Jonathan Farooqi: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 256 of 256 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 01/06/2020 Castle Island, Northumberland 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21/02/2020 Ellerton Lake, North Yorkshire 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 02/01/2020 Cheswick Sands, Northumberland 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 41 Swift Apus apus 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 49 Coot Fulica atra 50 Crane Grus grus 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 59 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 16/08/2020 Longhoughton Steel, Northumberland 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 63 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 04/07/2020 Tyninghame Bay, Lothian 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 65 Curlew Numenius arquata 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 68 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 01/01/2020 Cresswell Pond, Northumberland 69 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 71 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 72 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 18/05/2020 Grindon Lough, Northumberland 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 74 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 75 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 77 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 21/02/2020 Nosterfield Quarry, North Yorkshire 78 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 79 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 80 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 11/11/2020 Dunwich Pools, Suffolk 81 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 82 Knot Calidris canutus 83 Ruff Calidris pugnax 84 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 27/07/2020 Druridge Pools, Northumberland 90 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 29/07/2020 Cullernose Point, Northumberland 91 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 92 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 07/08/2020 Alton Reservoir, Suffolk 93 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 09/08/2020 Hickling Broad, Norfolk 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 95 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 16/08/2020 Druridge Bay CP, Northumberland 96 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 97 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 98 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 99 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 100 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 101 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 102 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 28/08/2020 Newbiggin, Northumberland 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 105 Common Gull Larus canus 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 111 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 112 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 16/08/2020 Longhoughton Steel, Northumberland 113 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 114 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 115 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 116 Puffin Fratercula arctica 117 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 118 Razorbill Alca torda 119 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 120 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 121 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 122 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 123 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 124 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 26/09/2020 Sheringham, Norfolk 125 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 126 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 127 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 128 Gannet Morus bassanus 129 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 130 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 131 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 21/11/2020 Horsham St Faith, Norfolk 132 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 133 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 134 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 135 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 136 Great White Egret Ardea alba 137 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 138 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 07/09/2020 Ormesby Little Broad, Norfolk 139 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 140 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 09/08/2020 Potter Heigham, Norfolk 141 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 142 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 143 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 144 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 145 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 146 Red Kite Milvus milvus 147 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 17/02/2020 Wells, Norfolk 148 Buzzard Buteo buteo 149 Barn Owl Tyto alba 150 Little Owl Athene noctua 151 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 152 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 153 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 154 Hoopoe Upupa epops 06/10/2020 Wighton, Norfolk 155 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 156 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 01/09/2020 Spurn, East Yorkshire 157 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 158 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 159 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 160 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 161 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 19/06/2020 Biggin, North Yorkshire 162 Merlin Falco columbarius 163 Hobby Falco subbuteo 164 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 165 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 166 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 05/10/2020 Benacre, Suffolk Steppe Grey Shrike 167 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 31/05/2020 Holy Island, Northumberland 168 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham Greens, Norfolk 169 Jay Garrulus glandarius 170 Magpie Pica pica 171 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 172 Rook Corvus frugilegus 173 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 174 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 175 Raven Corvus corax 176 Coal Tit Periparus ater 177 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 178 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 179 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 180 Great Tit Parus major 181 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 182 Woodlark Lullula arborea 183 Skylark Alauda arvensis 184 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 185 Swallow Hirundo rustica 186 House Martin Delichon urbicum 187 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 188 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 189 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 190 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15/10/2020 Holkham Pines, Norfolk 191 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 08/10/2020 Southwold, Suffolk 192 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 193 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 194 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 31/08/2020 Newbiggin, Northumberland 195 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 05/06/2020 Druridge Pools, Northumberland 196 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 197 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 19/06/2020 Far Ings NR, Lincolnshire 198 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 199 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 200 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 201 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 202 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 203 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 204 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 15/06/2020 Holy Island, Northumberland 205 Whitethroat Curruca communis 206 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 207 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 208 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 209 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 210 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 211 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 212 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 213 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 214 Redwing Turdus iliacus 215 Blackbird Turdus merula 216 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 217 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 19/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire 218 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey, Norfolk 219 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 220 Robin Erithacus rubecula 221 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 21/09/2020 Wells Woods, Norfolk 222 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 223 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 15/10/2020 Holkham Pines, Norfolk 224 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 225 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 226 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 05/10/2020 Happisburgh, Norfolk Pending DNA analysis 227 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 228 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 229 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 230 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 231 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 232 Dunnock Prunella modularis 233 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 234 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 03/01/2020 Prestwick Carr, Northumberland + Sedgeford, Norfolk 235 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 236 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 237 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 238 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 239 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 240 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 241 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 242 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 243 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 244 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 245 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 246 Twite Linaria flavirostris 247 Linnet Linaria cannabina 248 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 249 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 250 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 251 Siskin Spinus spinus 252 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 253 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 254 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 255 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 03/10/2020 Lowestoft, Suffolk 256 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus