Ian Howarth: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 170 of 170 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 04/02/2024 Cley 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/02/2024 Cley 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 23/02/2024 Holkham 100 (albifrons) birds 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/02/2024 Welney WWT (near) 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 09/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12/02/2024 Cassiobury Park 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 09/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 17 Pintail Anas acuta 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 18 Teal Anas crecca 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 13/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 22 Scaup Aythya marila 18/01/2024 Hilfield Park Reservoir (F) Also (M) Welney, 2/2 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/02/2024 Holkham 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/02/2024 Holkham Also Stockers Lake 28/4 25 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 03/02/2024 Holkham Brief but positive distant view 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 09/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/02/2024 Hickling Broad 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake Nice male 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/02/2024 Maple Lodge Probably seen, but ignored, previously... 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/02/2024 Cockthorpe 33 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2024 Rickmansworth 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 17/04/2024 Great Ovens Heard 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Garden Feral Pigeon 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/02/2024 Stiffkey 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Garden 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 21/05/2024 Snettisham 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Garden 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 11/01/2024 Maple Lodge 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 42 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 43 Crane Grus grus 05/02/2024 St Benet's 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds Four birds 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 28/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/02/2024 Titchwell 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 04/02/2024 Titchwell 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 28/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/04/2024 Stockers Farm (flooded field) 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 04/02/2024 Titchwell (Beach) 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/01/2024 Maple Lodge 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 26/04/2024 Stocker's Farm (flooded field) 59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 02/02/2024 Lemsford Springs 60 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 20/05/2024 Frampton Marsh 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 62 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/02/2024 Titchwell 63 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 20/05/2024 Frampton Marsh 64 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 28/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 65 Knot Calidris canutus 04/02/2024 Titchwell (Beach) 66 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/02/2024 Holkham 67 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/02/2024 Titchwell (Beach) 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 69 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 10/01/2024 Southsea Castle Single bird, roosting 70 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 28/04/2024 Stocker's Lake 71 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 10/01/2024 Southsea Castle Two birds! Also Poole Harbour 17/4 72 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/04/2024 Poole Harbour 73 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Garden 74 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17/04/2024 Poole Harbour 75 Common Gull Larus canus 09/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 76 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 77 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 78 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 03/02/2024 Holkham 79 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 26/01/2024 Staines Reservoirs 80 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 10/01/2024 Hayling, Sandy Point 81 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16/04/2024 Durlston 82 Gannet Morus bassanus 03/02/2024 Holkham 83 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 84 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 16/04/2024 Durlston 85 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 03/02/2024 Stiffkey 86 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 03/02/2024 Holkham 87 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 07/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 88 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 89 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 90 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 09/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 91 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 17/04/2024 Poole Harbour 92 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 13/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 93 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 24/02/2024 Cockley Cley, Norfolk Distant views at CC-E, followed by close view at CC-W. Also Morden Bog, Dorset 94 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/02/2024 Welney WWT (near) 95 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 04/02/2024 Titchwell 96 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 23/02/2024 Stiffkey Marshes 97 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Garden 98 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2024 Hazlemere 99 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/02/2024 Cockthorpe 100 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/02/2024 Cassiobury Park 101 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/02/2024 Stiffkey Marshes 102 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 103 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 16/01/2024 Maple Lodge 104 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 13/01/2024 Garden 105 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 11/01/2024 Woodoaks Farm 106 Hobby Falco subbuteo 21/05/2024 Nr Titchwell 107 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 14/01/2024 St Albans Cathedral 108 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2024 Garden 109 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Garden 110 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Garden 111 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Garden 112 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/02/2024 Norfolk 113 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Garden 114 Raven Corvus corax 03/02/2024 Holkham 115 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 04/01/2024 Chorleywood Bottom 116 Coal Tit Periparus ater 30/01/2024 Garden 117 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 26/02/2024 Sculthorpe 118 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Garden 119 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Garden 120 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 21/05/2024 Titchwell 121 Woodlark Lullula arborea 26/02/2024 Cockley Cley, Norfolk 122 Skylark Alauda arvensis 25/01/2024 Woodoaks Farm 123 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 23/02/2024 Holkham 124 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/04/2024 Durlston 125 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/04/2024 Maple Lodge 126 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 18/01/2024 Hilfield Park Reservoir Heard only 127 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 128 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/02/2024 Lynford arboretum Heard 129 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 21/04/2024 Stockers Lake Heard 130 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2024 Stocker's Lake Heard 131 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2024 Garden 132 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2024 Croxley Common Moor (Gade) 133 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/05/2024 Nr Titchwell 134 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2024 Durlston 135 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 17/04/2024 Great Ovens 136 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 24/02/2024 Lynford arboretum 137 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Garden 138 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 11/01/2024 Woodoaks Farm Heard only; seen Lynford 24/2 139 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 03/01/2024 Hazlemere 140 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2024 Hazlemere 141 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/02/2024 Holkham 142 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Garden 143 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Garden 144 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 17/01/2024 Garden 145 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Garden 146 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 14/01/2024 St Albans Cathedral 147 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 11/05/2024 Woodoaks Farm 148 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 25/01/2024 Woodoaks Farm 149 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 150 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 151 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Garden 152 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2024 Stockers Farm (flooded field) 153 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 24/02/2024 Santon Downham, Norfolk 154 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake Flooded field 155 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/02/2024 Holkham 156 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 28/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 157 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 25/01/2024 Woodoaks Farm 158 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/02/2024 Titchwell 159 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 24/02/2024 Lynford arboretum 160 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/02/2024 Sculthorpe 161 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 29/01/2024 Garden 162 Twite Linaria flavirostris 25/02/2024 Cley (Iron Road) 163 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/02/2024 Titchwell 164 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 30/01/2024 Garden 165 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 24/01/2024 Garden 166 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Garden 167 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake Flock of 50-60 birds on Alders 168 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 21/05/2024 Nr Titchwell 169 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21/05/2024 Nr Titchwell 170 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/02/2024 Welney WWT