Tony Hood: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 212 of 212 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 10/02/2020 NWT Cley Marshes , Norfolk 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Near Micklemires 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Ringley Hills 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12/02/2020 Waxham, Norfolk 7 with Pink feet 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Ringley Hills 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2020 Scarborough Mere , North Yorkshire 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12/02/2020 Ludham Airfield , Norfolk 5 with 36 Whooper Swans 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Old Fall Flash 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 08/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 08/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2020 Scalby Mills , North Yorkshire 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 17 Pintail Anas acuta 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25/02/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire Male on Main Lake 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 08/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2020 Scarborough Mere , North Yorkshire 22 Scaup Aythya marila 25/02/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire Male on Silt Lagoon 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 31/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14/02/2020 Holkham Gap , Norfolk At least 31 in with flock of 1200+ Common Scoter. Was lucky to see the entire flock at near high tide then watch them fly through scope view so could count so many Velvet, 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/02/2020 Holkham Gap , Norfolk 4 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2020 Scarborough Mere , North Yorkshire 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2020 North Cave , East Yorkshire Church lake - 1 pair 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 04/08/2020 Woodhead Reservoir , Derbyshire 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 10/02/2020 Friary Hills , Norfolk 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 33 Quail Coturnix coturnix 11/06/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Singing Male on Grangelands 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 19/01/2020 High Hunsley , East Yorkshire 35 Swift Apus apus 05/05/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/05/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire North Landing 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2020 Buckton , East Yorkshire 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 19/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 43 Coot Fulica atra 13/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 44 Crane Grus grus 12/02/2020 Billockby , Norfolk 12 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2020 Scarborough Mere , North Yorkshire 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 19/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2020 Cayton , North Yorkshire 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Ringley Hills 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/08/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/05/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Ringley Hills 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 09/05/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South cliffs 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 15/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 08/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 60 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 31/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 10/08/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 24/06/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2020 Scalby Mills , North Yorkshire 64 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 65 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 67 Knot Calidris canutus 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 68 Ruff Calidris pugnax 10/08/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 69 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11/08/2020 YWT Kilnsea Wetlands , East Yorkshire 70 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 71 Dunlin Calidris alpina 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 72 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 13/02/2020 Sheringham , Norfolk 1 73 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10/08/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 74 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 11/08/2020 YWT Kilnsea Wetlands , East Yorkshire 75 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 19/05/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 76 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 07/05/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 77 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 11/08/2020 YWT Kilnsea Wetlands , East Yorkshire 78 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 25/02/2020 Bridlington , East Yorkshire One prospecting nesting ledge on the back of Superdrug 79 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 80 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/09/2020 Laycock , West Yorkshire 81 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 02/01/2020 Holbeck Car Park , North Yorkshire 82 Common Gull Larus canus 06/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Northcliff Stubbles 83 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 13/02/2020 Sheringham , Norfolk 1st Winter 84 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 85 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13/09/2020 Redcar Tarn , West Yorkshire 86 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 87 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 10/02/2020 Friary Hills , Norfolk 88 Puffin Fratercula arctica 14/03/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire North Landing 89 Razorbill Alca torda 31/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Outer head 90 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 91 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 92 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 27/11/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 93 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 03/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire North Landing 94 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/09/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire 5 past North Landing 95 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 06/06/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire North Landing 96 Gannet Morus bassanus 06/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire North Landing 97 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 98 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 17/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire North Landing 99 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/02/2020 Holkham Freshmarsh , Norfolk 4 from Joe Jordan hide 100 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 19/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 101 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 08/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 102 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 12/02/2020 Potter Heigham , Norfolk 2 103 Great White Egret Ardea alba 14/02/2020 Holkham Freshmarsh , Norfolk 3 from Joe Jordan hide 104 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 105 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/05/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 106 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 107 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 26/02/2020 Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint , North Yorkshire 108 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 109 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 110 Red Kite Milvus milvus 29/01/2020 North Cave , East Yorkshire 111 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 08/02/2020 Wells , Norfolk 112 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2020 Hilla Green , North Yorkshire 113 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Lighthouse Caravan Park 114 Little Owl Athene noctua 11/02/2020 Binham , Norfolk 115 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 02/07/2020 RSPB Bempton , East Yorkshire 116 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 26/02/2020 Filey , North Yorkshire 117 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 118 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 119 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 30/08/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Caught and ringed at South Landing 120 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 121 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 19/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 122 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Brigg Hill 123 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 30/06/2020 Cherry Cobb , East Yorkshire Female 124 Merlin Falco columbarius 08/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 125 Hobby Falco subbuteo 21/05/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 126 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 06/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Northcliff Marsh 127 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 06/10/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Chalet hedge 128 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 11/08/2020 YWT Spurn Point , East Yorkshire In bushes by canal 129 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 12/05/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Daynes Dyke 130 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2020 Hilla Green , North Yorkshire 131 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Sea Road 132 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire hartendale 133 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2020 Wykeham BWCP , North Yorkshire 134 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 135 Raven Corvus corax 24/07/2020 Cutthroat Bridge , Derbyshire 136 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 18/03/2020 Hassle , East Yorkshire 15 137 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 138 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 02/01/2020 Wykeham BWCP , North Yorkshire 139 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 140 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 141 Woodlark Lullula arborea ********** ********** 142 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Old Fall Steps 143 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 07/04/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Beacon Hill 144 Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Beacon Hill 145 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2020 North Cave , East Yorkshire 146 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 15/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 147 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 148 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 21/09/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South landing 149 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Singing Male Beacon Hill 150 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 31/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 151 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 13/06/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Singing Male in Old Fall 152 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 153 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 08/05/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Beacon Hill 154 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 11/08/2020 YWT Spurn Point , East Yorkshire In bushes by Warren 155 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 08/09/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Caught and ringed at South Landing 156 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/02/2020 Marton , East Yorkshire Male singing in woodland around Marton Hall 157 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 02/05/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Danes Dyke 158 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 17/09/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Golf course willows 159 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 22/04/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 160 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 18/06/2020 Holy Island , Northumberland 161 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 162 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata ********** ********** 163 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 26/03/2020 164 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 165 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 166 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2020 Wykeham BWCP , North Yorkshire 167 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 168 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 02/06/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire golf course 169 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 170 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 19/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 171 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/02/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Foghorn station 172 Redwing Turdus iliacus 19/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 173 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 174 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 14/01/2020 South Cliff , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 175 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 30/12/2020 RSPB Bempton 176 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 09/05/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Old Fall 177 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 178 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 16/10/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 179 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/08/2020 YWT Spurn Point , East Yorkshire In bushes by Warren 180 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 18/10/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Beacon hill 181 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 05/02/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Foghorn station 182 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 15/04/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 183 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 06/08/2020 Tranmire bog , North Yorkshire 184 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 19/01/2020 YWT North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire 185 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 06/04/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire 2 males at Hartendale 186 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 04/06/2020 Troutsdale , North Yorkshire 187 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 188 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 189 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 190 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 191 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 08/02/2020 Sedgeford , Norfolk 192 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 31/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 193 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 194 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 05/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools 195 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 04/06/2020 Wykeham Forest , North Yorkshire 196 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 15/02/2020 RSPB Titchwell , Norfolk 197 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 198 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 199 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 16/04/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Hartendale 200 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire South Landing 201 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick 202 Twite Linaria flavirostris 11/02/2020 Thornham , Norfolk 203 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick 204 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 29/09/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Holmes Gut 205 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 26/02/2020 Wykeham Raptor Viewpoiy , North Yorkshire 206 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Old Fall Steps 207 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2020 Hilla Green , North Yorkshire 208 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 06/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Northcliffe Stubbles-20+ 209 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 06/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Northcliffe Stubbles-35+ 210 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick 211 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire chalet hedge 212 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/01/2020 Flamborough , East Yorkshire Thornwick Pools