Jess Bradley-Smith: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 222 of 222 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 03/01/2020 Hellifield Flash 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 19/01/2020 St Aidans RSPB 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2020 Hellifield Flash 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11/01/2020 Staveley NR 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 03/02/2020 Well 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 27/09/2020 Staveley YWT 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2020 Skipton 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 31/01/2020 Bolton on Swale GP 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13/03/2020 Ripon racecource 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 06/01/2020 Nosterfield 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14/01/2020 Strid woods 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13/05/2020 Nosterfield 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/01/2020 Hellifield Flash 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2020 Hellifield Flash 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 03/01/2020 Hellifield Flash 17 Pintail Anas acuta 03/01/2020 Hellifield Flash 18 Teal Anas crecca 03/01/2020 Hellifield Flash 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 06/01/2020 Ripon City Wetlands 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/01/2020 Ripon City Wetlands 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/01/2020 Pine Lake, Carnforth 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2020 Hellifield Flash 23 Scaup Aythya marila 08/01/2020 Pine Lake, Carnforth 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 15/01/2020 Redcar 25 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 21/03/2020 Musselborough 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 21/03/2020 Musselborough 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15/01/2020 Redcar 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 21/03/2020 Musselborough 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/01/2020 Gouthwaite Reservoir 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 06/01/2020 Nosterfield 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 21/03/2020 Musselborough 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 10/01/2020 Lofthouse Moor 34 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 16/03/2020 Arkengarthdale 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/02/2020 St Aidans RSPB 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2020 Timble Ings 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 10/01/2020 Lofthouse Moor 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 08/06/2020 Stainburn Forest 39 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2020 Staveley NR 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/05/2020 Dallowgill Moor 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 06/02/2020 St Aidans RSPB 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 43 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12/06/2020 Sutton Bank 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 11/01/2020 Staveley NR 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2020 Long Preston 47 Coot Fulica atra 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2020 Gouthwaite Reservoir 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/01/2020 Pine Lake, Carnforth 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 21/03/2020 Budle Bay 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 15/03/2020 Fairburn RSPB 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 15/01/2020 South Gare 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 13/05/2020 Nosterfield 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/06/2020 Nosterfield 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 56 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 19/05/2020 Saltburn 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 15/01/2020 Redcar 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 11/05/2020 Gouthwaite Reservoir 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 Norwood 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 06/01/2020 Ripon City Wetlands 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 16/10/2020 Bran Sands South Gare 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 17/03/2020 Nosterfield 63 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 27/02/2020 Hampsthwaite 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/01/2020 Long Preston 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 12/02/2020 Thornwick Pools 66 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 30/05/2020 Nosterfield 67 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 24/04/2020 Fewston Reservoir 68 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 28/06/2020 Bank Island 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 16/05/2020 Smallways Lake 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 06/01/2020 Nosterfield 71 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 10/01/2020 Nosterfield 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 28/05/2020 Ripon City Wetlands 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/06/2020 Nosterfield 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 22/03/2020 Musselborough 75 Knot Calidris canutus 15/01/2020 Redcar 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 17/03/2020 Nosterfield 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 22/08/2020 St Aidans RSPB 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 21/03/2020 Budle Bay 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 15/01/2020 Redcar 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 15/01/2020 Redcar 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 27/08/2020 Titchwell RSPB 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 14/06/2020 Ripon City Wetlands 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/07/2020 Dawlish Warren 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 29/04/2020 Staveley NR 85 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 26/07/2020 Dawlish Warren 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 26/07/2020 Dawlish Warren 87 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 19/05/2020 Saltburn 88 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 89 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 12/09/2020 Redcar Tarn 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 12/02/2020 Scarborough 91 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 92 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 26/08/2020 Cromer 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 09/01/2020 Leeds 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 06/01/2020 Nosterfield 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 18/01/2020 Redcar Tarn Steeton 96 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 27/01/2020 Redcar Tarn Steeton 97 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/05/2020 Bempton RSPB 98 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 21/03/2020 Musselborough 99 Razorbill Alca torda 12/02/2020 Filey 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/05/2020 Bempton RSPB 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 15/01/2020 South Gare 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 12/02/2020 Filey 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 15/01/2020 South Gare 104 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 21/03/2020 Budle Bay 105 Gannet Morus bassanus 12/02/2020 Flamborough 106 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 107 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 15/01/2020 South Gare 108 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 31/05/2020 St Aidans RSPB 109 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 15/03/2020 St Aidans RSPB 110 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/01/2020 Ripon City Wetlands 111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 31/01/2020 Bolton on Swale GP 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/01/2020 Long Preston 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2020 Long Preston 114 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 14/06/2020 Nosterfield 115 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 27/05/2020 Wykeham RVP 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 Stainburn Moor 117 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 12/02/2020 Wykeham RVP 118 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 08/01/2020 Leighton Moss 119 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 17/03/2020 Druids Temple 120 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2020 Norwood 121 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 25/06/2020 Farndale nr. Little Blakey 122 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2020 Coniston Cold 123 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10/01/2020 Lofthouse Moor 124 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/03/2020 Nosterfield 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 11/08/2020 Timble Ings 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/02/2020 St Aidans RSPB 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 09/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 128 Hoopoe Upupa epops 30/09/2020 Collingham 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 04/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 131 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 22/01/2020 Upper Nidderdale 132 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 133 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 17/06/2020 Biggin 134 Merlin Falco columbarius 19/08/2020 Ilton Moor 135 Hobby Falco subbuteo 17/05/2020 Thorne Moors 136 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 28/02/2020 Beecroft Moor plantation Fewston 137 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 19/01/2020 St Aidans RSPB 138 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 29/09/2020 Flamborough Head 139 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 20/10/2020 South Kirkby 140 Jay Garrulus glandarius 07/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 141 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 142 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 08/01/2020 Attermire Cave 143 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Norwood 144 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 145 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 146 Raven Corvus corax 03/01/2020 Victoria Cave 147 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 15/02/2020 Keithley 148 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2020 Timble Ings 149 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 29/01/2020 Allerthorpe Common 150 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 11/01/2020 Staveley NR 151 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2020 Timble Ings 152 Great Tit Parus major 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 153 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 08/01/2020 Leighton Moss 154 Woodlark Lullula arborea 17/03/2020 Strensall Common 155 Skylark Alauda arvensis 12/02/2020 Flamborough 156 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 16/10/2020 South Gare 157 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 05/04/2020 Hampsthwaite 158 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2020 Hampsthwaite 159 House Martin Delichon urbicum 22/04/2020 Staveley NR 160 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 13/03/2020 Ripon City Wetlands 161 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 162 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 21/05/2020 Danby Park Wood 163 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 29/09/2020 Flamborough South Landing 164 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 16/10/2020 Warsett Hill Brotton 165 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2020 Hampsthwaite 166 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 14/03/2020 Staveley NR 167 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2020 Staveley NR 168 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 11/05/2020 Staveley LNR 169 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 29/04/2020 Staveley NR 170 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 11/04/2020 Hampsthwaite 171 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 07/05/2020 Barden Scales 172 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 29/09/2020 Flamborough Head 173 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2020 Myers Green Lane Hampsthwaite 174 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2020 Staveley NR 175 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 29/07/2020 Bicton Common, Devon 176 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 177 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 178 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 179 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 07/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 180 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 181 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 07/06/2020 Collingham 182 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 183 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 13/01/2020 Ripon 184 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2020 Dacre Top 185 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 Norwood 186 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 187 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 Norwood 188 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 25/03/2020 Angram Reservoir 189 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 07/05/2020 Barden Scales 190 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 191 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 07/05/2020 Barden Scales 192 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 16/04/2020 Timble Ings 193 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/05/2020 Farndale nr. Little Blakey 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/01/2020 South Gare 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 25/03/2020 Angram Reservoir 196 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 14/01/2020 Barden Bridge 197 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 198 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 199 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 200 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/04/2020 Goldsborough 201 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 05/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 202 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 04/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 203 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2020 Norwood 204 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/05/2020 Timble Ings 205 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 19/01/2020 Lemonroyd 206 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/01/2020 Skinningrove 207 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 05/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 208 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/01/2020 Settle 209 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 11/03/2020 Castle Howard 210 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 211 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 11/01/2020 Staveley NR 212 Twite Linaria flavirostris 24/09/2020 Cant Clough Reservoir 213 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2020 Hampsthwaite 214 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 02/01/2020 Norwood 215 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 21/01/2020 Beecroft Moor plantation Fewston 216 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2020 Rodley NR 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2020 Timble Ings 218 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 18/11/2020 Fleet Moss 219 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 29/01/2020 Church Bridge Melbourne 220 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 12/02/2020 Thornwick Pools 221 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 27/07/2020 Labrador Bay, Devon 222 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 11/01/2020 Staveley NR