Calum Mckellar: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 242 of 242 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 03/01/2020 Elmley NNR 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 29/02/2020 Thornham Harbour 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 03/01/2020 Swale NNR 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 03/01/2020 Elmley NNR 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 18/01/2020 Abberton Resevoir 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 25/01/2020 Priory CP 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18/01/2020 Abberton Resevoir 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14/03/2020 The Dyke 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 19 Pintail Anas acuta 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 20 Teal Anas crecca 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29/10/2020 Longham Lakes 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24/10/2020 Stockers Lake 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 15/02/2020 Priory CP 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 26 Scaup Aythya marila 18/01/2020 Abberton Resevoir 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 18/01/2020 Abberton Resevoir 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18/01/2020 Abberton Resevoir 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 18/01/2020 Abberton Resevoir 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 18/01/2020 Abberton Resevoir 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29/02/2020 RSPB Tichwell 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 14/07/2020 Howden moors 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 12/02/2020 Stagenhoe Farm 37 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus ********** ********** 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/01/2020 Elmley NNR 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 42 Swift Apus apus 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 02/02/2020 Valentines Park 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/01/2020 Elmley NNR 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 51 Coot Fulica atra 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 52 Crane Grus grus 22/02/2020 Wiken Fen 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 54 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 55 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 56 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 57 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 58 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 59 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 60 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 63 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 29/02/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 16/03/2020 Tringford 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 67 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 31/07/2020 Oare Marshes 68 Curlew Numenius arquata 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 69 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 29/02/2020 Hunstanton Beach 70 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 71 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 22/02/2020 Wiken Fen 72 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 73 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 74 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 27/10/2020 Bridge Valley Fish Farm 75 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 76 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 77 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15/02/2020 Lemsford Springs 78 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Grovebury Sandpit 79 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 80 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 31/07/2020 Oare Marshes 81 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 82 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/05/2020 Grovebury Sandpit 83 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 84 Knot Calidris canutus 29/02/2020 RSPB Tichwell 85 Ruff Calidris pugnax 29/02/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe 86 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 06/09/2020 Oare Marshes 87 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 13/08/2020 Amwell 88 Sanderling Calidris alba 29/02/2020 RSPB Tichwell 89 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 90 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/03/2020 Sheringham 91 Little Stint Calidris minuta 06/09/2020 Oare Marshes 92 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 24/05/2020 Piling Wetlands 93 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 94 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2020 Dungeness 95 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 96 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 97 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 99 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/03/2020 Hillfield Park Resevoir 100 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29/02/2020 Hunstanton Beach 101 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 30/08/2020 Shellness 102 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 05/06/2020 Oare Marshes 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 104 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 21/03/2020 Cheddar Reservoir 105 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 09/02/2020 Creekmouth 106 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 107 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 25/01/2020 Calvert Lakes 108 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 109 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 110 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2020 Swale NNR 111 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/01/2020 Elmley NNR 112 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 30/08/2020 Shellness 113 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 15/08/2020 Caister-on-Sea 114 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 30/08/2020 Shellness 115 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 16/08/2020 Caister-on-Sea 116 Razorbill Alca torda 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/03/2020 Sheringham 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 29/02/2020 RSPB Tichwell 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 18/01/2020 Abberton Resevoir 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 21/03/2020 Barrow Tanks 121 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 24/05/2020 Severn Beach 122 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 29/02/2020 RSPB Tichwell 123 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 124 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 125 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/03/2020 Sheringham 126 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 127 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 128 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 17/10/2020 College Lake 129 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/02/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe 130 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 25/01/2020 Calvert Lakes 131 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2020 Elmley NNR 132 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 133 Great White Egret Ardea alba 18/01/2020 Abberton Resevoir 134 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 135 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 10/10/2020 Burton Mill Pond 136 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 137 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Welbeck Viewpoint 138 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 139 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 140 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 141 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 22/02/2020 Wiken Fen 142 Red Kite Milvus milvus 03/01/2020 Swale NNR 143 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 02/04/2020 Hemel Hempstead 144 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 145 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 146 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 03/01/2020 Elmley NNR 147 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/02/2020 Stagenhoe Farm 148 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/03/2020 Lynford Arbetorum 149 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 18/02/2020 Water End 150 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 05/09/2020 Warren Farm 151 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 14/03/2020 Bucks 152 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2020 Chipperfield 153 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 03/01/2020 Elmley NNR 154 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 155 Merlin Falco columbarius 14/07/2020 Howden moors 156 Hobby Falco subbuteo 157 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 20/03/2020 Hemel Hempstead 158 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 26/01/2020 Tyttenhanger 159 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 25/01/2020 Brogborough 160 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 16/08/2020 Southwold 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 12/01/2020 Wilstone Resevoir 162 Magpie Pica pica 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 163 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 164 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 165 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 166 Raven Corvus corax 15/03/2020 Water End 167 Coal Tit Periparus ater 12/01/2020 College Lake 168 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/03/2020 Cockley Cley 169 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 21/03/2020 Forest of Dean 170 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 171 Great Tit Parus major 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 172 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 173 Woodlark Lullula arborea 01/03/2020 Cockley Cley 174 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 175 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 19/09/2020 Shackleford 176 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15/03/2020 Wilstone Resevoir 177 Swallow Hirundo rustica 18/01/2020 Abberton Resevoir 178 House Martin Delichon urbicum 179 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 180 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 181 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 16/08/2020 Gunton 182 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2020 Nettleden 183 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 184 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 14/05/2020 Lee Valley 185 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 186 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 187 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 188 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 189 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 22/03/2020 RSPB Hamwall 190 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 191 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 192 Whitethroat Curruca communis 193 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 16/08/2020 RSPB Minsmere 194 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 195 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 26/01/2020 Tyttenhanger 196 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 197 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/03/2020 Lynford Arbetorum 198 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2020 Chipperfield 199 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 26/10/2020 Portland 200 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 201 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 18/01/2020 Bramfield Church 202 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2020 Chipperfield 203 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 204 Blackbird Turdus merula 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 205 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 206 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 25/01/2020 Pitstone Hill 207 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 05/06/2020 Stodmarsh 208 Robin Erithacus rubecula 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 209 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 210 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 15/07/2020 Peak DIstrict 211 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 212 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 213 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 214 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 23/10/2020 Holkham Freshmarsh 215 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 216 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15/03/2020 Pitstone Hill 217 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 14/03/2020 The Dyke 218 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 26/01/2020 Tyttenhanger 219 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 03/01/2020 Elmley NNR 220 Dunnock Prunella modularis 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 221 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 26/01/2020 Tyttenhanger 222 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 223 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 224 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 225 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 10/04/2020 Hemel Hempstead 226 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 227 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 228 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 229 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/03/2020 Lynford Arbetorum 230 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 18/01/2020 Bramfield Church 231 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 232 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 233 Twite Linaria flavirostris 29/02/2020 Thornham Harbour 234 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes 235 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/03/2020 Lynford Arbetorum 236 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 237 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2020 Rainham Marshes 238 Siskin Spinus spinus 15/02/2020 Lemsford Springs 239 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 29/02/2020 Holkham Gap 240 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 22/02/2020 RSPB Ouse Washes 241 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 29/02/2020 Sedgeford 242 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 03/01/2020 Oare Marshes