Ed Betteridge: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 222 of 222 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 06/01/2020 Bangor 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 Woorgreen lake 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/01/2020 WWT Slimbridge 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 Ripple 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 27/09/2020 Cors ddyga 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 07/01/2020 Spinnies, Bangor 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13/01/2020 Slimbridge WWT 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2020 Ripple pits (2) Self-found! 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 22/01/2020 Frodsham marsh 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2020 Ripple pits, Clifton pits 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 Walmore common 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 27/09/2020 Cors Ddyga 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 Walmore common 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 Ripple 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 Walmore common 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 19 Pintail Anas acuta 13/01/2020 WWT Slimbridge 20 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 Woorgreen lake 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 Ripple pits 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 23 Scaup Aythya marila 14/01/2020 Draycote water (2) 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 07/01/2020 Spinnies, Bangor 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 09/01/2020 Old colwyn 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 06/01/2020 Old colwyn 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2020 Clifton pits 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 Clifton pits 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 27/02/2020 Bredon's hardwick 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 Woorgreen lake 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 06/01/2020 Old colwyn 32 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 06/01/2020 World's end 33 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix ********** ********** 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 FOD 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 09/01/2020 Winchcombe 36 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2020 Evesham 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/04/2020 Pershore wetlands 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 A40 Gloucester 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 A40 Gloucester 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Cinderford 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13/01/2020 WWT Slimbridge 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 44 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 45 Crane Grus grus 13/01/2020 WWT Slimbridge (Ringed) 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 47 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 08/12/2020 Chelmarsh reservoir 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2020 Ripple pits 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 11/11/2020 Beddmanarch bay 50 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 28/02/2020 Upper Bittell Reservoir 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/01/2020 Old colwyn 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 13/01/2020 WWT Slimbridge 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25/01/2020 Wig beach 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 10/01/2020 Hawling 55 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 30/08/2020 Skomer island 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/01/2020 Rhos-on-sea 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/05/2020 Eckington 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 Ripple pits 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 06/04/2020 Evesham 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 06/01/2020 Bangor 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 08/01/2020 Spinnies, Bangor 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/01/2020 Bangor 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/11/2020 Cors Ddyga 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 25/02/2020 Smith end green 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2020 Woorgreen lake 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/03/2020 Church island 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2020 Clifton pits 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 06/01/2020 Rhos-on-sea 69 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 14/11/2020 RSPB Cowny 70 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/01/2020 Bangor 71 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 06/01/2020 Old colwyn 72 Knot Calidris canutus 06/01/2020 Bangor 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 13/01/2020 WWT Slimbridge 74 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/06/2020 Lower moor 2 75 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 17/09/2020 Marloes mere 76 Sanderling Calidris alba 09/01/2020 Rhyll 77 Dunlin Calidris alpina 06/01/2020 Rhos-on-sea 78 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 07/03/2020 Rhos on sea 79 Little Stint Calidris minuta 22/12/2020 Slimbridge 80 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 23/05/2020 Pilning wetland 81 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/08/2020 Skomer island 82 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 23/05/2020 Frampton upon severn 83 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 25/07/2020 Spinnies/Llanfairfechen 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 08/03/2020 Bangor 85 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 26/08/2020 Skomer island 86 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 A48 Newham 87 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 29/06/2020 Belvide 1st winter 88 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2020 Penhros 89 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 90 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 14/01/2020 Shawell 91 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 A40 Gloucester 92 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 14/01/2020 Shawell 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 06/01/2020 Old colwyn 94 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 14/01/2020 Shawell 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 96 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 09/01/2020 Sandbach flashes 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 23/05/2020 Severn beach 4 98 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 26/08/2020 Skomer island 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 21/08/2020 Skomer island 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 22/08/2020 Skomer island 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 04/03/2020 Benllech 102 Razorbill Alca torda 23/02/2020 Pennom 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 23/02/2020 Penomn 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/01/2020 Old colwyn 105 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 23/02/2020 Penomn 106 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 23/05/2020 Severn beach 107 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 26/08/2020 Skomer island 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 09/01/2020 Old colwyn 109 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/08/2020 Skomer island 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 23/05/2020 Severn beach 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 23/05/2020 Severn beach 112 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 113 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 06/01/2020 Bangor 114 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 27/05/2020 Lower moor 115 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 01/06/2020 Holme pierrpont 116 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/01/2020 Bangor 117 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 09/01/2020 Frodsham marsh 118 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2020 Ripple pits 119 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Woorgreen lake 120 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/08/2020 Skomer island 121 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 Parkend 122 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 123 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 09/01/2020 Fordsham marsh 124 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 06/01/2020 World's end 125 Red Kite Milvus milvus 10/01/2020 Hawling 126 Black Kite Milvus migrans 26/04/2021 RSPB South Stack Self-found! 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 A46 Sedgeberrow 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10/01/2020 Hawling 129 Little Owl Athene noctua 16/12/2020 Charlton 130 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 29/06/2020 Cannock chase 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus ********** ********** 132 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 15/01/2020 Temple Guiting 133 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 24/01/2020 Bangor 134 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 12/09/2020 Skomer island 135 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 136 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2020 Walmore common 137 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 Clifton pits 138 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/10/2020 Morfa aber 139 Hobby Falco subbuteo 07/05/2020 Chalton 140 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 06/01/2020 Bangor 141 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 25/02/2020 Evesham 142 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 24/06/2020 Horsbere brook Male 143 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 144 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 145 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 23/02/2020 Penomn 146 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Walmore common 147 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 Puddlebrook 148 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 A40 Gloucester 149 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 150 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 27/02/2020 Blackminster Self-found! 151 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 152 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 16/01/2020 Bredon hill 153 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 154 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 155 Woodlark Lullula arborea 29/06/2020 Cannock chase 156 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2020 Ripple pits 157 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 31/03/2020 Offenham (fishing anchor) 158 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2020 North littleton 159 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/04/2020 Evesham 160 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 26/04/2020 Pershore wetlands 161 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Crabtree hill 162 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 18/05/2020 Wyre forest 163 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 15/10/2020 Bangor 164 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 26/04/2020 Throckmorton 165 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 25/02/2020 Bredon's hardwick 166 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 26/04/2020 Pershore wetlands 167 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2020 Pershore wetlands 168 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 06/09/2020 Skomer island Juvenile 169 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 26/04/2020 Pershore wetlands 170 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 171 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 07/05/2020 Throckmorton 172 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 20/04/2020 Childswickham 173 Whitethroat Curruca communis 12/04/2020 Childswickham 174 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/02/2020 Spinnies 175 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 Woorgreen lake 176 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Ripple pits 177 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 178 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2020 Woorgeen lake 179 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Ripple pits 180 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 181 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2020 Severn stoke 182 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 Woorgreen lake 183 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Evesham 184 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 Ripple pits 185 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 15/10/2020 Bangor 186 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/05/2020 Wyre forest 187 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Evesham 188 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos ********** ********** 189 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 18/05/2020 Wyre forest 190 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 26/11/2020 Bangor/Holyhead 191 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 13/05/2020 Bredon hill 192 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 31/05/2020 Bredon hill 193 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 09/01/2020 Ashton's flash 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2020 Crabtree hill 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 196 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 197 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 14/01/2020 Draycote water 198 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Westbury-upon-severn 199 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 200 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 04/05/2020 Eckington 201 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2020 Crabtree hill 202 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Walmore common 203 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 Crabtree hill 204 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 13/05/2020 Bredon hill 205 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 09/11/2020 Cors Ddyga 206 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 24/01/2020 Bangor 207 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 208 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/01/2020 Crabtree hill 209 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 01/01/2020 Parkend 210 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 211 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 Parkend 212 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/11/2020 Morfa Madryn 213 Linnet Linaria cannabina 09/01/2020 Rhyll 214 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 215 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 01/01/2020 Crabtree hill 216 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2020 Cannop ponds 218 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 18/10/2020 Bangor 219 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 09/01/2020 Rhyll (2) 220 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra ********** ********** 221 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella ********** ********** 222 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2020 Crabtree hill