Andrew McCafferty: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Year List 2022 BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 192 of 192 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 15/01/2022 From Cavendish Dock 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 06/03/2022 Colloway Marsh Unknown origin, but with pinkfeet 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 27/11/2022 Moss Lane, Cockerham Twitching a bird found by Paul Slade earlier 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/01/2022 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2022 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19/03/2022 Leighton Moss Drake and female seen from Lilian's 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 02/03/2022 Eric Morecambe pools Actually a hybrid with Eurasian, but I wanted to commemorate it somehow! 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2022 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2022 21 Scaup Aythya marila 16/02/2022 Pine Lake Seen while out with Oliver for the day 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/01/2022 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Home (Windermere road) Heard in March, then seen off Heysham 2nd May 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 06/11/2022 Leighton Moss Long-staying female at Lower Hide 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2022 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2022 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 18/04/2022 Cross of Greet 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/03/2022 Eagland Hill 31 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus ********** ********** 32 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2022 Windermere Road (from home) One seen out of upstairs front window 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/04/2022 Birk Bank Braved the crazy grouse, heard calling, and then Helen found it! 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2022 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 14/10/2022 Hest Bank Crazily tame 1st W down on the shore, feeding just in front of cars! 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 04/01/2022 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 06/02/2022 Foulshaw Moss Under the feeders! 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 40 Coot Fulica atra 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 17/05/2022 Loch Ruthven 44 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 28/07/2022 St Aidan's 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 46 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/03/2022 Conder Pool 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 21/03/2022 Potts Corner 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2022 Cockersands 49 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 15/05/2022 Ban Macdui Heard near summit, pretty close but couldn't get onto it! 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2022 Cockersands 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 13/03/2022 Aldcliffe One on the Flood 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 10/04/2022 Cockersands One on mud seen from lighthouse car park, found by Ian Hartley 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 22/01/2022 Morecambe 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 15/01/2022 From Cavendish Dock 57 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 08/01/2022 Fluke Hall 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 20/06/2022 Meathop Moss 59 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 09/01/2022 60 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 09/10/2022 Heysham Harbour 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/04/2022 Bull Beck Seen from Susie+Paul and Rushworth picnic/fire site! 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/04/2022 Conder Green Seen disappearing around a corner up the creek on the other side of the road 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/07/2022 Northstowe, Cambridgeshire 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/04/2022 Glasson Marsh 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/04/2022 Conder Green 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 68 Knot Calidris canutus 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 27/03/2022 Aldcliffe One at the Wildfowler's pools 70 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 18/09/2022 RSPB Burton Mere After trip to Chester Station to retrieve suitcase! 71 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 01/08/2022 Conder Green Seen well from the Conder Green side of the creek 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 29/08/2022 Off Beach Road, Pilling 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2022 Cockersands 74 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 22/01/2022 Bare, Morecambe 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 25/09/2022 Potts Corner Pete C pointed it out after I spotted him while leaving! 76 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 02/05/2022 Heysham 77 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 17/05/2022 Findhorn Valley 78 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/04/2022 Heysham 79 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 27/02/2022 Heysham 2 outfall 80 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 21/08/2022 Conder Green Imm on creek 81 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 10/07/2022 Jenny Brown's Point 82 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 83 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 02/01/2022 84 Common Gull Larus canus 85 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 86 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 87 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 88 Puffin Fratercula arctica 02/05/2022 Heysham Floated past close inshore, first time I've ever seen one around here! 89 Guillemot Uria aalge 02/05/2022 Heysham Flying out of the bay 90 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/05/2022 Heysham One flying into the bay 91 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica ********** ********** 92 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/05/2022 Heysham Flock of seven flying into the bay 93 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 94 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 22/01/2022 Heysham Long-staying juvenile bird, seen on wooden jetty, moulting into adult plumage 95 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 22/05/2022 Leighton Moss Two in flight from the causeway boardwalk 96 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 97 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 31/07/2022 Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire Seen in flight a couple of times while looking for glossy ibis with James! 98 Great White Egret Ardea alba 05/07/2022 Leighton Moss Flying in to roost from Lower 99 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 100 Osprey Pandion haliaetus ********** ********** 101 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2022 102 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 09/01/2022 103 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 104 Red Kite Milvus milvus 12/03/2022 Aldcliffe Picked up from the mound with Barrie, after Rosie Briggs posted on the WhatsApp from Stodday 105 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2022 106 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/01/2022 Bradshaw Lane Flew across field in broad daylight as I was driving off from feeding station! 107 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 05/03/2022 Conder Green 108 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 09/01/2022 Storrs Lane, nr Silverdale Heard while trying to find some dawn woodcock 109 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 15/01/2022 Cavendish Dock 110 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 30/01/2022 Samlesbury, Lancashire Seen well but distantly on 1st attempt, got there half an hour before it flew upstream. 111 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2022 Parents' garden, Lancaster 112 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Heard from Crag Road viewpoint, then later in year seen at Helsington Barrows, finally seen a lot in Cambridgeshire 113 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2022 Jeremy Lane 114 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 11/09/2022 Marton Mere 115 Merlin Falco columbarius 23/01/2022 Eagland Hill Seen from the road, drew attention because a big flock of small birds went up, and then it flashed past. 116 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/06/2022 Conder Green My first in NW England, found by Luke Hawkins on an LDBWS trip! 117 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/01/2022 Eric Morecambe Pools 118 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 28/01/2022 Nr Lockwood Reservoir, Walthamstow On a valedictory walk around Walthamstow 119 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2022 Heard 120 Magpie Pica pica 121 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 122 Rook Corvus frugilegus 123 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 124 Raven Corvus corax 27/03/2022 Stodday Seen mobbing buzzard near powerlines 125 Coal Tit Periparus ater 126 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 15/05/2022 Abernethy Forest Heard 127 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 02/01/2022 Leighton Moss 128 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 129 Great Tit Parus major 130 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 09/01/2022 Heard 131 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2022 Cockersands 132 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/03/2022 Leighton Moss One seen flying over Public mere 133 Swallow Hirundo rustica 15/04/2022 Crag Road Viewpoint 134 House Martin Delichon urbicum 21/04/2022 Lowgill One over 135 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 02/01/2022 Leighton Moss Heard 136 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2022 137 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 28/05/2022 Borrowdale Valley, nr Keswick 138 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 03/12/2022 Leighton Moss Good views of bird that had been there for a couple of days by this point. 139 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 03/04/2022 Conder Green 140 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 28/01/2022 Nr Lockwood Reservoir, Walthamstow On a valedictory walk around Walthamstow 141 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2022 Leighton Moss Heard 142 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 23/04/2022 Leighton Moss Heard 143 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia ********** ********** 144 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 24/03/2022 Windermere Road Female spotted while sitting in the garden at lunchtime, in tree at bottom of no. 77 145 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 28/05/2022 Borrowdale valley 146 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 02/05/2022 Heysham Very showy bird singing in scrub on other side of road from anemometer 147 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2022 Middleton Nature Reserve 148 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2022 Williamson Park 149 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2022 150 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2022 151 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/01/2022 Near prison, Lancaster 152 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 153 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2022 154 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2022 Cockersands 155 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2022 CLHS 156 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 157 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 12/03/2022 Fairfield feeding station, Aldcliffe 158 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 18/04/2022 Cross of Greet road 159 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15/05/2022 Abernethy Forest 160 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2022 161 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 18/04/2022 Lowgill 162 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 26/12/2022 Cockersands V windy day, seen briefly but well on the beach by car park 163 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 18/04/2022 Lowgill Heard (expect I'll see some later!) 164 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 11/06/2022 Swindale, Lake District Seen briefly on top of dry stone wall half way up valley 165 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/01/2022 Cavendish Dock 166 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 10/04/2022 Cockersands Two in field next to lighthouse car park, found by Ian Hartley 167 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 06/03/2022 Forge Weir, Halton 168 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/01/2022 Moss Lane, Cockersands 169 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 170 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2022 171 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/07/2022 Ouse Fen RSPB 172 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea January somewhere! 173 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2022 174 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2022 175 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 30/04/2022 Foulshaw Moss 176 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/04/2022 Conder Green Seen on saltmarsh briefly at high tide, then one seen on Conder Pool 177 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/03/2022 Red Nab, Heysham 178 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2022 179 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 09/01/2022 Fairfield feeding station 180 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 20/02/2022 Coldwell Meadows, Cumbria 181 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2022 182 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2022 183 Twite Linaria flavirostris 02/01/2022 Cockersands 184 Linnet Linaria cannabina 185 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 186 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 16/05/2022 Nr Feshiebridge More like crossbill sp! Seen well, but I can't distinguish them. 187 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2022 188 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2022 189 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 15/05/2022 Ben Macdui Several males singing near summit 190 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 08/01/2022 Bradshaw Lane 191 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 08/01/2022 Bradshaw Lane 192 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus