Simon Gillings: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, Green: non-motorised Record(s) 1 to 199 of 199 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Hobson's Park, Cambridge Probably feral 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Hobson's Park, Cambridge 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/12/2021 Milton 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16/02/2021 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 23/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula ********** ********** 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28/09/2021 Barleycroft Lake, RSPB Ouse Fen 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 22/02/2021 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22/11/2021 Brampton Pits 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/03/2021 Cherry Hinton pits 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 22/02/2021 25 Smew Mergellus albellus 22/02/2021 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 30/03/2021 Kingfisher Bridge NR 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 20/03/2021 Grafham Water 28 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 22/02/2021 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Quail Coturnix coturnix 05/06/2021 Waterbeach 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 32 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 03/08/2021 Kelling Heath 33 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 29/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 16/05/2021 Fen Drayton 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 41 Corncrake Crex crex ********** ********** 42 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana ********** ********** 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 44 Coot Fulica atra 45 Crane Grus grus 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 48 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 28/05/2021 Weeting Heath 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 50 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 17/04/2021 Ouse Washes 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 10/04/2021 Ouse Washes 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 04/05/2021 Teversham Fen 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/03/2021 Grafham Water 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2021 Fen Drayton 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 28/05/2021 Weeting Heath 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 20/04/2021 Fen Drayton 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 16/02/2021 60 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 28/02/2021 Wilbraham Fen 62 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 63 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 30/04/2021 Fen Drayton 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 04/04/2021 Teversham Fen 65 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/04/2021 Teversham Fen 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 16/02/2021 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 16/02/2021 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/05/2021 Teversham Fen 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 13/04/2021 Chesterton Flew over calling at night - heard and sound recorded 70 Knot Calidris canutus 02/08/2021 Snettisham 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 16/02/2021 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 25/05/2021 Smithy Fen, Cottenham 73 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 15/05/2021 Smithy Fen, Cottenham 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 19/05/2021 Westbrook Pits, Fenstanton 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 16/02/2021 76 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/05/2021 Teversham Fen 77 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 02/08/2021 Snettisham 78 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/09/2021 Smithy Fen, Cottenham 79 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 30/04/2021 Fen Drayton 80 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 30/04/2021 Fen Drayton 81 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 29/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir 82 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/04/2021 Fen Drayton 83 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/08/2021 Snettisham 84 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 23/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir 85 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir 86 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 87 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 10/04/2021 Ouse Washes 88 Common Gull Larus canus 89 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 17/11/2021 Cambridge Research Park 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 91 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 03/09/2021 Grafham Water 92 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 94 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 07/03/2021 Chesterton 95 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 03/08/2021 Salthouse 96 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 14/12/2021 Grafham Water 97 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 20/03/2021 Grafham Water 98 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 02/08/2021 Hunstanton 99 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 03/08/2021 Salthouse 100 Gannet Morus bassanus 03/08/2021 Salthouse 101 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 102 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 16/02/2021 103 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 07/01/2021 Chesterton Fen, Cambridge 104 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 10/04/2021 Ouse Washes 105 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 30/03/2021 Kingfisher Bridge NR 106 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 107 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 29/01/2021 108 Great White Egret Ardea alba 16/02/2021 109 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 110 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 12/05/2021 Chesterton 111 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 112 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 113 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 114 Red Kite Milvus milvus 23/01/2021 115 Buzzard Buteo buteo 116 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/03/2021 Swavesey 117 Little Owl Athene noctua 30/03/2021 Wicken Fen 118 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 119 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 20/03/2021 Swavesey 120 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 22/02/2021 121 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 26/06/2021 Icklingham 122 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 123 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 124 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 125 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 126 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/04/2021 Teversham Fen 127 Hobby Falco subbuteo 29/04/2021 Dernford Reservoir 128 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 129 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 19/11/2021 Comberton 130 Jay Garrulus glandarius 131 Magpie Pica pica 132 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 133 Rook Corvus frugilegus 134 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 135 Raven Corvus corax 136 Coal Tit Periparus ater 137 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 26/06/2021 Herringswell 138 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 139 Great Tit Parus major 140 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 28/05/2021 Lakenheath RSPB 141 Skylark Alauda arvensis 142 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2021 Teversham Fen 143 Swallow Hirundo rustica 30/03/2021 Burwell Fen 144 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/04/2021 Chesterton 145 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 146 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 147 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 21/12/2021 Milton Country Park 148 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2021 Chesterton 149 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 22/02/2021 150 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 07/06/2021 Wilbraham Fen 151 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2021 Ouse Washes 152 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 20/04/2021 Fen Drayton 153 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes ********** ********** 154 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2021 Fen Drayton 155 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 156 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2021 Fen Drayton 157 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 30/04/2021 Fen Drayton 158 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2021 Ouse Washes 159 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 30/04/2021 Fen Drayton 160 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 161 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 162 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 10/04/2021 Cottenham 163 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 164 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 165 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 166 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 167 Redwing Turdus iliacus 168 Blackbird Turdus merula 169 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 170 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 02/04/2021 Waterbeach 171 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 26/06/2021 Herringswell 172 Robin Erithacus rubecula 173 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 28/05/2021 Lakenheath RSPB 174 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/09/2021 Smithy Fen, Cottenham 175 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros ********** ********** 176 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 09/09/2021 Wilbraham Common 177 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/07/2021 Teversham Fen 178 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 179 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2021 Burwell Fen 180 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 15/06/2021 Welney WWR 181 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 182 Dunnock Prunella modularis 183 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 30/03/2021 Burwell Fen 184 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 185 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 186 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 187 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 16/02/2021 188 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 20/03/2021 Grafham Water 189 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 190 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 24/03/2021 Honey Hill, Cambridge 191 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 192 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 193 Linnet Linaria cannabina 194 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 19/03/2021 Chesterton 195 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 196 Siskin Spinus spinus 10/04/2021 Ouse Washes 197 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 198 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 199 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus