Lee Evans's 2020 year list

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SpeciesDateLocation
Great Northern Diver18th NovemberJuvenile showing well on Caldecott Lake South (photographed)
Little Grebe2nd January
Great Crested Grebe2nd January
Cormorant2nd January
Bittern********************
Cattle Egret
Little Egret2nd January
Great White Egret9th JanuaryLinford NR roosting at dusk
Grey Heron2nd January
Mute Swan2nd January
Whooper Swan8th NovemberAn adult pair with Greylag Geese at Gallows Bridge (photographed)
Pink-footed Goose
White-fronted Goose3rd DecemberA very confiding adult with Egyptian Geese at Dorney Common North 0800 hours (photographed)
Greylag Goose2nd January
Canada Goose2nd January
Barnacle Goose6th JanuaryMarsworth Paddocks
Egyptian Goose2nd January
Shelduck2nd January
Mandarin Duck2nd January
Wigeon2nd January
Gadwall2nd January
Teal2nd January
Mallard2nd January
Pintail24th JanuaryA drake on Spade Oak
Garganey********************
Shoveler2nd January
Red-crested Pochard2nd January
Pochard2nd January
Ring-necked Duck22nd DecemberA first-winter drake hard up against the reeds in Bucks section of Marsworth Res (watched & photographed with Ian Williams)
Tufted Duck2nd January
Common Scoter19th MarchSub-adult drake at Watermead Lake (photographed) (seen with Dan Forder & Dean Kingham)
Goldeneye2nd January
Goosander********************
Red Kite2nd January
Marsh Harrier
Goshawk
Sparrowhawk2nd January
Buzzard2nd January
Kestrel2nd January
Red-footed Falcon
Hobby
Peregrine********************
Red-legged Partridge2nd January
Grey Partridge8th FebruaryRavenstone Sewage Works
Quail
Pheasant2nd January
Lady Amherst's Pheasant31st MarchThanks to Ian Ryder, eventually located 7 birds including a female; 2018 introduction
Water Rail9th JanuaryCalvert BBOWT
Moorhen2nd January
Coot2nd January
Oystercatcher10th FebruaryCollege Lake BBOWT
Avocet14th MarchWillen Lake North Basin. Flew off after a few minutes (photographed)
Little Ringed Plover21st MarchPair on Marlow Flood Alleviation Scheme GP
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover23rd January28 in field near Clifton Reynes
Grey Plover8th October2 juveniles in flooded muddy field; also 4 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover (photographed)
Lapwing2nd January
Little Stint6th OctoberSpade Oak Pit (on the spit)
Dunlin
Ruff12th SeptJuvenile at Willen Lake (drained) (photographed)
Jack Snipe2nd January
Snipe2nd January
Woodcock8th FebruaryLittle Linford Wood
Black-tailed Godwit2nd January
Curlew6th March4 birds (2 pairs) on flood meadows between Ickford and Shabbington
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper8th MarchCollege Lake BBOWT
Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Redshank5th MarchPair at College Lake
Turnstone
Red-necked Phalarope
Black-headed Gull2nd January
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull2nd January
Common Gull2nd January
Lesser Black-backed Gull2nd January
Herring Gull2nd January
Yellow-legged Gull2nd January
Caspian Gull2nd January
Great Black-backed Gull2nd January
Black Tern
Common Tern6th April4 on Startop's End Reservoir, Tring, in Bucks section
Arctic Tern
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon2nd January
Stock Dove2nd January
Woodpigeon2nd January
Collared Dove2nd January
Ring-necked Parakeet2nd January
Cuckoo
Barn Owl2nd January
Little Owl17th JanuaryOld Amersham
Tawny Owl18th JanuaryRoosting in usual ivy-covered tree at Ivinghoe
Long-eared Owl********************
Short-eared Owl********************
Swift
Kingfisher2nd January
Green Woodpecker2nd January
Great Spotted Woodpecker2nd January
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker********************
Woodlark
Skylark2nd January
Sand Martin19th March27 at Spade Oak Pit
Swallow6th AprilSpade Oak
House Martin
Tree Pipit7 SeptemberPitstone Hill
Meadow Pipit2nd January
Yellow Wagtail7th April2 males in Marsworth Horse Paddocks
Grey Wagtail2nd January
Pied Wagtail2nd JanuaryFirst White Wagtail at Fulmer Lake on 7 April
Dipper14th MarchBlack-bellied showing well at Wycombe Rye (photographed)
Wren2nd January
Dunnock2nd January
Robin2nd January
Nightingale
Black Redstart********************
Redstart13th JulyA 2nd of the autumn at Ivinghoe - a moulting female
Whinchat25th JulyA moulting adult on Pitstone Hill
Stonechat**********
Wheatear16th MarchA marked early fall of birds at Pitstone Hill and the Beacon
Ring Ouzel6th JanuaryPitstone Hill (photographed) - my first-ever overwintering bird in the county (observed with Dave Hutchinson)
Blackbird2nd January
Fieldfare2nd January
Song Thrush2nd January
Redwing2nd January
Mistle Thrush2nd January
Cetti's Warbler2nd January
Grasshopper Warbler
Sedge Warbler1st AprilSinging male in the canal reedbed at Marsworth Reservoir
Reed Warbler10th AprilMarsworth Canal Reedbed
Blackcap6th MarchMale in subsong in my garden
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Whitethroat
Dartford Warbler**********
Yellow-browed Warbler13th OctoberBancroft Park, Milton Keynes (showing well at times and quite vocal)
Chiffchaff2nd January
Willow Warbler6th April3 singing males at Spade Oak
Goldcrest24th JanuaryChenies Bottom
Firecrest3rd AprilSinging male in Wendover Forest
Spotted Flycatcher
Bearded Tit18th NovemberMale at Calvert BBOWT Lake
Long-tailed Tit2nd January
Blue Tit2nd January
Great Tit2nd January
Coal Tit2nd January
Marsh Tit6th JanuaryCollege Lake BBOWT
Nuthatch2nd January
Treecreeper2nd January
Jay2nd January
Magpie2nd January
Jackdaw2nd January
Rook2nd January
Carrion Crow2nd January
Raven2nd January
Starling2nd January
House Sparrow2nd January
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch2nd January
Brambling12th OctoberRingshall Slope, Ivinghoe Beacon
Greenfinch2nd January
Goldfinch2nd January
Siskin14th FebruaryGreat Hampden (15 birds in Larch plantation)
Linnet9th JanuaryNewton Leys
Lesser Redpoll5th March3 with Goldfinch and Siskin in Alders at Stowe Lakes
Common Crossbill
Bullfinch6th JanuaryPair at Pitstone Hill
Hawfinch8th OctoberLooking to be another Hawfinch autumn with passage at Ivinghoe Beacon picking up
Yellowhammer2nd January
Reed Bunting24th FebruaryCollege Lake feeders
Corn Bunting2nd January