Nigel Sluman: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 205 of 205 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 04/01/2024 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 04/01/2024 Pilning Wetland, Gloucestershire 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2024 Bohortha, Cornwall 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 18/01/2024 Westhay Moor NNR, Somerset 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 25/01/2024 Coopers\Stanshaw Lake, Gloucestershire 11 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 01/02/2024 RSPB Greylake, Somerset drake 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 28/03/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2024 Bohortha, Cornwall 17 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall Drake. Another drake at Holkham on 27/01; a self-found drake at CWP on 22/03 and another drake at RSPB Middleton Lakes 03/04 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 15/01/2024 CWP114, Gloucestershire 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2024 Barrow Tanks, Somerset 22 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 07/05/2024 Whelford Pools, Gloucestershire drake showing well 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset drake 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2024 Barrow Tanks, Somerset 25 Scaup Aythya marila 04/01/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 04/01/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset drake from Sutton Wick hide 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 28 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 01/01/2024 Loe Beach, Cornwall single juvenile 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 14 on sea with c5000 Common Scoter 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 04/01/2024 Barrow Tanks, Somerset drake 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 30/01/2024 RSPB Sandwell Valley, West Midlands female on main lake 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 25/01/2024 Coopers\Stanshaw Lake, Gloucestershire 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2024 Loe Beach, Cornwall 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 11/01/2024 Marshfield, Gloucestershire 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 39 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2024 Pilning Wetland, Gloucestershire 40 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 16/04/2024 Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/04/2024 CWP74, Wiltshire 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Truro, Cornwall feral pigeon 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/01/2024 Savernake Forest, Wiltshire 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2024 Swindon, Wiltshire 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/01/2024 Pilning Wetland, Gloucestershire 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 48 Coot Fulica atra 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 49 Crane Grus grus 01/02/2024 RSPB Greylake, Somerset 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/01/2024 Pilning Wetland, Gloucestershire 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 11/01/2024 Portbury Wharf NR, Somerset 54 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 16/04/2024 Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2024 Marazion, Cornwall 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 04/01/2024 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 10/01/2024 Awre, Gloucestershire 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 04/01/2024 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18/04/2024 Pilning Wetland, Gloucestershire 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 62 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 04/01/2024 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset female German ringed bird 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/04/2024 Portland, Dorset 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 04/01/2024 Aust, Gloucestershire 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 11/01/2024 Somerford Common, Wiltshire 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2024 Aust, Gloucestershire 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 16/04/2024 Portland, Dorset 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 09/04/2024 Staines Moor, Surrey 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 16/04/2024 RSPB Lodmoor, Dorset 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/03/2024 Goldcliff Lagoons, Gwent 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 02/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 77 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 02/05/2024 Goldcliff Lagoons, Gwent 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/02/2024 Battery Point, Somerset 83 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 28/04/2024 CWP74, Wiltshire 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 16/04/2024 CWP74, Wiltshire 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 09/04/2024 Staines Reservoirs, Surrey 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/04/2024 Portland, Dorset 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 07/03/2024 Cheddar Reservoir, Somerset 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/01/2024 St Anthony Head, Cornwall 89 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 02/01/2024 Marazion, Cornwall one of 2 birds seen at mouth of Red River, second UK bird 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/02/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 92 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 93 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 2w bird 94 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 95 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 07/02/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 96 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 98 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 30/01/2024 Chasewater, Staffordshire adult in roost 99 Razorbill Alca torda 02/01/2024 St Anthony Head, Cornwall 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 02/01/2024 St Anthony Head, Cornwall 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 16/02/2024 Draycote Water, Warwickshire 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 02/01/2024 St Anthony Head, Cornwall 104 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16/04/2024 Portland, Dorset 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 16/04/2024 Portland, Dorset 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/01/2024 Loe Beach, Cornwall 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2024 Loe Beach, Cornwall 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 15/02/2024 LWT Deeping Lakes, Lincolnshire one on West Pit 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall Danish ringed bird 111 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 22/03/2024 CWP74, Wiltshire 112 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/01/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 113 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 18/01/2024 Westhay Moor NNR, Somerset 114 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/01/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 115 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 116 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 29/04/2024 CWP74, Wiltshire one seen briefly in flight from Twitcher's Gate 117 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2024 Blackwater, Cornwall 118 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 22/03/2024 New Fancy View, Gloucestershire 119 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 18/01/2024 Westhay Moor NNR, Somerset 120 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 27/01/2024 Warham Greens, Norfolk 121 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 27/01/2024 Warham Greens, Norfolk 2nd winter female 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/01/2024 Swindon, Wiltshire 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 124 Little Owl Athene noctua 25/01/2024 Wickwar, Gloucestershire 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 15/02/2024 LWT Deeping Lakes, Lincolnshire 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 23/04/2024 Staines Moor, Surrey 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 11/01/2024 Somerford Common, Wiltshire 128 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 25/01/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 129 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/01/2024 Savernake Forest, Wiltshire 130 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2024 St Anthony Head, Cornwall 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 27/01/2024 Warham Greens, Norfolk 133 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/04/2024 CWP74, Wiltshire 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 27/01/2024 Warham Greens, Norfolk 135 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 30/01/2024 RSPB Sandwell Valley, West Midlands 136 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 137 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 138 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 139 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Truro, Cornwall 140 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 141 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 142 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 18/01/2024 Rodborough Common, Gloucestershire c20 feeding near the fort 143 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 144 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/01/2024 Savernake Forest, Wiltshire 145 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Truro, Cornwall 146 Great Tit Parus major 03/01/2024 Swindon, Wiltshire 147 Woodlark Lullula arborea 22/04/2024 Wishmoor Bottom, Berkshire 148 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/01/2024 Aust, Gloucestershire 149 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 07/03/2024 Cheddar Reservoir, Somerset 150 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2024 Staines Moor, Surrey 151 House Martin Delichon urbicum 28/03/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 152 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/01/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 153 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 154 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 30/04/2024 GWT Woorgreens Lake, Gloucestershire 155 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 28/03/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 156 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/01/2024 Swindon, Wiltshire 157 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 09/04/2024 Staines Moor, Surrey 158 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/04/2024 RSPB Lodmoor, Dorset 159 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 11/04/2024 Blakehill LNR, Wiltshire 160 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 04/03/2024 Swindon, Wiltshire 161 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2024 CWP74, Wiltshire 162 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/04/2024 RSPB Lodmoor, Dorset 163 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 16/04/2024 Portland, Dorset singing male in Top Fields 164 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2024 Wishmoor Bottom, Berkshire 165 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 10/04/2024 Wishmoor Bottom, Berkshire 166 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 25/01/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 167 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 168 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 169 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/01/2024 Savernake Forest, Wiltshire 170 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 171 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 172 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 173 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 10/01/2024 Great Malvern, Worcestershire 174 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 175 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 176 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 11/01/2024 Portbury Wharf NR, Somerset 177 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 178 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 22/04/2024 Chessington, London 179 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 30/04/2024 RSPB Nagshead, Gloucestershire 180 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 07/02/2024 Sharpness Docks, Gloucestershire 181 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 16/04/2024 Portland, Dorset 182 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/01/2024 Aust, Gloucestershire 183 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 08/04/2024 Minet CP, Middlesex 184 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 29/02/2024 Wick Golden Valley LNR, Gloucestershire 185 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 19/03/2024 Avebury, Wiltshire 186 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 187 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 188 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 09/04/2024 Staines Reservoirs, Surrey 189 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 190 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 191 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 192 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 16/04/2024 Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 193 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/02/2024 Battery Point, Somerset 194 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 195 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/01/2024 Savernake Forest, Wiltshire 196 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 RSPB Hayle Estuary, Cornwall 197 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 198 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 22/04/2024 Wishmoor Bottom, Berkshire 199 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 27/01/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 200 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2024 Blagdon Lake, Somerset 201 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/01/2024 Savernake Forest, Wiltshire 202 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 16/04/2024 Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 203 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 19/03/2024 Avebury, Wiltshire 204 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 2 birds with Reed Bunting flock 205 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall