Alan Whitehead: Holmpton Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 138 of 138 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 30/08/2020 3 Pale-bellied North 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 09/05/2020 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/10/2020 8 South 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17/04/2020 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16/09/2020 4 North 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Teal Anas crecca 12 Scaup Aythya marila 31/07/2020 1st record. Eclipse male 13 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28/02/2020 FOY 14 Goosander Mergus merganser 27/02/2020 Ist for Village 15 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 05/04/2020 16 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 17 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/04/2020 18 Swift Apus apus 22/05/2020 19 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2020 20 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 21 Stock Dove Columba oenas 22 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 23 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 24 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 25 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/04/2020 26 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/05/2020 1S 27 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 28 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 29 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 17/04/2020 30 Curlew Numenius arquata 31 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 32 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 23/07/2020 33 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 20/11/2020 34 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/04/2020 35 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/04/2020 36 Redshank Tringa totanus 37 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 16/04/2020 38 Knot Calidris canutus 31/07/2020 8S 39 Sanderling Calidris alba 07/05/2020 5S 40 Dunlin Calidris alpina 16/05/2020 41 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 24/05/2020 42 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 04/08/2020 43 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 04/08/2020 44 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 09/05/2020 45 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 15/08/2020 c100 46 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 47 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17/07/2020 5 48 Common Gull Larus canus 49 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 50 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 51 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 52 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/04/2020 53 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 15/08/2020 2 juveniles 54 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 15/08/2020 4 55 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 26/09/2020 56 Puffin Fratercula arctica 15/08/2020 Single North 57 Razorbill Alca torda 27/09/2020 4 North 58 Little Auk Alle alle 19/11/2020 1N 59 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 60 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 61 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 31/12/2020 62 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 19/11/2020 63 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16/04/2020 64 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 27/09/2020 65 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 27/09/2020 66 Gannet Morus bassanus 27/02/2020 FOY 67 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 68 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 19/11/2020 69 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 13/04/2020 70 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 71 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 72 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 08/04/2020 Female 73 Buzzard Buteo buteo 74 Barn Owl Tyto alba 75 Little Owl Athene noctua 26/11/2020 76 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/03/2020 77 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 78 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 79 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 80 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/09/2020 81 Hobby Falco subbuteo 21/05/2020 82 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 21/04/2020 83 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/05/2020 Self-found first for Village 84 Magpie Pica pica 85 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 86 Rook Corvus frugilegus 87 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 88 Coal Tit Periparus ater 89 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 90 Great Tit Parus major 91 Skylark Alauda arvensis 92 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 01/04/2020 6 93 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/04/2020 94 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/03/2020 95 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/05/2020 96 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 97 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11/10/2020 98 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2020 99 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 100 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 09/06/2020 101 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 102 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 05/04/2020 103 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/04/2020 104 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2020 105 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 19/01/2020 Village Lifer 106 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 107 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 108 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/11/2020 109 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 110 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 111 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 112 Redwing Turdus iliacus 17/09/2020 113 Blackbird Turdus merula 114 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 115 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 07/04/2020 116 Robin Erithacus rubecula 117 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 08/05/2020 Male at Sewage 118 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 07/04/2020 1st record 119 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 23/08/2020 120 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 121 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 122 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 123 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 124 Dunnock Prunella modularis 125 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/04/2020 126 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 127 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 128 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 129 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 130 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 131 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 132 Linnet Linaria cannabina 133 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 134 Siskin Spinus spinus 135 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 18/11/2020 7 birds S of Sewage 136 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 03/04/2020 137 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 138 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus