Kelly Dadd: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 134 of 134 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 10/01/2021 Graves Park. 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 27/01/2021 Agden Reservoir. 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 17/02/2021 Rother Valley Country Park 4 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 20/03/2021 Strines Res, Agden Resevoir 68 preparing for the flight to Iceland, with Jim for Equinox, Magical day. We saw many birds at Orgreave earlier too. 11/04/2021 - 30 Whooper Swans, 24 adults, 6 young. Agden Reservoir. One of the Swans looked directly towards me with full-face profile and then put the head down to the water to drink. Great sighting 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12/05/2021 Railway Pit, Hoveringham Gravel pits 2 Geese in Canada geese company occupying the side of the lake 6 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 05/01/2021 Dam Flask Reservoir too many to count, male and female 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17/02/2021 Rother Valley Country Park 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 05/01/2021 Damflask Reservoir. 11 Teal Anas crecca 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 12 Pochard Aythya ferina 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 14 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28/04/2021 Treeton Dyke Seen across the lake with a telescope, it was preening. 15 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 17/02/2021 Rother Valley Country Park 16 Goosander Mergus merganser 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 17 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 27/01/2021 Barnside Moor. 18 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 05/01/2021 Near to Corker Lane , Rickett Bank 19 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30/04/2021 Shilito woods field next to 20 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus ********** ********** 21 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2021 Carsington Water 22 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 02/05/2021 Jack Flat Pair displaying at dawn 23 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 09/01/2021 Heeley. feral. 24 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/02/2021 Gleadless Valley LNR. 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 03/01/2021 Heeley. 26 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 07/01/2021 Sharrow 27 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13/02/2021 Manor Fields Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 28 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 07/01/2021 Porter Brook, Frog Walk 29 Coot Fulica atra 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 30 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 31 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 17/02/2021 Rother Valley Country Park 32 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 20/03/2021 Orgreave Lakes 2 pairs 33 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 28/04/2021 Carsington Water 3 Avocets, saw the backside, and then they flew off. 34 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 23/01/2021 Peat Pits. 35 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 20/04/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 36 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/04/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 37 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 38 Curlew Numenius arquata Peat Pits 39 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 07/03/2021 Dore Moor 40 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 20/03/2021 Strines Sighted flying up from a boggy patch near Boots Folly. 41 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/04/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 42 Redshank Tringa totanus 20/03/2021 Orgreave Lakes 43 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 15/05/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire Bright male in breeding plumage, great view. It was a lot smaller than i thought! 44 Sanderling Calidris alba 21/05/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire Feeding by the edge of the water, then I asked to do some flying and it did. revealing a white stripe across the wing 45 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/05/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 3 were flying across the lake. They look like flying fish 46 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/05/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 4 Black terns - beautiful flight, 2 sat down on the tern rail and they were kissing and pruning. Beautifl sight. 47 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 28/04/2021 Carsington Water 48 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 08/05/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 49 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/04/2021 Orgreave lakes 1 adult, 1, first summer. graceful flight low over water, lilting 50 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 12/05/2021 Railway Pit, Hoveringham Gravel pits 1st summer/2cy - Surface feeding. 51 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 07/01/2021 Broomhill 52 Common Gull Larus canus 30/01/2021 Underbank Reservoir. 1st winter. 53 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 09/01/2021 Heeley. 54 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 55 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 31/01/2021 Graves Park 56 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 12/03/2021 Mayfield Valley 57 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 28/04/2021 Carsington Water Spotted on the far side of the lake immediately with scope by Jim, impressive! 58 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 59 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 14/05/2021 Carr Vale, Bolsover 1 young bird with an injured leg, it was using its wing to hop and feed. rudely disturbed by photography wankers! 60 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 61 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 11/01/2021 Weston Park, Crookes 62 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 63 Red Kite Milvus milvus 25/03/2021 Gleadless Rd - Above the garden 64 Buzzard Buteo buteo 17/01/2021 High Bradfield, West Nab back field 65 Barn Owl Tyto alba ********** ********** 66 Little Owl Athene noctua 17/03/2021 Mayfield Valley Perching on the wall next to the Holly Bush then flew onto a telephone post. Geat auspicious sighting 67 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 68 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 06/01/2021 Gleadless Valley LNR. Meersbrook 09/02/21 (perched at close range). 69 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 25/06/2021 Icklingham By the busy roadside, showing very well. Flying between telegraph post & groud. Beautiful! 70 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 15/01/2021 Meersbrook. 71 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 06/01/2021 Lees Hall Open Space, Gleadless Valley LNR. 72 Hobby Falco subbuteo 01/05/2021 Leash fen Hunting fast - badass 73 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 2. Meersbrook Park 10/02/21 (juvenile). 74 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/01/2021 Hang Bank Wood, Gleadless Valley LNR Graves Park 10/01 (pair) & 31/01/21 (5). 75 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 28/05/2021 Spurn Point male. 76 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2021 Heeley 77 Magpie Pica pica 05/01/2021 Date approximate. 78 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 07/01/2021 Broomhill. 79 Rook Corvus frugilegus 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 80 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 03/01/2021 Cat Lane woods 81 Raven Corvus corax 23/01/2021 White Lee Moor. 82 Coal Tit Periparus ater 09/01/2021 Heeley. 83 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 07/03/2021 Dore Moor 84 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 03/01/2021 Cat Lane woods 85 Great Tit Parus major 07/01/2021 Heeley City Farm 86 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20/03/2021 Ogreave Lakes 87 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2021 Orgreave Lakes 88 Swallow Hirundo rustica 20/04/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 89 House Martin Delichon urbicum 28/04/2021 Carsington Water 90 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 05/01/2021 Sheffield, Near Dungworth 8 long tailed tits 91 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 02/05/2021 Blacka moor 92 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2021 Froggat Edge Delayed equinox walk, lots of Willow Warblers 93 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/03/2021 Gleadless Valley LNR. Cat lane woods with Jim 94 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/05/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 95 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 22/06/2021 Middleton Lakes, Staffs 96 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 14/05/2021 Carr Vale, Bolsover 1 in the reeds 97 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/04/2021 Lees Hall open space Early morning sighting. 98 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 08/05/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 99 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 28/05/2021 Spurn Point male. 100 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 10/01/2021 Heeley. 101 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 10/01/2021 Norton Lees. 102 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 24/01/2021 Gleadless Valley LNR. 103 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2021 Dam Flask Reservoir feeding station 104 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 07/01/2021 Heeley 105 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 21/01/2021 Botanical Gardens. 106 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 07/01/2021 Umix Centre 107 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2021 Heeley City Farm 108 Blackbird Turdus merula 03/01/2021 Heeley. 109 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 110 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 04/04/2021 Cutthroat Bridge - Derbyshire 2 males & 1 female, witness male in flight and saw the silver sheen on it's flight feathers 111 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 23/05/2021 Barbrook Plantation 112 Robin Erithacus rubecula 07/01/2021 Botanical Gardens 113 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/05/2021 Jack Flat male and female close together, male sighted at Blacka moor 114 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 02/05/2021 Jack Flat 115 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/04/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 116 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/04/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 117 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 08/02/2021 Gleadless Valley LNR. 118 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 05/01/2021 Heeley 119 Dunnock Prunella modularis 23/01/2021 Botanical Gardens. 120 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 28/04/2021 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 21 in total, mixed group. i possibly saw the Blue-Headed Wagtail too but they flew off to roost. 121 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 07/01/2021 Porter Brook, General Cemetery. 122 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 07/01/2021 Sharrow. 123 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 124 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 28/04/2021 Froggat Edge 125 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 23/01/2021 Rushey Wood. 126 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 27/03/2021 Shilito woods feeding station Male & Female 127 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 03/01/2021 Gleadless Valley LNR. 128 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 09/01/2021 Orgreave Lakes. 129 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/05/2021 Jack Flat 130 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 06/03/2021 White Lee Moor 131 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 05/01/2021 cat lane woods 132 Siskin Spinus spinus 15/01/2021 Broadfield. 133 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 26/02/2021 Shillito Wood 134 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 26/02/2021 Shillito Wood