Patrick Earith: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 203 of 203 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Penrhos CP, Anglesey 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 14/04/2024 Frampton 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 04/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 04/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 24/03/2024 Dulnain Bridge 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Inland Sea, Anglesey 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 07/01/2024 Cockerham, Lancs 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2024 Cockerham, Lancs 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Aber Ogwen, Gwynedd 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 27/04/2024 Etherow Country Park 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/03/2024 Sandbach Flashes 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2024 Acre Nook SQ, Cheshire 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/01/2024 Acre Nook SQ, Cheshire 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope Penrhos CP, Anglesey 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Penrhos CP, Anglesey 18 Pintail Anas acuta 07/01/2024 Leighton Moss 19 Teal Anas crecca 04/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 14/01/2024 Lunt Meadows 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 07/01/2024 Leighton Moss Female 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 24 Scaup Aythya marila 11/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 18/02/2024 Woolston Weir 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/05/2024 Penmon Point 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Llanddulas, Conwy 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 09/01/2024 Moore NR, Cheshire 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Inland Sea, Anglesey 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 16/01/2024 Newchurch Common, Cheshire 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 05/01/2024 Lapwing Hall Pool, Cheshire 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Inland Sea, Anglesey 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 24/02/2024 World's End 35 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 36 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 24/02/2024 World's End 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 30/04/2024 Hale Marsh 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 14/04/2024 In transit, Lincolnshire 40 Swift Apus apus 12/05/2024 Acre's Nook 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 09/05/2024 Aber Falls 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 04/01/2024 Home 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 06/01/2024 Maldon, Essex 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 07/01/2024 Leighton Moss 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Penrhos CP, Anglesey 48 Coot Fulica atra 04/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 49 Crane Grus grus 14/04/2024 Frampton 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Aber Ogwen, Gwynedd 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Penrhos CP, Anglesey 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Penrhos CP, Anglesey 2 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 29/03/2024 Woolston Eyes 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Penrhos CP, Anglesey 55 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 14/04/2024 Frampton 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 18/02/2024 Burton Mere 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25/02/2024 Hoylake 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/01/2024 Cockerham, Lancs 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 25/02/2024 Hoylake 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 31/03/2024 Marshside 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 04/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 06/05/2024 Sandbach Flashes 63 Curlew Numenius arquata Penrhos CP, Anglesey 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/02/2024 Burton Mere 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 20/01/2024 Burton Mere 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 05/01/2024 Foden's Flash, Sandbach 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/01/2024 Leighton Moss 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 02/05/2024 Sandbach Flashes 71 Redshank Tringa totanus Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey 72 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 14/04/2024 Frampton 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 18/02/2024 Burton Mere 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey 75 Knot Calidris canutus 18/02/2024 Burton Mere 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/02/2024 Burton Mere 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 78 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 12/05/2024 Four Ashes, Staffordshire 2 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 25/02/2024 Hoylake 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 07/01/2024 Cockerham, Lancs 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 25/02/2024 New Brighton 82 Little Stint Calidris minuta 31/03/2024 Marshside 83 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 14/04/2024 Frampton 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 17/04/2024 Acre's Nook SQ 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/05/2024 Sandbach Flashes 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 05/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 08/03/2024 Marbury CP 4 88 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 14/04/2024 Frampton 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Penrhos CP, Anglesey 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 08/03/2024 Neumann's Flash 2 91 Common Gull Larus canus Aber Ogwen, Gwynedd 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Aber Ogwen, Gwynedd 94 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/01/2024 Home 95 Puffin Fratercula arctica 09/05/2024 South Stack 96 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 24/02/2024 Holyhead Harbour 97 Razorbill Alca torda 09/05/2024 South Stack 98 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 09/05/2024 South Stack 99 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 24/02/2024 Holyhead Harbour 100 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey 101 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 09/05/2024 South Stack 102 Gannet Morus bassanus 09/05/2024 Penmon Point 103 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 104 Shag Gulosus aristotelis Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey 105 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 07/01/2024 Middleton, Lancs 106 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 31/03/2024 Marshside 107 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 18/01/2024 Marbury CP 108 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Inland Sea, Anglesey 109 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 07/01/2024 Cockerham, Lancs 110 Great White Egret Ardea alba 12/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 111 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2024 Home 112 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/05/2024 Llyn Brenig 113 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 24/03/2024 Glen Shee 114 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/01/2024 Lapwing Hall Pool, Cheshire 115 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 24/02/2024 Clocaenog 116 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 11/01/2024 Maldon, Essex 117 Red Kite Milvus milvus Inland Sea, Anglesey 118 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/01/2024 Home 119 Little Owl Athene noctua 20/01/2024 Burton Point 120 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 121 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/03/2024 Hale Marsh 3 122 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Llanddulas, Conwy 123 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2024 Lapwing Hall Pool, Cheshire 124 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 18/02/2024 Burton Mere 125 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Inland Sea, Anglesey 126 Hobby Falco subbuteo 12/05/2024 Acre's Nook 3 127 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/01/2024 Knott End 128 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 09/01/2024 Moore NR, Cheshire 129 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/01/2024 Lapwing Hall Pool, Cheshire 130 Magpie Pica pica RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 131 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 132 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 133 Rook Corvus frugilegus RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 134 Carrion Crow Corvus corone RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 135 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 24/03/2024 Aviemore 136 Raven Corvus corax 05/01/2024 Lapwing Hall Pool, Cheshire 137 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 04/01/2024 Winsford, Cheshire 138 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2024 Lapwing Hall Pool, Cheshire 139 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 140 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 07/01/2024 Leighton Moss 141 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Penrhos CP, Anglesey 142 Great Tit Parus major Penrhos CP, Anglesey 143 Skylark Alauda arvensis 07/01/2024 Condor Green, Lancs 144 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 08/03/2024 Marbury CP 2 145 Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2024 In transit, Worcestershire 146 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2024 Gillingham, Dorset 147 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 14/04/2024 Frampton 148 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Penrhos CP, Anglesey 149 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 11/05/2024 Bod Petryal 150 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 06/04/2024 Leasowe 151 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 29/03/2024 Woolston Eyes 152 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/04/2024 Frampton 153 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 03/05/2024 Marbury CP 154 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 09/05/2024 Cemlyn Bay 155 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/04/2024 Leasowe 156 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2024 Apedale Country Park, Staffs 157 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 06/05/2024 Sandbach Flashes 158 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2024 Carr Lane Pools, Hale 159 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 16/01/2024 Newchurch Common, Cheshire 160 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Llanddulas, Conwy 161 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2024 Lapwing Hall Pool, Cheshire 162 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/03/2024 Marbury CP 163 Starling Sturnus vulgaris RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 164 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Penrhos CP, Anglesey 165 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 04/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 166 Redwing Turdus iliacus 05/01/2024 Lapwing Hall Pool, Cheshire 167 Blackbird Turdus merula Penrhos CP, Anglesey 168 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/01/2024 Eagland Hill, Lancs 169 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 02/04/2024 Berry Hill Fields 170 Robin Erithacus rubecula Penrhos CP, Anglesey 171 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 27/04/2024 Coombes Valley 172 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 09/05/2024 Aber Falls 173 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 19/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 174 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 06/04/2024 Leasowe 175 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 09/03/2024 Wildboarclough 176 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 09/03/2024 Acre's Nook 177 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Inland Sea, Anglesey 178 Dunnock Prunella modularis 03/01/2024 Home 179 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 14/04/2024 Frampton 180 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Llanddulas, Conwy 181 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Penrhos CP, Anglesey 182 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 07/01/2024 Cockerham, Lancs 183 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey 184 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Inland Sea, Anglesey 185 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 16/01/2024 Newchurch Common, Cheshire 186 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 07/01/2024 Sizergh Castle car park 187 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 14/01/2024 Moston Green, Cheshire 188 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 189 Twite Linaria flavirostris 07/01/2024 Knott End 190 Linnet Linaria cannabina 16/01/2024 Newchurch Common, Cheshire 191 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 15/01/2024 Moston Green, Sandbach, Cheshire 192 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 14/01/2024 Moston Green, Cheshire 193 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 194 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/05/2024 Bod Petryal 195 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Penrhos CP, Anglesey 196 Siskin Spinus spinus Penrhos CP, Anglesey 197 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 198 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 07/01/2024 Eagland Hill, Lancs 199 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/01/2024 Maldon, Essex 200 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 07/04/2024 Gillingham, Dorset 201 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 11/01/2024 Maldon, Essex 202 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 22/03/2024 Kilwinning 203 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 19/05/2024 Whitburn