Alan Boddington: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 344 of 344 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 14 2 2 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 35 6 3 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 42 8 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 3 0 5 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 1 0 6 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 2 0 7 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 8 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 9 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 10 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 11 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 86 16 12 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 15 2 13 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 12 2 14 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 37 7 15 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 16 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 17 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 4 0 18 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 49 9 19 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 32 6 20 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 18 3 21 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 5 0 22 Quail Coturnix coturnix 87 16 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 7 1 27 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 63 12 28 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 0 0 29 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 2 0 30 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 31 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 15 2 32 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 33 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 34 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 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 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 2 0 39 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 40 Corncrake Crex crex 29 5 41 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 42 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 43 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 44 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 45 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 46 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 1 0 47 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 0 0 48 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 49 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 30 5 50 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 26 4 51 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 28 5 52 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 53 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 54 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 55 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius 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 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 50 9 60 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 0 61 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 62 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 63 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 64 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 65 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 2 0 66 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 33 6 67 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 0 0 68 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 69 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 69 13 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 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 74 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 1 0 75 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 9 1 76 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 77 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 78 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 79 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 28 5 80 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 16 3 81 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 14 2 82 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 83 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 1 0 84 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 85 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 86 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 87 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 88 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 89 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 90 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 91 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 1 92 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 40 7 93 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 17 3 94 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 95 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 96 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 97 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 98 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 99 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 10 1 100 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 101 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 75 14 102 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 1 0 103 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 47 8 104 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 1 0 105 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 106 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 107 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 66 12 108 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 109 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 110 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 111 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 95 18 112 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 113 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 114 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 115 Little Auk Alle alle 59 11 116 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 117 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 118 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 119 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 40 7 120 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 21 4 121 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 122 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 83 15 123 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 124 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 24 4 125 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 6 1 126 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 1 0 127 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 128 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 81 15 129 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 1 0 130 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 88 16 131 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 132 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 88 16 133 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 134 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 1 0 135 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 136 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 137 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 138 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 139 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 140 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 141 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 16 3 142 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 31 5 143 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 144 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 145 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 146 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 147 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 148 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 149 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 150 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 8 1 151 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 127 24 152 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 153 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 5 0 154 Black Kite Milvus migrans 14 2 155 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 149 28 156 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 157 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 158 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 159 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 160 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 4 0 161 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 79 15 162 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 163 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 164 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 165 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 166 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 167 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 168 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 169 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 170 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 171 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 172 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 173 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 4 0 174 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 175 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 176 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 35 6 177 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 178 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 60 11 179 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 1 0 180 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 9 1 181 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 182 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 183 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 184 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 109 20 185 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 186 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 187 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 26 4 188 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 189 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 190 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 191 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 192 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 193 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 1 0 194 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 47 8 195 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 196 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 4 0 197 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 198 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 41 7 199 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 200 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 82 15 201 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 47 8 202 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 203 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 0 0 204 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 205 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 20 3 206 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 207 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 1 0 208 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 4 0 209 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 20 3 210 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 11 2 211 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 212 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 10 1 213 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 214 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 215 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 216 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 217 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 27 5 218 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 27 5 219 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 1 0 220 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 24 4 221 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 6 1 222 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 28 5 223 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 224 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 225 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 226 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 227 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 228 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 14 2 229 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 17 3 230 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 2 0 231 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 1 0 232 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 233 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 234 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 235 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 236 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 237 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 238 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 239 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 240 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 241 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 46 8 242 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 243 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 244 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 56 10 245 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 246 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 247 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 248 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 11 2 249 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 250 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 0 0 251 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 18 3 252 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 253 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 254 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 255 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 1 0 256 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 257 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 258 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 4 0 259 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 41 7 260 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 261 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 262 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 263 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 46 8 264 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 265 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 266 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 75 14 267 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 268 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 269 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 5 0 270 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 9 1 271 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 30 5 272 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 28 5 273 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 274 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 275 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 276 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 277 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 278 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 279 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 23 4 280 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 74 14 281 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 282 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 3 0 283 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 24 4 284 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 4 0 285 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 42 8 286 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 287 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 288 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 289 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 67 12 290 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 88 16 291 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 34 6 292 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 8 1 293 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 29 5 294 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 295 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 296 Serin Serinus serinus 33 6 297 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 89 17 298 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 299 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 300 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 18 3 301 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 302 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 303 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 304 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 3 0 305 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 306 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 307 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 1 0 308 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 309 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 310 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 311 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 312 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 1 0 313 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 314 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 315 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 316 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 317 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 318 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 319 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 320 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 321 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 322 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 323 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 324 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 325 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 326 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 327 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 328 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 329 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 330 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 331 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 332 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 333 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 334 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 57 10 335 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 336 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 337 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 338 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 25 4 339 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 340 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 341 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 342 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 343 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 344 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0