Nick Moran: The Nunnery Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 137 of 137 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 11/07/2020 Flood 2 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 03/04/2020 Shadwell field 2cy albifrons 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 6 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 30/11/2020 Great Snare Hill 9 flew south 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2020 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 Flood Pair 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/03/2020 Flood Male flew north 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 Flood Female 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23/01/2020 C Lake 2 females 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 14 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 10/04/2020 D Lake Pair 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 17 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31/10/2020 A Lake 2 females 18 Goosander Mergus merganser 21/11/2020 Fen meadow Drake flew south 19 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 20 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2020 21 Swift Apus apus 19/04/2020 D Lake 4; earliest date (previous 21/4) 22 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/04/2020 1 23 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 14/01/2020 24 Stock Dove Columba oenas 22/01/2020 1 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 26 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 27 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2020 CES reedbed 1 calling 28 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 29 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 30 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 18/01/2020 Little Ouse 2 31 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 21/01/2020 D Lake 1 32 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 05/04/2020 33 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 18/02/2020 Flood 1 34 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 16/09/2020 Flood 1 heard calling three times 35 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 16/05/2020 Flood 2 36 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 07/02/2020 1 over 37 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 22/04/2020 Shadwell 1 calling in flight 38 Curlew Numenius arquata 07/02/2020 Southern meadow 1 39 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 19/07/2020 Flood 6 40 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 05/01/2020 Smeeton Scrape 1 41 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2020 Scrub between B and A Lakes 1 42 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2020 43 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 03/05/2020 Flood 1 44 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 06/02/2020 Flood 3; rare winter record here 45 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 28/08/2020 Flood 1 heard in flight 4 times; my first since 5/8/09 46 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/07/2020 Flood 1 47 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/06/2020 E Lake 1 flew north 48 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 49 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21/05/2020 Flood 2 adults over D Lake then circling over flood 50 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 51 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/01/2020 Flood 2cy 52 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 53 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 15/01/2020 Flood 3cy 54 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 16/01/2020 Shadwell track 3cy flew south 55 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 56 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 29/01/2020 D Lake 3cy(?) 57 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 58 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2020 59 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 60 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/04/2020 A Lake 1 being mobbed by corvids 61 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 62 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 18/01/2020 Great Snare Hill 1 63 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/04/2020 A Lake 1 female west 64 Red Kite Milvus milvus 03/03/2020 E Lake 1 west 65 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2020 66 Barn Owl Tyto alba 05/01/2020 67 Little Owl Athene noctua 05/12/2020 Shadwell Flight calls heard 3 times 68 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 06/01/2020 69 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2020 70 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 22/11/2020 C Lake poplars 1 female 71 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2020 72 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 05/01/2020 73 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 74 Hobby Falco subbuteo 05/05/2020 1 75 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 21/01/2020 Great Snare Hill 1 76 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 77 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 78 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 79 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 80 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 81 Raven Corvus corax 20/03/2020 Great Snare Hill 1 south 82 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2020 83 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2020 84 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 85 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 86 Woodlark Lullula arborea 06/02/2020 Southern meadow 1 heard calling in flight 87 Skylark Alauda arvensis 14/01/2020 88 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2020 D Lake 1 89 Swallow Hirundo rustica 05/04/2020 1 90 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/04/2020 91 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/01/2020 Bob Clarke Lake reedbed 92 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 93 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 22/10/2020 D Lake area 1 in sallows by bridge 94 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2020 Shadwell track 1 singing near D Lake 95 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 28/02/2020 1 96 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 08/04/2020 CES reedbed 1 97 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 11/04/2020 Smeeton Scrape 1 98 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 25/06/2020 Compartment 21 1 reeling 99 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 23/03/2020 Gentle Bridge area 1 singing; my earliest record here 100 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 20/04/2020 A Lake 1 at south end 101 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 19/04/2020 D/E Lake carpark 1 102 Whitethroat Curruca communis 13/04/2020 1 by D/E carpark 103 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 10/04/2020 A Lake birch wood 1 male 104 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 105 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 106 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2020 107 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/01/2020 108 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 109 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 110 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2020 111 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 112 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 113 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 4 east. Finally! 114 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 19/08/2020 D Lake area 2 seen flying from trees near containers to D Lake, before moved northeast along track. Presumed third bird flew southwest from containers area 115 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 116 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/08/2020 Track near Ian's 1cy type in oaks, remaining out of view for long periods 117 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/09/2020 Shadwell track 1cy 118 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 28/02/2020 E Lake Male and female on east side of E Lake; my first multi-bird record 119 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 06/04/2020 Shadwell field 1 120 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 121 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 122 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 27/04/2020 D Lake 1 west 123 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/01/2020 1 124 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 125 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 13/01/2020 2 126 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 09/08/2020 Southern meadow 2 127 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 128 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 24/01/2020 3 fly-overs 129 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/01/2020 130 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 131 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2020 132 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 09/01/2020 1 133 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 21/07/2020 A Lake 1+ over, calling 134 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 135 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2020 136 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 07/01/2020 137 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2020