Steven Ward: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 142 of 142 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2020 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2020 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 14/02/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 37 feeding migrants 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/01/2020 Long Preston Deeps, North Yorkshire 27 Eurasian (albifrons) inc. 18+ adults & 9+ 2nd-calendar-year 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 21/03/2020 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/03/2020 Carperby, North Yorkshire 46 feeding migrants 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 18/01/2020 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 21/02/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 drake 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18/01/2020 Long Preston Deeps, North Yorkshire 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21/03/2020 Sunbiggin Tarn, Cumbria 4 drake, 2 duck 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12/01/2020 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 13 Pintail Anas acuta 18/01/2020 Long Preston Deeps, North Yorkshire 14 Teal Anas crecca 05/01/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 drake, 2 duck 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 28/07/2020 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 18/01/2020 17 Eider Somateria mollissima 16/08/2020 South Walney, Cumbria 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18/01/2020 Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire 19 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 adult female 20 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 02/01/2020 21 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 20/01/2020 Swaledale, North Yorkshire 1 blackcock 22 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 05/02/2020 Healaugh, North Yorkshire 2 feeding 23 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 24 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 06/01/2020 25 Swift Apus apus 22/04/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1+ 26 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 28/05/2020 27 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 28 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/01/2020 29 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 30 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 31 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 29/11/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1+ heard only 32 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 33 Coot Fulica atra 17/02/2020 34 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 12/01/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 non-breeding plumage 35 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 17/02/2020 Stocks Reservoir, Lancashire 1 breeding plumage, 1 non-breeding plumage 36 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/01/2020 37 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/02/2020 Shaw Cote, North Yorkshire 40+ flying over 38 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 16/08/2020 South Walney, Cumbria 39 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 05/01/2020 40 Curlew Numenius arquata 30/01/2020 Thoresby, North Yorkshire 2 41 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 05/05/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 breeding plumage migrant 42 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 10/10/2020 Bolton-on-Swale Lake, North Yorkshire 1 43 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 24/04/2020 Cotterdale, North Yorkshire 1 44 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 13/02/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 45 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/04/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 46 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 30/06/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 47 Redshank Tringa totanus 15/02/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 48 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/08/2020 South Walney, Cumbria 10 49 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 16/08/2020 South Walney, Cumbria 50 Knot Calidris canutus 16/08/2020 South Walney, Cumbria 51 Sanderling Calidris alba 16/08/2020 South Walney, Cumbria 52 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/03/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 2 non-breeding plumage migrants 53 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/07/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 2 migrants 54 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2020 55 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2020 56 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 17/02/2020 Redcar Tarn, West Yorkshire Lifer! 1 2nd-calendar-year 57 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 06/01/2020 58 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 16/01/2020 59 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 10/02/2020 60 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 03/09/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB, East Yorkshire 61 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/09/2020 Scarborough, North Yorkshire 62 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 04/01/2020 63 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/09/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB, East Yorkshire 64 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 18/01/2020 65 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2020 66 Osprey Pandion haliaetus ********** ********** 67 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/01/2020 68 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 28/07/2020 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire 69 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/01/2020 Long Preston Deeps, North Yorkshire 1 ringtail 70 Red Kite Milvus milvus 30/01/2020 71 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2020 72 Barn Owl Tyto alba 05/06/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 73 Little Owl Athene noctua 20/01/2020 Bainbridge, North Yorkshire 1 74 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 75 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus ********** ********** 76 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 18/01/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 heard only 77 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 08/01/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 heard only 78 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 18/01/2020 79 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 06/03/2020 80 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2020 81 Merlin Falco columbarius ********** ********** 82 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 15/04/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 2nd-calendar-year flyover 83 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/02/2020 Redmire, North Yorkshire 1 flying over 84 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 85 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 86 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 87 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 03/01/2020 88 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2020 89 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 90 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 20/07/2020 Yew Barrow, Cumbria 91 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 92 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 93 Skylark Alauda arvensis 13/02/2020 94 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 27/03/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 2 95 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 96 House Martin Delichon urbicum 19/04/2020 97 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2020 98 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix ********** ********** 99 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 2 100 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/03/2020 Low Row, North Yorkshire 1 101 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/05/2020 Lunds, North Yorkshire 1 102 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/07/2020 Rusland Valley, Cumbria 2 103 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 23/04/2020 104 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 07/05/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 105 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/07/2020 Rusland Valley, Cumbria 106 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 03/01/2020 107 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 108 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2020 109 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2020 110 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 111 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 18/01/2020 112 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2020 113 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 114 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 115 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 116 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/04/2020 Burtersett, North Yorkshire 1 male 117 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 09/05/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 3 118 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 119 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/05/2020 Cotterdale, North Yorkshire 1 singing male. Heard only 120 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 23/04/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 singing male. Heard only 121 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 14/08/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 juvenile 122 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 21/03/2020 123 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 14/04/2020 Raygill, North Yorkshire 2 males 124 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/01/2020 125 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/09/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB, East Yorkshire 126 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 127 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 128 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 06/01/2020 129 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 18/01/2020 130 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 18/01/2020 131 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 16/04/2020 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 flyover East 132 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 133 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 03/02/2020 134 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/02/2020 135 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 136 Linnet Linaria cannabina 06/04/2020 137 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 30/03/2020 138 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 16/01/2020 139 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 140 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2020 141 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 17/11/2020 Fleet Moss, North Yorkshire 4 142 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 18/01/2020