Charles Farrell: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 144 of 144 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 10/02/2024 UK, Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway, WWT Caerlaverock 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 13/01/2024 UK, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Anglers Country Park 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 08/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Banks Marsh 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 08/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Hesketh Out Marsh 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Boarshaw Flashes 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 13 Pintail Anas acuta 15/01/2024 UK, Merseyside, Lunt Meadows LWT 14 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 17 Scaup Aythya marila 10/02/2024 UK, Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway, WWT Caerlaverock 18 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, Conder Green, River Lune Estuary 19 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 21/03/2024 UK, Lancashire, Brockholes LWT 20 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 21 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods LNR 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 05/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland, Leyland Moss 23 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 23/03/2024 UK, Lancashire, Bretherton, Bank Hall 24 Swift Apus apus 12/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland 25 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 26 Stock Dove Columba oenas 12/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Bretherton 27 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 28 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland 29 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16/03/2024 UK, Cheshire, RSPB Burton Mere Heard first at RSPB Leighton Moss on 10-Mar-24 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 31 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 32 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 33 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 34 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 35 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 29/02/2024 UK, Lancashire, WWT Martin Mere 36 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 23/03/2024 Uk, Lancashire, RSPB Marshside 37 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 08/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Hesketh Out Marsh 38 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27/03/2024 UK, Lancashire, Lytham St Annes 39 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 23/03/2024 Uk, Lancashire, RSPB Marshside 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 41 Curlew Numenius arquata 26/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Silverdale First heard at Banks Marsh on 8-Jan-24. 42 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 29/02/2024 UK, Lancashire, WWT Martin Mere 43 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 24/02/2024 UK, Lancashire, Bamber Bridge 44 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 13/01/2024 UK, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Anglers Country Park 45 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 10/04/2024 UK, Lancashire, Forest of Bowland, Dunsop Valley 46 Redshank Tringa totanus 08/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Hesketh Out Marsh 47 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, Conder Green 48 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/02/2024 UK, Lancashire, Lytham, Church Scar/Jetty 49 Knot Calidris canutus 03/02/2024 UK, Lancashire, Lytham, Church Scar/Jetty 50 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/02/2024 UK, Lancashire, Lytham, Church Scar/Jetty 51 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/02/2024 UK, Lancashire, Lytham, Church Scar/Jetty 52 Dunlin Calidris alpina 08/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Hesketh Out Marsh 53 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, Glasson Dock 54 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 11/04/2024 UK, Wales, Llandudno, The Great Orme 55 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 56 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/02/2024 UK, Lancashire, Chorley, Yarrow Country Park 57 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods LNR 58 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 59 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 08/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Hesketh Out Marsh 60 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 61 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 11/04/2024 UK, Wales, Llandudno, The Great Orme 62 Razorbill Alca torda 11/04/2024 UK, Wales, Llandudno, The Great Orme 63 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/04/2024 UK, Wales, Llandudno, The Great Orme 64 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/04/2024 UK, Wales, Llandudno, The Great Orme 65 Gannet Morus bassanus 11/04/2024 UK, Wales, Llandudno, The Great Orme 66 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 67 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 11/04/2024 UK, Wales, Llandudno, The Great Orme 68 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 10/03/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Leighton Moss Heard first at RSPB Leighton Moss on 10-Mar-24 69 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 70 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, Conder Green, Conder Pool 71 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Leighton Moss 72 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 73 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods LNR 74 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 26/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Leighton Moss 75 Buzzard Buteo buteo 05/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland, Leyland Moss 76 Barn Owl Tyto alba 12/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Bretherton 77 Little Owl Athene noctua 06/03/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland, Nixon Lane 78 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 13/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland Heard only 79 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods LNR 80 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 13/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Rochdale, Mandale Park First heard on Jan 1st at Alkrington Woods LNR 81 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 10/03/2024 UK, Cumbria, Arneside Knot Heard first on 10-Mar-24, calling at Arneside Knot 82 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods LNR 83 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Chorley, Morrisons 84 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 18/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Preston, Haslam Park First heard 1-Jan-24 at Alkrington Woods LNR 85 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 86 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 87 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 11/04/2024 UK, Wales, Llandudno, The Great Orme 88 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 89 Rook Corvus frugilegus 07/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Bretherton 90 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 91 Raven Corvus corax 26/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Leighton Moss First heard on 9-Jan at Towneley Park, Burnley. 92 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 23/03/2024 Uk, Lancashire, Banks 93 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 94 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 26/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Leighton Moss 95 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 96 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 97 Skylark Alauda arvensis 08/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Heketh Bank First heard 5th Jan on Leyland Moss 98 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2024 UK, Lancashire, Brockholes LWT 99 Swallow Hirundo rustica 27/03/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland, Shruggs Wood 100 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland 101 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash Heard only 102 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 103 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2024 UK, Lancashire, Mere Sands Wood NR 104 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 10/03/2024 UK, Lancashire, Croston, Velo Cafe Heard first at RSPB Leighton Moss on 10-Mar-24 105 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, Glasson 106 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 14/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, Rufford, Rufford Canal 107 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 03/05/2024 UK, Cumbria, Feather Knot Heard Only 108 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/03/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland 109 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 09/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, White Coppice Heard Only 110 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2024 Lancashire, Wymott, Wymott Pools 111 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2024 Lancashire, Wymott, Wymott Pools 112 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Chorley, Yarrow Country Park First heard at Alkrington Woods on 1st Jan. 113 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 114 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 115 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 116 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton 117 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 13/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Rochdale, Mandale Park Heard first 1-Jan-24 at Pennington Flash. 118 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 119 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 120 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 121 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 05/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland, Leyland Moss 122 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 123 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 09/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, White Coppice 124 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland, Leyland Moss 125 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 14/04/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Holcombe Moor 126 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods LNR 127 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13/01/2024 UK, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Anglers Country Park 128 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Chorley, Gillespie Park 129 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Pennington Flash 130 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland First heard on 4-Jan-24 at Yarrow Country Park 131 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 05/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland, Leyland Moss 132 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 05/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland, Leyland Moss 133 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/05/2024 UK, Cumbria, St Bees 134 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods LNR 135 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 10/03/2024 UK, Cumbria, Sizergh Castle 136 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods LNR 137 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 25/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland, Paradise Park 138 Linnet Linaria cannabina 12/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Bretherton, Stoat Hall Fisheries 139 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 11/05/2024 UK, Lancashire, RSPB Hesketh Out Marsh First heard on 24-apr-24 at Wymott Pools 140 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Middleton, Alkrington Woods LNR 141 Siskin Spinus spinus 13/01/2024 UK, Gtr Manchester, Rochdale, Mandale Park 142 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 23/04/2024 Lancashire, Rufford, Curlew Lane 143 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 12/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Bretherton, Stoat Hall Fisheries 144 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/01/2024 UK, Lancashire, Leyland, Leyland Moss