Mark Hodson: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 155 of 155 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 03/01/2021 Thornton Reservoir 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham Life tick 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Cropston Reservoir 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 Groby (c50 flew over) Life tick 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2021 Groby Pool (Field) 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Groby Pool 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 28/03/2021 Cossington Meadows Life tick 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 06/03/2021 Thornton Reservoir 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10/08/2021 Attenborough NR 2 females 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21/02/2021 Cossington Meadows 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Groby Pool 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2021 Groby Pool 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Anstey (Rothley Brook) 15 Pintail Anas acuta 21/02/2021 Cossington Meadows 16 Teal Anas crecca 31/01/2021 Swithland Reservoir 17 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28/12/2021 Watermead Country Park 1 male/1 female 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/01/2021 Thornton Reservoir 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2021 Groby Pool 20 Scaup Aythya marila 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 18/10/2021 Robin Hood’s Bay 150th for the year 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31/01/2021 Swithland Reservoir 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 28/02/2021 Cossington Meadows Life tick 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19/10/2021 Flamborough Head 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Anstey (Field off Cropston Road) 27 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 20/03/2021 Anstey (Field off Cropston Road) Life tick 28 Swift Apus apus 09/05/2021 Groby Pool 29 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/06/2021 Cossington Meadows 14.06.21 Heard only at Titchwell Marsh 30 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 09/01/2021 Ratby 31 Stock Dove Columba oenas 28/02/2021 Cossington Meadows 32 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Ratby 33 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 34 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Bradgate Park 35 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Groby Pool 36 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 29/01/2021 Thornton Reservoir 37 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 Cropston Reservoir 38 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 28/02/2021 Cossington Meadows 39 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR Life tick 40 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 41 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR Life tick 42 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/04/2021 Cossington Meadows 43 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2021 Thornton Reservoir 44 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR Life tick 45 Curlew Numenius arquata 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 46 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR Life tick 47 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 14/06/2021 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 48 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2021 Groby Pool 49 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 50 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 08/07/2021 Rutland Water NR 51 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 52 Redshank Tringa totanus 14/06/2021 RSPB Titchwell Marsh Life tick 53 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 54 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR Life tick & #100 for the year 55 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 18/10/2021 Whitby harbour 56 Knot Calidris canutus 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 57 Ruff Calidris pugnax 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 58 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 59 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR Life tick 60 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 18/10/2021 Whitby harbour 61 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/07/2021 Rutland Water NR Life tick 62 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 63 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR Life tick 64 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 66 Common Gull Larus canus 07/02/2021 Bradgate Park 67 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2021 Groby Pool 68 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/02/2021 Bradgate Park Life tick 69 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Groby Pool 70 Puffin Fratercula arctica 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 71 Razorbill Alca torda 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 72 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 73 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/06/2021 Old Hunstanton Life tick 74 Gannet Morus bassanus 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 75 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Groby Pool 76 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 23/06/2021 Flamborough Head 77 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 22/10/2021 Swithland Reservoir 78 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 79 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 15/01/2021 Bradgate Park 80 Great White Egret Ardea alba 21/02/2021 Cossington Meadows 81 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2021 Groby Pool 82 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/03/2021 Rutland Water 83 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 29/07/2021 A52 somewhere between Grantham & Boston! 84 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 12/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham Life tick 85 Red Kite Milvus milvus 29/03/2021 Scraptoft 86 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 Anstey (Nr Rothley Brook) 87 Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/06/2021 RSPB Snettisham Life tick 88 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/02/2021 Bradgate Park Life tick 89 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 21/03/2021 Watermead Country Park 90 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 04/09/2021 Groby Pool 91 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 10/01/2021 Groby Pool 92 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/02/2021 Bradgate Park 93 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2021 Thornton (Top of Reservoir Rd over field) 94 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/06/2021 Groby Pool Life tick 95 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 11/04/2021 Leicester Cathedral 96 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 23/01/2021 Western Park Life tick 97 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 Bradgate Park 98 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Ratby (Ivanhoe Trail) 99 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 04/07/2021 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey Life tick 100 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Glenfield (Station Road) 101 Rook Corvus frugilegus 29/03/2021 Rutland Water 102 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 103 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2021 Ratby (Ivanhoe Trail) 104 Coal Tit Periparus ater 13/01/2021 Garden New garden tick! 105 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/01/2021 Groby Pool 106 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Ratby (Ivanhoe Trail) 107 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Glenfield (Station Road) 108 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20/02/2021 Bradgate Park 109 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 26/03/2021 Thornton Reservoir 110 Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/04/2021 Pitsford Water 111 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/04/2021 Cossington Meadows 112 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 23/05/2021 Watermead Country Park 113 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Glenfield (Station Road) 114 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 115 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 06/03/2021 Thornton Reservoir 116 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 117 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 01/05/2021 Rutland Water NR 118 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/04/2021 Pitsford Water 119 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2021 Ivanhoe Trail (Off Roman Way) Life tick 120 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/02/2021 Bradgate Park Life tick 121 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 Ratby (Tree across from house) New garden tick! 122 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Ratby (Ivanhoe Trail) 123 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2021 Groby Pool 124 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/01/2021 Ratby (Burroughs Rd) 125 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Anstey (Cropston Road) 126 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2021 Ratby (Burroughs Rd) 127 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2021 Thornton Reservoir 128 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Glenfield (Gynsill Lane) 129 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Garden 130 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2021 Ratby (Burroughs Rd) 131 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 18/04/2021 Barlestone (Washpit Lane) Life tick 132 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 30/05/2021 Dovedale 133 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Ratby (Ivanhoe Trail) 134 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 06/04/2021 Cossington Meadows 135 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/01/2021 Bradgate Park 136 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/04/2021 Bradgate Park Life tick 137 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 138 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Ratby (Ivanhoe Trail) 139 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 140 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2021 Bradgate Park 141 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 17/02/2021 Groby (Near Church) 142 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Cropston Reservoir 143 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 23/04/2021 Bradgate Park Life tick 144 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/07/2021 Caernarfon Life tick 145 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Glenfield (Ivanhoe Trail) 146 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 24/01/2021 Ratby (Burroughs Road) 147 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 22/01/2021 Kirby Castle 148 Linnet Linaria cannabina 11/06/2021 Old Hunstanton Life tick 149 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 30/12/2021 Ivanhoe Trail - Glenfield Flock of around 20 birds 150 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Anstey (Cropston Road) 151 Siskin Spinus spinus 10/01/2021 Groby Pool 152 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 20/10/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 153 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 23/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 154 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 27/02/2021 Bradgate Park 155 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/02/2021 Groby Pool