John W Yates: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 271 of 271 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 15/01/2022 Titchwell RSPB 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 26/02/2022 Cley NNT - near Babcock 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2022 Stanborough Lakes 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 08/02/2022 Meadow Lane GP 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 16/01/2022 Cley NNT - Eye Field 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 22/01/2022 Welney WWT Six 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 15/01/2022 Holkham Estate 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 22/01/2022 Welney WWT Family of four 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16/01/2022 Ludham Many at Welney 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15/01/2022 Holkham Freshmarsh 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 21/01/2022 Standon At least three 15 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 21/02/2022 Greylake RSPB 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 23/03/2022 Cley NNT 17 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 02/04/2022 Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire Also possible hybrid at Marlow, Bucks (30/3/22) 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 05/03/2022 Frampton Marsh RSPB 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 23 Pintail Anas acuta 09/01/2022 Berry Fen 24 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 08/02/2022 Meadow Lane GP 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 08/01/2022 Stockers Lake 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 12/02/2022 Dorchester-on-Thames 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/02/2022 Kenfig Hill 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 31 Scaup Aythya marila 22/01/2022 Grafham Water Group of six 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 09/04/2022 Abberton Reservoir, Essex In with Tufted Duck flock 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/01/2022 Knott End-on-sea Male in the harbour 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 16/01/2022 Weybourne 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 04/02/2022 Barrow Gurney reservoir tank 1 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir, Tring 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 09/01/2022 Fen Drayton RSPB Male 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 15/01/2022 Titchwell RSPB 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 03/01/2022 On minor roads near Cat and Fiddle pub, Macclesfield A pair 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/01/2022 Datchworth 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 06/01/2022 Ashwell 43 Quail Coturnix coturnix 22/05/2022 Muckleburgh Hill Heard calling a number of times 44 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 06/01/2022 Ashwell 45 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 26/09/2022 Wantage LIFER and undoubtedly bird of the year 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 47 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2022 Tyttenhanger GP 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 18/04/2022 Ellenbrooke Fields, Herts 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 03/01/2022 Macclesfield town centre 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 06/01/2022 Ashwell dung heap 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 07/05/2022 Snettisham Coastal Park, Norfolk 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 05/01/2022 Bramfield 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 14/01/2022 Lemsford Springs 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 56 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 57 Crane Grus grus 16/01/2022 The Broads 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 09/01/2022 Little Ormsby Broad To the left of the viewing platform 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 61 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 09/04/2022 Alton Water, Suffolk One seen really well at a clear area along the east bank 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 23/01/2022 Staines Reservoir North Basin 63 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 29/03/2022 Stanborough Gravel Pit, Herts 64 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 65 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 23/04/2022 Denver Sluice 66 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 15/01/2022 Titchwell RSPB 67 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/01/2022 Titchwell RSPB 68 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 15/01/2022 Titchwell RSPB 69 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 23/04/2022 Farmland north of Holme 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 05/02/2022 Swansea 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/03/2022 Stanborough Gravel Pit 72 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 73 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 02/04/2022 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincs 74 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/05/2022 Field next to the Iron Road, Salthouse 75 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 76 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 15/01/2022 Snettisham Coastal Park 77 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 16/01/2022 Cley NNT 78 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 02/10/2022 Hayle Estuary 79 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 31/03/2022 Summer Leys NR, Northants Garganey and many Snipe 80 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 27/01/2022 Sandy RSPB 81 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 82 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 01/10/2022 Pendeen watch Sitting on the sea 83 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 10/09/2022 Little Marlow GP 84 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 25/04/2022 Gypsy Lane East pit, Beds 85 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 14/01/2022 Lemsford Springs 86 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 19/04/2022 Gypsy Lane East pit, Beds 87 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 88 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 31/03/2022 Summer Leys NR, Northants Mud on Hardwater Lake with LRP 89 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 13/04/2022 Stanborough Gravel Pit, Herts 90 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2022 Knott End-on-sea 91 Knot Calidris canutus 15/01/2022 Snettisham Coastal Park 92 Ruff Calidris pugnax 26/02/2022 Cley NNT 93 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 30/07/2022 Alkborough Flats NR 94 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/09/2022 Newport Wetlands 95 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 09/04/2022 Coalhouse Fort, Essex 96 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/01/2022 Knott End-on-sea 97 Dunlin Calidris alpina 15/01/2022 Snettisham Coastal Park 98 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 15/01/2022 Sheringham Three 99 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/03/2022 Frampton Marsh RSPB 3 100 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 10/08/2022 Eyebrooke Reservoir 101 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 30/07/2022 Barnsley 102 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 08/05/2022 Gun Hill, Burnham Overy 103 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 22/05/2022 Hickling Broad NNT 104 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 03/05/2022 Demford Reservoir 105 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 10/04/2022 Marsworth Reservoir, Herts 2 106 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/05/2022 Gun Hill, Burnham Overy 107 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/03/2022 Wilstone Reservoir, Tring 108 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26/03/2022 Mumbles pier 109 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 31/07/2022 Oare Marhes 110 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 111 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/01/2022 Southend-on-sea 112 Common Gull Larus canus 06/01/2022 Datchworth 113 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 13/03/2022 Weybourne beach 114 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 08/08/2022 Graffam Water LIFER 115 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 116 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Two. Also seen on 07/01/22 117 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 118 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 19/03/2022 Frankley Reservoir 119 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 120 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 16/01/2022 Cley NNT 121 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 18/09/2022 Sheringham 122 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 27/05/2022 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 123 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/05/2022 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 124 Razorbill Alca torda 27/05/2022 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 125 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/05/2022 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 126 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 16/01/2022 Cley-next-the-sea 127 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 23/01/2022 Staines Reservoir South Basin 128 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 27/05/2022 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 129 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 15/01/2022 Hunstanton 130 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 01/10/2022 Pendeen watch 131 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 01/10/2022 Pendeen watch 132 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 01/10/2022 Pendeen Watch LIFER in fact 10 lifers 133 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 03/05/2022 Gypsy Lane East pit, Beds 134 Gannet Morus bassanus 13/03/2022 Weybourne beach 135 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 136 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 27/05/2022 Flamborough Head 137 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 09/01/2022 Berry Fen Six at very close range. 138 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 26/02/2022 Cley NNT - over Babcock 139 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 08/01/2022 Marsworth Reservoir, Tring 4.20pm when nearly dark 140 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 141 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11/01/2022 Henlow 2 present 142 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir, Tring 143 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 144 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30/04/2022 Hickling Broad NNT 145 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/05/2022 Rutland Water 146 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 28/05/2022 Wykeham Forest 147 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 29/01/2022 Maple Cross 148 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 26/02/2022 The Brecks 149 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2022 Letham St Ann’s 150 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's Male over the saltmarsh to south of town 151 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 30/10/2022 Cley NNT 152 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 153 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 154 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/01/2022 Heartwood Forest - Arboretum Also at St.Benet's Monestry (16/01/22) 155 Little Owl Athene noctua 16/01/2022 Weybourne 156 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 22/01/2022 Deeping Lakes 157 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 16/01/2022 Ludham Bridge, St Benets Monastry Also at Welney WWT (22/01/22) 158 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 15/01/2022 Sculthorpe 159 Hoopoe Upupa epops 24/04/2022 Weeting Heath 160 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 27/08/2022 Woodhall Spa 161 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 22/01/2022 Eldernell 162 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 02/01/2022 Roach Bridge LIFER 163 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 164 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 12/09/2022 Ferry Meadows CP 165 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 26/02/2022 The Brecks 166 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 09/01/2022 Fen Drayton RSPB 167 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 09/01/2022 Fen Drayton RSPB 168 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 169 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 30/05/2022 Worth Marsh 170 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 30/05/2022 Worth Marsh 171 Hobby Falco subbuteo 30/04/2022 Hickling Broad NNT 172 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/01/2022 Welwyn Garden City 173 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/02/2022 Sale Water Park 174 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 21/05/2022 Muckleburgh Hill, Norfolk Seen 3x and heard many times 175 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 24/01/2022 Cottenham 176 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 05/10/2022 Pendeen Juvenile 177 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 30/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs 178 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/01/2022 Heartwood Forest 179 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 180 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 27/03/2022 Pennard golf course 181 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 182 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 183 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 184 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 09/02/2022 Polgate services 185 Raven Corvus corax 05/02/2022 Kenfig Hill 186 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 09/01/2022 Scunthorpe Moor NR 187 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2022 Sale Water Park 188 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 09/01/2022 Scunthorpe Moor NR 189 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 03/01/2022 Greater Manchester 190 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 191 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 192 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 21/02/2022 Weston-Super-Mare 193 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 23/03/2022 Cley NNT 194 Woodlark Lullula arborea 27/02/2022 Kelling Heath 195 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 196 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 26/02/2022 Holkham 197 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 06/03/2022 West Runton Distantly in field west of Rocky Bottoms 198 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 31/03/2022 Summer Leys NR, Northants 199 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2022 Stanborough Lakes - south lake, Herts 200 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/04/2022 Stanborough Lakes - south lake, Herts 201 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 09/01/2022 Ely 202 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 203 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 14/05/2022 Wyre Forest, Worcestershire 204 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 12/03/2022 Milton Country Park 205 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 03/04/2022 Stiffkey, Norfolk 206 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2022 Stanborough Gravel Pit, Herts 207 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 12/03/2022 Milton Country Park 208 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 07/05/2022 Reagents Park, London 209 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 21/05/2022 Snettisham Coastal Park, Norfolk 210 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 16/04/2022 Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire 211 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 30/04/2022 Hickling Broad NNT 212 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 21/05/2022 Kelling Water Meadows Finally!!! Heard only continuously from 9pm when nearly dark. Maybe 2. 213 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/04/2022 Coalhouse Fort, Essex 214 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2022 Tyttenhanger Pylon corner 215 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/04/2022 Ellenbrooke Fields, Herts 216 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2022 Stanborough Gravel Pit, Herts 217 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 27/02/2022 Kelling Heath 218 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 27/02/2022 Lake in Norfolk 219 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 14/01/2022 Garden 220 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 05/01/2022 Bramfield 221 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2022 Sale Water Park 222 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 11/02/2022 Sherrardspark Wood 223 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 224 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 10/01/2022 Stevenage 225 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 09/01/2022 Berry Fen 226 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/01/2022 Heartwood Forest 227 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 228 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2022 Heartwood Forest 229 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 22/01/2022 Dogsthorpe Star Pit 230 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 09/02/2022 Eastbourne 150 for the year 231 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/05/2022 Sandon churchyard, Herts 232 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 233 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 18/04/2022 Searle's Farm Lane GP 234 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/05/2022 Wyre Forest, Worcestershire 235 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 02/04/2022 Earith Marina, Cambs 236 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 10/04/2022 Ivinghoe Beacon, Bucks Seen really well in scrub at top of beacon 237 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 04/05/2022 Tyttenhanger GP 238 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 13/03/2022 Holme NNT Eastern Stonechat 239 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2022 Ashwell dung heap 240 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 10/04/2022 Ivinghoe Beacon, Bucks 6 seen at bottom of Ivinghoe beacon. No 200 for 2022. 241 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 30/10/2022 Cley NNT 242 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 20/02/2022 Swansea 243 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 22/01/2022 Welney WWT 244 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 05/01/2022 Ashwell 245 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 30/10/2022 Blakeney Point Hard earned LIFER 246 Dunnock Prunella modularis 03/01/2022 Sale Water Park 247 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 13/04/2022 Stanborough Gravel Pit, Herts 248 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 14/01/2022 Lemsford Springs 249 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2022 Wilstone Reservoir 250 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 251 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 30/04/2022 Cockley Cley 252 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 29/01/2022 London Wetland Centre 253 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 21/02/2022 Portishead Battery Point 254 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 255 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 16/01/2022 Blakeney 256 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 05/01/2022 Bramfield Churchyard At least three. 257 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 15/02/2022 Watercress LNR, St Albans 258 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 259 Twite Linaria flavirostris 03/01/2022 Knott End-on-sea 260 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 261 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 16/01/2022 Leatheringsett 262 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 20/03/2022 The Million, Enville Best ever by March 263 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2022 Lytham St Ann's 264 Serin Serinus serinus 18/03/2022 Woodoaks Farm 265 Siskin Spinus spinus 03/01/2022 Stockers Lake 266 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 15/01/2022 Snettisham 267 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 06/01/2022 Ashwell dung heap 268 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/01/2022 Deadman's Hill 269 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 07/10/2022 Labrador Bay 270 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 23/03/2022 Weybourne Two seen well in field margin 271 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 16/01/2022 Blakeney