Dave Musgrove: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 167 of 167 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/09/2020 Scilly Pelagic 11 in 2 family groups 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2020 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 25/12/2020 Stanage Edge About 60,flying north west. 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 22/03/2020 St Aidan's 5 on Ridge and furrow. 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 09/01/2020 Astley 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 05/03/2020 Adel Dam 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13/05/2020 Astley 2 males 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 15 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2020 Main Lake, St Aidan's 16 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 21 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 22/12/2020 Ilkley Moor Must have sent one before but saw plenty today. 22 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/01/2020 St Aidan's 3 flushed by visitors walking up the hillside 23 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 04/01/2020 Astley 24 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 22/01/2020 Hillside St. Aidan's 25 Swift Apus apus 06/05/2020 Garden 2 flying over 26 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 01/06/2020 Mickletown 27 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 St Aidan's 28 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 29 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 30 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2020 Bramhope 31 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 15/06/2020 Astley Heard Only 32 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 33 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 34 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 35 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2020 36 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 14/03/2020 Western reedbed 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 22/01/2020 St Aidan's Main Lake 38 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11/03/2020 Ridge and Furrow 39 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 20/09/2020 Scilly pelagic. 11 in 2 family parties. 40 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2020 41 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 24/09/2020 St Mary's Scilly 1 on the airfield 42 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/05/2020 Main Lake, St Aidan's 43 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 13/05/2020 Main Lake, St Aidan's 44 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 45 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 09/04/2020 Over the Wharfe at Pool. 2 flew north 46 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 47 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 20/09/2020 Scilly pelagic. 2 on outer island and 1 on St Martins 48 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/02/2020 Ridge and Furrow 49 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 24/09/2020 Porth Hellick, Scilly I asleep by the pool 50 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 17/03/2020 South ings 51 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/04/2020 Arthington 52 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 16/01/2020 Lemonrod WTW 1 in regular spot then flew off to back of buildings. 53 Redshank Tringa totanus 27/02/2020 Ridge and Furrow 54 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 17/08/2020 Ridge & Furrow 55 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18/09/2020 St Mary's Scilly 56 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 20/03/2020 Scarborough 57 Knot Calidris canutus 14/03/2020 St Aidan's 58 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/08/2020 Ridge & Furrow At least 9 possibly 11 59 Sanderling Calidris alba 24/05/2020 Black Pipe Bay 60 Dunlin Calidris alpina 17/03/2020 South ings 61 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/05/2020 Astley 62 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 19/09/2020 St Mary's Scilly 63 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 20/06/2020 Bempton 64 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 65 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 14/09/2020 Redcar Tarn, Keighley In flight and briefly on the water. 66 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17/03/2020 Lagoon islands 67 Common Gull Larus canus 04/01/2020 Astley 68 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 69 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 70 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus St Aidan's 71 Puffin Fratercula arctica 20/06/2020 Bempton 72 Razorbill Alca torda 20/06/2020 Bempton 73 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 05/01/2020 Bempton 74 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 05/01/2020 Bempton 75 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 05/01/2020 Bempton 76 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 25/09/2020 Scilly to Penzance 77 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 05/01/2020 Bempton 78 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 25/09/2020 Scilly to Penzance 79 Gannet Morus bassanus 20/06/2020 Bempton 80 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 81 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/01/2020 Bempton 82 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 17/08/2020 Ridge & Furrow 5 birds 83 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 15/06/2020 Crossroads ERB/Black pipe bay 84 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 15/01/2020 Marina 85 Great White Egret Ardea alba 22/01/2020 St Aidan's Main Lake 86 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 87 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 09/08/2020 Wykeham Forest Just one. 88 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 22/01/2020 Hillside St. Aidan's 89 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 09/08/2020 Wykeham Forest At least 3 90 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2020 91 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2020 Bramhope 92 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 93 Barn Owl Tyto alba ********** ********** 94 Little Owl Athene noctua 14/03/2020 St Aidan's 95 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus ********** ********** 96 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 04/01/2020 Temple Newsam Woods 97 Hoopoe Upupa epops 30/09/2020 Collingham Very obliging, pecking insects from a paved driveway 98 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 22/01/2020 Astley 99 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 25/09/2020 Penninis Head, St Mary's 100 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2020 101 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/01/2020 Methley Copse 102 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 103 Hobby Falco subbuteo 24/05/2020 Western reedbed One took a swift in flight. 104 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 25/01/2020 St Aidan's 105 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/10/2020 Jonny Brown's Common, South Elmsall Good views. 106 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 107 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 108 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Bramhope 109 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 110 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 111 Raven Corvus corax 02/06/2020 Attermire 112 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 06/01/2020 Studio Road, Leeds 5 113 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Bramhope 114 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 19/10/2020 Jony Brown's Common 2 on railway embankment 115 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 116 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 117 Skylark Alauda arvensis 27/02/2020 Hillside 118 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 27/04/2020 Arthington 119 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2020 Castley 120 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/05/2020 Poole in Wharfedale 121 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/03/2020 Eastern reedbed 122 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Bramhope 123 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 18/06/2020 Strid Woods Heard Only 124 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 11/04/2020 Golden Acre 125 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 14/03/2020 St Aidan's 126 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/05/2020 River bank St. Aidans 127 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/05/2020 Astley 128 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2020 Garden 129 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 13/05/2020 River bank St. Aidans 130 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 20/06/2020 Bempton RSPB Heard Only 131 Whitethroat Curruca communis 10/05/2020 Moor Road, Bramhope At least three singing 132 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2020 Temple Newsam Woods 133 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 134 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2020 Temple Newsam Woods 135 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2020 Temple Newsam Woods 136 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 137 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/01/2020 Bempton 138 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/01/2020 Woodlesford Lock 139 Redwing Turdus iliacus 06/01/2020 Studio Road, Leeds At least 12 feeding with Waxwings and Mistle Thrush on Rowans. 140 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 141 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 05/01/2020 Bempton 142 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 20/05/2020 Headingley Golf Course By the 17th tee 143 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 144 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 18/06/2020 Strid Woods Heard Only 145 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 19/07/2020 Strines Moor 146 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2020 147 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 25/04/2020 Lineham Farm 148 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 18/06/2020 Strid Woods Heard Only 149 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/01/2020 Bempton 150 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2020 Bramhope 151 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 152 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 11/09/2020 St Aidan's 10 with cattle. 153 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 06/01/2020 Woodlesford Lock 154 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 155 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2020 St Aidan's Up to 6 on R&F 156 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 04/01/2020 Lemonrod WTW 157 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 05/01/2020 Bempton 158 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 159 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 160 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 161 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2020 Bempton 162 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 22/01/2020 Methley Copse At least two males with a small flock of Siskin 163 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 09/08/2020 Wykeham Forest Several small parties flew over. 164 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 165 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2020 Methley Copse 166 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2020 167 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2020