Ian Hughes: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 195 of 195 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 07/01/2020 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 20/01/2020 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2020 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 24/01/2020 Martin Mere, Lancs. 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 06/01/2020 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 24/01/2020 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca ********** ********** 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 29/01/2020 Arrowe Park. 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15/09/2020 Conway rspb. 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/01/2020 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 17 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2020 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/01/2020 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 21 Scaup Aythya marila 06/01/2020 Marshside 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 13/03/2020 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 10/01/2020 Crosby Coastal Park 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 10/01/2020 25 Smew Mergellus albellus 06/11/2020 Newchurch Common, Cheshire. 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2020 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/01/2020 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 07/08/2020 Minera. 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 21/06/2020 Halsall. 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 31 Quail Coturnix coturnix 03/06/2020 Saughall Massie. 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 27/01/2020 33 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2020 Wallasey 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 18/05/2020 Leasowe. 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 06/01/2020 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 27/07/2020 Burton Marsh. 40 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 17/08/2020 Burton Mere 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 42 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/01/2020 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2020 46 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 21/02/2020 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 31/01/2020 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 06/01/2020 49 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 09/01/2020 50 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18/05/2020 51 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 52 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29/04/2020 Heswall shore. 53 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 54 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/07/2020 Hilbre Island. 55 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2020 56 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 13/01/2020 Marshside 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 24/01/2020 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2020 59 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 30/09/2020 Martin Mere, Lancs. 60 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 25/11/2020 Marshside, Lancs. 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 22/06/2020 Burton Mere. 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 21/02/2020 Burton Mere. 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/07/2020 Frodsham. 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2020 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/01/2020 Burton Mere 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 27/03/2020 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 04/01/2020 68 Knot Calidris canutus 29/01/2020 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 24/01/2020 70 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/09/2020 Burton Mere. 71 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 18/05/2020 Lunt Meadows. 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 09/02/2020 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2020 74 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 09/01/2020 New Brighton 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 21/08/2020 Hoylake. 76 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 28/09/2020 Burton Mere rspb. 77 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 06/07/2020 Gronant. 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/06/2020 Hesketh Out Marsh. 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/05/2020 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/04/2020 81 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/07/2020 Great Orme. 82 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 11/09/2020 Hale, Cheshire. 83 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 84 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 13/03/2020 85 Common Gull Larus canus 05/01/2020 86 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 87 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 04/01/2020 88 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 04/12/2020 Burton Mere rspb. 89 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2020 90 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 13/07/2020 Great Orme. 91 Razorbill Alca torda 13/07/2020 Great Orme. 92 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 13/07/2020 Great Orme. 93 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 05/10/2020 Hilbre Island. 94 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 06/06/2020 New Brighton.. 95 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 17/01/2020 96 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 05/06/2020 Hoylake. 97 Gannet Morus bassanus 24/04/2020 98 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 99 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/01/2020 100 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 18/03/2020 Parkgate 101 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 09/01/2020 Neston reed bed 102 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2020 103 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 25/02/2020 Puddington, Cheshire 104 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2020 Burton Mere 105 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2020 106 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 06/07/2020 Llyn Brenig. 107 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2020 108 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/01/2020 Marshside 109 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 06/01/2020 Marshside 110 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/04/2020 Meols, Wirral. 111 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 112 Barn Owl Tyto alba 24/02/2020 Hightown. 113 Little Owl Athene noctua 14/04/2020 Heswall 114 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/01/2020 Parkgate 115 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 27/08/2020 Rackenford, Devon. 116 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 09/01/2020 117 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2020 118 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 13/03/2020 119 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2020 120 Merlin Falco columbarius 06/01/2020 Marshside 121 Hobby Falco subbuteo 01/06/2020 Lunt Meadows. 122 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 13/01/2020 123 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 14/02/2020 Sefton Park, Liverpool 124 Jay Garrulus glandarius 09/01/2020 125 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 126 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 17/01/2020 Little Orme 127 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 128 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/01/2020 129 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 130 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2020 131 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 132 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 24/08/2020 Rackenford, Devon. 133 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 24/01/2020 134 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 135 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 136 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 18/03/2020 Burton Mere 137 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/01/2020 138 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 06/04/2020 139 Swallow Hirundo rustica 05/04/2020 140 House Martin Delichon urbicum 29/04/2020 141 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 13/03/2020 142 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2020 143 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 15/04/2020 144 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 31/01/2020 Burton Mere. 145 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 19/04/2020 146 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 27/04/2020 147 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/2020 148 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/04/2020 149 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 08/08/2020 Leasowe. 150 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 08/05/2020 Leasowe. 151 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15/04/2020 152 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 17/01/2020 153 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2020 154 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2020 155 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 12/02/2020 156 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 12/06/2020 Frodsham. 157 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 158 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 15/01/2020 159 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 10/01/2020 160 Redwing Turdus iliacus 12/01/2020 161 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 162 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 15/01/2020 163 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 11/05/2020 Leasowe. 164 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 165 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 31/07/2020 Leasowe. 166 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 28/10/2020 Meols, Wirral. 167 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 22/04/2020 168 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 15/04/2020 169 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 07/02/2020 Ashton's Flash Northwich. 170 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2020 171 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/03/2020 Leasowe 172 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 03/01/2020 Staveley 173 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 24/01/2020 174 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 175 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 176 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2020 177 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 31/01/2020 178 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 179 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 08/01/2020 180 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 07/08/2020 Minera. 181 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 31/01/2020 Burton Mere. 182 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 10/07/2020 Hilbre Island. 183 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 184 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 27/11/2020 Raw Head, Cheshire. 185 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 17/01/2020 186 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 187 Twite Linaria flavirostris 17/12/2020 Southport. 188 Linnet Linaria cannabina 17/01/2020 189 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 23/10/2020 Birkdale. 190 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 191 Siskin Spinus spinus 07/02/2020 192 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 17/01/2020 Kinmel Bay 193 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 24/01/2020 194 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 28/05/2020 195 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 24/01/2020