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