Garry Lester: Western Palearctic Year List 2024 IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 170 of 170 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 07/01/2024 middle beach 4 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 28/01/2024 stiffkey 1 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 06/01/2024 beaulieu road station 2 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 31/01/2024 holkham 2 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 28/01/2024 holkham 50 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 27/01/2024 welney 1 7 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 31/01/2024 holkham 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2024 lodmoor 9 9 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 29/01/2024 welney 17 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 27/01/2024 welney 120 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 04/01/2024 spetisbury 4 12 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2024 lodmoor 8 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2024 eyeworth pond 6 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 18/02/2024 greylake not good views but identifiable 1 male 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 07/04/2024 ham wall 3 16 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 blashford 150 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 blashford 10 18 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 blashford 75 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 eyeworth pond 23 20 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 blashford 150 21 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 03/01/2024 lodmoor 15 22 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 blashford 45 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 blashford 50 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31/01/2024 holkham 2000 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13/01/2024 abbotsbury 3 26 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 blashford 7 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/02/2024 hickling broad 1 female 28 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 blashford 1 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2024 portland harbour 19 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/02/2024 holkham 1 31 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2024 east burton 1 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30/01/2024 potter heigham 3 33 Common Swift Apus apus 09/05/2024 sherborne 34 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2024 wareham forest 35 Rock Dove Columba livia 03/01/2024 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 29/01/2024 rspb frampton 8 37 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 home 38 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 13/01/2024 bridport car park 2 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 18/02/2024 greylake 3 40 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2024 lodmoor 3 41 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 blashford 60 42 Common Crane Grus grus 30/01/2024 hickling broad 2 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 13/01/2024 abbotsbury 11 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 blashford 15 45 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 11/05/2024 newton tony 46 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 07/01/2024 middle beach 9 47 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 28/01/2024 cley 11 48 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/01/2024 lodmoor 300 49 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 22/04/2024 normandy marsh 50 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 11/04/2024 blashford 4 51 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2024 lodmoor 250 52 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/04/2024 portland 1 53 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 07/01/2024 jerrys point 2 54 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 31/01/2024 titchwell 11 55 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 28/01/2024 cley 35 56 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/01/2024 lodmoor 8 57 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/04/2024 blashford 2 58 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 22/04/2024 normandy marsh 59 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 08/01/2024 poole harbour 17 60 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 29/01/2024 rspb frampton 1 61 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/01/2024 poole harbour 1 62 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/01/2024 rspb frampton 4 63 Red Knot Calidris canutus 31/01/2024 titchwell 1 64 Ruff Calidris pugnax 28/01/2024 rspb frampton 7 65 Sanderling Calidris alba 07/01/2024 jerrys point 45 66 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2024 portland harbour 45 67 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 16/04/2024 portland 5 68 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 22/04/2024 normandy marsh 69 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 01/04/2024 portland 2 70 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/04/2024 blashford 3 71 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 11/02/2024 arne 2 72 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/04/2024 portland 3 73 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/04/2024 portland 74 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 01/05/2024 swineham 75 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 03/01/2024 portland harbour 9 76 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/01/2024 portland harbour 4 77 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2024 portland harbour 1 78 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 03/01/2024 portland harbour 30 79 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2024 portland harbour 5 80 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/04/2024 portland bill 1 81 Razorbill Alca torda 01/04/2024 portland 82 Common Murre Uria aalge 01/04/2024 portland 83 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/02/2024 holkham 27 84 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 17/03/2024 weston shore 1 85 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2024 portland harbour 3 86 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/04/2024 portland 1 87 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 06/04/2024 portland 88 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 03/01/2024 portland harbour 2 89 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 blashford 5 90 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2024 portland harbour 7 91 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 14/01/2024 westhay moor drove 4 92 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/02/2024 arne 13 93 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 07/04/2024 ham wall 4 94 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 07/01/2024 norden 9 95 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 13/01/2024 abbottsbury 6 96 Great Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2024 blashford 2 97 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 blashford 3 98 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/04/2024 swineham 99 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 11/01/2024 wimborne 1 100 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13/01/2024 abbottsbury 1 101 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 30/01/2024 hickling broad st benets abbey 2 males 102 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 blashford 1 103 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 11/01/2024 wimborne 1 104 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 28/01/2024 warham 1 105 Little Owl Athene noctua 06/04/2024 portland 106 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 27/01/2024 nene washes 2 107 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 27/01/2024 nene washes and st benets abbey 9 108 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 22/03/2024 heard in garden 1 109 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 13/01/2024 abbotsbury 110 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 31/01/2024 titchwell 1 111 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 11/01/2024 wimborne 2 112 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 31/01/2024 holkham 1 113 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 25/03/2024 wareham forest 114 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 28/01/2024 cley 1 115 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 11/01/2024 wimborne 1 116 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 ringwood car park 60 117 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 ringwood car park 30 118 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 03/01/2024 portland harbour 2 119 Northern Raven Corvus corax 06/01/2024 beaulieu road station 2 120 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 21/01/2024 upton 2 121 Coal Tit Periparus ater 08/01/2024 home 4 122 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2024 eyeworth pond 2 123 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 eyeworth pond 1 124 Great Tit Parus major 03/01/2024 east burton 1 125 Woodlark Lullula arborea 25/04/2024 wareham forest 126 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 31/01/2024 holkham 17 127 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 24/03/2024 dorchester 30 128 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2024 ham wall 3 129 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/03/2024 dorchester 27 130 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 18/02/2024 greylake 4 131 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 08/01/2024 home 11 132 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 25/04/2024 wareham forest 133 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 31/01/2024 titchwell 1 134 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 30/03/2024 blashford 1 135 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 11/04/2024 blashford 1 136 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 10/05/2024 martin down 137 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 25/04/2024 wareham forest 138 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 08/04/2024 home 1 139 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 08/01/2024 home 1 140 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 30/01/2024 hickling broad 2 141 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/01/2024 home 1 142 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/01/2024 beaulieu road station 1 143 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 fritham 85 144 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 31/01/2024 titchwell 1 145 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 fritham 1 146 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2024 east burton 11 147 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 eyeworth pond 3 148 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/01/2024 arne road 120 149 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 home 150 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 09/05/2024 alners gorse 151 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 03/01/2024 portland harbour 1 152 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 fritham 2 153 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 12/04/2024 portland 154 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 27/01/2024 welney 40 155 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 eyeworth pond 7 156 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 eyeworth pond 2 157 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 eyeworth pond 2 158 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 27/01/2024 nene washes 11 159 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 25/04/2024 wareham forest 160 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/04/2024 portland 161 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 eyeworth pond 11 162 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 03/01/2024 east burton 2 163 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 blashford 3 164 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 31/01/2024 titchwell 50 165 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 30/01/2024 filby broad 166 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 blashford 5 167 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 blashford 3 168 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 10/05/2024 martin down 169 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 10/05/2024 martin down 170 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 27/01/2024 welney 5