Nick Pope: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 209 of 209 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 18/10/2020 Holme, Norfolk 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 30/11/2020 Cuckmere Valley, Friston Forest, E Sussex 7 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/11/2020 Pett Levels 2 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 25/11/2020 Dengemarsh, Kent 2 ads 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11/12/2020 R.Orwell, Freston, Suffolk 1 male 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21/09/2020 Dungeness ARC 9 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/12/2020 Covehithe Broad, Suffolk 1 imm male 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 07/12/2020 Covehithe Broad, Suffolk 4 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus heard only 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 33 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 34 Swift Apus apus 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 36 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Heard only 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 42 Coot Fulica atra 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 45 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/09/2020 Dungeness ARC 2 46 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus ********** ********** 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/09/2020 Ditchling Beacon 1 over 51 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 01/09/2020 Ditchling Beacon 3 juvs 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 26/07/2020 Cuckmere Haven 1 ad male 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 25/07/2020 Cuckmere Haven 3 ads 59 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 15/10/2020 Seaford Head 1 poss. 2 60 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 61 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 63 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 64 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 25/07/2020 Cuckmere Haven 1 juv 65 Redshank Tringa totanus 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 68 Knot Calidris canutus 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 21/09/2020 Dungeness 1 male 70 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 16/08/2020 Cuckmere Haven 9 71 Sanderling Calidris alba 72 Dunlin Calidris alpina 73 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 74 Little Stint Calidris minuta 26/07/2020 Cuckmere Haven 1 ad 75 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 76 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 77 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 78 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 79 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 80 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 81 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 82 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 83 Common Gull Larus canus 84 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 15/12/2020 Cuckmere Haven 2 85 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 86 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 06/12/2020 Cuckmere Haven 2 ads 87 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 88 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 89 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 90 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 91 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 92 Razorbill Alca torda 93 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 94 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 95 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 96 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 97 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 98 Gannet Morus bassanus 99 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 100 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 101 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 21/09/2020 Dungeness ARC 1 juv 102 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 103 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 104 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 18/07/2020 105 Great White Egret Ardea alba 21/09/2020 Dungeness 5 106 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 107 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 08/09/2020 Cuckmere Haven 1 108 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 07/05/2020 Seaford 1 109 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 110 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 111 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 08/12/2020 Dingle Marshes, Dunwich 1 ringtail 112 Red Kite Milvus milvus 113 Buzzard Buteo buteo 114 Barn Owl Tyto alba 115 Little Owl Athene noctua Heard only 116 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 117 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Heard only 118 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 119 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 02/09/2020 Seaford Head 1 120 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 121 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 122 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 123 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 11/06/2020 Beeding Hill 1 1s male 124 Merlin Falco columbarius 04/07/2020 125 Hobby Falco subbuteo 126 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 127 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 17/10/2020 Reculver, Kent 128 Jay Garrulus glandarius 129 Magpie Pica pica 130 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 27/09/2020 Cape Cornwall 2 131 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 132 Rook Corvus frugilegus 133 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 134 Raven Corvus corax 135 Coal Tit Periparus ater 136 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 137 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 138 Great Tit Parus major 139 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 140 Woodlark Lullula arborea 141 Skylark Alauda arvensis 142 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 22/11/2020 Rye Harbour 1 143 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 144 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 25/11/2020 Kingsdown, Kent 1 juv 145 Swallow Hirundo rustica 146 House Martin Delichon urbicum 147 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 148 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 149 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11/10/2020 Seaford Head 1 150 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 18/10/2020 Thornham, Harbour, Norfolk 1 151 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 11/10/2020 Seaford Head 1 152 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 19/10/2020 Weybourne, Norfolk 1 153 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 154 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 155 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 156 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 16/06/2020 Beachy Head, East Sussex 157 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 158 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 159 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 160 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 161 Whitethroat Curruca communis 162 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 01/07/2020 163 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 164 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 165 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 166 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 167 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 168 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 169 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 170 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 171 Redwing Turdus iliacus 172 Blackbird Turdus merula 173 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 174 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 175 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey, Norfolk 1 176 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 177 Robin Erithacus rubecula 178 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 179 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 12/08/2020 Beachy Head, East Sussex 180 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 18/10/2020 Holme, Norfolk 2 181 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 21/09/2020 Dungeness 1 182 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 183 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 17/08/2020 Seaford Head 1 juv 184 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 185 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 186 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 27/09/2020 Milltown, Cornwall 1 187 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 188 Dunnock Prunella modularis 189 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 190 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 191 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 192 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 193 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 194 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 05/12/2020 R.Cuckmere, nr. Litlington 1 195 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 196 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 197 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/05/2020 198 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 199 Twite Linaria flavirostris 04/07/2020 200 Linnet Linaria cannabina 201 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 202 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 203 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 204 Siskin Spinus spinus 10/07/2020 205 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 05/10/2020 Beachy Head 2 206 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/12/2020 Arlington Reservoir, E Sussex 1 juv male 207 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 208 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 209 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus