Luke Nash: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 283 of 283 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 03/01/2020 Buckenham, Norfolk 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 03/01/2020 Buckenham, Norfolk 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 03/01/2020 Ludham, Norfolk 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 03/01/2020 Ludham, Norfolk 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 07/03/2020 Brandon, Norfolk 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 03/09/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands, Yorkshire 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 22/01/2020 Nairn, Highland 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 21/01/2020 Fisherrow, Lothian 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 21/01/2020 Fisherrow, Lothian 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 20/01/2020 Goswick, Northumberland 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 22/01/2020 Loch Spynie, Aberdeenshire 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 25/01/2020 Langdon Beck, County Durham 36 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus ********** ********** 37 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 25/01/2020 Langdon Beck, County Durham 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 28/10/2020 Abbey Drive, Tresco, Isles of Scilly 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 09/06/2020 Kelling, Norfolk 43 Swift Apus apus 07/05/2020 Lockdown 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/05/2020 Buxton Heath, Norfolk 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur ********** ********** 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 52 Coot Fulica atra 53 Crane Grus grus 03/01/2020 Billockby, Norfolk 54 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 55 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 26/11/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 57 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 58 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 59 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2020 Warham Greens, Norfolk 63 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 06/10/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands, Yorkshire 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 14/05/2020 North Point, Wells 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 67 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 13/05/2020 Burnham Norton, Norfolk 68 Curlew Numenius arquata 69 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 70 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 71 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 19/09/2020 Canal, Kilnsea, Yorkshire 72 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 73 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 74 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/11/2020 Cley, Norfolk 75 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 05/07/2020 Cley, Norfolk Adult female 76 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14/05/2020 North Point, Wells, Norfolk 77 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21/08/2020 Drift Reservoir, Cornwall 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 23/07/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 79 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 14/05/2020 North Point, Wells, Norfolk 80 Redshank Tringa totanus 81 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes ********** ********** 82 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 83 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 22/07/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands, Yorkshire 84 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes ********** ********** 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 86 Knot Calidris canutus 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/01/2020 Buckenham, Norfolk 88 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 05/06/2020 Potter Heigham, Norfolk 89 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 22/07/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands, Yorkshire 90 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 14/05/2020 North Point, Wells, Norfolk 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 12/09/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 09/08/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands, Yorkshire 95 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 15/07/2020 Cley, Norfolk 96 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 13/05/2020 Burnham Norton 97 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 07/06/2020 Potter Heigham, Norfolk 98 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 31/07/2020 Beacon Ponds, Yorkshire 99 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 10/08/2020 Beacon Ponds, Yorkshire 100 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 20/07/2020 Beacon Ponds, Yorkshire 101 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/05/2020 Burnham Norton 102 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 26/07/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands, Yorkshire 103 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/05/2020 Cley, Norfolk 104 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/05/2020 Thornham, Norfolk 105 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 08/07/2020 Sizewell, Suffolk 106 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 23/08/2020 Pendeen, Cornwall 107 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 108 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 13/05/2020 Burnham Norton, Norfolk 109 Common Gull Larus canus 110 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 26/07/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands, Yorkshire 111 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 112 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 26/07/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands, Yorkshire 113 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 114 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 22/01/2020 Loch Spynie, Aberdeenshire 115 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 116 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 02/12/2020 Winterton, Norfolk Including one possible kumlieni-type - plumage not great for pure kumlieni but possible some mixed heritage involved? 117 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 15/08/2020 Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 118 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 26/07/2020 Beacon Ponds, Yorkshire 119 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 15/08/2020 Beacon Ponds, Yorkshire 120 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 31/07/2020 Beacon Ponds, Yorkshire 121 Puffin Fratercula arctica 16/09/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 122 Razorbill Alca torda 20/01/2020 Goswick, Northumberland 123 Little Auk Alle alle 01/12/2020 Sheringham, Norfolk 124 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 125 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 126 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 26/11/2020 Holkham, Norfolk 127 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 24/01/2020 Gruinard, Highland 128 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 22/08/2020 Pendeen, Cornwall 129 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 21/08/2020 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 130 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 26/05/2020 Weybourne, Norfolk 131 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 03/08/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 132 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 21/08/2020 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 133 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 22/08/2020 Pendeen, Cornwall 134 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 05/07/2020 Cley, Norfolk 135 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 21/08/2020 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 136 Gannet Morus bassanus 03/01/2020 Cart Gap, Norfolk 137 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 138 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 20/01/2020 Goswick, Northumberland 139 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 16/09/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 140 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 13/05/2020 Burnham Norton, Norfolk 141 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 31/05/2020 Hickling, Norfolk 142 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 143 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/05/2020 Bayfield, Norfolk 144 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 145 Great White Egret Ardea alba 146 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 147 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 23/08/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 148 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 23/01/2020 Dorback, Highland 149 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Date unknown 150 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 21/01/2020 N of Dundee, Angus 151 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 152 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/01/2020 Warham Greens, Norfolk 153 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 20/05/2020 Kelling, Norfolk 154 Red Kite Milvus milvus 155 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 24/01/2020 Inchbae, Highland 156 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 157 Buzzard Buteo buteo 158 Barn Owl Tyto alba 159 Little Owl Athene noctua 160 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 06/10/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 161 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 24/07/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 162 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 163 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 12/08/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 164 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 06/10/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 165 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 29/08/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 166 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 167 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 168 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 169 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/01/2020 Warham Greens, Norfolk 170 Hobby Falco subbuteo 31/05/2020 Hickling, Norfolk 171 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/01/2020 Warham Greens, Norfolk 172 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 27/10/2020 Lower Town Farm, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly 173 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 07/03/2020 Fincham, Norfolk 174 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 20/05/2020 Kelling, Norfolk 175 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 10/08/2020 Canal, Kilnsea, Yorkshire 176 Jay Garrulus glandarius 177 Magpie Pica pica 178 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 21/08/2020 Pendeen, Cornwall 179 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 180 Rook Corvus frugilegus 181 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 182 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 22/01/2020 Elgin, Aberdeenshire 183 Raven Corvus corax 21/01/2020 Cairn o'Mount, Perth & Kinross 184 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 25/01/2020 Sculthorpe, Norfolk 185 Coal Tit Periparus ater 186 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 23/01/2020 Loch Garten, Highland 187 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 03/01/2020 Strumpshaw, Norfolk 188 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 189 Great Tit Parus major 190 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 191 Skylark Alauda arvensis 192 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 193 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 19/10/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 194 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/05/2020 North Point, Wells, Norfolk 195 Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/04/2020 Lockdown 196 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/05/2020 Burnham Norton, Norfolk 197 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 198 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 199 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/08/2020 Church Field, Kilnsea, Yorkshire 200 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 04/10/2020 Easington, Yorkshire 201 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 20/09/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 202 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 14/10/2020 Spurn Point, Yorkshire 203 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 14/10/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 204 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 08/11/2020 Wells Woods, Norfolk 205 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 16/05/2020 Kelling Heath, Norfolk 206 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 28/03/2020 Lockdown 207 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 16/08/2020 Chalk Bank, Spurn, Yorkshire 208 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 15/09/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 209 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/05/2020 Burnham Norton, Norfolk 210 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 27/05/2020 Walsey Hills, Norfolk 211 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/05/2020 Burnham Norton, Norfolk 212 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 13/06/2020 Walsey Hills, Norfolk 213 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 22/08/2020 Dawlish Warren, Devon 214 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 09/08/2020 Sammy's Point, Easington, Yorkshire 215 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 15/06/2020 Thorpe Marshes, Norfolk 216 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 15/06/2020 Thorpe Marshes, Norfolk 217 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 10/04/2020 Lockdown 218 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 16/05/2020 Kelling Heath, Norfolk 219 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 13/08/2020 Cliff Farm, Kilnsea, Yorkshire 220 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/04/2020 Lockdown 221 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2020 Lockdown 222 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata ********** ********** 223 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 20/09/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 224 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 225 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 226 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 227 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 228 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 09/06/2020 Cley, Norfolk 229 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 230 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Date unknown 231 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 22/01/2020 Kingsteps, Highland 232 Redwing Turdus iliacus 233 Blackbird Turdus merula 234 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 235 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 20/09/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 236 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey Fen, Norfolk 237 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 25/05/2020 Strumpshaw, Norfolk 238 Robin Erithacus rubecula 239 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 22/09/2020 Wells Woods, Norfolk 240 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 18/10/2020 Trow Quarry, South Shields, County Durham 241 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 09/08/2020 Crown and Anchor, Kilnsea, Yorkshire 242 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 28/09/2020 Spurn Point, Yorkshire 243 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 08/07/2020 Sizewell, Suffolk 244 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 21/07/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 245 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 06/08/2020 Blue Bell Field, Spurn, Yorkshire 246 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 04/11/2020 Sammy's Point, Easington, Yorkshire 247 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 248 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 04/08/2020 Beacon Ponds, Yorkshire 249 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 03/01/2020 Cart Gap, Norfolk 250 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 22/07/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 251 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 252 Dunnock Prunella modularis 253 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 14/05/2020 North Point, Wells, Norfolk 254 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 255 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 20/01/2020 Musselburgh, Lothian 256 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 257 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 258 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 10/08/2020 Spurn Point, Yorkshire 259 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 26/09/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 260 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 261 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 262 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 263 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 18/09/2020 Spurn Point, Yorkshire 264 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 07/03/2020 Lynford, Norfolk 265 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 03/01/2020 Ludham, Norfolk 266 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 26/09/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 267 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 268 Twite Linaria flavirostris 269 Linnet Linaria cannabina 270 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 18/09/2020 Spurn Point, Yorkshire 271 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 05/09/2020 The Warren, Spurn, Yorkshire 272 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 23/01/2020 Abernethy Forest, Highland 273 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 23/01/2020 Abernethy Forest, Highland 274 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 275 Serin Serinus serinus 03/10/2020 Spurn Point, Yorkshire 276 Siskin Spinus spinus 23/01/2020 Loch Garten, Highland 277 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 12/09/2020 Beacon Ponds, Yorkshire 278 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 279 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 280 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 281 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 23/08/2020 Labrador Bay, Devon 282 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 21/09/2020 Kilnsea, Yorkshire 283 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus