Gavin Smith: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 157 of 157 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland / freshwater scrapes & saltmarsh 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB Flying between Saltmarsh and Freshwater Scrapes 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Millfields Car Park 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire In the fields behind Wildlife Centre 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 06/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From Main Hide 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 15/01/2024 MISSON SPRINGS – Finningley GP (Notts) 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/03/2024 Ingleby Next to River Trent 8 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 16/04/2024 DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 07/01/2024 Holmgate Next to Press Brook 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15/01/2024 TORNE VALLEY - Branton, Doncaster In fields from Gate Wood Lane 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15/01/2024 TORNE VALLEY - Branton, Doncaster In fields from Gate Wood Lane 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 02/03/2024 Ingleby Next to River Trent 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15/01/2024 MISSON SPRINGS – Finningley GP (Notts) 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20/01/2024 The Great Pond of Stubbing Tucked into the West side bank 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/04/2024 Wath upon Dearne Manvers Lake 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15/01/2024 MISSON SPRINGS – Finningley GP (Notts) 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Wildlife Centre 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15/01/2024 MISSON SPRINGS – Finningley GP (Notts) 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2024 Island Pond, Allendale Road, Wingerworth. 20 Pintail Anas acuta 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland in front of the car park 21 Teal Anas crecca 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Wildlife Centre 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Millfields Car Park 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Millfields Car Park 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Millfields Car Park 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26/04/2024 Ogston Reservoir Seen from Ogston New Road on West Bank 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 19/01/2024 Pugneys Country Park, Wakefield On the South side of the lake 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 20/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Millfields Car Park 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 06/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From Main Hide 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 06/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir Milltown Inlet 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 15/01/2024 TORNE VALLEY - Branton, Doncaster In fields from Gate Wood Lane 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 06/01/2024 Road B5056 near Birchover, Derbyshire 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 26/02/2024 DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands 33 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB Above wet grassland in front of the car park 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB From Bartlett Nab viewpoint 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From Main Hide 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2024 Island Pond, Allendale Road, Wingerworth. 40 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2024 Island Pond, Allendale Road, Wingerworth. 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Wildlife Centre 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Millfields Car Park 43 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 19/02/2024 Ogston Reservoir Off West Bank 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 22/02/2024 Ogston Reservoir From Main Hide 45 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland section in front of the car park 46 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 26/02/2024 DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/04/2024 Beeley Moor In farmers field from Syda Lane 48 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland section in front of the car park 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 06/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From Main Hide 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 15/01/2024 MISSON SPRINGS – Finningley GP (Notts) 51 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland section in front of the car park 52 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 15/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir Seen from Ogston New Road on West Bank 53 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 16/04/2024 Old Moor RSPB From Field Pool East Hide 54 Redshank Tringa totanus 26/02/2024 DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands 55 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland section in front of the car park 56 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland section in front of the car park 57 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland section in front of the car park 58 Ruff Calidris pugnax 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland section in front of the car park 59 Dunlin Calidris alpina 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland section in front of the car park 60 Little Stint Calidris minuta 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland section in front of the car park 61 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB Over Reedbed near “Reedbed Hide”. First seen from Visitor Centre 62 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/04/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Wildlife Centre 63 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 11/04/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Wildlife Centre 64 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29/04/2024 Ogston Reservoir From the main car park 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2024 Island Pond, Allendale Road, Wingerworth. 66 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/04/2024 Old Moor RSPB From Wader Scrape Hide 67 Common Gull Larus canus 14/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From the car park on Buoy B 68 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 14/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From the car park on Buoy 12 & Buoy B (2nd winter) 69 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 06/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From West Bank Car Park 70 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 06/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From West Bank Car Park 71 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Watersports Centre 72 Puffin Fratercula arctica 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB From Bartlett Nab viewpoint 73 Razorbill Alca torda 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB From Bartlett Nab viewpoint 74 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB From Bartlett Nab viewpoint 75 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/05/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Stones Island 76 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Millfields Car Park 77 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB From Bartlett Nab viewpoint 78 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB From Bartlett Nab viewpoint 79 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Watersports Centre 80 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB From New Roll-up viewpoint 81 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 16/01/2024 Carburton Forge Dam 82 Great White Egret Ardea alba 15/01/2024 IDLE VALLEY – Gringley on the Hill (Notts) From Carr Road 83 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 06/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From Main Hide 84 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 09/01/2024 Birchover, Derbyshire 85 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 19/01/2024 Old Moor RSPB From the Reedbed Hide 86 Red Kite Milvus milvus 07/03/2024 From Cuckney Road Nether Langwith, Mansfield. Hovering over neighbouring fields 87 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive 88 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 89 Little Owl Athene noctua 16/03/2024 Holy Trinity Church, Brackenfield, Derbyshire In tree in the adjacent fields 90 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 91 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/02/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive Flew over houses 92 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From Main Hide 93 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 16/01/2024 Rufford Abbey Country Park From main car park 94 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/03/2024 Budby South Forest Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire - The RSPB 95 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 06/01/2024 Ramsley Reservoir at Ramsley Moor, Derbyshire 96 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 19/01/2024 Old Moor RSPB From the Reedbed Hide 97 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 13/01/2024 Ramsley Reservoir at Ramsley Moor, Derbyshire On South side of Fox Lane 98 Jay Garrulus glandarius 13/01/2024 Brackenfield From Coldharbour Lane 99 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 100 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2024 Deerlands Road, Wingerworth. 101 Rook Corvus frugilegus 05/01/2024 Greenaway Lane, Hackney, Matlock 102 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive 103 Raven Corvus corax 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire 104 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 02/01/2024 Chesterfield - Hasland Road / Whitebank Close junction 105 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 106 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 16/01/2024 Rufford Abbey Country Park Lakeside 107 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 06/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From Main Hide 108 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 109 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 110 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 19/01/2024 Old Moor RSPB Showing very well outside the Reedbed Hide 111 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/03/2024 Ingleby Adjacent fields next to Ingleby Road 112 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 31/03/2024 Ogston Reservoir From main car park 113 Swallow Hirundo rustica 23/03/2024 Wyver Lane Nature Reserve 114 House Martin Delichon urbicum 16/04/2024 Wath upon Dearne Manvers Lake 115 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 26/02/2024 DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands 116 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 06/01/2024 Holy Trinity Church, Brackenfield, Derbyshire 117 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 16/04/2024 Wath upon Dearne Manvers Lake 118 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 12/03/2024 Ogston Reservoir 119 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In trees / shrubs bordering wet grassland section in front of the car park 120 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 121 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB The Dell 122 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB The Dell 123 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 07/01/2024 Holy Trinity Church, Brackenfield, Derbyshire 124 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 06/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir Path leading to Main Hide 125 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 06/01/2024 Holy Trinity Church, Brackenfield, Derbyshire 126 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2024 Flash Lane, Darley Moor, Matlock. 127 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 128 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/01/2024 Neighbouring field at Holy Trinity Church, Brackenfield, Derbyshire 129 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/01/2024 Ramsley Reservoir at Ramsley Moor, Derbyshire 130 Redwing Turdus iliacus 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire Near Wildlife Centre 131 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 132 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 13/01/2024 Tansley In field at the side of Holestone Gate Road 133 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 134 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 16/01/2024 Budby South Forest Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire - The RSPB 135 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 13/04/2024 Ashover In farmers field from Alicehead Road 136 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 06/01/2024 River Derwent, Cromford Bridge, Mill Road, Cromford 137 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB On Seabird Centre 138 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 139 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 140 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB In wet grassland section in front of the car park 141 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 16/04/2024 Wath upon Dearne Manvers Lake 142 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 06/01/2024 Carsington Water, Derbyshire From Watersports Centre 143 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 06/01/2024 Ramsley Reservoir at Ramsley Moor, Derbyshire 144 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 26/02/2024 Wombwell Ings RSPB 145 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 146 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 13/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From Main Hide 147 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 16/01/2024 Rufford Abbey Country Park From main car park 148 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 19/01/2024 Old Moor RSPB In tree along path between Family hide and Wader scrape hide 149 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 06/01/2024 Ramsley Reservoir at Ramsley Moor, Derbyshire 150 Linnet Linaria cannabina 15/01/2024 TORNE VALLEY - Branton, Doncaster In fields from Gate Wood Lane 151 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 29/02/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 152 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 13/01/2024 Flash Lane, Darley Moor, Matlock. 153 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Wingerworth, Parkland Drive (own garden) 154 Siskin Spinus spinus 06/01/2024 Ramsley Reservoir at Ramsley Moor, Derbyshire 155 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 07/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs RSPB In the fields adjacent to Cliff Lane 156 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 15/01/2024 IDLE VALLEY – Gringley on the Hill (Notts) From Carr Road 157 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir From Main Hide