Paul Brown: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 241 of 241 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/01/2020 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/01/2020 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2020 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 25/01/2020 Between Thorney/Thorney Toll 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 04/01/2020 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/01/2020 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15/03/2020 Santon Downham 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/05/2020 Eldernell 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2020 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 05/12/2020 Wilstone Res 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18/01/2020 Priory Country Park 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/08/2020 Farne Islands 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 04/01/2020 Holkham Bay 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 04/01/2020 Holkham Bay 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 04/01/2020 Holkham Bay 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/01/2020 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 12/09/2020 Peak District 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 19/01/2020 Pitstone Hill 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 04/01/2020 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Chobham Common 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/05/2020 Little Paxton 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 18/01/2020 Frampton Marsh 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 07/06/2020 Bedfordshire 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/01/2020 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Crane Grus grus 04/01/2020 Eldernell 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 51 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 04/01/2020 Holkham Bay 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/01/2020 Titchwell 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 04/01/2020 Holkham Hall Lake 55 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 15/03/2020 Cavenham 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/01/2020 57 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 28/06/2020 Dungeness 58 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 04/01/2020 59 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/01/2020 60 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 61 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 09/08/2020 Boulmer/longhoughton Steel 62 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 08/10/2020 Tresco 63 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 04/01/2020 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 03/04/2020 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2020 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 04/01/2020 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 04/01/2020 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 06/10/2020 St Marys 71 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/01/2020 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 15/08/2020 Amwell NR 73 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 24/05/2020 Wilstone Reservoir 74 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 09/05/2020 75 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 76 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 11/07/2020 Broom GP 77 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2020 78 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 18/07/2020 Oare Marshes 79 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/01/2020 Titchwell 80 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 04/01/2020 81 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 04/01/2020 82 Knot Calidris canutus 04/01/2020 83 Ruff Calidris pugnax 04/01/2020 84 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30/08/2020 Titchwell 85 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 15/08/2020 Amwell NR 86 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/01/2020 87 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2020 88 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 06/08/2020 Farne Islands 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 07/10/2020 St Marys 90 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 07/08/2020 91 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2020 Dungeness 92 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 11/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 93 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 15/05/2020 Wilstone Res 94 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 06/08/2020 Farne Islands 95 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 96 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 08/08/2020 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 11/07/2020 Witham mouth 98 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 12/05/2020 Wilstone Res 99 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/08/2020 Farne Islands 100 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 101 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 18/07/2020 Oare Marshes 102 Common Gull Larus canus 103 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 07/08/2020 Amble 104 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 105 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Brogborough 106 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 107 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 108 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 30/08/2020 Cley 109 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 09/08/2020 Boulmer/longhoughton Steel 110 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 16/08/2020 Grafham Water 111 Puffin Fratercula arctica 06/08/2020 Farne Islands 112 Razorbill Alca torda 05/10/2020 Scillionian 113 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 09/08/2020 114 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 115 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 21/11/2020 Caldecotte Lake 116 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 06/08/2020 Farne Islands 117 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 05/10/2020 Scillionian 118 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 09/08/2020 Boulmer/longhoughton Steel 119 Gannet Morus bassanus 120 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 121 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 06/08/2020 Farne Islands 122 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 20/12/2020 Earith Cambs 123 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 06/06/2020 Grovebury S P 124 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 19/01/2020 Marsworth Reservoir 125 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 126 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26/07/2020 Grovebury SP 127 Great White Egret Ardea alba 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 128 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 129 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2020 130 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 15/03/2020 Santon Downham 131 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/01/2020 132 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/01/2020 Frampton Marsh 133 Red Kite Milvus milvus 134 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 04/01/2020 Wells 135 Buzzard Buteo buteo 136 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/01/2020 Eldernell 137 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 18/01/2020 Deeping Lakes 138 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 04/01/2020 139 Hoopoe Upupa epops 14/11/2020 Northill, Beds 140 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 04/01/2020 141 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 15/03/2020 Santon Downham 142 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 143 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 144 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 145 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 13/06/2020 Fen Drayton 146 Merlin Falco columbarius 18/01/2020 Frampton Marsh 147 Hobby Falco subbuteo 27/04/2020 148 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 18/01/2020 Frampton Marsh 149 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 150 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 07/10/2020 St Martins 151 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Brogborough 152 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 20/09/2020 Wells Wood 153 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 20/09/2020 Warham Greens 154 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2020 155 Magpie Pica pica 156 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 03/10/2020 Cape Cornwall 157 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 158 Rook Corvus frugilegus 159 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 160 Raven Corvus corax 25/02/2020 Dunstable 161 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 25/01/2020 Sculthorpe Moor 162 Coal Tit Periparus ater 163 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 25/01/2020 Lynford Arboretum 164 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 09/12/2020 Askham Bog 165 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 166 Great Tit Parus major 167 Woodlark Lullula arborea 15/03/2020 Santon Downham 168 Skylark Alauda arvensis 169 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 04/01/2020 Holkham Bay 170 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 22/03/2020 Grovebury 171 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 172 House Martin Delichon urbicum 173 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 174 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 175 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 20/09/2020 Wells Wood 176 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 177 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 05/04/2020 Dunstable Downs 178 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2020 Pitstone Hill 179 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 08/04/2020 Dunstable STW 180 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 181 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 13/06/2020 Sandy 182 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 12/04/2020 Dunstable Downs 183 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 15/02/2020 Fairburn Ings 184 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 185 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 186 Whitethroat Curruca communis 12/04/2020 Dunstable Downs 187 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 24/05/2020 New Forest 188 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 21/11/2020 Ampthill Park 189 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 190 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 191 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 192 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 193 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 194 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 10/10/2020 Bryher 195 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 196 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 04/01/2020 197 Redwing Turdus iliacus 198 Blackbird Turdus merula 199 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2020 200 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 19/01/2020 Pitstone Hill 201 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 01/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo 202 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 203 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/05/2020 Pertenhall 204 Robin Erithacus rubecula 205 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 08/10/2020 St Marys 206 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 20/09/2020 Wells Wood 207 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/09/2020 Wells Wood 208 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 28/06/2020 Dungeness 209 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/05/2020 New Forest 210 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 01/09/2020 Ivanhoe Beacon 211 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 212 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2020 Pitstone Hill 213 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 12/09/2020 Peak District 214 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 15/02/2020 Fairburn Ings 215 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 216 Dunnock Prunella modularis 217 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 09/05/2020 218 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 04/01/2020 Sedgeford Norfolk 219 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 12/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 220 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 221 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2020 222 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 24/05/2020 New Forest 223 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/01/2020 224 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 225 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 25/01/2020 Sculthorpe Moor 226 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 25/01/2020 Lynford Arboretum 227 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 228 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2020 229 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2020 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 28/09/2020 231 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 06/10/2020 St Marys 232 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 233 Siskin Spinus spinus 15/03/2020 Santon Downham 234 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 05/10/2020 St Marys 235 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 04/01/2020 Holkham Bay 236 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 19/01/2020 Marsworth Reservoir 237 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 238 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 12/12/2020 Ockley Common 239 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 12/12/2020 Ockley Common 240 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 241 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 08/10/2020 Tresco