Brian Thompson: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 211 of 211 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 08/02/2020 Cley, Norfolk 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 CVL 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 26/01/2020 Zeiss hide, Slimbridge 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 19/01/2020 Noah’s Lake, Shapwick NR 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 26/01/2020 Zeiss hide, Slimbridge 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 11/11/2020 Apex Park, Burnham on Sea 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 26/01/2020 Zeiss hide, Slimbridge 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 CVL 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 26/01/2020 Zeiss hide, Slimbridge 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2020 Bath Spa Uni. Newton St. loe 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 08/02/2020 Snettisham, Norfolk 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 CVL. Herriotts 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 31/05/2020 River Cam, Glos 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/05/2020 Herriotts Pool, CVL 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 CVL 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 CVL 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 CVL 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 19/01/2020 Noah’s Lake, Shapwick NR 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no1 20 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2020 CVL, Herriotts Pool 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 CVL. Herriotts 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 21/09/2020 Cheddar Reservoir 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 CVL 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 13/03/2020 Stratford hide, CVL 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 CVL 26 Scaup Aythya marila 18/01/2020 Moreton hide, CVL 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 25/10/2020 Moreton hide, CVL 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 08/02/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/02/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no1 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no3 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 CVL, Herons Green 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/02/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ********** ********** 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/02/2020 Snettisham, Norfolk 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 CVL, Woodford 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Marshfield S. Glos 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 16/06/2020 Forest of Dean 39 Swift Apus apus 19/04/2020 Stockwood 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/05/2020 Stratford Lane, CVL 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 Marshfield, S. Glos 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Marshfield. S. Glos 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 CVL 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 15/08/2020 Stratford hide, CVL 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 CVL, Herons Green 46 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no1 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no1 48 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 21/09/2020 Cheddar Reservoir 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no1 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 13/03/2020 Stratford hide, CVL 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/01/2020 CVL, Stratford hide 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2020 Clevedon 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/02/2020 Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 21/01/2020 Dowlais, Clevedon 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 26/01/2020 Zeiss hide, Slimbridge 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 08/02/2020 Snettisham, Norfolk 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 31/05/2020 Pilning Wetland 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2020 CVL, Herons Green 59 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 28/12/2020 Bude Marsh, Cornwall 60 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 30/12/2020 Burnham on Sea 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/07/2020 Stanpit Marsh 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 06/01/2020 Redcliff Bay, Portishead 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 08/02/2020 Snettisham, Norfolk 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/02/2020 Thornham, Norfolk 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 19/09/2020 Canal Scrape, Spurn 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 16/06/2020 Forest of Dean 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/01/2020 Ham Wall 68 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 11/10/2020 Lymington NR, Hants. 69 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 06/09/2020 Cheddar Reservoir 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no3 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 18/01/2020 Herons Green, CVL 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 16/08/2020 Cheddar Reservoir 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 21/01/2020 Dowlais, Clevedon 74 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/10/2020 Stratford hide, CVL 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 09/09/2020 Herriotts pool, CVL 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/08/2020 Stratford hide, CVL 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 08/02/2020 Snettisham, Norfolk 78 Knot Calidris canutus 21/01/2020 Dowlais, Clevedon 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 20/05/2020 Herriotts Pool, CVL 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 22/08/2020 Goldcliffe 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/02/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 26/01/2020 Zeiss hide, Slimbridge 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 18/09/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands 84 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 15/09/2020 Pilning Wetland, S. Glos 85 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 22/05/2020 Pilning Wetland, S. Glos 86 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 09/08/2020 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 87 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 02/09/2020 Stratford Hide, CVL 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 31/05/2020 Splatt Bridge, Glos 89 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/08/2020 Dawlish Warren, Devon 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 15/03/2020 Cheddar Reservoir 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no1 92 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 10/03/2020 Herons Green, CVL 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 10/03/2020 Herriotts Pool, CVL 94 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 CVL, Herons Green 95 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 18/09/2020 Kilnsea Welands 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 CVL, Dam 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 28/02/2020 Herons Green, CVL 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no3 99 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 05/03/2020 Upton Snodbury 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 CVL, Herons Green 101 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 29/11/2020 Herriotts pool, CVL 102 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 06/06/2020 Herons Green, CVL 103 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no3 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no3 105 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 31/08/2020 Portland 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 31/08/2020 Portland 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no1 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 08/02/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 26/01/2020 Goldcliff, Newport. 110 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2020 CVL, Herons Green 111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/01/2020 North Chine Drove 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2020 CVL 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 CVL 114 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 09/08/2020 Durleigh Reservoir, Somerset 115 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 31/08/2020 Lodmoor RSPB 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 CVL, Nunnery 117 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2020 CVL, Stratford 118 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12/12/2020 WWT Steart 119 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/02/2020 Hawling, Glos 120 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 08/02/2020 Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk 121 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no3 122 Barn Owl Tyto alba 06/02/2020 Hawling, Glos 123 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/07/2020 Compton Dando 124 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/02/2020 Hawling, Glos 125 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2020 Eastville Park 126 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 19/01/2020 Ham Wall 127 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2020 CVL, Herons Green 128 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 03/01/2020 CVL, Stratford hide 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 Marshfield. S. Glos 130 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 21/06/2020 Colthestone Hill 131 Merlin Falco columbarius 07/12/2020 Northwick Warth 132 Hobby Falco subbuteo 26/05/2020 Herriotts Pool, CVL 133 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2020 Marshfield. S. Glos 134 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 05/09/2020 Sutton Park, Sutton Caulfield 135 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 CVL, Moreton 136 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Barrow tanks 137 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 CVL 138 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 Bath Spa Uni. Newton St. Loe 139 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Barrow tanks 140 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2020 Wraxhall 141 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 29/02/2020 Blackminster, Worcester 142 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Bath Spa Uni. Newton St Loe 143 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 07/01/2020 Park Hill Common, Woolaston 144 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 28/12/2020 Lower Tamar Lake, Cornwall 145 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 CVL 146 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 CVL 147 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 03/01/2020 CVL, Stratford hide 148 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2020 Marshfield. S. Glos 149 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 08/02/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 150 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 11/03/2020 Herons Green, CVL 151 Swallow Hirundo rustica 19/04/2020 Stockwood 152 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/04/2020 Stockwood, Bristol 153 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 18/01/2020 Bittern Trail, CVL 154 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Bath Spa Uni. Newton St Loe 155 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 18/09/2020 Kilnsea 156 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 09/09/2020 Sammy’s point, Spurn 157 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus ********** ********** 158 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 17/05/2020 Velvet Bottom 159 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 05/01/2020 Ham Wall 160 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/08/2020 Stratford hide, CVL 161 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/05/2020 Herriotts, CVL 162 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 17/05/2020 Velvet Bottom 163 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 19/09/2020 Spurn 164 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 18/09/2020 The Warren, Spurn 165 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/05/2020 Priddy Mineries 166 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 18/09/2020 Kilnsea 167 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 CVL, Woodford 168 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 CVL, Stratford 169 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2020 Bath Spa Uni. Newton St Loe 170 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2020 CVL, Woodford 171 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 07/08/2020 Corsham, Wiltshire 172 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 CVL 173 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 CVL 174 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2020 CVL 175 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 CVL 176 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 CVL, Woodford 177 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 CVL 178 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 31/08/2020 Portland 179 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no3 180 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 31/08/2020 Portland 181 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 02/01/2020 Clevedon 182 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/05/2020 Velvet Bottom 183 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/07/2020 Blorenge 184 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2020 Marshfield. S. Glos 185 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 23/04/2020 Stockwood 186 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 18/10/2020 Willsbridge mill 187 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus ********** ********** 188 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 CVL. Woodford 189 Dunnock Prunella modularis 05/01/2020 Ham Wall 190 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 30/08/2020 Parklands, CVL 191 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 08/02/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 192 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 20/01/2020 Barrow tank no3 193 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no3 194 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 Barrow tank no3 195 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 17/05/2020 Priddy Mineries 196 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 25/10/2020 Stratford hide, CVL 197 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 02/01/2020 Clevedon 198 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 CVL. Woodford 199 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30/01/2020 Mallards Pike 200 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 30/01/2020 Forest of Dean 201 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 CVL. Woodford 202 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 25/01/2020 Tickenham, Clevedon 203 Twite Linaria flavirostris 08/02/2020 Thornham, Norfolk 204 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2020 Marshfield. S. Glos 205 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 07/11/2020 Stratford lane, CVL 206 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2020 Portishead 207 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2020 CVL, Stratford hide 208 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 08/02/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 209 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/01/2020 Marshfield. S. Glos 210 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2020 Marshfield. S. Glos 211 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 14/01/2020 Chew Valley Lake