Rob Stonehouse: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 253 of 253 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2020 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2020 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2020 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 26/10/2020 Longhirst 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/02/2020 Prestwick Carr 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2020 Cresswell 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 23/08/2020 Shibdon 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/05/2020 Boldon Flats 13 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 01/06/2020 Castle Island 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/01/2020 Lamesley 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 03/03/2020 Grindon Lough 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 07/01/2020 East Chevington 20 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 19/02/2020 Druridge 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 24 Scaup Aythya marila 22/01/2020 Widdrington Moor Lake 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2020 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 01/01/2020 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2020 28 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 01/01/2020 Cheswick 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2020 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2020 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2020 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 13/05/2020 Muggleswick 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 22/01/2020 Burdon Moor 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 10/06/2020 Burdon Moor 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 10/01/2020 Lamesley 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 20/05/2020 Slaley 40 Swift Apus apus 19/04/2020 Whickham 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/05/2020 Muggleswick 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 05/01/2020 Watergate 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30/09/2020 St Mary's 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2020 Kibblesworth 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 05/01/2020 Watergate 48 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 01/10/2020 Tresco 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 50 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 51 Crane Grus grus 21/01/2020 Hartburn 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 07/09/2020 Whitburn 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/05/2020 Dunston 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/01/2020 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 05/09/2020 Druridge Bay C.P 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2020 58 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 16/03/2020 Cresswell 59 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 07/01/2020 Boulmer 60 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/01/2020 Boulmer 61 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 09/08/2020 Boulmer 62 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 11/10/2020 Tresco 63 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 01/10/2020 Tresco 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 07/01/2020 Boulmer 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 24/03/2020 Gateshead 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 67 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 04/05/2020 Burdon Moor 68 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 69 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2020 Budle Bay 70 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/01/2020 Greatham Creek 71 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 21/01/2020 Burdon Moor 72 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 26/03/2020 Burdon Moor 73 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/01/2020 Boulmer 74 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 19/05/2020 Grindon Lough 75 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/05/2020 Shibdon 76 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 02/01/2020 Lamesley 77 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 04/05/2020 Lamesley 78 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2020 79 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 27/01/2020 Greatham Creek 80 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 27/01/2020 Greatham Creek 81 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2020 82 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2020 83 Ruff Calidris pugnax 22/01/2020 Druridge 84 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/05/2020 Cresswell 85 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 18/09/2020 Boulmer 86 Sanderling Calidris alba 07/01/2020 Stag Rocks 87 Dunlin Calidris alpina 07/01/2020 Newton 88 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 07/01/2020 Stag Rocks 89 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/06/2020 Druridge 90 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 05/08/2020 Druridge 91 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/07/2020 Boldon Flats 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 20/05/2020 Whitburn 93 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 17/08/2020 Druridge Bay C.P 94 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 10/05/2020 Whitburn 95 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 08/05/2020 Shibdon 96 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 25/05/2020 Whitburn 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 10/05/2020 Whitburn 98 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/06/2020 East Chevington 99 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/01/2020 Whitburn 100 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 101 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 14/01/2020 Whitburn 102 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 103 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 27/07/2020 Amble 104 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 105 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 106 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 23/11/2020 Whitburn 107 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 09/01/2020 Hartlepool 108 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 22/01/2020 Whitburn 109 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 16/08/2020 Whitburn 110 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 14/05/2020 Whitburn 111 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 10/07/2020 Whitburn 112 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 08/06/2020 Sunderland Academy 113 Puffin Fratercula arctica 10/05/2020 Whitburn 114 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 07/09/2020 Whitburn 115 Razorbill Alca torda 01/01/2020 116 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/01/2020 117 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2020 118 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/01/2020 119 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2020 120 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 26/02/2020 Whitburn 121 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 14/08/2020 Whitburn 122 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 16/09/2020 Whitburn 123 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/01/2020 Stag Rocks 124 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 21/07/2020 Whitburn 125 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 10/08/2020 Whitburn 126 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 10/05/2020 Whitburn 127 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 16/09/2020 Whitburn 128 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/01/2020 129 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 130 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2020 131 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 15/06/2020 Boldon Flats 132 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 09/01/2020 Cowpen Marsh 133 Great White Egret Ardea alba 16/03/2020 Lindhirst Flash 134 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 135 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 16/04/2020 Whickham 136 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 08/05/2020 Pennyfine Road 137 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 06/01/2020 Birtley Reed beds 138 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 04/03/2020 Harwood 139 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 28/01/2020 Cresswell 140 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 15/10/2020 St Mary's 141 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2020 Far Pasture 142 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 143 Barn Owl Tyto alba 22/01/2020 Burdon Moor 144 Little Owl Athene noctua 07/01/2020 Druridge 145 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 26/03/2020 146 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/05/2020 147 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 21/01/2020 Far Pasture 148 Hoopoe Upupa epops 26/10/2020 Newbiggin 149 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 09/07/2020 Lamesley 150 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 01/10/2020 Tresco 151 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 06/01/2020 Watergate 152 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 16/03/2020 Birtley Reed Beds 153 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 154 Merlin Falco columbarius 04/03/2020 Whitburn 155 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11/10/2020 Tresco 156 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2020 157 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 27/01/2020 Hartlepool 158 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 04/06/2020 Boldon Flats 159 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 26/10/2020 Holy Island 160 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2020 Far Pasture 161 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 162 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 163 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 164 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 165 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 07/01/2020 Boulmer 166 Raven Corvus corax 04/03/2020 Harwood 167 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 09/01/2020 Billingham 168 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 169 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 09/01/2020 Cowpen Beweley 170 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 01/01/2020 171 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 172 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 173 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 27/01/2020 Dormans Pool 174 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2020 Burdon Moor 175 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 05/11/2020 Newbiggin 176 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15/03/2020 Birtley Reed Beds 177 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2020 Burdon Moor 178 House Martin Delichon urbicum 23/03/2020 Birtley Reed Beds 179 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 28/01/2020 East Chevington 180 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Linton 181 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 13/05/2020 Muggleswick 182 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 21/09/2020 Whitburn 183 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 11/10/2020 Tresco 184 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 18/10/2020 St Agnes 185 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 06/04/2020 Tanfield Raiway 186 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2020 Far Pasture 187 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 05/06/2020 Druridge 188 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 26/04/2020 Birtley Reed Beds 189 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2020 Birtley Reed Beds 190 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 08/06/2020 Sunderland Academy 191 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 29/04/2020 Burdon Moor 192 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/01/2020 Cowpen Beweley 193 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2020 Birtley Reed Beds 194 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 03/10/2020 St Mary's 195 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/04/2020 Birtley Reed Beds 196 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 16/06/2020 Holy Island 197 Whitethroat Curruca communis 12/04/2020 Burdon Moor 198 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 21/05/2020 Whitburn 199 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 200 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 201 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 21/01/2020 Far Pasture 202 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2020 Far Pasture 203 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 22/06/2020 Whitburn 204 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 205 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 10/10/2020 Bryher 206 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 207 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2020 208 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 209 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 210 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 211 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 07/04/2020 Burdon Moor 212 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/10/2020 St Agnes 213 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 214 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 01/10/2020 Dump Clump 215 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 12/10/2020 St Mary's 216 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/05/2020 Muggleswick 217 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 13/07/2020 Whitburn 218 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 08/04/2020 Burdon Moor 219 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 12/07/2020 Burdon Moor 220 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 18/10/2020 St Agnes 221 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2020 222 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/04/2020 Burdon Moor 223 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 05/01/2020 Watergate 224 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2020 225 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 226 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 227 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 01/05/2020 Lamesley 228 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 229 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2020 Far Pasture 230 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 231 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 232 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 12/04/2020 Burdon Moor 233 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 16/10/2020 St Mary's 234 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 13/10/2020 Bryher 235 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 07/01/2020 Boulmer 236 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 07/01/2020 Boulmer 237 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 238 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 05/11/2020 Morpeth 239 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2020 Far Pasture 240 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 09/01/2020 Hartlepool 241 Twite Linaria flavirostris 07/01/2020 Boulmer 242 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2020 243 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 25/10/2020 Burdon Moor 244 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/05/2020 Slaley 245 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 03/03/2020 Harwood 246 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2020 Far Pasture 247 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2020 Far Pasture 248 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 21/09/2020 Blackhall Rocks 249 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 09/01/2020 Hartlepool 250 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2020 251 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 13/10/2020 St Mary's 252 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2020 253 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 08/10/2020 Tresco