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