Geoff Keen: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 318 of 318 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/01/2020 Dark bellied + Grey-bellied Fring 4/1. Pale bellied 9/10 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 05/01/2020 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/02/2020 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2020 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 26/01/2020 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/02/2020 Russian 22/2 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 26/01/2020 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 19/01/2020 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 06/01/2020 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2020 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16/02/2020 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/03/2020 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 05/01/2020 Man Sands 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/01/2020 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 26/09/2020 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 21 Pintail Anas acuta 05/01/2020 22 Teal Anas crecca 05/01/2020 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 06/06/2020 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22/03/2020 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 25/01/2020 Blashford Lakes + 8/3 Wolverhampton 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26/01/2020 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 29 Scaup Aythya marila 16/02/2020 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 26/10/2020 31 Eider Somateria mollissima 18/01/2020 32 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 18/01/2020 33 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 18/01/2020 34 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 18/01/2020 Musselburgh 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18/01/2020 36 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 19/01/2020 Goswick 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 18/01/2020 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 22/03/2020 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 25/01/2020 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/01/2020 42 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 17/06/2020 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/01/2020 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 45 Quail Coturnix coturnix 19/06/2020 Heard only 46 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 04/01/2020 47 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 19/05/2020 48 Swift Apus apus 18/04/2020 49 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 12/04/2020 50 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2020 51 Stock Dove Columba oenas 12/01/2020 52 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 17/05/2020 54 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 04/01/2020 55 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 14/06/2020 56 Corncrake Crex crex 14/06/2020 57 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 19/08/2020 58 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 59 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 60 Crane Grus grus 26/01/2020 61 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 18/01/2020 62 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes ********** ********** 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 29/02/2020 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2020 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 18/01/2020 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 25/01/2020 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 22/03/2020 68 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2020 69 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 07/06/2020 70 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 05/01/2020 71 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/01/2020 72 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2020 73 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 10/08/2020 *Boulmer 74 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 01/09/2020 75 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 02/09/2020 76 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14/03/2020 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 10/04/2020 78 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 79 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes ********** ********** 80 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 14/03/2020 81 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/07/2020 82 Curlew Numenius arquata 05/01/2020 83 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/01/2020 84 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 05/01/2020 85 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 12/01/2020 Marshside 86 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 21/10/2020 87 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 19/05/2020 88 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/02/2020 89 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 01/10/2020 Martin Mere 90 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 05/09/2020 91 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 23/05/2020 92 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/05/2020 93 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21/08/2020 Drift Reservoir 94 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 20/06/2020 95 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/06/2020 96 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2020 97 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 18/01/2020 Nosterfield 98 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 14/03/2020 99 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 05/01/2020 100 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes ********** ********** 101 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/01/2020 102 Knot Calidris canutus 18/01/2020 103 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/01/2020 104 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 23/07/2020 105 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 01/07/2020 106 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 23/05/2020 107 Sanderling Calidris alba 19/01/2020 108 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/01/2020 109 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/11/2020 110 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20/09/2020 Hayle 111 Little Stint Calidris minuta 19/07/2020 112 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 19/07/2020 113 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 05/09/2020 Hayle 114 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 22/05/2020 Pilning 115 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 16/05/2020 116 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 24/06/2020 Dungeness 117 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 14/06/2020 Potter Heigham 118 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 17/04/2020 119 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 04/09/2020 120 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 17/04/2020 121 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 17/04/2020 122 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 20/06/2020 123 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 07/06/2020 124 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 14/03/2020 125 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 14/03/2020 Plymouth 126 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/06/2020 127 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 11/09/2020 128 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 09/07/2020 Oare 129 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 130 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14/03/2020 Chew Valley 131 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/09/2020 Redcar Tarn 132 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15/02/2020 133 Common Gull Larus canus 18/01/2020 134 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 22/02/2020 135 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 136 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 28/07/2020 137 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 04/01/2020 138 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 08/03/2020 139 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 04/01/2020 140 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 22/02/2020 141 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 30/08/2020 142 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 30/07/2020 143 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 04/07/2020 144 Puffin Fratercula arctica 13/06/2020 145 Razorbill Alca torda 04/01/2020 146 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 04/01/2020 147 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/01/2020 148 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 149 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes ********** ********** 150 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 05/01/2020 151 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 13/06/2020 152 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 21/08/2020 153 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/07/2020 154 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 08/07/2020 *Portland 155 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 08/07/2020 156 Gannet Morus bassanus 04/01/2020 157 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 158 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/01/2020 159 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 06/06/2020 160 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/06/2020 161 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 16/02/2020 162 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 16/08/2020 163 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2020 164 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 21/05/2020 Lodmoor 165 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 12/01/2020 166 Great White Egret Ardea alba 29/02/2020 167 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 168 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 12/01/2020 169 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 23/05/2020 170 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 27/06/2020 171 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2020 172 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 01/03/2020 173 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/01/2020 174 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 04/11/2020 175 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 01/09/2020 Thorny Island 176 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2020 177 Black Kite Milvus migrans 17/05/2020 178 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 04/01/2020 179 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 180 Barn Owl Tyto alba 29/02/2020 181 Little Owl Athene noctua 02/06/2020 182 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 01/02/2020 183 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/07/2020 184 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/03/2020 185 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/02/2020 186 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 05/01/2020 187 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 30/08/2020 188 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 22/03/2020 189 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 22/02/2020 190 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 12/01/2020 191 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2020 192 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 31/05/2020 193 Merlin Falco columbarius 26/01/2020 194 Hobby Falco subbuteo 25/04/2020 195 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 26/01/2020 196 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/01/2020 197 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 10/10/2020 Kenidjack 198 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 01/01/2020 Steppe Grey Shrike 5/10 199 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 03/10/2020 *Hartlepool 200 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 04/10/2020 Holy Island 201 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 14/09/2020 202 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 25/05/2020 203 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham Green + atypical at Johnny Brown’s Common 20/10 204 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 205 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 206 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 05/09/2020 207 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 208 Rook Corvus frugilegus 12/01/2020 209 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 210 Raven Corvus corax 16/05/2020 211 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 08/03/2020 212 Coal Tit Periparus ater 10/01/2020 213 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 22/02/2020 214 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 01/03/2020 Heard only 215 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 216 Great Tit Parus major 04/01/2020 217 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 07/03/2020 218 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 17/05/2020 219 Woodlark Lullula arborea 01/03/2020 220 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2020 221 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 222 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 19/09/2020 223 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/05/2020 224 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes ********** ********** 225 Swallow Hirundo rustica 18/04/2020 226 House Martin Delichon urbicum 18/04/2020 227 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 07/03/2020 228 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 229 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 16/02/2020 230 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 17/10/2020 231 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 08/10/2020 232 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 19/10/2020 233 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 21/03/2020 234 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/02/2020 Common & Siberian 16/2 235 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 17/05/2020 Ponders End 236 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 30/09/2020 *Bamburgh 237 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 13/06/2020 238 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 18/04/2020 239 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 10/06/2020 240 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2020 241 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 30/05/2020 242 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 21/08/2020 243 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 11/08/2020 244 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 14/06/2020 ThorpeSaint Andrew 245 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/08/2020 Heard only 246 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 04/04/2020 247 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/04/2020 248 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 30/08/2020 249 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/04/2020 250 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 17/06/2020 *Holy Island 251 Whitethroat Curruca communis 18/04/2020 252 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 28/03/2020 253 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 05/01/2020 254 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2020 255 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 05/01/2020 256 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 10/01/2020 257 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 25/01/2020 258 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 13/06/2020 259 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 260 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 13/10/2020 *Lundy 261 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 04/10/2020 *Kilminning 262 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 10/01/2020 263 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 16/02/2020 264 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 265 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 266 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 267 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 15/03/2020 268 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 01/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo 269 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 *Stiffkey 270 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 09/05/2020 271 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 272 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 13/05/2020 273 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 21/09/2020 274 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 15/10/2020 *South Shields 275 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/08/2020 276 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 04/10/2020 277 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 21/03/2020 278 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 19/04/2020 279 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/06/2020 280 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 06/10/2020 Happisburgh Confirmed by DNA 281 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 12/01/2020 Ashton Flash 282 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2020 283 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 18/04/2020 284 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 04/01/2020 Eccles 285 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/03/2020 Black-bellied 1/3 chestnut-bellied 17/6 286 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13/06/2020 287 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2020 288 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 289 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 18/04/2020 290 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 04/01/2020 Sedgeford 291 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 22/02/2020 292 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 White wag 21/3 293 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 05/01/2020 294 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 295 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 22/03/2020 296 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 04/01/2020 297 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 16/05/2020 298 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 04/01/2020 299 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/03/2020 300 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 25/01/2020 301 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/01/2020 302 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 04/10/2020 303 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 304 Twite Linaria flavirostris 19/01/2020 305 Linnet Linaria cannabina 19/01/2020 306 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 06/11/2020 307 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 26/09/2020 308 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 07/08/2020 309 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 310 Siskin Spinus spinus 25/01/2020 311 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 11/09/2020 312 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 22/09/2020 313 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/01/2020 314 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 04/01/2020 315 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 05/01/2020 316 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 01/11/2020 317 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes ********** ********** 318 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/01/2020