Jason Oliver: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 234 of 234 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 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 25/01/2020 Caerlaverock 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 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 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 23/02/2020 West Park , Wolverhampton 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 09/03/2020 Papa Westray 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 41 Swift Apus apus 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 49 Coot Fulica atra 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 03/12/2020 Crows-an-wra 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 67 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 68 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 73 Knot Calidris canutus 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 75 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 76 Sanderling Calidris alba 77 Dunlin Calidris alpina 78 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 79 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 02/06/2020 Chepstow 80 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 81 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 82 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 83 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 84 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 85 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 86 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 87 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 19/05/2020 Belvide 88 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 89 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14/07/2020 Belvide Reservoir 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 91 Common Gull Larus canus 92 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 94 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 97 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 98 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 102 Razorbill Alca torda 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 105 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 107 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 109 Gannet Morus bassanus 110 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 111 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 112 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 113 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 114 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 115 Great White Egret Ardea alba 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 117 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 118 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 119 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 120 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 121 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 122 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 08/10/2020 Middleton Lakes 123 Red Kite Milvus milvus 124 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 125 Buzzard Buteo buteo 126 Barn Owl Tyto alba 127 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 128 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 129 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 130 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 131 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 132 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 133 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 134 Merlin Falco columbarius 135 Hobby Falco subbuteo 136 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 137 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 138 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 23/09/2020 Tiree 139 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 140 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 141 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 142 Jay Garrulus glandarius 143 Magpie Pica pica 144 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 145 Rook Corvus frugilegus 146 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 147 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 148 Raven Corvus corax 149 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 150 Coal Tit Periparus ater 151 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 152 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 153 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 154 Great Tit Parus major 155 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 156 Woodlark Lullula arborea 157 Skylark Alauda arvensis 158 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 159 Swallow Hirundo rustica 160 House Martin Delichon urbicum 161 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 162 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 163 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 164 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 165 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 166 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 167 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 168 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 169 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 170 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 29/09/2020 Burravoe , Yell 171 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 172 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 173 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 02/10/2020 Burrafirth, Unst 174 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 02/10/2020 Sumburgh, Shetland 175 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 176 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 177 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 178 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 179 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 18/06/2020 Holy Island 180 Whitethroat Curruca communis 181 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 182 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 183 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 184 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 185 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 186 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 187 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 01/10/2020 ,Quendale, Shetland 188 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 189 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 190 Redwing Turdus iliacus 191 Blackbird Turdus merula 192 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 193 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 194 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 15/02/2020 Grimsby 195 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 18/10/2020 Stiffkey 196 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 197 Robin Erithacus rubecula 198 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 199 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 15/10/2020 South Shields 200 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 201 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 202 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 203 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 204 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 205 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 206 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 207 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 208 Dunnock Prunella modularis 209 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 210 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 04/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 211 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 212 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 213 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 214 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 215 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 216 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 217 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 218 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 219 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 220 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 221 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 222 Twite Linaria flavirostris 223 Linnet Linaria cannabina 224 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 225 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 226 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 227 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 228 Siskin Spinus spinus 229 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 230 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 231 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 232 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 233 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 234 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 29/09/2020 Burravoe, Yell