Arjun Dutta: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 214 of 214 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Adult in tern colony 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 31 Swift Apus apus 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 38 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 40 Coot Fulica atra 41 Crane Grus grus 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 44 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 45 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 47 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Beddington 9th Feb - patch tick 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 57 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 61 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 62 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 64 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 65 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 67 Knot Calidris canutus 68 Ruff Calidris pugnax 69 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 70 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Beddington 9th May 2021 71 Sanderling Calidris alba 72 Dunlin Calidris alpina 73 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 74 Little Stint Calidris minuta 75 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 76 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Adult in tern colony 77 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 78 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 79 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 80 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 13/07/2021 Cemlyn RSPB Adult in tern colony 81 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 82 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 83 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 19/05/2021 RSPB Lodmoor Self-found 1st summer 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 85 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 86 Common Gull Larus canus 87 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 89 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 2 1st winters at Beddington 90 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 91 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 92 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 93 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 94 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 95 Puffin Fratercula arctica 96 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 97 Razorbill Alca torda 98 Little Auk Alle alle 99 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 100 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 101 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 102 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 06/08/2021 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 103 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 104 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 106 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 23/08/2021 Coverack 107 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 108 Gannet Morus bassanus 109 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 110 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 111 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 112 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 113 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 114 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 115 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 118 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 119 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 120 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 121 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo 124 Barn Owl Tyto alba 125 Little Owl Athene noctua 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 128 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 129 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 130 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 133 Hobby Falco subbuteo 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 135 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 136 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 137 Jay Garrulus glandarius 138 Magpie Pica pica 139 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 140 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 141 Rook Corvus frugilegus 142 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 143 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 144 Raven Corvus corax Beddington 9th Feb 145 Coal Tit Periparus ater 146 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 147 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 148 Great Tit Parus major 149 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 150 Woodlark Lullula arborea 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 152 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum 156 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 157 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 158 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 159 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 160 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 161 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 162 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 163 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 164 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 24/08/2021 Land's end 165 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 166 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 167 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 168 Whitethroat Curruca communis 169 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 170 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 171 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 172 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 173 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 174 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 175 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 176 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 177 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 178 Redwing Turdus iliacus 179 Blackbird Turdus merula 180 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 181 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 23/08/2021 Coverack 182 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 183 Robin Erithacus rubecula 184 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 185 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 186 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 187 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 188 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra male found at Little Woodcote 3rd May 189 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 190 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 191 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 192 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 193 Dunnock Prunella modularis 194 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 195 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 196 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 197 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 198 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 199 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 200 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Ringed littoralis 201 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 202 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 203 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 204 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 205 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 206 Linnet Linaria cannabina 207 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 208 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 209 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 210 Siskin Spinus spinus 211 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 212 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 213 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 214 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus