James Smith: The Wirral Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 159 of 159 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 12/02/2024 Parkgate 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2024 Tophill Low 28 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 23/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata ********** ********** 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 01/05/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands Male 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands Storm variant 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 17 Pintail Anas acuta 07/01/2024 Tophill Low 18 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 15/01/2024 Lunt Meadows Male 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 07/01/2024 Tophill Low 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 07/01/2024 Tophill Low 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 23 Scaup Aythya marila 07/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 07/01/2024 Tophill Low Ollie & Charlie 25 Smew Mergellus albellus 15/01/2024 Lunt Meadows Male 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 15/01/2024 Lunt Meadows 4m 2f 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 12/02/2024 Parkgate 28 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 13/03/2024 Parkgate 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 30 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Meols 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Meols 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 16/02/2024 Leasowe 35 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands Heard at Reedbwd Screen 36 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 37 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 38 Crane Grus grus 19/04/2024 Heswall Flying E over the town, circling over M&S, then heading towards Barnston 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 40 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 07/01/2024 Tophill Low Ollie & Charlie 41 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 12/05/2024 St. Aidan’s 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 15/01/2024 Crosby Marina 43 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11/02/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 44 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 09/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 45 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 10/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 46 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/05/2024 Kilnsea Wetlands 47 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 30/03/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 49 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 12 birds on Main Scrape 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 51 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 06/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 53 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 12/02/2024 Parkgate 54 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 55 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 17/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands Reception Pool 56 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 09/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 57 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/05/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 58 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 59 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 60 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/02/2024 Parkgate High tide event 61 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 09/01/2024 New Brighton Marine Lake 62 Knot Calidris canutus 31/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 63 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 64 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 65 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 15/01/2024 New Brighton Marine Lake 66 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 13/05/2024 Kilnsea Wetlands 67 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 68 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 15/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 69 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 15/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 70 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 28/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 71 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 12/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 72 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Meols 73 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 06/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 74 Common Gull Larus canus 15/01/2024 Crosby Marina 75 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Hoylake 76 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/01/2024 Tophill Low 77 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Hoylake golf course 78 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 06/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands Landed briefly on Main Scrape 79 Puffin Fratercula arctica 12/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 80 Razorbill Alca torda 12/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 81 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 12/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 82 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 12/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 83 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 30/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 1 seen high over the viewpoint from VC 84 Gannet Morus bassanus 12/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 85 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 86 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 08/01/2024 St. Aidans RSPB 87 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 14/02/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 88 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 89 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 03/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 90 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 91 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 05/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 92 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 06/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 93 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 94 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 04/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands ringtail 95 Red Kite Milvus milvus 08/01/2024 Thorpe on the hill 96 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 97 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/05/2024 St. Aidan’s 98 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 11/04/2024 Meols 99 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 100 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 101 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 27/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands 102 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 103 Merlin Falco columbarius 16/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 104 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2024 Hoylake golf course 105 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 13/05/2024 Spurn Point Female 106 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Meols 107 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Meols 108 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 109 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/04/2024 Burton Marsh 110 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Meols 111 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 112 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 113 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Meols 114 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 115 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/03/2024 Parkgate 116 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 22/03/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 117 Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 118 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 119 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 05/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands 120 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 08/01/2024 St Aidans RSPB 121 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 23/03/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 122 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 05/02/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 123 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 03/05/2024 Park Lane, Meols 124 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 125 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 21/04/2024 Burton Mere wetlands 126 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 09/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 127 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 128 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13/05/2024 Spurn Point 129 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2024 Frankby Airfield 130 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 131 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 132 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 133 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 09/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 134 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Meols 135 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands 136 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 137 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 138 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Hoylake golf course 139 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 140 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 07/01/2024 Tophill Low Ollie & Charlie 141 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Hoylake 142 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 143 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 13/04/2024 Llangollen South Shore 144 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 12/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 145 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 14/01/2024 Greasby 146 Dunnock Prunella modularis 06/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands 147 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/04/2024 Meols Langfields 148 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 149 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 West Kirby 150 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 16/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 151 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 13/05/2024 Spurn Point 152 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 153 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/04/2024 Footpath from thursaston to Frankby stables 154 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 06/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands 155 Linnet Linaria cannabina 12/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 156 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 06/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands 157 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Meols 158 Siskin Spinus spinus 05/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands 159 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands