Daniel Booker: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 253 of 253 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/03/2021 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 27/12/2021 Martin Mere 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 27/12/2021 Martin Mere 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 05/12/2021 Kingfisher lake Blashford lakes 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 17/04/2021 Holmethorpe 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 13/02/2021 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 13/02/2021 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 24/04/2021 Selsey 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 05/03/2021 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 11/12/2021 Ashburnham forge east sussex 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2021 Petworth Park, lower pond 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 27/08/2021 Whitby Yorkshire 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 40 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2021 Selsey 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 11/04/2021 Coldwaltham 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 09/05/2021 Knepp 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 49 Coot Fulica atra 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 05/04/2021 Staines Reservoirs 54 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 21/02/2021 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 56 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 24/06/2021 Hickling boards 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 60 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 24/07/2021 Frampton marshes linc 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 64 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 27/08/2021 Blacktoft sand 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/03/2021 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 70 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 72 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 28/02/2021 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 74 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 27/02/2021 75 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 02/05/2021 Pulborough Brooks 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/01/2021 Dell Quay 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Knot Calidris canutus 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/06/2021 Hickling boards 83 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 20/08/2021 Ferrie pool Pagham 84 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St aidans rspb west Yorkshire 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/01/2021 Newhaven 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 24/07/2021 Frampton marshes linc 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 15/09/2021 Pulborough Brooks 90 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 24/07/2021 Snettisham Norfolk 91 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 29/05/2021 Cliff pools 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 24/04/2021 Selsey 93 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 17/04/2021 94 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/04/2021 Staines Reservoirs 95 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 05/05/2021 Church Norton, Pagham 96 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 30/03/2021 97 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/04/2021 Staines Reservoirs 98 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/04/2021 Selsey 99 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 100 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 101 Common Gull Larus canus 102 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 16/01/2021 Goring gap 1st winter 103 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 104 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 31/07/2021 Medmerry 105 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 106 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 107 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 02/04/2021 Newlyn Cornwall 108 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 24/04/2021 Selsey 109 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 24/04/2021 Selsey 110 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 24/04/2021 Selsey 111 Puffin Fratercula arctica 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 112 Razorbill Alca torda 113 Little Auk Alle alle 20/11/2021 Weymouth 114 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 115 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 116 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 03/01/2021 Arlington res 117 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 118 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 119 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 120 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 11/09/2021 Frampton marshes linc 121 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 122 Gannet Morus bassanus 123 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 124 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 125 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 26/09/2021 Warblington 126 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 21/02/2021 127 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 24/06/2021 Lakenheath 128 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 129 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 130 Great White Egret Ardea alba 06/03/2021 131 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 132 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 12/06/2021 Fishlake Meadows Hampshire 133 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 12/06/2021 Fishtail Meadows Hampshire 134 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus ********** ********** 135 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 136 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 137 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 138 Red Kite Milvus milvus 139 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 140 Buzzard Buteo buteo 141 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2021 Black Rabbit Arundel 142 Little Owl Athene noctua 09/05/2021 Knepp 143 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 11/09/2021 Frampton marshes linc 144 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/06/2021 145 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/06/2021 Lackford Suffolk 146 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 147 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 27/12/2021 Samlesbury Lancashire 148 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 29/08/2021 Church Norton 149 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 28/02/2021 150 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 151 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 152 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 153 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 17/07/2021 Langford Lakes Wiltshire 154 Merlin Falco columbarius 155 Hobby Falco subbuteo 08/05/2021 Church Norton, Pagham 156 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 157 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 158 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 06/11/2021 Hampshire 159 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 12/06/2021 Portland bill 160 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 05/09/2021 Sidlesham 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 162 Magpie Pica pica 163 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 164 Rook Corvus frugilegus 165 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 166 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 04/12/2021 Polegate 167 Raven Corvus corax 168 Coal Tit Periparus ater 169 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 170 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 27/12/2021 Pennington flash 171 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 172 Great Tit Parus major 173 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 24/06/2021 Lakenheath 174 Woodlark Lullula arborea 11/04/2021 175 Skylark Alauda arvensis 176 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 25/12/2021 Pevensey 177 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 16/09/2021 Climping 178 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 27/03/2021 Ivy lake 179 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2021 180 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/04/2021 181 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 04/04/2021 182 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 183 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 184 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 18/04/2021 Surrey 185 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 186 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 187 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 188 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 11/09/2021 Buckton yorks 189 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 27/08/2021 Whitby Yorkshire 190 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 30/03/2021 191 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/04/2021 Holmethorpe 192 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 09/05/2021 Belle tout 193 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 05/06/2021 Ham wall Somerset 194 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 29/08/2021 Climping 195 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/02/2021 196 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 02/05/2021 Knepp 197 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 18/04/2021 Pulborough Brooks 198 Whitethroat Curruca communis 03/04/2021 Coldwaltham 199 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 200 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 201 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 202 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 203 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 204 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 205 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 206 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 11/06/2021 Martin Down Hampshire 207 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 208 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 209 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 210 Redwing Turdus iliacus 211 Blackbird Turdus merula 212 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 213 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/04/2021 Wilmington 214 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/05/2021 Pulborough Brooks 215 Robin Erithacus rubecula 216 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 18/04/2021 Pulborough Brooks 217 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/04/2021 218 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 219 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 11/04/2021 Old Lodge 220 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 22/08/2021 Black ditch 221 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 222 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/03/2021 223 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 02/04/2021 Bodmin 224 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 225 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 226 Dunnock Prunella modularis 227 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 05/04/2021 Staines Reservoirs 228 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 229 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 230 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 231 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 232 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 11/04/2021 Old Lodge 233 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 234 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 235 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 236 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 16/10/2021 Cissbury ring 237 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 238 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 239 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 240 Linnet Linaria cannabina 241 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 11/04/2021 Old Lodge 242 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 243 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/04/2021 Old Lodge 244 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 245 Siskin Spinus spinus 246 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 06/11/2021 Hook-with-Warsash 247 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 16/04/2021 248 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 249 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 02/04/2021 250 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 251 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes ********** ********** 252 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 253 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 11/04/2021 Barcombe