David Johnstone: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 203 of 203 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 18/10/2020 Stiffkey 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 23/03/2020 Shewalton 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 02/01/2020 Achincross 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2020 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 23/04/2020 Saltcoats 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2020 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 05/01/2020 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2020 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2020 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/01/2020 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 17 Pintail Anas acuta 05/01/2020 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/01/2020 Pine lake 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 22 Scaup Aythya marila 03/01/2020 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2020 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra ********** ********** 26 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 01/01/2020 Cheswick sands 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2020 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2020 Widrington moor lake 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2020 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2020 32 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 12/01/2020 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 18/10/2020 Boulmer 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 35 Quail Coturnix coturnix 36 Swift Apus apus 05/05/2020 Kilwinning 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2020 Brisbane glen 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 23/03/2020 Stevenston point 43 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 45 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/01/2020 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2020 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 23/02/2020 Nosterfield 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/01/2020 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/06/2020 Munoch 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 54 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 28/06/2020 John Muir country park 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2020 Ici pools 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 23/02/2020 Blacktoft 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/04/2020 Garnock floods 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 24/04/2020 Garnock floods 61 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 17/10/2020 Croy 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2020 63 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 23/02/2020 Nosterfield 64 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 65 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/01/2020 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2020 67 Knot Calidris canutus 03/01/2020 68 Ruff Calidris pugnax 23/02/2020 Blacktoft and 69 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 70 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/01/2020 71 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2020 72 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14/01/2020 73 Little Stint Calidris minuta 74 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/07/2020 75 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 05/07/2020 76 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 26/03/2020 Stevenston point 77 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 78 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 25/02/2020 Stevenston point 79 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 80 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/02/2020 Largs 81 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 82 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 83 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 84 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 10/03/2020 Stevenston point 85 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 86 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 87 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 88 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 07/05/2020 Saltcoats 89 Puffin Fratercula arctica 15/05/2020 Saltcoats 90 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 17/01/2020 91 Razorbill Alca torda 25/02/2020 Stevenston point 92 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 26/02/2020 Stevenston point 93 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2020 94 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 18/03/2020 Stevenston point 95 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/03/2020 Stevenston point 96 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14/01/2020 97 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 98 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 07/05/2020 Saltcoats 99 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/01/2020 100 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 101 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2020 102 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 103 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 104 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2020 105 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 106 Great White Egret Ardea alba 05/01/2020 Leighton Moss 107 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 108 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 05/01/2020 Eagland hill 109 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 110 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 111 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/01/2020 112 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 113 Red Kite Milvus milvus 23/02/2020 114 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 115 Barn Owl Tyto alba 05/01/2020 116 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/01/2020 Druidge 117 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 18/10/2020 Norfolk 118 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 23/03/2020 Garnock floods 119 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 26/09/2020 Cant clough reservoir 120 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2020 121 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 05/01/2020 Ashton's flash H/o 122 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 123 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/01/2020 Backwater reservoir 124 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 12/01/2020 125 Jay Garrulus glandarius 12/01/2020 126 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 127 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 128 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 129 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 130 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2020 131 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 27/02/2020 Irvine 132 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2020 133 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/01/2020 134 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 01/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 135 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 136 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 137 Skylark Alauda arvensis 23/02/2020 Blacktoft 138 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 02/04/2020 ICI pools 139 Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2020 Garnock floods 140 House Martin Delichon urbicum 20/04/2020 Garnock floods 141 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 23/02/2020 Blacktoft Heard only 142 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2020 143 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 144 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 18/10/2020 Trow quarry 145 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 02/04/2020 ICI pools 146 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 05/01/2020 Pilling 2 common 1 Siberian 147 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 148 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 19/04/2020 Todhill 149 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 150 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2020 Todhill 151 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/04/2020 Todhill 152 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 153 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 154 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/06/2020 155 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2020 Bartonholm 156 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2020 157 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 158 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2020 159 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2020 160 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 28/06/2020 Port seaton 161 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 162 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 04/10/2020 Kilminning 163 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 164 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2020 165 Redwing Turdus iliacus 05/01/2020 166 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 167 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 168 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 23/02/2020 Grimsby 169 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 18/10/2020 Stiffkey 170 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 171 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 172 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 173 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 18/10/2020 Trow quarry 174 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 18/10/2020 Whitley bay 175 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 176 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 05/01/2020 Ashton's flash 177 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2020 178 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/04/2020 Saltcoats 179 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 18/10/2020 Boulmer 180 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 23/03/2020 Garnock 181 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2020 182 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 183 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 184 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 185 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 10/01/2020 186 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 White wagtai 22/4 saltcoats 187 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 188 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 189 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/01/2020 190 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 17/01/2020 191 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 192 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 193 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/01/2020 194 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 04/10/2020 Kilminning 195 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 25/02/2020 Irvine 196 Linnet Linaria cannabina 22/04/2020 Saltcoats 197 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 19/04/2020 Todhill 198 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 12/01/2020 199 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 200 Siskin Spinus spinus 03/03/2020 Shewalton 201 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/01/2020 Eagland hill 202 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 12/01/2020 203 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 23/02/2020 Blacktoft