Lee Johnson: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 247 of 247 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/01/2020 Fraisthorpe 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 04/01/2020 Fraisthorpe 2 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 04/01/2020 Flam 4 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 18/01/2020 Slimbridge 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 23/02/2020 Hackness 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/04/2020 Tophill 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/10/2020 Tophill 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 26/01/2020 Wheldrake Self found 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 04/02/2020 Idle valley 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 17/02/2020 Johnny brown common Drake 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 17/02/2020 Johnny brown common Drake 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 04/01/2020 Hornsea 2 f 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 04/01/2020 Hornsea 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 06/12/2020 Hornsea mere 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 37 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 06/11/2020 Grangetown on spey woods 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/01/2020 Bempton 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 17/07/2020 Wykeham 42 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2020 Tophill 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/05/2020 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 23/06/2020 Wykeham 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 51 Coot Fulica atra 52 Crane Grus grus 18/01/2020 Slimbridge 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 54 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 02/12/2020 Chelmarsh res 55 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus ********** ********** 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 18/01/2020 Slimbridge 60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 61 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 62 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 63 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/03/2020 64 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 05/10/2020 Flamborough 70 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 72 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 01/02/2020 Flamborough 73 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 03/06/2020 North cave 74 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/04/2020 75 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 13/03/2020 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 77 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 27/10/2020 Nosterfield 78 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 25/10/2020 Tophill 79 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18/02/2020 80 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 81 Knot Calidris canutus 82 Ruff Calidris pugnax 83 Sanderling Calidris alba 84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 85 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 86 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10/08/2020 Flamborough 87 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/04/2020 Skerne wetlands 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 89 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 91 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/03/2020 Flamborough 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 93 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/12/2020 Thorganby Ings 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 95 Common Gull Larus canus 96 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/10/2020 Flamborough 97 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 98 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 99 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 101 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 26/01/2020 Ricall 102 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 15/08/2020 Flamborough 103 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 09/08/2020 Flamborough 104 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 15/08/2020 Flamborough 105 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 09/08/2020 Flamborough 106 Puffin Fratercula arctica 107 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 17/02/2020 Holyhead 108 Razorbill Alca torda 109 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 110 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 111 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 26/09/2020 Flamborough 112 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 113 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 03/07/2020 Bempton 114 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 26/09/2020 Flamborough 115 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 116 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 09/08/2020 Flamborough 117 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 09/08/2020 Flamborough 118 Gannet Morus bassanus 119 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 120 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 121 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 10/01/2020 North cave 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 123 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 06/05/2020 Brigham 124 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 18/01/2020 Slimbridge 125 Great White Egret Ardea alba 11/01/2020 Skerne wetlands 126 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 127 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/05/2020 128 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 23/06/2020 Wykeham 129 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 130 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 23/02/2020 Wykeham 131 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 132 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/02/2020 Blacktoft Sands RSPB 1 male, 2 ringtail 133 Red Kite Milvus milvus 134 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 05/02/2020 Stainforth 135 Buzzard Buteo buteo 136 Barn Owl Tyto alba 137 Little Owl Athene noctua 03/04/2020 Driffield 138 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 02/07/2020 139 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 04/01/2020 Bempton 140 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 141 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 142 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 143 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 144 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 145 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 17/06/2020 Biggin 146 Merlin Falco columbarius 04/01/2020 Barmston 147 Hobby Falco subbuteo 148 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 149 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 150 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 06/02/2020 Hatfield moors 151 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 10/08/2020 Flamborough 152 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 12/05/2020 Flamborough 153 Jay Garrulus glandarius 154 Magpie Pica pica 155 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 17/02/2020 Breakwater CP, Holyhead 156 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 157 Rook Corvus frugilegus 158 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 159 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 17/02/2020 Holyhead 160 Raven Corvus corax 161 Coal Tit Periparus ater 162 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 06/11/2020 Grangetown on spey woods 163 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 164 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 26/01/2020 Wheldrake 165 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 166 Great Tit Parus major 167 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 10/01/2020 North cave 168 Woodlark Lullula arborea 07/03/2020 169 Skylark Alauda arvensis 170 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/03/2020 171 Swallow Hirundo rustica 05/04/2020 172 House Martin Delichon urbicum 18/04/2020 173 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 174 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 175 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 15/09/2020 Flamborough 176 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 18/09/2020 Flamborough 177 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 16/10/2020 Flamborough 178 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 05/04/2020 179 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/03/2020 Pocklington canal, Melbourne & Thornton 180 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 13/06/2020 Flamborough 181 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 182 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 28/05/2020 Flamborough 183 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 184 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 13/06/2020 Flamborough 185 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 12/08/2020 Flamborough 186 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2020 Skerne wetlands 187 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 188 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2020 189 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 15/09/2020 Flamborough 190 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 18/04/2020 191 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 16/06/2020 Holy Island 192 Whitethroat Curruca communis 193 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 194 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 195 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 196 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 197 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 198 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 02/06/2020 Flamborough 199 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 200 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 201 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 202 Redwing Turdus iliacus 203 Blackbird Turdus merula 204 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 205 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/04/2020 Tophill 206 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 05/02/2020 Grimsby 207 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/06/2020 Flamborough 208 Robin Erithacus rubecula 209 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 31/05/2020 Flamborough 210 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 17/10/2020 Trow quarry 211 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 10/08/2020 Flamborough 212 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 04/10/2020 Flamborough 213 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/03/2020 214 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 30/04/2020 Fimber 215 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 216 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 217 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/04/2020 Tophill 218 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 23/02/2020 Wrench green 219 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 220 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 221 Dunnock Prunella modularis 222 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 223 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 06/01/2020 Sedgefield, Norfolk 224 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 225 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 226 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 06/03/2020 Flamborough 227 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 228 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 23/06/2020 Wykeham 229 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 15/10/2020 Flamborough 230 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 16/03/2020 Pocklington canal, Melbourne & Thornton 231 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 232 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 233 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 23/02/2020 Wykeham 234 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 235 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 236 Twite Linaria flavirostris 04/01/2020 Barmston 2 237 Linnet Linaria cannabina 238 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 239 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 06/11/2020 Grangetown on spey woods 240 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 23/02/2020 Wykeham 241 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 242 Siskin Spinus spinus 243 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 05/10/2020 Flamborough 244 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 12/01/2020 245 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 246 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 247 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus