Wayne Glossop: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 276 of 276 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/05/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 21/03/2021 Hagg Lane, Slaynes Lane 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 17/12/2021 Buckenham Marshes RSPB 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/04/2021 Adwick Washlands, RSPB 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 17/12/2021 Buckenham Marshes RSPB 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13/06/2021 Wheldrake Ings 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 30/11/2021 Carr Vale NR 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 09/11/2021 North Cave WWT 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 10/12/2021 Thorpe Park, Surrey Drake 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31/10/2021 Southfield Reservoir 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 25/04/2021 Lound 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/05/2021 Newbiggin-on-sea 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 08/11/2021 Musselburgh 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 08/11/2021 Musselburgh 32 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 08/11/2021 Musselburgh 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 09/05/2021 Newbiggin-on-sea 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28/04/2021 Treeton Dyke 35 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 21/02/2021 Lea Marston, Coton Lake 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 14/02/2021 Redhead - Idle Valley NR 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/06/2021 Blyth Estury 40 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 30/12/2021 Albert Village Lake, Leicestershire/Rutland 41 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 18/07/2021 Woodhead Pass 42 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 07/11/2021 43 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 24/10/2021 Forest in Teesdale 44 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 45 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 46 Quail Coturnix coturnix 14/07/2021 Compton 47 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/03/2021 Holbeck 48 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 02/06/2021 Notts 49 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 50 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 14/07/2021 Compton Six in flight 51 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2021 Lound 52 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 09/05/2021 Whitburn 53 Stock Dove Columba oenas 54 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 55 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 04/07/2021 Easington Gas Terminal 56 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 57 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 21/03/2021 St Aidans RSPB, Swillington Ings 58 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 59 Coot Fulica atra 60 Crane Grus grus 20/06/2021 Bardney Lock 61 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 63 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 21/03/2021 St Aidans RSPB, Swillington Ings 64 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/03/2021 St Aidans RSPB, Swillington Ings 65 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 11/04/2021 Cavenham Heath 66 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 28/02/2021 Edderthorpe flash 67 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad 68 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 28/02/2021 Edderthorpe flash 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 16/05/2021 Spurn Point 70 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 14/02/2021 Idle Valley NR 71 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 25/07/2021 RSPB Frampton Marsh 72 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 13/06/2021 Cresswell Ponds, Northumberland 73 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 02/05/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 74 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/05/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 75 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/04/2021 Finningley 76 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 77 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 27/08/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 7th for Britain 78 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 27/04/2021 Carr Vale NR 79 Curlew Numenius arquata 14/03/2021 Harrop Lane, Sheffield 80 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/05/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 81 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/05/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 82 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 09/09/2021 Potter Heigham Marshes 83 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/02/2021 Idle Valley NR 84 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 02/06/2021 Notts 85 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 14/02/2021 Idle Valley NR 86 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 10/05/2021 St Aidans RSPB, Swillington Ings 87 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 25/04/2021 Cross Lane Fishery, Lound 88 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad 89 Redshank Tringa totanus 07/03/2021 Slaynes lane 90 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/03/2021 Hagg Lane, Slaynes Lane 91 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 25/04/2021 Cross Lane Fishery, Lound 92 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 19/05/2021 St Aidans RSPB, Swillington Ings 93 Knot Calidris canutus 09/05/2021 Orgreave Lagoons 94 Ruff Calidris pugnax 25/04/2021 Lound 95 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 26/06/2021 Hickling Broad 96 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 08/08/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 97 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St Aidens RSPB 3rd for Britain, last one 1982 98 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 07/06/2021 Blyth Estury 99 Sanderling Calidris alba 25/07/2021 RSPB Snettisham 100 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/05/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 101 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 30/08/2021 Edgbaston Reservoir 102 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10/05/2021 Orgreave Lagoons 103 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 22/07/2021 Adwick Washlands RSPB 104 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 25/07/2021 RSPB Snettisham 105 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 13/06/2021 Wheldrake Ings and Hickling Broad 106 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 22/04/2021 Staines Reservoir, Heathrow 107 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 22/04/2021 Staines Reservoir, Heathrow 108 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/04/2021 Staines Reservoir, Heathrow 109 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 22/04/2021 Staines Reservoir, Heathrow 110 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 09/05/2021 Newbiggin-on-sea 111 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/05/2021 Spurn Point 112 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 113 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 30/04/2021 Cresswell Ponds, Northumberland 114 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 09/05/2021 Newbiggin-on-sea 115 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 28/03/2021 Frampton On Severn 1st Winter 116 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 117 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 19/05/2021 St Aidans RSPB, Swillington Ings 118 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 28/03/2021 Frampton On Severn 119 Common Gull Larus canus 120 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 10/09/2021 Cromer, Norfolk 121 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 122 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 25/07/2021 RSPB Langford Lowfields 123 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 124 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 125 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 12/03/2021 Fulwood, Sheffield 126 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 19/09/2021 Spurn point 127 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 22/08/2021 Cornwall Palegic 128 Puffin Fratercula arctica 05/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 129 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 130 Razorbill Alca torda 09/05/2021 Whitburn 131 Little Auk Alle alle 07/11/2021 Hopeman 132 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 05/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 133 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 17/10/2021 Spurn 134 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 17/10/2021 Spurn 135 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2021 Pugneys country park 136 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 137 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 22/08/2021 Cornwall Pelagic 138 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 09/05/2021 Whitburn 139 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 22/08/2021 Cornwall Palegic 140 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 141 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 22/08/2021 Cornwall Palegic 142 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 09/05/2021 Mastin Moor 143 Gannet Morus bassanus 11/04/2021 Happisburgh 144 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 145 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 11/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay 146 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 13/05/2021 Carr Vale NR 147 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 21/03/2021 Fairburn ings, RSPB 148 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 21/03/2021 St Aidans RSPB, Swillington Ings 149 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 150 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11/04/2021 Cavenham Heath 151 Great White Egret Ardea alba 152 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 153 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/06/2021 Rutland Water 154 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 23/05/2021 Welbeck Watchpoint 155 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 156 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 07/03/2021 Notts 157 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 158 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/01/2021 Hatfield Moors 159 Red Kite Milvus milvus 160 Buzzard Buteo buteo 161 Barn Owl Tyto alba 162 Little Owl Athene noctua 07/03/2021 Thrybergh 163 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 02/06/2021 Notts 164 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/05/2021 Frampton Marsh RSPB 165 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 14/03/2021 Flew overhead on Sheffield Road Renishaw 166 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 24/06/2021 Icklingham, Suffolk 167 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 168 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/11/2021 Brockholes, Lancs Male 169 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 31/05/2021 Whitby, Hawkers Lane 170 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 22/09/2021 Wantage, Oxfordshire 171 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 172 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 173 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 174 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 175 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 14/07/2021 Langford Lakes, Wiltshire 176 Merlin Falco columbarius 05/12/2021 Wiveton, Norfolk 177 Hobby Falco subbuteo 25/04/2021 Lound 178 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Carr Vale NR 179 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 22/04/2021 Staines Reservoir, Heathrow 180 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 06/05/2021 Spurn Point - Adult Male 181 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 31/05/2021 Whitby, Hawkers Lane 182 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 19/09/2021 Spurn Point 183 Jay Garrulus glandarius 184 Magpie Pica pica 185 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 11/07/2021 The Range RSPB, Anglesey 186 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 187 Rook Corvus frugilegus 188 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 189 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 11/07/2021 Rhyl 190 Raven Corvus corax 07/03/2021 Notts 191 Coal Tit Periparus ater 192 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 08/11/2021 Loch An Eilein 193 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 194 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 195 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 196 Great Tit Parus major 197 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 10/05/2021 St Aidans RSPB, Swillington Ings 198 Woodlark Lullula arborea 07/03/2021 Harworth (behind Asda) 199 Skylark Alauda arvensis 28/02/2021 Iport 200 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 28/10/2021 Holkham Gap 201 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 202 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2021 Thoresby pit top 203 House Martin Delichon urbicum 28/03/2021 Frampton on Severn 204 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 205 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 206 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2021 Finningley 207 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2021 St Aidans RSPB, Swillington Ings 208 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn 11th for Britain 209 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 24/10/2021 Hartlepool Headland, Squircle 210 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 30/05/2021 Besthorpe NWT 211 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 11/04/2021 Lakenheath RSPB 212 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 25/04/2021 Lound 213 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 06/06/2021 Ham Wall RSPB 214 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 16/05/2021 Hesington, Nr York 215 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 25/04/2021 Allan's Meadow, Lound 216 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 25/04/2021 Lound 217 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 218 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 05/12/2021 Wiveton, Norfolk 219 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2021 Lound 220 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2021 Lound 221 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 17/06/2021 Kelling 222 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 28/02/2021 Hemingfield, Barnsley 223 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 224 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 225 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 226 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 227 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 28/03/2021 Exmouth, Devon 228 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 13/06/2021 Newbiggin-on-sea 229 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 230 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 231 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 232 Redwing Turdus iliacus 233 Blackbird Turdus merula 234 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 235 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 09/05/2021 Whitburn 236 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 22/08/2021 Coverack, Cornwall 237 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 23/05/2021 Creswell 238 Robin Erithacus rubecula 239 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 02/05/2021 Lincs 240 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 19/09/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB 241 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 30/05/2021 Padley gorge 242 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 09/11/2021 Flamborough, South Landing 243 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 07/03/2021 Harworth (behind Asda) 244 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 23/05/2021 Clumber Park 245 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 30/05/2021 Ramsey res, Derbyshire 246 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 Hatfield moors 247 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 09/05/2021 Orgreave Lagoons 248 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 249 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 29/05/2021 Bempton RSPB 250 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 251 Dunnock Prunella modularis 252 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 25/04/2021 Lound 253 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 28/02/2021 Hemingfield, Barnsley. 254 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 255 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 256 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 30/05/2021 Padley Gorge 257 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 05/12/2021 Titchwell RSPB 258 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 11/07/2021 The Range RSPB 259 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 260 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 261 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 262 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 263 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 264 Twite Linaria flavirostris 08/11/2021 Musselburgh 265 Linnet Linaria cannabina 266 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 267 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 268 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 269 Siskin Spinus spinus 270 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 11/04/2021 Happisburgh 271 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 28/10/2021 Titchwell RSPB 272 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 273 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 274 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 21/08/2021 Labrador Bay, Devon 275 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 04/04/2021 Langford Lowfields, RSPB 276 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus