Patrick Earith: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 267 of 267 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/01/2020 Penrhos Coastal Park 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/03/2020 Marshside 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2020 Redes Mere 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/01/2020 Redes Mere 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 03/01/2020 Redes Mere 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 08/01/2020 Moss Lane, Upper Thurnham 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 08/01/2020 Moss Lane, Upper Thurnham 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 03/01/2020 Redes Mere 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2020 Ashton's Flash, Marbury CP 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 31/01/2020 Lawton Woods Lake 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19/05/2020 Sandbach Flashes 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2020 Lapwing Hall Pool 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 18 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 22/02/2020 Strontian, Highlands 19 Pintail Anas acuta 05/01/2020 Inland Sea, Anglesey 20 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 17/01/2020 Titchwell 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/01/2020 Ashton's Flash, Marbury CP 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 14/03/2020 West Park, Wolverhampton 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/01/2020 Pine Lake 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 26 Scaup Aythya marila 08/01/2020 Pine Lake 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/03/2020 Benllech 28 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 07/03/2020 Musselburgh 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 08/02/2020 Holkham 30 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 07/03/2020 Musselburgh 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 05/01/2020 Kinmel Bay 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 10/01/2020 Shotwick Boating Lake 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 03/01/2020 Lapwing Hall Pool 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/01/2020 Holyhead Harbour 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 17/05/2020 Dane Bower 38 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 21/02/2020 World’s End 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 15/03/2020 Hale Head 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2020 Redes Mere 41 Quail Coturnix coturnix 10/06/2020 Child’s Lane, Astbury, Cheshire 2 x male. Heard only! 42 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 17/01/2020 Choseley, Norfolk 43 Swift Apus apus 08/05/2020 Sandbach, over Waitrose! 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 10/05/2020 Brereton Heath Country Park 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 16/01/2020 Pennington Flash 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2020 Sandbach 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 08/01/2020 Eagland Hill 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16/01/2020 Pennington Flash 50 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 17/08/2020 Burton Mere Wetlands 51 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 52 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 53 Crane Grus grus 08/02/2020 Billockby 54 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 55 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 02/12/2020 Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 57 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/01/2020 Penrhos Coastal Park 58 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/01/2020 Holkham Park 59 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/01/2020 New Brighton 60 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 19/08/2020 WWT Steart 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 18/01/2020 Titchwell 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/01/2020 Penrhos Coastal Park 63 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 08/01/2020 Condor Green 64 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 15/08/2020 Boulmer 65 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 09/10/2020 Tresco 66 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 05/01/2020 Penrhos Coastal Park 67 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 10/04/2020 Sandbach Flashes 68 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 69 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 06/08/2020 Sandbach Flashes 70 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2020 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 71 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 17/01/2020 Titchwell 72 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 04/01/2020 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 73 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 10/01/2020 RSPB Marshside 74 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11/10/2020 Lower Moors, St Mary’s 75 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 18/01/2020 Titchwell 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 08/01/2020 RSPB Leighton Moss 77 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 01/10/2020 Martin Mere 78 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 25/10/2020 River Wye, Bakewell, Derbyshire 79 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 30/06/2020 Frodsham Marsh, Cheshire 80 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 15/04/2020 Sandbach Flashes 81 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 20/08/2020 Drift Reservoir, Cornwall 82 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 22/03/2020 Sandbach Flashes 83 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 20/08/2020 Drift Reservoir, Cornwall 84 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2020 New Brighton 85 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 09/01/2020 Nosterfield Nature Reserve 86 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 10/01/2020 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 87 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 17/01/2020 Titchwell 88 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 10/01/2020 New Brighton 89 Knot Calidris canutus 05/01/2020 Penrhos Coastal Park 90 Ruff Calidris pugnax 25/01/2020 Martin Mere 91 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 12/07/2020 Frampton Marsh 92 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 17/05/2020 Lunt Meadows 93 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 21/05/2020 Idle Valley NNR, Notts 94 Sanderling Calidris alba 18/01/2020 Titchwell 95 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/01/2020 Penrhos Coastal Park 96 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 10/01/2020 New Brighton 97 Little Stint Calidris minuta 12/08/2020 Spurn 98 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 19/05/2020 Lunt Meadows 99 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 23/05/2020 Northwick Wharth, Pilning Wetland, Gloucestershire 100 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/07/2020 Gronant 101 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 12/08/2020 Spurn 102 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 15/08/2020 Druridge Country Park 103 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 04/07/2020 Pennington Flash 104 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 26/04/2020 Watch Lane Flash, Sandbach 105 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 15/08/2020 Boulmer 106 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 12/08/2020 Spurn 107 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 30/08/2020 Spurn 108 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/03/2020 Flamborough Head 109 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 23/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 110 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 111 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 29/06/2020 Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire 112 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/09/2020 Redcar Tarn, West Yorkshire 113 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/01/2020 Penrhos Coastal Park 114 Common Gull Larus canus ********** ********** 115 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 08/02/2020 Sheringham 116 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 117 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 02/07/2020 Sandbach Flashes 118 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 04/01/2020 Parkgate 119 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 120 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 26/01/2020 Pennington Flash 121 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 23/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 122 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 23/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 123 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 04/07/2020 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 124 Puffin Fratercula arctica 04/07/2020 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 125 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 22/02/2020 Ardgour, Highlands 126 Razorbill Alca torda 05/03/2020 South Stack 127 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 05/01/2020 RSPB South Stack 128 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 05/03/2020 Llandullas 129 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 05/01/2020 Inland Sea, Anglesey 130 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 23/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 131 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 23/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 132 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 05/01/2020 RSPB South Stack 133 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 21/08/2020 Porthgwarra 134 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 23/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 135 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 23/08/2020 Scilly Pelagic 136 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 20/08/2020 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 137 Gannet Morus bassanus 05/01/2020 RSPB South Stack 138 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 139 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/01/2020 Holyhead Harbour 140 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 18/03/2020 Parkgate 141 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 20/01/2020 Marbury Country Park 142 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 143 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 08/01/2020 Cockerham Road, Cockerham 144 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/01/2020 Neston Marsh 145 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 146 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 08/01/2020 Eagland Hill 147 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 26/07/2020 Llyn Brenig 148 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2020 Lapwing Hall Pool 149 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 07/02/2020 Cockley Cley 150 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/01/2020 Neston Marsh 151 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 04/01/2020 Parkgate 152 Red Kite Milvus milvus 17/01/2020 Burnham Market, Norfolk 153 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 18/01/2020 Wells 154 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 155 Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/02/2020 Marbury CP 156 Little Owl Athene noctua 10/06/2020 Beech Tree Farm, Wood Lane, Sandbach 157 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 158 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10/01/2020 Lunt Meadows 159 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 17/01/2020 Lynford Arboretum 160 Hoopoe Upupa epops 01/10/2020 Collingham, West Yorkshire 161 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 16/01/2020 Pennington Flash 162 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 30/08/2020 Spurn 163 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 03/01/2020 Lapwing Hall Pool 164 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/02/2020 The Brecks 165 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 166 Merlin Falco columbarius 26/01/2020 RSPB Marshside 167 Hobby Falco subbuteo 30/05/2020 Hickling Broad, Norfolk 168 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/01/2020 RSPB South Stack 169 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 15/01/2020 Sefton Park 170 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 18/09/2020 Balephuil, Tiree 171 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 11/10/2020 St Martins 172 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 12/08/2020 Spurn 173 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 22/10/2020 Johnny Brown's Common, South Kirby, West Yorkshire 174 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2020 Lapwing Hall Pool 175 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2020 Sandbach 176 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 05/03/2020 South Stack 177 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2020 Sandbach 178 Rook Corvus frugilegus 05/01/2020 Holyhead - KFC! 179 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2020 Sandbach 180 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 05/01/2020 Holyhead - KFC! 181 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 182 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 09/01/2020 Curlew Drive, Crossgates, North Yorkshire 183 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 184 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/01/2020 RSPB Leighton Moss 185 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 186 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 187 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 188 Woodlark Lullula arborea 07/02/2020 The Brecks 189 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/01/2020 Neston Marsh 190 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/04/2020 Watch Lane Flash, Sandbach 191 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2020 Sandbach 192 House Martin Delichon urbicum 17/04/2020 Sandbach 193 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 08/01/2020 RSPB Leighton Moss 194 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 195 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 16/05/2020 Padley Gorge 196 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 04/10/2020 Easington 197 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 04/10/2020 Spurn 198 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 21/12/2020 Astbury Mere Country Park, Cheshire 199 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2020 Sandbach Flashes 200 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/01/2020 Pilling Sewage Works 201 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 20/06/2020 Minsmere Heath Heard only 202 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/05/2020 Lunt Meadows 203 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 14/06/2020 Far Ings NR 204 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12/04/2020 Watch Lane Flash, Sandbach 205 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 12/08/2020 Spurn 206 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/05/2020 Lunt Meadows Heard only (so far!) 207 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/03/2020 Sandbach Flashes 208 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/04/2020 Brereton Heath CP 209 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 30/08/2020 Spurn 210 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 03/05/2020 Wheelock sewage farm 211 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 16/06/2020 Holy Island 212 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2020 Sandbach 213 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 20/06/2020 Dunwich Heath Heard only 214 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 05/01/2020 Holyhead Breakwater CP 215 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 08/01/2020 Pilling Sewage Works 216 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 217 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 218 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/01/2020 Lapwing Hall Pool 219 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 05/03/2020 Llanfaethlu 220 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 03/01/2020 Redes Mere 221 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 10/10/2020 Bryher 222 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 21/01/2020 Sandbach Finally! 223 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 08/01/2020 RSPB Leighton Moss 224 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2020 Lapwing Hall Pool 225 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2020 Sandbach 226 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2020 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 227 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 17/05/2020 Dane Bower 228 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 13/03/2020 Grimsby Institute 229 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 17/05/2020 Merebrook church, Staffs 230 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 231 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 30/05/2020 Maids Cross Hill NR, Suffolk 232 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/05/2020 Padley Gorge 233 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 04/10/2020 Spurn 234 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 05/03/2020 Little Orme 235 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 16/05/2020 Padley Gorge 236 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 12/08/2020 Spurn 237 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 03/01/2020 Ashton's Flash, Marbury CP 238 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/01/2020 Neston Marsh 239 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 17/03/2020 Hale 240 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/02/2020 Strontian, Highlands 241 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 09/01/2020 Flamborough Head 242 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 08/01/2020 Condor Green 243 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 244 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/05/2020 Within Way, Hale 245 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 17/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 246 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/02/2020 Lawton Woods 247 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 04/01/2020 New Brighton 248 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2020 Neston Marsh 249 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 20/05/2020 Hanchurch Woods, Staffs 250 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 17/01/2020 Thornham Harbour, Norfolk 251 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 252 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 31/01/2020 Sandbach 253 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 07/02/2020 Lynford Arboretum 254 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash 255 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2020 Neston Marsh 256 Twite Linaria flavirostris 08/01/2020 Knott End-On-Sea 257 Linnet Linaria cannabina 10/01/2020 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 258 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 18/09/2020 Balephuil, Tiree, Argyll & Bute 259 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 03/01/2020 Lapwing Hall Pool 260 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2020 Neston Marsh 261 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2020 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 262 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 10/10/2020 St Mary’s 263 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 05/01/2020 Kinmel Bay 264 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 08/01/2020 Eagland Hill 265 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 09/01/2020 Flamborough Head 266 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 25/08/2020 Broadsands, Devon 267 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2020 Pennington Flash