John Douglas: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 203 of 203 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 20/06/2022 Salthome 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2022 River Calder 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 20/06/2022 Salthome 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13/01/2022 Filey 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 20/06/2022 Salthome 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2022 River Calder 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11/10/2022 Kilnsea 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 26/06/2022 Slaynes Lane, Misson 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 24/01/2022 Golden Acre Park 12 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 13/01/2022 Swine Moor 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/05/2022 Marshside RSPB 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 01/11/2022 East Halton, Winter’s Pond 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2022 Spen River 19 Pintail Anas acuta 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 20 Teal Anas crecca 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 29/05/2022 Marshside RSPB 24 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 29/11/2022 South Gare 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 13/01/2022 Filey 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2022 River Calder 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29/11/2022 South Gare 29 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 02/10/2022 Elton Reservoir, Bury. 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 28/04/2022 Burley Moor 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 20/01/2022 Buckton 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 33 Quail Coturnix coturnix 08/06/2022 Near Roxby 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 21/05/2022 Kippax 35 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2022 Stanley Ferry 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 28/04/2022 Burley Moor Heard only 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 03/03/2022 Horbury Bridge 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2022 Garden 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2022 Garden 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 21/08/2022 St Aidan's 42 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 21/08/2022 St Aidan's 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 44 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2022 River Calder 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 46 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 17/10/2022 Hay a Park, Knaresborough 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 22/03/2022 St Aidan’s 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 13/01/2022 Filey 50 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 14/06/2022 Potteric Carr 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 22/03/2022 Fairburn Ings Heard 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 27/01/2022 Hesketh 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 30/06/2022 Birsay Moor, Orkneys (heard) 54 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 10/09/2022 Seaforth 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 29/06/2022 John O’Groats 56 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 02/05/2022 Fairburn Ings 57 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 58 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 28/08/2022 Redcar 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/05/2022 Fairburn Ings 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 29/06/2022 Orkney 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/01/2022 Hesketh 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11/10/2022 Spurn 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/01/2022 Blacktoft Sands 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 13/01/2022 Filey 66 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 30/08/2022 Beacon Ponds 67 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/05/2022 Elton Reservoir, Bury. 68 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 13/05/2022 Elton Reservoir, Bury. 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/06/2022 Slaynes Lane, Misson 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 23/07/2022 Alkborough Flats 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 11/08/2022 Graffham 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 13/05/2022 Elton Reservoir, Bury. 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/01/2022 North Cave 74 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 23/07/2022 Alkborough Flats 75 Sanderling Calidris alba 28/08/2022 Redcar 76 Dunlin Calidris alpina 27/01/2022 Hesketh 77 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 13/01/2022 Filey 78 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 01/07/2022 Orkney 79 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 26/06/2022 Slaynes Lane, Misson 80 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 29/06/2022 Orkney 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 19/04/2022 St Aidan’s 82 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 03/07/2022 Coquet Island 83 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 20/06/2022 Salthome 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 18/05/2022 Bempton 85 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 86 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 19/04/2022 St Aidan’s 87 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2022 Spen Athletics Field 88 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 21/01/2022 Old Moor RSPB 89 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 90 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 11/08/2022 Graffham 91 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 92 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/01/2022 Cromwell Bottom NR 93 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 29/06/2022 Ferry from Gills Bay to Orkney 94 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 28/06/2022 Duncansby head 95 Puffin Fratercula arctica 18/05/2022 Bempton 96 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 29/06/2022 John O’Groats 97 Razorbill Alca torda 18/05/2022 Bempton 98 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 13/01/2022 Filey 99 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 13/01/2022 Filey 100 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/07/2022 Orkney 101 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 05/07/2022 Bempton 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 13/01/2022 Filey 103 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 21/07/2022 Barmouth 104 Gannet Morus bassanus 18/05/2022 Bempton 105 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2022 River Calder 106 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 13/01/2022 Filey 107 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 27/07/2022 Staveley YWT 108 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 22/03/2022 Fairburn Ings Heard 109 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 22/03/2022 St Aidan’s Heard 110 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 11/01/2022 North Cave 111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/05/2022 Fairburn Ings 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 114 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 14/06/2022 Potteric Carr 115 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/06/2022 Aviemore 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 117 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 21/01/2022 Old Moor RSPB 118 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 30/06/2022 Birsay Moor, Orkneys 119 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 120 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 21/06/2022 Laneshawbridge 121 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 122 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/06/2022 Salthome 123 Little Owl Athene noctua 22/03/2022 St Aidan’s 124 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 23/05/2022 Nidderdale Owlets heard 125 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 24/05/2022 Nidderdale 126 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 11/01/2022 North Cave 127 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 08/02/2022 Fairburn Ings 128 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 129 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 130 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 131 Merlin Falco columbarius 27/01/2022 Banks Marsh 132 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 20/01/2022 Bempton 133 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 24/01/2022 Roundhay Park 134 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 08/06/2022 Near Roxby 135 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 05/07/2022 Bempton 136 Jay Garrulus glandarius 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 137 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 138 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2022 Garden 139 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 140 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2022 Garden 141 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 28/06/2022 John O'Groats 142 Raven Corvus corax 04/03/2022 Sabden 143 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2022 Cromwell Bottom NR 144 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 145 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 146 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 23/11/2022 Woolston 147 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 25/01/2022 Blacktoft Sands Heard. 148 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20/01/2022 Buckton 149 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/04/2022 St Aidan’s 150 Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/04/2022 Hebden Bridge 151 House Martin Delichon urbicum 08/04/2022 Sabden 152 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 153 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 154 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 23/05/2022 Skrikes Wood, near Pateley Bridge 155 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11/10/2022 Spurn 156 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 11/04/2022 Norland Moor 157 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 10/03/2022 Ogden Water 158 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 19/04/2022 St Aidan’s 159 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 08/05/2022 Allerton Bywater 160 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 14/04/2022 Todmorden 161 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 12/05/2022 Haw Park Wood 162 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 02/05/2022 Fairburn Ings 163 Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/04/2022 St Aidan’s 164 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2022 Cromwell Bottom NR 165 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 166 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2022 Cromwell Bottom NR 167 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/03/2022 Yorkshire Sculpture Park 168 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 169 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 170 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2022 Morrison's Car Park Heckmondwike 171 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 172 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 Garden 173 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 14/01/2022 Sabden 174 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 20/07/2022 Cregennen Lake 175 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 08/07/2022 Near Ponden Reservoir 176 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2022 Garden 177 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 25/05/2022 Scarr House Reservoir Nidderdale 178 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 18/09/2022 Withens Clough Reservoir 179 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/01/2022 St Aidan's 180 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 20/04/2022 Gorpley Reservoir 181 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 04/04/2022 Luddenden 182 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 183 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 184 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 185 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 11/08/2022 Graffham 186 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 23/01/2022 Spen River 187 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 188 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 13/01/2022 Filey 189 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 13/01/2022 Filey 190 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 13/01/2022 Filey 191 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 05/01/2022 Cromwell Bottom NR 192 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/01/2022 Cromwell Bottom NR 193 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 194 Twite Linaria flavirostris 27/01/2022 Banks Marsh 195 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/04/2022 Fields off Greenway in Liversedge 196 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 197 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2022 Spen Valley Greenway 198 Siskin Spinus spinus 10/01/2022 Fairburn Ings 199 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 20/01/2022 Buckton 200 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 05/10/2022 Baildon Moor 201 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/07/2022 Bempton 202 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 27/01/2022 Hesketh 203 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/01/2022 St Aidan's