James Johnstone: 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 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 19 4 3 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 83 17 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 3 0 5 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 135 28 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 American Wigeon Mareca americana 68 14 10 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 1 0 11 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 170 36 12 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 1 0 13 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 14 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 44 9 15 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 16 3 16 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 17 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 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 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 7 23 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 21 4 24 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 18 3 25 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 7 1 26 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 27 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 28 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 29 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 30 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 31 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 4 0 32 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 33 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 34 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 35 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 17 3 36 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 37 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 38 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 39 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 40 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 41 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 42 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 33 7 43 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 44 Corncrake Crex crex 26 5 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 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 82 17 55 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 133 28 56 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 57 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 58 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 59 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 4 0 60 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 61 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 62 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 63 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 64 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 15 3 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 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 42 8 74 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 114 24 75 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 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 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 1 0 80 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 6 1 81 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 82 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 83 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 89 18 84 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 34 7 85 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20 4 86 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 87 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 37 7 88 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 59 12 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 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 60 12 94 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 95 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 96 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 97 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 0 98 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 1 99 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 54 11 100 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 35 7 101 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 12 2 102 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 103 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 104 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 105 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 106 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 107 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 108 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 38 8 109 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 1 0 110 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 107 22 111 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 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 184 39 115 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 116 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 226 48 117 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 88 18 118 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 51 10 119 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 120 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 121 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 122 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 123 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 124 Little Auk Alle alle 98 20 125 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 16 3 126 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 127 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 128 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 30 6 129 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 48 10 130 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 16 3 131 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 132 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 79 16 133 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 134 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 19 4 135 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 4 0 136 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 0 0 137 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 138 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 12 2 139 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 140 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 126 26 141 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 38 8 142 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 143 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 94 20 144 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 145 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 82 17 146 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 64 13 147 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 148 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 149 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 150 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 151 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 152 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 213 45 153 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 154 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 155 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 156 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 18 3 157 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 158 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 159 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 15 3 160 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 161 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 162 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 53 11 163 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 164 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 165 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 2 0 166 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 167 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 1 0 168 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 3 0 169 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 22 4 170 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 2 0 171 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 172 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 173 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 174 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 175 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 2 0 176 Hoopoe Upupa epops 92 19 177 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 113 24 178 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 93 19 179 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 180 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 54 11 181 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 108 23 182 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 183 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 117 24 184 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 185 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 186 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 32 6 187 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 188 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 189 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 190 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 191 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 192 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 193 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 194 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 195 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 196 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 197 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 57 12 198 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 67 14 199 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 200 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28 5 201 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 202 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 203 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 15 3 204 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 205 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 206 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12 2 207 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 208 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 63 13 209 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 25 5 210 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 211 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 212 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 122 26 213 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 37 7 214 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 215 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 1 0 216 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 217 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 1 0 218 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 219 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 220 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 23 4 221 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 1 0 222 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 38 8 223 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 224 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 5 1 225 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 128 27 226 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 21 4 227 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 4 0 228 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 60 12 229 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 11 2 230 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 231 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 91 19 232 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 69 14 233 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 12 2 234 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 235 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 236 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 1 0 237 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 43 9 238 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 52 11 239 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 240 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 2 0 241 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 4 0 242 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 243 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 244 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 245 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 32 6 246 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 247 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 2 0 248 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 249 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 63 13 250 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 251 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 252 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 253 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 254 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 2 0 255 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 11 2 256 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 257 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 258 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 259 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 260 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 198 42 261 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 1 0 262 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 263 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 264 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 265 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 266 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 14 2 267 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 268 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 269 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 270 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 271 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 272 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 273 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 274 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 275 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 276 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 277 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 278 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 279 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 280 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 19 4 281 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 282 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 283 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 12 2 284 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 285 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 286 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 287 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 68 14 288 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 47 10 289 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 1 0 290 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 52 11 291 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 292 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 293 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 294 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 0 0 295 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 0 296 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 9 1 297 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 298 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 299 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 300 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 301 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 302 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 303 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 304 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 23 4 305 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 11 2 306 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 23 4 307 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 1 0 308 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 14 2 309 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 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 22 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