Cliff Smith: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 308 of 308 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 19 4 2 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 32 6 3 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 36 7 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 3 0 5 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 12 2 6 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 7 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 1 0 8 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 1 0 9 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 10 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 11 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 12 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 20 4 13 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 14 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 8 1 15 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 16 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 13 2 17 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 7 18 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 21 4 19 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 18 3 20 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 7 1 21 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 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 4 0 27 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 28 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 10 2 29 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 30 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 31 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 17 3 32 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 33 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 34 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 35 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 36 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 37 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 38 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 39 Corncrake Crex crex 26 5 40 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 41 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 42 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 43 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 44 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 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 21 4 49 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 50 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 51 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 52 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 4 0 53 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 54 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 55 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 56 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 57 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 15 3 58 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 0 59 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 60 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 61 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 62 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 42 8 63 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 64 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 65 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 1 0 66 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 42 8 67 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 65 13 68 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 69 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 70 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 71 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 72 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 14 2 73 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 1 0 74 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 6 1 75 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 76 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 77 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 34 7 78 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20 4 79 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 80 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 37 7 81 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 82 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 83 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 84 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 85 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 86 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 87 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 0 88 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 1 89 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 54 11 90 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 12 2 91 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 92 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 93 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 94 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 95 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 96 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 97 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 1 0 98 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 2 0 99 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 33 7 100 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 101 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 102 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 88 18 103 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 104 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 105 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 106 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 107 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 108 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 16 3 109 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 110 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 111 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 112 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 113 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 19 4 114 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 4 0 115 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 0 0 116 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 117 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 118 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 119 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 120 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 121 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 122 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 123 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 124 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 125 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 126 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 127 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 128 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 129 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 130 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 15 3 131 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 132 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 133 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 134 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 135 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 2 0 136 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 137 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 81 17 138 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 1 0 139 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 3 0 140 Black Kite Milvus migrans 12 2 141 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 2 0 142 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 143 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 144 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 145 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 146 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 2 0 147 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 148 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 54 11 149 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 150 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 151 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 152 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 153 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 154 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 155 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 156 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 157 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 158 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 159 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 160 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 161 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 162 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 163 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28 5 164 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 165 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 166 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 167 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 168 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12 2 169 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 170 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 63 13 171 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 172 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 173 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 37 7 174 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 175 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 1 0 176 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 177 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 1 0 178 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 179 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 180 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 1 0 181 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 179 38 182 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 183 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15 3 184 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 11 2 185 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 186 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 12 2 187 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 188 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 189 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 1 0 190 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 43 9 191 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 192 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 4 0 193 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 194 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 195 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 196 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 32 6 197 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 22 4 198 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 199 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 200 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 201 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 202 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 203 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 204 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 2 0 205 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 206 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 207 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 208 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 209 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 1 0 210 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 211 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 212 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 213 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 214 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 215 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 216 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 217 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 218 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 219 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 220 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 221 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 222 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 223 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 224 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 225 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 226 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 227 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 228 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 229 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 12 2 230 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 231 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 232 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 233 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 1 0 234 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 52 11 235 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 236 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 237 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 238 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 0 0 239 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 0 240 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 25 5 241 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 9 1 242 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 243 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 21 4 244 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 245 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 246 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 247 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 248 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 249 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 250 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 23 4 251 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 1 0 252 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 253 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 9 1 254 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15 3 255 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 256 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 257 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 258 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 14 2 259 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 7 1 260 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 21 4 261 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 22 4 262 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 263 Serin Serinus serinus 27 5 264 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 265 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 266 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 4 0 267 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 268 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 269 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 1 0 270 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 271 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 272 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 3 0 273 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 274 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 275 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 276 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 277 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 278 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 2 0 279 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 280 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 281 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 282 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 283 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 284 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 285 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 286 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 287 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 288 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 289 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 290 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 291 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 292 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 293 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 294 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 295 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 296 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 297 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 298 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 299 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 300 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 301 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 302 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 303 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 304 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 305 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 306 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 307 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 4 0 308 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0