Philip Whittaker: Pipps Ford Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 130 of 130 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 06/11/2020 Pipps Ford NFR two groups prob 37 birds different times 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2020 GPs 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 22/02/2020 Restored Pit 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/04/2020 Pipps Ford GPs Two 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14/02/2020 Restored pit 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2020 Old Pits 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 13 Teal Anas crecca 19/01/2020 Old Pits 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/02/2020 New Pit/Old Pit 15 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/04/2020 Pipps Ford overhead Three groups over early am 16 Goosander Mergus merganser 05/01/2020 New Pit 17 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2020 18 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 19 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2020 20 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2020 21 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 22 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 23 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 24 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 25/08/2020 Flying east in Gale 25 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 14/02/2020 26 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 27 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 28 Coot Fulica atra 02/02/2020 Old Pit 29 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 10/02/2020 Restored Pit 30 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 11/03/2020 31 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/03/2020 Pair 32 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 19/03/2020 Worked Pit At Dusk 2nd site record last 25th March 2018 33 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/03/2020 NFR Pipps Ford 34 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14/03/2020 New Pit 35 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 36 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 37 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 07/04/2020 Pipps Ford GPs 38 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/03/2020 Pipps Ford 39 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford Six restored pit 40 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 21/01/2020 East Copse Pipps Ford 41 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 42 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/03/2020 Sharmford Mere 43 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 44 Redshank Tringa totanus 13/04/2020 GPs 45 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 07/05/2020 46 Dunlin Calidris alpina 47 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 48 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 49 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 18/07/2020 GPs 50 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 51 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 09/06/2020 Worked Pit 52 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 53 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 11/01/2020 GPs 54 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 55 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 56 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 57 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 58 Great White Egret Ardea alba 14/08/2020 Flew West 59 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2020 60 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 06/01/2020 Pipps Ford 61 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 31/03/2020 Very high ova garden 1m 1 fm 62 Red Kite Milvus milvus 17/03/2020 flew west am 63 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 64 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 65 Barn Owl Tyto alba 14/03/2020 Gardens 66 Little Owl Athene noctua 06/03/2020 Sharmford Mere 67 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 14/03/2020 Heard 68 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 69 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2020 Gardens 70 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/01/2020 Gardens 71 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2020 72 Hobby Falco subbuteo 03/05/2020 73 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 30/03/2020 From Garden Two together hunting Gulls 74 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 75 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 76 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 77 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 78 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 79 Raven Corvus corax 25/03/2020 Flew NW Three one juv like bird 80 Coal Tit Periparus ater ********** ********** 81 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/01/2020 Gardens 82 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 83 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 84 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 85 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/04/2020 Pipps Ford GPs singleton 86 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2020 GPs 87 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/04/2020 88 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 05/04/2020 Reedbed 89 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2020 90 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 25/04/2020 91 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 06/03/2020 Reedbed area 92 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 93 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/04/2020 Pipps Ford Gardens Singing usual garden location 94 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 95 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/04/2020 96 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2020 By Lock 97 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 10/06/2020 Gardens 98 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 11/01/2020 Pipps Ford 99 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 100 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 16/01/2020 Lock area 101 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2020 102 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 103 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 104 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/02/2020 Garden 105 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 106 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 10/01/2020 107 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 23/09/2020 Pipps Ford NFR 108 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15/06/2020 Gardens 3 in August 109 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 110 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 19/06/2020 Hedge juv 111 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/08/2020 GPs Two 112 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 23/10/2020 GPs 113 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/04/2020 114 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 11/03/2020 Gardens 115 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 116 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 26/04/2020 117 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 118 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 119 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 120 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 10/10/2020 Pipps Ford NFR 121 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 25/02/2020 Restored Pit 122 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 20/03/2020 Worked Pit 123 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Pipps Ford 124 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 20/01/2020 River Trees 125 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/06/2020 Singing garden early on 126 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2020 127 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2020 128 Siskin Spinus spinus 13/11/2020 129 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 25/04/2020 130 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 20/01/2020 Reedbed