Philip Rhodes: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Year List 2020 BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 270 of 270 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 15/03/2020 Man Sands Marsh 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 28 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 34 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 19/01/2020 King George V Reservoir 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Quail Coturnix coturnix Heard only 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 43 Swift Apus apus 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 52 Coot Fulica atra 53 Crane Grus grus 54 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 55 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 57 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 58 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 59 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 63 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 64 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 69 Curlew Numenius arquata 70 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 72 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 15/03/2020 Bowling Green Marsh 73 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 74 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 75 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 14/10/2020 Keyhaven Marshes 76 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 77 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 79 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 83 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 84 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 85 Knot Calidris canutus 86 Ruff Calidris pugnax 87 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 88 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 89 Sanderling Calidris alba 90 Dunlin Calidris alpina 91 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 92 Little Stint Calidris minuta 93 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 94 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 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 100 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 15/03/2020 Plym Estuary 101 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 102 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 103 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 30/01/2020 Kilmore Quay 104 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 105 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 15/03/2020 Chew Valley Lake 106 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 107 Common Gull Larus canus 108 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 109 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 110 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 111 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 112 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 113 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 114 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 115 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 116 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 117 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 118 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 119 Razorbill Alca torda 120 Guillemot Uria aalge 121 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 122 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 123 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 124 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 22/08/2020 St Mary's 125 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 126 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 127 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 128 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 129 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 130 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 131 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 08/07/2020 Portland Bill Pending 132 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 133 Gannet Morus bassanus 134 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 135 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 136 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 04/09/2020 Dungeness 137 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 138 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 139 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 140 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 01/01/2020 Wells-next-the-sea 141 Great White Egret Ardea alba 142 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 143 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 144 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 145 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 146 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 147 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 148 Red Kite Milvus milvus 149 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 150 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 151 Buzzard Buteo buteo 152 Barn Owl Tyto alba 153 Little Owl Athene noctua 154 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 155 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 156 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 157 Hoopoe Upupa epops 158 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 159 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 160 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 161 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 162 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 163 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 164 Merlin Falco columbarius 165 Hobby Falco subbuteo 166 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 167 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 168 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 169 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 04/10/2020 Hartlepool Headland 170 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 20/09/2020 Warham Greens 171 Jay Garrulus glandarius 172 Magpie Pica pica 173 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 174 Rook Corvus frugilegus 175 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 176 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 177 Raven Corvus corax 178 Coal Tit Periparus ater 179 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 180 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 181 Great Tit Parus major 182 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 183 Woodlark Lullula arborea 184 Skylark Alauda arvensis 185 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 186 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 29/11/2020 Kingsdown 187 Swallow Hirundo rustica 188 House Martin Delichon urbicum 189 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 190 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 191 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 192 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 193 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 194 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 04/10/2020 South Shields Leas 195 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 196 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 197 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 02/05/2020 Ponders End Lake 198 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 04/10/2020 Tynemouth 199 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 200 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 201 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 202 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 20/06/2020 Thorpe Marshes 203 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 204 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 205 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 206 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 207 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 18/06/2020 Lindisfarne 208 Whitethroat Curruca communis 209 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 210 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 211 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 212 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 213 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 214 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 215 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 216 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 217 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 01/10/2020 Kliminning 218 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 219 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 220 Redwing Turdus iliacus 221 Blackbird Turdus merula 222 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 223 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 224 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 12/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo 225 Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 226 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 227 Robin Erithacus rubecula 228 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 229 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 230 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 15/10/2020 South Shields Leas 231 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 232 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 19/10/2020 Biddenham 233 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 234 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 235 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 236 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 05/01/2020 Hollesley Marshes 237 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 238 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 239 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 05/01/2020 Eccles-on-sea 240 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 241 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 242 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 243 Dunnock Prunella modularis 244 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 245 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/01/2020 Sedgeford 246 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 247 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 248 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 249 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 250 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 251 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 252 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 253 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 254 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 255 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 256 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 257 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 258 Twite Linaria flavirostris 259 Linnet Linaria cannabina 260 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 261 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 262 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 263 Siskin Spinus spinus 264 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 265 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 266 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 267 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 268 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 269 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 270 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 01/10/2020 Burravoe