Alan Whitehead: Holmpton Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 132 of 132 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/08/2021 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 7 Wigeon Mareca penelope 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 9 Teal Anas crecca 10 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 13/05/2021 2 11 Eider Somateria mollissima 12 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 13 Goosander Mergus merganser 14 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 15 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 16 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 17 Swift Apus apus 09/05/2021 4S 18 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 19 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 21 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 22 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 23 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 06/10/2021 1st record 24 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 25 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 15/03/2021 26 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 27 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 28 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 29 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 13/07/2021 30 Curlew Numenius arquata 31 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 32 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 17/08/2021 33 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 34 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 35 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 12/08/2021 36 Redshank Tringa totanus 37 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 09/05/2021 38 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 39 Sanderling Calidris alba 40 Dunlin Calidris alpina 41 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 42 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 43 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 44 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 45 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 46 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 47 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 11/08/2021 48 Common Gull Larus canus 49 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 50 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 51 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 52 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 53 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 01/09/2021 54 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 10/08/2021 55 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 28/08/2021 56 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 01/09/2021 57 Razorbill Alca torda 08/04/2021 58 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 59 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 60 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 22/01/2021 61 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 62 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 63 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/07/2021 64 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 08/08/2021 Holmpton 65 Gannet Morus bassanus 04/02/2021 66 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 67 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 68 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 08/11/2021 69 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 70 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 71 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/04/2021 Male on Snakey Lane 72 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 73 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 01/05/2021 2nd record 74 Buzzard Buteo buteo 75 Barn Owl Tyto alba 76 Little Owl Athene noctua 17/05/2021 77 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 78 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 79 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 80 Merlin Falco columbarius 27/03/2021 81 Hobby Falco subbuteo 82 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 20/08/2021 83 Magpie Pica pica 84 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 85 Rook Corvus frugilegus 86 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 87 Coal Tit Periparus ater 88 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 89 Great Tit Parus major 90 Skylark Alauda arvensis 91 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 92 Swallow Hirundo rustica 93 House Martin Delichon urbicum 94 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 95 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 96 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 26/03/2021 97 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/04/2021 98 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/05/2021 99 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/04/2021 100 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2021 101 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 102 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 103 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 104 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 105 Redwing Turdus iliacus 106 Blackbird Turdus merula 107 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 108 Robin Erithacus rubecula 109 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 06/01/2021 2nd record 110 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 19/04/2021 Female 111 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 112 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 113 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 114 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 115 Dunnock Prunella modularis 116 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 16/04/2021 2 117 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 118 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 119 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 120 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 121 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 25/03/2021 122 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 123 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 18/04/2021 124 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/05/2021 3 birds, 1 male 125 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 126 Linnet Linaria cannabina 127 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 13/05/2021 2 128 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 129 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2021 22 130 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 131 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 132 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus