Neil Sainthouse: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 286 of 286 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 07/01/2021 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 03/01/2021 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 21/03/2021 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 14/01/2021 Cley 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 07/01/2021 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 21/01/2021 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 21/01/2021 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/01/2021 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2021 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 07/01/2021 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 07/01/2021 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/04/2021 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14/04/2021 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 31/01/2021 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2021 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 30/09/2021 Bluntisham 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 21 Pintail Anas acuta 07/02/2021 22 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 07/04/2021 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 14/02/2021 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2021 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26/10/2021 Southfield res 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 28 Scaup Aythya marila 28/03/2021 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/05/2021 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 01/11/2021 Musselburgh 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 01/11/2021 Musselburgh 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24/03/2021 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31/01/2021 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 14/02/2021 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2021 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 21/02/2021 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 11/06/2021 durham dales 39 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 08/11/2021 40 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 11/06/2021 durham dales 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 07/01/2021 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/01/2021 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 19/05/2021 45 Swift Apus apus 16/05/2021 46 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2021 47 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 09/05/2021 48 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 49 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 50 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 03/06/2021 great wilbrahm 51 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 03/07/2021 easington 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2021 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2021 54 Corncrake Crex crex 22/06/2021 iona 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 56 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 57 Crane Grus grus 07/01/2021 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 59 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2021 60 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 24/03/2021 61 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 23/03/2021 62 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 11/04/2021 63 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 07/01/2021 64 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 01/07/2021 hickling broad 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 26/03/2021 66 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 07/01/2021 67 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/01/2021 68 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 21/07/2021 frampton marsh 69 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 13/06/2021 cresswell ponds 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 24/04/2021 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 03/04/2021 72 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 73 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 74 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 21/04/2021 75 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/05/2021 76 Curlew Numenius arquata 21/03/2021 77 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 21/04/2021 78 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 07/01/2021 79 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 15/08/2021 Slaynes Lane 80 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 19/03/2021 81 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/04/2021 82 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 22/09/2021 Burton mere 83 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 15/04/2021 84 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 12/03/2021 85 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 28/03/2021 86 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 25/03/2021 87 Redshank Tringa totanus 07/01/2021 88 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/01/2021 89 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 25/04/2021 90 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 07/01/2021 91 Knot Calidris canutus 28/01/2021 92 Ruff Calidris pugnax 28/01/2021 93 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 08/06/2021 slaynes lane notts 94 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 13/05/2021 95 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St Aidens 96 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 07/07/2021 blyth 97 Sanderling Calidris alba 98 Dunlin Calidris alpina 21/01/2021 99 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 13/10/2021 Slaynes Lane 100 Little Stint Calidris minuta 07/06/2021 blyth 101 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 22/07/2021 adwick washlands 102 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 25/07/2021 snettisham 103 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 13/06/2021 wheldrake ings 104 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 105 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 28/07/2021 lound 106 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 23/06/2021 mull 107 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 25/04/2021 108 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 09/05/2021 109 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/05/2021 110 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 04/07/2021 cemlyn bay 111 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/04/2021 112 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/04/2021 113 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 03/09/2021 St marys Whitley bay 114 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 115 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 18/05/2021 st aidens 116 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 13/05/2021 117 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 118 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 06/09/2021 Cromer 119 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 120 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 121 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/01/2021 122 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 123 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes ********** ********** 124 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 07/01/2021 125 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 13/03/2021 126 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 19/09/2021 Spurn 127 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 19/09/2021 Spurn 128 Puffin Fratercula arctica 05/07/2021 bempton cliffs 129 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle ********** ********** 130 Razorbill Alca torda 05/05/2021 131 Little Auk Alle alle 07/11/2021 Hopeman 132 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 26/11/2021 Wells Norfolk 133 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 05/05/2021 134 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 26/09/2021 Cley 135 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/05/2021 136 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 02/10/2021 Kilnsea 137 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 07/07/2021 bempton cliffs 138 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 02/10/2021 Kilnsea 139 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 09/05/2021 140 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 05/05/2021 141 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 14/08/2021 Freiston Shore Near prison 142 Gannet Morus bassanus 05/05/2021 143 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2021 144 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 145 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 18/03/2021 146 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 06/04/2021 147 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 11/04/2021 148 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 149 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/04/2021 150 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2021 151 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 152 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 04/05/2021 153 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 23/05/2021 154 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 23/05/2021 155 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 20/07/2021 mull 156 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 157 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 17/01/2021 158 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 21/01/2021 159 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/01/2021 160 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2021 161 Black Kite Milvus migrans ********** ********** 162 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 20/06/2021 mull 163 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 07/01/2021 164 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 165 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/01/2021 166 Little Owl Athene noctua 167 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 19/05/2021 168 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 25/06/2021 169 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2021 170 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 27/06/2021 icklingham 171 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 172 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/12/2021 Roach Bridge, Preston 173 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 31/05/2021 whitby 174 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 21/02/2021 175 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 176 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 28/02/2021 177 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2021 178 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 02/05/2021 179 Merlin Falco columbarius 07/01/2021 180 Hobby Falco subbuteo 25/04/2021 181 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 21/01/2021 182 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 10/08/2021 183 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 16/05/2021 184 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor ********** ********** 185 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 31/05/2021 whitby 186 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 02/05/2021 187 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 24/08/2021 Grambourgh Hill 188 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2021 189 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 190 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 18/07/2021 the range anglesy 191 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 192 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 193 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 194 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 19/06/2021 tobbermory 195 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2021 196 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 197 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 08/11/2021 Loch Eilean 198 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2021 199 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 26/02/2021 Fairburn ings 200 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 201 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 202 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 12/09/2021 Blacktoft sands 203 Woodlark Lullula arborea 28/02/2021 204 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2021 205 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 12/11/2021 Holkham 206 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 03/04/2021 207 Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/04/2021 208 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/04/2021 209 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 31/01/2021 210 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 211 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 28/06/2021 peak district 212 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 03/04/2021 213 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 03/01/2021 214 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 09/09/2021 Buckton 215 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Kilnsea 216 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 22/10/2021 Hartlepool Headland 217 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 30/05/2021 besthorpe 218 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 11/04/2021 219 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 22/04/2021 220 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 06/07/2021 ham wall 221 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 16/05/2021 york 222 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 25/04/2021 223 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/02/2021 224 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 31/05/2021 budby 225 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/04/2021 226 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 28/05/2021 spurn 227 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2021 228 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 15/04/2021 229 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 26/03/2021 230 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 231 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 232 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2021 233 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2021 234 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 09/05/2021 newbiggin 235 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 13/06/2021 newbiggin 236 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 237 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 238 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 239 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 240 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 241 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2021 242 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 22/04/2021 243 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 22/05/2021 244 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 245 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Blacktoft sands 246 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 05/11/2021 South landing 247 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 23/05/2021 248 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 05/11/2021 South landing 249 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 03/03/2021 250 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 04/04/2021 251 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 30/05/2021 252 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2021 253 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2021 254 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 17/09/2021 Easington 255 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 10/11/2021 Whitburn Steel Female 256 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 30/04/2021 257 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 11/03/2021 258 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2021 259 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 260 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 25/04/2021 261 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2021 262 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 263 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 07/01/2021 264 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 17/04/2021 265 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 02/05/2021 scilly isles 266 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 21/01/2021 267 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/03/2021 268 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 269 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 07/02/2021 270 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 01/01/2021 271 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 272 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 273 Twite Linaria flavirostris 07/01/2021 274 Linnet Linaria cannabina 07/01/2021 275 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2021 276 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 08/11/2021 277 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 01/01/2021 278 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 10/04/2021 nottinghamshire 279 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 280 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2021 281 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 06/04/2021 282 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 21/01/2021 283 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 31/05/2021 osberton 284 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 07/01/2021 285 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 02/04/2021 286 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021