James Bloor: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 168 of 168 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 10/04/2024 RSPB Frampton 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/04/2024 RSPB Frampton with Dark-bellied Brent Geese 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 20/01/2024 Hicks Lodge, NW Leicestershire 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/02/2024 WWT Caerlaverock hundreds + , supersedes the 'feral' flock at Carsington Water 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 09/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10/02/2024 Fodderty, Dingwall 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/02/2024 Dulnain, Nethy Bridge Greenland sp. with c400 Pinkfeet 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13/02/2024 RSPB Insh Marshes 7 on marshes plus c130 at WWT Caerlaverock later the same day 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 06/04/2024 RSPB Middleton Lakes pair with Greylags 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10/02/2024 Jemimaville, Black Isle 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/05/2024 Deeping Lakes 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 09/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 17 Pintail Anas acuta 20/01/2024 Hicks Lodge, NW Leicestershire 18 Teal Anas crecca 09/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 01/02/2024 Melbourne, Derbyshire feral residents 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 22 Scaup Aythya marila 10/02/2024 Cromarty Firth male on 13 Feb at WWT Caerlaverock 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 12/02/2024 Burghead, Morayshire 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 09/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 12/02/2024 Lossiemouth 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 10/02/2024 North Kessock, Inverness 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 12/02/2024 RSPB Loch Spynie male 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 20/01/2024 Hicks Lodge, NW Leicestershire 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 10/02/2024 Tomintoul 32 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 10/02/2024 Tomintoul 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 12/02/2024 Findhorn Bay 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 15/01/2024 Peak District 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 11/02/2024 Strathdearn, Cairngorm 36 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2024 South Derbyshire 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 04/05/2024 Rutland Water heard only 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 12/02/2024 Burghead, Morayshire feral with good Rock Dove features 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 garden 2 with 2 Collared Doves 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 garden 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 garden 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 08/01/2024 Calke Park NT, Derbyshire 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 44 Coot Fulica atra 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 45 Crane Grus grus 08/04/2024 WWT Slimbridge 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 20/01/2024 Hicks Lodge, NW Leicestershire 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis ********** ********** 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/02/2024 Melbourne, Derbyshire 50 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 10/04/2024 RSPB Frampton female / juvenile 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/04/2024 WWT Slimbridge 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/02/2024 RSPB Udale Bay 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/04/2024 Branston GP, Staffordshire 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 04/05/2024 Rutland Water 4 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 10/02/2024 North Kessock, Inverness 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/02/2024 RSPB Udale Bay 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/04/2024 WWT Slimbridge 150+ developing summer plumage 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 22/03/2024 Hicks Lodge, NW Leicestershire 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/04/2024 Branston GP, Staffordshire 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 10/02/2024 North Kessock, Inverness 62 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 10/04/2024 RSPB Frampton long-staying subadult 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/05/2024 Rutland Water 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 05/05/2024 RSPB Frampton 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 12/02/2024 Lossiemouth 66 Knot Calidris canutus 10/02/2024 RSPB Udale Bay 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 08/04/2024 WWT Slimbridge 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 10/02/2024 RSPB Udale Bay 69 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 12/02/2024 Lossiemouth 70 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/05/2024 RSPB Frampton breeding plumage 71 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 11/04/2024 RSPB Frampton 72 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 04/05/2024 Deeping Lakes 73 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/04/2024 RSPB Frampton 2 adults, 1 juvenile 74 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 11/04/2024 RSPB Frampton 75 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 07/01/2024 Stoney Cove, Leicestershire 76 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/05/2024 RSPB Frampton 15+ in BH Gull colony 77 Common Gull Larus canus 07/01/2024 Stoney Cove, Leicestershire 78 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 07/01/2024 Stoney Cove, Leicestershire 79 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 13/02/2024 Strathclyde Country Park but couldn't find the returning Ring-billed Gull 80 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 81 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 12/02/2024 Burghead, Morayshire 82 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 27/01/2024 Carsington Water 83 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 84 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 09/01/2024 Stoney Cove, Leicestershire 85 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 27/01/2024 Ogston Reservoir 86 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/02/2024 Staunton Harold, NW Leicestershire 87 Great White Egret Ardea alba 11/05/2024 Willington Wetlands 88 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 07/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicester 89 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 11/02/2024 Strathdearn, Cairngorm 90 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 06/01/2024 Heybridge, Essex seen twice while dipping on the Waterthrush 91 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 10/04/2024 RSPB Frampton 92 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/01/2024 M1 Luton and another over M25 later 93 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 11/02/2024 Strathdearn, Cairngorm adult, excellent flight views 94 Buzzard Buteo buteo 06/01/2024 over M25 95 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/01/2024 Calke Park NT, Derbyshire 96 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 26/04/2024 NW Leicestershire 97 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 20/01/2024 Hicks Lodge, NW Leicestershire 98 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/02/2024 Tomintoul 99 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11/05/2024 Willington Wetlands 100 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/01/2024 Stoney Cove, Leicestershire 101 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 15/01/2024 Ramsley Reservoir, Peak District also 12 February at Balneden, Tomintoul 102 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/01/2024 NW Leicestershire 103 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 NW Leicestershire 104 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 garden 105 Rook Corvus frugilegus 20/01/2024 Hicks Lodge, NW Leicestershire 106 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 NW Leicestershire 107 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 10/02/2024 Lochindorb 108 Raven Corvus corax 09/02/2024 Tolquhonie Wood, Carrbridge 109 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Markfield, NW Leicestershire 16+ 110 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2024 garden 111 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 11/02/2024 RSPB Loch Garten 112 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/01/2024 Calke Park NT, Derbyshire 113 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 garden 114 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 garden 115 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 05/05/2024 RSPB Frampton heard only 116 Woodlark Lullula arborea 06/04/2024 Cannock Chase, Staffordshire 117 Skylark Alauda arvensis 12/02/2024 RSPB Loch Spynie loose flock of 8 over 118 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 06/04/2024 RSPB Middleton Lakes three 119 Swallow Hirundo rustica 26/04/2024 NW Leicestershire 120 House Martin Delichon urbicum 27/04/2024 Branston GP, Staffordshire 121 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 05/05/2024 RSPB Frampton seen briefly after singing 122 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 garden at least 10 on feeders and passing through 123 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 05/01/2024 Oakthorpe, NW Leicestershire 124 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 06/04/2024 Cannock Chase, Staffordshire 125 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 22/03/2024 NW Leicestershire 126 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2024 Branston GP, Staffordshire seen in brief song-flight 127 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 27/04/2024 Branston GP, Staffordshire heard only 128 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 10/04/2024 RSPB Frampton heard only 129 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/02/2024 garden female feeding on mahonia nectar 130 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 27/04/2024 Branston GP, Staffordshire 131 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2024 Branston GP, Staffordshire 132 Whitethroat Curruca communis 27/04/2024 Branston GP, Staffordshire several heard, one seen in song-flight 133 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2024 Oakthorpe, NW Leicestershire 134 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 garden 135 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/01/2024 Calke Park NT, Derbyshire 136 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 garden 137 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 18/01/2024 NW Leicestershire 138 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 10/02/2024 Tomintoul 139 Redwing Turdus iliacus 18/01/2024 NW Leicestershire 140 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 garden 141 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 18/01/2024 NW Leicestershire 142 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 garden 143 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 04/05/2024 Castor Hanglands heard only but at least 9 different birds 144 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 10/02/2024 North Kessock, Inverness 145 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/04/2024 RSPB Freiston Shore 146 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 13/02/2024 Nethy Bridge 147 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 12/02/2024 RSPB Loch Spynie 148 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 garden 149 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 garden 150 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10/04/2024 RSPB Frampton 4 seen of reported 7 151 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 18/01/2024 NW Leicestershire White Wagtail x 2, RSPB Frampton 10.04.24 152 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 11/04/2024 RSPB Freiston Shore 153 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 06/04/2024 Cannock Chase, Staffordshire 154 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 12/02/2024 Lossiemouth 155 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 05/01/2024 NW Leicestershire 156 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 19/01/2024 NW Leicestershire with mixed Finch and Bunting flock on field of sunflower seed heads 157 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 15/01/2024 Ramsley Reservoir, Peak District 2 pairs while scanning for the G G Shrike 158 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 08/01/2024 Calke Park NT, Derbyshire 159 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/04/2024 NW Leicestershire c20 stubble field flock 160 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 10/02/2024 Mountview Hotel, Nethy Bridge 161 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/02/2024 RSPB Loch Garten 162 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2024 garden 163 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/01/2024 Calke Park NT, Derbyshire 164 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 11/02/2024 Cairngorm Ski Centre car park 165 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 19/01/2024 NW Leicestershire with mixed Finch and Bunting flock on field of sunflower seed heads 166 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/01/2024 Calke Park NT, Derbyshire 167 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 09/01/2024 Heybridge, Essex GB Tick 2nd attempt 168 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 18/05/2024 Whitburn, County Durham GB Tick, absolute stunner, unringed