Sim Elliott: Brighton Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 47 of 47 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12/01/2021 Marina 2 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 08/01/2021 In the sea off Marina 3 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 09/01/2021 Hollingbury Woods 4 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/02/2021 Sutherland Road, Brighton 5 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 15/01/2021 Rottingdean Pond 6 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 20/03/2021 Beach, near Marina 7 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2021 Undercliff, Ovingdean Beach 8 Curlew Numenius arquata 27/03/2021 Undercliff, Rottingdean 9 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 20/04/2021 Widewater Lagoon 10 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2021 Widewater Lagoon 11 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 13/03/2021 Brighton Beach 12 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Undercliff beach 13 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Beach 14 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 21/01/2021 Ovingdean Beach 15 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 12/01/2021 Ovingdean Cliffs 16 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/01/2021 Between coast at Rampion Wind Farm - from Undercliff, Ovingdean 17 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 08/01/2021 In Marina - 12 birds 18 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/01/2021 Undercliff, Ovingdean Beach 19 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 07/01/2021 On groin remnant in sea, close to shore, Undercliff, near Marina 20 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 25/01/2021 Whitehawk 21 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 23/01/2021 West Street, Brighton, St Paul's Chirch 22 Jay Garrulus glandarius 25/01/2021 Whitehawk Hill 23 Magpie Pica pica 09/01/2021 Hollingbury Wood 24 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 16/03/2021 Ovingdean Cliffs 25 Rook Corvus frugilegus 14/03/2021 Beacon Hill, Rottingdean 26 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 14/03/2021 Beacon Hill, Rottingdean 27 Coal Tit Periparus ater 09/02/2021 Queen's Park 28 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 09/01/2021 Hollingbury Wood 29 Great Tit Parus major 09/01/2021 Hollingbury Wood 30 Skylark Alauda arvensis 19/02/2021 Sheepcote Valley 31 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 09/01/2021 Hollingbury Wood 32 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 22/04/2021 East Brighton Park 33 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 09/01/2021 Hollingbury Wood 34 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 19/02/2021 Craven Wood 35 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17/03/2021 Preston Park 36 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 08/01/2021 Murmuration over Palace Pier 37 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 16/02/2021 Preston Park 38 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/03/2021 St Ann's Well Gardens 39 Redwing Turdus iliacus 16/02/2021 St Ann's Well Gardens 40 Blackbird Turdus merula 09/01/2021 Hollingbury Woods 41 Robin Erithacus rubecula 07/01/2021 Back Garden 42 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Back Garden 43 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 12/01/2021 Undercliff and cliffs, Ovingdean 44 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2021 Undercliff, Ovingdean 45 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 28/01/2021 Hollingbury Woods 46 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/02/2021 Whitehawk Hill 47 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 06/02/2021 Whitehawk Hill