Rob Hunton: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 203 of 203 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 14/10/2020 Spurn 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/01/2020 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 05/01/2020 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/01/2020 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/01/2020 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 28/04/2020 Ridge & furrow 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Scaup Aythya marila 05/01/2020 Aughton 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 14/10/2020 Spurn 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14/10/2020 Spurn 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 14/10/2020 Spurn 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 27 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 25/01/2020 Whaw 28 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 25/01/2020 Whaw 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/03/2020 VC car park 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/01/2020 32 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 26/05/2020 Stainburn Forest 33 Swift Apus apus 19/04/2020 Swilly - reedbeds 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 05/01/2020 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 40 Coot Fulica atra 41 Crane Grus grus 18/09/2020 Ridge & Furrow 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 44 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 15/03/2020 North Ings 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 19/01/2020 Ridge & Furrow 46 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 14/03/2020 Main lake 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/10/2020 Spurn 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 49 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14/03/2020 South Ings 50 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/04/2020 Swilly 51 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 52 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/05/2020 Black pipe bay 53 Curlew Numenius arquata 54 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/10/2020 Spurn 55 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 17/02/2020 North ings 56 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 03/10/2020 Spurn 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/01/2020 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/01/2020 Whaw 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/04/2020 Lagoon 60 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 19/01/2020 Lemonroyd WWTW 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2020 62 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 25/01/2020 Nosterfield 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 18/08/2020 Cattle gate pond 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 04/10/2020 Kilnsea 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 19/05/2020 Swilly 66 Knot Calidris canutus 14/03/2020 On the bulge 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 17/04/2020 St Aidans 68 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 22/08/2020 Cattlegate pond 11 juveniles 69 Sanderling Calidris alba 24/05/2020 Lagoon 70 Dunlin Calidris alpina 14/03/2020 Black pipe bay 71 Little Stint Calidris minuta 16/09/2020 Eastern reedbed 72 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 19/08/2020 Swillington Ings Adult on ridge & furrow, cattle gate pond 73 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 10/06/2020 Eastern reedbed 74 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 03/06/2020 Main lake lagoon 75 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 20/04/2020 Oulton (from home) 76 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 12/04/2020 Lemonroyd bridge 77 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 30/08/2020 Spurn 78 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/04/2020 St Aidans 79 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 28/04/2020 Black pipe bay 80 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 81 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/09/2020 Laycock, Keighley 82 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/04/2020 Fleet lane 83 Common Gull Larus canus 84 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 85 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13/09/2020 Redcar Tarn, Keighley 86 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 87 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 88 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 04/01/2020 89 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 14/10/2020 Spurn 90 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 03/07/2020 Bempton 91 Puffin Fratercula arctica 03/07/2020 Bempton 92 Razorbill Alca torda 03/07/2020 Bempton 93 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 03/07/2020 Bempton 94 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 14/10/2020 Spurn 95 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 31/12/2020 Pugneys 96 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 03/07/2020 Bempton 97 Gannet Morus bassanus 03/07/2020 Bempton 98 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 99 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 16/10/2020 Flamboro 100 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 14/09/2020 Swillington Ings Eastern reedbed 101 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 15/03/2020 Ridge & furrow 102 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 17/02/2020 North Ings 103 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2020 104 Great White Egret Ardea alba 11/01/2020 In flight over the reedbeds 105 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 106 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 02/06/2020 Over Lowther 107 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2020 108 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 109 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 110 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2020 111 Buzzard Buteo buteo 112 Barn Owl Tyto alba 113 Little Owl Athene noctua 114 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 18/04/2020 115 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 116 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/01/2020 117 Hoopoe Upupa epops 29/09/2020 Collingham 118 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2020 119 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 30/08/2020 Spurn 120 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 121 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/01/2020 122 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 123 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/10/2020 Ridge & furrow 124 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/01/2020 125 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 02/01/2020 126 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 30/08/2020 Spurn 127 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/10/2020 Johnny Brown’s Common 128 Jay Garrulus glandarius 129 Magpie Pica pica 130 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 02/02/2020 Settle 131 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 132 Rook Corvus frugilegus 133 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 134 Raven Corvus corax 30/11/2020 Nidderdale 135 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2020 136 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/01/2020 Allerthorpe Heard only 137 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 138 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 139 Great Tit Parus major 140 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 02/01/2020 141 Woodlark Lullula arborea 07/03/2020 Skipwith Common 142 Skylark Alauda arvensis 19/01/2020 Ridge & Furrow 143 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/03/2020 Caroline Bridge 144 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2020 145 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/04/2020 Astley Lake 146 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2020 147 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 148 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 07/06/2020 Heber’s Ghyll 149 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 04/10/2020 Easington 150 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 04/10/2020 Kilnsea 151 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 14/10/2020 Spurn 152 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 06/04/2020 Caroline Pond 153 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 05/01/2020 Bank island LDV 154 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 11/04/2020 Astley Lake 155 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 28/04/2020 Eastern reedbed 156 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 28/03/2020 Between Shann house bridge & rabbit warren 157 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 30/08/2020 Spurn 158 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 28/04/2020 Astley Lane 159 Whitethroat Curruca communis 12/04/2020 West of old lock 160 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 03/10/2020 Spurn 161 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 162 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 163 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2020 164 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2020 165 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 06/06/2020 Cudworth, Barnsley 166 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 167 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 168 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2020 169 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2020 170 Blackbird Turdus merula 171 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2020 172 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/10/2020 Spurn 173 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 03/10/2020 Spurn 174 Robin Erithacus rubecula 175 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 30/08/2020 Spurn 176 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 03/10/2020 Spurn 177 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 30/08/2020 Spurn 178 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/04/2020 Hillside fence 179 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 180 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 01/04/2020 Ridge & furrow 181 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/01/2020 182 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 183 Dunnock Prunella modularis 184 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 11/04/2020 Ridge & Furrow 185 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 186 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 187 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2020 188 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 26/05/2020 Stainburn Forest 189 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 190 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/10/2020 Spurn 191 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 192 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 03/10/2020 Spurn 193 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 194 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 195 Linnet Linaria cannabina 196 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 11/01/2020 South of rabbit warren 197 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 16/10/2020 Flamboro 198 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 199 Siskin Spinus spinus 200 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 16/10/2020 Flamboro 201 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 04/01/2020 202 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 203 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus