Kay Donaghy: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 239 of 239 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/01/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 24/10/2020 Holme, Norfolk 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 06/12/2020 Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 Shawell, Leicestershire 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 04/01/2020 Thorney, Cambridgeshire 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2020 Thorney, Cambridgeshire 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 23/03/2020 Sutton Park, West Midlands 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13/06/2020 Willington, Derbyshire 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 19 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire M&F present. 20 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25/01/2020 Chasewater, Staffordshire 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 08/02/2020 Seeswood Pool, Warwickshire Drake. 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23/10/2020 Holkham, Norfolk Drake on lake at Holkham Hall. 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 26 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire Drake off Farnborough Bank. 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 04/10/2020 Penzance, Cornwall 28 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk At least 4 adults off shore. 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 33 Smew Mergellus albellus ********** ********** 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/10/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/01/2020 Choseley, Norfolk 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 28/05/2020 Staffordshire 40 Swift Apus apus 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2020 West Midlands 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 West Midlands 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 05/01/2020 Alrewas, Staffordshire 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Shawell, Leicestershire 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 48 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 49 Crane Grus grus 04/01/2020 Thorney, Cambridgeshire 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 51 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 06/12/2020 Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 16/05/2020 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/01/2020 Wells, Norfolk 58 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 07/10/2020 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 16/05/2020 Staffordshire 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 Shawell, Leicestershire 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 11/10/2020 Deep Point, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 2 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 66 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11/10/2020 Lower Moors, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 2 67 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 28/05/2020 Staffordshire 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/01/2020 Chasewater, Staffordshire 69 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 15/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 16/05/2020 Staffordshire 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/01/2020 Alrewas, Staffordshire 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 17/08/2020 Porth Hellick Pool, Isles of Scilly 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/08/2020 St Aidan’s RSPB, West Yorkshire Juv. 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 77 Knot Calidris canutus 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 26/08/2020 St Aidan’s RSPB, West Yorkshire 5 juvs. 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 08/09/2020 Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 07/11/2020 Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire 84 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 06/10/2020 Porth Hellick, St Mary’s, Isles Of Scilly 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/08/2020 Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 13/08/2020 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 28/08/2020 Spurn Point, East Yorkshire 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/08/2020 Scillonian Ferry 91 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 15/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic Adult. 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 93 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 28/06/2020 Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/03/2020 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB, Cheshire 95 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 96 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 25/01/2020 Cannock Tip, Staffordshire 97 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 98 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 18/01/2020 Cannock, Staffordshire 99 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 100 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 01/01/2020 Shawell, Leicestershire Juvenile. 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 102 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 25/01/2020 Chasewater, Staffordshire Adult in Chasewater gull roost. 103 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 29/08/2020 Spurn, East Yorkshire 104 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 13/08/2020 Scillonian Ferry 105 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 14/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 106 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 14/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 107 Puffin Fratercula arctica 15/10/2020 Isles of Scilly (Sapphire Trip) 108 Razorbill Alca torda 17/08/2020 Scillonian Crossing 109 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 17/08/2020 Scillonian Crossing 110 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire Juvenile off Farnborough Bank. 111 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 14/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 112 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 14/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 04/01/2020 Holme, Norfolk 114 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 14/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 115 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 14/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 116 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 14/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 117 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 05/07/2020 Severn Beach, Glos 118 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 13/08/2020 Scillonian Ferry 119 Gannet Morus bassanus 13/08/2020 Scillonian Ferry 120 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 121 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 13/08/2020 Scillonian Ferry 122 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 05/07/2020 Lower Moor, Worcs 123 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 20/09/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 3 124 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2020 Crick, Northamptonshire 125 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 03/01/2020 Burham Overy Staithe, Norfolk 5 birds present. 126 Great White Egret Ardea alba 05/01/2020 Alrewas, Staffordshire 4 present this morning on Junction Pit. 127 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 128 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 08/08/2020 Staffordshire 129 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk 130 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 131 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 132 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2020 Shawell, Leicestershire 133 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 04/01/2020 Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk Wintering juvenile. 134 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Crick, Northamptonshire 135 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/01/2020 Norfolk 136 Little Owl Athene noctua ********** ********** 137 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 138 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/01/2020 Wells, Norfolk 139 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Undisclosed 140 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 05/01/2020 Alrewas, Staffordshire 141 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 12/01/2020 Ladywalk NR, Warwickshire 142 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 25/04/2020 Sutton Park, West Midlands 143 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 Crick, Northamptonshire 144 Merlin Falco columbarius 08/10/2020 St Mary’s, Isle of Scilly 145 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/05/2020 Staffordshire 146 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 12/01/2020 Ladywalk NR, Warwickshire 147 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 19/01/2020 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 148 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 01/01/2020 Crick, Northamptonshire 149 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 28/08/2020 Spurn Point, East Yorkshire 150 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/09/2020 Warham Greens, Norfolk 151 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 152 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 West Midlands 153 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 02/10/2020 Pendeen, Cornwall 154 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 West Midlands 155 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2020 Norfolk 156 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 West Midlands 157 Raven Corvus corax 18/01/2020 Cuckoo Bank, Staffordshire 158 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 07/03/2020 Blackminster, Worcestershire 159 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 160 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 07/11/2020 161 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 21/11/2020 Staffordshire 162 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 163 Great Tit Parus major 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 164 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 20/09/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 165 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 166 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 5 on beach in roped off area. 167 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 168 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2020 Sutton Park, West Midlands 169 House Martin Delichon urbicum 170 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 171 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 172 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 17/05/2020 Staffordshire 173 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 20/09/2020 Wells Woods, Norfolk 1 174 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2020 Sutton Park, West Midlands 175 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 11/01/2020 Alrewas, Staffordshire 176 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 07/10/2020 Tresco, Isles of Scilly 177 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 16/05/2020 Tucklesholme, Staffordshire 178 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 20/06/2020 Far Ings, Lincolnshire Singing male. 179 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 23/05/2020 Tucklesholme, Staffordshire 180 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 25/04/2020 West Midlands 181 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 05/04/2020 Sutton Park, West Midlands 182 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/04/2020 Sutton Park, West Midlands 183 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 14/10/2020 Watermill Cove, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 184 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/05/2020 Tucklesholme, Staffordshire 185 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2020 Sutton Park, West Midlands 186 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 11/01/2020 Whitemoor Haye, Staffordshire 187 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 188 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2020 Holme, Norfolk 189 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 10/01/2020 West Midlands 190 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 191 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 13/06/2020 Lees, Derbyshire Adult. 192 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 West Midlands 193 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 10/10/2020 Bryher, Isles of Scilly 194 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 195 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 11/01/2020 Alrewas, Staffordshire 196 Redwing Turdus iliacus 05/01/2020 Alrewas, Staffordshire 197 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Crick, Northamptonshire 198 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 199 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/10/2020 St Agnes, Isles of Scilly 200 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 17/05/2020 Staffordshire 201 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Shawell, Leicestershire 202 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 08/10/2020 St Mary’s, Isle of Scilly 203 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 20/09/2020 Wells Woods, Norfolk 204 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/05/2020 Staffordshire 205 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 24/10/2020 Holme, Norfolk 206 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 16/10/2020 St Agnes, Isles of Scilly 207 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/05/2020 Staffordshire 208 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/08/2020 Spurn Point, East Yorkshire 209 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 01/03/2020 Ashton’s Flash, Cheshire Wintering 1st-winter male. 210 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2020 Crick, Northamptonshire 211 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/04/2020 Sutton Park, West Midlands 3 birds. 212 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 07/03/2020 Worcestershire 213 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 27/06/2020 Staffs 214 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2020 Holme, Norfolk 215 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Crick, Northamptonshire 216 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 16/05/2020 Staffordshire 217 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 02/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 1st winter male Alaskan Yellow Wagtail. 218 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 23/03/2020 219 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 220 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 18/01/2020 Cuckoo Bank, Staffordshire 221 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 17/05/2020 Staffordshire 222 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 16/10/2020 St Agnes, Isles of Scilly 223 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 13/08/2020 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 224 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Crick, Northamptonshire 225 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 19/01/2020 Park Lime Pits, West Midlands 226 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 Crick, Northamptonshire 227 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2020 Holme, Norfolk 228 Twite Linaria flavirostris 02/01/2020 Thornham, Norfolk 229 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2020 Wells, Norfolk 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 26/08/2020 231 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/10/2020 Higher Moors, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 232 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2020 Holme, Norfolk 233 Siskin Spinus spinus 17/05/2020 Staffordshire 234 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 27/09/2020 North Hill, Malvern, Worcs 2 birds 235 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/01/2020 Holkham, Norfolk c60 on beach near roped off area. 236 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 18/01/2020 Cuckoo Bank, Staffordshire 237 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 14/10/2020 Porth Hellick, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 238 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 239 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 08/10/2020 Tresco, Isle of Scilly