Jim Clarke: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, Green: foot Record(s) 1 to 147 of 147 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 08/01/2020 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 08/01/2020 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10/09/2020 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/12/2020 Soughley Lane, Redmires, South Yorkshire 1st w. albifrons. 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 08/01/2020 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 22/03/2020 Norton Lees flock of 22 NNW. 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2020 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 27/08/2020 Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire & 29/09/20. Catcliffe Flash, South Yorkshire 03/09 (5). 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 08/01/2020 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 08/01/2020 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 12 Pintail Anas acuta 27/09/2020 Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire Walking Life List #177. 13 Teal Anas crecca 08/01/2020 14 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 29/08/2020 Treeton Dyke, South Yorkshire. eclipse drake. 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 08/01/2020 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 08/01/2020 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27/07/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire eclipse drake. 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 08/01/2020 19 Smew Mergellus albellus 08/01/2020 Rother Valley Country Park, South Yorkshire redhead. Walking Life List #170 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2020 21 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 18/01/2020 22 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 25/07/2020 23 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 24/01/2020 24 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 14/07/2020 churring male heard, female seen. 2+ heard (2 churring) 16/07. 1 heard churring 18/07. 2 seen 21.08. 5+ total (2-3 seen) at 3 different sites. 25 Swift Apus apus 05/05/2020 26 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/05/2020 27 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 feral 28 Stock Dove Columba oenas 10/01/2020 29 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 30 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2020 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 32 Coot Fulica atra 08/01/2020 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/01/2020 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/01/2020 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/07/2020 36 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 24/01/2020 37 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 18/07/2020 38 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18/07/2020 39 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 08/01/2020 40 Curlew Numenius arquata 21/03/2020 41 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/09/2020 Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire juvenile. 42 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 18/01/2020 43 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/06/2020 44 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/07/2020 45 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 27/08/2020 Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire & 27/09/20. River Don, Stevenson Road, Sheffield 05/09. 46 Redshank Tringa totanus 25/07/2020 47 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 27/09/2020 Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire heard. 48 Knot Calidris canutus 27/08/2020 Adwick Washlands, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire juvenile. Walking Life List #173. 49 Ruff Calidris pugnax 27/08/2020 Adwick Washlands, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire (3) Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire 20/09/20. 50 Dunlin Calidris alpina 24/07/2020 51 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 52 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 29/08/2020 Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire & 03/09 (adult non-breeding plumage). Walking Life List #174. 53 Common Gull Larus canus 21/01/2020 54 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 55 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 30/06/2020 Graves Park, Sheffield 3 cy. Redmires Reservoirs 14 & 24/07 (3 cy). Possibly all same individual. 56 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 22/01/2020 57 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 13/01/2020 58 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 08/01/2020 59 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 27/09/2020 Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire Walking Life List #176. 60 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 08/01/2020 Rother Valley Country Park, South Yorkshire 4. Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 25/07 (2), 27/07 & 29/08. Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire 27/08 (c.10) & 27/09/20 (5). 61 Great White Egret Ardea alba 27/08/2020 Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire & 27/09/20. Over Gillfield Wood, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 25/11/20. Walking List #172. 62 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 63 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 64 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 04/04/2020 65 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 27/08/2020 Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire & 27/09/20 (juvenile). 66 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 14/12/2020 juvenile male. Walking Life List #178. 67 Red Kite Milvus milvus 14/09/2020 68 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2020 69 Barn Owl Tyto alba 06/06/2020 12/07. 27/09/20 (Dearne Valley). 25/11/20. 3 total. 70 Little Owl Athene noctua 07/07/2020 71 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 16/07/2020 2 juveniles seen, possibly another heard. One at another site 20/09/20. 3 seen total. 72 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 25/06/2020 73 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 18/01/2020 74 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 16/01/2020 75 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 03/01/2020 76 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 25/07/2020 77 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 08/01/2020 78 Merlin Falco columbarius 11/07/2020 14/07. 2 total, both males. 79 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/05/2020 06/07, 16/07, 03/09. 4 total. 80 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/02/2020 81 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 10/01/2020 82 Jay Garrulus glandarius 10/01/2020 83 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 84 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 08/01/2020 85 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/01/2020 86 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 87 Raven Corvus corax 21/03/2020 88 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 07/02/2020 Meersbrook, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 2. 89 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 90 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 21/03/2020 91 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 92 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 93 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/04/2020 94 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 27/04/2020 95 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/05/2020 96 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/05/2020 97 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 27/09/2020 Old Moor, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire 2 heard. 98 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 99 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 20/05/2020 100 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2020 101 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2020 102 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 25/07/2020 103 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 20/07/2020 104 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/07/2020 105 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2020 106 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 06/05/2020 107 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 06/05/2020 108 Whitethroat Curruca communis 27/04/2020 109 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 21/01/2020 Meadowhall Interchange, South Yorkshire. Walking Life List #171 110 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 111 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 112 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2020 113 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/01/2020 114 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 115 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 116 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2020 117 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 118 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 119 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 21/03/2020 120 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 22/07/2020 121 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 20/05/2020 122 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 123 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/05/2020 124 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 17/09/2020 Burbage Rocks, South Yorkshire Walking Life List #175. 125 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 20/05/2020 126 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 31/08/2020 127 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/04/2020 128 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 06/05/2020 129 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 25/05/2020 130 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 08/02/2020 131 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 132 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 133 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/05/2020 Near Owler Bar, Derbyshire 2. Orgreave Lakes, South Yorkshire 27/07 (5). 134 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2020 135 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 136 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 21/03/2020 137 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 06/05/2020 138 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2020 139 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 140 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 141 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/02/2020 142 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/05/2020 143 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 04/04/2020 23/06 (11), 11/07, 22/07,10/09. 144 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 145 Siskin Spinus spinus 19/02/2020 146 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/07/2020 147 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/05/2020