Tom Hibbert: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 217 of 217 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/11/2021 Frampton Marsh 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 09/01/2021 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 28/11/2021 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh Several small flocks north 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 09/01/2021 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 19/03/2021 Idle Valley 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17/02/2021 Idle Valley 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17/02/2021 Idle Valley 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 22/03/2021 Budby Common 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 01/09/2021 Idle Washlands 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 09/01/2021 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14/02/2021 Idle Valley 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 09/01/2021 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 06/01/2021 16 Pintail Anas acuta 01/09/2021 Idle Washlands 17 Teal Anas crecca 14/02/2021 Idle Valley 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 19/03/2021 Idle Valley 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 17/02/2021 Idle Valley 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24/12/2021 Langford Lowfields 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 09/01/2021 22 Scaup Aythya marila 19/03/2021 Idle Valley 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 26/11/2021 Musselburgh 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26/11/2021 Musselburgh 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26/11/2021 Musselburgh 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 09/01/2021 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 14/02/2021 Idle Valley 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 09/01/2021 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28/11/2021 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh Drake flew north 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 30/04/2021 Stanage Edge 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 22/03/2021 Budby Common 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 17/02/2021 Near Idle Valley 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 11/05/2021 Two 36 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2021 Idle Valley 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2021 Sherwood 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 28/08/2021 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 09/01/2021 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/01/2021 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 09/01/2021 45 Coot Fulica atra 09/01/2021 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 09/01/2021 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 14/09/2021 Hornsea Mere 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 17/02/2021 Idle Valley 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/12/2021 Rutland Water 50 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Idle Valley 51 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 11/05/2021 Near Wellow 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 14/02/2021 Idle Valley 53 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad Pair 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 04/04/2021 Idle Valley 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 14/09/2021 Spurn 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 17/02/2021 Idle Valley 57 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/04/2021 Idle Valley 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 61 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 17/04/2021 Longshaw Estate 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 17/10/2021 South Milton Sands, Devon Flushed from rocks 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 24/04/2021 Sherwood Forest 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 19/03/2021 Idle Valley 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/05/2021 Idle Valley 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 17/02/2021 Idle Valley 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 08/05/2021 Idle Valley 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 19/03/2021 Idle Valley 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 17/05/2021 Idle Valley 75 Knot Calidris canutus 14/09/2021 Spurn 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 17/02/2021 Idle Valley 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad 78 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 15/10/2021 St Aidan’s 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 21/05/2021 Grafham Water 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 08/05/2021 Idle Valley 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 26/11/2021 Stag Rocks 82 Little Stint Calidris minuta 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 83 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 14/09/2021 Spurn 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/05/2021 Idle Valley 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 26/06/2021 Titchwell 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 14/09/2021 Hornsea Mere 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 89 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 08/05/2021 Holme Pierrepont 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 91 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 20/05/2021 St Aidan’s 92 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 95 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 28/11/2021 Annstead Point, Seahouses Immature landed on rocks 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 21/01/2021 97 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 28/11/2021 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh Immature landed on sea briefly then flew north 98 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 27/08/2021 Flamborough Head 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 27/08/2021 Bempton Cliffs 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 101 Razorbill Alca torda 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 102 Little Auk Alle alle 28/11/2021 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh Three flew north (more later at Annstead) 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 27/08/2021 Flamborough Head 105 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 28/11/2021 Annstead Point, Seahouses Flew north 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 28/11/2021 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh Flew north 107 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 28/11/2021 Annstead Point, Seahouses Flew north 108 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 27/08/2021 Bempton Cliffs 109 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 30/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs 110 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 27/08/2021 Bempton Cliffs 111 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 28/11/2021 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh Landed on sea briefly then flew north 112 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 27/08/2021 Flamborough Head 113 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 114 Gannet Morus bassanus 26/06/2021 Titchwell 115 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 09/01/2021 116 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 06/07/2021 Durlston Country Park 117 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad 118 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 11/06/2021 Ham Wall 119 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/02/2021 Newark 120 Great White Egret Ardea alba 09/01/2021 121 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 17/02/2021 Idle Valley 122 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 05/06/2021 Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint 123 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 124 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 16/04/2021 125 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 09/01/2021 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/04/2021 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/01/2021 129 Little Owl Athene noctua 15/10/2021 St Aidan’s 130 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 132 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 25/04/2021 Budby 133 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 25/06/2021 Icklingham, Suffolk 134 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 17/02/2021 Idle Valley 135 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 11/04/2021 136 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 137 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 138 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2021 139 Merlin Falco columbarius 21/08/2021 Frampton Marsh 140 Hobby Falco subbuteo 17/05/2021 Idle Valley 141 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/07/2021 Heddon Valley 142 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22/05/2021 Willington 143 Jay Garrulus glandarius 17/02/2021 Idle Valley 144 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 145 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 146 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 147 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 148 Raven Corvus corax Retford 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater 09/01/2021 150 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 11/04/2021 151 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 152 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 153 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 11/06/2021 Ham Wall 154 Woodlark Lullula arborea 22/03/2021 Budby Common 155 Skylark Alauda arvensis 09/01/2021 156 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 27/03/2021 Idle Valley 157 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2021 Chesterfield 158 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2021 Retford 159 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 09/01/2021 160 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 161 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2021 Idle Valley 162 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 28/02/2021 Near Idle Valley 163 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 14/09/2021 Buckton 164 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 30/05/2021 Besthorpe 165 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 22/04/2021 Idle Valley 166 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 02/05/2021 Idle Valley 167 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 11/06/2021 Ham Wall 168 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 15/03/2021 Kings Park, Retford 169 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 02/05/2021 Idle Valley 170 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 02/05/2021 Idle Valley 171 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2021 Staunton Quarry 172 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 08/07/2021 Arne 173 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 174 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 23/01/2021 175 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2021 176 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 12/01/2021 177 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/02/2021 Retford 178 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 179 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 09/01/2021 180 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 09/01/2021 181 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 182 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 183 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 184 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 30/04/2021 Stanage Edge 185 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 05/07/2021 Heddon Valley 186 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 187 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 21/05/2021 Grafham Water 188 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/04/2021 Padley Gorge 189 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 30/04/2021 Ladybower Wood 190 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 30/04/2021 Stanage Edge 191 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 09/01/2021 192 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2021 Idle Valley 193 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 26/11/2021 East Linton 194 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 17/04/2021 Padley Gorge 195 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/07/2021 Lincolnshire 196 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2021 197 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 198 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 22/04/2021 Idle Valley 199 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2021 200 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2021 201 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 09/01/2021 202 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 24/04/2021 Budby 203 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/07/2021 Durlston Country Park 204 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 205 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/01/2021 206 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 14/01/2021 207 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 208 Linnet Linaria cannabina 17/02/2021 Near Idle Valley 209 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/01/2021 210 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 22/03/2021 Sherwood Forest 211 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 11/04/2021 Edwinstowe 212 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 213 Siskin Spinus spinus 17/02/2021 Newark 214 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 22/05/2021 Totternhoe 215 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2021 216 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 19/10/2021 Prawle Point 217 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2021