John Douglas: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 143 of 143 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 12/01/2024 Lunt 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 21/02/2024 Bubwith Ings 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 05/01/2024 Golden Acre Park 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 01/05/2024 Lower Derwent Valley NR Heard 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Swillington 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21/02/2024 Bubwith Ings 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 14 Pintail Anas acuta 12/01/2024 Lunt 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 12/01/2024 Lunt 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 19 Scaup Aythya marila 13/02/2024 Ski Lake Elland 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 21/03/2024 St Aidan’s 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 10/01/2024 Pugneys 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 10/01/2024 Pugneys 23 Smew Mergellus albellus 12/01/2024 Lunt 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2024 Canal at Ravensthorpe 25 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 16/04/2024 Scar House near Pateley Bridge Heard 26 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 02/05/2024 St Aidan's (hillside) 27 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Oulton 28 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 16/02/2024 St Aidan’s 29 Swift Apus apus 22/04/2024 Pugneys 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 01/05/2024 Wheldrake Ings Heard 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Heckmondwike 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Garden 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Garden 35 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 10/01/2024 Pugneys Heard 36 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 37 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 38 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2024 North Cave 39 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 40 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/03/2024 St Aidan’s 41 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 07/02/2024 Old Moor 42 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/02/2024 High Bradfield 43 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 44 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Swillington 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 15/01/2024 Crosby Marina 46 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 15/05/2024 Strid Woods 47 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2024 North Cave 48 Dunlin Calidris alpina 22/04/2024 Anglers Country Park 49 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/04/2024 Pugneys Country Park 50 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 22/04/2024 Pugneys 51 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 52 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Heckmondwike 53 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 20/01/2024 Ravensthorpe Weir 54 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Oulton 55 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 56 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 10/01/2024 Pugneys 57 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 22/04/2024 Anglers Country Park 58 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 59 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 60 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 21/03/2024 Fairburn Ings 61 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 16/02/2024 St Aidan’s Heard 62 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2024 North Cave 63 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 21/03/2024 Fairburn Ings 64 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/01/2024 Fairburn Ings 65 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 66 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 15/01/2024 Lunt 67 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 12/01/2024 Lunt 68 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Oulton 69 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Oulton 70 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/02/2024 Gomersal 71 Little Owl Athene noctua 27/02/2024 One flew over garden calling Heard 72 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/02/2024 Garden Heard 73 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 09/01/2024 Cromwell Bottom 74 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 03/01/2024 North Cave 75 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 26/01/2024 Fairburn Ings Heard 76 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Oulton 77 Hobby Falco subbuteo 01/05/2024 Wheldrake Ings 78 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/02/2024 Old Moor 79 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 08/01/2024 Roundhay Park 80 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/01/2024 Paul’s Pond Leeds 81 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Heckmondwike 82 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Garden 83 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2024 North Cave 84 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Heckmondwike 85 Raven Corvus corax 22/02/2024 Over Blackstone Reservoir 86 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 05/01/2024 Cross Gates Leeds 87 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2024 Golden Acre Park 88 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 26/01/2024 Fairburn Ings 89 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Swillington 90 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Garden 91 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 08/04/2024 St Aidan's 92 Woodlark Lullula arborea 21/02/2024 Skipwith Common 2 from Bombay Loop viewing platform 93 Skylark Alauda arvensis 26/01/2024 Fairburn Ings 94 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 13/02/2024 High Bradfield 95 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2024 St Aidan’s 96 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/04/2024 Scar House near Pateley Bridge 97 House Martin Delichon urbicum 16/04/2024 Scar House near Pateley Bridge 98 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB Heard 99 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2024 North Cave 100 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 06/05/2024 Wyming Brook 5 males singing 101 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2024 St Aidan's 102 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/02/2024 Lemonroyd Sewage Works 103 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/05/2024 Wheldrake Ings 104 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 08/04/2024 St Aidan's Heard 105 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 26/04/2024 Dewsbury Country Park Heard 106 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/04/2024 St Aidan's 107 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2024 Pontefract Heard only . Also saw one at Wheldrake Ings on 1st May. 108 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/04/2024 Dewsbury Country Park 109 Whitethroat Curruca communis 01/05/2024 Wheldrake Ings 110 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 09/01/2024 Cromwell Bottom 111 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2024 North Cave 112 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2024 Paul’s Pond Leeds 113 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2024 Golden Acre Park 114 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Garden 115 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/01/2024 Fields off Spen Valley Greenway 116 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2024 Golden Acre Park 117 Redwing Turdus iliacus 06/01/2024 Fields off Spen Valley Greenway 118 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Garden 119 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/01/2024 Fields off Spen Valley Greenway 120 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/04/2024 Scar House near Pateley Bridge 121 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Garden 122 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/04/2024 Scar House near Pateley Bridge 123 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 124 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/04/2024 Scar House near Pateley Bridge 125 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 31/03/2024 Luddenden 126 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/01/2024 North Cave 127 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Garden 128 Dunnock Prunella modularis 03/01/2024 North Cave 129 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 07/01/2024 Canal at Ravensthorpe 130 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2024 North Cave 131 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 16/02/2024 Lemonroyd Sewage Works 132 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 04/05/2024 Wharncliffe 133 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 16/02/2024 Lemonroyd Sewage Works 134 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2024 North Cave 135 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 03/01/2024 North Cave 136 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 137 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB 138 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2024 North Cave 139 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 09/01/2024 Cromwell Bottom 140 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2024 North Cave 141 Siskin Spinus spinus 03/01/2024 North Cave 142 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/01/2024 North Cave 143 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 St Aidan's RSPB