Alan Boddington: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 288 of 288 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 423 80.88 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 151 28.87 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 517 98.85 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 379 72.47 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 94 17.97 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 510 97.51 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 415 79.35 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 158 30.21 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 314 60.04 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 516 98.66 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 250 47.80 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 399 76.29 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 421 80.50 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 505 96.56 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 359 68.64 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa 141 26.96 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 351 67.11 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 60 11.47 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 506 96.75 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 501 95.79 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 503 96.18 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 138 26.39 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 517 98.85 24 Pintail Anas acuta 456 87.19 25 Teal Anas crecca 512 97.90 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 117 22.37 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 219 41.87 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 485 92.73 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 87 16.63 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 232 44.36 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 508 97.13 32 Scaup Aythya marila 303 57.93 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 110 21.03 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 115 21.99 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 374 71.51 36 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 213 40.73 37 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 384 73.42 38 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 293 56.02 39 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 454 86.81 40 Smew Mergellus albellus 243 46.46 41 Goosander Mergus merganser 459 87.76 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 379 72.47 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 43 8.22 44 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 281 53.73 45 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 165 31.55 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 342 65.39 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 511 97.71 48 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 444 84.89 49 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 38 7.27 50 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 220 42.07 51 Swift Apus apus 473 90.44 52 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 430 82.22 53 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 441 84.32 54 Stock Dove Columba oenas 482 92.16 55 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 518 99.04 56 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 223 42.64 57 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 513 98.09 58 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 419 80.11 59 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 117 22.37 60 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 514 98.28 61 Coot Fulica atra 514 98.28 62 Crane Grus grus 262 50.10 63 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 499 95.41 64 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 216 41.30 65 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 499 95.41 66 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 274 52.39 67 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 273 52.20 68 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 185 35.37 69 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 502 95.98 70 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 168 32.12 71 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 445 85.09 72 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 399 76.29 73 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 449 85.85 74 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 112 21.41 75 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 464 88.72 76 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 402 76.86 77 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 513 98.09 78 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus 113 21.61 79 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii 99 18.93 80 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 362 69.22 81 Curlew Numenius arquata 496 94.84 82 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 411 78.59 83 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 480 91.78 84 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 79 15.11 85 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 274 52.39 86 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 325 62.14 87 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 477 91.20 88 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 123 23.52 89 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 128 24.47 90 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 435 83.17 91 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 378 72.28 92 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 290 55.45 93 Redshank Tringa totanus 491 93.88 94 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 160 30.59 95 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 344 65.77 96 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 414 79.16 97 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 470 89.87 98 Knot Calidris canutus 376 71.89 99 Ruff Calidris pugnax 431 82.41 100 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 55 10.52 101 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 310 59.27 102 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 136 26.00 103 Sanderling Calidris alba 408 78.01 104 Dunlin Calidris alpina 481 91.97 105 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 313 59.85 106 Little Stint Calidris minuta 292 55.83 107 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 87 16.63 108 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 188 35.95 109 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 53 10.13 110 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 288 55.07 111 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 109 20.84 112 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 196 37.48 113 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 283 54.11 114 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 439 83.94 115 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 83 15.87 116 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 390 74.57 117 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 315 60.23 118 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 415 79.35 119 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 515 98.47 120 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 404 77.25 121 Common Gull Larus canus 482 92.16 122 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 232 44.36 123 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 124 23.71 124 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 512 97.90 125 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 287 54.88 126 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 501 95.79 127 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 118 22.56 128 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 505 96.56 129 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 198 37.86 130 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 78 14.91 131 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 249 47.61 132 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 214 40.92 133 Puffin Fratercula arctica 349 66.73 134 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 229 43.79 135 Razorbill Alca torda 412 78.78 136 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 426 81.45 137 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 374 71.51 138 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 195 37.28 139 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica 59 11.28 140 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 353 67.50 141 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris 199 38.05 142 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 424 81.07 143 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 136 26.00 144 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 266 50.86 145 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 100 19.12 146 Gannet Morus bassanus 443 84.70 147 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 516 98.66 148 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 416 79.54 149 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 270 51.63 150 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 367 70.17 151 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 316 60.42 152 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 18 3.44 153 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 509 97.32 154 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 42 8.03 155 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 354 67.69 156 Great White Egret Ardea alba 459 87.76 157 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 512 97.90 158 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 67 12.81 159 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 331 63.29 160 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 150 28.68 161 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 491 93.88 162 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 301 57.55 163 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 464 88.72 164 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 316 60.42 165 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 71 13.58 166 Red Kite Milvus milvus 494 94.46 167 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 15 2.87 168 Buzzard Buteo buteo 515 98.47 169 Barn Owl Tyto alba 415 79.35 170 Little Owl Athene noctua 307 58.70 171 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 169 32.31 172 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 283 54.11 173 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 415 79.35 174 Hoopoe Upupa epops 80 15.30 175 Roller Coracias garrulus 38 7.27 176 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 467 89.29 177 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 152 29.06 178 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 158 30.21 179 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 151 28.87 180 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 496 94.84 181 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 456 87.19 182 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 513 98.09 183 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 136 26.00 184 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 123 23.52 185 Merlin Falco columbarius 315 60.23 186 Hobby Falco subbuteo 382 73.04 187 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 466 89.10 188 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 346 66.16 189 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 148 28.30 190 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 16 3.06 191 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 152 29.06 192 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides 195 37.28 193 Jay Garrulus glandarius 501 95.79 194 Magpie Pica pica 517 98.85 195 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 184 35.18 196 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 516 98.66 197 Rook Corvus frugilegus 509 97.32 198 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 518 99.04 199 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 300 57.36 200 Raven Corvus corax 462 88.34 201 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 128 24.47 202 Coal Tit Periparus ater 497 95.03 203 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 359 68.64 204 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 197 37.67 205 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 517 98.85 206 Great Tit Parus major 518 99.04 207 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 97 18.55 208 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 306 58.51 209 Woodlark Lullula arborea 233 44.55 210 Skylark Alauda arvensis 500 95.60 211 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 154 29.45 212 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 459 87.76 213 Swallow Hirundo rustica 483 92.35 214 House Martin Delichon urbicum 465 88.91 215 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 445 85.09 216 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 510 97.51 217 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 191 36.52 218 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei 126 24.09 219 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 189 36.14 220 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 66 12.62 221 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 457 87.38 222 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 491 93.88 223 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 10 1.91 224 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 106 20.27 225 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 448 85.66 226 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 435 83.17 227 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 276 52.77 228 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 484 92.54 229 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 368 70.36 230 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 90 17.21 231 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 351 67.11 232 Whitethroat Curruca communis 458 87.57 233 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 213 40.73 234 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 253 48.37 235 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 472 90.25 236 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 511 97.71 237 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 487 93.12 238 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 471 90.06 239 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 512 97.90 240 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 505 96.56 241 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 483 92.35 242 Redwing Turdus iliacus 502 95.98 243 Blackbird Turdus merula 517 98.85 244 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 474 90.63 245 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 307 58.70 246 American Robin Turdus migratorius 124 23.71 247 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 369 70.55 248 Robin Erithacus rubecula 518 99.04 249 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 190 36.33 250 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 315 60.23 251 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 303 57.93 252 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 368 70.36 253 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 351 67.11 254 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 491 93.88 255 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 444 84.89 256 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 23 4.40 257 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 36 6.88 258 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 354 67.69 259 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 391 74.76 260 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 512 97.90 261 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 67 12.81 262 Dunnock Prunella modularis 513 98.09 263 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 365 69.79 264 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 487 93.12 265 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 513 98.09 266 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 55 10.52 267 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 494 94.46 268 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 344 65.77 269 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 48 9.18 270 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 225 43.02 271 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 443 84.70 272 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 514 98.28 273 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 403 77.06 274 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 254 48.57 275 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 476 91.01 276 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 499 95.41 277 Twite Linaria flavirostris 218 41.68 278 Linnet Linaria cannabina 483 92.35 279 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 355 67.88 280 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 264 50.48 281 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 511 97.71 282 Siskin Spinus spinus 471 90.06 283 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 313 59.85 284 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 324 61.95 285 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 452 86.42 286 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 92 17.59 287 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 56 10.71 288 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 494 94.46