Phillip Wells: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 266 of 266 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 10/03/2022 Cley Norfolk 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 17/02/2022 Slimbridge WWT Gloucestershire 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 17/02/2022 Slimbridge WWT Gloucestershire 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 22/01/2022 WelneyWWT 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 22/01/2022 Welney WWT 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 06/01/2022 Iford 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 24/01/2022 Welney WWT 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 22/01/2022 Welney WWT 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/02/2022 Swanbourne Lake W Sussex Finland Lapland 6th to12th Feb 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 17/02/2022 Greylake RSPB Somerset and Bristol 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19/03/2022 Dunge RSPB 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 15/10/2022 Grafham Water 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 23 Pintail Anas acuta 20/01/2022 Church Norton 24 Teal Anas crecca 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 02/03/2022 Rye Harbour NR 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 20/03/2022 Ivy Lake W Sussex 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 14/02/2022 Priory Pond Reigate Surrey 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 19/02/2022 Chew Valley Lake Bristol 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/03/2022 Nairn 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/03/2022 Nairn 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 05/03/2022 Roseisle Moray Firth 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 05/03/2022 Roseisle Moray Firth 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25/01/2022 Holkham Norfolk 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 05/01/2022 Church Norton 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2022 Dunge RSPB 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 29/01/2022 Taverton Mill NR Norfolk 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/02/2022 Old Place Pulbourgh 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/01/2022 Church Norton 41 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 04/03/2022 Highlands 42 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 04/03/2022 Highlands 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 02/02/2022 The Burgh W Sussex 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 26/01/2022 Norfolk 46 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 24/05/2022 Ashdown Forest Sussex 47 Swift Apus apus 09/05/2022 Monmouth Wales 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/04/2022 Ashdown Forest 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 05/01/2022 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 17/05/2022 Snetisham Norfolk 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 05/01/2022 Arundel WWT 55 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 18/08/2022 St Marys Scilly 56 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 57 Coot Fulica atra 58 Crane Grus grus 19/05/2022 Lakenheath RSPB 59 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 60 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 25/01/2022 Titchwell RSPB 61 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 62 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 20/01/2022 Church Norton 63 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 23/02/2022 Castle Water Rye 64 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 16/05/2022 Weeting Heath Norfolk 65 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2022 66 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 17/05/2022 Hickling Broad Norfolk 67 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 05/01/2022 Pagham 68 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/01/2022 69 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 05/01/2022 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 05/01/2022 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/03/2022 Wierwood Res Sussex Missed the Desert Wheatear 72 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 73 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 10/03/2022 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 74 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 15/03/2022 Church Norton W Sussex 75 Curlew Numenius arquata 76 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/05/2022 Titchwell RSPB 77 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 05/01/2022 78 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 20/10/2022 Cley Norfolk Missed Blue Rock Thrush by 5 minutes 79 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 29/09/2022 St Marys Scillies 80 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 24/05/2022 Ashdown Forest Sussex 81 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 20/01/2022 Ferrybridge 82 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 19/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 83 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 24/10/2022 Rye Harbour NR 84 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/04/2022 Chew Valley Lake Bristol 85 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 11/07/2022 Waltham Brooks W Sussex 86 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 16/05/2022 Wells Pools Norfolk 87 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2022 88 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 29/07/2022 Normandy Marsh Hampshire 89 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 15/03/2022 Sidlesham Ferry W Sussex 90 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 05/07/2022 Wierwood Res E Sussex 91 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 92 Knot Calidris canutus 05/01/2022 93 Ruff Calidris pugnax 28/02/2022 Pulb RSPB 94 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 26/07/2022 Medmerry W Sussex 95 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 17/05/2022 Hickling Broad Norfolk 96 Sanderling Calidris alba 25/01/2022 Titchwell RSPB 97 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/01/2022 98 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 17/01/2022 Newhaven 99 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10/03/2022 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 100 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 26/07/2022 Sidlesham W Sussex 101 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 23/09/2022 Langford Lakes Wiltshire 102 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 29/10/2022 Slimbridge WWT 103 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 16/05/2022 Brancaster Norfolk 104 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 31/05/2022 Chew Valley Lake Bristol 105 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 106 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 15/03/2022 Church Norton W Sussex 107 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13/03/2022 Cuckmere Haven E Sussex 108 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 23/03/2022 Splash Point Seaford Cyprus 25th March 4th April 109 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 07/11/2022 Port Lympe Kent 110 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 22/03/2022 Chichester GP W Sussex 111 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 112 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 10/03/2022 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 113 Common Gull Larus canus 114 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 17/10/2022 Cley Norfolk 115 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 116 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 20/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 117 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 118 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 119 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 02/03/2022 Rye Harbour NR 120 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 20/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 121 Puffin Fratercula arctica 11/05/2022 Skomer Wales 122 Razorbill Alca torda Eastbourne 123 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/01/2022 Eastbourne 124 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 20/01/2022 Church Norton 125 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 17/10/2022 Cley Norfolk 126 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2022 Eastbourne 127 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 07/03/2022 Burghead Moray 128 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 19/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 129 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 08/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs Yorkshire 2nd Attempt 130 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 19/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic Lesvos and Sweden Falsterbo 27th Aug 8th Sep 131 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 17/01/2022 132 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 20/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 133 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 19/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 134 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 19/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 135 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 19/08/2022 Scilly Pelagic 136 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 22/08/2022 Seen from Falcon boat Penzance 137 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 19/05/2022 Lakenheath RSPB 138 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/01/2022 139 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 140 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 11/05/2022 Skomer Wales 141 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 17/02/2022 Slimbridge WWT Gloucestershire 142 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 19/03/2022 Dunge RSPB 143 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 22/01/2022 London WWT 144 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/01/2022 145 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/07/2022 Pagham W Sussex 146 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/01/2022 Dunge 147 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2022 Pett Level 148 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 149 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 12/05/2022 Dyfi NR Wales 150 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 05/03/2022 Highlands 151 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/01/2022 152 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 04/03/2022 North Of Nethy Bridge 153 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 24/01/2022 Welney WWT 154 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 20/01/2022 The Burgh 155 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/01/2022 The Burgh 156 Buzzard Buteo buteo 157 Barn Owl Tyto alba 17/05/2022 Snetisham Coastal Path Norfolk 158 Little Owl Athene noctua 27/01/2022 Deeping Lakes Linconshire 159 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 27/01/2022 Deeping Lakes Linconshire 160 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 18/01/2022 Cuckmere 161 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 26/01/2022 Sculthorpe Moor Norfolk 162 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/02/2022 Southease E Sussex 163 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 20/06/2022 Trimington Norfolk Mallorca 27th June 3rd July 164 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 29/09/2022 St Marys Scillies 165 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 166 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 28/02/2022 Pulb RSPB 167 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 168 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 02/06/2022 Worth Marsh Kent Portugal 11th to18th June 169 Hobby Falco subbuteo 17/05/2022 Hickling Broad Norfolk 170 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 29/01/2022 Cley Norfolk 171 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 22/01/2022 London WWT 172 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 28/09/2022 Medmerry W Sussex 173 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 07/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs Yorkshire 174 Jay Garrulus glandarius 175 Magpie Pica pica 176 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 11/05/2022 Martins Haven Wales 177 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 178 Rook Corvus frugilegus 179 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 180 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2022 Polegate 181 Raven Corvus corax 18/01/2022 Cuckmere 182 Coal Tit Periparus ater 183 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 04/03/2022 Boat Of Garten 184 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2022 Wierwood Res 185 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 186 Great Tit Parus major 187 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 26/11/2022 West Rise Marsh E Sussex Finland Lapland 30th Nov 4th dec 188 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 19/05/2022 Lakenheath RSPB Norfolk 189 Woodlark Lullula arborea 16/04/2022 Ashdown Forest 190 Skylark Alauda arvensis 05/01/2022 191 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 25/01/2022 Holkham Norfolk 192 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 09/05/2022 Monmouth Wales 193 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/04/2022 Chew Valley Lake Bristol 194 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/05/2022 Llandovery Wales 195 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/02/2022 Greylake RSPB Somerset and Bristol 196 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 197 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 10/05/2022 Dinas RSPB Wales 198 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 17/01/2022 Eastbourne 199 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 03/10/2022 St Marys Scillies 200 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 21/10/2022 Holkham Norfolk 201 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 09/10/2022 St Marys Scillies 202 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 20/12/2022 Bradford on Avon Wiltshire 203 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 15/04/2022 Beachy Head 204 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/01/2022 Burbham 205 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 08/10/2022 St Agnes Scillies 206 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/05/2022 Snetisham Coastal Path Norfolk 207 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 12/05/2022 Dyfi NR Wales 208 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/04/2022 Southease E Sussex 209 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 18/05/2022 Titchwell RSPB Norfolk 210 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 18/04/2022 Pulb RSPB Lesvos and Lake Kerkini 20th April 5th May 211 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10/05/2022 Dinas RSPB Wales 212 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 10/10/2022 Climping W Sussex 213 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 18/05/2022 Holme Norfolk 214 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15/04/2022 Burling Gap 215 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 19/01/2022 Ashdown Forest 216 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 26/01/2022 Lynford Arboretum Norfolk 217 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/02/2022 Swanbourne Lake W Sussex 218 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 219 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2022 Arundel WWT 220 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 26/01/2022 Lynford Arboretum Norfolk 221 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 222 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 07/10/2022 Tresco Scillies 223 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 224 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2022 225 Redwing Turdus iliacus 226 Blackbird Turdus merula 227 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 228 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 21/10/2022 Heacham Norfolk 229 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 12/02/2022 Eastbourne 230 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/05/2022 Weeting Heath Norfolk 231 Robin Erithacus rubecula 232 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 18/04/2022 Pulb RSPB 233 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 10/05/2022 Dinas RSPB Wales 234 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/01/2022 Wierwood Res 235 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 16/04/2022 Ashdown Forest 236 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 10/05/2022 Tregaron Wales 237 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2022 238 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 239 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 04/03/2022 Nethy Bridge 240 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 24/01/2022 Welney WWT 241 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 242 Dunnock Prunella modularis 04/01/2022 243 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 16/05/2022 Welney WWT 244 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2022 Wierwood Res 245 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 246 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 247 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 10/05/2022 Dinas RSPB Wales 248 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 25/01/2022 Titchwell RSPB 249 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 07/01/2022 250 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 251 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 06/01/2022 Friston Forest Finland Lapland 9th 16th Jan 252 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 26/01/2022 Lynford Arboretum Norfolk 253 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/01/2022 Sculphorpe Moor Norfolk 254 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 03/10/2022 St Marys Scillies 255 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 26/01/2022 256 Linnet Linaria cannabina 20/01/2022 257 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 09/05/2022 Dinas RSPB Wales 258 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 04/03/2022 Grantown on Spey 259 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 260 Siskin Spinus spinus 22/01/2022 London WWT 261 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2022 Alciston 262 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/01/2022 The Burgh 263 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 30/01/2022 Comberton Cambridgeshire Missed out on GG Shrike 264 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 17/08/2022 Labrador Bay Devon 265 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 14/02/2022 Ashdown Forest 266 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/01/2022