Patrick Safford: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 232 of 232 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 02/01/2020 Cheswick sands 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 34 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Crane Grus grus 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 53 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 01/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 69 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 72 Redshank Tringa totanus 73 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 14/09/2020 Runham 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 Sanderling Calidris alba 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 93 Common Gull Larus canus 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 96 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 98 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 99 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 100 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 102 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 103 Puffin Fratercula arctica 104 Razorbill Alca torda 105 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 106 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 107 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 108 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 109 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 111 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 27/08/2020 St Abbs village 112 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 113 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 114 Gannet Morus bassanus 115 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 116 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 117 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 118 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 119 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 120 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 121 Great White Egret Ardea alba 122 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 123 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 09/09/2020 Ormesby, Norfolk Juvenile 124 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 125 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 126 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 127 Red Kite Milvus milvus 128 Buzzard Buteo buteo 129 Barn Owl Tyto alba 130 Little Owl Athene noctua 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 132 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 133 Hoopoe Upupa epops 134 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 135 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 136 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 137 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 138 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 139 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 140 Merlin Falco columbarius 141 Hobby Falco subbuteo 142 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 143 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 144 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Steppe, 5 oct, Benacre 145 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 08/09/2020 146 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham, Norfolk 147 Jay Garrulus glandarius 148 Magpie Pica pica 149 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 150 Rook Corvus frugilegus 151 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 152 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 153 Raven Corvus corax 154 Coal Tit Periparus ater 155 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 156 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 157 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 158 Great Tit Parus major 159 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 160 Woodlark Lullula arborea 161 Skylark Alauda arvensis 162 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 163 Swallow Hirundo rustica 164 House Martin Delichon urbicum 165 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti H only 166 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 167 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 168 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 169 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 170 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 171 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 172 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 173 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 26/08/2020 St Abbs Head, Borders 174 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 175 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 176 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 177 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 178 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 179 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 180 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 181 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 182 Whitethroat Curruca communis 183 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 184 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 185 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 186 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 187 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 188 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 189 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 190 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 191 Redwing Turdus iliacus 192 Blackbird Turdus merula 193 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 194 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 195 Robin Erithacus rubecula 196 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 197 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 198 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 199 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 200 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 201 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 05/10/2020 Happisburgh 202 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 203 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/03/2020 204 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 205 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 206 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 207 Dunnock Prunella modularis 208 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 209 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 03/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 210 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 211 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 212 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 213 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 214 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 215 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 216 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 217 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 218 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 219 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 220 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 221 Twite Linaria flavirostris 222 Linnet Linaria cannabina 223 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 224 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 225 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 226 Siskin Spinus spinus 227 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 228 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 229 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 230 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 231 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 03/10/2020 Lowestoft 232 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus