Ian Hughes: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 201 of 201 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 08/01/2021 Hilbre Island. 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/01/2021 Caldy. 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 CH45 3JB 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11/01/2021 Burton Mere. 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 03/10/2021 Dervaig, Island of Mull. 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/04/2021 Burton Mere rspb. 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2021 Hoylake 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 06/01/2021 Arrowe Park. 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/04/2021 Burton Marsh. 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2021 Burton Mere. 16 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2021 Thurstaston. 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 13/10/2021 Pennington Flash. 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula ********** ********** 20 Scaup Aythya marila 19/11/2021 Marshside, Southport. 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 08/01/2021 Hilbre Island. 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/01/2021 Hilbre Island. 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29/11/2021 Shotwick Lake, Cheshire. 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2021 West Kirby. 25 Smew Mergellus albellus 29/11/2021 Conwy rspb. 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2021 West Kirby 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2021 West Kirby 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 22/10/2021 Minera. 29 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 06/05/2021 World's End. 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 14/04/2021 Maghull. 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 17/01/2021 Brimstage. 33 Swift Apus apus 06/05/2021 Wallasey. 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2021 Leasowe. 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 West Kirby 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 04/01/2021 Stapledon Woods, Caldy. 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 CH45 3JB 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 CH45 3JB 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 22/03/2021 Burton Mere. 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2021 Burton Mere. 41 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 42 Crane Grus grus 16/05/2021 Burton Marsh. 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 27/01/2021 Burton Mere. 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 14/01/2021 Birkenhead docks. 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 06/10/2021 Dervaig, Mull. 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/04/2021 Frodsham. 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 West Kirby 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 24/02/2021 Burton Mere. 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/01/2021 Hoylake. 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 21/09/2021 Burton Mere rspb. 51 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 26/06/2021 Hesketh Out Marsh, Lancs. 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 04/01/2021 Hoylake. 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/03/2021 Leasowe. 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2021 Raw Head, Cheshire. 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 25/04/2021 Leasowe. 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2021 Thurstaston. 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 13/01/2021 Hoylake. 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 11/01/2021 Burton Mere. 59 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 26/07/2021 Burton Mere. 60 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/11/2021 Red Rocks Marsh, Hoylake. 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 24/02/2021 Burton Mere. 62 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2021 Neston. 63 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 21/09/2021 Burton Mere rspb. 64 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 08/04/2021 Frodsham. 65 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 17/02/2021 Wollaston. 66 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/04/2021 Burton Mere. 67 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 West Kirby 68 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/04/2021 Burton Mere. 69 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18/01/2021 Leasowe. 70 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2021 New Brighton. 71 Knot Calidris canutus 08/01/2021 West Kirby. 72 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/01/2021 Burton Mere. 73 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 02/09/2021 Parkgate. 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2021 New Brighton. 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2021 West Kirby 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 08/01/2021 Hilbre Island. 77 Little Stint Calidris minuta 11/01/2021 Burton Mere. 78 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 22/05/2021 Gronant. 79 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 10/06/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey. 80 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/04/2021 New Brighton. 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 11/04/2021 New Brighton. 82 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/03/2021 Leasowe. 83 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 16/04/2021 Great Orme. 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Hoylake 85 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 08/03/2021 Leasowe. 86 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2021 New Brighton. 87 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 CH45 3JB 88 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 24/07/2021 Hoylake. 89 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 04/01/2021 Neston. 90 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/01/2021 Birkenhead. 91 Puffin Fratercula arctica 12/06/2021 Puffin Island, Anglesey. 92 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 16/04/2021 Great Orme. 93 Razorbill Alca torda 05/03/2021 Leasowe. 94 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 15/03/2021 Hilbre Island. 95 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 15/01/2021 Hoylake. 96 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 05/03/2021 Leasowe. 97 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16/04/2021 Great Orme. 98 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 10/06/2021 Church Bay, Anglesey. 99 Gannet Morus bassanus 13/03/2021 Hoylake. 100 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2021 Hoylake. 101 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 16/04/2021 Great Orme. 102 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 29/05/2021 Marshside Southport. 103 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 24/04/2021 Parkgate. 104 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 20/03/2021 Burton Mere. 105 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2021 Burton Mere. 106 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 20/09/2021 Gronant. 107 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/02/2021 Puddington. 108 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 109 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2021 Neston. 110 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/03/2021 Parkgate. 111 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 04/10/2021 Mull. 112 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2021 Stapledon Woods, Caldy. 113 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/01/2021 Neston. 114 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 04/01/2021 Neston. 115 Red Kite Milvus milvus 24/03/2021 Leasowe. 116 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 04/10/2021 Mull. 117 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2021 Burton Mere. 118 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/04/2021 Leasowe. 119 Little Owl Athene noctua 25/02/2021 Burton Point. 120 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 30/03/2021 Gayton. 121 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 25/01/2021 Thurstaston. 122 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/05/2021 Hoylake, Wirral. 123 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 04/01/2021 Thurstaston. 124 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 18/01/2021 Stapledon Woods, Caldy. 125 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 05/02/2021 Burton Mere rspb. 126 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2021 Burton Mere. 127 Merlin Falco columbarius 25/02/2021 Heswall Marsh. 128 Hobby Falco subbuteo 10/07/2021 Risley Moss. 129 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 08/02/2021 Parkgate. 130 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 28/02/2021 Sefton Park, Liverpool. 131 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 01/06/2021 Leasowe. 132 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/01/2021 Stapledon Woods, Caldy. 133 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 134 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 16/04/2021 Great Orme. 135 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 136 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 137 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 CH45 3JB 138 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/10/2021 Island of Mull 139 Raven Corvus corax 06/01/2021 Landican Lane. 140 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2021 Burton Mere. 141 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 16/07/2021 Leighton Moss. 142 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 13/10/2021 Pennington Flash. 143 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2021 Burton Mere. 144 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2021 Burton Mere. 145 Skylark Alauda arvensis 22/01/2021 Burton Marsh. 146 Sand Martin Riparia riparia ********** ********** 147 Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2021 Storeton. 148 House Martin Delichon urbicum 30/04/2021 Leasowe. 149 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/02/2021 Neston. 150 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2021 Burton Mere. 151 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/03/2021 Leasowe. 152 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/02/2021 Neston. 153 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 30/04/2021 Leasowe. 154 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 22/04/2021 Leasowe. 155 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 09/05/2021 Leasowe. 156 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/04/2021 Burton Mere rspb. 157 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin ********** ********** 158 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca ********** ********** 159 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2021 Leasowe. 160 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2021 Thurstaston. 161 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/02/2021 Neston. 162 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2021 Claremont Farm. 163 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2021 Stapledon Woods, Caldy. 164 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 CH45 3JB 165 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2021 Raw Head, Cheshire. 166 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2021 CH45 3JB 167 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 168 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2021 CH45 3JB. 169 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 170 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus ********** ********** 171 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 29/05/2021 Leasowe. 172 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2021 CH45 3JB. 173 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 06/05/2021 World's End. 174 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 15/04/2021 Leasowe. 175 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/04/2021 Leasowe. 176 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 29/01/2021 Leasowe. 177 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/03/2021 Leasowe Bay. 178 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 06/05/2021 World's End. 179 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/03/2021 Burscough 180 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 CH45 3JB 181 Dunnock Prunella modularis 03/01/2021 Raw Head, Cheshire. 182 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2021 Leasowe. 183 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 25/01/2021 Neston. 184 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 05/01/2021 Burton. 185 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/02/2021 Neston. 186 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 06/05/2021 Llyn Brenig. 187 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/01/2021 West Kirby. 188 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2021 Burton Mere. 189 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 03/01/2021 Raw Head, Cheshire. 190 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 27/01/2021 Burton Mere. 191 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 192 Twite Linaria flavirostris 06/11/2021 Southport. 193 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2021 Raw Head, Cheshire. 194 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 06/05/2021 Llyn Brenig. 195 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 17/02/2021 Ness Gardens. 196 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Burton Mere 197 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2021 Burton Mere. 198 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2021 Hoylake 199 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra ********** ********** 200 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 19/02/2021 Thornton Hough. 201 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 17/01/2021 Brimstage.