John Conlin-Hulme: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 143 of 143 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/12/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 30/01/2021 Leeds/Liverpool Canal, Rodley 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 10/02/2021 Rodley Boatyard 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 25/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands Actually earlier, but went unrecorded for some reason 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 21/01/2021 Golden Acre Park 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12/03/2021 Farnley Reservoir 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/04/2021 Golden Acre Park 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 04/04/2021 Golden Acre Park 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12/03/2021 Farnley Reservoir 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11/01/2021 Armley Ridge Road Office Window 13 Teal Anas crecca 12/03/2021 Farnley Reservoir 14 Pochard Aythya ferina 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21/01/2021 Golden Acre Park 16 Eider Somateria mollissima 29/09/2021 Llandudno Pier 2 males flying off the end of the pier 17 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 18 Goosander Mergus merganser 30/01/2021 Leeds/Liverpool Canal, Rodley 19 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27/12/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 20 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 16/05/2021 Derbyshire 21 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 18/05/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Paull Road 23 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 09/05/2021 Paull 24 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 25 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/06/2021 Paull Heard 9th May. Seen 5th June. 26 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 27 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 28 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Paull 29 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 18/01/2021 Armley Ridge Road Office Window 30 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 21/01/2021 Golden Acre Park 32 Coot Fulica atra 21/01/2021 Golden Acre Park 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 15/03/2021 Kirkstall Abbey 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 35 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 36 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 37 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 38 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 22/08/2021 Paull (Humber Tavern) 39 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 40 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 25/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 41 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 42 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 22/08/2021 Paull (Humber Tavern) 43 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 25/07/2021 Paull Holme Strays 44 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 45 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 46 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 47 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 48 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 25/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 49 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 50 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/12/2021 Paull Holme Strays 51 Knot Calidris canutus 27/12/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 52 Ruff Calidris pugnax 22/11/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 53 Sanderling Calidris alba 27/12/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 54 Dunlin Calidris alpina 25/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 55 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 18/05/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 56 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 07/06/2021 Far Ings 57 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 58 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 59 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 60 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 61 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 62 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 63 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/04/2021 Paull 64 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 29/09/2021 Llandudno Pier 65 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 04/09/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 66 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 67 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 04/09/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 68 Gannet Morus bassanus 15/08/2021 Saltburn-on-sea 69 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 24/01/2021 River Aire, Armley 70 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 04/09/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 71 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 18/05/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 72 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 07/06/2021 Far Ings Heard 8th April at St Aidans 73 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 14/03/2021 Meanwood Park 74 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 13/09/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 75 Great White Egret Ardea alba 22/08/2021 Paull Holme Strays 76 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 26/01/2021 Gott's Park Golf Course Office Window 77 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2021 Paull 78 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/04/2021 Paull Road 79 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/01/2021 Armley Ridge Road Office Window 80 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 81 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 31/12/2021 Sproatley, East Yorkshire 82 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 15/05/2021 Bakewell, Derbyshire Heard only, seen 27/06 in the garden 83 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 84 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 13/01/2021 Gott's Park Golf Course Office Window 85 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 22/04/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 86 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 Paull 87 Merlin Falco columbarius 27/11/2021 High Paull 88 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 22/04/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 89 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 26/02/2021 Armley Ridge Terrace From house window 90 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/01/2021 Armley Ridge Road 91 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Paull 92 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 04/01/2021 Armley Ridge Road 93 Rook Corvus frugilegus 17/01/2021 Cockshott Lane 94 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Paull 95 Raven Corvus corax 15/05/2021 Bakewell, Derbyshire 96 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Paull 97 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 22/04/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 98 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Paull 99 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Paull 100 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 25/10/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 101 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/04/2021 Clive Sullivan Way 102 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 103 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 104 House Martin Delichon urbicum 29/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 105 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 07/06/2021 Far Ings 106 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Paull 107 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 108 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/03/2021 Kirkstall Abbey Heard first, seen on canal at Armley, 30/02 109 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 110 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 07/06/2021 Far Ings 111 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 112 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 16/08/2021 RSPB Old Moor 113 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2021 RSPB Fairburn Ings 114 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 21/01/2021 Golden Acre Park 115 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2021 Paull 116 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 27/02/2021 Armley Ridge Terrace 117 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 15/03/2021 Kirkstall Abbey 118 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 05/01/2021 Armley Ridge Road 119 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 21/01/2021 Golden Acre Park 120 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 10/01/2021 Gott's Park 121 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 122 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Paull 123 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2021 Paull Holme Strays 124 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Paull 125 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 22/11/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 126 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/05/2021 Paull Holme Strays 127 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 19/12/2021 Rodley Nature Reserve 128 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/09/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 129 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2021 Armley Ridge Road 130 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Paull 131 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 132 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 24/03/2021 Meanwood Park 133 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2021 Paull 134 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 22/08/2021 Paull Holme Strays 135 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 29/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 136 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 22/05/2021 Paull Holme Strays 137 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Paull 138 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 09/02/2021 Armley Ridge Terrace 139 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Paull 140 Linnet Linaria cannabina 22/05/2021 Paull Holme Strays 141 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Paull 142 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/11/2021 RSPB St Aidan's 143 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/04/2021 RSPB St Aidan's