Tony Jackson: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 371 of 371 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 18 3 2 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 11 2 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 32 6 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 36 7 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 83 17 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 3 0 7 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 5 1 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 12 2 9 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 10 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 1 0 11 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 1 0 12 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 13 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 16 3 14 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 15 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 57 12 16 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 17 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 53 11 18 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 171 36 19 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 20 4 20 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 21 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 8 1 22 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 22 4 23 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 24 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 13 2 25 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 21 4 26 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 18 3 27 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 7 1 28 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 29 Quail Coturnix coturnix 87 18 30 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 31 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 32 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 33 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 34 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 4 0 35 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 36 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 10 2 37 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 38 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 39 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 17 3 40 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 41 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 42 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 43 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 44 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 45 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 46 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 172 36 47 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 33 7 48 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 49 Corncrake Crex crex 26 5 50 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 51 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 18 3 52 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 53 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 54 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 55 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 56 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 57 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 0 0 58 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 59 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 168 35 60 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 109 23 61 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 62 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 63 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 64 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 4 0 65 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 66 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 67 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 68 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 69 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 15 3 70 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 0 71 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 72 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 73 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 74 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 232 49 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 291 62 77 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 78 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 1 0 79 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 80 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 25 5 81 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 82 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 83 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 84 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 14 2 85 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 1 0 86 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 6 1 87 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 88 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 89 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 34 7 90 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 91 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 37 7 92 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 38 8 93 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 94 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 95 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 96 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 60 12 97 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 98 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 99 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 100 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 0 101 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 1 102 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 54 11 103 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 104 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 105 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 106 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 107 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 108 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 109 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 38 8 110 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 1 0 111 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 2 0 112 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 33 7 113 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 114 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 21 4 115 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 116 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 88 18 117 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 51 10 118 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 119 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 120 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 87 18 121 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 204 43 122 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 81 17 123 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 124 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 125 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 126 Little Auk Alle alle 98 20 127 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 16 3 128 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 129 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 130 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 30 6 131 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 16 3 132 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 133 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 79 16 134 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 135 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 19 4 136 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 4 0 137 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 0 0 138 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 139 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 12 2 140 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 141 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 126 26 142 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 38 8 143 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 144 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 145 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 64 13 146 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 147 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 148 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 149 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 150 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 151 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 152 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 153 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 154 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 18 3 155 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 156 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 157 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 15 3 158 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 159 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 160 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 53 11 161 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 162 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 163 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 2 0 164 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 165 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 1 0 166 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 3 0 167 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 22 4 168 Black Kite Milvus migrans 12 2 169 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 2 0 170 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 171 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 172 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 173 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 174 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 2 0 175 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 113 24 176 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 177 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 54 11 178 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 179 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 117 24 180 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 181 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 182 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 32 6 183 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 184 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 185 Merlin Falco columbarius 275 58 186 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 187 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 188 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 189 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 190 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 191 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 192 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 26 5 193 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 194 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 195 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 57 12 196 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 197 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28 5 198 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 99 21 199 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 200 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 122 26 201 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 202 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 15 3 203 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 204 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 205 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12 2 206 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 207 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 25 5 208 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 209 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 210 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 37 7 211 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 212 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 1 0 213 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 214 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 1 0 215 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 216 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 217 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 23 4 218 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 1 0 219 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 38 8 220 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 221 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 5 1 222 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 128 27 223 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15 3 224 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 21 4 225 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 4 0 226 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 11 2 227 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 228 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 12 2 229 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 230 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 29 6 231 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 232 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 1 0 233 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 52 11 234 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 235 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 2 0 236 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 4 0 237 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 238 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 239 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 240 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 32 6 241 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 22 4 242 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 243 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 2 0 244 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 128 27 245 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 60 12 246 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 247 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 63 13 248 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 249 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 250 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 251 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 252 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 2 0 253 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 11 2 254 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 255 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 49 10 256 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 257 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 258 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 259 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 1 0 260 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 261 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 262 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 263 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 264 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 14 2 265 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 266 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 267 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 268 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 269 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 270 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 271 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 272 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 273 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 274 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 275 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 276 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 277 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 278 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 19 4 279 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 280 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 281 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 12 2 282 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 158 33 283 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 284 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 285 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 286 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 68 14 287 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 47 10 288 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 1 0 289 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 52 11 290 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 291 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 292 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 293 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 0 0 294 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 0 295 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 25 5 296 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 9 1 297 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 298 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 21 4 299 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 300 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 301 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 302 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 303 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 304 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 305 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 23 4 306 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 11 2 307 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 23 4 308 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 1 0 309 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 28 5 310 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 311 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 9 1 312 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15 3 313 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 314 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 315 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 316 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 69 14 317 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 79 16 318 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 14 2 319 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 7 1 320 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 21 4 321 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 322 Serin Serinus serinus 27 5 323 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 78 16 324 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 325 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 326 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 4 0 327 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 328 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 103 21 329 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 330 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 1 0 331 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 54 11 332 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 333 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 334 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 3 0 335 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 336 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 337 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 338 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 339 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 340 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 2 0 341 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 63 13 342 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 343 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 344 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 345 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 346 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 347 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 348 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 349 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 350 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 351 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 352 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 353 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 354 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 355 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 356 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 357 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 358 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 359 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 360 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 361 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 362 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 363 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 364 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 365 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 366 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 367 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 368 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 369 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 370 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 4 0 371 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0