Huw Morgan: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 216 of 216 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 26/01/2020 West Kirby 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 14/02/2020 Carsington Water 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2020 Redesmere 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11/01/2020 Catchpenny Lane 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 18/01/2020 Martin Mere 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/01/2020 Catchpenny Lane 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12/01/2020 Upper Thurnham 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12/01/2020 Upper Thurnham 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/01/2020 Attenborough NR 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 09/02/2020 Etherow Country Park 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26/07/2020 North Point Pools 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2020 Kinmel Bay 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 19 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 20 Teal Anas crecca 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 05/01/2020 Attenborough NR 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 12/02/2020 Abberton Reservoir 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 12/01/2020 Pine Lake 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 26 Scaup Aythya marila 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 15/07/2020 Seahouses 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22/12/2020 Llanddulas 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 18/01/2020 Crosby Coastal Park 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 11/02/2020 Fingringhoe Wick 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 13/03/2020 Saddleworth Moor 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/04/2020 Chat Moss 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 12/01/2020 Eagland Hill 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/02/2020 Banks Marsh 38 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2020 Sale Water Park 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/05/2020 Budby Common 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2020 Rhyl Feral 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2020 Garden 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2020 Redesmere 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 45 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 46 Crane Grus grus 19/01/2020 Hatfield Moors 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2020 Attenborough NR 48 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 28/11/2020 Chelmarsh Reservoir 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 15/03/2020 Holme Pierrepont 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/01/2020 Attenborough NR 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2020 Rhyl 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11/02/2020 Fingringhoe Wick 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 18/01/2020 Ainsdale 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 28/02/2020 Nosterfield NNR 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 23/04/2020 Little Woolden Moss 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2020 Carsington Water 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 15/07/2020 Seahouses 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 12/01/2020 Pilling Lane Ends 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/01/2020 Ainsdale 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 18/01/2020 Marshside 64 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 18/01/2020 Marshside 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 03/01/2020 Carsington Water 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 21/01/2020 Middlewich 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/01/2020 Carsington Water 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/05/2020 Sale Water Park 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 19/02/2020 Ardleigh Reservoir 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 08/08/2020 Carr Lane Pools 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2020 Carsington Water 72 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 28/02/2020 Nosterfield NNR 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 23/02/2020 Crosby Coastal Park 74 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 17/02/2020 Manningtree 75 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 12/01/2020 Knott End-on-Sea 76 Knot Calidris canutus 18/01/2020 Ainsdale 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/01/2020 Martin Mere 78 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 23/08/2020 St Aidan's RSPB 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2020 Kinmel Bay 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 18/01/2020 Ainsdale 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 26/01/2020 New Brighton 82 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/12/2020 RSPB Burton Mere 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 27/09/2020 Rudyard Lake 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 15/07/2020 Long Nanny 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 06/06/2020 St Aidan's RSPB 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 18/07/2020 Farne Islands 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 28/05/2020 Preston Docks 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/07/2020 Bamburgh 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 18/07/2020 Farne Islands 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 91 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/09/2020 Redcar Tarn 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 08/02/2020 Pennington Flash 93 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 22/08/2020 Hollingworth Lake 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 96 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 31/01/2020 Sale Water Park 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2020 Carsington Water 98 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 99 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 26/02/2020 Atherton 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 18/07/2020 Farne Islands 101 Razorbill Alca torda 18/07/2020 Farne Islands 102 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 18/07/2020 Farne Islands 103 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 22/12/2020 Llanddulas 104 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 10/02/2020 Suffolk Water Park 105 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 14/02/2020 Carsington Water 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 18/07/2020 Farne Islands 107 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/07/2020 Bamburgh 108 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 109 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 29/02/2020 Glossop 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 06/06/2020 Fairburn Ings 111 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 06/06/2020 St Aidan's RSPB 112 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 113 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/01/2020 Attenborough NR 114 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 115 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 116 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 12/01/2020 Eagland Hill 117 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 118 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 13/03/2020 Wykeham Forest 119 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 120 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 26/01/2020 Parkgate 121 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/02/2020 Leighton Buzzard 122 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 19/01/2020 Stainforth 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2020 Carsington Water 124 Barn Owl Tyto alba 12/01/2020 Eagland Hill 125 Little Owl Athene noctua 06/06/2020 St Aidan's RSPB 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 19/01/2020 St Aidans RSPB 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 18/01/2020 Martin Mere 128 Hoopoe Upupa epops 11/10/2020 Collingham 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/01/2020 Carsington Water 130 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 01/09/2020 Horwich Moors 131 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 19/12/2020 Marbury Country Park 132 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 133 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 18/02/2020 Stour Estuary 134 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2020 Carsington Water 135 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/02/2020 Marshside 136 Hobby Falco subbuteo 03/06/2020 West Mersea 137 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 138 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/01/2020 Stretford 139 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 15/11/2020 Cottam 140 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 141 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2020 Garden 142 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 143 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 144 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 145 Raven Corvus corax 03/01/2020 Carsington Water 146 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 08/03/2020 Cleethorpes Country Park 147 Coal Tit Periparus ater 11/01/2020 Redesmere 148 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 12/01/2020 Leighton Moss 149 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 14/02/2020 Carsington Water 150 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2020 Garden 151 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2020 Garden 152 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 18/10/2020 Leighton Moss 153 Woodlark Lullula arborea 10/03/2020 Santon Downham 154 Skylark Alauda arvensis 18/01/2020 Marshside 155 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/04/2020 Pomona Island 156 Swallow Hirundo rustica 20/04/2020 Sale Water Park 157 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/05/2020 Stretford Ees 158 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 07/03/2020 Neston Marsh 159 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 160 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2020 Sale Water Park 161 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 12/01/2020 Pilling Sewage Works Also Siberian Chiffchaff 162 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 06/06/2020 St Aidan's RSPB 163 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 01/05/2020 Sale Water Park 164 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 26/05/2020 Sankey Brook 165 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 05/04/2020 Sale Water Park 166 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/06/2020 Friday Woods 167 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 17/05/2020 Stretford Meadows 168 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2020 Chat Moss 169 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 19/12/2020 Marbury Country Park 170 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 22/01/2020 Middlewich 171 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 172 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 11/01/2020 Redesmere 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 11/01/2020 Redesmere 174 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 175 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2020 Redesmere 176 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 11/01/2020 Redesmere 177 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2020 Redesmere 178 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2020 Garden 179 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2020 Redesmere 180 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 03/09/2020 Crowden 181 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 08/03/2020 Grimsby 182 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 03/09/2020 Crowden 183 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2020 Garden 184 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 01/06/2020 Friday Woods 185 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/05/2020 Padley Gorge 186 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 15/04/2020 Stretford Ees 187 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/08/2020 Chat Moss 188 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 03/01/2020 Ashton’s Flash 189 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 190 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 23/04/2020 Barton Moss 191 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 13/03/2020 Dove Stone RSPB 192 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/01/2020 Attenborough NR 193 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2020 Brickfields Pond 194 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2020 Garden 195 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2020 Little Woolden Moss 196 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 21/01/2020 Middlewich 197 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2020 Carsington Water 198 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 199 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 24/05/2020 Budby Common 200 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 07/03/2020 Neston Marsh 201 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/07/2020 Seahouses 202 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2020 Neumann’s Flashes 203 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 14/02/2020 Bumper Castle 204 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 10/03/2020 Lynford Arboretum 205 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 12/01/2020 Leighton Moss 206 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 18/01/2020 Marshside 207 Twite Linaria flavirostris 29/07/2020 Peak District 208 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2020 Attenborough NR 209 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 13/03/2020 Dove Stone RSPB 210 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 13/03/2020 Wykeham Forest 211 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2020 Rutland Water 212 Siskin Spinus spinus 09/02/2020 Etherow Country Park 213 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 02/01/2020 Kinmel Bay 214 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 12/01/2020 Eagland Hill 215 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 12/01/2020 Eagland Hill 216 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/01/2020 Rutland Water