Philip Whittaker: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 181 of 181 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 12/01/2024 Stour Stutton 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 03/01/2024 North Warren Suffolk 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/01/2024 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 03/01/2024 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/02/2024 Boyton Marshes RSPB 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16/01/2024 Manea 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 10/02/2024 Brandon 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/04/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/01/2024 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/01/2024 Pipps Ford 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2024 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 17 Pintail Anas acuta 09/01/2024 Trimley SWT 18 Teal Anas crecca 03/01/2024 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24/03/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/01/2024 Alton Water 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 03/01/2024 Thorpeness Mere Suffolk 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 06/01/2024 Alton Water 23 Scaup Aythya marila 26/01/2024 Hazelwood Marshes SWT 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 15/04/2024 Giffords Flash Suffolk 25 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 19/04/2024 Off Walberswick Suffolk 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/01/2024 off Dunwich Beach Suffolk 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2024 Off Dunwich 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/02/2024 Dunwich 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 30 Smew Mergellus albellus Hazelwood Marshes SWT 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/01/2024 Thorpeness Mere 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 14/03/2024 Ingham 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 04/01/2024 Hawkstead 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 04/01/2024 Hawkstead 36 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2024 Trimley SWT 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/04/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 04/01/2024 Ipswich Docks 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 06/01/2024 Pipps Ford 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2024 Stonham Suffolk 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/01/2024 Dunwich Beach 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 44 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 45 Crane Grus grus 16/01/2024 Near March 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 22/01/2024 Nacton Shores 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 12/01/2024 Stour Stutton 50 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 02/05/2024 Cavenham NNR 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 19/01/2024 Stour Ewarton/Shotley 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 09/01/2024 Trimley SWT 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 19/01/2024 Stour Ewarton/Shotley 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 09/01/2024 Trimley SWT 56 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius ********** ********** 57 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 58 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2024 Trimley SWT 59 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 60 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 19/01/2024 Stour Ewarton/Shotley 61 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 26/01/2024 Hazelwood Marshes SWT 62 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 04/03/2024 Carlton Marshes SWT 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 04/01/2024 Pipps Ford 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13/03/2024 Trimley SWT 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/03/2024 Trimley SWT 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2024 Southwold Town Marsh 69 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 03/01/2024 Southwold Town Marsh 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/01/2024 Dunwich Beach 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/04/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 73 Knot Calidris canutus 22/01/2024 Nacton Shores 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/02/2024 Boyton Marshes RSPB 75 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 13/05/2024 Aldeburgh Town Marshes 76 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 77 Little Stint Calidris minuta 13/05/2024 Aldeburgh Town Marshes 78 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 11/05/2024 Lackhord Lakes SWT 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/05/2024 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 80 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 27/02/2024 Sizewell 81 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 82 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/02/2024 River Stour Shotley 83 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 84 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 85 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 29/01/2024 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 86 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2024 Dunwich Beach 87 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/01/2024 Southwold 88 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 03/01/2024 off Dunwich Beach 89 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 90 Gannet Morus bassanus 18/03/2024 Slaughden Quay 91 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 92 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 08/03/2024 Hollesley Marshes RSPB 93 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 08/05/2024 Boyton Marshes RSPB 94 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 27/02/2024 Minsmere RSPB 95 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 96 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 29/01/2024 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 97 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/01/2024 Dunwich Beach Pools 98 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2024 Whearstead Strand 99 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 13/01/2024 Pipps Ford 100 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 101 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 09/01/2024 Trimley SWT 102 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 19/01/2024 Stour Ewarton/Shotley 103 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/01/2024 Pipps Ford 104 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 28/01/2024 Stowlangtoft 105 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 106 Barn Owl Tyto alba 26/03/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 107 Little Owl Athene noctua 10/02/2024 Culford 108 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 18/04/2024 Trimley SWT 109 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/03/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 110 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis ********** ********** 111 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 112 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/01/2024 Pipps Ford 113 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2024 North Warren Suffolk 114 Hobby Falco subbuteo 02/05/2024 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 115 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/01/2024 Orwell Bridge box 116 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 19/04/2024 Minsmere RSPB 117 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/01/2024 Pipps Ford 118 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 119 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 120 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 121 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 122 Raven Corvus corax 29/01/2024 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 123 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/05/2024 Waitrose Saxmundham 124 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2024 Pipps Ford 125 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 27/01/2024 Pipps Ford 126 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 127 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 128 Woodlark Lullula arborea 10/02/2024 Brandon 129 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 130 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 03/04/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 131 Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2024 Pipps Ford 132 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2024 Pipps Ford 133 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 09/01/2024 Trimley SWT 134 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 135 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 18/04/2024 Trimley SWT 136 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 12/03/2024 Pipps Ford 137 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 05/04/2024 Trimley SWT Suffolk UK 138 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/04/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 139 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 08/05/2024 Oxley Dairy Shingle St 140 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 20/03/2024 141 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 22/04/2024 Nacton to Levington Orwell walk 142 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2024 Trimley SWT 143 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 144 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 08/05/2024 Upper Hollesley 145 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 02/02/2024 Boyton Marshes RSPB 146 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 21/01/2024 Pipps Ford 147 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 148 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 14/03/2024 Breckland 149 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2024 Pipps Ford 150 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 03/01/2024 151 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 152 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2024 Pipps Ford 153 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2024 Pipps Ford 154 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 155 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 156 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 157 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 22/04/2024 Nacton to Levington Orwell walk 158 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus ********** ********** 159 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/05/2024 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 160 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2024 Dunwich Beach 161 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15/04/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 162 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 16/01/2024 Elmsett 163 Dunnock Prunella modularis 06/01/2024 Pipps Ford 164 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 05/04/2024 Trimley SWT Suffolk UK 165 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/01/2024 Pipps Ford 166 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 167 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2024 North Warren 168 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/05/2024 Breckland 169 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 09/01/2024 Trimley SWT 170 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/02/2024 Walberswick 171 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 06/01/2024 Pipps Ford 172 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 07/05/2024 Pipps Ford Suffolk 173 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2024 Chelmondiston 174 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 19/02/2024 Pipps Ford 175 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 14/03/2024 Breckland 176 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Pipps Ford 177 Siskin Spinus spinus Pipps Ford 178 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 15/02/2024 Walberswick 179 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 12/01/2024 Lings Lane Chelmondiston 180 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 14/01/2024 Alton Water Dam area 181 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 12/01/2024 Stour Stutton