Matt Doyle: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 225 of 225 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 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 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 31 Swift Apus apus 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 42 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 43 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 48 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 49 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 57 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 27/08/2021 Llanelli 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 60 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 68 Knot Calidris canutus 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 70 Sanderling Calidris alba 71 Dunlin Calidris alpina 72 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 73 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 16/10/2021 Fenning Island, Stert Point 74 Little Stint Calidris minuta 75 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 76 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 09/10/2021 Normandy Marsh, Hampshire 77 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 78 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 03/05/2021 Abbotsbury 79 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 80 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 82 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 83 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 85 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 86 Common Gull Larus canus 87 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 88 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 89 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 90 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 91 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 92 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 93 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 02/04/2021 Newlyn 94 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 95 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 96 Puffin Fratercula arctica 97 Razorbill Alca torda 98 Little Auk Alle alle 99 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 100 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 101 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 102 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 18/12/2021 Nr Port Talbot 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 104 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 105 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 106 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 107 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 108 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 109 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 110 Gannet Morus bassanus 111 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 112 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 113 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 114 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 115 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 116 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 117 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 118 Great White Egret Ardea alba 119 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 120 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 121 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 122 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 123 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 124 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 125 Red Kite Milvus milvus 126 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 129 Little Owl Athene noctua 130 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 131 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 132 Hoopoe Upupa epops 133 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 134 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 135 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 136 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 137 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 138 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 09/07/2021 Langford Lakes 139 Merlin Falco columbarius 140 Hobby Falco subbuteo 141 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 142 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 143 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 23/10/2021 Pendeen 144 Jay Garrulus glandarius 145 Magpie Pica pica 146 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 147 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 148 Rook Corvus frugilegus 149 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 150 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 151 Raven Corvus corax 152 Coal Tit Periparus ater 153 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 154 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 155 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 156 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 157 Great Tit Parus major 158 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 159 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 160 Skylark Alauda arvensis 161 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 162 Swallow Hirundo rustica 163 House Martin Delichon urbicum 164 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 165 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 166 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 08/06/2021 Lundy Took Obsession II to Lundy from Ilfracombe @ c.4.10ish 167 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 168 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 169 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 170 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 02/06/2021 Langport 171 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 172 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 04/06/2021 Ham Wall 173 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes ********** ********** 174 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 175 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 176 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 177 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 178 Whitethroat Curruca communis 179 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 180 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 181 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 182 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 183 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 184 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 185 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 186 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 187 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 188 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 189 Redwing Turdus iliacus 190 Blackbird Turdus merula 191 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 192 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 193 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 22/08/2021 Treleaver Farm, Black Head 194 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 195 Robin Erithacus rubecula 196 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 197 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 198 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 199 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 200 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 201 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 29/03/2021 Lodmoor 202 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 203 Dunnock Prunella modularis 204 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 205 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 206 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 207 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 208 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 209 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 210 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 211 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 212 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 213 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 214 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 215 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 216 Linnet Linaria cannabina 217 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 218 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 219 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 220 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 221 Siskin Spinus spinus 222 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 223 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 224 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 225 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus