Sam Porter: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 254 of 254 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 09/10/2021 North Foreland 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/11/2021 Holliwell 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/01/2021 RM 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 08/11/2021 Hunstanton 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 24/01/2021 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 30/11/2021 Abberton 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 22/11/2021 Nr. Waxham 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2021 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/01/2021 RM 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 10/07/2021 Connaught Waters 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15/04/2021 Hen Reedbeds 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2021 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 10/10/2021 Bluntisham 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 20 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2021 RM 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 19/03/2021 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2021 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 18/12/2021 Thorpe Park 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18/12/2021 Reigate 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 27 Scaup Aythya marila 17/02/2021 Berwick Ponds 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 07/06/2021 Blyth 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11/05/2021 Tenby 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 05/07/2021 Bempton 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 23/02/2021 KGV 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 19/12/2021 Abberton 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 23/02/2021 KGV 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/03/2021 KGV 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/11/2021 Hunstanton 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 16/07/2021 Deadman’s Hill 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30/03/2021 Brecks 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 03/06/2021 Mayday Farm 40 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2021 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/04/2021 Cavenham 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12/06/2021 Kent 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2021 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 49 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 50 Crane Grus grus 03/06/2021 Lakenheath 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 29/11/2021 Abberton 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 17/05/2021 Wanstead 55 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 02/05/2021 Cavenham 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 07/03/2021 Rainham 57 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 06/07/2021 Hickling Broad 58 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 04/01/2021 RM 59 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25/04/2021 RM 60 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 23/08/2021 Elmley NNR 61 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 26/07/2021 Frampton 62 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 25/04/2021 RM 63 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 29/03/2021 64 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 65 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 06/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/04/2021 RM 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2021 RM 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 23/04/2021 RM 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 15/04/2021 Hen Reedbeds 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/03/2021 71 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 03/01/2021 HCP 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 73 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/11/2021 Titchwell 74 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 06/10/2021 Bower’s Marsh 75 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 26/04/2021 76 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 14/02/2021 Minsmere 77 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/07/2021 Frampton 78 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2021 Rainham 79 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/04/2021 Minsmere 80 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 23/04/2021 RM 81 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 26/04/2021 Minsmere 82 Knot Calidris canutus 23/04/2021 RM 83 Ruff Calidris pugnax 06/07/2021 Hickling Broad 84 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 26/07/2021 Frampton 85 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 10/10/2021 Swillington Ings 86 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 07/06/2021 Blyth 87 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/11/2021 Holkham 88 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2021 RM 89 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 08/11/2021 Sheringham 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 07/06/2021 Blyth 91 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 09/08/2021 Minsmere 92 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 09/08/2021 Minsmere 93 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 08/10/2021 Normandy Marsh 94 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 29/05/2021 Cliffe Pools 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/07/2021 Snettisham 96 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 10/05/2021 Dorset 97 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/07/2021 Anglesey 98 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 17/04/2021 99 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 06/07/2021 Cley 100 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 15/04/2021 Minsmere 101 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 22/07/2021 Anglesey 102 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/03/2021 103 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/07/2021 Bempton 104 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 27/08/2021 Oare 105 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 106 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 24/02/2021 107 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 108 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 19/11/2021 Eagle Pond 109 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 110 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 25/07/2021 Tilbury 111 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 04/01/2021 RM 112 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 113 Puffin Fratercula arctica 05/07/2021 Bempton 114 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 20/12/2021 Gunners Park 115 Razorbill Alca torda 11/05/2021 Mwnt 116 Little Auk Alle alle 22/11/2021 Waxham 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/03/2021 Rainham 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 29/11/2021 Benacre 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 22/11/2021 Waxham 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 29/11/2021 Benacre 121 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 01/08/2021 Penzance 122 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 05/07/2021 Bempton 123 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 01/08/2021 Penzance 124 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 05/07/2021 Bempton 125 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 01/08/2021 Penzance 126 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 01/08/2021 Penzance 127 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 01/08/2021 Penzance 128 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 16/08/2021 Freistone 129 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 04/04/2021 +subsequent unringed bird 04/07 RM 130 Gannet Morus bassanus 11/05/2021 Tenby 131 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 132 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 11/05/2021 Mwnt 133 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 12/06/2021 Dungeness 134 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 15/04/2021 RM 135 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 15/04/2021 Hen Reedbeds 136 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 137 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 30/03/2021 138 Great White Egret Ardea alba 17/02/2021 139 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 140 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 14/08/2021 Bower’s Marsh 141 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/03/2021 142 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 143 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 30/03/2021 Brecks 144 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/03/2021 Rainham 145 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 15/11/2021 Wallasea 146 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/03/2021 EN3 147 Buzzard Buteo buteo 10/01/2021 148 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/01/2021 HCP 149 Little Owl Athene noctua 07/05/2021 Hainault CP 150 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 20/12/2021 Wallasea 151 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 152 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/06/2021 Suffolk 153 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 154 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 02/03/2021 155 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 156 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2021 157 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 158 Hobby Falco subbuteo 26/04/2021 Minsmere 159 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 20/02/2021 160 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2021 161 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 22/11/2021 Waxham 162 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 03/05/2021 Rochford 163 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 164 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 165 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 11/05/2021 166 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 167 Rook Corvus frugilegus 25/01/2021 168 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 169 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 20/06/2021 Greatstone 170 Raven Corvus corax 12/04/2021 Withheld, same location as Willow Tit 171 Coal Tit Periparus ater 15/01/2021 172 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 30/03/2021 173 Willow Tit Poecile montanus ********** ********** 174 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 175 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 176 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 26/04/2021 Minsmere 177 Woodlark Lullula arborea 30/03/2021 Brecks 178 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/01/2021 RM 179 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 08/11/2021 Holkham 180 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 08/11/2021 West Runton 181 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 17/03/2021 182 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2021 183 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/04/2021 184 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2021 185 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 186 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 16/12/2021 Walthamstow Marshes 187 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2021 188 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 07/01/2021 189 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 13/09/2021 Bempton 190 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 18/10/2021 Spurn 191 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 09/10/2021 Shuart 192 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 07/06/2021 East Chevington 193 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/04/2021 194 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 21/06/2021 Middleton RSPB 195 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12/04/2021 196 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 11/06/2021 Ham Wall 197 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2021 Lakenheath 198 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 199 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2021 200 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 22/11/2021 Waxham 201 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 28/04/2021 202 Whitethroat Curruca communis 04/04/2021 203 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 20/02/2021 204 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 17/12/2021 Warley Place 205 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 206 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 207 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 30/03/2021 Brecks 208 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2021 209 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 01/04/2021 Exmouth 210 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 211 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/01/2021 212 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 213 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 214 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 215 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 216 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 06/05/2021 217 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 17/09/2021 218 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 219 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 26/05/2021 Cliffe 220 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/08/2021 Devon 221 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 20/06/2021 Dungeness 222 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27/03/2021 223 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 08/05/2021 224 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 225 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2021 Brecks 226 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 09/10/2021 North Foreland 227 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/08/2021 Golitha Falls 228 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/07/2021 Bempton 229 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 230 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 231 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/04/2021 232 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 05/01/2021 233 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 234 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 10/05/2021 Dorset 235 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2021 236 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 30/08/2021 237 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 04/01/2021 RM 238 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/01/2021 RM 239 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 240 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30/03/2021 Brecks 241 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 22/11/2021 Lynford Arboretum 242 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 243 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 244 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2021 RM 245 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 24/02/2021 246 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 247 Siskin Spinus spinus 03/03/2021 My garden 248 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 13/11/2021 Holliwell 249 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 11/07/2021 Herts 250 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 18/01/2021 251 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 02/08/2021 Labrador Bay 252 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 17/12/2021 Bexley Woods 253 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021 254 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 11/04/2021 Barcombe