Drew Lyness: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 252 of 252 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 26/01/2020 RSPB Titchwell 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 26/01/2020 Thorney Toll * 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/02/2020 Holkham 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 Great Barford 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 26/01/2020 Thorney Toll 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 26/01/2020 Thorney Toll 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2020 Great Barford 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19/01/2020 New Forest 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11/01/2020 RSPB Lodmoor 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 12/01/2020 Man Sands ** 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 Great Barford 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 20 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 Great Barford 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26/01/2020 Baston Pits 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 01/02/2020 Blashford Lakes ** 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 01/01/2020 Great Barford * 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 Great Barford 27 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11/01/2020 East Fleet 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 18/01/2020 Blashford Lakes 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 18/01/2020 Blashford Lakes 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 08/10/2020 Shetland (Twatt) 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 Brogborough Hill 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix 04/07/2020 Wallington * 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 04/01/2020 Winchester 41 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2020 Stanborough Lakes 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/04/2020 Hatfield Aerodrome 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 Brogborough Hill 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 46 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 23/05/2020 RSPB Northward Hill 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 50 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 Great Barford 51 Crane Grus grus 26/01/2020 Thorney Toll 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2020 Great Barford 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 11/01/2020 East Fleet 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/01/2020 Blashford Lakes 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 57 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 06/07/2020 RSPB Dungeness ** 58 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 59 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 60 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 02/05/2020 Coopers Green GPs 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/01/2020 Eling Great Marsh 65 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 68 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 18/01/2020 New Forest 69 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 06/03/2020 Panshanger Park 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 71 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 26/09/2020 NWT Cley Marshes * 72 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 26/09/2020 NWT Cley Marshes * 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 08/03/2020 Blashford Lakes 74 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 75 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 11/07/2020 RSPB Frampton 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 80 Knot Calidris canutus 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11/07/2020 RSPB Frampton 83 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 10/08/2020 Amwell GPs * 84 Sanderling Calidris alba 26/01/2020 RSPB Titchwell 85 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 86 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 87 Little Stint Calidris minuta 30/08/2020 RSPB Buckenham Marshes 88 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 13/09/2020 RSPB Frampton * 89 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/08/2020 Sheringham 90 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 08/08/2020 Alton Water Life Tick 91 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 11/07/2020 RSPB Frampton ** 92 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 03/09/2020 Cantley Beet Factory * 93 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 12/09/2020 Spurn 94 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 27/04/2020 Tyttenhanger GPs 95 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 06/07/2020 RSPB Dungeness 96 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 06/07/2020 Oare Marshes 97 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 98 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 06/07/2020 Oare Marshes ** 99 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 100 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 101 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Great Barford 102 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 14/08/2020 Amwell GPs 103 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 104 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 18/01/2020 Blashford Lakes 105 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 106 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 107 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 12/12/2020 Kelling Water Meadows * 108 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 26/08/2020 Sheringham * 109 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 23/08/2020 NWT Cley Marshes 110 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 12/01/2020 Broadsands * 111 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 26/08/2020 Sheringham 112 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 26/08/2020 Sheringham 113 Razorbill Alca torda 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 114 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 115 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 116 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 12/01/2020 Man Sands 117 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 118 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 26/09/2020 Sheringham * 119 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 120 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 26/09/2020 Sheringham 121 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 23/08/2020 NWT Cley Marshes 122 Gannet Morus bassanus 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 123 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Great Barford 124 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 125 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 22/11/2020 Acle * 126 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 127 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 20/03/2020 Romsey 128 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 129 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11/01/2020 Abbotsbury Swannery * 130 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 131 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 132 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 31/05/2020 South Downs NP Life Tick 133 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 Brogborough Hill 134 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 22/03/2020 New Forest 135 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 136 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 25/01/2020 RSPB Frampton 137 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo 138 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 01/03/2020 Blashford Lakes * 139 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Brogborough Hill 140 Barn Owl Tyto alba 26/01/2020 Thorney Toll 141 Little Owl Athene noctua 10/09/2020 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 142 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/09/2020 Spurn 143 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 09/10/2020 Shetland (Ronas Hill) ** 144 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 05/01/2020 Winchester 145 Hoopoe Upupa epops 26/02/2020 Fawley * 146 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2020 Winchester 147 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo 148 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 149 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 150 Merlin Falco columbarius 25/01/2020 RSPB Frampton 151 Hobby Falco subbuteo 16/05/2020 Amwell GPs 152 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/01/2020 Winchester 153 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 154 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 01/01/2020 Brogborough Hill * 155 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 01/09/2020 Waxham * 156 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham Greens ** 157 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 158 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 159 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 160 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 161 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 162 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 04/10/2020 Shetland (Lerwick) 163 Raven Corvus corax 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 164 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2020 Winchester 165 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 166 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 167 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 168 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 25/05/2020 RSPB Ouse Fen 169 Woodlark Lullula arborea 26/02/2020 Fawley 170 Skylark Alauda arvensis 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 171 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 10/10/2020 Shetland (Sumburgh) * 172 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2020 Romsey 173 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2020 Stanborough Lakes 174 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2020 Welwyn Garden City 175 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 11/01/2020 RSPB Lodmoor 176 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Great Barford 177 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 18/09/2020 Burnham Overy Dunes 178 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 17/10/2020 Trimingham * 179 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2020 Welwyn Garden City 180 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 181 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 16/08/2020 Blakeney Point ** 182 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 05/10/2020 Shetland (Brae) ** 183 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2020 Tyttenhanger GPs 184 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/04/2020 Tyttenhanger GPs 185 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 06/06/2020 Kings Meads * 186 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 23/08/2020 Gramborough Hill * 187 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2020 Hatfield Aerodrome 188 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 12/01/2020 Lyme Regis 189 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 19/04/2020 Tyttenhanger GPs 190 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 31/08/2020 Blakeney Point * 191 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2020 Hatfield Aerodrome 192 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2020 Hatfield Aerodrome 193 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 194 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 195 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 196 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 197 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo 198 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/01/2020 Winchester 199 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 200 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 201 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 202 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 203 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 204 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 205 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 206 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 01/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo Life Tick 207 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey Life Tick 208 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 24/06/2020 Wallington 209 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 210 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 23/05/2020 RSPB Cliffe Pools 211 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 31/08/2020 Blakeney Point * 212 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 06/10/2020 Shetland (Bardister) * 213 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/08/2020 Blakeney Point 214 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 12/10/2020 Shetland (Sandwick) ** 215 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 12/01/2020 Man Sands 216 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 31/08/2020 Blakeney Point 217 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/08/2020 Blakeney Point 218 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 219 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2020 Hengistbury Head 220 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 12/01/2020 Lyme Regis 221 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/02/2020 WWT Welney 222 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Brogborough Hill 223 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Brogborough Hill 224 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 25/05/2020 March Farmers 225 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 05/10/2020 Shetland (North Roe) ** 226 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 227 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Great Barford 228 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 04/10/2020 Shetland (Lerwick) * 229 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 Brogborough Hill 230 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 31/05/2020 South Downs NP 231 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 04/10/2020 Shetland (Boddam) ** 232 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 233 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 11/01/2020 Portland Obs 234 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Lemsford Springs 235 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 19/01/2020 New Forest 236 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 19/01/2020 New Forest 237 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 Brogborough Hill 238 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 239 Twite Linaria flavirostris 02/02/2020 Thornham Harbour 240 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2020 Pennington Marshes 241 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 06/10/2020 Shetland (Busta House) 242 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 19/01/2020 New Forest 243 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 11/10/2020 Shetland (Valyie) ** 244 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 18/01/2020 New Forest 245 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Great Barford 246 Siskin Spinus spinus 18/01/2020 New Forest 247 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 12/09/2020 Spurn * 248 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 09/10/2020 Shetland (Ronas Hill) 249 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 15/06/2020 Pirton 250 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2020 Paxton Pits 251 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 12/01/2020 Broadsands * 252 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2020 Brogborough Hill