Mike Stokes: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 150 of 150 total. Seq.,Species,Scientific Name,Rare?,Date,Location,Comments 1,Brent Goose,Branta bernicla,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire", 2,Canada Goose,Branta canadensis,,01/01/2024,"Near Melverley, Shropshire", 3,Greylag Goose,Anser anser,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 4,Pink-footed Goose,Anser brachyrhynchus,,03/02/2024,"Polemere, Shropshire", 5,White-fronted Goose,Anser albifrons,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire",Russian. 6,Mute Swan,Cygnus olor,,01/01/2024,, 7,Whooper Swan,Cygnus cygnus,,01/01/2024,"Near Melverley, Shropshire",4 8,Egyptian Goose,Alopochen aegyptiaca,,20/01/2024,"Polemere, Shropshire", 9,Shelduck,Tadorna tadorna,,01/01/2024,"Ellesmere, Shropshire", 10,Garganey,Spatula querquedula,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire",Drake 11,Shoveler,Spatula clypeata,,01/01/2024,"Whixall Floods, Shropshire", 12,Gadwall,Mareca strepera,,03/02/2024,"Venus Pool, Shropshire", 13,Wigeon,Mareca penelope,,01/01/2024,"Near Melverley, Shropshire", 14,Mallard,Anas platyrhynchos,,01/01/2024,, 15,Pintail,Anas acuta,,01/01/2024,"Near Melverley, Shropshire", 16,Teal,Anas crecca,,01/01/2024,"Near Melverley, Shropshire", 17,Green-winged Teal,Anas carolinensis,,20/01/2024,"Polemere, Shropshire", 18,Pochard,Aythya ferina,,03/02/2024,"Venus Pool, Shropshire", 19,Tufted Duck,Aythya fuligula,,01/01/2024,"Ellesmere, Shropshire", 20,Goldeneye,Bucephala clangula,,01/01/2024,"Ellesmere, Shropshire", 21,Goosander,Mergus merganser,,01/01/2024,"Melverley, Shropshire", 22,Red Grouse,Lagopus lagopus,,17/02/2024,"Long Mynd, Shropshire",Pair 23,Pheasant,Phasianus colchicus,,01/01/2024,, 24,Red-legged Partridge,Alectoris rufa,,10/02/2024,"Hencote, Shrewsbury, Shropshire", 25,Swift,Apus apus,,01/05/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire",3 26,Cuckoo,Cuculus canorus,,04/05/2024,"Yapsel Bank, Shropshire","2. Also at Cefn Common, Herefordshire on the 8th of May and at North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire on the 11th of May." 27,Stock Dove,Columba oenas,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 28,Woodpigeon,Columba palumbus,,01/01/2024,, 29,Collared Dove,Streptopelia decaocto,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 30,Water Rail,Rallus aquaticus,,10/02/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire", 31,Moorhen,Gallinula chloropus,,01/01/2024,"Ellesmere, Shropshire", 32,Coot,Fulica atra,,01/01/2024,"Ellesmere, Shropshire", 33,Crane,Grus grus,,01/05/2024,"Near Wroxeter, Shropshire",Pair 34,Little Grebe,Tachybaptus ruficollis,,01/01/2024,"Ellesmere, Shropshire", 35,Great Crested Grebe,Podiceps cristatus,,03/02/2024,"Venus Pool, Shropshire", 36,Black-necked Grebe,Podiceps nigricollis,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire",1 37,Oystercatcher,Haematopus ostralegus,,03/02/2024,"Venus Pool, Shropshire",3 38,Avocet,Recurvirostra avosetta,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire", 39,Grey Plover,Pluvialis squatarola,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire", 40,Golden Plover,Pluvialis apricaria,,15/01/2024,"The Long Mynd, Shropshire",22 41,Ringed Plover,Charadrius hiaticula,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire", 42,Little Ringed Plover,Charadrius dubius,,11/05/2024," North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire",3 43,Lapwing,Vanellus vanellus,,01/01/2024,"Whixall Floods, Shropshire", 44,Eurasian Whimbrel,Numenius phaeopus,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire", 45,Curlew,Numenius arquata,,24/03/2024,"Long Mynd, Shropshire",2 46,Black-tailed Godwit,Limosa limosa,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire",1 47,Woodcock,Scolopax rusticola,,10/02/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire", 48,Snipe,Gallinago gallinago,,01/01/2024,"Wood Lane, Shropshire", 49,Common Sandpiper,Actitis hypoleucos,,06/04/2024,"Crudgington, Shropshire",3 50,Green Sandpiper,Tringa ochropus,,01/01/2024,"Wood Lane, Shropshire",2 51,Redshank,Tringa totanus,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire", 52,Curlew Sandpiper,Calidris ferruginea,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire",1 53,Temminck's Stint,Calidris temminckii,,12/05/2024,"Venus Pool, Shropshire",My first in Shropshire since 2008 54,Dunlin,Calidris alpina,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire", 55,Common Tern,Sterna hirundo,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire", 56,Sandwich Tern,Thalasseus sandvicensis,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire",1 57,Kittiwake,Rissa tridactyla,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire",1 58,Black-headed Gull,Chroicocephalus ridibundus,,01/01/2024,, 59,Common Gull,Larus canus,,01/01/2024,"Ellesmere, Shropshire", 60,Herring Gull,Larus argentatus,,01/01/2024,"Near Northwood, Shropshire", 61,Lesser Black-backed Gull,Larus fuscus,,01/01/2024,, 62,Common Guillemot,Uria aalge,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire", 63,Gannet,Morus bassanus,,12/05/2024,"Spurn, East Yorkshire",1 64,Cormorant,Phalacrocorax carbo,,01/01/2024,"Melverley, Shropshire", 65,Spoonbill,Platalea leucorodia,,11/05/2024,"Blacktoft RSPB, East Yorkshire",5 66,Little Egret,Egretta garzetta,,01/01/2024,"Near Cressage, Shropshire", 67,Cattle Egret,Bubulcus ibis,,03/02/2024,"Battlefield, Shrewsbury, Shropshire",7 68,Great White Egret,Ardea alba,,01/01/2024,"Near Cressage, Shropshire", 69,Grey Heron,Ardea cinerea,,01/01/2024,"Melverley, Shropshire", 70,Osprey,Pandion haliaetus,,27/04/2024,"Cors Dyfi, Powys", 71,Sparrowhawk,Accipiter nisus,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 72,Marsh Harrier,Circus aeruginosus,,11/05/2024,"Blacktoft RSPB, East Yorkshire", 73,Red Kite,Milvus milvus,,01/01/2024,"Near Cressage, Shropshire", 74,Buzzard,Buteo buteo,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 75,Little Owl,Athene noctua,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire", 76,Tawny Owl,Strix aluco,,17/02/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire", 77,Kingfisher,Alcedo atthis,,01/01/2024,"Wood Lane, Shropshire", 78,Great Spotted Woodpecker,Dendrocopos major,,01/01/2024,"Wood Lane, Shropshire", 79,Green Woodpecker,Picus viridis,,06/05/2024,"Long Mynd, Shropshire",After a few heard only. 80,Kestrel,Falco tinnunculus,,01/01/2024,"Near Ford, Shropshire", 81,Merlin,Falco columbarius,,01/01/2024,"Whixall Moss, Shropshire", 82,Hobby,Falco subbuteo,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire",3 83,Peregrine,Falco peregrinus,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire", 84,Jay,Garrulus glandarius,,01/01/2024,"Whixall Moss, Shropshire", 85,Magpie,Pica pica,,01/01/2024,, 86,Jackdaw,Coloeus monedula,,01/01/2024,, 87,Rook,Corvus frugilegus,,01/01/2024,, 88,Carrion Crow,Corvus corone,,01/01/2024,, 89,Raven,Corvus corax,,01/01/2024,"Whixall Moss, Shropshire", 90,Waxwing,Bombycilla garrulus,,22/01/2024,"Near Felton Butler, Shropshire",24 91,Coal Tit,Periparus ater,,01/01/2024,"Wood Lane, Shropshire", 92,Marsh Tit,Poecile palustris,,05/02/2024,"Mortimer Forest, Herefordshire & Shropshire", 93,Willow Tit,Poecile montanus,,17/02/2024,"Bury Ditches, Shropshire", 94,Blue Tit,Cyanistes caeruleus,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 95,Great Tit,Parus major,,01/01/2024,"Hencote, Shropshire", 96,Bearded Tit,Panurus biarmicus,,11/05/2024,"Blacktoft RSPB, East Yorkshire", 97,Skylark,Alauda arvensis,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 98,Sand Martin,Riparia riparia,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire", 99,Swallow,Hirundo rustica,,06/04/2024,"Titterstone Clee, Shropshire", 100,House Martin,Delichon urbicum,,14/04/2024,"Long Mynd, Shropshire ",1 101,Cetti's Warbler,Cettia cetti,,17/02/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire",Possibly the most elusive one I've tried to see. 102,Long-tailed Tit,Aegithalos caudatus,,01/01/2024,"Whixall Moss, Shropshire", 103,Wood Warbler,Phylloscopus sibilatrix,,18/05/2024,"The Ercall, Shropshire", 104,Willow Warbler,Phylloscopus trochilus,,31/03/2024,"Black Hill, Shropshire",Heard only in Shrewsbury yesterday. 105,Chiffchaff,Phylloscopus collybita,,18/03/2024,"Telford, Shropshire",Heard only last week. 106,Sedge Warbler,Acrocephalus schoenobaenus,,05/05/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire",2 + 107,Reed Warbler,Acrocephalus scirpaceus,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire", 108,Grasshopper Warbler,Locustella naevia,,16/04/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire", 109,Blackcap,Sylvia atricapilla,,10/02/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire",Male in subsong 110,Garden Warbler,Sylvia borin,,29/04/2024,"Gibbons Coppice, Shropshire",2 111,Lesser Whitethroat,Curruca curruca,,21/04/2024,"Near Berwick Bassett Clump, Wiltshire","Also near Woolstaston,Shropshire on the 6th of May." 112,Whitethroat,Curruca communis,,21/04/2024,"Near Berwick Bassett Clump, Wiltshire", 113,Goldcrest,Regulus regulus,,01/01/2024,"Whixall Moss, Shropshire", 114,Wren,Troglodytes troglodytes,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 115,Nuthatch,Sitta europaea,,08/01/2024,"Pentre-pant, Near Oswestry, Shropshire", 116,Treecreeper,Certhia familiaris,,08/01/2024,"Brogyntyn Park, Near Oswestry, Shropshire", 117,Starling,Sturnus vulgaris,,01/01/2024,, 118,Song Thrush,Turdus philomelos,,15/01/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire", 119,Mistle Thrush,Turdus viscivorus,,01/01/2024,"Lyneal, Shropshire", 120,Redwing,Turdus iliacus,,01/01/2024,"Near Northwood, Shropshire", 121,Blackbird,Turdus merula,,01/01/2024,, 122,Fieldfare,Turdus pilaris,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 123,Spotted Flycatcher,Muscicapa striata,,18/05/2024,"The Ercall, Shropshire", 124,Robin,Erithacus rubecula,,01/01/2024,, 125,Pied Flycatcher,Ficedula hypoleuca,,14/04/2024,"Bridges, Shropshire",A few. 126,Redstart,Phoenicurus phoenicurus,,14/04/2024,"Bridges, Shropshire",Heard only at Upper Darnford earlier. 127,Whinchat,Saxicola rubetra,,04/05/2024,"Yapsel Bank, Shropshire","Also near Wildmoor Pool, Long Mynd, Shropshire on the 6th of May." 128,Stonechat,Saxicola rubicola,,15/01/2024,"The Long Mynd, Shropshire","Pair. Also a male at Hencote, Shropshire on the 17th of February." 129,Wheatear,Oenanthe oenanthe,,06/04/2024,"Titterstone Clee, Shropshire", 130,Dipper,Cinclus cinclus,,05/02/2024,"Bromfield, Shropshire","2 more at Longnor Bridge, Shropshire on the 17th of February." 131,Tree Sparrow,Passer montanus,,11/05/2024,"North Cave Wetlands and Blacktoft RSPB, East Yorkshire", 132,House Sparrow,Passer domesticus,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 133,Dunnock,Prunella modularis,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 134,Yellow Wagtail,Motacilla flava,,12/05/2024,"Near Skeffling, East Yorkshire",2 135,Grey Wagtail,Motacilla cinerea,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 136,Pied Wagtail,Motacilla alba,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 137,Meadow Pipit,Anthus pratensis,,01/01/2024,"Near Northwood, Shropshire", 138,Tree Pipit,Anthus trivialis,,05/05/2024,"Clunton Coppice, Shropshire",Double figures of Pied Flys the same day. 139,Chaffinch,Fringilla coelebs,,01/01/2024,"Near Alberbury, Shropshire", 140,Brambling,Fringilla montifringilla,,31/03/2024,"Black Hill, Shropshire",1. Heard only in the same location a week earlier. 141,Bullfinch,Pyrrhula pyrrhula,,18/01/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire", 142,Greenfinch,Chloris chloris,,08/01/2024,"Pentre-pant, Near Oswestry, Shropshire", 143,Linnet,Linaria cannabina,,10/02/2024,"Hencote, Shrewsbury, Shropshire", 144,Lesser Redpoll,Acanthis cabaret,,18/03/2024,"Ironbridge Meadows NR, Shropshire", 145,Common Crossbill,Loxia curvirostra,,05/02/2024,"Mortimer Forest, Herefordshire & Shropshire", 146,Goldfinch,Carduelis carduelis,,06/01/2024,"Shrewsbury, Shropshire", 147,Siskin,Spinus spinus,,01/01/2024,"Wood Lane, Shropshire", 148,Corn Bunting,Emberiza calandra,,21/04/2024,"Near Berwick Bassett Clump, Wiltshire", 149,Yellowhammer,Emberiza citrinella,,20/01/2024,"Near Lee Brockhurst, Shropshire", 150,Reed Bunting,Emberiza schoeniclus,,03/02/2024,"Venus Pool, Shropshire",