2021 Year List - UK Birds

Birds I have recorded in the UK since 1 Jan 21

*Birds first seen in bold Red with dates

(Species of real interest in Pink)

Totals including Species Sub-species and Races, as of 22 Dec 21:- 151

Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver - Portland Harbour - 22 Dec
Great Northern Diver - Portland Harbour - 13 Feb
Great Crested Grebe - Portland Harbour - 13 Feb
Slavonian Grebe - Portland Harbour - 22 Dec
Black-necked Grebe - Portland Harbour - 22 Dec
Little Grebe - Lodmoor - 30 Sep
Fulmar - Mutton Cove - 7 Jan
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Storm Petrel
Leach's Petrel
Gannet - Shambles Sandbank - 1 Jan
Cormorant - Portland Bill - 2 Jan
Shag - Portland Bill - 2 Jan
Bittern
Cattle Egret
Great White Egret - Off Church Ope Cove -1 Jan
Little Egret - Ferrybridge Sandflats - 5 Jan
Grey Heron - Portland Marina - 3 Jan
Spoonbill - Lodmoor - 25 May
White Stork
Mute Swan - Radipole - 6 Mar
Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan
Greylag Goose
White-fronted Goose
Dark-bellied Brent Goose - Ferrybridge Sandflats - 5 Jan
Pale-bellied Brent Goose - Ferrybridge Sandflats - 5 Jan
Barnacle Goose
Canada Goose - Lodmoor - 24 Mar
Shelduck -The Fleet - 14 Mar
Ruddy Shelduck
Egyptian Goose
Mandarin
Mallard - Lodmoor - 24 Mar
Gadwall - Radipole - 22 May
Garganey
Wigeon - Holes Bay - 10 Dec
Teal - Lodmoor - 24 Mar
Pintail - Holes Bay - 10 Dec
Shoveler - Lodmoor - 24 Mar
Red-crested Pochard
Tufted Duck - Radipole - 6 Mar
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Pochard - Radipole Reserve - 24 Mar
Common Eider
Ferruginous Duck
Common Scoter
Goldeneye - Poole Park Boating Lake - 10 Dec
Goosander
Red-breasted Merganser - Portland Marina - 3 Jan
Smew
Osprey - Wakeham - 7 Apr
Red Kite
Sparrowhawk - Penns Wood - 21 Jan
Goshawk
Buzzard - Old Quarry Lane - 6 Jan
Honey Buzzard
Marsh Harrier - Lodmoor - 24 Mar
Hen Harrier - Crown Estate Fields - 25 Oct
Peregrine Falcon  - Mutton Cove - 7 Jan
Hobby - Top Fields - 11 May 
Merlin
Kestrel - Bumpers Lane - 1 Jan
Red-footed Falcon
Pheasant - Barleycrates Lane - 7 Jan
Grey Partridge
Red-legged Partridge
Quail
Water Rail - Lodmoor - 30 Sep
Moorhen - Radipole Reserve - 24 Mar
Coot - Lodmoor - 24 Mar
Common Crane
Oystercatcher - Church Ope Cove - 1 Jan
Avocet - Holes Bay 10 Dec
Ringed Plover - Ferrybridge Sandflats - 5 Jan
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Golden Plover
Grey Plover - Ferrybridge - 6 May 21
Lapwing - Radipole - 25 May
Dunlin - Ferrybridge - 3 Jan
Curlew Sandpiper
Red Knot
Sanderling - Ferrybridge - 26 May 21
Little Stint
Least Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper - Portland Bill - 2 Jan
Ruff - Lodmoor - 7 Oct
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Snipe - Lodmoor - 7 Oct
Jack Snipe
Woodcock
Bar-tailed Godwit - The Fleet - 28 Apr
Black-tailed Godwit  - Lodmoor - 25 May
Curlew - Ferrybridge - 26 Sep
Whimbrel - The Fleet - 2 Mar
Spotted Redshank
Redshank - Chesil Beach Car Park Pools - 26 Mar
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greenshank - Ferrybridge - 29 Apr 21 (100th Bird this Year)
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Turnstone - Ferrybridge Sandflats - 5 Jan
Grey Phalarope - West Weares - 5 Oct
Great Skua
Arctic Skua
Pomarine Skua
Long-tailed Skua
Bonaparte's Gull  - Lodmoor - 25 May
Black-headed Gull - Portland Marina - 3 Jan
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull - Ferrybridge Sandflats - 5 Jan
Franklin's Gull
Herring Gull - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Yellow-legged Gull - Church Ope Cove - 9 Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Radipole Reserve - 24 Mar
Great Black-backed Gull - Shambles Sandbank - 1 Jan
Common Gull - Ferrybridge Sandflats - 5 Jan
Kittiwake - Weymouth Bay - 8 Feb
Ross's Gull
Little Tern - Ferrybridge - 23 Apr
Arctic Tern
Common Tern  - Lodmoor - 25 May
Sandwich Tern - Ferrybridge - 4 Apr
Black Tern
Razorbill - Shambles Sandbank - 1 Jan
Guillemot - Shambles Sandbank - 1 Jan
Guillemot (Bridled)
Stock Dove - Barleycrates Lane - 7 Jan
Wood Pigeon - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Collared Dove - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Turtle Dove - Higher Horse Paddock - 9 May
Ring-necked Parakeet
Cuckoo
Little Owl - Obs Quarry - 8 Jan
Short-eared Owl - Top Fields - 15 Nov
Long-eared Owl
Tawny Owl - Wakeham - 5 Feb
Barn Owl - Wakeham 9 Jul
Swift - Wakeham - 6 May
Pallid Swift
Kingfisher - Lodmoor - 7 Oct
Hoopoe
Bee-eater
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Penns Wood - 11 Jan
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Wryneck - Obs Quarry - 14 Sep
Skylark - Wyke Regis - 17 Mar
Woodlark
Sand Martin - Barleycrates Lane - 9 Apr
House Martin - Fancy Farm - 29 Mar
Swallow - Lower Horse Paddock - 4 Apr 21
Tree Pipit - Wakeham - 27 Aug
Meadow Pipit - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Rock Pipit - Portland Bill - 2 Jan
Pied Wagtail - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
White Wagtail
Grey Wagtail - Easton - 7 Jan
Yellow Wagtail - Portland Beach Road - 28 Apr
Waxwing
Dunnock - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Nightingale
Robin - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Bluethroat
Stonechat  - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Whinchat - Barleycrates Lane - 26 Apr
Common Redstart - Fancy Farm - 20 Apr
Black Redstart - King Barrow Quarries - 29 Mar
Wheatear - Hamm Beach - 26 Mar
Greenland Wheatear
Blackbird - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Ring Ouzel - King Barrow Quarries - 29 Mar
Fieldfare - Hardy Monument - 21 Nov
Redwing - Penns Wood - 11 Jan
Song Thrush - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Mistle Thrush
Grasshopper Warbler
Reed Warbler - Radipole - 22 May
Sedge Warbler - Radipole - 22 May
Cetti's Warbler - Lodmoor - 24 Mar
Garden Warbler - Barleycrates Lane - 9 Apr
Common Whitethroat - Barleycrates Lane - 9 Apr
Lesser Whitethroat - Combefield Quarry - 13 May
Blackcap - Church Ope Cove - 5 Feb
Dartford Warbler
Subalpine Warbler
Wood Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Siberian Chiffchaff
Chiffchaff - Obs Garden - 8 Jan
Willow Warbler - Wakeham - 27 Mar
Radde's Warbler
Pallas's Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler - Nothe Forte - 14 Oct
Goldcrest - Apley Wood, Telford - 24 Jul
Firecrest - Penns Wood - 26 Oct
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher - Portland Castle - 30 Apr
Pied Flycatcher - Bumpers Lane - 8 Apr
Bearded Tit - Lodmoor - 24 Mar
Long-tailed Tit - Wakeham 1 Jan
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit - Radipole Gardens - 27 Apr
Continental Coal Tit
Great Tit - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Blue Tit - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Nuthatch - Blackdown Wood - 21 Nov
Treecreeper - Penns Wood - 30 Oct
Wren - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Great Grey Shrike
Red-backed Shrike - Culverwell - 30 May
Woodchat Shrike - Top Fields - 7 Jun
Dipper
Jay - Apley Wood, Telford - 24 Jul
Magpie - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Rook - Barleycrates Lane - 7 Jan
Carrion Crow - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Jackdaw - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Chough - Portland Bird Observatory - 11 May
Raven - Cheyne Weare's - 8 Jan
Golden Oriole
Starling - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Rosy Starling - The Windmills - 8 Jun
House Sparrow - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Tree Sparrow
Brambling - Wakeham Railway Cuttings - 18 Oct
Chaffinch - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Lesser Redpoll - Wakeham Railway Cuttings - 28 Oct
Common Redpoll
Linnet - Bumpers Lane - 23 Mar
Siskin - Wakeham - 16 Jun
Goldfinch - Lower Horse Paddock - 1 Jan
Greenfinch - Broadcroft Quarry Lane - 10 Jan
Serin
Bullfinch - Radipole RSPB Reserve - 25 Nov
Hawfinch
Crossbill
Corn Bunting
Yellowhammer
Ortolan Bunting
Reed Bunting - Radipole Reserve - 24 Mar
Snow Bunting - Wakeham - 30 Oct
Little Bunting

Also

Escapees, Ferals, Hybrids, Possibles Etc.

Feral Pigeon  - Wakeham - 1 Jan
Goshawk - Penns Wood - 6 Jan
Chiffchaff - Church Ope Cove - 6 Jan