Nathaniel Dargue: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 264 of 264 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 26/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 28/11/2021 Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 20/12/2021 Slimbridge WWT 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 22/07/2021 Burton Joyce, Nottingham 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 25/04/2021 Ogston Reservoir 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14/05/2021 Nosterfield Quarry 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 18/12/2021 Carr Vale NR, Derbyshire 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 19/05/2021 St Aidan's 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 06/11/2021 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 10/12/2021 River Parrett, Somerset 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/06/2021 Blyth, Northumberland 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 21/10/2021 Spurn Point, East Yorkshire 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28/11/2021 Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 22/10/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 01/05/2021 North York Moors 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 37 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 03/06/2021 North Yorkshire 38 Swift Apus apus 03/05/2021 St Aidan's 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 02/05/2021 North York Moors 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 43 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 03/06/2021 North Yorkshire 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 17/04/2021 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 47 Coot Fulica atra 48 Crane Grus grus 20/12/2021 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 28/11/2021 Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 21/12/2021 Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir, Glamorgan 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 17/04/2021 St Aidan's 54 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus ********** ********** 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 56 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/06/2021 Pilning Wetlands, Bristol 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 26/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 60 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 24/07/2021 RSPB Frampton, Norfolk 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 11/05/2021 Nosterfield LNR 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 64 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 27/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands RSPB, East Yorkshire 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2021 St Aidan's 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 17/04/2021 St Aidan's 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 69 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 21/04/2021 Scorton, North Yorkshire 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 30/12/2021 Byland, North Yorkshire 71 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 73 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/10/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 74 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 75 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 30/06/2021 Pilning Wetlands, Bristol 76 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 25/04/2021 Ogston Reservoir 77 Redshank Tringa totanus 78 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 24/07/2021 RSPB Frampton, Norfolk 79 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 24/07/2021 RSPB Frampton, Norfolk 80 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 81 Knot Calidris canutus 24/07/2021 RSPB Snettisham, Norfolk 82 Ruff Calidris pugnax 30/06/2021 Pilning Wetlands, Bristol 83 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/07/2021 RSPB Frampton, Norfolk 84 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 09/10/2021 St Aidan’s RSPB, West Yorkshire 85 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth, Northumberland 86 Sanderling Calidris alba 26/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 87 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/05/2021 St Aidan's 88 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 17/10/2021 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 89 Little Stint Calidris minuta 25/07/2021 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 90 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/09/2021 WWT Steart Marshes, Somerset 91 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 24/07/2021 RSPB Snettisham, Norfolk 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 93 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 02/07/2021 Southfield Reservoir, East Yorkshire 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 14/08/2021 Rutland Water 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 06/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 17/04/2021 St Aidan's 97 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 06/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 26/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 99 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 06/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 100 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 03/05/2021 St Aidan's 101 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 08/05/2021 Flamborough Head 102 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 02/04/2021 Frampton-on-Severn 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 104 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 19/05/2021 St Aidan's 105 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Easington, East Yorkshire 106 Common Gull Larus canus 107 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 18/10/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands, East Yorkshire 108 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 109 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 24/07/2021 RSPB Snettisham, Norfolk 110 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 111 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 27/11/2021 Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk 112 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 113 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 22/05/2021 St Aidan's 114 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 11/08/2021 Wall Common, Somerset 115 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 11/08/2021 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 116 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 24/07/2021 RSPB Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire 117 Puffin Fratercula arctica 08/05/2021 Flamborough Head 118 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 06/07/2021 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 119 Razorbill Alca torda 08/05/2021 Flamborough Head 120 Little Auk Alle alle 23/10/2021 Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 121 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 26/11/2021 Wells-next-to-the-sea, Norfolk 122 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 08/05/2021 Flamborough Head 123 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 124 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 23/10/2021 Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 125 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 21/12/2021 Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir, Glamorgan 126 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 25/04/2021 Carsington Reservoir 127 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 02/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs RSPB, East Yorkshire 128 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 20/08/2021 Flamborough Head 129 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 08/05/2021 Flamborough Head 130 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 11/08/2021 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 131 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 27/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 132 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 11/08/2021 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 133 Gannet Morus bassanus 13/05/2021 Flamborough Head 134 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 135 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 136 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 22/12/2021 Pawlett Hams, Somerset 137 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 03/05/2021 Fairburn Ings RSPB 138 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 139 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 140 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 06/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 141 Great White Egret Ardea alba 29/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 142 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 143 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 144 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 14/08/2021 Rutland Water 145 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 02/06/2021 Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint, North Yorkshire 146 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 147 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 02/06/2021 Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint, North Yorkshire 148 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 149 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 09/12/2021 Steart Marshes, Somerset 150 Red Kite Milvus milvus 151 Buzzard Buteo buteo 152 Barn Owl Tyto alba 153 Little Owl Athene noctua 154 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 25/07/2021 RSPB Frampton, Lincolnshire 155 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 156 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 157 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 27/12/2021 Roach Bridge, Lancashire 158 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 29/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 159 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 160 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 161 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 162 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/05/2021 North York Moors 163 Hobby Falco subbuteo 164 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 165 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 28/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 166 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 02/12/2021 Llyn Brenig, Clwyd 167 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 31/05/2021 Whitby, North Yorkshire 168 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 10/06/2021 South Gare, Cleveland 169 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 28/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 170 Jay Garrulus glandarius 171 Magpie Pica pica 172 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 06/07/2021 South Stack, Anglesey 173 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 174 Rook Corvus frugilegus 175 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 176 Raven Corvus corax 177 Coal Tit Periparus ater 178 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 30/04/2021 Thirsk 179 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 18/12/2021 Carr Vale NR, Derbyshire 180 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 181 Great Tit Parus major 182 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 17/04/2021 St Aidan's 183 Woodlark Lullula arborea 15/05/2021 Skipwith Common, North Yorkshire 184 Skylark Alauda arvensis 185 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 26/11/2021 Holkham Beach, Norfolk 186 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 187 Swallow Hirundo rustica 188 House Martin Delichon urbicum 189 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 190 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 191 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 25/05/2021 South Yorkshire 192 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 07/10/2021 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 193 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 194 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 195 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 14/09/2021 Buckton, East Yorkshire 196 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 197 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 23/10/2021 Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 198 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 03/06/2021 Besthorpe NWT, Nottinghamshire 199 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2021 St Aidan's 200 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/04/2021 St Aidan's 201 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 02/06/2021 Flamborough Head 202 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 28/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 203 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 06/06/2021 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 204 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 15/05/2021 Heslington, North Yorkshire 205 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 03/05/2021 St Aidan's 206 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 207 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 15/05/2021 Thirkleby 208 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 02/05/2021 Ripon 209 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 27/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 210 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2021 St Aidan's 211 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 06/11/2021 Porlock, Somerset 212 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 213 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 214 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 215 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 216 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 02/04/2021 Exmouth 217 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 218 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 219 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 220 Redwing Turdus iliacus 221 Blackbird Turdus merula 222 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 223 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 01/05/2021 North York Moors 224 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13/05/2021 Gunnerside, North Yorkshire 225 Robin Erithacus rubecula 226 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 29/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 227 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 07/11/2021 South Landing, Flamborough, East Yorkshire 228 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/05/2021 North York Moors 229 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 07/11/2021 South Landing, Flamborough, East Yorkshire 230 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 19/11/2021 Bridgwater, Somerset 231 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 01/05/2021 North York Moors 232 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 03/05/2021 St Aidan's 233 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 234 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 17/04/2021 235 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 13/11/2021 Whitburn Steel, Durham 236 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 237 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 238 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 239 Dunnock Prunella modularis 240 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 241 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 242 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 243 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 244 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/05/2021 North York Moors 245 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 26/11/2021 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 246 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 11/08/2021 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 247 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 248 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 249 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 250 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 28/05/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 251 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 252 Twite Linaria flavirostris 22/10/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 253 Linnet Linaria cannabina 254 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 255 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/06/2021 Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint, North Yorkshire 256 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 257 Siskin Spinus spinus 258 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 20/10/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 259 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 18/10/2021 Spurn Point, East Yorkshire 260 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 261 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 262 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 263 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 264 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus