Jack Bucknall: St. Mary's Island Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 173 of 173 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 08/03/2020 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 04/04/2020 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 10/05/2020 Two flew north over the wetland. 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2020 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2020 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 17/12/2020 Self-found bird with 1500+ Pink-footed Geese opposite the lay-by north of caravan park. 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 08/07/2020 A pair flew north over the wetland. 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 23/10/2020 One flew north past the island. 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 30/03/2020 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 07/05/2020 A pair on the wetland. 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2020 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 09/09/2020 Five on the wetland. 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2020 14 Pintail Anas acuta 05/09/2020 Female north past the island close-in. 15 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2020 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19/01/2020 Female on the wetland. 17 Scaup Aythya marila 10/05/2020 Three (2 drakes) flew north past the island. 18 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/01/2020 19 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28/08/2020 Female-type flew north past the island. 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22/04/2020 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/11/2020 Two female-types with Eider flock off Rocky Island, visible from SMI. 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27/09/2020 Female offshore with Common Scoters. 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 27/07/2020 Two on the sea in the South Bay. 24 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29/03/2020 25 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/01/2020 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2020 27 Quail Coturnix coturnix 06/07/2020 Male heard singing from track east of Brierdene Farm. 28 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 27/04/2020 29 Swift Apus apus 14/05/2020 30 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2020 31 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/03/2020 32 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2020 33 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 28/04/2020 34 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/02/2020 35 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 19/01/2020 36 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2020 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 27/10/2020 One on the wetland. 38 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 07/09/2020 One on the sea, before flying north past the island. 39 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 31/10/2020 One on the sea in the North Bay off Hartley Point. 40 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2020 41 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 22/04/2020 42 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2020 43 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 22/02/2020 44 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2020 45 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 04/05/2020 46 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2020 47 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 14/07/2020 One came in-off then west over the wetland. 48 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 15/06/2020 One circled the wetland before flying off north. 49 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 10/11/2020 One flushed from coastal path, then landed in the wetland. 50 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 31/10/2020 One flew in-off the sea and landed on the rocks. 51 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2020 52 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 07/07/2020 One on the wetland. 53 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2020 54 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 24/07/2020 One briefly on the wetland before flying west. 55 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2020 56 Knot Calidris canutus 30/04/2020 57 Ruff Calidris pugnax 19/08/2020 Female-type feeding in the North Bay late evening. 58 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/08/2020 Juvenile in the South Bay. 59 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2020 60 Dunlin Calidris alpina 14/02/2020 61 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/01/2020 62 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 30/04/2020 One fishing offshore with Common Terns. 63 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 10/05/2020 64 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 30/04/2020 65 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 15/07/2020 Adult and juvenile on the rocks off the prom. 66 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 12/04/2020 67 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 25/09/2020 Juvenile feeding offshore with Kittiwakes. 68 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/02/2020 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2020 70 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 02/01/2020 Adult off the prom. 71 Common Gull Larus canus 05/02/2020 72 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/01/2020 Adult on the rocks off the prom, excellent record and find from AC. 73 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2020 74 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2020 75 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/04/2020 76 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 16/08/2020 Pale juvenile flew north past the island with an adult Arctic. 77 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 10/05/2020 Dark phase flew north. 78 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 08/07/2020 Two flew north together past the island, close-in, one of which had full spoons. 79 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 09/07/2020 Two flew north over the car park. 80 Puffin Fratercula arctica 28/04/2020 81 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 07/09/2020 One flew north past the island, close inshore. Patch mega! 82 Razorbill Alca torda 29/03/2020 83 Little Auk Alle alle 13/10/2020 One flew north past the island, close inshore with 3 Guillemots. 84 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 02/01/2020 85 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 10/04/2020 86 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 11/05/2020 87 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 02/02/2020 88 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 26/08/2020 Three flew north past early morning. 89 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 10/05/2020 90 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/02/2020 91 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2020 92 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 30/04/2020 93 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 15/06/2020 Five flew south over the wetland. 94 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 11/10/2020 One flew north over the caravan park, and landed briefly on the standing stone field. 95 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2020 96 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/01/2020 97 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2020 One flew in-off the sea and circled before heading back east. Very unexpected! 98 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 10/11/2020 Stunning male circled overhead before flying off west - my 170th patch bird of 2020. Sensational! 99 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2020 100 Barn Owl Tyto alba 30/06/2020 101 Little Owl Athene noctua 27/04/2020 102 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 24/09/2020 One roosting in the Brierdene, found thanks to the vocal Blackbirds mobbing it! 103 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2020 One fishing in the rock pools. 104 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 21/09/2020 One in the willows north of the wetland. 105 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/02/2020 106 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/01/2020 One on post in mast field. 107 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 17/08/2020 One hunting waders over the island. 108 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2020 109 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2020 110 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2020 111 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2020 112 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/05/2020 113 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 19/01/2020 114 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 19/01/2020 115 Great Tit Parus major 19/01/2020 116 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/01/2020 117 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 08/11/2020 Self-found bird in the North Bay, full patch tick! 118 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 09/04/2020 119 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/04/2020 120 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2020 121 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 19/01/2020 122 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 21/09/2020 At least four birds in the Brierdene. 123 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2020 124 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/03/2020 125 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2020 126 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 04/05/2020 127 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 12/04/2020 128 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 05/04/2020 129 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10/09/2020 One in brambles on the west side of the wetland. 130 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 10/05/2020 Singing male in the Brierdene. 131 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2020 132 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 18/04/2020 Male singing on the first mound. 133 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 09/09/2020 At least four at the north end of the wetland. 134 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2020 135 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 19/01/2020 One with tit flock in the Brierdene. 136 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2020 137 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 28/04/2020 138 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 04/10/2020 One in the cemetery. 139 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/10/2020 Several along the railway line amongst a fall of thrushes. 140 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2020 141 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 28/10/2020 A flock of six flew in-off the sea and continued west. 142 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 24/04/2020 Male at north end of wetland. 143 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 08/05/2020 One at the north end of the wetland. 144 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2020 145 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 27/04/2020 First-summer male in the Gut. 146 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 17/10/2020 One in the cemetery, such good birds! 147 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 20/08/2020 Self-found female-type in the North Bay. 148 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 04/10/2020 Male along the old railway line. 149 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 04/05/2020 150 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/02/2020 151 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 10/04/2020 152 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 25/01/2020 153 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 25/01/2020 154 Dunnock Prunella modularis 25/01/2020 155 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2020 156 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/02/2020 157 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2020 158 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 22/02/2020 159 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 10/04/2020 One flew north over the wetland calling. 160 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 02/01/2020 161 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 19/01/2020 162 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 19/01/2020 163 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 05/01/2020 164 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/12/2020 Nine birds in the Linnet flock around the stubble field. 165 Linnet Linaria cannabina 22/02/2020 166 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/09/2020 Vocal bird north over the mounds. 167 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 15/06/2020 Vocal juvenile along the railway line. 168 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2020 169 Siskin Spinus spinus 12/06/2020 Two with Goldfinches along old railway line. 170 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 22/12/2020 One flew south over the wetland, calling. 171 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 06/10/2020 One on beach in South Bay, then flew towards the wetland. 172 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/04/2020 173 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 22/02/2020