John Watts: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 186 of 186 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 24/10/2021 Titchwell 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 30/01/2021 Local Fly over flock. 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 16/02/2021 Local H/L 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 24/10/2021 Titchwell 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2021 NT flash 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 24/10/2021 Nene washes 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 09/05/2021 Hollingsclough Male + Female flying around Father in laws. 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15/05/2021 Middleton RSPB Jubilee south. 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2021 NT flash 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16/02/2021 H/L 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 09/03/2021 Longmoor lake 40+ grazing. 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2021 NT flash 15 Pintail Anas acuta 24/04/2021 Female...lag 3 RW Seen upending. 16 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2021 NT flash 17 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 18/12/2021 Eyebrook Reservoir 2 Male +1 Female. 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 16/02/2021 H/L 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 10/04/2021 Staunton Harold lake. 1st Winter Drake. 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2021 NT flash 21 Scaup Aythya marila 24/04/2021 Lag 3 RW. Female. 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18/12/2021 Eyebrook Reservoir 23 Smew Mergellus albellus 18/12/2021 Eyebrook Reservoir Male+Female. 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 16/02/2021 H/L 25 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ********** ********** 26 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 09/05/2021 Goyt valley Close Male,preening. 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 17/03/2021 Flashes, NT. Heard calling, then seen 3 along edge of hedgerow. 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2021 NT 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/01/2021 NT 30 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 3 over jubilee pool. 31 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/04/2021 NR Dunlin hide ...lag 4 RW. Working along the bank. 32 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 29/01/2021 Local Feral. 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 12/01/2021 Local 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Local 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 12/01/2021 Local. 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 14/06/2021 Hams Wall RSPB. Hbns..several times. 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2021 NT flash 38 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2021 NT flash 39 Crane Grus grus 18/12/2021 Nene washes 6 individuals. 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 16/02/2021 H/L 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 22/01/2021 Thortit 42 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/04/2021 Albert village lake. Near centre with 2 G C Grebes. 43 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 14/04/2021 DM’s. Fly over. 1 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 2 from east screen. 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 24/04/2021 Dunlin hide lag 4 RW. Partial s/plumage. 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 24/10/2021 Titchwell 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 48 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 15/02/2021 Local 2 fly overs. 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2021 7+ in field behind Dunlin hide lag 4 RW 51 Curlew Numenius arquata 09/05/2021 Hollingsclough 2 near father in laws. 52 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 24/10/2021 Titchwell 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 3 adults...benches. 54 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 17/02/2021 Local RB. Flushed from wood behind quarry. 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2021 NT flash 56 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 24/10/2021 Titchwell Spinning close. 57 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 24/04/2021 Seen from lag 4 58 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 16/09/2021 Minorca pool. Along edge of pool. 59 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 04/06/2021 Middleton RSPB jubilee north. Very distant at 1st, resting, walked back and viewed feeding for 20 minutes. 60 Redshank Tringa totanus 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 5+ seen 61 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 24/04/2021 2 on lag 4 62 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 24/10/2021 Titchwell 63 Knot Calidris canutus 24/10/2021 Titchwell 64 Ruff Calidris pugnax 17/10/2021 Titchwell 65 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 25/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 1 w/p...east scrape. 66 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 06/10/2021 St Aidan’s RSPB Lifer. 67 Sanderling Calidris alba 15/05/2021 Middleton RSPB jubilee south. Single bird. 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 24/04/2021 2 on lag 4 69 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 24/10/2021 Titchwell Ridiculously close. 70 Little Stint Calidris minuta 26/09/2021 Slaynes Lane Notts. Alongside putative Red necked Stint. 71 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 15/07/2021 Middleton RSPB In flight and resting. 72 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 18/07/2021 Cemlyn RSPB Good numbers in colony. 73 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/04/2021 74 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 18/07/2021 Cemlyn RSPB Nesting colony. 75 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 18/07/2021 Cemlyn RSPB Good close and prolonged views + in flight. 2 nd sighting. 76 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/04/2021 77 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 18/07/2021 South Stack RSPB. 2 juvs on ledge below lighthouse. 78 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 24/04/2021 Rutland Water 1stwinter ..lag 4. 79 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Local 80 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 04/06/2021 Middleton RSPB Hbns...on jubilee pool. 81 Common Gull Larus canus 16/02/2021 H/L 82 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2021 NT 83 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 16/01/2021 Local. 84 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 04/01/2021 Local. 85 Puffin Fratercula arctica 18/07/2021 South Stack RSPB Upto 10+ resting or bathing on the sea. 86 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 18/07/2021 Cemlyn RSPB 1 adult and possible juvenile in the bay. 87 Razorbill Alca torda 18/07/2021 South Stack RSPB Double figures seen mainly on the sea below the ledges 88 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 18/07/2021 South Stack RSPB Good few still on the ledges. 89 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 24/10/2021 Titchwell 90 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 24/04/2021 S/arm ll...RW. Deepwater hide. W/P. 91 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 18/07/2021 Inland cliffs at Conway. 1 at Conway + 2 at S/Stack. 92 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 18/07/2021 South Stack RSPB Singleton flying left to right. 93 Gannet Morus bassanus 18/07/2021 South Stack RSPB Several flying left to right. 94 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2021 NT flash 3 95 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB Hbns several times. 96 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 97 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 17/04/2021 Middleton...sheep field. 2 seen of 3 98 Great White Egret Ardea alba 17/03/2021 Flashes...NT. Also female Goosander. 99 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2021 NT Spinney 100 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 24/04/2021 Manson pair RW. Female on nest 3 eggs. Male on perch. 101 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 16/01/2021 Local. 102 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 19/04/2021 Towards stepping stones Cannock. Male circling. 103 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 14/06/2021 Hams wall RSPB Several seen. 104 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/02/2021 Local. Redbanks to Snarestone..1st local. 105 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 Local 106 Barn Owl Tyto alba 18/12/2021 Nene washes Female near barns. 107 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 18/12/2021 Nene washes 4 together resting+ 2 hunting. 108 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 17/03/2021 Donisthorpe Hall. Hbns...in Ivy covered tree. 109 Hoopoe Upupa epops 07/05/2021 Drayton Bassett 2 perched views + 3 x in flight....very mobile. 110 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB River screen. 111 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 25/04/2021 Middleton RSPB, copse near car park. Hbns x2 112 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 18/01/2021 Local 113 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 16/02/2021 H/L Hbns 114 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2021 NT 115 Merlin Falco columbarius 09/05/2021 Goyt valley Female in hunting flight. + 2 at Swallow Moss 21/11th. 116 Hobby Falco subbuteo 14/06/2021 Hams wall RSPB High over Avalon marsh. 117 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 19/01/2021 Local 118 Jay Garrulus glandarius 22/01/2021 Thortit 119 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Local 120 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 18/07/2021 South Stack RSPB Double figures along cliff face. 121 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2021 NT 122 Rook Corvus frugilegus 12/01/2021 Local 123 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Local 124 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 18/07/2021 South Stack RSPB Seen on post then cliff face. 125 Raven Corvus corax 03/02/2021 Local x 2. 126 Coal Tit Periparus ater 22/01/2021 Thortit 127 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2021 NT 128 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2021 NT 129 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 14/06/2021 Hams wall RSPB Several...nest feeding. 130 Skylark Alauda arvensis 16/02/2021 H/L Several in song. 131 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 24/04/2021 RW....lag ll...nesting colony. 132 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2021 Foremark res, entrance. 133 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/05/2021 Derbyshire Bridge. High over towards “cat +fiddle” 134 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 09/04/2021 Willington 135 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2021 NT 136 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2021 Willington 137 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 23/02/2021 Local Mobile but silent. 138 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Entrance to Canal scrape Spurn Point. Showed really well , eventually. LIFER. 139 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 09/04/2021 Willington 140 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 18/06/2021 Middleton RSPB Showed extremely well, despite rain showers from River walk. 141 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB Fishers mill pool. 142 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 14/06/2021 Hams wall Hbns very briefly called at 4.30 143 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB Hbns....3x 144 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/04/2021 Willington 145 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/04/2021 Middleton RSPB Seen briefly nr east screen 146 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13/05/2021 Mease...local. Near road bridge calling. 147 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB Nr benches. 148 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 14/01/2021 Local 149 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2021 NT 150 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2021 NT 151 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 16/02/2021 152 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Local 153 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 24/01/2021 Local. 154 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 12/01/2021 155 Redwing Turdus iliacus 12/01/2021 Local. 156 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Local good numbers along NT/ Continental?? 157 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2021 NT/ Crab apple tree. 158 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 15/04/2021 Barlestone 2 seen in sheep field. 159 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/07/2021 Single bird. 160 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Garden 161 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 07/11/2021 South Landing, Flamborough 1st winter, flushed by Red-flanked Bluetail on 1 occasion . Seen really well, with Archie. Lifer. 162 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 09/05/2021 Goyt valley 4x males holding territory. 163 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 07/11/2021 South Landing,Flamborough 1st seen flushing “Taiga Flycatcher “, then later , low down and clearly on opposite side of S/Landing. 164 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 19/04/2021 Stepping stones Cannock. Male + Female at nest site. 165 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 18/07/2021 South Stack RSPB Several seen. 166 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/08/2021 Riverway Juvenile 167 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 09/05/2021 Goyt valley. Regular ringed bird. 168 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Local 169 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Local 170 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2021 Lyndon res RW Single fly over 171 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 19/04/2021 Stepping stones Cannock. Male + Female. 172 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 04/01/2021 Local. 173 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 16/02/2021 H/L 174 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 19/04/2021 Shrike area, Cannock. + Goyt 9/5. Hbns 175 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/07/2021 South Stack RSPB 2 or 3 along cliffs. 176 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2021 NT 177 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 24/10/2021 Titchwell Hbns 178 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2021 Pearce bros; 179 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 26/02/2021 Local In song. 180 Linnet Linaria cannabina 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB 181 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 26/01/2021 Local. 182 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 09/01/2021 Local 183 Siskin Spinus spinus 26/01/2021 Local 184 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 24/10/2021 Titchwell Single bird very close on beach. 185 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 07/05/2021 Drayton Bassett In hedgerow. 186 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 17/04/2021 Middleton RSPB