Peter Roseveare: Cornwall Mainland Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 244 of 244 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 Mawgan Porth 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Camel Estuary 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 26/03/2020 Mawgan Porth 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana Walmsley 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 18/01/2020 Wilcove 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Siblyback Reservoir 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 01/01/2020 Stithians Reservoir 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Portscatho 28 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 01/01/2020 Stithians Reservoir 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 19/01/2020 Crugmeer 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 36 Swift Apus apus 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 44 Coot Fulica atra 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 46 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Pendower 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 48 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 50 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 14/10/2020 Nanjizal 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 55 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 59 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 27/11/2020 Crows-an-Wra 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 64 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 67 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Knot Calidris canutus 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 81 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 13/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 83 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 05/09/2020 Hayle Estuary 84 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 87 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 89 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 16/02/2020 Padstow 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 92 Common Gull Larus canus 93 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Hayle Estuary 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 96 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 98 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 100 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 101 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 102 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 103 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 104 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 105 Puffin Fratercula arctica 106 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Newlyn Harbour 107 Razorbill Alca torda 108 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 109 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 110 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 111 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 22/02/2020 Pentewan Beach 112 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 113 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 114 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 115 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 116 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 117 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 118 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 119 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 120 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 121 Gannet Morus bassanus 122 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 123 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 124 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 125 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Gut Hill 126 Great White Egret Ardea alba 127 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 128 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 129 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 130 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 131 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 132 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 133 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 20/09/2020 Nanjizal Valley 134 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 135 Red Kite Milvus milvus 136 Black Kite Milvus migrans Nanjizal Valley 137 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 07/11/2020 138 Buzzard Buteo buteo 139 Barn Owl Tyto alba 140 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 28/05/2020 Nanjizal Valley 141 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 18/10/2020 142 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 143 Hoopoe Upupa epops 144 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 145 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 146 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 147 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 148 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 149 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 150 Merlin Falco columbarius 151 Hobby Falco subbuteo 152 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 153 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 10/10/2020 Kenidjack Valley 154 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 155 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 16/10/2020 Chapel Porth, St Agnes 156 Jay Garrulus glandarius 157 Magpie Pica pica 158 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 159 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 160 Rook Corvus frugilegus 161 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 162 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 163 Raven Corvus corax 164 Coal Tit Periparus ater 165 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 166 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 167 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 168 Great Tit Parus major 169 Woodlark Lullula arborea 170 Skylark Alauda arvensis 171 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 14/10/2020 Nanjizal Valley 172 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 173 Swallow Hirundo rustica 174 House Martin Delichon urbicum 175 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 176 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 177 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 178 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 179 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 180 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 181 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 23/05/2020 Lizard 182 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 183 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 184 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 185 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 186 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 187 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 188 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 189 Whitethroat Curruca communis 190 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 191 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 192 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 193 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 194 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 195 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 196 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 197 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 198 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 199 Redwing Turdus iliacus 200 Blackbird Turdus merula 201 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 202 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 203 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 204 Robin Erithacus rubecula 205 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 206 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 207 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 208 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 209 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 210 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 211 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 212 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 213 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 214 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 215 Dunnock Prunella modularis 216 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 217 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 218 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 219 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 220 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 14/10/2020 Porthgwarra 221 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 222 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 223 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 04/01/2020 Sennen 224 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 225 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 226 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 227 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 228 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 15/10/2020 Nanjizal Valley 229 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 230 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 231 Linnet Linaria cannabina 232 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 233 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 08/11/2020 Trevose Head 234 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 235 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 236 Serin Serinus serinus 237 Siskin Spinus spinus 238 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 239 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 240 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 241 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 242 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 243 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Park Head 244 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus