Tony Barter: Britain Year List 2021 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 376 of 376 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 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 36 7 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 238 50 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 3 0 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 135 28 9 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 5 1 10 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 12 2 11 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 12 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 1 0 13 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 170 36 14 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 1 0 15 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 16 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 16 3 17 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 18 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 19 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 53 11 20 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 171 36 21 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 20 4 22 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 23 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 8 1 24 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 25 Smew Mergellus albellus 159 33 26 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 13 2 27 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 21 4 28 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 18 3 29 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 102 21 30 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 7 1 31 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 32 Quail Coturnix coturnix 87 18 33 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 34 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 205 43 35 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 36 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 37 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 38 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 4 0 39 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 40 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 10 2 41 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 42 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 43 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 17 3 44 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 45 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 46 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 47 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 48 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 49 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 50 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 33 7 51 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 52 Corncrake Crex crex 26 5 53 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 54 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 18 3 55 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 56 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 57 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 58 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 59 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 60 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 0 0 61 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 62 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 21 4 63 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 82 17 64 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 73 15 65 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 66 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 67 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 68 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 4 0 69 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 70 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 71 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 72 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 73 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 15 3 74 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 0 75 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 76 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 77 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 78 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 42 8 79 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 80 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 291 62 81 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 82 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 1 0 83 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 114 24 84 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 65 13 85 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 86 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 25 5 87 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 88 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 89 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 90 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 45 9 91 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 14 2 92 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 1 0 93 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 6 1 94 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 95 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 96 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 58 12 97 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 34 7 98 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20 4 99 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 100 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 37 7 101 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 102 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 103 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 104 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 60 12 105 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 106 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 107 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 108 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 0 109 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 1 110 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 35 7 111 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 112 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 113 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 114 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 115 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 116 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 117 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 38 8 118 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 1 0 119 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 2 0 120 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 33 7 121 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 122 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 21 4 123 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 184 39 124 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 125 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 88 18 126 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 127 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 128 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 81 17 129 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 216 46 130 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 131 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 132 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 133 Little Auk Alle alle 98 20 134 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 16 3 135 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 136 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 137 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 178 37 138 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 30 6 139 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 16 3 140 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 141 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 79 16 142 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 143 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 19 4 144 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 4 0 145 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 0 0 146 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 147 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 12 2 148 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 149 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 126 26 150 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 38 8 151 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 246 52 152 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 153 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 94 20 154 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 155 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 64 13 156 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 157 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 158 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 159 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 160 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 161 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 162 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 163 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 164 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 18 3 165 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 166 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 167 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 15 3 168 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 169 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 170 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 53 11 171 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 172 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 294 62 173 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 174 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 2 0 175 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 176 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 81 17 177 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 227 48 178 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 1 0 179 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 3 0 180 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 22 4 181 Black Kite Milvus migrans 12 2 182 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 114 24 183 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 2 0 184 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 185 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 186 Little Owl Athene noctua 281 59 187 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 188 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 189 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 113 24 190 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 2 0 191 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 192 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 54 11 193 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 194 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 195 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 196 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 32 6 197 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 198 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 199 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 200 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 201 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 202 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 203 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 204 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 205 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 206 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 207 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 57 12 208 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 67 14 209 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 210 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28 5 211 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 212 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 213 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 15 3 214 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 215 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 216 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12 2 217 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 218 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 63 13 219 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 25 5 220 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 221 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 222 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 223 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 1 0 224 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 225 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 1 0 226 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 227 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 228 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 23 4 229 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 1 0 230 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 231 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 5 1 232 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15 3 233 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 21 4 234 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 4 0 235 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 60 12 236 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 11 2 237 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 238 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 12 2 239 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 240 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 29 6 241 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 242 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 1 0 243 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 244 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 2 0 245 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 4 0 246 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 247 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 248 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 249 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 32 6 250 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 22 4 251 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 252 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 2 0 253 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 60 12 254 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 255 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 63 13 256 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 257 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 258 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 259 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 260 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 2 0 261 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 11 2 262 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 263 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 264 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 265 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 184 39 266 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 267 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 198 42 268 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 1 0 269 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 270 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 271 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 272 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 273 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 99 21 274 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 275 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 276 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 277 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 278 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 279 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 280 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 281 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 282 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 283 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 284 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 285 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 286 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 287 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 19 4 288 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 289 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 290 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 12 2 291 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 158 33 292 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 83 17 293 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 294 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 295 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 296 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 1 0 297 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 298 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 299 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 300 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 0 0 301 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 0 302 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 25 5 303 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 9 1 304 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 305 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 21 4 306 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 307 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 308 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 309 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 310 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 311 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 312 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 11 2 313 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 23 4 314 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 1 0 315 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 14 2 316 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 317 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 9 1 318 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15 3 319 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 155 33 320 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 321 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 322 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 323 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 14 2 324 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 7 1 325 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 21 4 326 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 263 56 327 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 22 4 328 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 329 Serin Serinus serinus 27 5 330 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 331 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 332 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 4 0 333 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 334 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 335 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 110 23 336 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 1 0 337 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 338 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 339 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 3 0 340 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 341 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 342 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 343 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 344 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 345 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 2 0 346 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 63 13 347 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 348 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 349 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 350 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 351 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 352 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 353 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 354 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 355 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 356 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 357 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 358 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 359 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 360 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 361 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 362 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 363 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 364 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 365 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 366 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 367 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 368 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 369 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 370 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 371 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 372 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 373 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 374 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 375 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 4 0 376 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0