Bernie Beck: Wales Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 213 of 213 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 14/03/2021 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/02/2021 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15/05/2021 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 24/10/2021 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Scaup Aythya marila 13/02/2021 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/04/2021 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 30/04/2021 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Quail Coturnix coturnix 04/06/2021 Welsh Tick 30 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 31/05/2021 31 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2021 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/04/2021 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 06/02/2021 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Crane Grus grus 03/04/2021 first picked up The Gower flew across into Carmarthenshire addition to my found list 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 13/02/2021 44 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 27/04/2021 St David's, Pembrokeshire Welsh Tick 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 46 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 04/12/2021 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 49 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 09/10/2021 Dale,Pembrokeshire Welsh Tick 50 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 18/09/2021 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 07/02/2021 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 02/04/2021 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 12/04/2021 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 58 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 15/08/2021 WWT Llanelli As the second person to see it and actually identify the bird it goes onto my found list (Punk birder rules) 59 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 06/03/2021 60 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 14/03/2021 61 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 62 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 01/10/2021 Strumble Head,Pembrokeshire 63 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 17/02/2021 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/02/2021 65 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 28/07/2021 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 70 Knot Calidris canutus 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 25/04/2021 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 75 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 26/02/2021 76 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/09/2021 77 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 24/06/2021 WWT Llanelli Welsh Tick 78 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 26/08/2021 79 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/05/2021 80 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 04/07/2021 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/04/2021 82 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 04/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay,Anglesey Life Tick 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 25/04/2021 Cardiff bay adult and two 2nd cy birds 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 85 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 01/10/2021 Strumble Head,Pembrokeshire 86 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 25/04/2021 Cardiff bay adult and 1st winter 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 88 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 22/02/2021 89 Common Gull Larus canus 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 91 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 08/02/2021 92 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 94 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 15/05/2021 Welsh Tick 95 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 01/10/2021 Strumble Head,Pembrokeshire 96 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 01/10/2021 Strumble Head,Pembrokeshire 97 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 12/08/2021 98 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 04/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay,Anglesey 99 Razorbill Alca torda 06/04/2021 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 20/03/2021 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 28/02/2021 Carmarthenshire Tick 103 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 12/12/2021 Port Talbot,Glamorgan 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 25/02/2021 105 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 19/08/2021 Pembrokeshire pelagic 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 20/03/2021 107 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 18/04/2021 108 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 01/10/2021 Strumble Head,Pembrokeshire 109 Gannet Morus bassanus 28/03/2021 110 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 111 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 20/03/2021 112 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 27/08/2021 113 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 114 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 115 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/05/2021 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 120 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 06/03/2021 121 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 28/02/2021 122 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 30/11/2021 123 Red Kite Milvus milvus 124 Buzzard Buteo buteo 125 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/06/2021 126 Little Owl Athene noctua 04/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay,Anglesey 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 128 Hoopoe Upupa epops 16/09/2021 Sker House,Glamorgan Welsh Tick 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 131 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 132 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 133 Merlin Falco columbarius 13/10/2021 134 Hobby Falco subbuteo 20/06/2021 135 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 25/02/2021 136 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 02/04/2021 137 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 04/06/2021 Carmarthenshire Tick 138 Jay Garrulus glandarius 139 Magpie Pica pica 140 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 28/03/2021 141 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 142 Rook Corvus frugilegus 143 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 144 Raven Corvus corax 145 Coal Tit Periparus ater 146 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 27/02/2021 147 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 28/02/2021 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 149 Great Tit Parus major 150 Skylark Alauda arvensis 151 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 05/03/2021 152 Swallow Hirundo rustica 26/03/2021 153 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/04/2021 154 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 155 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 156 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 24/04/2021 157 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 14/11/2021 Talacre,Flintshire Welsh Tick 158 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/03/2021 159 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 160 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 11/04/2021 161 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 11/04/2021 162 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 07/05/2021 WWT Carmarthenshire Tick, first record for Carmarthenshire 163 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 04/04/2021 164 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/02/2021 165 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/05/2021 166 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2021 167 Whitethroat Curruca communis 12/04/2021 168 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 20/03/2021 169 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 23/02/2021 170 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 171 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 172 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 174 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 13/06/2021 175 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 176 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 177 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 178 Redwing Turdus iliacus 179 Blackbird Turdus merula 180 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 181 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 03/04/2021 182 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15/05/2021 183 Robin Erithacus rubecula 184 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 22/04/2021 185 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 26/03/2021 186 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 22/04/2021 187 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 04/07/2021 188 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 189 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 26/03/2021 190 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 26/02/2021 191 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 192 Dunnock Prunella modularis 193 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 05/09/2021 194 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 195 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 196 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 197 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 16/04/2021 198 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 14/03/2021 199 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 200 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 201 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 29/10/2021 This bird put my Carmarthenshire Year List on 194,a new Carmarthenshire Year List Record 202 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 203 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 204 Linnet Linaria cannabina 205 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 26/02/2021 206 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 21/03/2021 207 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 208 Siskin Spinus spinus 209 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 11/10/2021 The Gower,Glamorgan 210 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 211 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 18/04/2021 212 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 26/05/2021 Brynamman Carmarthenshire TIck 213 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus