Chris Padley: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 222 of 222 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/01/2020 Wells 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 22/02/2020 Salthouse 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 19/01/2020 Holkham 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2020 Village 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2020 Sedgeford 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 17/02/2020 Holkham 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2020 Lyng 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/01/2020 Ludham 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2020 Ludham 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 06/01/2020 Holkham 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 06/01/2020 Holkham 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 25/07/2020 Wells 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2020 Salthouse 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 Village 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2020 Salthouse 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Village 17 Pintail Anas acuta 11/01/2020 Titchwell 18 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2020 Salthouse 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 08/01/2020 Holkham 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 08/01/2020 Holkham 21 Scaup Aythya marila 06/11/2020 Hunstanton 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 05/12/2020 Weybourne 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19/02/2020 Holkham 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 11/01/2020 Titchwell 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/02/2020 Deeping St. James 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19/01/2020 Thornham 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2020 Village 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 Village 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 04/01/2020 North Creake 30 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 29/05/2020 Salthouse 31 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2020 Village 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 14/05/2020 Thornham 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 Village 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 21/02/2020 Village 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Village 36 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 31/05/2020 Brancaster 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Village 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 24/07/2020 Titchwell 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 Village 40 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2020 Lyng 41 Crane Grus grus 02/01/2020 Acle Bridge 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2020 Wells Village 19/02 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/01/2020 Holkham 44 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/01/2020 Holkham 45 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 09/09/2020 Brecks 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/01/2020 Brancaster Staithe 47 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11/01/2020 Titchwell 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 11/01/2020 Titchwell 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 08/02/2020 Titchwell 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 04/10/2020 51 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 16/05/2020 Choseley 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 22/02/2020 Salthouse 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 07/06/2020 Wells 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2020 Wells 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/05/2020 Brancaster 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2020 Stiffkey 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 11/01/2020 Titchwell 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 31/01/2020 Brancaster Staithe 59 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/01/2020 Titchwell 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 12/03/2020 Welney 61 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 27/09/2020 Cley 62 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 05/07/2020 Cley 63 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/07/2020 Cley 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 09/03/2020 North Creake 65 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 16/05/2020 Wells 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2020 Holme 67 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 11/07/2020 Wells 68 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 08/02/2020 Titchwell 69 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 22/01/2020 Morston 70 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2020 Wells 71 Knot Calidris canutus 11/01/2020 Titchwell 72 Ruff Calidris pugnax 16/03/2020 Salthouse 73 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 05/09/2020 Titchwell 74 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 17/05/2020 Wells 75 Sanderling Calidris alba 11/01/2020 Titchwell 76 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2020 Brancaster Staithe 77 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/03/2020 Sheringham 78 Little Stint Calidris minuta 13/10/2020 Copperhouse Creek 79 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 13/07/2020 Cley 80 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 18/05/2020 Brancaster 81 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 10/07/2020 Frampton Marsh, Lincs 82 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 01/09/2020 Titchwell 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 12/06/2020 Morston 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/05/2020 Brancaster 85 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 18/05/2020 Brancaster 86 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 30/08/2020 Wells 87 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/10/2020 Pendeen 88 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Village 89 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 06/03/2020 Titchwell 90 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Village 91 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 01/03/2020 Sheringham 17/11 - Salthouse 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Village 93 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 10/08/2020 Titchwell 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 08/01/2020 Holkham 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 14/04/2020 Village 96 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 05/12/2020 Weybourne 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 15/08/2020 Cley 98 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 15/08/2020 Cley 99 Razorbill Alca torda 14/10/2020 Pendeen 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 05/10/2020 Pendeen 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 05/12/2020 Weybourne 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 10/01/2020 Hunstanton 103 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 10/10/2020 Pendeen 104 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 10/10/2020 Pendeen 105 Gannet Morus bassanus 11/06/2020 Hunstanton 106 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2020 Lyng Village 107 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/10/2020 Pendeen 108 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 14/09/2020 Titchwell 109 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 17/02/2020 Holkham 110 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2020 Stiffkey 111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 06/01/2020 Holkham 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 08/01/2020 Holkham 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2020 Wells Village 114 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/01/2020 Thornham 115 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 05/02/2020 Drymere 116 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2020 Cley 117 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/05/2020 Village 118 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 20/05/2020 Kelling Quags 119 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2020 Village 120 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 03/08/2020 121 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 02/01/2020 Wells 122 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Village 123 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/01/2020 Village 124 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/02/2020 Deeping St.James Village 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 01/02/2020 Deeping St. James 126 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2020 Village 127 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 22/01/2020 Morston 128 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 21/08/2020 Holme 129 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/01/2020 Village 130 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 14/02/2020 Village 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2020 Walsingham Village 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 06/03/2020 Stiffkey 133 Hobby Falco subbuteo 27/06/2020 Burnham Market 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 06/03/2020 Village 135 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 27/02/2020 Fincham 136 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 20/05/2020 Kelling Quags 137 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 07/09/2020 Waxham Two 138 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham Greems 139 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/01/2020 Village 140 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2020 Wells 141 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 04/10/2020 Botallack, Cornwall 142 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Village 143 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2020 Fakenham 144 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2020 Ludham 145 Raven Corvus corax 03/10/2020 Aust, Severn Bridge. 146 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 04/01/2020 Holme 147 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Village 148 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 24/01/2020 Cockley Cley 149 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Village 150 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Village 151 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 15/06/2020 Cley 152 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/02/2020 Village 153 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 19/02/2020 Holkham 154 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/05/2020 Salthouse 155 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2020 Village 156 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2020 Village 157 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/03/2020 Titchwell 158 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2020 Lyng 159 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11/10/2020 Kenidjack Valley 160 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 26/05/2020 Hempton 161 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/03/2020 Village 162 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 16/05/2020 Wells 163 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 18/05/2020 Brancaster 164 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 15/06/2020 Walsey Hills 165 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 23/08/2020 Gramborough Hill 166 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 29/05/2020 Cley 167 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2020 Village 168 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/05/2020 Bittering 169 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 18/04/2020 Village 170 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2020 Village 171 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 17/10/2020 Aylesbeare Common 172 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/10/2020 Kenidjack Valley 173 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/03/2020 Village 174 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Village 175 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 10/01/2020 Village 176 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 19/02/2020 Village 177 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 09/06/2020 Cley 178 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Village 179 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/01/2020 Village 180 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 08/01/2020 Village 181 Redwing Turdus iliacus 27/01/2020 Village 182 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Village 183 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2020 Village 184 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 06/04/2020 Village 185 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 19/10/2020 Stiffkey 186 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/06/2020 ******************* 187 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Village 188 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 21/09/2020 Dell, Wells 189 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/08/2020 Gramborough Hill 190 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 20/01/2020 Cley 191 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 18/09/2020 Warham Greens 192 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 20/08/2020 Holme 193 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 27/02/2020 Fincham 194 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 05/09/2020 Titchwell 195 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 02/01/2020 Cart Gap 196 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 12/03/2020 Welney 197 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Village 198 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Village 199 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 27/06/2020 *********** 200 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 04/01/2020 Sedgeford 201 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 20/08/2020 Titchwell 202 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2020 Walsingham 203 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2020 Walsingham 204 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2020 Sedgeford 205 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 21/09/2020 Dell, Wells. 206 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 06/03/2020 Titchwell 207 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 22/01/2020 Morston 208 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Village 209 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/02/2020 Lynford 210 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 05/02/2020 Lynford 211 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 13/01/2020 Village 212 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 Village 213 Twite Linaria flavirostris 31/01/2020 Thornham 214 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2020 Village 215 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 09/09/2020 Lynford 216 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Village 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 05/02/2020 Lynford 218 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 19/02/2020 Holkham 219 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 26/06/2020 Choseley 220 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 04/01/2020 Sedgeford 221 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 17/10/2020 222 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 19/01/2020 Thornham