 121 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/02/2021 Trumpington Meadows NNR 122 Great White Egret Ardea alba 17/01/2021 RSPB Fen Drayton 123 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 124 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 14/04/2021 Burnham Norton, Norfolk 125 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 17/01/2021 RSPB Fen Drayton 126 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 31/05/2021 Cookworthy Forest, Devon 127 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 17/01/2021 RSPB Fen Drayton 128 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 05/09/2021 Cairngorms, Scotland 129 Red Kite Milvus milvus 17/01/2021 RSPB Fen Drayton 130 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 05/09/2021 Cairngorms, Scotland 131 Buzzard Buteo buteo 132 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/02/2021 Trumpington Meadows NNR 133 Little Owl Athene noctua 28/07/2021 Kilnsea, East Yorkshire 134 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 13/05/2021 Lizard, Cornwall 135 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 09/01/2021 136 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 06/01/2021 Hobson's Park 137 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 138 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 139 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 140 Hobby Falco subbuteo 12/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall 141 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 03/01/2021 Hobson's Park 1st for patch 142 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 09/04/2021 Regents Park, London 143 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 19/11/2021 Comberton, Cambridge 144 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 13/05/2021 Lizard, Cornwall 145 Jay Garrulus glandarius 146 Magpie Pica pica 147 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 08/05/2021 Land's End, Cornwall 148 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 149 Rook Corvus frugilegus 150 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 151 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 12/05/2021 Skewjack, Cornwall 152 Raven Corvus corax 24/01/2021 Barrington, Cambridgeshire 153 Coal Tit Periparus ater 154 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 07/09/2021 Abernethy Forest, Scotland 155 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 28/11/2021 Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk 156 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 26/02/2021 Stithians Reservoir, Cornwall 157 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 158 Great Tit Parus major 159 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 08/04/2021 RSPB Lakenheath Fen 160 Skylark Alauda arvensis 161 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 28/11/2021 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 162 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/03/2021 College Reservoir, Penryn 163 Swallow Hirundo rustica 30/03/2021 College Reservoir, Penryn 164 House Martin Delichon urbicum 16/04/2021 Holkham Hall, Norfolk 165 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Wilbraham Fen SSSI 166 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 167 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 22/12/2021 Milton CP, Cambridge 168 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 16/12/2021 Walthamstow Marshes, London 169 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2021 RSPB Lakenheath Fen 170 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 171 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 08/04/2021 RSPB Lakenheath Fen 172 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 20/04/2021 Trumpington Meadows NNR, Cambridge 173 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall 174 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/05/2021 Stithians Reservoir, Cornwall 175 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Garden 176 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 02/05/2021 Lizard, Cornwall 177 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/06/2021 Hobson's Brook, Cambridge 178 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 179 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata ********** ********** 180 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 17/02/2021 Penryn Station, Cornwall 181 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 15/02/2021 Swanvale, Cornwall 182 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 183 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/03/2021 Tremough Campus, Penryn 184 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 24/02/2021 College Reservoir, Penryn 185 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 186 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 187 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 29/01/2021 Garden 188 Redwing Turdus iliacus 189 Blackbird Turdus merula 190 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 191 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/04/2021 Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk 192 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 22/08/2021 Treleaver, Cornwall 193 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13/05/2021 194 Robin Erithacus rubecula 195 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 10/02/2021 Pennance Point, Cornwall 196 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 02/08/2021 Llyn Geirionydd, Wales 197 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 14/09/2021 Lower Sharpham Farm, Devon 198 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 199 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/03/2021 Jubilee Pool, Penzance 200 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 08/08/2021 Wales 201 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 202 Dunnock Prunella modularis 203 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 204 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 10/02/2021 College Reservoir, Penryn 205 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 206 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 207 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis ********** ********** 208 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 10/02/2021 Swanpool, Cornwall 209 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 210 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 10/10/2021 Magog Down, Cambridge 211 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 26/11/2021 Wimpole Estate, Cambridge 212 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 12/01/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 213 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 12/01/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 214 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2021 Hobson's Park 215 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 18/02/2021 Cornwall 216 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/08/2021 Llyn Geirionydd, Wales 217 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 218 Siskin Spinus spinus 09/02/2021 Tremough Campus, Penryn 219 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 28/11/2021 Cley Marshes NWT, Norfolk 220 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 08/01/2021 Dernford Reservoir, Cambridgeshire 221 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 222 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus