Martin McCallum: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 373 of 373 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 9 2 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 24 5 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 28 6 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 161 39 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 9 2 8 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 9 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 36 8 10 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 11 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23 5 12 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 13 3 13 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 14 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 15 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20 4 16 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 4 0 17 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 11 2 18 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 19 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 38 9 20 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 10 2 21 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 22 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 19 4 23 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 3 0 24 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 25 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 4 0 26 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 16 3 27 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 10 2 28 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 15 3 29 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 60 14 30 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 19 4 31 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 32 Quail Coturnix coturnix 65 15 33 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 1 0 34 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 1 0 35 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 36 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 37 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 2 0 38 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 1 0 39 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 0 0 40 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 1 0 41 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 1 0 42 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 14 3 43 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 44 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 45 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 46 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 47 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 48 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 49 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 0 0 50 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 51 Corncrake Crex crex 8 1 52 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 53 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 35 8 54 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 55 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 56 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 57 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 58 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 59 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 0 0 60 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 61 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 31 7 62 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 72 17 63 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 48 11 64 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 21 5 65 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 41 9 66 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 67 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 68 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 69 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 26 6 70 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 71 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 72 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 73 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 74 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 16 3 75 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 76 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 77 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 78 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 3 0 79 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 56 13 80 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 81 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 2 0 82 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 83 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 43 10 84 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 1 0 85 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 22 5 86 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 87 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 88 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 1 0 89 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 28 6 90 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 91 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 5 1 92 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 93 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 94 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 95 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 96 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 8 1 97 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 98 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 7 1 99 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 100 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 15 3 101 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 102 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 103 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 104 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 24 5 105 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 106 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 5 1 107 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 108 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 109 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 40 9 110 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 5 1 111 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 99 24 112 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 113 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 74 18 114 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 115 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 116 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 117 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 118 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 7 1 119 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 120 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 47 11 121 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 122 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 42 10 123 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 39 9 124 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 22 5 125 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 126 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 23 5 127 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 128 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 54 13 129 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 130 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 131 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 132 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 125 30 133 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 71 17 134 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 135 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 136 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 137 Little Auk Alle alle 12 2 138 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 139 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 140 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 141 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 8 1 142 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 12 2 143 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 15 3 144 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 145 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 7 1 146 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 63 15 147 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 148 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 21 5 149 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 0 0 150 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 1 0 151 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 152 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 32 7 153 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 7 1 154 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 28 6 155 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 18 4 156 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 1 0 157 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 158 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 23 5 159 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 160 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 161 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 162 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 163 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 164 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 165 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 166 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 2 0 167 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 9 2 168 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 169 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 170 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 11 2 171 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 172 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 173 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 67 16 174 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 175 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 176 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 177 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 178 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 40 9 179 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 180 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 15 3 181 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 12 2 182 Black Kite Milvus migrans 7 1 183 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 44 10 184 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 185 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 186 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 187 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 188 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 5 1 189 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 7 1 190 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 191 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 192 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 1 0 193 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 194 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 1 0 195 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 196 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 197 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 198 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 199 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 200 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 201 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 202 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 203 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 16 3 204 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 205 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 206 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 1 0 207 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 22 5 208 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 12 2 209 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 15 3 210 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 211 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 1 0 212 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 213 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 214 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 107 26 215 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 216 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 44 10 217 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 168 40 218 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 219 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 220 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 35 8 221 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 222 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 223 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 224 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 225 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 226 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 16 3 227 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 0 0 228 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 229 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 10 2 230 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 231 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 232 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 89 21 233 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 42 10 234 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 235 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 86 20 236 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 24 5 237 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 238 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 2 0 239 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 11 2 240 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 30 7 241 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 242 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 7 1 243 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 5 1 244 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 1 0 245 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 53 12 246 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 247 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 1 0 248 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 249 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 250 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 251 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 252 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 13 3 253 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 7 1 254 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 7 1 255 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 1 0 256 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 18 4 257 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 258 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 259 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 260 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 36 8 261 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 262 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 2 0 263 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 264 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 265 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 1 0 266 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 267 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 268 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 136 33 269 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 270 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 271 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 272 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 273 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 274 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 275 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 276 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 277 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 278 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 22 5 279 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 280 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 281 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 282 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 6 1 283 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 3 0 284 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 285 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 286 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 287 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 288 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 289 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 290 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 1 0 291 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 110 26 292 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 293 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 294 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 5 1 295 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 3 0 296 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 297 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 298 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 299 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 300 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 38 9 301 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 302 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 303 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 304 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 305 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 306 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 307 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 308 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 309 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 9 2 310 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 36 8 311 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 312 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 3 0 313 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 22 5 314 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 315 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 12 2 316 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 28 6 317 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 318 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 319 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 320 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 57 13 321 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 7 1 322 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 8 1 323 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 23 5 324 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 1 0 325 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 326 Serin Serinus serinus 8 1 327 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 2 0 328 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 329 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 4 0 330 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 331 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 68 16 332 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 333 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 334 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 36 8 335 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 336 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 337 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 338 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 339 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 340 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 1 0 341 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 342 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 343 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 344 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 1 0 345 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 346 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 347 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 348 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 349 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 350 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 351 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 352 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 353 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 354 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 355 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 12 2 356 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 357 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 358 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 359 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 360 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 361 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 362 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 363 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 364 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 1 0 365 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 366 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 2 0 367 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 368 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 369 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 370 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 371 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 372 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 373 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 2 0