Robbie Purdie: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 132 of 132 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/01/2024 Garlieston harbour 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/01/2024 Southerness 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2024 Shearington 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 14/01/2024 Ken Dee Marshes 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 03/05/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15/01/2024 Auchenrioch Loch Springholm 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2024 Carsethorn 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27/01/2024 RSPB Crook of Baldoon 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 16 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2024 RSPB Mersehead 17 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29/03/2024 Carlingwark Loch Castle Douglas 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2024 Lochmaben, Castle Loch 20 Scaup Aythya marila 27/01/2024 Stranraer Bishops burn 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15/01/2024 Auchenrioch Loch 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/01/2024 Lochmaben, Castle Loch 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Nith 24 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2024 Carsethorn 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 04/01/2024 RSPB Mersehead 26 Swift Apus apus 12/05/2024 Palnackie 27 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 08/05/2024 Kirkconnel Flow NNR 28 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 25/03/2024 Stranraer harbour 29 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 30 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2024 Carsethorn 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 32 Coot Fulica atra 15/01/2024 Auchenrioch Loch Springholm 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 15/01/2024 Auchenrioch Loch Springholm 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2024 Carsethorn 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2024 Southerness 36 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/01/2024 Powfoot area WeBS 37 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/01/2024 Powfoot area WeBS 38 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 03/05/2024 Summerhill Dumfries 39 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 40 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/01/2024 Carsethorn 41 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2024 Southerness 42 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 13/01/2024 WeBS count Powfoot 43 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 07/05/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 44 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/04/2024 Kirkconnel Flow 45 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 27/01/2024 RSPB Crook of Baldoon 46 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/04/2024 Kingholm Quay 47 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2024 Southerness 48 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/02/2024 Brow Well 49 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2024 Carsethorn 50 Dunlin Calidris alpina 13/01/2024 Powfoot area WeBS 51 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 20/04/2024 Balcary cliffs 52 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/05/2024 RSPB Mull of Galloway 53 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2024 Carsethorn 54 Common Gull Larus canus 13/01/2024 Powfoot area WeBS 55 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 56 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 13/01/2024 Powfoot area WeBS 57 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2024 Southerness 58 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 25/03/2024 Stranraer harbour 59 Razorbill Alca torda 20/04/2024 Balcary cliffs 60 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 20/04/2024 Balcary cliffs 61 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 20/04/2024 Balcary cliffs 62 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 20/04/2024 Balcary cliffs 63 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/05/2024 RSPB Mull of Galloway 64 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2024 Carsethorn 65 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/05/2024 RSPB Mull of Galloway 66 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2024 Southerness 67 Great White Egret Ardea alba 17/02/2024 Castle Loch, Lochmaben 68 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/04/2024 Threave estate 69 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 12/02/2024 Newbie Mains 70 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 04/05/2024 Gatehouse of Fleet area 71 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 17/05/2024 RSPB Mersehead 72 Red Kite Milvus milvus 14/01/2024 Ken Dee Marshes 73 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 74 Barn Owl Tyto alba 06/03/2024 Kingholm Quay 75 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 24/03/2024 Nith Greensand’s 76 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2024 RSPB Mersehead 77 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 10/05/2024 Kippford Community NR 78 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 79 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/01/2024 Dumfries St Michaels church 80 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 81 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2024 Southerness 82 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 83 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 84 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 85 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 06/01/2024 Dumfries, Brownrigg loaning 86 Raven Corvus corax 20/04/2024 Balcary cliffs 87 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 15/01/2024 Dumfries Georgetown Road 88 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 89 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 12/02/2024 Caerlaverock NNR 90 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 91 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 92 Skylark Alauda arvensis 31/03/2024 Caerlaverock NNR 93 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/04/2024 RSPB Mersehead 94 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2024 Carsethorn 95 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/05/2024 RSPB Mull of Galloway 96 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 97 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 21/04/2024 Kirkconnel Flow 98 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/03/2024 Kirkconnell Flow 99 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 28/04/2024 Threave estate 100 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 03/05/2024 Caerlaverock NNR 101 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 102 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 03/05/2024 Caerlaverock NNR 103 Whitethroat Curruca communis 03/05/2024 Caerlaverock NNR 104 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 105 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 106 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2024 Eskrigg 107 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 108 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 109 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/01/2024 Dumfries, Nith 110 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 111 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 13/01/2024 Powfoot area WeBS 112 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 17/05/2024 RSPB Mersehead 113 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 114 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 18/04/2024 The Hills, Dumfries 115 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 28/04/2024 Kirkconnel Flow 116 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 12/02/2024 Caerlaverock NNR 117 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 02/05/2024 RSPB Mull of Galloway 118 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 18/02/2024 Routin Bridge 119 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 120 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 121 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Dumfries (home, Maidenbower, Nith KQ to Dock Park) 122 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 17/01/2024 Dumfries 123 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 12/02/2024 Caerlaverock NNR 124 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 27/01/2024 Stranraer Bishops burn 125 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2024 Southerness 126 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 05/01/2024 Dumfries, Nith 127 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2024 RSPB Mersehead 128 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 27/03/2024 Kirkconnel Flow 129 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 06/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 130 Siskin Spinus spinus 23/03/2024 Laurieston 131 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/01/2024 WWT Caerlaverock 132 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 27/01/2024 RSPB Crook of Baldoon