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