Michael Stocker: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 225 of 225 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/01/2020 Holkham,Norfolk 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12/02/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 05/01/2020 Fring,Norfolk 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/10/2020 St.Mary's,Isles of Scilly 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina, Merseyside 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 08/01/2020 Thurnham Moss,Lancs 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2020 Churchtown Moss,Lancs 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/01/2020 Holkham,Norfolk 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina, Merseyside 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20/01/2020 Mere Sands Wood LWT, Lancs 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15/06/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 19 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 20 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 30/11/2020 Inskip,Lancs 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/01/2020 Pine Lake, Lancs 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 25 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 15/01/2020 Fleetwood,Lancs 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 05/01/2020 Holkham,Norfolk 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina, Merseyside 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 22/01/2020 Brockholes LWT,Lancs 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 Banks Marsh NNR,Lancs 32 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 27/05/2020 Trough of Bowland,Lancs 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2020 Churchtown Moss,Lancs 36 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus ********** ********** 37 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2020 Kew,Merseyside 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/05/2020 Trough of Bowland,Lancs 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 Banks Marsh NNR,Lancs 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 44 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 17/08/2020 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB,Cheshire 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 46 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 Southport Marine Lake,Merseyside 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/01/2020 Pine Lake, Lancs 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 50 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 12/02/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 15/01/2020 Fleetwood,Lancs 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/05/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 22/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 11/02/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 60 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 10/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 61 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 27/01/2020 Birkdale LNR,Merseyside 62 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 64 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 24/11/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 65 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/06/2020 Trough of Bowland,Lancs 66 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 09/12/2020 Weeton,Lancs 67 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 24/06/2020 Nosterfield LNR,N.Yorks 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 69 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 24/06/2020 Nosterfield LNR,N.Yorks 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 31/07/2020 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancs 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 26/06/2020 South Walney,Cumbria 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 73 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 05/01/2020 Holkham,Norfolk 75 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 01/06/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 76 Sanderling Calidris alba 15/01/2020 Fleetwood,Lancs 77 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 78 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 15/01/2020 Fleetwood,Lancs 79 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 20/05/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 80 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/06/2020 South Walney,Cumbria 81 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 08/06/2020 Hesketh Out Marsh RSPB,Lancs 82 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 28/05/2020 Preston Dock,Lancs 83 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 26/06/2020 South Walney,Cumbria 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/06/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB,E.Yorks 85 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 12/09/2020 Hale,Cheshire 86 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 87 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 14/09/2020 Redcar Tarn,Nr Keighley,W.Yorks 88 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 23/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 89 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 91 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 92 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 93 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 04/07/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB,E.Yorks 94 Puffin Fratercula arctica 24/06/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB,E.Yorks 95 Razorbill Alca torda 24/06/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB,E.Yorks 96 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 24/06/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB,E.Yorks 97 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 18/11/2020 Urswick Tarn,Cumbria 98 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 24/06/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB,E.Yorks 99 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 09/07/2020 Portland,Dorset 100 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 09/07/2020 Portland,Dorset 101 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 09/07/2020 Portland,Dorset 102 Gannet Morus bassanus 24/06/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB,E.Yorks 103 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 104 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 24/06/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB,E.Yorks 105 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 21/09/2020 Cors Ddyga RSPB, Anglesey 106 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/06/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 107 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 21/01/2020 Marbury CP,Cheshire 108 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 109 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/01/2020 Burnham Overy Marsh,Norfolk 110 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 111 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 112 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 08/01/2020 Eagland Hill,Lancs 113 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/05/2020 Meathop Moss,Cumbria 114 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 Churchtown Moss,Lancs 115 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 24/06/2020 Wykeham Forest,N.Yorks 116 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 117 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 118 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/01/2020 Holkham,Norfolk 119 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 05/01/2020 Wells,Norfolk 120 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Churchtown Moss,Lancs 121 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Lancs 122 Little Owl Athene noctua 10/11/2020 Banks,Lancs 123 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 04/07/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB,E.Yorks 124 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 08/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Lancs 125 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 14/02/2020 Kew,Merseyside 126 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 15/01/2020 Brockholes LWT,Lancs 127 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 03/09/2020 Horwich,Gtr.Mancs 128 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 129 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 21/01/2020 Ashtons Flash,Cheshire 130 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 Churchtown Moss,Lancs 131 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/01/2020 Churchtown Moss,Lancs 132 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/05/2020 Whixhall Moss,Shropshire 133 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2020 Churchtown Moss,Lancs 134 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 07/09/2020 Sutton Park,W.Mids 135 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 136 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 137 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 138 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 139 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 140 Raven Corvus corax 20/01/2020 Mere Sands Wood LWT, Lancs 141 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 142 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 25/01/2020 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancs 143 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 07/01/2020 Martin Mere WWT,Lancs 144 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 145 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 146 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 25/01/2020 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancs 147 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2020 Churchtown Moss,Lancs 148 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 05/01/2020 Holkham,Norfolk 149 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 17/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 150 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 151 House Martin Delichon urbicum 17/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 152 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 153 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 154 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 31/05/2020 Irton Fell,Cumbria 155 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 28/09/2020 Easington,E.Yorks 156 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 18/10/2020 St.Mary's,Isles of Scilly 157 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 158 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 10/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 159 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 15/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 160 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 06/07/2020 Longlands Lake,Cumbria 161 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 162 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 28/05/2020 Meathop Moss,Cumbria 163 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 27/01/2020 Birkdale LNR,Merseyside 164 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 28/05/2020 Whixhall Moss,Shropshire 165 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 28/09/2020 Kilnsea,E. Yorks 166 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 22/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 167 Whitethroat Curruca communis 11/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 168 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 17/10/2020 St.Mary's,Isles of Scilly 169 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 170 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 171 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 172 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 173 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 21/09/2020 Bull Bay,Anglesey 174 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 175 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 13/10/2020 Bryher,Isles of Scilly 176 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 04/10/2020 Kilminning,Fife 177 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 178 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 179 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 180 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Kew,Merseyside 181 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 Churchtown Moss,Lancs 182 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 22/04/2020 Hesketh Bank,Lancs 183 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 03/05/2020 Kew,Merseyside 184 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 185 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 13/10/2020 St.Mary's,Isles of Scilly 186 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 12/10/2020 St.Mary's,Isles of Scilly 187 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 27/05/2020 Trough of Bowland,Lancs 188 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 28/09/2020 Spurn Pt,E.yorks 189 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 17/10/2020 St.Mary's,Isles of Scilly 190 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 23/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 191 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 192 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 22/10/2020 Holkham,Norfolk 193 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 21/01/2020 Ashtons Flash,Cheshire 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 10/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 196 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 23/11/2020 Scorton,Lancs 197 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 09/01/2020 Martin Mere WWT,Lancs 198 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 199 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 200 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/05/2020 Birkdale Moss,Merseyside 201 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 05/01/2020 Sedgeford,Norfolk 202 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 10/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 203 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 204 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 205 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 22/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 206 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 15/10/2020 St.Agnes,Isles of Scilly 207 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 06/01/2020 Marshside RSPB,Merseyside 208 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2020 Southport Marine Lake,Merseyside 209 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Southport Crematorium, Lancs 210 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 27/01/2020 HurstWood,Lancs 211 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 09/01/2020 Mere Sands Wood LWT, Lancs 212 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 04/10/2020 Kilrenny,Fife 213 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 Lunt Meadows LWT, Merseyside 214 Twite Linaria flavirostris 01/01/2020 Southport Beach, Merseyside 215 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2020 Sedgeford,Norfolk 216 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/04/2020 Kew,Merseyside 217 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/06/2020 Trough of Bowland,Lancs 218 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 219 Siskin Spinus spinus 25/01/2020 Pine Lake,Lancs 220 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 05/01/2020 Holkham,Norfolk 221 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside 222 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 05/01/2020 Sedgeford,Norfolk 223 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 11/10/2020 Dawlish CP,Devon 224 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 14/10/2020 St.Mary's,Isles of Scilly 225 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2020 Crosby Marina,Merseyside