Neil Sainthouse: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 346 of 346 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 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 5 1 7 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 12 2 8 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 9 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 1 0 10 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 1 0 11 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 12 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 44 9 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 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 20 4 18 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 19 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 8 1 20 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 22 4 21 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 22 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 13 2 23 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 7 24 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 21 4 25 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 7 1 26 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 27 Quail Coturnix coturnix 87 18 28 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 29 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 30 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 31 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 32 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 4 0 33 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 34 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 10 2 35 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 36 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 37 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 17 3 38 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 39 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 40 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 41 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 42 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 43 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 44 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 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 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 141 30 56 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 109 23 57 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 58 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 59 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 60 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 4 0 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 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 0 66 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 67 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 68 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 69 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 42 8 70 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 71 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 72 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 1 0 73 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 65 13 74 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 75 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 25 5 76 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 77 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 78 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 79 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 45 9 80 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 14 2 81 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 1 0 82 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 6 1 83 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 84 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 85 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 34 7 86 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 265 56 87 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 88 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 37 7 89 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 38 8 90 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 91 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 92 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 93 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 94 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 95 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 96 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 0 97 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 1 98 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 54 11 99 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 35 7 100 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 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 111 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 21 4 112 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 113 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 88 18 114 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 115 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 116 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 81 17 117 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 118 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 119 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 120 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 121 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 122 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 30 6 123 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 48 10 124 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 16 3 125 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 126 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 79 16 127 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 128 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 4 0 129 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 0 0 130 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 131 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 12 2 132 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 133 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 126 26 134 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 38 8 135 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 136 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 94 20 137 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 138 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 64 13 139 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 140 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 141 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 142 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 143 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 144 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 145 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 146 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 147 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 18 3 148 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 149 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 150 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 15 3 151 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 152 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 153 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 154 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 155 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 2 0 156 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 157 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 1 0 158 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 3 0 159 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 22 4 160 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 161 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 162 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 163 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 164 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 2 0 165 Hoopoe Upupa epops 92 19 166 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 167 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 108 23 168 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 169 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 170 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 171 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 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 183 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 184 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 185 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 15 3 186 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 187 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 188 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12 2 189 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 190 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 25 5 191 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 192 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 193 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 37 7 194 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 195 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 1 0 196 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 197 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 1 0 198 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 199 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 200 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 23 4 201 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 1 0 202 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 38 8 203 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 204 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 5 1 205 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 128 27 206 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15 3 207 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 21 4 208 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 4 0 209 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 60 12 210 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 11 2 211 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 212 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 12 2 213 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 214 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 215 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 1 0 216 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 43 9 217 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 52 11 218 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 219 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 2 0 220 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 4 0 221 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 222 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 223 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 224 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 32 6 225 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 22 4 226 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 227 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 2 0 228 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 229 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 63 13 230 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 231 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 232 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 233 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 234 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 2 0 235 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 11 2 236 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 237 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 238 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 239 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 240 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 1 0 241 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 242 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 243 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 244 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 245 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 14 2 246 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 247 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 248 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 249 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 250 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 251 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 252 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 253 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 254 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 255 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 256 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 257 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 258 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 259 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 19 4 260 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 261 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 262 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 12 2 263 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 158 33 264 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 265 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 266 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 267 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 68 14 268 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 1 0 269 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 270 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 271 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 272 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 0 0 273 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 0 274 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 9 1 275 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 276 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 0 0 281 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 282 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 23 4 283 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 11 2 284 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 23 4 285 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 1 0 286 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 14 2 287 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 28 5 288 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 289 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15 3 290 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 291 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 292 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 293 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 69 14 294 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 79 16 295 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 14 2 296 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 7 1 297 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 298 Serin Serinus serinus 27 5 299 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 300 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 301 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 4 0 302 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 303 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 103 21 304 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 305 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 1 0 306 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 54 11 307 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 308 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 309 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 3 0 310 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 311 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 312 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 313 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 314 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 315 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 2 0 316 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 63 13 317 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 318 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 319 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 320 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 321 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 322 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 323 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 324 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 325 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 326 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 327 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 328 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 329 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 330 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 331 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 332 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 333 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 334 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 335 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 336 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 337 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 338 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 339 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 340 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 341 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 342 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 343 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 344 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 345 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 4 0 346 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0