Mick Spicer: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 208 of 208 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 25/01/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 25/01/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/01/2020 Nr Runcorn, Cheshire 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 Frecheville Pond, Sheffeild 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 03/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 28/05/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 17/03/2020 Strontian On river with 20 Mallards 17 Pintail Anas acuta 02/09/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 21 Scaup Aythya marila 25/01/2020 Beacon Ponds 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 15/03/2020 John O'Groats 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 14/03/2020 Embo 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 14/03/2020 Embo 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15/03/2020 Golspie 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 11/01/2020 RVCP, South Yorkshire 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 11/01/2020 RVCP, South Yorkshire Redhead 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 16/03/2020 Nr Aultbea 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 22/03/2020 Hallam Moors 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 20/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 04/01/2020 Carburton, Notinghamshire 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/01/2020 Nr Hull 34 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus ********** ********** 35 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/04/2020 Shirebrook Valley, Sheffield 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire Feral Pigeon 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 40 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12/07/2020 Nr Frampton Marsh 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 My Garden 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 23/08/2020 Frampton Marsh 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 44 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/03/2020 Loch Clash 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 24/05/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2020 Llandudno 50 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20/05/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25/01/2020 Spurn 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 25/01/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 25/01/2020 Spurn 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 03/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 20/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 05/01/2020 RSPB Conwy 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 05/01/2020 RSPB Conwy 60 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13/08/2020 Balnakiel 61 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 11/01/2020 RVCP, South Yorkshire 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 63 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 19/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 64 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 65 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2020 RSPB Conwy 66 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 67 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 25/01/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands 68 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/01/2020 Llandudno 69 Knot Calidris canutus 25/01/2020 Spurn 70 Ruff Calidris pugnax 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 25/01/2020 Spurn 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 25/01/2020 Spurn 74 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 22/05/2020 Flamborough Head 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/09/2020 RSPB Titchwell 76 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 25/07/2020 Bamburgh 77 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 78 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 23/08/2020 Frampton Marsh 79 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 29/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 80 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 81 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 25/07/2020 Warkworth, Northumberland 82 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 25/07/2020 Northumberland 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/10/2020 Durness 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/03/2020 Droman Pier 85 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 04/10/2020 Ullapool 86 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 87 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 88 Common Gull Larus canus 05/01/2020 Llandudno 89 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 25/07/2020 Amble 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 91 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 05/09/2020 RSPB Titchwell 92 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 93 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 16/03/2020 Ullapool Adult 94 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 Sheffield 95 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 16/03/2020 Ullapool Juvenile 96 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 05/10/2020 Durness 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 13/08/2020 Balnakiel 98 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 05/10/2020 Durness 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 15/03/2020 John O'Groats 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 22/05/2020 Flamborough Head 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 14/03/2020 Kinlochbervie 102 Razorbill Alca torda 22/05/2020 Flamborough Head 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 14/03/2020 Kinlochbervie 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 05/01/2020 Llandudno 105 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/03/2020 Droman Pier 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 14/03/2020 Droman Pier 107 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 05/01/2020 Great Orme, Llandudno 108 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 20/09/2020 Flamborough Head 109 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 20/09/2020 Flamborough Head 110 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/03/2020 Aultbea, Highlands 111 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 112 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/01/2020 Llandudno 113 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 114 Bittern Botaurus stellaris ********** ********** 115 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 23/08/2020 Frampton Marsh 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 14/03/2020 Loch Ness An exceptionally early bird, my earliest by 4 days 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 25/01/2020 Nr Hull 120 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 22/04/2020 Flew over my house 121 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/09/2020 RSPB Titchwell 122 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/01/2020 Beacon Ponds 123 Red Kite Milvus milvus 14/03/2020 Black Isle 124 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2020 Canklow Woods, South Yorkshire 125 Barn Owl Tyto alba 22/04/2020 Moss Valley 126 Little Owl Athene noctua 22/04/2020 Moss Valley 127 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 128 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 23/03/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 129 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 130 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 131 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 132 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 18/05/2020 Moss Valley 133 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 05/01/2020 Sheffield 134 Merlin Falco columbarius 14/03/2020 Kinlochbervie 135 Hobby Falco subbuteo 13/05/2020 Longshaw Estate 136 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 15/01/2020 Manchester Airport 137 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 09/06/2020 Sheffield 138 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 139 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 My Garden 140 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 23/08/2020 Great Orme, Llandudno 141 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 142 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 143 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 144 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 14/03/2020 Great Glen 145 Raven Corvus corax 14/03/2020 Glencoe 146 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 My Garden 147 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 02/02/2020 Shirebrook Valley, Sheffield 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 149 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 150 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 05/09/2020 RSPB Titchwell 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 25/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 152 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 153 Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/04/2020 154 House Martin Delichon urbicum 17/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 155 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 156 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 157 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 13/05/2020 Longshaw Estate 158 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 20/09/2020 Flamborough Head 159 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2020 Shirebrook Valley, Sheffield 160 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2020 Shirebrook Valley, Sheffield 161 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 26/04/2020 Treeton Dyke 162 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2020 Treeton Dyke 163 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 28/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 164 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 25/03/2020 Shirebrook Valley, Sheffield 165 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 19/04/2020 Shirebrook Valley, Sheffield 166 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 15/04/2020 Shirebrook Valley, Sheffield 167 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15/04/2020 Shirebrook Valley, Sheffield 168 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 05/01/2020 RSPB Conwy 169 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 170 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 171 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 172 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 173 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 174 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 175 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2020 Sheffield 176 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 177 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 My Garden 178 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 25/01/2020 Nr Hull 179 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 04/10/2020 Balnakiel Marsh 180 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 181 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/05/2020 Longshaw Estate 182 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 13/05/2020 Longshaw Estate 183 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/05/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 184 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2020 RSPB Conwy 185 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 20/04/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 186 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 11/05/2020 Padley Gorge 187 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13/06/2020 Moss Valley 188 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 My Garden 189 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 190 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 09/04/2020 Shirebrook Valley, Sheffield 191 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 25/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 192 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 193 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 194 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 13/05/2020 Near Fox House, Sheffield 195 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 05/01/2020 RSPB Conwy 196 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 197 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/10/2020 Durness 198 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 04/01/2020 Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire 199 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 200 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 Shirebrook Valley, Sheffield 201 Twite Linaria flavirostris 25/01/2020 Spurn 202 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 203 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 204 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 205 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 206 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/07/2020 East Yorkshire 207 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 18/05/2020 Moss Valley 208 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire