Joe Dobinson: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 170 of 170 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 17/01/2020 Seal Sands 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2020 Leazes Park 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/07/2020 Killingworth Lake 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2020 Killy Lake 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 04/03/2020 Gosforth Park Greenland 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 07/02/2020 Glapton in Gordano, Somerset 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 08/01/2020 East Chevington 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 07/01/2020 River Tyne 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15/05/2020 Killingworth Lake 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/01/2020 Killy Lake 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 06/01/2020 Holywell 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 16 Pintail Anas acuta 08/01/2020 East Chevington 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/01/2020 Killy Lake 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 20 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 04/01/2020 North Shields Fish Quay 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/01/2020 East Chevington Burn Mouth 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 08/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/01/2020 Killy Lake 25 Smew Mergellus albellus 15/01/2020 Widdrington Moor Lake 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2020 The Gut 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/01/2020 Druridge Pools 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 13/01/2020 Ruswarp, North Yorkshire 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/01/2020 Holywell 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2020 Richardson Dees Park 35 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 36 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 37 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 38 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2020 Killy Lake 39 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/02/2020 Portland Harbour 40 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 17/01/2020 Seal Sands 41 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/10/2020 Swallow Pond 42 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/02/2020 Portland Harbour 43 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/01/2020 Tynemouth 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/02/2020 Lodmoor 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 17/01/2020 Seal Sands 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/01/2020 Station Road Fields 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 08/01/2020 East Chevington Burn Mouth 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 49 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 13/04/2020 Swallow Pond 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 51 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 15/01/2020 Warkworth Gut 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 53 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 16/10/2020 Swallow Pond 54 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 56 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/05/2020 Swallow Pond 57 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2020 The Gut 58 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 17/01/2020 Greatham Creek 59 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 04/01/2020 North Shields Fish Quay 60 Ruff Calidris pugnax 08/01/2020 Druridge Pools 61 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/01/2020 North Shields Fish Quay 62 Dunlin Calidris alpina 06/01/2020 St.Marys Island 63 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 04/01/2020 Tynemouth 64 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 25/04/2020 Killingworth Lake 65 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 19/01/2020 Dover 66 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 67 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/01/2020 Killy Lake 68 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 69 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 70 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 71 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 72 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 07/01/2020 North Shields Fish Quay 73 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 19/01/2020 Dover to Calais ferry 74 Puffin Fratercula arctica 08/01/2020 On sea off Druridge Pools 75 Razorbill Alca torda 08/01/2020 East Chevington Burn Mouth 76 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 04/01/2020 Tynemouth 77 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 08/01/2020 Chevington Burn Mouth 78 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 08/01/2020 East Chevington 79 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 06/01/2020 Hartley 80 Gannet Morus bassanus 10/01/2020 Scarborough Harbour 81 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 82 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 10/01/2020 Scarborough Harbour 83 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 08/02/2020 Lodmoor 84 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 17/01/2020 Greatham Creek 85 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 07/02/2020 Brookthorpe, Gloucester 86 Great White Egret Ardea alba 07/02/2020 Grimston, Dorchester Two birds together 87 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 88 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 04/11/2020 Swallow Pond Extremely late juvenile 89 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 90 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 08/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 91 Red Kite Milvus milvus 19/01/2020 Broughton, Milton Keynes 92 Buzzard Buteo buteo 06/01/2020 Holywell 93 Barn Owl Tyto alba 21/02/2020 Ryhope 94 Little Owl Athene noctua 08/01/2020 Druridge Pools 95 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 02/02/2020 Swallow Pond 96 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/01/2020 Holywell 97 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 20/04/2020 Rosehill Bank 98 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2020 Hall Grounds 99 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 100 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 08/02/2020 Lodmoor 101 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 102 Merlin Falco columbarius 19/10/2020 Swallow Pond 103 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/01/2020 River Tyne 104 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 06/01/2020 Heaton Park 105 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 106 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 107 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 108 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2020 Killy Lake 109 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 110 Raven Corvus corax 25/01/2020 Dover 111 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 06/01/2020 KFC Byker 112 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 113 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 114 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 115 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 116 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/01/2020 Flamborough 117 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 05/04/2020 Swallow Pond 118 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2020 Over garden 119 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 08/02/2020 Lodmoor 120 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 121 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2020 Swallow Pond 122 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/02/2020 Lodmoor 123 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 30/04/2020 Swallow Pond 124 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 25/04/2020 Killingworth Lake 125 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 14/04/2020 Swallow Pond 126 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 26/03/2020 The Dene 127 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/04/2020 Swallow Pond 128 Whitethroat Curruca communis 12/04/2020 Swallow Pond 129 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/01/2020 Church Ravine, Filey 130 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 131 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 132 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2020 Jesmond Dene 133 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 134 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 135 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 136 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2020 Richardson Dees Park 137 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 138 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 139 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 140 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 14/07/2020 Swallow Pond 141 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 142 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 19/10/2020 Whitley Bay Cemetery 143 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 08/04/2020 Swallow Pond 144 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 06/05/2020 Swallow Pond 145 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 146 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 04/04/2020 Killingworth Moor 147 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 02/01/2020 Jesmond Dene 148 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 149 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2020 Richardson Dees Park 150 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 151 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 03/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 152 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2020 The Gut 153 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2020 Leazes Park 154 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 155 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/01/2020 St.Marys Island 156 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 157 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 12/01/2020 Church Ravine, Filey 158 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 159 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2020 Tynemouth 160 Twite Linaria flavirostris 08/01/2020 Coal Road 161 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/01/2020 East Chevington 162 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 04/10/2020 Swallow Pond 163 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/03/2020 Swallow Pond 164 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 165 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond 166 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 11/01/2020 Flamborough 167 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 16/01/2020 South Shields Pier 168 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 11/01/2020 Thornwick, Flamborough 169 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 170 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2020 Swallow Pond