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