Matthew Broadbent: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 353 of 353 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 18 3 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 19 4 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 11 2 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 32 6 5 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 3 0 6 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 135 28 7 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 5 1 8 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 9 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 1 0 10 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 74 15 11 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 170 36 12 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 1 0 13 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 14 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 44 9 15 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 16 3 16 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 17 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 18 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 19 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 22 4 20 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 21 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 13 2 22 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 7 23 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 21 4 24 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 7 1 25 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 26 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 27 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 28 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 29 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 30 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 4 0 31 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 32 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 10 2 33 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 34 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 35 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 17 3 36 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 37 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 38 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 39 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 40 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 41 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 42 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 33 7 43 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 44 Corncrake Crex crex 26 5 45 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 46 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 18 3 47 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 48 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 49 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 50 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 51 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 52 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 0 0 53 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 54 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 21 4 55 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 109 23 56 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 57 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 58 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 59 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 4 0 60 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 200 42 61 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 62 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 63 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 64 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 65 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 15 3 66 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 0 67 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 68 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 69 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 70 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 42 8 71 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 72 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 73 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 1 0 74 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 42 8 75 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 114 24 76 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 65 13 77 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 78 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 25 5 79 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 80 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 81 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 82 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 45 9 83 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 1 0 84 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 6 1 85 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 86 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 87 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 89 18 88 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 128 27 89 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 58 12 90 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20 4 91 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 92 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 93 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 94 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 95 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 60 12 96 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 97 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 98 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 99 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 0 100 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 12 2 101 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 102 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 103 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 104 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 105 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 106 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 107 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 1 0 108 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 107 22 109 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 2 0 110 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 33 7 111 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 112 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 21 4 113 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 114 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 115 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 116 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 117 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 118 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 119 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 16 3 120 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 121 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 122 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 16 3 123 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 124 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 125 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 19 4 126 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 4 0 127 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 0 0 128 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 129 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 12 2 130 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 131 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 132 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 133 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 64 13 134 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 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 213 45 140 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 141 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 142 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 143 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 144 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 145 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 15 3 146 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 147 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 148 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 53 11 149 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 150 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 151 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 2 0 152 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 83 17 153 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 154 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 1 0 155 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 3 0 156 Black Kite Milvus migrans 12 2 157 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 2 0 158 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 159 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 160 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 161 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 162 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 2 0 163 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 113 24 164 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 165 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 54 11 166 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 108 23 167 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 168 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 169 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 170 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 32 6 171 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 172 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 173 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 174 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 175 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 176 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 177 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 178 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 179 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 26 5 180 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 181 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 182 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 57 12 183 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 184 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28 5 185 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 186 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 187 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 15 3 188 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 189 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 190 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12 2 191 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 192 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 25 5 193 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 194 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 195 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 37 7 196 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 197 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 1 0 198 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 199 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 1 0 200 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 201 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 202 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 23 4 203 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 1 0 204 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 179 38 205 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 206 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 5 1 207 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15 3 208 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 4 0 209 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 11 2 210 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 211 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 91 19 212 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 69 14 213 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 12 2 214 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 215 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 29 6 216 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 92 19 217 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 218 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 1 0 219 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 43 9 220 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 52 11 221 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 222 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 2 0 223 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 4 0 224 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 225 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 226 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 227 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 32 6 228 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 22 4 229 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 230 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 2 0 231 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 60 12 232 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 233 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 63 13 234 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 235 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 236 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 237 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 238 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 2 0 239 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 240 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 241 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 242 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 243 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 1 0 244 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 245 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 246 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 247 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 248 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 99 21 249 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 14 2 250 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 251 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 252 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 253 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 254 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 255 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 256 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 257 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 258 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 259 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 260 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 261 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 262 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 263 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 19 4 264 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 265 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 266 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 12 2 267 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 158 33 268 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 83 17 269 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 270 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 271 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 272 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 47 10 273 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 1 0 274 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 52 11 275 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 276 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 277 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 278 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 0 0 279 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 0 280 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 25 5 281 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 9 1 282 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 283 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 21 4 284 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 285 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 286 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 287 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 288 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 289 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 290 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 23 4 291 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 11 2 292 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 23 4 293 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 1 0 294 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 295 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 9 1 296 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15 3 297 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 155 33 298 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 299 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 300 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 301 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 79 16 302 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 14 2 303 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 7 1 304 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 22 4 305 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 306 Serin Serinus serinus 27 5 307 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 78 16 308 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 309 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 310 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 4 0 311 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 312 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 313 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 1 0 314 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 315 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 316 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 3 0 317 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 318 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 319 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 320 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 321 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 322 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 2 0 323 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 63 13 324 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 325 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 326 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 327 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 328 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 329 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 330 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 331 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 332 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 333 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 334 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 335 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 336 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 337 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 338 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 339 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 340 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 341 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 342 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 343 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 344 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 345 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 346 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 347 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 348 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 349 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 350 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 351 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 352 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 4 0 353 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0