Rich Collis: Doncaster & District Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 166 of 166 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 09/03/2020 Old Moor 14 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2020 Wroot 100s 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2020 Southfield 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 04/01/2020 Slaynes Lane 2 adults 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 03/01/2020 Low-Levels road 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 09/03/2020 Old Moor 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/01/2020 Packards South 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12/01/2020 Dragon pit 2 Drakes 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula Southfield Drake on Went Ings 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 12/01/2020 Misson East Flood 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 31/01/2020 Hatfield moors Pair on Boston Park lake 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 15/02/2020 Johnny Browns common lake. Drake plus Ring-necked duck. 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 07/01/2020 South Kirkby, Johnny Browns common pond Adult drake same as last uear 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2020 Southfield 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 16/07/2020 Southfield reservoir Female type 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/06/2020 Slaynes lane Drake on North pit 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2020 Southfield 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/01/2020 Lindholme stw Calling, plus another Chiffchaff 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 08/01/2020 Bolton on Dearne stw 33 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 12/08/2020 Hatfield moors 4 34 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2020 Home 4 North 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/05/2020 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 25/05/2020 4 singing 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 15/01/2020 Thorpe Marsh YWT 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 42 Coot Fulica atra 43 Crane Grus grus 03/01/2020 Low-Levels road 2 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/07/2020 Slaynes lane non breeding plumage 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/02/2020 Slaynes Lane 2 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 06/03/2020 Adwick-Washlands 7 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 12/03/2020 East Flood 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27/03/2020 Sandall stw 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/03/2020 Sandall stw Pair 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Curlew Numenius arquata 31/01/2020 Finningley c76 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 09/03/2020 Old Moor 55 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 23/01/2020 Harworth pit-tip 3 flushed at Eastern end 56 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 23/01/2020 Harworth pit-tip 7 57 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 23/05/2020 Wombwell ings 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/07/2020 Slaynes lane 2 59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/02/2020 South Elmsall stw 60 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 23/08/2020 Slaynes lane 2 on NE flooded field 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 12/01/2020 Newington 62 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 24/09/2020 Old Moor 2 63 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/07/2020 Slaynes Lane 2 64 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 09/08/2020 Potteric Carr 2 (1Juv) 65 Knot Calidris canutus 23/08/2020 Slaynes Lane 66 Ruff Calidris pugnax 12/01/2020 Newington 67 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11/06/2020 Slaynes Lane 2 on South side 68 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 08/09/2020 Old Moor From Wader Scrape hide 69 Sanderling Calidris alba 20/05/2020 Southfield 70 Dunlin Calidris alpina 12/03/2020 East Flood 7 71 Little Stint Calidris minuta 29/08/2020 Slaynes Lane 72 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 09/06/2020 Slaynes lane 2 on Northern side 73 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/08/2020 Potteric Carr Juv 74 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 14/05/2020 Slaynes lane 2 75 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 76 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 09/03/2020 Old Moor Adiut 77 Common Gull Larus canus 78 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 09/03/2020 Old Moor Adiut 79 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 80 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 05/03/2020 Sandall stw 81 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 82 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 83 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/07/2020 Southfield Full adult 84 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 85 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 19/09/2020 Went Ings 86 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 16/09/2020 Old Moor 2 87 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 09/08/2020 Potteric Carr 88 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 89 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 23/07/2020 Slaynes lane Breeding plumaged bird in roost on NE section 90 Great White Egret Ardea alba 06/03/2020 Wombwell ings flew north at 13:25 91 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 92 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 93 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 12/01/2020 Hatfield Moors Packards south 94 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/02/2020 Balby Carr 95 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 02/01/2020 Stainforth Kirton lane 1W bird over wintering since 14th December 96 Buzzard Buteo buteo 97 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10/01/2020 Fenwick Hunting on Shaw Lane 98 Little Owl Athene noctua 02/02/2020 Slaynes Lane 2 99 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 23/01/2020 Harworth pit-tip 1 flushed at Western end. 100 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 05/03/2020 Home Female calling 101 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 15/01/2020 Thorpe Marsh YWT 102 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2020 Potteric Carr 103 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 31/01/2020 Hatfield moors 104 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 105 Merlin Falco columbarius 12/01/2020 Hatfield moors Female Packards south 106 Hobby Falco subbuteo 16/05/2020 Hatfield moors Pair displaying over Lindholme island 107 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 12/01/2020 Hatfield Moors Packards south 108 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 12/01/2020 Hatfield Moors Packards south 109 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 21/10/2020 South Kirkby, Johnny Browns common. Debate rages about its exact species 110 Magpie Pica pica 111 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 112 Rook Corvus frugilegus 113 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 114 Raven Corvus corax ********** ********** 115 Coal Tit Periparus ater 116 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 117 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 118 Great Tit Parus major 119 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 03/02/2020 Potteric Carr 4 (2 males)from Mitchell hide 120 Skylark Alauda arvensis 23/01/2020 Harworth pit-tip 121 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 12/05/2020 Hatfield moors 122 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2020 Barnburgh 123 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/04/2020 Home Lockdown Birding 124 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 03/02/2020 Potteric Carr 1 from Tofield hide 125 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 126 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2020 Hatfield Moors 5+ 127 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2020 Sandall stw Probable Siberian 128 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/05/2020 Slaynes lane 129 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12/05/2020 Adwik STW 130 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 31/03/2020 Sandall sewage treatment works Male 131 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 24/04/2020 Sandall stw 132 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2020 Kirton lane sps 133 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2020 134 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 21/03/2020 Hatfield moors Boston park 135 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 136 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 137 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 138 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 139 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 140 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 141 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 04/01/2020 Slaynes Lane 142 Redwing Turdus iliacus 143 Blackbird Turdus merula 144 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 145 Robin Erithacus rubecula 146 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 06/09/2020 Hatfield moors 147 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 12/01/2020 Hatfield Moors Packards south 148 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 17/03/2020 Hatfield moors Pair in cattle field by second gate. 149 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 150 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 151 Dunnock Prunella modularis 152 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/04/2020 Norton stw 5 153 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2020 Sandall stw 154 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 12/08/2020 Hatfield moors 2 155 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 02/01/2020 Sandall stw 156 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 09/10/2020 Southfield 157 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 158 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 159 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 160 Linnet Linaria cannabina 12/01/2020 Hatfield Moors Packards south 161 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 15/01/2020 Thorpe Marsh YWT 162 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 163 Siskin Spinus spinus 164 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 31/01/2020 Idle Stop 2 165 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 166 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus