Gary Prescott: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 345 of 345 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 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 250 47 6 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 1 0 7 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 2 0 8 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 9 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 10 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 110 21 11 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 12 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 115 21 13 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 14 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 86 16 15 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 15 2 16 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 12 2 17 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 37 7 18 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 19 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 20 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 4 0 21 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 43 8 22 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 18 3 23 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 5 0 24 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 38 7 25 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 26 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 27 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 28 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 7 1 29 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 0 0 30 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 2 0 31 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 32 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 15 2 33 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 34 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 35 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 36 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 37 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 38 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 39 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 2 0 40 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 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 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 26 4 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 28 5 51 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 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 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 56 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 57 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 58 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 99 18 59 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 0 60 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 61 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 62 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 63 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 79 15 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 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 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 160 30 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 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 55 10 78 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 79 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 80 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 28 5 81 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 16 3 82 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 14 2 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 188 35 84 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 85 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 1 0 86 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 87 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 88 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 89 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 53 10 90 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 91 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 92 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 93 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 94 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 1 95 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 109 20 96 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 40 7 97 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 17 3 98 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 99 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 100 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 101 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 102 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 103 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 10 1 104 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 105 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 75 14 106 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 1 0 107 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 47 8 108 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 1 0 109 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 110 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 111 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 66 12 112 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 124 23 113 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus 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 0 0 120 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 121 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 122 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 40 7 123 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 21 4 124 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 125 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 126 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 24 4 127 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 6 1 128 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 1 0 129 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 130 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 1 0 131 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 88 16 132 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 133 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 88 16 134 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 135 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 1 0 136 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 137 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 138 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 139 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 140 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 141 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 142 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 16 3 143 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 18 3 144 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 31 5 145 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 146 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 147 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 42 8 148 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 149 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 150 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 151 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 152 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 153 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 8 1 154 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 155 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 5 0 156 Black Kite Milvus migrans 14 2 157 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 158 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 159 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 160 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 161 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 4 0 162 Hoopoe Upupa epops 80 15 163 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 164 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 165 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 166 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 167 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 136 26 168 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 169 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 123 23 170 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 171 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 172 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 173 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 174 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 175 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 176 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 4 0 177 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 178 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 179 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 35 6 180 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 181 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 16 3 182 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 60 11 183 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 1 0 184 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 9 1 185 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 186 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 187 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 184 35 188 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 189 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 190 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 191 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 26 4 192 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 193 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 194 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 195 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 196 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 197 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 1 0 198 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 199 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 4 0 200 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 201 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 126 24 202 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 41 7 203 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 204 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 205 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 0 0 206 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 207 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 20 3 208 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 209 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 1 0 210 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 4 0 211 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 11 2 212 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 213 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 10 1 214 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 215 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 216 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 217 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 218 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 27 5 219 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 27 5 220 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 1 0 221 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 24 4 222 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 6 1 223 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 28 5 224 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 225 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 226 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 227 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 228 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 229 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 14 2 230 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 17 3 231 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 2 0 232 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 1 0 233 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 234 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 235 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 236 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 237 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 238 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 239 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 240 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 241 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 242 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 46 8 243 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 244 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 245 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 56 10 246 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 247 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 248 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 249 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 11 2 250 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 251 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 0 0 252 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 18 3 253 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 254 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 255 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 256 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 124 23 257 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 1 0 258 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 259 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 260 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 4 0 261 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 41 7 262 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 263 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 264 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 265 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 266 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 267 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 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 23 4 274 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 275 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 36 6 276 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 277 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 278 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 279 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 280 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 67 12 281 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 282 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 55 10 283 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 284 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 3 0 285 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 24 4 286 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 4 0 287 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 42 8 288 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 289 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 290 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 291 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 67 12 292 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 34 6 293 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 8 1 294 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 29 5 295 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 296 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 297 Serin Serinus serinus 33 6 298 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 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 92 17 303 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 304 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 305 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 3 0 306 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 307 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 308 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 1 0 309 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 310 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 311 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 312 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 313 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 1 0 314 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 315 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 316 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 317 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 318 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 319 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 320 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 321 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 322 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 323 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 324 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 325 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 326 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 327 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 328 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 329 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 330 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 331 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 332 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 333 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 334 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 335 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 57 10 336 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 337 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 338 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 339 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 25 4 340 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 341 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 342 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 343 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 344 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 345 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0