Luke Gravett: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 194 of 194 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 09/11/2020 Llanelli WWT 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 09/06/2020 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 20/06/2020 Dryslwyn 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 09/06/2020 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 20/06/2020 Dryslwyn 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 30/11/2020 Caerwent 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 17/10/2020 Llanrhystud 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 09/06/2020 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 20/10/2020 Cilsan Bridge, Llandeilo 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 24/06/2020 River Teifi 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/08/2020 Goodwiick Moor 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17/08/2020 Llanelli WWT 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21/07/2020 WWT Llanelli 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15/07/2020 WWT Llanelli 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15/07/2020 WWT Llanelli 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 09/06/2020 17 Pintail Anas acuta 22/09/2020 Cardigan Estuary 18 Teal Anas crecca 20/06/2020 Dryslwyn 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 13/08/2020 Dungeness 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30/11/2020 Cosmeston Lakes 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15/07/2020 WWT Llanelli 22 Scaup Aythya marila 06/12/2020 Talley Lakes 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 12/11/2020 Little Haven, Pembrokeshire 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/12/2020 Whiteford Point 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 19/09/2020 Ynyslas 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/08/2020 Strumble Head 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 12/10/2020 Llyn Fanod 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 13/10/2020 Llyn Fanod 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 28/06/2020 Dryslwyn 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 26/11/2020 Kidwelly Quay 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 09/06/2020 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 16/06/2020 On the road outside Talley 33 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 25/06/2020 Horeb 9.30pm - 10.30pm Several birds churring and seen well. 34 Swift Apus apus 09/06/2020 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 10/06/2020 Heard from Llanllwni Mountain 36 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 06/07/2020 Burry Port 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 29/07/2020 Gann Estuary 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 09/06/2020 39 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 09/06/2020 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 08/07/2020 Talley Lakes 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 13/06/2020 43 Coot Fulica atra 19/07/2020 Dinefwr Lake 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 21/07/2020 WWT Llanelli 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/08/2020 Pembrey Harbour 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 24/06/2020 River Teifi 47 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 19/09/2020 Ynyslas 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 05/08/2020 Pembrey Harbour 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 09/06/2020 Dryslwyn 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 15/07/2020 WWT Llanelli 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29/07/2020 Gann Estuary 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 24/06/2020 River Teifi 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 07/09/2020 Kidwelly Quay 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 13/07/2020 Teifi Marsh 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 23/10/2020 Llanllwni Mountain 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 09/06/2020 60 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 09/11/2020 Llanelli WWT 61 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 06/07/2020 Burry Port 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/07/2020 Llanelli WWT 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/07/2020 Burry Port 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/08/2020 Pembrey Harbour 66 Knot Calidris canutus 10/07/2020 Fishguard Harbour 100th bird 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 68 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 14/09/2020 Kidwelly Quay 69 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 15/09/2020 Marloes Mere 70 Sanderling Calidris alba 26/07/2020 Pembrey Harbour 71 Dunlin Calidris alpina 24/06/2020 River Teifi 72 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 25/11/2020 Aberystwyth 73 Little Stint Calidris minuta 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 74 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/09/2020 Llanrhystud 75 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/09/2020 From the Brickhouse, Ynyslas 76 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 26/08/2020 Strumble Head 77 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/08/2020 Strumble Head 78 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 79 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 24/09/2020 Strumble Head 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 24/06/2020 River Teifi 81 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/07/2020 Burry Port 82 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 26/08/2020 Strumble Head 83 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 24/06/2020 River Teifi 85 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 24/06/2020 River Teifi 86 Common Gull Larus canus 06/07/2020 Burry Port 87 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 09/06/2020 88 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 09/06/2020 89 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 24/06/2020 River Teifi 90 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 26/08/2020 Strumble Head 91 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 29/07/2020 St. Anne's Head 92 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 26/08/2020 Strumble Head 93 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 26/08/2020 Strumble Head 94 Puffin Fratercula arctica 30/07/2020 St. Anne's Head 95 Razorbill Alca torda 07/07/2020 Mwnt 96 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/07/2020 Mwnt 97 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 08/09/2020 Ynyslas 98 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 27/09/2020 Mwnt 99 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 19/09/2020 Ynyslas 100 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/07/2020 Mwnt 101 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 25/09/2020 Strumble Head 102 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 26/08/2020 Strumble Head 103 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 07/07/2020 Mwnt 104 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 26/08/2020 Strumble Head 105 Gannet Morus bassanus 06/07/2020 Burry Port 106 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 20/06/2020 Dryslwyn 107 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/07/2020 Mwnt 108 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 13/08/2020 Dungeness 109 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 09/11/2020 Llanelli WWT 110 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 24/06/2020 River Teifi 111 Great White Egret Ardea alba 19/07/2020 Dinefwr Lake 112 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 12/06/2020 113 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/10/2020 Pembrey Harbour 114 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 13/06/2020 115 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 03/08/2020 Lampeter outskirts 116 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 117 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 22/11/2020 Ginst Point 118 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/06/2020 119 Buzzard Buteo buteo 09/06/2020 120 Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 121 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 25/11/2020 Llyn Eiddwen 122 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 09/06/2020 123 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 12/06/2020 Talley Lakes 124 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 09/06/2020 125 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 126 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 07/07/2020 Mwnt 127 Hobby Falco subbuteo 24/07/2020 Llanllwni Mountain 128 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 19/07/2020 Ginst Point 129 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 19/10/2020 Brechfa Forest 130 Jay Garrulus glandarius 09/06/2020 131 Magpie Pica pica 09/06/2020 132 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 10/07/2020 Strumble Head 133 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 09/06/2020 134 Rook Corvus frugilegus 24/06/2020 River Teifi 135 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 09/06/2020 136 Raven Corvus corax 09/06/2020 137 Coal Tit Periparus ater 09/06/2020 138 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 09/06/2020 139 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 01/08/2020 Cors Caron Bog 140 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 09/06/2020 141 Great Tit Parus major 09/06/2020 142 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 143 Skylark Alauda arvensis 09/06/2020 144 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 09/06/2020 145 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/06/2020 146 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/06/2020 147 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 148 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 09/06/2020 149 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/06/2020 150 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 09/06/2020 151 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/06/2020 Llansawel 152 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 153 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/06/2020 154 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 09/06/2020 155 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/06/2020 Dryslwyn 156 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 21/07/2020 WWT Llanelli 157 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 09/06/2020 158 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 09/06/2020 159 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 09/06/2020 160 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 15/07/2020 Burry Port 161 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 09/06/2020 162 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 09/06/2020 163 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 09/06/2020 164 Redwing Turdus iliacus 14/10/2020 Near Carmarthen 165 Blackbird Turdus merula 09/06/2020 166 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 17/10/2020 Llanllwni Mountain 167 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 09/06/2020 Garden 168 Robin Erithacus rubecula 09/06/2020 169 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 25/11/2020 Aberystwyth 170 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 09/06/2020 Garden 171 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 172 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 09/06/2020 173 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 12/07/2020 On walk from house 174 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 09/06/2020 Abergorlech 175 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 09/06/2020 176 Dunnock Prunella modularis 09/06/2020 177 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 13/08/2020 Oare Marshes 178 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/06/2020 179 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 09/06/2020 180 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 09/06/2020 181 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 12/06/2020 Llanllwni Mountain 182 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/07/2020 Bury Port 183 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 09/06/2020 184 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 22/10/2020 Near Brechfa 185 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 09/06/2020 186 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 11/06/2020 187 Linnet Linaria cannabina 09/06/2020 188 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 09/06/2020 Llanllwni Mountain 189 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/12/2020 Whiteford Point 190 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 09/06/2020 191 Siskin Spinus spinus 09/06/2020 192 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 23/10/2020 Llanrhystud 193 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 17/06/2020 Llansawel 194 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 24/06/2020 Cwrtnewydd Oh yeah baby!