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