Gary Prescott: Britain Year List 2016 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 317 of 317 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 21 6 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 7 2 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 39 12 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 92 28 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 7 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 11 3 9 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 10 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 9 2 11 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 12 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 13 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 14 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 23 7 15 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 16 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 15 4 17 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 18 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 7 2 19 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 20 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 21 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 46 14 22 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 23 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 24 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 25 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 26 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 1 0 27 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 28 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 0 0 29 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 30 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 31 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 3 0 32 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 33 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 34 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 50 15 35 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 1 0 36 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 28 8 37 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 38 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 2 0 39 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 11 3 40 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 63 19 41 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 42 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 43 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 2 0 44 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 122 37 45 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 46 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 0 0 47 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 48 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 3 0 49 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 24 7 51 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 2 0 52 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 53 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 54 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 55 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 56 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 57 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 58 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 59 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 60 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 35 10 61 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 62 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 16 4 63 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 64 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 65 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 66 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 67 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 0 0 68 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 69 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 25 7 70 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 71 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 72 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 73 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 71 21 74 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 99 30 75 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 76 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 18 5 77 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 78 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 79 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 72 22 80 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 7 2 81 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 41 12 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 99 30 83 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 1 0 84 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 7 2 85 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 86 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 87 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 88 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 9 2 89 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 90 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 91 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 92 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 93 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 20 6 94 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 55 17 95 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 56 17 96 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 24 7 97 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 98 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 99 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 100 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 101 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 1 0 102 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 103 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 55 17 104 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 105 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 7 2 106 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 107 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 108 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 3 0 109 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 2 0 110 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 111 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 92 28 112 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 25 7 113 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 114 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 115 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 116 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 11 3 117 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 118 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 119 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 11 3 120 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 121 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 6 1 122 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 1 0 123 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 0 0 124 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 0 0 125 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 126 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 25 7 127 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 128 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 23 7 129 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 1 0 130 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 64 19 131 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 132 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 133 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 32 9 134 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 135 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 136 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 137 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 138 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 139 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 140 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 141 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 142 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 143 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 144 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 7 2 145 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 146 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 147 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 65 20 148 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 149 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 150 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 41 12 151 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 152 Black Kite Milvus migrans 2 0 153 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 154 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 155 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 156 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 157 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 9 2 158 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 159 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 160 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 161 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 162 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 163 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 164 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 36 11 165 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 166 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 167 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 9 2 168 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 169 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 170 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 1 0 171 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 172 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 2 0 173 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 11 3 174 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 175 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 176 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 177 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 13 4 178 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 21 6 179 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 13 4 180 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 181 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 17 5 182 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 183 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 184 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 185 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 186 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 187 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 188 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 189 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 190 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 1 0 191 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 192 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 193 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 7 2 194 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 45 13 195 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 14 4 196 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 197 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 12 3 198 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 128 39 199 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 200 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 22 6 201 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 1 0 202 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 1 0 203 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 204 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 205 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 206 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 207 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 1 0 208 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 209 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 210 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 8 2 211 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 212 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 1 0 213 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 214 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 1 0 215 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 216 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 217 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 218 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 2 0 219 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 15 4 220 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 221 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 222 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 223 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 224 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 225 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 226 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 227 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 228 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 229 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 230 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 231 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 232 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 233 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 6 1 234 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 235 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 236 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 237 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 10 3 238 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 4 1 239 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 0 0 240 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 23 7 241 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 242 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 243 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 244 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 245 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 246 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 247 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 5 1 248 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 249 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 250 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 251 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 252 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 253 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 254 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 6 1 255 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 67 20 256 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 257 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 258 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 259 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 260 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 261 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 262 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 7 2 263 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 14 4 264 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 5 1 265 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 266 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 267 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 268 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 269 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 13 4 270 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 33 10 271 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 272 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 273 Serin Serinus serinus 42 13 274 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 275 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 276 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 277 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 278 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 10 3 279 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 280 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 281 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 3 0 282 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 283 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 284 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 285 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 286 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 2 0 287 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 288 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 289 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 290 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 291 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 292 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 293 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 294 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 295 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 296 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 297 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 298 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 299 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 300 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 301 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 302 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 303 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 304 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 305 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 306 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 307 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 308 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 309 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 310 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 311 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 312 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 313 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 314 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 315 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 316 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 317 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0