Ted Smith: 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 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 11 2 2 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 36 7 3 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 83 17 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 3 0 5 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 5 1 6 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 12 2 7 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 8 American Wigeon Mareca americana 68 14 9 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 1 0 10 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 74 15 11 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 1 0 12 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 13 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 44 9 14 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 16 3 15 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 16 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 57 12 17 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 18 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 53 11 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 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 7 26 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 21 4 27 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 18 3 28 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 7 1 29 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 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 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 35 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 10 2 36 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 37 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 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 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 33 7 45 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 46 Corncrake Crex crex 26 5 47 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 48 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 18 3 49 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 50 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 51 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 52 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 53 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 54 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 0 0 55 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 56 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 21 4 57 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 73 15 58 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 59 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 60 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 61 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 4 0 62 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 63 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 64 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 65 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 66 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 15 3 67 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 0 68 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 69 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 70 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 71 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 42 8 72 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 73 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 74 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 1 0 75 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 42 8 76 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 77 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 78 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 79 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 80 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 45 9 81 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 14 2 82 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 1 0 83 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 6 1 84 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 85 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 86 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 128 27 87 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 34 7 88 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20 4 89 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 90 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 38 8 91 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 92 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 93 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 94 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 60 12 95 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 96 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 97 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 98 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 0 99 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 1 100 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 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 84 17 104 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 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 2 0 111 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 33 7 112 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 113 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 21 4 114 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 115 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 88 18 116 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 117 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 118 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 87 18 119 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 81 17 120 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 121 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 122 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 123 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 16 3 124 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 125 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 126 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 30 6 127 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 48 10 128 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 129 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 130 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 19 4 131 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 4 0 132 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 0 0 133 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 134 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 135 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 136 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 137 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 82 17 138 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 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 53 11 154 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 155 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 156 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 2 0 157 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 158 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 1 0 159 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 3 0 160 Black Kite Milvus migrans 12 2 161 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 2 0 162 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 163 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 164 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 165 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 166 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 113 24 167 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 2 0 168 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 169 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 54 11 170 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 171 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 172 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 173 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 174 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 175 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 176 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 177 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 178 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 179 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 180 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 181 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 26 5 182 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 183 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 184 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 57 12 185 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 186 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28 5 187 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 99 21 188 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 189 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 190 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 15 3 191 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 192 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 193 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12 2 194 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 195 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 196 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 197 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 198 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 1 0 199 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 200 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 1 0 201 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 202 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 203 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 1 0 204 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 38 8 205 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 206 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 5 1 207 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15 3 208 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 21 4 209 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 4 0 210 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 11 2 211 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 212 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 91 19 213 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 69 14 214 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 12 2 215 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 216 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 29 6 217 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 218 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 1 0 219 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 52 11 220 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 221 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 2 0 222 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 4 0 223 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 224 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 225 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 226 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 22 4 227 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 228 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 2 0 229 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 230 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 63 13 231 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 232 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 233 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 234 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 235 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 2 0 236 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 237 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 49 10 238 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 239 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 240 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 241 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 1 0 242 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 243 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 244 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 245 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 132 28 246 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 247 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 14 2 248 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 249 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 250 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 251 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 252 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 253 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 254 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 255 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 256 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 257 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 258 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 259 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 260 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 261 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 19 4 262 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 263 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 264 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 12 2 265 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 266 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 267 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 268 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 47 10 269 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 1 0 270 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 52 11 271 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 272 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 273 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 274 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 0 0 275 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 0 276 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 25 5 277 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 9 1 278 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 279 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 21 4 280 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 281 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 282 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 283 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 284 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 285 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 286 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 23 4 287 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 11 2 288 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 23 4 289 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 1 0 290 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 14 2 291 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 28 5 292 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 293 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15 3 294 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 295 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 296 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 297 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 14 2 298 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 7 1 299 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 22 4 300 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 301 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 78 16 302 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 303 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 304 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 4 0 305 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 306 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 307 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 1 0 308 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 309 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 310 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 3 0 311 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 312 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 313 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 314 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 315 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 316 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 2 0 317 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