David Johnstone: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 208 of 208 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/01/2024 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 20/01/2024 Cley 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 20/01/2024 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 10/02/2024 Dingwall 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 01/01/2024 Slamannan 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2024 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 20/01/2024 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2024 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 20/01/2024 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 06/01/2024 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 03/03/2024 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/05/2024 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2024 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/02/2024 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 01/01/2024 Newshot island 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 02/01/2024 Tophill low 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2024 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 05/05/2024 Napton reservoir 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 03/03/2024 Leighton moss 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28/01/2024 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 03/03/2024 Leighton moss 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/01/2024 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/01/2024 Stevenston point 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2024 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/01/2024 . 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2024 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2024 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 10/02/2024 38 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 12/02/2024 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 20/01/2024 41 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2024 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 04/05/2024 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 06/01/2024 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 46 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 05/05/2024 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 20/01/2024 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 50 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 51 Crane Grus grus 04/05/2024 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 54 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 04/05/2024 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 56 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 05/05/2024 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 04/05/2024 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/02/2024 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2024 60 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 04/05/2024 Buckenham marshes 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/01/2024 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 10/04/2024 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 15/04/2024 65 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 06/02/2024 67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/02/2024 68 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 06/01/2024 69 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 06/01/2024 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 06/01/2024 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/04/2024 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 04/05/2024 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2024 74 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/01/2024 Swinemoore 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/01/2024 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 06/01/2024 77 Knot Calidris canutus 06/01/2024 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/01/2024 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 05/05/2024 80 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 06/05/2024 Newton marsh 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/01/2024 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2024 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 06/01/2024 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 04/05/2024 Litt 85 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/05/2024 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 29/04/2024 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 04/05/2024 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 18/03/2024 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 03/02/2024 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 06/01/2024 Stevenston point 92 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 93 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 09/02/2024 Strathclyde park 94 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 96 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 03/01/2024 Saltcoats 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 98 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 01/01/2024 Strathclyde park 99 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 06/01/2024 100 Razorbill Alca torda 03/01/2024 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 03/01/2024 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 03/01/2024 103 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 03/01/2024 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2024 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 12/04/2024 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 18/03/2024 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2024 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 03/03/2024 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 04/05/2024 111 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 03/04/2024 112 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2024 113 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 20/01/2024 114 Great White Egret Ardea alba 20/01/2024 115 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 116 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/04/2024 117 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2024 118 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 20/01/2024 119 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 20/01/2024 120 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 20/01/2024 Warham green 121 Red Kite Milvus milvus 20/01/2024 122 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 06/01/2024 Hunterston sands 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 124 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/01/2024 125 Little Owl Athene noctua 06/05/2024 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/01/2024 Bogside 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 07/01/2024 128 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 20/01/2024 129 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/05/2024 130 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2024 131 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/05/2024 132 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/03/2024 133 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 11/02/2024 Tomintoul 134 Jay Garrulus glandarius 07/01/2024 . 135 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 136 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 137 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 138 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 139 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 10/02/2024 140 Raven Corvus corax 07/01/2024 . 141 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 142 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2024 143 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 10/02/2024 144 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 19/01/2024 145 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 146 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 147 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 04/05/2024 148 Woodlark Lullula arborea 04/05/2024 149 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/01/2024 150 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/04/2024 151 Swallow Hirundo rustica 21/04/2024 152 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/05/2024 153 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 02/01/2024 154 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 155 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 03/05/2024 156 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2024 157 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/03/2024 158 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 21/04/2024 159 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 04/05/2024 160 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 21/04/2024 161 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/04/2024 162 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/04/2024 163 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/04/2024 164 Whitethroat Curruca communis 28/04/2024 165 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 04/05/2024 166 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 20/01/2024 167 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 168 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 20/01/2024 169 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 20/01/2024 170 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 171 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2024 172 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 19/01/2024 173 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2024 174 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 175 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2024 176 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 02/01/2024 Tophill low 177 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 178 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 04/05/2024 179 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 03/05/2024 180 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 06/05/2024 181 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2024 182 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/04/2024 183 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 06/05/2024 184 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 185 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 05/05/2024 Pitstone quarry 186 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 187 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 05/05/2024 188 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/01/2024 189 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 190 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 03/03/2024 Ulverston 191 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 06/01/2024 192 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 03/05/2024 193 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/01/2024 194 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 195 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 11/02/2024 196 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 20/01/2024 197 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/01/2024 198 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 199 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2024 200 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/04/2024 201 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 202 Siskin Spinus spinus 07/01/2024 . 203 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 27/01/2024 204 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 06/05/2024 205 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/05/2024 206 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 207 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 20/01/2024 Heybridge 208 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 21/02/2024 Kilwinning