BirdGuides News Team: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 233 of 233 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 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 05/01/2020 Thorney, Cambs JJ, DO 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20/02/2020 Druridge Pools, Northumberland JF/AT 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27/02/2020 Grindon Lough 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 06/02/2020 Strontian DO 23 Pintail Anas acuta 24 Teal Anas crecca 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 16/02/2020 Johnny Brown's Common, West Yorkshire DO 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/01/2020 Pine Lake, Lancashire DO 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 Eider Somateria mollissima 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 34 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 10/01/2020 Goswick AT, DO, JF 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 41 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 14/01/2020 42 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 45 Quail Coturnix coturnix DO 46 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 47 Swift Apus apus 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 56 Coot Fulica atra 57 Crane Grus grus 15/01/2020 MIdleton AT 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 05/01/2020 March Farmers, Cambs JJ 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 61 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 63 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 64 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 66 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 67 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 68 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 69 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 25/03/2020 Cresswell Pond AT 70 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 01/01/2020 Cresswell Pond, Northumberland JF, DO 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 30/01/2020 Newburn, Northumberland AT 77 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 78 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 79 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 04/01/2020 Baston & Langtoft Pits JJ 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 17/01/2020 Nosterfield LNR, North Yorkshire DO 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia DO 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 86 Knot Calidris canutus 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 88 Sanderling Calidris alba 89 Dunlin Calidris alpina 90 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 91 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos DO 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 93 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 94 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 95 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 96 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 97 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 04/02/2020 Seaton Sluice AT 98 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 99 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 100 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 101 Common Gull Larus canus 102 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 103 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 104 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 105 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 106 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 107 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 108 Puffin Fratercula arctica 109 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 110 Razorbill Alca torda 111 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 112 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 113 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 114 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 115 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 116 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 14/01/2020 Caswell Bay DR 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 121 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 122 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/01/2020 Whittlesey, Cambs JJ 123 Great White Egret Ardea alba 124 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 125 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 02/01/2020 Eagland Hill, Lancashire DO 126 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 06/04/2020 Ashington AT 127 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 129 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 27/02/2020 Grindon Lough AT 130 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 131 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 132 Red Kite Milvus milvus 133 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 134 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 05/01/2020 Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk SV, DO 135 Buzzard Buteo buteo 136 Barn Owl Tyto alba 137 Little Owl Athene noctua 138 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 139 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 140 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 141 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor JF 142 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 143 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 144 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 145 Merlin Falco columbarius 146 Hobby Falco subbuteo 147 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 148 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 149 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 09/03/2020 Kirkharle AT 150 Jay Garrulus glandarius 151 Magpie Pica pica 152 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 10/01/2020 Gower DR 153 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 154 Rook Corvus frugilegus 155 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 156 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 157 Raven Corvus corax 158 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 159 Coal Tit Periparus ater 160 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 161 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 162 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 163 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 164 Great Tit Parus major 165 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 166 Woodlark Lullula arborea 167 Skylark Alauda arvensis 168 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 169 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2020 Bothal Pond 170 House Martin Delichon urbicum 171 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 172 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 173 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 174 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 175 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 176 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 177 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 178 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 179 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 16/01/2020 Gorseinon DR 180 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 181 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 182 Whitethroat Curruca communis 183 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 184 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 185 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 186 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 187 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 188 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 189 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 190 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 191 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 192 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 193 Redwing Turdus iliacus 194 Blackbird Turdus merula 195 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 196 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 11/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire DO 197 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 198 Robin Erithacus rubecula 199 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 200 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 201 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 202 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 203 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 204 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 205 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 206 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 207 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 208 Dunnock Prunella modularis 209 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 210 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 04/01/2020 Prestwick Carr AT, DO, JF 211 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 212 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 213 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 214 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 215 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 216 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 217 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 218 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 219 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 220 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 221 Twite Linaria flavirostris 222 Linnet Linaria cannabina 223 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea DO 224 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 225 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus DO 226 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 227 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 228 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 229 Siskin Spinus spinus 230 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 05/01/2020 Holkham Gap, Norfolk SV, DO 231 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 232 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 233 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus