Geoff Keen: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 312 of 312 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/03/2021 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 11/11/2021 Holliwell Point, Burnham on Crouch 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2021 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 09/12/2021 Hunterston 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 07/12/2021 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 30/09/2021 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 01/01/2021 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2021 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 09/11/2021 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/09/2021 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2021 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13/02/2021 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 07/01/2021 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 31/03/2021 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 07/01/2021 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20/10/2021 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 23 Pintail Anas acuta 30/03/2021 24 Teal Anas crecca 21/01/2021 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 07/11/2021 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 02/05/2021 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2021 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 18/08/2021 Draycote Water 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29/03/2021 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 31 Scaup Aythya marila 06/03/2021 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 31/10/2021 33 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 26/09/2021 Wadbister Voe 34 Eider Somateria mollissima 13/04/2021 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 17/12/2021 36 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 04/09/2021 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26/09/2021 38 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes ********** ********** 39 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2021 40 Smew Mergellus albellus 15/02/2021 41 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2021 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29/03/2021 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 30/12/2021 44 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 07/06/2021 45 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 06/06/2021 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/05/2021 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 04/01/2021 48 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 06/04/2021 49 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 25/05/2021 50 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2021 51 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 21/04/2021 52 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 53 Stock Dove Columba oenas 07/01/2021 54 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 55 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 15/05/2021 56 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2021 57 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2021 58 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 06/09/2021 59 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 60 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 61 Crane Grus grus 30/03/2021 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 12/07/2021 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 29/09/2021 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 06/03/2021 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 24/04/2021 68 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 21/03/2021 69 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/05/2021 70 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 29/03/2021 71 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 29/03/2021 72 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 23/05/2021 73 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 21/07/2021 Frampton 74 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 31/10/2021 75 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 02/05/2021 76 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 31/03/2021 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 26/03/2021 78 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 10/02/2021 79 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 26/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 80 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 16/07/2021 81 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 13/04/2021 82 Curlew Numenius arquata 21/03/2021 83 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/04/2021 84 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 29/03/2021 85 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 26/07/2021 Potter Heigham 86 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 20/03/2021 87 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/02/2021 88 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 18/01/2021 89 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21/04/2021 90 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 01/06/2021 91 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/04/2021 92 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 18/04/2021 93 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/04/2021 94 Redshank Tringa totanus 12/03/2021 95 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 31/03/2021 96 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/03/2021 97 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/03/2021 98 Knot Calidris canutus 23/05/2021 99 Ruff Calidris pugnax 31/03/2021 100 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 07/05/2021 101 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 15/05/2021 102 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 10/10/2021 *St. Aidan’s 103 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 *Blyth Estuary 104 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 07/05/2021 105 Sanderling Calidris alba 23/05/2021 106 Dunlin Calidris alpina 29/03/2021 107 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 21/04/2021 108 Little Stint Calidris minuta 06/06/2021 109 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 23/07/2021 110 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 18/07/2021 111 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 24/07/2021 Snettisham 112 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/10/2021 Pool of Vikre, Shetland 113 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 25/05/2021 Cliffe 114 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 22/04/2021 115 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 15/07/2021 Middleton Lakes 116 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 09/05/2021 Longham Lakes 117 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 22/04/2021 118 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/04/2021 119 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/04/2021 120 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 23/05/2021 121 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 31/03/2021 122 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 10/07/2021 Cemlyn 123 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 31/03/2021 124 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/04/2021 125 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 22/07/2021 Oare 126 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 127 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 09/01/2021 128 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2021 129 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 16/10/2021 130 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 131 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/08/2021 132 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 21/03/2021 133 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 03/10/2021 134 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 135 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes ********** ********** 136 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 27/05/2021 137 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 26/09/2021 138 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/06/2021 139 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 10/07/2021 140 Razorbill Alca torda 27/04/2021 141 Little Auk Alle alle 23/11/2021 142 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 13/04/2021 143 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/09/2021 144 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 05/10/2021 145 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 12/12/2021 Port Talbot 146 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2021 147 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 05/10/2021 148 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 30/07/2021 149 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2021 *Bempton Cliffs 150 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 30/07/2021 151 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 13/04/2021 152 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 01/08/2021 153 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 29/07/2021 154 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 09/06/2021 155 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 15/08/2021 Freiston Shore 156 Gannet Morus bassanus 13/04/2021 157 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 158 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 27/04/2021 159 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 30/03/2021 160 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 31/03/2021 161 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 30/03/2021 162 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/01/2021 163 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/05/2021 164 Great White Egret Ardea alba 16/02/2021 165 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 166 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 29/05/2021 167 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 12/06/2021 168 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 26/06/2021 169 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2021 170 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 27/05/2021 171 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 30/03/2021 172 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 14/12/2021 173 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2021 174 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/01/2021 175 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/01/2021 176 Little Owl Athene noctua 26/02/2021 177 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 22/01/2021 178 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 25/05/2021 179 Hoopoe Upupa epops 03/05/2021 180 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Icklingham 181 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 08/03/2021 182 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 29/11/2021 *Preston 183 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 22/06/2021 184 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 29/08/2021 185 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 186 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2021 187 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2021 188 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 09/07/2021 189 Merlin Falco columbarius 06/10/2021 190 Hobby Falco subbuteo 30/04/2021 191 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/01/2021 192 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2021 193 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 04/10/2021 Brae 194 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 10/05/2021 195 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 03/11/2021 196 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 02/05/2021 197 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 26/08/2021 198 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2021 199 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 200 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 10/07/2021 201 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 03/01/2021 202 Rook Corvus frugilegus 07/01/2021 203 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 204 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 26/09/2021 205 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2021 206 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2021 207 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 26/06/2021 208 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 30/12/2021 209 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 210 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 211 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 28/12/2021 212 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 29/03/2021 213 Woodlark Lullula arborea 31/01/2021 214 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/01/2021 215 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 03/10/2021 216 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 01/11/2021 217 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 02/04/2021 218 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2021 219 House Martin Delichon urbicum 29/04/2021 220 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2021 221 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2021 222 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 18/04/2021 223 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 03/10/2021 Easter Quarff 224 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 29/12/2021 St Margaret at Cliffe 225 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 01/01/2021 226 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 05/10/2021 227 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 14/12/2021 228 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 29/03/2021 229 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 03/01/2021 230 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 07/05/2021 Foxhall 231 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 10/09/2021 *Buckton 232 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn 233 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 30/05/2021 Besthorpe 234 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/04/2021 235 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 19/06/2021 236 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 23/04/2021 237 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 07/06/2021 238 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 19/06/2021 239 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 04/06/2021 *Ham Wall 240 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 11/05/2021 Biggleswade 241 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 28/04/2021 242 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 25/03/2021 243 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 28/04/2021 244 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 29/09/2021 245 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 28/04/2021 246 Whitethroat Curruca communis 03/04/2021 247 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 02/01/2021 248 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 21/02/2021 249 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 250 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 251 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2021 252 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2021 253 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes ********** ********** 254 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 12/06/2021 255 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 256 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2021 257 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 07/01/2021 258 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 259 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 260 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2021 261 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 29/03/2021 262 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 23/05/2021 263 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 264 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 14/05/2021 Spurn 265 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 09/05/2021 266 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 29/09/2021 267 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 29/09/2021 268 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 07/11/2021 Flamborough 269 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/04/2021 270 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 07/11/2021 271 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 23/07/2021 272 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 21/04/2021 273 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 30/04/2021 274 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2021 275 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 12/03/2021 276 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 13/10/2021 North Foreland 277 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 06/06/2021 278 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 26/06/2021 279 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 19/01/2021 280 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 281 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 03/04/2021 282 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 30/09/2021 Noss farm, Spiggie 283 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 29/09/2021 284 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2021 285 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 286 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 09/05/2021 Cogden Beach 287 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2021 288 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 13/05/2021 289 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 02/10/2021 290 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 04/01/2021 291 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 27/04/2021 292 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 293 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 26/09/2021 294 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 09/06/2021 295 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 20/03/2021 296 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 26/09/2021 297 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 12/02/2021 298 Twite Linaria flavirostris 30/09/2021 299 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2021 300 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 08/10/2021 301 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 17/03/2021 302 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 22/01/2021 303 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2021 304 Siskin Spinus spinus 12/01/2021 305 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/11/2021 306 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 12/06/2021 307 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/02/2021 308 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 28/12/2021 309 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 02/01/2021 310 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 02/01/2021 Thursley 311 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2021 312 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 09/04/2021 Barcombe Cross