Paul Cashmore: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 224 of 224 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/01/2020 Hunstanton Norfolk 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/01/2020 Horsey Norfolk Also Budle Bay 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2020 Snettisham Norfolk 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 06/01/2020 West Somerton Norfolk 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2020 Choseley Norfolk 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 06/01/2020 Sea Palling Norfolk 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 06/01/2020 Sea Palling Norfolk 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 02/01/2020 Wells Norfolk 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/03/2020 Forest of Dean Gloucestershire 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/05/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 19 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 20 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22/01/2020 Rutland Water 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 04/01/2020 Seeswood Pool Warwickshire 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 25 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 18/01/2020 Fisherrow East Lothian 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 18/01/2020 Fisherrow East Lothian 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 18/01/2020 Fisherrow East Lothian 29 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 18/01/2020 Fisherrow East Lothian 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18/01/2020 Goswick Northumberland 31 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 18/01/2020 Goswick Northumberland 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 22/01/2020 Eyebrook Reservoir Leicestershire 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2020 Hunstanton Norfolk 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 22/07/2020 Cutthroat Bridge Derbyshire 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 05/02/2020 Wells Norfolk 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/01/2020 Choseley Norfolk 41 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2020 Garden Warwickshire 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 14/05/2020 Napton Reservoir Warwickshire 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 20/09/2020 Tiree 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/01/2020 Ladywalk Warwickshire 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 49 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 50 Crane Grus grus 06/01/2020 Acle 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 22/01/2020 Rutland Water 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 22/01/2020 Rutland Water 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2020 Hunstanton Norfolk 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2020 Burnham Over Norfolk 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/03/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2020 Hunstanton Norfolk 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/01/2020 Hunstanton Norfolk 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 66 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 30/01/2020 Marshside Marsh Lancashire 67 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 10/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 26/02/2020 Blacktoft Sands Lincolnshire 69 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 12/10/2020 Keyhaven 70 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 12/10/2020 Keyhaven 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/07/2020 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2020 Wolston Warwickshire 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2020 Wells Norfolk 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/02/2020 Blacktoft Sands Lincolnshire 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/08/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2020 Hunstanton Norfolk 77 Knot Calidris canutus 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 30/01/2020 Marshside Marsh Lancashire 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11/07/2020 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 08/03/2020 Landguard Point Suffolk 83 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 11/06/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 84 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 11/07/2020 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 14/05/2020 Napton Reservoir Warwickshire 86 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 04/07/2020 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 88 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 29/06/2020 Belvide Reservoir Staffordshire 89 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 10/03/2020 Minsmere Suffolk 90 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 91 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 01/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 93 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 20/03/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 95 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 08/01/2020 Shawell Leicestershire 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 97 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 04/07/2020 Bempton Yorkshire 98 Puffin Fratercula arctica 04/07/2020 Bempton Yorkshire 99 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 20/09/2020 Oban Scotland 100 Razorbill Alca torda 04/07/2020 Bempton Yorkshire 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 18/01/2020 Goswick Northumberland 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 104 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 02/01/2020 Hunstanton Norfolk 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 09/07/2020 Portland Dorset 106 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 09/07/2020 Portland Dorset 107 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 09/07/2020 Portland Dorset 108 Gannet Morus bassanus 10/03/2020 Southwold Suffolk 109 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 110 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 18/01/2020 Fisherrow East Lothian 111 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 30/05/2020 Lower Moor Worcestershire 112 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/07/2020 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 113 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 114 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/01/2020 Burnham Overy Norfolk 115 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2020 Burnham Over Norfolk 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 117 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30/01/2020 Eagland Lancashire 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/08/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 120 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 05/02/2020 Cockley Cley Norfolk 121 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2020 Burnham Overy Norfolk 122 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 05/02/2020 Stiffkey Norfolk 123 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 08/10/2020 Dosthill 124 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2020 Sedgefield Norfolk 125 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 02/01/2020 Wells Norfolk 126 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 127 Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/01/2020 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 128 Little Owl Athene noctua 13/01/2020 Deeping Lakes Lincolnshire 129 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 04/07/2020 Bempton Yorkshire 130 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/03/2020 Shingle Street Suffolk 131 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 29/05/2020 Cubbington Warwickshire 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 10/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 133 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 25/02/2020 Warwickshire 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 135 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 136 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 137 Merlin Falco columbarius 05/02/2020 Stiffkey Norfolk 138 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/05/2020 Wolston G P Warwickshire 139 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 13/01/2020 March Farmers Cambridgeshire 140 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 26/01/2020 Northwood London 141 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 20/09/2020 Tiree 142 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 08/01/2020 Dirft 3 Northamptonshire 143 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 29/08/2020 Sutton Park West Midlands (VC38) 144 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/09/2020 Wareham Greens Norfolk 145 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 146 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 147 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 148 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 149 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 150 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 20/09/2020 Tiree 151 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 152 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 02/02/2020 Abbots Bromley Staffordshire 153 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Garden Warwickshire 154 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 07/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 155 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 04/01/2020 Ladywalk Warwickshire 156 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 157 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 158 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 11/03/2020 Minsmere Suffolk 159 Woodlark Lullula arborea 05/02/2020 Santon Downham Norfolk 160 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2020 Burnham Over Norfolk 161 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 13/03/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 162 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2020 Garden Warwickshire 163 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/05/2020 Wolston Warwickshire 164 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/03/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 165 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 166 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 20/10/2020 Stivichall Common Coventry Warkwickshire 167 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 11/04/2020 Garden Warwickshire 168 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 169 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/05/2020 Napton Reservoir Warwickshire 170 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/05/2020 Wolston Warwickshire 171 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/02/2020 Garden Warwickshire 172 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 13/05/2020 Wolston Warwickshire 173 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 14/05/2020 Napton Reservoir Warwickshire 174 Whitethroat Curruca communis 04/05/2020 War Memorial Park Coventry 175 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 09/03/2020 Hollesley Suffolk 176 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/10/2020 Bolderwood New Forest 177 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 178 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 179 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2020 Garden Warwickshire 180 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 181 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 182 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 Garden Warwickshire 183 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 18/01/2020 Budle Bay Northumberland 184 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 185 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 186 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 187 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 26/02/2020 Grimsby Lincolnshire 188 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey Norfolk 189 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/06/2020 Charlecote Warwickshire 190 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 191 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 15/10/2020 Trow Quarry South Shields Durham 192 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 12/08/2020 Napton on the Hill Warwickshire 193 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 15/01/2020 Studley Warwickshire 194 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 16/08/2020 Napton Reservoir Warwickshire 195 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/08/2020 Houlton Rugby Warwickshire 196 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 30/01/2020 Ashtons Flash Cheshire 197 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/01/2020 Dirft 3 Northamptonshire 198 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/08/2020 Coventry Airfield Warwickshire 199 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 06/01/2020 Cart Gap Norfolk 200 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 02/03/2020 Forest of Dean Gloucestershire 201 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 22/01/2020 Pitsford Reservoir Leicestershire 202 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 203 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 204 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 14/05/2020 Napton Reservoir Warwickshire 205 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 02/01/2020 Sedgeford Norfolk 206 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/03/2020 Forest of Dean Gloucestershire 207 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 208 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2020 Draycote Water Warwickshire 209 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 30/01/2020 Marshside Marsh Lancashire 210 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/01/2020 Dunbar East Lothian 211 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 212 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/02/2020 Lynford Arboretum Norfolk 213 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 05/02/2020 My ford Arboretum Norfolk 214 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 07/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 215 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 03/01/2020 Garden Warwickshire 216 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/02/2020 Thornham Norfolk 217 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2020 Titchwell Norfolk 218 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 07/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 219 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 220 Siskin Spinus spinus 10/01/2020 Brandon Marsh Warwickshire 221 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 08/03/2020 Landguard Point Suffolk 222 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 08/01/2020 Charlecote Warwickshire 223 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2020 Grandborough Valley Warwickshire 224 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/01/2020 Ladywalk Warwickshire