George Dunbar: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 223 of 223 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Slamannan 76 in fields with Pink-feet 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Eagland Hill, Pilling. In field with Pink-footed geese then flew N. 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 06/02/2020 Strontian, Highland Adult drake 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Pine Lake, Carnforth. Adult drake. Also two females at Siblyback Reservoir, Cornwall. 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Scaup Aythya marila Pine Lake, Carnforth. 2 Adult drakes and 3 ducks. 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 26 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 27 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 28 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 31 Swift Apus apus 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 41 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 02/12/2020 Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 50 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 06/12/2020 Crows-an-Wra 1st-Winter in fields before flying SW 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 55 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 25/01/2020 Marshside RSPB 56 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 59 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 61 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 63 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 64 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 65 Knot Calidris canutus 66 Ruff Calidris pugnax 67 Sanderling Calidris alba 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 69 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 70 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 71 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 72 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 73 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 74 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 75 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 76 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 77 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 78 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 79 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 80 Common Gull Larus canus 81 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 82 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 83 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 84 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 29/12/2020 Hope's Nose, Devon Juvenile 85 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 86 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 29/12/2020 Brixham, Devon Juvenile 87 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 88 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 89 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 90 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 91 Puffin Fratercula arctica 92 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 93 Razorbill Alca torda 94 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 95 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 96 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 97 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Cemlyn Bay 98 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 99 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 100 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 101 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 102 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 103 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 104 Gannet Morus bassanus 105 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 106 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 107 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 108 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 109 Great White Egret Ardea alba 110 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 111 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 112 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 05/02/2020 Glenfeshie Lodge Four together 113 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 114 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 115 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 116 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 117 Red Kite Milvus milvus 118 Black Kite Milvus migrans 119 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 06/02/2020 Dalelia, near Strontian One adult in flight and another in tree tops. 120 Buzzard Buteo buteo 121 Barn Owl Tyto alba 122 Little Owl Athene noctua 123 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 124 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 125 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 126 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 127 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 128 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 129 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 130 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 133 Hobby Falco subbuteo 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 135 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 136 Jay Garrulus glandarius 137 Magpie Pica pica 138 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 139 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 140 Rook Corvus frugilegus 141 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 142 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 143 Raven Corvus corax 144 Coal Tit Periparus ater 145 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 146 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 147 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 149 Great Tit Parus major 150 Woodlark Lullula arborea 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 152 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum 156 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 157 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 158 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 159 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 160 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 161 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 162 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 163 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 164 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 165 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 166 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 167 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 168 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 169 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 170 Whitethroat Curruca communis 171 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 172 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 173 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 174 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 175 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 176 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 177 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 178 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 179 Redwing Turdus iliacus 180 Blackbird Turdus merula 181 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 182 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 183 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 184 Robin Erithacus rubecula 185 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 186 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 187 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 188 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 189 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 27/01/2020 Ashton's Flash 1st Winter male showed well in the NE Corner of Ashton's Flash. 190 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 191 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 192 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 193 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 194 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 195 Dunnock Prunella modularis 196 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 197 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 03/10/2020 Bardsey Island 198 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 199 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 200 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 201 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 202 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 203 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 29/09/2020 Bardsey Island 204 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 205 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 206 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 207 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 208 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 209 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 210 Twite Linaria flavirostris 211 Linnet Linaria cannabina 212 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea Nethy Bridge Adult Male in garden. 213 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 214 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Boat of Garten Juvenile male landed briefly and then flew over calling in Boat of Garten woods. 215 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica Nethy Bridge Juvenile male singing in tree tops in Dell Woods. 216 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Boat of Garten 217 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 218 Siskin Spinus spinus 219 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 220 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 221 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 222 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 223 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus