Joe Dobinson: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, #LocalPatch Record(s) 1 to 135 of 135 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 River Tyne 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 18/03/2024 Wallsend 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2024 Wallsend Gut 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10/02/2024 Swallow Pond 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18/01/2024 Bigwaters 10 American Wigeon Mareca americana 18/01/2024 Bigwaters 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 12 Pintail Anas acuta 18/01/2024 Bigwaters 13 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 14 Pochard Aythya ferina 05/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 16 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 17 Eider Somateria mollissima 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 River Tyne 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 05/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 17/04/2024 St Mary’s Island 22 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 23 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 24 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 19/01/2024 Holywell 25 Swift Apus apus 13/05/2024 Richardson Dees Park 26 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 27 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2024 Prince Road Arboretum 28 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 29 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2024 Garden 30 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Hall Grounds 32 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 09/01/2024 Swallow Pond 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 30/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 36 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 37 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 19/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 38 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 05/01/2024 Gosforth Park 39 Curlew Numenius arquata 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 40 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 41 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 16/01/2024 Swallow Pond 42 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 16/01/2024 Swallow Pond 43 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/01/2024 Swallow Pond 44 Redshank Tringa totanus 08/01/2024 Wallsend Gut 45 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 46 Sanderling Calidris alba 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 47 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 48 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 49 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/04/2024 Swallow Pond 50 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2024 Swallow Pond 51 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 17/04/2024 St Mary’s Island 52 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/02/2024 Walker Riverside Country Park 53 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 54 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/03/2024 Swallow Pond 55 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2024 Swallow Pond 56 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 57 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 River Tyne 58 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/02/2024 Elswick Riverside 59 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 18/01/2024 Bigwaters 60 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 61 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 62 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 63 Gannet Morus bassanus 17/04/2024 St Mary’s Island 64 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 River Tyne 65 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 17/04/2024 St Mary’s Island 66 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 30/01/2024 Killingworth Moor 67 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2024 Swallow Pond 68 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 River Tyne 69 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 26/04/2024 Gosforth Park 70 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/02/2024 Elswick 71 Buzzard Buteo buteo 18/01/2024 Bigwaters 72 Barn Owl Tyto alba 18/02/2024 Swallow Pond 73 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 74 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 16/03/2024 The Hall Grounds 75 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/01/2024 Wallsend Gut 76 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2024 Hall Grounds 77 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 78 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 08/01/2024 Wallsend Gut 79 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 80 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2024 Swallow Pond 81 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 82 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 83 Rook Corvus frugilegus 13/01/2024 Killingworth Moor 84 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 85 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 05/01/2024 Cygnet Park 86 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Garden 87 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/01/2024 Gosforth Park 88 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 16/01/2024 Swallow Pond 89 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Garden 90 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Garden 91 Skylark Alauda arvensis 30/01/2024 Swallow Pond 92 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/04/2024 Swallow Pond 93 Swallow Hirundo rustica 05/04/2024 Swallow Pond 94 House Martin Delichon urbicum 26/04/2024 Gosforth Park 95 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 03/01/2024 Swallow Pond 96 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 River Tyne 97 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 05/04/2024 Swallow Pond 98 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 14/03/2024 Wallsend Dene 99 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 22/04/2024 Swallow Pond 100 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2024 Gosforth Park 101 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2024 Swallow Pond 102 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 18/03/2024 Swallow Pond 103 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 19/04/2024 Swallow Pond 104 Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/04/2024 Swallow Pond 105 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 106 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 River Tyne 107 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 108 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 22/01/2024 Swallow Pond 109 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 River Tyne 110 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 111 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 112 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 113 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Garden 114 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2024 Swallow Pond 115 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 19/04/2024 Swallow Pond 116 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 117 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 07/01/2024 Swallow Pond 118 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 14/04/2024 Swallow Pond 119 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 19/01/2024 Holywell Dene 120 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 07/01/2024 Swallow Pond 121 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Garden 122 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Garden 123 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 08/01/2024 Wallsend Gut 124 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 River Tyne 125 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 13/01/2024 Swallow Pond 126 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 127 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Comrades Bank 128 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 Hall Grounds 129 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Roman Baths 130 Linnet Linaria cannabina 13/01/2024 Killingworth Moor 131 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 14/04/2024 Swallow Pond 132 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Roman Baths 133 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 134 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 30/01/2024 Killingworth Moor 135 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond