Keith Beswick: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 187 of 187 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 01/01/2024 Cley, Norfolk 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/03/2024 Titchwell RSPB 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25/01/2024 Tophill Low, Yorkshire 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 04/03/2024 Torcross, Clapton Ley, Devon 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 24/01/2024 Coble Landing, Filey 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19/02/2024 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 36 Swift Apus apus 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 45 Coot Fulica atra 46 Crane Grus grus 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 05/03/2024 Portbury Wharf NR, Somerset 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 51 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 14/04/2024 Frampton RSPB, Lincs 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 56 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 60 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 22/03/2024 Cley NWT, Norfolk 61 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 64 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 08/01/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/03/2024 Fremington, Devon 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 68 Ruff Calidris pugnax 69 Sanderling Calidris alba 70 Dunlin Calidris alpina 71 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 23/01/2024 Bridlington Harbour 72 Little Stint Calidris minuta 14/04/2024 Frampton RSPB, Lincs 73 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 74 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 14/04/2024 Frampton RSPB, Lincs 75 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 76 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 77 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 14/04/2024 Frampton RSPB, Lincs 78 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 79 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 80 Common Gull Larus canus 81 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 82 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 83 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 84 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 85 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 86 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 23/01/2024 Scarborough Harbour 87 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 88 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 89 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 90 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2024 Stiffkey, Norfolk 91 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 92 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 02/04/2024 Cley NWT, Norfolk 93 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 94 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 95 Great White Egret Ardea alba 13/01/2024 Hickling Broad, Norfolk 96 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 97 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/05/2024 Rutland Water 98 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 99 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 100 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 101 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 102 Red Kite Milvus milvus 103 Buzzard Buteo buteo 104 Barn Owl Tyto alba 105 Little Owl Athene noctua 106 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 25/01/2024 Eldernell 107 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 24/01/2024 Bempton RSPB 108 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 109 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 110 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 111 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 112 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11/05/2024 Rutland Water 113 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 114 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 26/02/2024 Meeting, Norfolk 115 Jay Garrulus glandarius 116 Magpie Pica pica 117 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 118 Rook Corvus frugilegus 119 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 120 Raven Corvus corax 121 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 122 Coal Tit Periparus ater 123 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 124 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 125 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 126 Great Tit Parus major 127 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 128 Woodlark Lullula arborea 129 Skylark Alauda arvensis 130 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 131 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 132 Swallow Hirundo rustica 133 House Martin Delichon urbicum 134 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 135 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 136 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 137 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 138 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 139 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 140 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 141 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 142 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 143 Whitethroat Curruca communis 144 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 145 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 146 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 147 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 148 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 149 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 150 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 151 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 25/01/2024 Tophill Low, Yorkshire 152 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 153 Redwing Turdus iliacus 154 Blackbird Turdus merula 155 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 156 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 07/04/2024 Salthouse, Norfolk 157 Robin Erithacus rubecula 158 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 159 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 16/03/2024 Weybourne 160 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 161 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 162 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 163 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 24/01/2024 Bempton RSPB 164 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 165 Dunnock Prunella modularis 166 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 167 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 168 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 169 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 21/03/2024 Titchwell RSPB 170 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 171 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 172 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 173 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 174 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 175 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 176 Twite Linaria flavirostris 177 Linnet Linaria cannabina 178 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 179 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 180 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 181 Siskin Spinus spinus 182 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 23/01/2024 Carr Naze, Filey 183 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 184 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 185 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 186 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 187 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus