Calum Urquhart: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 213 of 213 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 03/01/2020 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 03/01/2020 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 03/01/2020 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 18/01/2020 Wilcove 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 11/01/2020 RSPB bowling green marsh 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 15/01/2020 Stithians reservoir 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 16/01/2020 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/01/2020 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 12/01/2020 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/01/2020 35 Swift Apus apus 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 44 Coot Fulica atra 45 Crane Grus grus 08/01/2020 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/01/2020 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 50 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 20/01/2020 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 56 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 57 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/01/2020 Wilcove 58 Curlew Numenius arquata 59 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 60 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 61 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 11/01/2020 RSPB bowling green marsh 62 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 64 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 65 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/01/2020 Wilcove 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 69 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 70 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/01/2020 71 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 72 Knot Calidris canutus 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 19/01/2020 77 Little Stint Calidris minuta 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 81 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 82 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/01/2020 83 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 84 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 11/01/2020 85 Common Gull Larus canus 86 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 19/01/2020 87 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 22/02/2020 Hayle Estuary 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 89 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 12/01/2020 90 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 91 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 22/02/2020 Carbis bay 92 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 93 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 12/01/2020 94 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 95 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 28/02/2020 Falmouth bay 96 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 22/02/2020 Carbis bay 97 Puffin Fratercula arctica 98 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 19/01/2020 99 Razorbill Alca torda 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 16/01/2020 103 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 16/01/2020 Maenporth 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 11/01/2020 105 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 107 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 108 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 109 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/01/2020 111 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 112 Gannet Morus bassanus 113 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 114 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 115 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 116 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 117 Great White Egret Ardea alba 118 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 119 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 120 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2020 121 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 122 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/01/2020 123 Red Kite Milvus milvus 124 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 125 Buzzard Buteo buteo 126 Barn Owl Tyto alba 127 Little Owl Athene noctua 10/01/2020 128 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/01/2020 129 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 130 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 18/01/2020 131 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2020 132 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/01/2020 133 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 134 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 12/06/2020 Fen Drayton lakes 135 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/01/2020 136 Hobby Falco subbuteo 137 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 11/01/2020 138 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 139 Jay Garrulus glandarius 12/01/2020 140 Magpie Pica pica 141 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 15/01/2020 142 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 143 Rook Corvus frugilegus 144 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 145 Raven Corvus corax 12/01/2020 146 Coal Tit Periparus ater 147 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 18/01/2020 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 149 Great Tit Parus major 150 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 152 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum 156 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 02/01/2020 157 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 158 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 159 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 160 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 161 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2020 162 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 163 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 164 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 165 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 15/01/2020 166 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 167 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 168 Whitethroat Curruca communis 169 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 19/01/2020 170 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 171 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 172 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 18/01/2020 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/02/2020 174 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 175 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 176 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 177 Redwing Turdus iliacus 178 Blackbird Turdus merula 179 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 180 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 181 Robin Erithacus rubecula 182 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 20/10/2020 Holme 183 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 21/01/2020 184 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/01/2020 185 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 186 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 187 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 188 Dunnock Prunella modularis 189 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 190 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/01/2020 Sedgeford 191 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 12/01/2020 192 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 193 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 194 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 195 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 19/01/2020 Sennen 196 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 197 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 198 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 199 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 200 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 201 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 202 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 203 Twite Linaria flavirostris 204 Linnet Linaria cannabina 205 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 206 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 207 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 208 Siskin Spinus spinus 18/01/2020 209 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 12/01/2020 210 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 211 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 02/01/2020 212 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 213 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus