Gavin Woodbridge: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 209 of 209 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 18/01/2020 Duddingston Loch 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 19/01/2020 Whitesands Quarry 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 26/01/2020 Prora, Lothian 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 07/05/2020 North Ronaldsay Drake 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 14 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 02/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 19/01/2020 Whitesands Quarry 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 20 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 19/01/2020 Musselburgh Drake 21 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 19/01/2020 Musselburgh 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19/01/2020 Musselburgh 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 26/01/2020 Figgate Park 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 27 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 28/08/2020 Ben Vorlich 28 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 07/11/2020 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 26/01/2020 A1 30 Quail Coturnix coturnix 16/06/2020 North Ronaldsay 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 15/08/2020 A1 32 Swift Apus apus 31/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 26/01/2020 Gosford Farm Shop 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 26/01/2020 Aberlady 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 26/01/2020 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 39 Corncrake Crex crex 30/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 41 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 43 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 09/08/2020 Musselburgh, Lothian 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 14/03/2020 Musselburgh, Lothian 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/03/2020 Musselburgh, Lothian 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 26/01/2020 Aberlady 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 49 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 15/08/2020 Longhaughton, Northumberland 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 25/06/2020 North Ronaldsay Pristine Adult 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 25/03/2020 North Ronaldsay 57 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 17/10/2020 North Ronaldsay 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 61 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 62 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 09/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 64 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 22/08/2020 Musselburgh, Lothian Cracking juv 65 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 30/07/2020 Ythan 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 67 Knot Calidris canutus 26/01/2020 Aberlady 68 Ruff Calidris pugnax 21/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 69 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 70 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 71 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 72 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 01/06/2020 North Ronaldsay 73 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 15/08/2020 Druridge Bay CP, Northumberland 74 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 29/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 75 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 29/07/2020 North Ronaldsay 76 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 25/07/2020 Nouster, North Ronaldsay Adult - picked up on call! 77 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 03/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 78 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 27/02/2020 North Ronaldsay 79 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 18/01/2020 Duddingston Loch 80 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/06/2020 North Ronaldsay 81 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 82 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 15/08/2020 Amble, Northumberland Adult - colour ringed LKCS 83 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 84 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 85 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 86 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 29/02/2020 Duddingston Loch 87 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 19/03/2020 Helmsdale 88 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 16/07/2020 Tor Ness, North Ronaldsay 2cy - highly unusual 89 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 25/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 90 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 02/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 91 Puffin Fratercula arctica 07/07/2020 North Ronaldsay 92 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 09/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 93 Razorbill Alca torda 14/03/2020 Musselburgh 94 Little Auk Alle alle 25/03/2020 North Ronaldsay 95 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 25/03/2020 North Ronaldsay 96 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 97 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 98 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 19/03/2020 Brora 99 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 25/06/2020 North Ronaldsay 100 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 25/06/2020 North Ronaldsay 101 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 102 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 13/09/2020 Aberlady Drifted East feeding - cracker with JKB! 103 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 09/08/2020 Hound Point, Lothian Flash - my 300th bird in Scotland 104 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 14/06/2020 North Ronaldsay 105 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 106 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 107 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 108 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 19/01/2020 JMCP 109 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/07/2020 Hooking, North Ronaldsay 110 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 111 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/07/2020 Ythan 112 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 08/03/2020 113 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 26/01/2020 Figgate Park 114 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 19/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 115 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 116 Red Kite Milvus milvus 19/03/2020 117 Buzzard Buteo buteo 26/01/2020 A1 118 Barn Owl Tyto alba 27/09/2020 From car nr Stirling 119 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 21/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 120 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/06/2020 North Ronaldsay 121 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 31/01/2020 Loch Tay 122 Hoopoe Upupa epops 27/08/2020 Belhaven Smokehouse rip 123 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 26/01/2020 Figgate Park 124 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 26/01/2020 Gosford Farm Shop 125 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 15/03/2020 Bonaly 126 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 26/01/2020 A1 127 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 128 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 03/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 129 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 24/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 130 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/08/2020 Braids, Lothian 131 Magpie Pica pica 18/01/2020 Duddingston Loch 132 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 18/01/2020 Duddingston Loch 133 Rook Corvus frugilegus 26/01/2020 134 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 18/01/2020 Duddingston Loch 135 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 136 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 137 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 18/02/2020 Edinburgh 138 Coal Tit Periparus ater 19/01/2020 Aberlady 139 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 15/08/2020 Hauxley, Northumberland 140 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 18/01/2020 Duddingston Loch 141 Great Tit Parus major 18/01/2020 Duddingston Loch 142 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 143 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 05/06/2020 Near Mildam, North Ronaldsay 144 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 06/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 145 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 146 House Martin Delichon urbicum 29/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 147 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 19/01/2020 Figgate Park 148 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 149 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 03/10/2020 Kilminning Fife 2-3 birds present 150 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 13/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 151 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 26/03/2020 North Ronaldsay 152 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 01/06/2020 Holland House, North Ronaldsay 153 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 22/08/2020 Barns Ness, Lothian 154 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 07/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 155 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 15/08/2020 Barns Ness, Lothian Bird of the day! 156 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 31/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 157 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 158 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 20/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 159 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 160 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 01/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 161 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 162 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 18/01/2020 Duddingston Loch 163 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 164 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 26/01/2020 Gosford Farm Shop 165 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 26/01/2020 Gosford Farm Shop 166 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 167 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 168 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 08/02/2020 Hermitage 169 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 170 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 171 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 172 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 24/04/2020 North Ronaldsay male 173 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 23/05/2020 Observatory, North Ronaldsay 174 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 175 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 06/05/2020 North Ronaldsay Trapped & Ringed 176 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 01/05/2020 North Ronaldsay 177 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 16/06/2020 North Ronaldsay 178 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 30/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 179 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 20/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 180 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 19/01/2020 Whitesands 181 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 26/03/2020 North Ronaldsay 182 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 08/02/2020 Hermitage 183 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 19/01/2020 JMCP 184 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 185 Dunnock Prunella modularis 19/01/2020 Figgate Park 186 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 13/09/2020 Thorntonloch 187 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 08/02/2020 Blackford Pond 188 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 26/01/2020 North Berwick 189 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 190 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 30/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 191 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 192 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 19/01/2020 Figgate Park 193 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 13/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 194 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 03/10/2020 Kilminning Fife 195 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/01/2020 Aberlady 196 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 10/06/2020 Twingness, North Ronaldsay Grotfinch 197 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 19/01/2020 Figgate Park 198 Twite Linaria flavirostris 04/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 199 Linnet Linaria cannabina 24/03/2020 North Ronaldsay 200 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 201 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/02/2020 Loch Tay 202 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 01/02/2020 Loch Tay 203 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 26/01/2020 Figgate Park 204 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/02/2020 Loch Tay 205 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 06/04/2020 North Ronaldsay 206 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2020 North Ronaldsay 207 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 30/07/2020 NE Scotland 208 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 26/01/2020 209 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 26/01/2020