David Stone: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 218 of 218 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 31/01/2024 Salthouse . Norfolk p 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 31/01/2024 Holkham . Norfolk p 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 13/01/2024 Powderhan Marsh . Devon p 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset p 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 31/01/2024 Holkham . Norfolk p 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/02/2024 Holkham . Norfolk 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/02/2024 Nr Rinsend . Cambridgeshire 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 30/01/2024 Nr Langham . Norfolk p 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 25/01/2024 The Powderham Estate . Devon p 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19/01/2024 Stover Park . Devon p 15 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 02/02/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset p 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 01/05/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset p 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 21 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 22 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Starcross . Devon p 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 03/05/2024 LORP . Budleigh Salterton . Devon p 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2024 Barrow Gurney Reservoir . Somerset p 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/01/2024 Filby Broad . Norfolk p 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2024 Barrow Gurney Reservoir . Somerset p 27 Scaup Aythya marila 11/02/2024 The Exe Estuary . Devon p 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 09/01/2024 Lower Tamar Lake . Devon p 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31/01/2024 Holkham . Norfolk 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31/01/2024 Holkham . Norfolk 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 02/01/2024 Barrow Gurney Reservoie . Somerset p 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 10/01/2024 Topsham Quay . Devon p 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/02/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir . Leicestershire p 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2024 The Hale Estuary . Cornwall p 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 09/01/2024 Lower Tamar Lake . Devon p 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/04/2024 Winterbourne down . Wiltshire p 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30/01/2024 Nr Acle . Norfolk p 40 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon 41 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 23/04/2024 Salisbury plain . Wiltshire p 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 17/04/2024 Dartmoor . Devon p 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Exmouth from Warren Point . Devon p 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2024 Bowling Green Marsh . Devon p 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 46 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 15/05/2024 Haldon Forest . Devon 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/01/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset p 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Coften . Devon p 50 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 The Exeter Canel . Devon p 51 Crane Grus grus 02/01/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset p 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 19/01/2024 Stover Park . Devon p 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 18/01/2024 Off Of Brandy Head . Devon 55 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 23/04/2024 Winterbourne Down . Wiltshire p 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/01/2024 Bowling Green Marsh . Devon p 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/01/2024 The Hale Estuary . Cornwall p 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/04/2024 Private Site . Devon p 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2024 Greylake RSPB .Somerset p 63 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 06/01/2024 Burnham On Sea . Somerset 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 07/01/2024 The Hale Estuary . Cornwall p 65 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/01/2024 Bowling Green Marsh . Devon p 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 21/01/2024 Aylesbeare Common . Devon 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset p 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/01/2024 Phear Park Area . Exmouth . Devon p 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 06/01/2024 The Ludwell Valley C P . Devon p 72 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 23/04/2024 Normandy Marsh . Lymington . Hampshire p 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 23/04/2024 Normandy Marsh . Lymington . Hampshire p 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 07/01/2024 The Hale Estuary . Cornwall p 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 77 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/02/2024 Holkham . Norfolk p 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 23/04/2024 Normandy Marsh . Lymington . Hampshire p 80 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 03/05/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 06/01/2024 Burnham On Sea . Somerset p 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 27/01/2024 Brixham Breakwater . Devon p 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 15/04/2024 The Exe Estuary . Topsham . Devon p 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 23/04/2024 Normandy Marsh . Lymington . Hampshire p 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 17/04/2024 Ferrybridge . Dorset p 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/02/2024 Ruan Lanihorne . Cornwall p 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 04/01/2024 Brixham . Devon p 89 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 07/01/2024 Red River . Marazion . Cornwall p 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Starcross . Devon p 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 27/01/2024 Brixham Harbour . Devon p 92 Common Gull Larus canus 06/01/2024 Burnham On Sea . Somerset p 93 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 07/01/2024 The Hale Estuary . Cornwall 94 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 07/01/2024 The Hale Estuary . Cornwall p 97 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 07/01/2024 The Hale Estuary . Cornwall p 98 Puffin Fratercula arctica 12/05/2024 Lundy Island . Devon p 99 Razorbill Alca torda 04/01/2024 Brixham . Devon p 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 04/01/2024 Brixham . Devon p 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 12/01/2024 Off Of Brandy Head . Devon p 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 12/01/2024 Off Of Brandy Head . Devon p 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 04/01/2024 Brixham . Devon p 104 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 12/01/2024 Off Of Brandy Head . Devon 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 12/05/2024 Bideford to Lundy Island . Devon p 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 04/01/2024 Brixham . Devon p 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 09/01/2024 Fremington Quay . Devon p 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 07/01/2024 The Hale Estuary . Cornwall p 111 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 17/02/2024 Decoy Lake . Somerset p 112 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 113 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 16/01/2024 Cofton . Devon p 114 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 115 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 05/01/2024 Heybridge . Nr Maldon . Essex p 116 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 24/04/2024 Beesands Ley . Devon p 117 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/01/2024 Heybridge . Nr Maldon . Essex 118 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 26/01/2024 Private Site p 119 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 120 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 30/01/2024 Warham Green . Norfolk 121 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 31/01/2024 Warham Green . Norfolk 122 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 10/05/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset 123 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/01/2024 Over the M25 . Essex p 124 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 30/01/2024 Stowlangtoft . Suffolk p 125 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2024 Nr Sowton . Exeter . Devon p 126 Barn Owl Tyto alba 30/01/2024 Warham Green . Norfolk p 127 Little Owl Athene noctua 17/04/2024 Portland Bill . Dorset p 128 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 02/02/2024 Eldernell . Cambridgeshire p 129 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 30/01/2024 Warham Green . Norfolk p 130 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/02/2024 Titchwell . Norfolk p 131 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 10/01/2024 Turf Locks . Devon p 132 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 06/02/2024 Yarner Wood . Devon 133 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 13/01/2024 Nr Kenton . Devon 134 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 16/01/2024 Topsham Cemetery . Devon p 135 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Nr Kenton . Devon p 136 Merlin Falco columbarius 30/01/2024 Warham Green . Norfolk 137 Hobby Falco subbuteo 03/05/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon 138 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon 139 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 11/01/2024 The Maer Valley . Exmouth . Devon p 140 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 12/05/2024 Lundy Island . Devon 141 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 17/04/2024 Abbotsbury Beach Area . Dorset p 142 Jay Garrulus glandarius 17/01/2024 Nr Roadford . Devon p 143 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 144 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Starcross . Devon p 145 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Starcross . Devon p 146 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 147 Raven Corvus corax 07/01/2024 Tremethick Cross Area . Cornwall p 148 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 30/01/2024 Friday Wood . Colchester . Essex p 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater 09/01/2024 Lower Tamar Lake . Devon p 150 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 09/01/2024 Lower Tamar Lake . Devon p 151 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 09/01/2024 Lower Tamar Lake . Devon p 152 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 153 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 154 Woodlark Lullula arborea 25/04/2024 Private Site . Devon p 155 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 156 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 01/02/2024 Holkham . Norfolk p 157 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 10/04/2024 Bowling Green Marsh . Devon 158 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2024 Bowling Green Marsh . Devon 159 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2024 Bowling Green Marsh . Devon 160 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 02/01/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset 161 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 162 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 04/01/2024 Broadsands . Devon p 163 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/04/2024 Beesands Ley . Devon p 164 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 04/01/2024 Broadsands . Devon p Also Sibe Chiff 165 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 19/04/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 166 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/04/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 167 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/04/2024 Dartmoor . Devon 168 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 12/04/2024 Bowling Green Marsh . Devon 169 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2024 Lydlinch Common . Somerset p 170 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 17/04/2024 Portland Bill . Dorset p 171 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2024 Salisbury Plain . Wiltshire p 172 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 16/02/2024 Woodbury Common . Devon p 173 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 14/01/2024 Bowling Green Rd . Topsham . Devon p 174 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2024 Broadsands . Devon p 175 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset p 176 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 19/01/2024 Stover Park . Devon p 177 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/02/2024 Woodbury Castle . Devon p 178 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset p 179 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 180 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2024 Bowling Green Marsh . Devon p 181 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 182 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Topsham . Devon p 183 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 The Exminster Marshes . Devon p 184 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 12/05/2024 Lundy Island . Devon 185 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 186 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 30/04/2024 Alners Gorse . Somerset p 187 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 01/05/2024 Yarner Wood . Devon p 188 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 07/01/2024 Newlyn Harbour . Cornwall p 189 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/04/2024 Portland Bill . Dorset p 190 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 08/05/2024 Headland Warren . Dartmoor . Devon p 191 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon P 192 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 23/04/2024 Marlborough Down . Wiltshire p 193 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 15/01/2024 Ludwell Valley C P . Devon p 194 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/04/2024 Marlborough Down . Wiltshire p 195 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 196 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 197 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10/05/2024 Greylake RSPB . Somerset 198 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 06/01/2024 The Ludwell Valley Country Park . Devon p 199 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 200 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon 201 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 01/05/2024 Yarner Wood . Devon 202 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/01/2024 Brixham . Devon p 203 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 204 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/02/2024 Titchwell . Norfolk p 205 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 17/01/2024 Haldon Forest . Devon 206 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 09/01/2024 Lower Tamar Lake . Devon P 207 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2024 Broadsands . Devon p 208 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 209 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 26/02/2024 Yarner Wood . Devon p 210 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 13/01/2024 Haldon Forest . Devon p 211 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Dawlish Warren . Devon p 212 Siskin Spinus spinus 13/01/2024 Haldon Forest . Devon p 213 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 24/04/2024 Stonehenge Area . Wiltshire p 214 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 30/04/2024 Marlborough Down . Wiltshire p 215 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 04/01/2024 Broadsands . Devon p 216 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 07/01/2024 Tremethick Cross Area . Cornwall p 217 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 20/01/2024 Topsham Recreation Ground . Devon p 218 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 05/01/2024 Heybridge . Nr Maldon . Essex p