Andy Lansdell: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 196 of 196 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/01/2020 Skern 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 16/09/2020 Braunton Marsh Assume an escape with a carrier flock of Canada 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 04/01/2020 Tamar Lake 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11/03/2020 Burniere Point 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 19/02/2020 Petersfield 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 07/01/2020 Stover 10 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 07/01/2020 Mansands 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 15 Pintail Anas acuta 07/01/2020 Bowling Green Marsh 16 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 17 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 02/02/2020 Wrafton Pond 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 07/01/2020 Bowling Green Marsh 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 3 adult males, 1 female type/1st wm 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 07/01/2020 Mansands 21 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2020 Wrafton Pond 1st winter male 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 11/03/2020 Newlyn Harbour 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2020 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 11/03/2020 Drift Reservoir 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 Wrafton Pond Female (male left before NY) 26 Smew Mergellus albellus 04/02/2020 Chard Reservoir 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 21 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/01/2020 Exe 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 12/06/2020 Local 31 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 25/05/2020 Powler's Piece 32 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2020 Local 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/04/2020 Thurleycombe 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 22/06/2020 Steart Marshes 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 40 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 41 Crane Grus grus 23/06/2020 Black Smock Overpass 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 43 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 26/09/2020 Cheddar Reservoir 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/07/2020 Cockwood Steps Summer plumage 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/09/2020 Noah's Lake, Shapwick 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2020 48 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 14/07/2020 Steart Marshes "2 adults and 1 (of 3) chicks 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2020 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2020 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/09/2020 Skern 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 22/06/2020 Steart Marshes 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 55 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 27/12/2020 Bude Marshes 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 07/08/2020 Skern 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2020 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 07/01/2020 Bowling Green Marsh 60 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 07/01/2020 Bowling Green Marsh 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 02/03/2020 Pulborough Brooks 62 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 63 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/01/2020 Fremington Pill 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 23/06/2020 Ham Wall 65 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/08/2020 Maer Marsh 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2020 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/01/2020 Fremington Pill 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/01/2020 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 11/03/2020 Newlyn Harbour 70 Knot Calidris canutus 04/01/2020 Skern 54 - most I've seen here 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 07/01/2020 Bowling Green Marsh 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 14/07/2020 Steart Marshes Summer plumage 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/01/2020 Skern 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2020 75 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/01/2020 76 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 26/09/2020 Cheddar Reservoir 77 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/08/2020 Berry Head 78 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 14/07/2020 Cockwood Steps 79 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/07/2020 Cockwood Steps 80 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29/05/2020 Woody Bay 81 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 82 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 14/07/2020 Cockwood Steps 83 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 84 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 11/03/2020 Hayle estuary 85 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 86 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 87 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 11/03/2020 Gannel 88 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 89 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 11/03/2020 Newlyn Harbour 90 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 21/08/2020 Berry Head 91 Razorbill Alca torda 29/05/2020 Woody Bay 92 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 29/05/2020 Woody Bay 93 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 07/01/2020 Broadsands 94 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2020 Baggy Point (and Ilfracombe on 2nd) Early 95 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 21/08/2020 Berry Head 96 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 21/08/2020 Berry Head 97 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/01/2020 Broadsands 98 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 99 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2020 100 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2020 Fremington Pill As usual 101 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/01/2020 River Taw Distant 102 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 23/06/2020 Ham Wall 103 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2020 104 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 04/01/2020 Fremington Pill 5 on Frem Pill, 8 Braunton Marsh 16/9/20 105 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/02/2020 Swell Wood 106 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 107 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 01/09/2020 Durleigh 108 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 16/09/2020 River Taw 109 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/02/2020 110 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 111 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 23/06/2020 Ham Wall 112 Red Kite Milvus milvus 19/02/2020 Pulborough Brooks 113 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 114 Barn Owl Tyto alba ********** ********** 115 Little Owl Athene noctua 25/05/2020 Meldon 116 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/11/2020 Home Farm Marsh 2 117 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/03/2020 Pulborough Brooks 118 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 06/02/2020 Braunton Marsh 119 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor ********** ********** 120 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 121 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/03/2020 Pulborough Brooks 122 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/02/2020 123 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus ********** ********** 124 Merlin Falco columbarius 06/02/2020 Braunton Marsh 125 Hobby Falco subbuteo 23/06/2020 Ham Wall 126 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 11/03/2020 Trevose Head 127 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 06/01/2020 Room Hill Exmoor 128 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 129 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 130 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 131 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 132 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 133 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2020 134 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 135 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 136 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 137 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 138 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 139 Woodlark Lullula arborea 02/03/2020 Pulborough Brooks 140 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/03/2020 Burniere Point 141 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 142 Swallow Hirundo rustica 20/04/2020 143 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2020 144 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2020 145 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 146 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/05/2020 Watersmeet 147 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/04/2020 148 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 07/01/2020 Mansands 149 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 22/06/2020 Steart Marshes 150 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/05/2020 Sherpa 151 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 20/04/2020 152 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 28/05/2020 Meldon 153 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 28/05/2020 Lincombe 154 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15/05/2020 Hearson Cross 155 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/01/2020 Broadsands 156 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 157 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 158 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 159 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2020 160 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 161 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 162 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 163 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake 164 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 165 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/01/2020 Ridge Road, Molland 166 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 13/05/2020 Thurleycombe 167 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 29/05/2020 Woody Bay 168 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 169 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/05/2020 Stoke Pero 170 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/03/2020 Skern 171 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 13/05/2020 Thurleycombe 172 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 13/05/2020 Thurleycombe 173 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2020 174 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/08/2020 Skern Northern Wheatear 175 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 02/01/2020 176 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 177 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 178 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 16/05/2020 Sherpa Blue-headed form , probably flava or flava x ? Yellow throat, white supercilium, dark mask and dark blue-grey crown. 179 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2020 180 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 plus White wagtail M. alba alba 16/5/2020 Sherpa. 181 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 06/01/2020 Room Hill Exmoor 182 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 13/05/2020 Thurleycombe 183 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2020 184 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2020 185 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 06/01/2020 Ridge Road, Molland A few in the 200-300 strong Chaffinch flock 186 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 187 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 05/01/2020 188 Linnet Linaria cannabina 11/03/2020 Burniere Point 189 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 12/02/2020 Croydon Hill 190 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 191 Siskin Spinus spinus 07/01/2020 Haldon Forest 192 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 11/03/2020 Trevose Head 193 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 11/03/2020 Trevose Head 194 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 10/04/2020 195 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 07/01/2020 Broadsands 196 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/01/2020 Lower Tamar Lake