Joma Blair: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 178 of 178 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15 Eider Somateria mollissima 16 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27/11/2020 Coverack Bay One seen in the bay with a common scoter, after seeing a washed up basking shark earlier that morning 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 19 Goosander Mergus merganser 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 21 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 22 Swift Apus apus 23 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 25 Stock Dove Columba oenas 26 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 27 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 28 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 29 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 30 Coot Fulica atra 31 Crane Grus grus 28/12/2020 Highland's House One flew over while watching redwings in the trees 32 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 33 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 34 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 35 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 36 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 19/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 37 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 19/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 38 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 39 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 41 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 27/11/2020 St Buriyan's My second mega, seen the same day as I lifered velvet scoter 42 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 43 Curlew Numenius arquata 44 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 46 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 47 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 48 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 03/10/2020 St Ives Found through bins tracking left to right towards Godrevy, two more (same bird?) picked up by liam and matt 49 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 24/07/2020 Hickling Broad 50 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 24/07/2020 Hickling Broad 51 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 52 Redshank Tringa totanus 53 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 54 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 55 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 56 Knot Calidris canutus 57 Ruff Calidris pugnax 58 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 19/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 2 of them seen, stunningly pretty waders seen while looking for Baird's sandpiper 59 Sanderling Calidris alba 60 Dunlin Calidris alpina 61 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 19/09/2020 Hayle Estuary Absolutelt amazing views on the rocks behind the main pool, only a couple of metres away. We only saw it a few minutes before we needed to get the train. 62 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/09/2020 Hayle 63 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 64 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 65 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 66 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 67 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 68 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 69 Common Gull Larus canus 70 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 71 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 72 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 73 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 04/12/2020 Penzance My 200th uk bird! I spotted the 1st winter bird in flight at the fish docks, it had an extremely pale impression. 74 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 75 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 76 Puffin Fratercula arctica 10/10/2020 Isles of Scilly Ferry Two seen on the sea from the Scillion 3 returning from St Mary's 77 Razorbill Alca torda 78 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 79 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 80 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 04/12/2020 Penzance We saw the bird from the coastal path behind the carpark, it was hairing right to left and diving frequently 81 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 82 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 83 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 84 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 03/10/2020 St Ives Seen from a seawatch 85 Gannet Morus bassanus 86 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 87 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 88 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 24/06/2020 Norfolk 89 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 90 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 06/10/2020 College Reservoir Car tick! On way to twitching AGP 91 Great White Egret Ardea alba 92 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 93 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/09/2019 Devoran 183. (removed water pipit) seen flying with fish at the hayle after running from point quay 94 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 23/06/2020 Claire's Garden 95 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 96 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 97 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 98 Red Kite Milvus milvus 99 Buzzard Buteo buteo 100 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 04/12/2020 Stithians On the way back from unsuccessfully trying to see a ring billed gull at the Hayle, we passed by Stiths to try and get a greylag for Matt's 10k list. Instead Carla made a wrong tern, and we saw a gripping shape fly over the hill in front of us. We thought it might be a hen harrier, but as we turned around the bend we all saw it wasn't and I called out 'Owl!'. We IDed it as short eared before it flew over the hill again. Absolutely incredible way to end a great day's birding. 101 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 102 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 103 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 10/10/2020 St Mary's One seen between bushes and rocks above a beach and quarry 104 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 105 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 106 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 107 Merlin Falco columbarius 25/10/2020 Porth Nanven A male seen distantly circling high 108 Hobby Falco subbuteo 21/06/2020 Danbury 109 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 110 Jay Garrulus glandarius 111 Magpie Pica pica 112 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 113 Rook Corvus frugilegus 114 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 115 Raven Corvus corax 116 Coal Tit Periparus ater 117 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 15/11/2020 College Reservoir Finally heard and seen with a tit flock while twitching pallas's warbler 118 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 119 Great Tit Parus major 120 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 24/07/2020 Hickling Broad 121 Skylark Alauda arvensis 122 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 123 Swallow Hirundo rustica 124 House Martin Delichon urbicum 125 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 24/07/2020 Hickling Broad 126 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 127 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 22/10/2020 College Reservoir 1 seen and heard calling in the bushes by the vismig spot just past the entrance to collage res 128 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15/11/2020 College Reservoir I saw it in flight and then in the trees on the second attempt to find it in two days, it was really brightly coloured. I left early with carla while matt elliott and humphrey stayed for better views and got drenched by the rain. 129 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 07/12/2020 St Erth Seen at the end of a day out west, where we saw a Minke whale from the headland by Minnack theatre. 130 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 131 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 132 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 133 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 134 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 135 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 21/06/2020 Danbury 136 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 10/10/2020 St Mary's Seen flicking over and then settling in a bush at the end of my first day on the Scillies 137 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 138 Whitethroat Curruca communis 139 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 23/07/2020 Kelling Heath 140 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 141 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 142 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 143 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 144 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 145 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 146 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 147 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 148 Redwing Turdus iliacus 149 Blackbird Turdus merula 150 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 151 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/07/2020 Black Tor Wood 152 Robin Erithacus rubecula 153 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 21/11/2020 Church Cove Cemetery An adult male in the ivy, also saw a snow bunting an hour later 154 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 155 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 22/09/2020 Porthgwarra 182- Young female in a grove of pine trees 156 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 157 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 158 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 159 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 160 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 161 Dunnock Prunella modularis 162 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 20/09/2020 163 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 164 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 165 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 166 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 167 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 168 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 169 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 170 Linnet Linaria cannabina 171 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/09/2020 The lizard A small group flew overhead 172 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 16/10/2020 Campus field 1 flew over on vismig 173 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 174 Siskin Spinus spinus 175 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 22/09/2020 Porthgwarra 183- One flew overhead, ID'd from call 176 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 177 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 178 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus