David Rose: Britain Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 220 of 220 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11/01/2019 swale nnr 1 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 17/10/2019 stodmarsh 2 from the reedbed hide 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/01/2019 swale nnr 100+ 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 09/01/2019 horsebones 20+ 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/01/2019 scotney 2 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 03/04/2019 elmley drake along the entrance track 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 06/08/2019 dungeness rspb 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 06/08/2019 pett levels east sussex 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 04/01/2019 new hythe drake on abbey meads pit 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 31/10/2019 shellness juv on the sea 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29/04/2019 dungeness 10 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 20/10/2019 burrows pit dungeness juv 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 07/02/2019 dungeness rspb drake on burrows pit 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/02/2019 dungeness 2 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2019 alpha pool cliffe female 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/11/2019 sandwich flocks of 4 and 10 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 30/05/2019 challock 36 Swift Apus apus 14/05/2019 dungeness 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 01/05/2019 motney hill 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 01/05/2019 motney hill 2 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30/08/2019 oare marshes 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 44 Coot Fulica atra 45 Crane Grus grus 01/04/2019 dungeness on fields by boulderwall farm 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 01/01/2019 alpha pool cliffe 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/01/2019 alpha pool cliffe 50 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/01/2019 alpha pool cliffe 4 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 55 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 08/09/2019 shellness moulting adult + elmley sun 15th sept 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 24/03/2019 bretts cliffe 2 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29/04/2019 dungeness 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 14/04/2019 conyer 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 63 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 20/02/2019 blean woods 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 25/09/2019 grenham bay , birchington 1st winter showing well om rock pools 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14/05/2019 dungeness 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2019 alpha pool cliffe 68 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 21/06/2019 cliffe pools adult on bb4 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/08/2019 elmley 2 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 71 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 11/07/2019 oare marshes adult 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/06/2019 cliffe pools 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Knot Calidris canutus 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 25/06/2019 dungeness rspb summer plumaged adult 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 14/05/2019 dungeness 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 20/02/2019 hampton pier 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 01/10/2019 oare marshes 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 18/09/2019 dungeness arc pit 83 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 25/06/2019 rye harbour 9 on the beach 84 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 20/05/2019 dungeness rspb 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 17/05/2019 dungeness 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 27/09/2019 dungeness from seawatching hide 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 29/04/2019 dungeness 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 29/04/2019 dungeness 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 25/06/2019 dungeness arc pit 2 1st summers 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 91 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 20/10/2019 dungeness juvenile sitting on the sea by the power station 92 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 11/07/2019 oare marshes adult 93 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 95 Common Gull Larus canus 96 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 07/02/2019 dungeness rspb adult on burrows pit 97 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 98 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 02/08/2019 cliffe pools flamingo pool 99 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 17/05/2019 dungeness 102 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 17/05/2019 dungeness 2 103 Razorbill Alca torda 07/02/2019 dungeness 104 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 09/01/2019 dungeness 105 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 15/10/2019 burrows pit dungeness 106 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 17/05/2019 dungeness 3 flew past 107 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/02/2019 dungeness 108 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 27/09/2019 dungeness 3 past the seawatch ide at 2.10. + 3 distant birds 109 Gannet Morus bassanus 110 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 111 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2019 chatham dockyard 112 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 19/03/2019 oare marshes 113 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 20/07/2019 2 adults on the ski pool 114 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 20/05/2019 dungeness in flight 115 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 116 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 09/01/2019 dungeness 4 117 Great White Egret Ardea alba 09/01/2019 dungeness 118 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 119 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 25/08/2019 oare marshes on the swale 120 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 26/05/2019 dunkirk lovely close views at the back of the churchyard 121 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 122 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 21/02/2019 brecks 123 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 124 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 08/01/2019 funton creek 125 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/02/2019 m3 hampshire 2 126 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 01/01/2019 funton creek 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 06/01/2019 capel fleet 129 Little Owl Athene noctua 17/03/2019 harty church 2 130 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 07/12/2019 elmley 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/01/2019 capel fleet 132 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 06/06/2019 blean woods 2 fledglings calling with one showing well 133 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2019 alpha pool cliffe 134 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 20/02/2019 blean woods female showing well 135 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 136 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 137 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 138 Merlin Falco columbarius 15/10/2019 dungeness arc pit 139 Hobby Falco subbuteo 29/04/2019 dungeness 140 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 141 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 14/04/2019 sevenoaks 142 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 03/11/2019 st margarets at cliffe in the fenced off field 143 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 19/05/2019 northward hill 144 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 22/05/2019 dungeness adult male trapped and ringed at the obs. 145 Jay Garrulus glandarius 146 Magpie Pica pica 147 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 148 Rook Corvus frugilegus 149 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 150 Raven Corvus corax 17/02/2019 funton creek 151 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 03/02/2019 strood 6 at the bounty pub + 12th dec 2 at east malling churchyard 152 Coal Tit Periparus ater 153 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 06/01/2019 eastling 154 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 155 Great Tit Parus major 156 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 24/03/2019 timber lake cliffe 157 Woodlark Lullula arborea 21/02/2019 santon downham 2 158 Skylark Alauda arvensis 159 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 01/11/2019 dungeness by the fishing boats 160 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/04/2019 dungeness arc pit 161 Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/04/2019 dungeness 162 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2019 cliffe 163 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 26/03/2019 stodmarsh 164 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 165 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 16/05/2019 thursley 166 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 167 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 19/05/2019 crossness 168 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2019 169 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 01/05/2019 motney hill 170 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 171 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/05/2019 sevenoaks 3 172 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 29/04/2019 dungeness rspb 173 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2019 riverside cp 174 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 16/05/2019 thursley 175 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 01/11/2019 dungeness 176 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 177 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 178 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/01/2019 eastling 179 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 180 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 181 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 182 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 183 Redwing Turdus iliacus 184 Blackbird Turdus merula 185 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 186 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/04/2019 sevenoaks 2 males 187 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 26/05/2019 dunkirk church 188 Robin Erithacus rubecula 189 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 21/04/2019 riverside cp 190 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 26/08/2019 warden point 2 191 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/05/2019 dungeness 192 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 16/05/2019 thursley 193 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 30/08/2019 oare marshes 2 at dans dock 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/04/2019 dungeness 196 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 09/01/2019 dungeness 197 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 198 Dunnock Prunella modularis 199 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 14/04/2019 conyer 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2019 chatham 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 202 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 203 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 16/05/2019 thursley 204 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 26/03/2019 stodmarsh 205 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 206 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 207 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 10/01/2019 hemstead forest 208 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 26/01/2019 eastling 2 209 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 24/02/2019 stodmarsh 2m + 1f 210 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 211 Twite Linaria flavirostris 09/01/2019 rye harbour 3 212 Linnet Linaria cannabina 213 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 21/02/2019 lyndford arb 214 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/01/2019 hemstead forest 16 215 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 216 Serin Serinus serinus 17/05/2019 littlestone singing male 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2019 nre hythe 218 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 06/01/2019 capel fleet 219 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21/02/2019 lyndford arb 220 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus