Carl Howe: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 175 of 175 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 28/01/2024 Holkham Freshmarsh Norfolk 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir Leicestershire 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 08/01/2024 Sutton Ely Cambridgeshire 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 08/01/2024 Sutton Ely Cambridgeshire 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 27/01/2024 Gore point Hunstanton Norfolk 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14/04/2024 Ladywalk Nature Reserve Coleshill Warwickshire 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 17 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2024 Eyebrook Res L&R 18 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23/03/2024 RSPB Middleton 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 07/01/2024 Ladywalk NR Coleshill Warks 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 03/01/2024 Longstanton Cambridgeshire 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 23 Scaup Aythya marila 23/03/2024 Branston GP Staffs 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir Leicestershire 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 06/01/2024 Draycote Water Warks 26 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 28/01/2024 Holkham Gap Norfolk 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26/01/2024 Gore point Hunstanton Norfolk 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir Leicestershire 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 04/01/2024 Eyebrook Res L&R 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2024 Selbrigg Pond Holt Norfolk 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28/01/2024 Holme NOA Norfolk 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/01/2024 Longstanton Cambridgeshire 34 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 08/04/2024 Compton, Wiltshire 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/04/2024 RSPB Middleton 36 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2024 Bedworth Warwickshire 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/05/2024 Ladywalk Nature Reserve Coleshill Warwickshire 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 42 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2024 The Cove Stoney Stanton Leicestershire 43 Crane Grus grus 29/04/2024 NOA Holme 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2024 Heybridge Maldon Essex 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir Leicestershire 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 23/03/2024 Whitemoor Haye Staffs 47 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis ********** ********** 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT Norfolk 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta ********** ********** 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 30/04/2024 Thornham Norfolk 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 23/03/2024 Branston GP Staffs 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 23/03/2024 Branston GP Staffs 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2024 Thornham Norfolk 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2024 Holme Norfolk 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 28/01/2024 Holme NOA Norfolk 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/01/2024 Gore point Hunstanton Norfolk 59 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 30/04/2024 Cley Marshes NWT Norfolk 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT Norfolk 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 26/04/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 30/04/2024 Cley Marshes NWT Norfolk 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 64 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 30/04/2024 Cley Marshes NWT Norfolk 65 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 30/04/2024 Thornham Norfolk 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 27/01/2024 Gore point Hunstanton Norfolk 67 Knot Calidris canutus 28/01/2024 Holme NOA Norfolk 68 Ruff Calidris pugnax 28/01/2024 Holme NOA Norfolk 69 Sanderling Calidris alba 28/01/2024 Holme NOA Norfolk 70 Dunlin Calidris alpina 28/01/2024 Holme NOA Norfolk 71 Little Stint Calidris minuta 26/01/2024 Gore point Hunstanton Norfolk 72 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/05/2024 Ladywalk Nature Reserve Coleshill Warwickshire 73 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 11/05/2024 Draycote Water Warwickshire 74 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 27/04/2024 Brandon Marsh 75 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 76 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 06/01/2024 Draycote Water Warks 77 Common Gull Larus canus 06/01/2024 Draycote Water Warks 78 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 06/01/2024 Draycote Water Warks 79 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 80 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 06/01/2024 Draycote Water Warks 81 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 82 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 83 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 11/01/2024 Chacewater Staffordshire 84 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 06/01/2024 Draycote Water Warks 85 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 06/01/2024 Draycote Water Warks 86 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 28/01/2024 Hunstanton Norfolk 87 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2024 88 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/01/2024 The Cove Stoney Stanton Leicestershire 89 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 30/04/2024 Thornham Norfolk 90 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/04/2024 RSPB Middleton Lakes 91 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/01/2024 Eyebrook Res L&R 92 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 30/04/2024 Thornham Norfolk 93 Great White Egret Ardea alba 28/01/2024 Holkham Freshmarsh Norfolk 94 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 95 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 13/04/2024 Ladywalk Nature Reserve Coleshill Warwickshire One flew over heading north 96 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 97 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2024 Cley Marshes NWT 98 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/01/2024 Eyebrook Res L&R 99 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 100 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/04/2024 RSPB Middleton 101 Little Owl Athene noctua 13/05/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 102 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 29/04/2024 Holme NOA Norfolk 103 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 03/01/2024 Bedworth Cemetery Marston Lane Bedworth 104 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/01/2024 Ladywalk NR Coleshill Warks 105 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 23/03/2024 RSPB Middleton 106 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 06/01/2024 Draycote Water Warks 107 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 108 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 109 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/05/2024 Ladywalk Nature Reserve Coleshill Warwickshire 110 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/04/2024 Ladywalk NR Coleshill Warks 111 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 07/01/2024 Ladywalk NR Coleshill Warks 112 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 17/04/2024 Abbotsbury Dorset 113 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 114 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 115 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 116 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 117 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 118 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 119 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/01/2024 Holme NOA Norfolk 120 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2024 Selbrigg Pond Holt Norfolk 121 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 02/01/2024 Selbrigg Pond Holt 122 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 123 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 124 Skylark Alauda arvensis 28/01/2024 Holme NOA Norfolk 125 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/03/2024 Branston GP Staffs 126 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 127 House Martin Delichon urbicum 26/04/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 128 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 11/04/2024 Ladywalk Nature Reserve Coleshill Warwickshire 129 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 130 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 03/01/2024 Oakthorphe Flash Leicestershire & Rutland 131 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2024 Whitacre Heath NR Warwickshire 132 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 133 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/04/2024 Ladywalk Nature Reserve Coleshill Warwickshire 134 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 11/04/2024 Ladywalk Nature Reserve Coleshill Warwickshire 135 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2024 RSPB Middleton 136 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/04/2024 RSPB Middleton Lakes 137 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10/04/2024 Whitacre Heath NR Warwickshire 138 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/04/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 139 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 17/04/2024 Portland Dorset 140 Whitethroat Curruca communis 11/04/2024 Ladywalk Nature Reserve Coleshill Warwickshire 141 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 17/04/2024 Bladen Valley Briantspuddle Dorchester Dorset 142 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 143 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 144 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2024 Selbrigg Pond Holt Norfolk 145 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/01/2024 Ladywalk NR Coleshill Warks 146 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 147 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/01/2024 Heybridge Maldon Essex 148 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 149 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 150 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 151 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 152 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 30/03/2024 Warren Hills Leicestershire & Rutland 153 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 154 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/04/2024 Portland Dorset 155 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 156 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/04/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 157 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 158 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 159 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 26/04/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 160 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 07/01/2024 Ladywalk NR Coleshill Warks 161 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 162 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 13/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 163 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 164 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/01/2024 Draycote Water Warks 165 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 166 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 167 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 07/01/2024 Ladywalk NR Coleshill Warks 168 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 169 Siskin Spinus spinus 14/04/2024 Ladywalk Nature Reserve Coleshill Warwickshire 170 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 28/01/2024 Holme NOA Norfolk 171 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 08/04/2024 Compton, Wiltshire 172 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 173 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Burton Hastings Warwickshire 174 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 05/01/2024 Heybridge Maldon Essex 175 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 07/03/2024 Kilwinning Ayrshire