Matthew Broadbent: 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 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 36 Swift Apus apus 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 43 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 45 Coot Fulica atra 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 50 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 52 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 56 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 27/11/2020 St Buryan 61 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 14/03/2020 Burnham, Somerset 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 70 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 12/09/2020 Porth Hellick, St Mary's 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 77 Knot Calidris canutus 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 80 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 84 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20/09/2020 Hayle estuary 85 Little Stint Calidris minuta 86 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 87 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 88 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 89 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 90 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 91 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 92 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 93 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 94 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 95 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 12/02/2020 Padstow 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 97 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14/03/2020 Chew Valley lake 98 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 99 Common Gull Larus canus 100 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 101 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 102 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 103 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 104 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 105 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 106 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 107 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 108 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 109 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 110 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 111 Puffin Fratercula arctica 112 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 113 Razorbill Alca torda 114 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 115 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 116 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 117 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 19/01/2020 Rosemullion Head 118 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 119 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 27/02/2020 Cape Cornwall 120 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 121 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 122 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 123 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 124 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 125 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 126 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 127 Gannet Morus bassanus 128 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 129 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 130 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 131 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 132 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 133 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 134 Great White Egret Ardea alba 135 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 136 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 137 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 138 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 139 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 140 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 141 Red Kite Milvus milvus 142 Buzzard Buteo buteo 143 Barn Owl Tyto alba 144 Little Owl Athene noctua 145 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 146 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 147 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 148 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 149 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 150 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 151 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 152 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 153 Merlin Falco columbarius 154 Hobby Falco subbuteo 155 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 156 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 157 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 158 Jay Garrulus glandarius 159 Magpie Pica pica 160 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 161 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 162 Rook Corvus frugilegus 163 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 164 Raven Corvus corax 165 Coal Tit Periparus ater 166 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 167 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 168 Great Tit Parus major 169 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 170 Woodlark Lullula arborea 171 Skylark Alauda arvensis 172 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 173 Swallow Hirundo rustica 174 House Martin Delichon urbicum 175 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 176 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 177 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 178 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 179 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 180 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 181 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 182 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 183 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 184 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 185 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 186 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 187 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 188 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 189 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 190 Whitethroat Curruca communis 191 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 192 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 193 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 194 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 195 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 196 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 197 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 198 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 199 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 200 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 201 Redwing Turdus iliacus 202 Blackbird Turdus merula 203 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 204 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 205 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 206 Robin Erithacus rubecula 207 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 208 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 209 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 210 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 211 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 212 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 213 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 214 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 23/11/2020 Penberth Cove 215 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 216 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 217 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 218 Dunnock Prunella modularis 219 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 220 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 221 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 222 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 223 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 224 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 19/01/2020 Sennen 225 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 226 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 227 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 228 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 229 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 230 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 231 Linnet Linaria cannabina 232 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 233 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 234 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 235 Siskin Spinus spinus 236 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 237 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 238 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 239 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 240 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 241 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus