Jason Stannage: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 203 of 203 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Pintail Anas acuta 13 Teal Anas crecca 14 Pochard Aythya ferina 15 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 Eider Somateria mollissima 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 21 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 23 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 24 Swift Apus apus 25 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 27 Stock Dove Columba oenas 28 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 29 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 31 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 32 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 33 Coot Fulica atra 34 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 35 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 36 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 37 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 03/04/2021 Crosby 3 Birds 38 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 39 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 40 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 41 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 42 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 43 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 44 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 45 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 29/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB E. Yorks 46 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 47 Curlew Numenius arquata 48 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 49 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 50 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 51 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 52 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 53 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 54 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 14/10/2021 Porthloo Scilly 55 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 56 Redshank Tringa totanus 57 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 58 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 59 Knot Calidris canutus 60 Ruff Calidris pugnax 61 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 62 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 Leeds 63 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Northumberland Blyth 64 Sanderling Calidris alba 65 Dunlin Calidris alpina 66 Little Stint Calidris minuta 67 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 12/10/2021 Hayle 68 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 69 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 70 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 71 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 72 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 73 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 74 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 75 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 76 Common Gull Larus canus 77 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 78 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 79 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 80 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 31/03/2021 Newlyn cornwall 81 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 82 Puffin Fratercula arctica 83 Razorbill Alca torda 84 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 85 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 86 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton RSPB E.York’s 87 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 88 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 89 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 90 Gannet Morus bassanus 91 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 92 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 93 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 12/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB E.Yorks 94 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 95 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 96 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 97 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 98 Great White Egret Ardea alba 99 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 100 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 101 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 102 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 103 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 104 Red Kite Milvus milvus 105 Buzzard Buteo buteo 106 Barn Owl Tyto alba 107 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 108 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 109 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 27/12/2021 Lancs Samlesbury at Roach Bridge 110 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 111 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 112 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 113 Merlin Falco columbarius 114 Hobby Falco subbuteo 115 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 116 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 117 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 23/10/2021 Pendeen cornwall 118 Jay Garrulus glandarius 119 Magpie Pica pica 120 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 121 Rook Corvus frugilegus 122 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 123 Raven Corvus corax 124 Coal Tit Periparus ater 125 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 126 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 127 Great Tit Parus major 128 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 129 Woodlark Lullula arborea 130 Skylark Alauda arvensis 131 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 132 Swallow Hirundo rustica 133 House Martin Delichon urbicum 134 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 135 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 136 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 137 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 138 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 139 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 140 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 141 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 142 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 143 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 12/09/2021 Buckton Bempton RSPB E.Yorks 144 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 06/06/2021 Northumberland 145 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 146 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 147 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12/06/2021 Somerset 148 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 149 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 150 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 151 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 12/09/2021 flambourgh 152 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 153 Whitethroat Curruca communis 154 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 155 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 156 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 157 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 158 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 159 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 31/03/2021 Exmouth 160 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 161 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 162 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 163 Redwing Turdus iliacus 164 Blackbird Turdus merula 165 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 166 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 167 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 168 Robin Erithacus rubecula 169 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 170 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 07/11/2021 Flamborough Head at South Landing 171 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 172 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 07/11/2021 Flamborough Head at South Landing 173 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 174 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 175 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 176 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 177 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 178 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 179 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 180 Dunnock Prunella modularis 181 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 182 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 183 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 184 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 185 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 186 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 19/10/2021 St Mary’s Scilly 187 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 188 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 189 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 190 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 191 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 192 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 193 Linnet Linaria cannabina 194 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 195 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 196 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 197 Serin Serinus serinus 198 Siskin Spinus spinus 199 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 200 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 201 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 202 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 203 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 18/04/2021 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