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