Neil Gordon: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 198 of 198 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 03/01/2020 Sefton park 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/05/2020 Lunt 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 08/02/2020 Brockholes 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2020 Rainford 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 11/10/2020 Banks 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2020 Sefton park 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2020 Pilling 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 02/08/2020 Pennington flash 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 Knott end 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/08/2020 Pennington flash 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12/01/2020 Crossens 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2020 Pine lake 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12/01/2020 Crossens 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 03/01/2020 Sefton park 15 Pintail Anas acuta 27/02/2020 Nosterfield 16 Teal Anas crecca 12/01/2020 Crossens 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2020 Pine lake 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 01/01/2020 Pine lake 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 Pine lake 20 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2020 Pine lake 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 15/08/2020 Boulmer 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 10/06/2020 Liverpool 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 04/01/2020 Crosby 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 Pine lake 25 Smew Mergellus albellus 08/02/2020 Brockholes 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 26/01/2020 Pennington flash 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 16/08/2020 Newbiggin 28 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 10/02/2020 Rainford 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 10/01/2020 Bickerstaffe 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 12/01/2020 Banks 31 Swift Apus apus 09/05/2020 Rainford 32 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 03/01/2020 Sefton park 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2020 Sefton park 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Rainford 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Rainford 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26/01/2020 Pennington flash 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2020 Sefton park 38 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 Pine lake 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2020 Sefton park 40 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 02/12/2020 Chelmarsh 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2020 Pine lake 42 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 26/06/2020 High rid resevoir 43 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2020 Knott end 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 13/05/2020 Lunt 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 12/08/2020 Spurn 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2020 Pilling 47 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 15/08/2020 Boulmer 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27/02/2020 Nosterfield 49 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 13/05/2020 Lunt 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2020 Pilling 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 15/08/2020 Boulmer 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 Pilling 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 12/01/2020 Crossens 54 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 12/01/2020 Crossens 55 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2020 Lancaster 56 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2020 Crosby 57 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 11/10/2020 Marshside 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/05/2020 Lunt 59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 06/08/2020 Carr lane pools 60 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2020 Pine lake 62 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 27/02/2020 Nosterfield 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/07/2020 Hesketh out marsh 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 13/05/2020 Lunt 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2020 Blackpool 66 Knot Calidris canutus 04/01/2020 Crosby 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 12/01/2020 Crossens 68 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 16/06/2020 Lunt 69 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 17/05/2020 Lunt 70 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/01/2020 Crosby 71 Dunlin Calidris alpina 13/05/2020 Lunt 72 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2020 Blackpool 73 Little Stint Calidris minuta 12/08/2020 Spurn 74 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 18/05/2020 Lunt 75 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 12/08/2020 Spurn 76 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 13/08/2020 Spurn 77 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 15/08/2020 Druridge 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/07/2020 Hesketh out marsh 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 22/06/2020 New Brighton 80 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 15/08/2020 Boulmer 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 22/06/2020 New Brighton 82 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/06/2020 Bempton 83 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 13/09/2020 Hale head 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 03/01/2020 Sefton park 85 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/09/2020 Redcar tarn 86 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/01/2020 Otterspool 87 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2020 Sefton park 88 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 08/02/2020 Redcar tarn 89 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Pine lake 90 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 26/01/2020 Pennington flash 91 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Pine lake 92 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 26/01/2020 Pennington flash 93 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 26/01/2020 Pennington flash 94 Puffin Fratercula arctica 24/06/2020 Bempton 95 Razorbill Alca torda 24/06/2020 Bempton 96 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 24/06/2020 Bempton 97 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 16/08/2020 Newbiggin 98 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 02/12/2020 Chelmarsh 99 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 24/06/2020 Bempton 100 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 10/06/2020 Liverpool 101 Gannet Morus bassanus 24/06/2020 Bempton 102 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Pine lake 103 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 10/12/2020 Liverpool 104 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 13/06/2020 Lunt 105 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 08/02/2020 Brockholes 106 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2020 Knott end 107 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 12/01/2020 Banks 108 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/07/2020 Hesketh out marsh 109 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Eagland hill 110 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 01/01/2020 Eagland hill 111 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 25/03/2020 Billinge hill 112 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 23/01/2020 Liverpool 113 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 24/06/2020 Wykeham 114 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 26/07/2020 Hesketh out marsh 115 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 27/09/2020 Parkgate 116 Red Kite Milvus milvus 27/02/2020 Harrogate 117 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 08/02/2020 Stainforth 118 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Rainford 119 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2020 Eagland hill 120 Little Owl Athene noctua 04/04/2020 Rainford 121 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 20/01/2020 Rainford 122 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/01/2020 Sefton park 123 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 31/08/2020 Rivington 124 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 13/02/2020 Liverpool 125 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2020 Rainford 126 Merlin Falco columbarius 12/01/2020 Sollom 127 Hobby Falco subbuteo 18/05/2020 Lancs 128 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 10/01/2020 Liverpool 129 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/01/2020 Sefton park 130 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 12/08/2020 Spurn 131 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2020 Sefton park 132 Magpie Pica pica 20/01/2020 Rainford 133 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Rainford 134 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 Lancaster 135 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 03/01/2020 Garstom 136 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 23/01/2020 Liverpool 137 Raven Corvus corax 07/02/2020 Liverpool 138 Coal Tit Periparus ater 20/01/2020 Rainford 139 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 26/01/2020 Pennington flash 140 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Rainford 141 Great Tit Parus major 03/01/2020 Sefton park 142 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2020 Rainford 143 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 13/05/2020 Lunt 144 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2020 Rainford 145 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/05/2020 Rainford 146 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 26/01/2020 Pennington flash 147 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2020 Sefton park 148 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2020 Rainford 149 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 26/03/2020 Rainford 150 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 19/04/2020 Rainford 151 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/05/2020 Lunt 152 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 12/08/2020 Spurn 153 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 15/05/2020 Lunt 154 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 20/01/2020 Rainford 155 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 24/06/2020 Wykeham 156 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13/05/2020 Liverpool 157 Whitethroat Curruca communis 12/04/2020 Rainford 158 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 Rainford 159 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Eagland hill 160 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2020 Sefton park 161 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 14/04/2020 Rainford 162 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 03/01/2020 Garstom 163 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 25/01/2020 Rainford 164 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2020 Garstom 165 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 Skem 166 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Rainford 167 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 Skem 168 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 08/02/2020 Grimsby 169 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Rainford 170 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 12/08/2020 Spurn 171 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 12/08/2020 Spurn 172 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 09/05/2020 Rainford 173 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 31/08/2020 Rivington 174 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/04/2020 Rainford 175 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 15/03/2020 Yarrow valley 176 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 25/01/2020 Rainford 177 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Pilling 178 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Eagland hill 179 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 12/04/2020 Rainford 180 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 17/02/2020 Liverpool 181 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Rainford 182 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2020 Crosby 183 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 24/06/2020 Wykeham 184 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 24/06/2020 Bempton 185 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Rainford 186 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 18/10/2020 Billinge hill 187 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/01/2020 Pennington flash 188 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 Rainford 189 Twite Linaria flavirostris 01/01/2020 Knott end 190 Linnet Linaria cannabina 11/02/2020 Rainford 191 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 19/04/2020 Rainford 192 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 24/06/2020 Wykeham 193 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2020 Sefton park 194 Siskin Spinus spinus 24/03/2020 Rainford 195 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/11/2020 Leasowe 196 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 12/01/2020 Banks 197 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 25/01/2020 Rainford 198 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 26/01/2020 Pennington flash