Gareth Hughes: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 240 of 240 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 26/01/2020 Titchwell 103 11:30 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 07/01/2020 Home 015 08:20 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/10/2020 Kilminning, Fife 220 16:00 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 18/01/2020 Marshside 069 14:23 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 18/01/2020 Marshside 068 14:21 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10/01/2020 The Vale 032 09:51 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 18/01/2020 Banks 053 13:00 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 18/01/2020 Banks 052 12:55 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 26/01/2020 Holkham 113 13:53 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 18/01/2020 Marshside 066 13:58 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 10/01/2020 The Vale 040 09:58 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18/01/2020 Marshside 058 13:39 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18/01/2020 Marshside 067 14:20 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18/01/2020 Marshside 059 13:40 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 07/01/2020 Home 024 10:15 16 Pintail Anas acuta 18/01/2020 Marshside 071 14:45 17 Teal Anas crecca 18/01/2020 Marshside 057 13:38 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 16/01/2020 Sheepwash 045 10:35 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 10/01/2020 The Vale 030 09:46 20 Scaup Aythya marila 24/01/2020 Audy 1 081 15:19 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 16/06/2020 Hauxley shore 174 11:50 22 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 06/10/2020 Musselburgh 222 13:45 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26/01/2020 Holkham 116 15:43 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24/01/2020 Audy 2 082 15:20 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 18/01/2020 Crosby Marine Lake 073 15:57 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24/01/2020 Audy 2 080 15:09 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 10/01/2020 The Vale 035 09:53 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 26/01/2020 Titchwell 102 11:08 29 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 25/05/2020 Derbyshire 165 15:00 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 26/01/2020 Flitcham 093 08:45 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 18/01/2020 Banks 056 13:16 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 26/01/2020 Flitcham 096 09:00 33 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 10/07/2020 Howden Moors 187 22:40 34 Swift Apus apus 20/04/2020 Audy resers 149 09:05 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 07/01/2020 Home 020 09:00 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 24/01/2020 The Vale 078 13:35 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 03/01/2020 VMF 004 13:02 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 07/01/2020 Home 021 09:30 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 25/01/2020 Marbury CP 088 16:25 40 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 05/09/2020 Burton Mere 212 16:30 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 10/01/2020 The Vale 034 09:53 42 Coot Fulica atra 10/01/2020 The Vale 037 09:53 43 Crane Grus grus 08/03/2020 Lincs 131 15:30 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 10/01/2020 The Vale 038 09:53 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 26/01/2020 Holkham 117 15:54 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 16/01/2020 Sheepwash 046 10:45 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 26/01/2020 Titchwell 109 12:15 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 26/01/2020 Holkham 118 16:15 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 18/01/2020 Crosby Marine Lake 075 16:03 50 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 11/08/2020 Steart WWT 191 17:50 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 26/01/2020 Titchwell 104 11:30 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 26/01/2020 Titchwell 106 11:54 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 18/01/2020 Marshside 062 13:41 54 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 10/08/2020 Boulmer 189 09:32 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 26/01/2020 Titchwell 110 12:35 56 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 07/04/2020 Audy 1 141 13:00 57 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 16/01/2020 M6 044 09:15 58 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 02/12/2020 Crows-An-Wra 236 09:30 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 22/04/2020 Audy resers 153 10:18 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 18/01/2020 Marshside 064 13:52 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 26/01/2020 Titchwell 107 12:00 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 18/01/2020 Marshside 060 13:40 63 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 18/01/2020 Marshside 063 13:42 64 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 27/10/2020 Audy 1 234 16:00 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 10/07/2020 Howden Moors 188 22:41 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 26/01/2020 Titchwell 100 10:55 67 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/07/2020 Weaver bend 180 13:00 68 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 13/08/2020 Drift reservoir 195 18:25 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 24/01/2020 Audy 1 083 15:33 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 13/08/2020 Drift reservoir 194 17:30 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 18/01/2020 Marshside 061 13:40 72 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 16/06/2020 Nosterfield NR 178 16:30 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/01/2020 Titchwell 111 12:54 74 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/05/2020 Audy 1 156 17:30 75 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 18/01/2020 Crosby Marine Lake 074 15:58 76 Knot Calidris canutus 26/01/2020 Titchwell 105 11:37 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 13/06/2020 Audy 1 168 18:40 78 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 05/09/2020 Burton Mere 211 16:20 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 18/01/2020 Crosby Marine Lake 076 16:10 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 26/01/2020 Titchwell 108 12:05 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 09/02/2020 New Brighton 128 13:30 82 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 22/05/2020 Pilning Wetland 158 12:00 1st birding trip post lockdown to semi lockdown, social distanced to the max, even pee'd in bushes rather than use the services. 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 20/04/2020 Audy resers 147 07:50 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 07/04/2020 Audy 1 143 14:00 85 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 16/06/2020 Hauxley shore 173 11:50 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 31/05/2020 Leasowe 167 15:15 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 20/04/2020 Audy resers 148 08:20 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 03/07/2020 Bempton Cliffs 181 08:00 89 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 25/08/2020 Pendeen watch, Cornwall 208 16:20 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 06/01/2020 VMF 009 10:30 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 24/01/2020 Audy 1 084 15:47 92 Common Gull Larus canus 18/01/2020 Marshside 065 13:55 93 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 03/12/2020 Hayle Estuary 240 08:10 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 22/11/2020 Audy 1 235 14:45 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 04/01/2020 VMF 006 16:20 96 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 24/01/2020 Audy 2 085 16:00 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 18/01/2020 Crosby Marine Lake 072 15:54 98 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 07/01/2020 Home 023 10:00 99 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 31/01/2020 Audy 2 119 16:36 100 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 19/08/2020 Porthgwarra 203 10:15 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 19/08/2020 Porthgwarra 204 12:20 102 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 26/08/2020 Scillonian crossing 209 11:00 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 03/07/2020 Bempton Cliffs 182 10:35 104 Puffin Fratercula arctica 16/06/2020 Hauxley shore 170 11:50 105 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 20/09/2020 Oban Harbour 214 07:22 106 Razorbill Alca torda 16/06/2020 Hauxley shore 171 11:50 107 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 16/06/2020 Hauxley shore 172 11:50 108 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 16/06/2020 Hauxley shore 176 12:20 109 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 16/08/2020 Long Rock 198 17:50 110 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 02/12/2020 St Mounts Bay 239 16:45 111 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 02/12/2020 St Mounts Bay 238 11:39 112 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 22/08/2020 Lands End 207 12:15 113 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 03/07/2020 Bempton Cliffs 183 11:00 114 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 21/08/2020 Porthgwarra 206 12:20 115 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 05/09/2020 Wallasey Lifeguards 210 13:00 116 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 22/05/2020 New Passage 159 15:00 117 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 19/08/2020 Porthgwarra 202 09:15 118 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 19/08/2020 Porthgwarra 200 08:30 119 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 19/08/2020 Porthgwarra 201 08:45 120 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/08/2020 Pendeen watch 192 11:30 121 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 19/08/2020 Porthgwarra 199 08:00 122 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/06/2020 Hauxley shore 175 12:00 123 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 17/01/2020 Home 051 13:00 124 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/07/2020 Bempton Cliffs 184 11:30 125 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 05/09/2020 Parkgate 213 17:30 126 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 25/01/2020 Marbury CP 090 16:53 127 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 16/01/2020 Sheepwash 047 10:50 128 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 18/01/2020 Banks 055 13:15 129 Great White Egret Ardea alba 09/02/2020 Parkgate 127 12:45 130 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 10/01/2020 The Vale 036 09:53 131 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 01/02/2020 Eagland hill 122 15:50 132 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 16/06/2020 Whittle Dene Resers 169 11:00 133 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 24/01/2020 Home 077 09:30 134 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 26/01/2020 Titchwell 098 10:48 135 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 09/02/2020 Parkgate 123 09:40 136 Red Kite Milvus milvus 26/01/2020 Titchwell 112 13:51 137 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 26/01/2020 Holkham 114 14:45 138 Buzzard Buteo buteo 16/01/2020 Sheepwash 048 11:00 139 Barn Owl Tyto alba 16/08/2020 Campsite 197 02:20 140 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 25/01/2020 Marbury CP 091 17:00 141 Hoopoe Upupa epops 30/09/2020 Collingham, Yorks 218 15:16 142 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 27/03/2020 The Vale 136 15:00 143 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 20/08/2020 Nanjizal 205 16:00 144 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 27/03/2020 The Vale 137 16:30 145 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 08/03/2020 Lincs 133 16:00 146 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 16/01/2020 A556 043 08:35 147 Merlin Falco columbarius 18/01/2020 Marshside 070 14:35 148 Hobby Falco subbuteo 30/04/2020 Denton 155 10:15 149 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 09/02/2020 Parkgate 125 10:48 150 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 10/01/2020 The Vale 039 09:55 151 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 20/09/2020 Balephuil, Tiree 216 15:45 152 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 06/10/2020 Boulmer 223 17:05 153 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 07/10/2020 Flamborough Head 224 12:00 154 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/10/2020 Johnny Browns Common 230 09:45 still think it is a Turk! 155 Jay Garrulus glandarius 07/01/2020 Home 013 08:11 156 Magpie Pica pica 03/01/2020 VMF 003 13:01 157 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 14/08/2020 Lands End 196 11:30 158 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 07/01/2020 Home 012 07:45 159 Rook Corvus frugilegus 26/01/2020 Kings Lynn 092 08:15 160 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 03/01/2020 VMF 002 13:00 161 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 20/09/2020 Oban Harbour 215 08:35 162 Raven Corvus corax 25/01/2020 Marbury CP 089 16:35 163 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 08/03/2020 Cleethorpes country park 130 12:45 164 Coal Tit Periparus ater 24/01/2020 The Vale 079 14:45 165 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 20/10/2020 Johnny Browns Common 231 10:50 166 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 07/01/2020 Home 027 11:32 167 Great Tit Parus major 07/01/2020 Home 026 11:00 168 Skylark Alauda arvensis 18/01/2020 Banks 054 13:00 169 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 15/10/2020 South Gare 227 14:30 170 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/04/2020 The Vale 138 14:45 171 Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/04/2020 The Vale 139 14:55 172 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/04/2020 The Vale 145 11:00 173 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 26/01/2020 Titchwell 101 11:05 174 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 16/01/2020 Sheepwash 049 11:10 175 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 05/10/2020 Kilminning, Fife 219 15:35 176 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15/10/2020 Hunley GC 228 16:55 177 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2020 basford hall 144 06:08 178 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 25/01/2020 Ashtons flash 086 15:00 179 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 30/09/2020 Budle Bay, Northumbria 217 11:15 180 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 22/04/2020 Audy resers 152 09:45 181 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 02/07/2020 Frodsham marsh 179 11:10 182 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 15/05/2020 Ashton 157 08:45 183 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 17/01/2020 Home 050 12:30 184 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2020 The Vale 154 17:35 185 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 22/04/2020 Audy resers 151 09:45 186 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 16/06/2020 Lindisfarne 177 13:50 187 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2020 The Vale 150 18:15 188 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 13/08/2020 Cornwall 193 13:30 189 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 25/10/2020 South Gare 233 15:15 190 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 10/01/2020 The Vale 033 09:52 191 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 06/01/2020 VMF 011 15:30 192 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 10/01/2020 The Vale 031 09:50 193 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 15/03/2020 West Park, Wolverhampton 135 09:50 194 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 07/01/2020 Home 014 08:15 195 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 05/10/2020 Kilminning, Fife 221 18:45 196 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 10/01/2020 The Vale 028 09:20 197 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2020 VMF 007 05:45 198 Redwing Turdus iliacus 10/01/2020 The Vale 029 09:30 199 Blackbird Turdus merula 05/01/2020 VMF 008 05:45 200 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 13/10/2020 Home 225 08:58 201 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 25/05/2020 Derbyshire 166 17:20 202 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 08/03/2020 Grimsby Institute 129 10:30 203 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey Marsh 229 13:15 204 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 25/05/2020 Derbyshire 164 13:20 205 Robin Erithacus rubecula 03/01/2020 VMF 001 10:00 206 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 15/10/2020 Trow Quarry, South Shields 226 09:00 207 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 25/05/2020 Derbyshire 163 13:00 208 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 02/12/2020 Sennen Cove 237 10:45 209 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 25/05/2020 Derbyshire 162 12:50 210 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 25/10/2020 South Gare 232 13:30 211 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 25/01/2020 Ashtons 087 15:15 212 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 09/02/2020 Parkgate 124 10:15 213 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 20/04/2020 Audy resers 146 07:30 214 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 04/04/2020 The Vale 140 15:00 215 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/02/2020 Eagland hill 120 15:30 216 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 07/01/2020 Home 022 09:30 217 Dunnock Prunella modularis 07/01/2020 Home 017 08:35 218 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/04/2020 Audy 1 142 13:56 219 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 26/01/2020 Sedgeford 097 09:35 220 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 11/01/2020 VMF 042 11:11 221 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2020 VMF 005 14:00 222 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 10/01/2020 The Vale 041 10:50 223 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 25/05/2020 Derbyshire 161 12:30 224 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 26/01/2020 Titchwell 099 10:53 225 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 10/08/2020 North east 190 12:00 226 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 07/01/2020 Home 018 09:00 227 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 26/01/2020 Flitcham 095 08:51 228 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 08/03/2020 Lincs 132 15:45 HO 229 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 07/01/2020 Home 025 10:28 230 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 07/01/2020 Home 016 08:35 231 Twite Linaria flavirostris 26/01/2020 Holkham 115 15:20 232 Linnet Linaria cannabina 06/01/2020 VMF 010 15:15 233 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 11/03/2020 Basford Hall 134 17:45 234 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 03/07/2020 Wykeham watchpoint 185 13:27 235 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 07/01/2020 Home 019 09:00 236 Siskin Spinus spinus 25/05/2020 Derbyshire 160 12:20 237 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/02/2020 Eagland hill 121 15:34 238 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 26/01/2020 Flitcham 094 08:50 239 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 03/12/2020 Labrador Bay 241 14:45 on way home after dipping the RBF for three hours 240 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/02/2020 Parkgate 126 11:30