Ted Smith: 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 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 23/09/2021 Lincolnshire 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 13/04/2021 Slimbridge 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 37 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Quail Coturnix coturnix 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 43 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 44 Swift Apus apus 45 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 01/01/2021 Salisbury Plain 16 in flight 46 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 47 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 48 Stock Dove Columba oenas 49 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 50 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 51 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 52 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 53 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 54 Coot Fulica atra 55 Crane Grus grus 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 58 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 59 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 60 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 61 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 62 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 63 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 64 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 65 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 66 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 67 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 26/07/2021 Frampton Marshes 68 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 69 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 70 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 71 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 72 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 17/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands 73 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 74 Curlew Numenius arquata 75 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 76 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 77 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 78 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 79 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 80 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 81 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 82 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 83 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 14/10/2021 St Mary’s 84 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 85 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 86 Redshank Tringa totanus 87 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 88 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 89 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 90 Knot Calidris canutus 91 Ruff Calidris pugnax 92 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 93 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 94 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 05/06/2021 Blythe 95 Sanderling Calidris alba 96 Dunlin Calidris alpina 97 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 98 Little Stint Calidris minuta 99 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 100 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 101 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 27/07/2021 Snettisham 102 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 103 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 18/05/2021 Potter Heigham 104 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 03/05/2021 Abbotsbury 105 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 106 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 107 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 108 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 109 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 110 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 111 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 112 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 27/03/2021 Frampton 113 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 114 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 115 Common Gull Larus canus 116 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 117 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 118 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 119 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 120 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 121 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 08/04/2021 Newlyn Harbour 122 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 123 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 124 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 125 Puffin Fratercula arctica 126 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 127 Razorbill Alca torda 128 Little Auk Alle alle 129 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 130 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 131 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 132 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 133 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 134 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 09/07/2021 Bempton RSPB 135 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 136 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 137 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 138 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 139 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 140 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 141 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 142 Gannet Morus bassanus 143 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 144 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 145 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 146 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 147 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 148 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 149 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 150 Great White Egret Ardea alba 151 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 152 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 153 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 154 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 155 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 156 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 157 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 158 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/01/2021 Salisbury Plain 159 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 160 Red Kite Milvus milvus 161 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 162 Buzzard Buteo buteo 163 Barn Owl Tyto alba 164 Little Owl Athene noctua 165 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 166 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2021 Froxfield 167 Hoopoe Upupa epops 168 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 01/07/2021 Suffolk 169 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 170 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 26/11/2021 Preston Crematorium 171 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 172 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 173 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 174 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 175 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 176 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 177 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/01/2021 Froxfield 178 Hobby Falco subbuteo 179 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 180 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 181 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 182 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 183 Jay Garrulus glandarius 184 Magpie Pica pica 185 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 186 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 187 Rook Corvus frugilegus 188 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 189 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 190 Raven Corvus corax 191 Coal Tit Periparus ater 192 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 193 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 194 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 195 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 196 Great Tit Parus major 197 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 198 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 199 Woodlark Lullula arborea 200 Skylark Alauda arvensis 201 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 202 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 203 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 204 Swallow Hirundo rustica 205 House Martin Delichon urbicum 206 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 207 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 208 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 209 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 210 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 211 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 212 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 213 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 214 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 06/06/2021 East Chevington 215 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 216 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 217 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 218 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 22/06/2021 Lickey Hills 219 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12/06/2021 Ham Wall 220 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 02/07/2021 Cotswold Water Park 221 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 222 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 223 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 224 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 225 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 08/04/2021 Soapy Cove 226 Whitethroat Curruca communis 227 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 228 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 229 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 230 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 231 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 232 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 233 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 12/06/2021 234 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 235 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 236 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 237 Redwing Turdus iliacus 238 Blackbird Turdus merula 239 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 240 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 241 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 242 Robin Erithacus rubecula 243 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 244 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 17/09/2021 245 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 246 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 247 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 248 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 249 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 250 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 251 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 252 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 253 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 254 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 255 Dunnock Prunella modularis 256 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 257 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 258 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 259 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 260 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 261 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 11/10/2021 Tresco 262 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 263 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 264 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 265 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 266 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 267 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 268 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 269 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 270 Twite Linaria flavirostris 271 Linnet Linaria cannabina 272 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 273 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 274 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 275 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 276 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 277 Serin Serinus serinus 278 Siskin Spinus spinus 279 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 280 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 281 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 282 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 283 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 03/01/2021 Thursley Common 2 present 284 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 03/01/2021 Thursley Common 285 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 286 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 10/04/2021 Barcombe Cross