John Campbell: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 140 of 140 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/02/2020 River Blackwater, Heybridge 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 10/01/2020 Layer Breton Causeway 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 06/08/2020 Over Solway Estuary, near River Esk 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 10/01/2020 Layer Breton Causeway 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2020 Over Wemyss Bay 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 06/01/2020 Clyde estuary, by Langbank 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 06/01/2020 Clyde Estuary, Langbank 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17/01/2020 Endcliffe PArk , Sheffield 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16/01/2020 YWT Potteric Carr 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 08/01/2020 Central Chelmsford 14 Teal Anas crecca 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 10/01/2020 Layer Breton Causeway 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 10/01/2020 Layer Breton Causeway 17 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/01/2020 Wemyss Bay 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 19 Smew Mergellus albellus 10/01/2020 Layer Breton Causeway 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/01/2020 Wemyss Bay 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 By A130 near Barnston 23 Quail Coturnix coturnix 24 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fields around Danbury 25 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 26 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2020 Over Danbury garden 27 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 28 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 29 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/05/2020 Heard from Danbury Garden 30 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2020 Heybridge Basin 31 Stock Dove Columba oenas 09/02/2020 Danbury, garden 32 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Danbury Garden 33 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 20/01/2020 Andover, Hants 34 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 08/01/2020 Central Chelmsford 35 Coot Fulica atra 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 36 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/02/2020 Heybridge Basin 37 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 38 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2020 Wemyss Bay 39 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 40 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 05/02/2020 River Blackwater, Heybridge 41 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 18/11/2020 Old Hall Marshes, RSPB 42 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 05/02/2020 River Blackwater, Heybridge 43 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 05/02/2020 River Blackwater, Heybridge 44 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 45 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 06/01/2020 By A66, Co Durham 46 Curlew Numenius arquata 05/02/2020 Fambridge 47 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/11/2020 Old Hall Marshes, RSPB 48 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 05/02/2020 River Blackwater, Heybridge 49 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 50 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 27/08/2020 Old Hall Marshes RSPB 51 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 52 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 53 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2020 Wemyss Bay 54 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 55 Knot Calidris canutus 05/02/2020 River Blackwater, Heybridge 56 Ruff Calidris pugnax 57 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/02/2020 58 Little Stint Calidris minuta 59 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 60 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 19/05/2020 Heybridge Basin 61 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 By A130 Essex 62 Common Gull Larus canus 11/08/2020 Largs 63 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 By A12, Chelmsford 64 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 12/08/2020 Ettrick Bay, Bute 65 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2020 Greenock 66 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 08/08/2020 Wemyss Bay 67 Razorbill Alca torda 02/11/2020 Wemyss Bay 68 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 08/08/2020 Wemyss Bay 69 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 70 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 18/11/2020 Old Hall Marshes, RSPB 71 Gannet Morus bassanus 06/08/2020 Wemyss Bay 72 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Wemyss Bay 73 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 74 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 27/08/2020 Old Hall Marshes RSPB 7 individuals 75 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 76 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 77 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 27/08/2020 Old Hall Marshes RSPB - group of 9 birds 78 Great White Egret Ardea alba 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 79 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2020 On shore by A78,Skelmorlie 80 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 31/07/2020 Over Garden 81 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 16/01/2020 YWT Potteric Carr 82 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2020 A1M York junction 83 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Near Felstead, Essex 84 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/02/2020 Blue House Farm, EWT 85 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 07/02/2020 Blue House Farm, EWT 86 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 09/01/2020 Danbury Garden 87 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 30/03/2020 Danbury Garden, after many hearings 88 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 By M11, near Stansted 89 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 28/01/2020 Hampstead Heath, London 90 Jay Garrulus glandarius 22/01/2020 Stockbridge Wold, Hants 91 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Danbury Garden 92 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Garden Danbury 93 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 By A66, Co Durham 94 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Danbury Garden 95 Raven Corvus corax 30/10/2020 Knockderry House, Cove 96 Coal Tit Periparus ater 16/01/2020 YWT Potteric Carr 97 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Danbury Garden 98 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Danbury Garden 99 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 19/05/2020 Heybridge Basin 100 Skylark Alauda arvensis 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 101 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 102 Swallow Hirundo rustica 17/04/2020 Danbury Common 103 House Martin Delichon urbicum 14/05/2020 12 birds over Paternoster Farm, Danbury 104 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 18/11/2020 Old Hall Marshes, RSPB 105 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 28/07/2020 Ludgores Lane, Danbury 106 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 27/03/2020 Danbury Lakes 107 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/07/2020 Heybridge Basin 108 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/05/2020 Heybridge Basin 109 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 05/03/2020 Andover Garden 110 Whitethroat Curruca communis 05/05/2020 Danbury Common 111 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 16/01/2020 YWT Potteric Carr 112 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 17/01/2020 Heard, Endcliffe Park, Sheffield 113 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 16/01/2020 YWT Potteric Carr 114 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 IN murmuration, near Gretna 115 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 20/01/2020 Andover, Hants 116 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 19/01/2020 Andover Hants 117 Redwing Turdus iliacus 18/01/2020 Endcliffe Park, Sheffield 118 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Danbury Garden 119 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 29/01/2020 Galleywood, Chelmsford 120 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Danbury Garden 121 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 122 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 17/04/2020 Danbury Common, Birds first reported on 9th April, heard on 10th April, seen and heard at today's date 123 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 27/08/2020 Old Hall Marshes RSPB 124 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 125 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 12/08/2020 Scalpsie Bay, Bute 126 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 15/07/2020 Whiteley Woods, Sheffield 127 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 03/01/2020 Wemyss Bay 128 Dunnock Prunella modularis 08/01/2020 Chelmsford Town Centre 129 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 27/08/2020 Old Hall Marshes, RSPB 130 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 17/01/2020 Endcliffe Park, Sheffield 131 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 10/01/2020 Layer Breton Causeway 132 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 10/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 133 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 12/08/2020 Ettrick Bay, Bute 134 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Danbury Garden 135 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/01/2020 YWT Potteric Carr 136 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 Danbury Garden 137 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Danbury Garden 138 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 18/11/2020 Old Hall Marshes, RSPB 139 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/03/2020 Several in hedgerow by Abbotts Ann 140 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 16/01/2020 YWT Potteric Carr