Simon Davies: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 236 of 236 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/01/2021 Chelmarsh Reservoir 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 06/03/2021 Trimley Marshes 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 04/01/2021 Melverley Floods 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2021 Melverley Floods 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 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 14/12/2021 Attenborough 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 36 Swift Apus apus 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral :( 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 25/05/2021 Landguard 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 45 Coot Fulica atra 46 Crane Grus grus 25/03/2021 Landguard 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 51 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 28/05/2021 Trimley Marshes 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 55 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 11/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 56 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 30/10/2021 Kingsfleet 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 13/10/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 03/10/2021 Landguard 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 70 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 71 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 72 Redshank Tringa totanus 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 74 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 75 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 76 Knot Calidris canutus 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 78 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 79 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 09/05/2021 Trimley Marshes 80 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 13/10/2021 St. Aidens RSPB 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 85 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 04/08/2021 Minsmere 86 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 04/08/2021 Minsmere 87 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 88 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 21/08/2021 Landguard 89 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 90 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 91 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 23/05/2021 Landguard 92 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 93 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 21/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 94 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 95 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 98 Common Gull Larus canus 99 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 17/08/2021 Melton 100 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 101 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 102 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 103 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 27/10/2021 Minsmere 104 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 105 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14/12/2021 Attenborough 106 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 02/10/2021 Landguard 107 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 108 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 109 Puffin Fratercula arctica 110 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 111 Razorbill Alca torda 112 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 113 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 114 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2021 Chelmarsh Reservoir 115 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 116 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 23/11/2021 Filey Brigg 117 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 118 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 119 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 21/05/2021 Landguard 120 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 14/08/2021 Landguard 121 Gannet Morus bassanus 122 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 123 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 124 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 18/08/2021 Minsmere 125 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 09/05/2021 Trimley Marshes 126 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 127 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 128 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 129 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/01/2021 Melverley Floods 130 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 131 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 09/06/2021 Walberswick 132 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 22/05/2021 Trimley Marshes 133 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 134 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 135 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 136 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 137 Red Kite Milvus milvus 138 Buzzard Buteo buteo 139 Barn Owl Tyto alba 140 Little Owl Athene noctua 141 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 142 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 143 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Lackford 144 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 145 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 18/08/2021 Minsmere 146 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 04/09/2021 Landguard 147 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 148 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 149 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 150 Merlin Falco columbarius 151 Hobby Falco subbuteo 152 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 153 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 154 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 25/08/2021 Blakeney Point 155 Jay Garrulus glandarius 156 Magpie Pica pica 157 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 158 Rook Corvus frugilegus 159 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 160 Raven Corvus corax 161 Coal Tit Periparus ater 162 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 163 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 164 Great Tit Parus major 165 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 166 Woodlark Lullula arborea 167 Skylark Alauda arvensis 168 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 20/10/2021 Landguard 169 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 170 Swallow Hirundo rustica 171 House Martin Delichon urbicum 172 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 173 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 174 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 175 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 10/10/2021 Landguard 176 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 177 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 178 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 179 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 180 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 10/06/2021 Landguard 181 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 182 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 183 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 184 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 185 Whitethroat Curruca communis 186 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 187 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 188 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 189 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 190 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 191 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 192 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 06/06/2021 Landguard 193 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 194 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 195 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 196 Redwing Turdus iliacus 197 Blackbird Turdus merula 198 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 199 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 200 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 201 Robin Erithacus rubecula 202 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 203 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 204 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 205 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 206 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 207 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 208 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 209 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 210 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 211 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 212 Dunnock Prunella modularis 213 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 214 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 215 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 216 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 13/10/2021 Bawdsey Quay 217 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 218 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 219 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 220 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 221 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 222 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 223 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 224 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 225 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 226 Linnet Linaria cannabina 227 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 13/05/2021 Landguard 228 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 229 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 230 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 231 Serin Serinus serinus 05/07/2021 Landguard 232 Siskin Spinus spinus 233 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 234 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 235 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 236 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus