Steven Ward: 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 23/01/2021 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 18/01/2021 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 26/02/2021 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 28/02/2021 Hawes, North Yorkshire 8 adults flying over W, then back E 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 18/01/2021 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 27/03/2021 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 adult male flying over W 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 06/09/2021 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11/03/2021 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18/01/2021 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 12 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/09/2021 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire 1 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17/04/2021 15 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 12/10/2021 16 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 11/12/2021 Killington Lake, Cumbria 4 female/immature 17 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2021 18 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 22/08/2021 Derwent Water, Cumbria 2+ 19 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 13/01/2021 20 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 07/04/2021 Swaledale, North Yorkshire 1 adult male 21 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 09/08/2021 West Bolton, North Yorkshire 12 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2021 23 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 11/01/2021 24 Swift Apus apus 05/05/2021 Kettlewell, North Yorkshire 1 25 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/05/2021 Kettlewell, North Yorkshire 1 heard only 26 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 27 Stock Dove Columba oenas 12/01/2021 28 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 29 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 30 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13/01/2021 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 13/01/2021 32 Coot Fulica atra 06/09/2021 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 24/03/2021 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 11/12/2021 Killington Lake, Cumbria 2 non-breeding plumage 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 18/01/2021 36 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 17/01/2021 37 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2021 38 Curlew Numenius arquata 18/01/2021 Wensley, North Yorkshire c500 39 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/09/2021 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire c1000 40 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 10/02/2021 41 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2021 42 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/04/2021 Hawes, North Yorkshire 2 43 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 04/08/2021 Worton, North Yorkshire 1 migrant 44 Redshank Tringa totanus 20/02/2021 45 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/09/2021 Eric Morecambe Complex RSPB, Lancashire 3 46 Dunlin Calidris alpina 25/02/2021 Hawes, North Yorkshire 2 non-breeding plumage 47 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 09/01/2021 48 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 49 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 06/02/2021 50 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 06/09/2021 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire 2 51 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 15/02/2021 52 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 22/10/2021 Windermere, Cumbria 1 53 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 09/01/2021 54 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 24/02/2021 55 Great White Egret Ardea alba 24/02/2021 Worton, North Yorkshire 1 non-breeding plumage 56 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 57 Osprey Pandion haliaetus ********** ********** 58 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 11/01/2021 59 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13/05/2021 60 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 61 Red Kite Milvus milvus 17/02/2021 62 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 63 Barn Owl Tyto alba 24/01/2021 64 Little Owl Athene noctua 24/01/2021 65 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 66 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus ********** ********** 67 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/01/2021 68 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 31/01/2021 69 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 06/01/2021 70 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 27/02/2021 71 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 72 Merlin Falco columbarius ********** ********** 73 Hobby Falco subbuteo 10/07/2021 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 74 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 03/02/2021 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 female flying over West 75 Jay Garrulus glandarius 25/01/2021 76 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 77 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 78 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 79 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 80 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2021 81 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 82 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 06/09/2021 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire 1 83 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 84 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 85 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/02/2021 86 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2021 87 Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/04/2021 88 House Martin Delichon urbicum 27/04/2021 89 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/09/2021 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire 2 90 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 91 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 11/06/2021 Borrowdale, Cumbria 1 singing. Heard only 92 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2021 93 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 30/03/2021 94 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/05/2021 95 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/06/2021 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 singing. Heard only 96 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 18/04/2021 97 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 11/05/2021 98 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/07/2021 99 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 12/01/2021 100 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 101 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2021 102 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 26/01/2021 103 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 104 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 19/02/2021 105 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 106 Redwing Turdus iliacus 11/01/2021 107 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 108 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/01/2021 109 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 13/04/2021 Swaledale, North Yorkshire 1 male, 1 female 110 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 10/05/2021 111 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 112 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 16/04/2021 Langstrothdale, North Yorkshire 1 singing male. Heard only 113 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 14/07/2021 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 migrant 114 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/03/2021 115 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 05/04/2021 116 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 04/01/2021 117 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 118 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 119 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 31/08/2021 Hawes, North Yorkshire 2 female/1st-winter flavissimma 120 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2021 121 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 20/01/2021 122 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2021 123 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 124 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 07/10/2021 125 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 11/03/2021 126 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 07/01/2021 127 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/04/2021 128 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 30/03/2021 129 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 17/07/2021 Whinlatter Forest Park, Cumbria 130 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 131 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2021 132 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 18/02/2021 Fleet Moss, North Yorkshire 1 133 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 11/06/2021 Borrowdale, Cumbria 134 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 25/02/2021