Ged Russell: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 07/06/2021 Seal Sands Road 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2021 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 18/01/2021 Cowpen Marsh 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 28/02/2021 Cowpen Marsh 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12/03/2021 Dormans Pool 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2021 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12/05/2021 Millers Dale 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22/04/2021 Tughall Flash 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 15/03/2021 Port Clarence Flood 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 17 Pintail Anas acuta 12/03/2021 Saltholme 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 28/02/2021 Saltholme 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2021 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 16/06/2021 Bothal Pond 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 23 Scaup Aythya marila 27/11/2021 Dorman’s Pool 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/01/2021 25 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 22/11/2021 Musselburgh 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31/08/2021 Beadnell 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2021 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 05/03/2021 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2021 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 20/01/2021 Stewart Park, Middlesbrough 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2021 32 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 27/01/2021 33 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 21/05/2021 Simonstone Common 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 15/03/2021 Cowpen Marsh 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 11/01/2021 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 12/04/2021 Oak Dale 37 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 21/06/2021 Percy Rigg 38 Swift Apus apus 08/05/2021 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 11/05/2021 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 31/01/2021 Cowpen Marsh 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 46 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 48 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 22/10/2021 Beadnell 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/03/2021 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/10/2021 Maidens Hall 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 15/03/2021 Greenabella Marsh 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 30/01/2021 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2021 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 25/01/2021 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 10/04/2021 Saltholme 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 20/04/2021 Beadnell 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2021 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 18/01/2021 Seal Sands 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 28/10/2021 Monks House Pool 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 02/03/2021 Greatham Creek 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 18/01/2021 Tidal pool, Greatham Creek 66 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 05/11/2021 Newstead Flash 67 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 17/01/2021 Billingham Beck, 68 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 17/01/2021 Billingham Beck 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 21/04/2021 Long Nanny 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 71 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 18/01/2021 Tidal Pool, Greatham Creek 72 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18/01/2021 Tidal Pool, Greatham Creek 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2021 74 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2021 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 31/01/2021 Tidal Pool, Greatham Creek 76 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11/08/2021 Tidal Pool, Greatham Creek 77 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 26/08/2021 Monk's House Pool 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/01/2021 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 25/01/2021 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 05/03/2021 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 27/08/2021 Newton Point 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 05/05/2021 Beadnell 83 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 24/07/2021 Saltholme 84 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 15/06/2021 Long Nanny 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 12/06/2021 Long Nanny 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 07/06/2021 Holme Fleet 87 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 13/06/2021 Beadnell 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 13/04/2021 Beadnell 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13/04/2021 Beadnell 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 03/01/2021 91 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 06/11/2021 Monks House Pool 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 25/01/2021 94 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 95 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 27/11/2021 Dorman’s Pool 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 98 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 28/11/2021 Seahouses 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 100 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 23/08/2021 Beadnell 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 11/08/2021 Seaton Snook 102 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 24/07/2021 Redcar Stray 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 26/08/2021 Beadnell 104 Puffin Fratercula arctica 14/04/2021 Beadnell 105 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 17/09/2021 Oban 106 Razorbill Alca torda 03/01/2021 107 Little Auk Alle alle 22/10/2021 Beadnell 108 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/01/2021 109 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2021 110 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 28/08/2021 Beadnell 111 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2021 112 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 22/10/2021 Beadnell 113 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 13/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 114 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 25/01/2021 115 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 23/08/2021 Beadnell 116 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/06/2021 Beadnell 117 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 29/08/2021 Beadnell 118 Gannet Morus bassanus 31/03/2021 119 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 120 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2021 121 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 28/02/2021 Saltholme 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 123 Great White Egret Ardea alba 28/02/2021 Saltholme 124 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 125 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 07/06/2021 Dorman's Pool 126 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 12/05/2021 127 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 18/09/2021 Na Gruageaichan 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2021 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2021 130 Red Kite Milvus milvus 08/05/2021 131 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 01/05/2021 Hasty Bank 132 Buzzard Buteo buteo 22/01/2021 Stainsby Beck 133 Barn Owl Tyto alba 27/01/2021 134 Little Owl Athene noctua 29/04/2021 Cowpen Bewley 135 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 28/01/2021 Greatham Creek 136 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 10/06/2021 Hepple 137 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 12/02/2021 Old River Tees 138 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 16/12/2021 Flying Old Hall 139 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 140 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 03/04/2021 Baysdale 141 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2021 142 Merlin Falco columbarius 28/01/2021 Greatham Creek 143 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 31/01/2021 Saltholme 144 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 20/03/2021 Ropner Park, Stockton 145 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 146 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 147 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 148 Rook Corvus frugilegus 11/01/2021 149 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 150 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 12/09/2021 Port Appin 151 Raven Corvus corax 21/04/2021 The Cheviot 152 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 153 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2021 154 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 14/09/2021 Appin 155 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 156 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 157 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 26/11/2021 Blacktoft Sands 158 Skylark Alauda arvensis 18/01/2021 Greatham Creek 159 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15/04/2021 Bamburgh 160 Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/04/2021 South Charlton 161 House Martin Delichon urbicum 20/04/2021 Beadnell 162 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 20/04/2021 Portrack Marsh 163 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 164 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/06/2021 Knarsdale 165 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 08/10/2021 Linthorpe 166 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 20/04/2021 Billingham Beck 167 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 29/03/2021 Scaling Dam 168 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2021 Dormans Pool 169 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 29/04/2021 Dormans Pool 170 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 29/04/2021 Cowpen Bewley 171 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 20/02/2021 Garden at home 172 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 14/05/2021 Calder Valley 173 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 03/05/2021 Coulby Newham 174 Whitethroat Curruca communis 29/04/2021 Cowpen Bewley 175 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 06/01/2021 176 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 177 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/01/2021 178 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 13/01/2021 179 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 180 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 181 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 182 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 183 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 184 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 185 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 03/04/2021 Kildale Crags 186 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 22/05/2021 Bowes 187 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 188 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/05/2021 Malham Tarn 189 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 30/10/2021 Lindisfarne 190 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 08/05/2021 191 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 10/06/2021 Chew Green 192 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 193 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 03/04/2021 Baysdale 194 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 13/11/2021 Whitburn 195 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 13/04/2021 Alnwick 196 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2021 197 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 198 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 199 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 22/04/2021 Tughall Flash 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 12/02/2021 Old River Tees 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2021 202 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 28/01/2021 Greatham Creek 203 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 01/06/2021 Hartley Burn 204 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 28/10/2021 Budle Bay 205 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 25/01/2021 206 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 207 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 19/10/2021 Beadnell 208 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 07/01/2021 209 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 12/01/2021 210 Twite Linaria flavirostris 28/01/2021 Greatham Creek 211 Linnet Linaria cannabina 19/01/2021 212 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 19/01/2021 213 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 12/09/2021 Linthorpe 214 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 215 Siskin Spinus spinus 27/01/2021 216 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 20/10/2021 Lindisfarne 217 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2021 218 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2021 219 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021