Charles Farrell: Greater Manchester Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 100 of 100 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Boggart Hole Clough 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 30/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Rochdale, Littleborough, Hollingworth Lake 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Slattocks, Rochdale Canal 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 5 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 24/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir 6 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 7 Wigeon Mareca penelope 05/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Boarshaw Flashes 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Boggart Hole Clough 9 Teal Anas crecca 13/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Wince Brook NR 10 Pochard Aythya ferina 21/02/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir 11 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27/02/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Whalley Range, Alexandria Park 12 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 11/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 13 Scaup Aythya marila 25/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir 14 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir 15 Goosander Mergus merganser 11/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 16 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 17/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, NewHey, Piethorn Reservoir 17 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 26/02/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Oldham, RSPB Dovestones 18 Swift Apus apus 24/05/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington 19 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Boggart Hole Clough 20 Stock Dove Columba oenas 11/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Hopwood 21 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington 22 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 17/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Royton 23 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Boggart Hole Clough 24 Coot Fulica atra 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Boggart Hole Clough 25 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 31/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Heywood, Queens Park 26 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 24/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir 27 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 21/02/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir 28 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 11/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Hopwood 29 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Oldham, Castleshaw Reservoirs Heard first on 17-Mar-21 at Birtle 30 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Boarshaw Flashes 31 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/05/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Oldham, RSPB Dovestones 32 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington 33 Common Gull Larus canus 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Boggart Hole Clough 34 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington 35 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 24/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir 36 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 13/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington 37 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 20/11/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Rochdale, Wardle, Watergrove Reservoir 38 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 24/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir 39 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 19/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Wince Brook NR 40 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 12/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 41 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 16/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 42 Buzzard Buteo buteo 09/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester 43 Barn Owl Tyto alba 15/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Rochdale, Red Lumb 44 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 17/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 45 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 21/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 46 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 25/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges Heard first 10th Jan at Boggart Hole Clough. 47 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 11/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, NewHey, Piethorn Reservoir 48 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 17/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, NewHey, Piethorn Reservoir 49 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 29/01/2021 Uk, Gtr Manchester, Manchester City Centre 50 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Moston Cemetery 51 Jay Garrulus glandarius 13/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Wince Brook NR Heard first on 12th Jan at Alkrington Woods 52 Magpie Pica pica 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Moston Cemetery 53 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Boggart Hole Clough 54 Rook Corvus frugilegus 28/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton Town Centre 55 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington 56 Raven Corvus corax 14/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Heaton Mersey, Mersey Vale Nature Park 57 Coal Tit Periparus ater 21/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Heard first on 11th Jan in Alkrington Woods 58 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington 59 Great Tit Parus major 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Boggart Hole Clough 60 Skylark Alauda arvensis 17/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Heywood, Birtle Heard first on 17th Feb at Pennington Flash. 61 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Radcliffe 62 Swallow Hirundo rustica 15/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Rochdale, Red Lumb 63 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/05/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Wince Brook NR 64 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 11/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges Heard first on 10th Jan at Boggart Hole Clough 65 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 27/05/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Oldham, RSPB Binn Green 66 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 67 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Wince Brook NR 68 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 05/06/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Rochdale, Kingsway Business Park 69 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges Heard first on 9-Apr-21 at Alkrington Woods 70 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Rochdale, Watergrove Reservoir Heard first on 24-Apr-21 at Holcombe Moor 71 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 13/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington 72 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 21/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges Heard first 11th Jan at Alkrington Woods 73 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 24/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir Heard first 15th Jan at Alkrington Woods 74 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 18/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 75 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington 76 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 26/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Heard first on 19th Jan at Wince Brook 77 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 14/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Blackley Golf Course 78 Redwing Turdus iliacus 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Boggart Hole Clough 79 Blackbird Turdus merula 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Boggart Hole Clough 80 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 17/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Heywood, Birtle Finally! 81 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 24/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Holcombe Moor 82 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/08/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Wince Brook NR 83 Robin Erithacus rubecula 10/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington 84 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 21/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Rochdale, Milnrow, Piethorn Reservoir 85 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Holcombe Moor 86 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 23/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton 87 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 11/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington 88 Dunnock Prunella modularis 14/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington 89 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Wince Brook NR Heard first on 11th Jan at Alkrington Woods 90 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 12/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 91 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 28/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Slattocks, Thornham Lane 92 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 19/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Wince Brook NR 93 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 25/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir 94 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 11/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges 95 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 19/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Wince Brook NR 96 Linnet Linaria cannabina 24/04/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Holcombe Moor 97 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 24/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Bury, Elton Reservoir 98 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 11/01/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Heard first on 10th Jan at Boggart Hole Clough 99 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/02/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Alkrington, Blackley Golf Course 100 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/03/2021 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Boarshaw Flashes Heard first on 17th Feb at Pennington Flash.