Rupert Evershed: St Albans Garden Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 90 of 90 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 25/02/2021 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 28/09/2021 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 09/04/2021 4 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 27/04/2021 Nocmig - recorded only 5 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 08/10/2021 6 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 03/02/2021 7 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 27/02/2021 Heard only 8 Swift Apus apus 30/04/2021 9 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2021 Feral Pigeon 10 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2021 11 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 12 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2021 13 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/04/2021 Nocmig - heard only 14 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 27/02/2021 Nocmig - heard only 15 Coot Fulica atra 15/02/2021 Nocmig - heard only 16 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 20/03/2021 Nocmig - heard only 17 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/04/2021 Nocmig - heard only 18 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 15/08/2021 19 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 11/02/2021 20 Curlew Numenius arquata 07/04/2021 Nocmig - heard & recorded 21 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 22/03/2021 22 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2021 23 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2021 24 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2021 25 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 10/10/2021 26 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2021 27 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/02/2021 28 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 26/02/2021 29 Great White Egret Ardea alba 19/03/2021 30 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 26/02/2021 31 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 24/09/2021 32 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2021 33 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/01/2021 34 Buzzard Buteo buteo 31/01/2021 35 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 07/01/2021 Heard only 36 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 12/01/2021 37 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 22/02/2021 38 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 25/04/2021 39 Hobby Falco subbuteo 25/05/2021 40 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 11/02/2021 41 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 02/01/2021 42 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2021 43 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 44 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2021 45 Rook Corvus frugilegus 20/02/2021 46 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 47 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2021 48 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2021 49 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2021 50 Skylark Alauda arvensis 28/01/2021 51 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 18/08/2021 52 Swallow Hirundo rustica 17/04/2021 53 House Martin Delichon urbicum 26/04/2021 54 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/04/2021 Nocmig - heard only 55 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 23/01/2021 56 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2021 57 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/03/2021 58 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/01/2021 59 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/08/2021 60 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 61 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2021 62 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/01/2021 63 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2021 64 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 65 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 07/01/2021 66 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2021 67 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2021 68 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2021 69 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 27/08/2021 3 70 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 71 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 26/08/2021 72 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 25/02/2021 73 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2021 74 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10/05/2021 75 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/02/2021 76 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 06/01/2021 77 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 27/02/2021 78 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 19/09/2021 79 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2021 80 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 09/10/2021 81 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 24/10/2021 82 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 27/02/2021 83 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 03/01/2021 84 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/02/2021 85 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/01/2021 86 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 29/06/2021 87 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2021 88 Siskin Spinus spinus 22/02/2021 89 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/02/2021 90 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/10/2021