Tony Barter: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 256 of 256 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 08/10/2021 Twatt , Shetland 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/10/2021 Spiggie 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula Belvide 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 11/12/2021 Carr vale nr , Derbyshire 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 06/11/2021 North cave wetlands 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 09/11/2021 Belvide res 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 02/10/2021 Maywick Shetland 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/10/2021 Wabbister Shetland 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 15/02/2021 Coton 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/10/2021 Wabbister. Shetland 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 30/12/2021 Undisclosed 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 08/10/2021 Sweening Shetland 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2021 Upton Warren 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Crane Grus grus 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 51 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 30/12/2021 Carsington res , Derbyshire 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/10/2021 Spiggie 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 55 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 27/06/2021 Icklingham , Suffolk 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 60 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 15/08/2021 Frampton rspb 61 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 02/05/2021 Northampton 62 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 63 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 64 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 65 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 28/08/2021 Blacktoft rspb 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/10/2021 Noss farm 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 72 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 23/09/2021 Burton mere With arch and Robbie g 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 74 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 75 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 15/08/2021 Freiston rspb 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Knot Calidris canutus 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 83 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 15/05/2021 Cottenham, Cambs 84 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 11/10/2021 St aidens rspb Yorkshire 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/04/2021 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 31/07/2021 Blithfield res 90 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 24/07/2021 Snettisham rspb Norfolk Adult summer plumage 91 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/10/2021 Pool of virkie Shetland 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 93 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 15/07/2021 Middleton rspb 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 95 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 20/09/2021 Belvide res 96 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 18/07/2021 Cemlyn bay Anglesey 97 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 98 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 18/07/2021 Cemlyn Anglesey 99 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 100 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 18/07/2021 Cemlyn bay , Anglesey 101 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/08/2021 Hornsea mere , East Yorkshire 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 103 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 29/04/2021 Upton Warren, Worcestershire 104 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 105 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 106 Common Gull Larus canus 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 31/07/2021 Blithfield 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 111 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 02/04/2021 Newlyn 112 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 113 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 114 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 115 Puffin Fratercula arctica 04/07/2021 Bempton 116 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 18/07/2021 Holyhead 117 Razorbill Alca torda 118 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 119 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/10/2021 Maywick , Shetland 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 06/10/2021 Kirkabister Shetland 121 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 06/10/2021 Brettabister 122 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 04/07/2021 Bempton rspb Amazing bird !! 123 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 124 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 15/08/2021 Freiston rspb 125 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/04/2021 126 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 127 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 128 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 27/06/2021 Lackford lakes , Suffolk 129 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 130 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 131 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 132 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 133 Great White Egret Ardea alba 134 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 135 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 31/05/2021 Welbeck , notts 136 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 137 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 138 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 139 Red Kite Milvus milvus 140 Buzzard Buteo buteo 141 Barn Owl Tyto alba 142 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 15/08/2021 Frampton rspb 143 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 144 Hoopoe Upupa epops 145 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 27/06/2021 Icklingham , Suffolk 146 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 147 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 22/12/2021 Preston, Lancashire 148 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 05/09/2021 Ladywalk warks 149 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 150 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 151 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 152 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 153 Merlin Falco columbarius 154 Hobby Falco subbuteo 155 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 156 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 157 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 04/10/2021 Brae Shetland 158 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 02/10/2021 Aith. Shetland 159 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 06/06/2021 Nuneaton 160 Jay Garrulus glandarius 161 Magpie Pica pica 162 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 18/07/2021 Anglesey 163 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 164 Rook Corvus frugilegus 165 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 166 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 02/10/2021 Sumburogh 167 Raven Corvus corax 168 Coal Tit Periparus ater 169 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 23/05/2021 Wyre forest 170 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 28/03/2021 Ladywalk 171 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 172 Great Tit Parus major 173 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 174 Woodlark Lullula arborea 175 Skylark Alauda arvensis 176 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 03/10/2021 Gruntness, Shetland 177 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 10/11/2021 West runton , Norfolk 178 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 179 Swallow Hirundo rustica 180 House Martin Delichon urbicum 181 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 182 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 183 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 23/05/2021 Wyre forest 184 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 04/10/2021 East quarff Shetland 185 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 02/10/2021 Sweening. Shetland 186 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 187 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 188 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 09/09/2021 Buckton East Yorkshire 189 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire Seen with A archer , j Allan , d Hutton 190 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 31/05/2021 Besthorpe nature reserve , notts 191 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 192 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 18/06/2021 Middleton rspb First regional record Staffordshire lifer 193 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 194 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris ********** ********** 195 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 05/06/2021 Ham wall 196 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 197 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 198 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 199 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 200 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 29/05/2021 Spurn Male , absolutely stunning 201 Whitethroat Curruca communis 202 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 203 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 204 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 205 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 206 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 207 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 208 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 30/10/2021 Papay westray Orkney 209 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 210 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 211 Redwing Turdus iliacus 212 Blackbird Turdus merula 213 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 214 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 215 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 12/06/2021 Oversley wood 216 Robin Erithacus rubecula 217 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 02/10/2021 Voe. Shetland 218 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 06/11/2021 Flamboro 219 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 23/05/2021 Wyre forest 220 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 06/11/2021 Flamboro 221 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 28/05/2021 Kilnsea 222 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Belvide 223 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 224 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 225 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 226 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 23/05/2021 Wyre forest 227 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 28/05/2021 Kilnsea 228 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 229 Dunnock Prunella modularis 230 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 231 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/10/2021 Noss farm 232 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 233 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 234 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 235 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 23/05/2021 Wyre forest 236 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 06/10/2021 Isbister Shetland 237 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 238 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 239 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 28/03/2021 Ladywalk 240 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 02/10/2021 Voe Shetland 241 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 242 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 08/10/2021 Hammnovoe 243 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 244 Twite Linaria flavirostris 19/02/2021 Voe 245 Linnet Linaria cannabina 246 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 247 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 248 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 249 Siskin Spinus spinus 250 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 09/10/2021 Scatness Shetland 251 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 10/11/2021 Cley, Norfolk 252 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 15/05/2021 Chosley Norfolk 253 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 254 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 255 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 06/10/2021 Kergord Shetland 256 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus