Paul Bennett: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 142 of 142 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/01/2024 Carsington Water 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/01/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley c. 250 over. 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10/03/2024 Carsington Water 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11/04/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11/04/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 03/03/2024 Clumber Park 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2024 Carsington Water 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14/01/2024 Lower Hartshay 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 14 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 15 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 05/01/2024 Carsington Water 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 18 Scaup Aythya marila 11/04/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir 22 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 02/02/2024 Swallow Moss 23 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 24 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 21/02/2024 Consall 25 Swift Apus apus 30/04/2024 RSPB Consall Woods 26 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 04/05/2024 Willington Wetlands 27 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 10/01/2024 Feral 28 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14/01/2024 29 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 30 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2024 31 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 28/01/2024 Wyver Lane, Belper 32 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 07/01/2024 Cromford Canal 33 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 34 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 35 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 36 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 08/04/2024 Carsington Water 37 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 19/02/2024 Ogston Reservoir 38 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 19/02/2024 Carsington Water 39 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11/04/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 40 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/05/2024 Carsington Water 41 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 11/04/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 42 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 19/01/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley Over 43 Curlew Numenius arquata 19/02/2024 Carsington Water 44 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 21/04/2024 Carsington Water 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 26/03/2024 Carsington Water 46 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 14/01/2024 Heage 47 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 14/01/2024 Lower Hartshay 48 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 08/04/2024 Carsington Water 49 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 50 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 10/05/2024 Carsington Water 51 Dunlin Calidris alpina 17/04/2024 Carsington Water 52 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 08/04/2024 Carsington Water 53 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 08/04/2024 Carsington Water 54 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 55 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 08/04/2024 Carsington Water 56 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 57 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir 58 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 59 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir 60 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/05/2024 Carsington Water 61 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 20/01/2024 Carsington Water 62 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 63 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 14/01/2024 Lower Hartshay 64 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 19/02/2024 Carsington Water 65 Great White Egret Ardea alba 28/01/2024 Wyver Lane, Belper 66 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir 67 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2024 68 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 69 Red Kite Milvus milvus 20/01/2024 Carsington Water 70 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 71 Barn Owl Tyto alba 05/01/2024 Bradnop, Staffordshire 72 Little Owl Athene noctua ********** ********** 73 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus ********** ********** 74 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 13/03/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 75 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 76 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 05/01/2024 Swinscoe, Staffordshire 77 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 78 Merlin Falco columbarius ********** ********** 79 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/05/2024 Willington Wetlands 80 Peregrine Falco peregrinus ********** ********** 81 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 13/01/2024 Ramsley Reservoir 82 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 83 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 84 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 85 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2024 86 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 87 Raven Corvus corax 04/01/2024 Belmont Pastures 88 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 13/01/2024 Hassop Station 89 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 90 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 20/01/2024 Carsington Water 91 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 04/01/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 92 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 93 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 94 Skylark Alauda arvensis 23/02/2024 Bottomhouse 95 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 11/04/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 96 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2024 Carsington water 97 House Martin Delichon urbicum 17/04/2024 Carsington Water 98 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/05/2024 Willington Wetlands 99 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 100 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2024 Carsington Water 101 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/03/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 3 102 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2024 Carsington Water 103 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 14/04/2024 Carsington Water 104 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 26/03/2024 Wirksworth 105 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 24/04/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 106 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 04/05/2024 Willington Wetlands 107 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2024 Wetley Moor Common 108 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2024 109 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 110 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 111 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 112 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2024 113 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 14/01/2024 Heage 114 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2024 115 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/01/2024 116 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 117 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2024 118 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus ********** ********** 119 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 120 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 06/04/2024 RSPB Consall Woods 121 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/04/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 122 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 13/01/2024 Ramsley Reservoir 123 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/04/2024 Hartington 124 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 29/01/2024 Consall Forge 125 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 126 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 127 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 128 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 14/01/2024 Lower Hartshay 129 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 22/01/2024 Bradnop, Staffordshire 130 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 13/04/2024 Three Shires Head 131 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 05/05/2024 Cromford Moor 132 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 133 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/03/2024 Wirksworth 134 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 135 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2024 136 Linnet Linaria cannabina 12/04/2024 RSPB Consall Woods 137 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 14/03/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 138 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 04/01/2024 RSPB Coombes Valley 139 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 25/02/2024 New Piece Wood, Chatsworth Heard only. 140 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Wirksworth 141 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Carsington Water 142 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 28/01/2024 Wyver Lane, Belper