Carol Rushton: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 182 of 182 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 10/01/2024 Portbury Wharf, NR, Somerset Found 2 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, flying over the North Pool. A scarce bird here. SF. A. S. F. F. eB. Also : 12/02/2024 , WWT Slimbridge. Dark-bellied. My first record in Gloucestershire. F. F. eB. 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 03/03/2024 Viewed from Lynn Point, Norfolk With Stephen Curtis. Feeding with a huge flock of Brent Geese. My first record in Norfolk. NR. F. F. 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England F. F. 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/03/2024 Sculthorpe, Norfolk 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England F. F. 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England F. F. 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 02/03/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19/01/2024 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/04/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/01/2024 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England F. F. 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 04/03/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2024 Pilning Wetland, South Gloucestershire 1 Drake. A scarce bird at this site. SG. A. F. F. eB. 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2024 Pilning Wetland, South Gloucestershire 25 Scaup Aythya marila 07/01/2024 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/03/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29/02/2024 Draycote Reservoir, Warwickshire 1W Drake. 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/01/2024 Barrow Gurney 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 07/01/2024 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/03/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/03/2024 Kelling, Norfolk 34 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2024 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 21/04/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 36 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Home Garden, Clevedon, Somerset 3) Feral Pigeon. A. 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Home Garden, Clevedon, Somerset 4) A. 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 07/05/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 42 Coot Fulica atra 04/01/2024 Pilning Wetland, South Gloucestershire 43 Crane Grus grus 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England 1 unringed adult bird. F. F. 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 07/01/2024 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/01/2024 Pilning Wetland, South Gloucestershire Winter plumaged bird, on Signals Pool, of Pilning Wetland. Viewed from the sea wall. Seemed to dive for fairly long periods of time and has been photographed eating many small fish. Found by Paul Bowerman, yesterday. 7th record for South Gloucestershire. 47 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 10/01/2024 Portbury Wharf, NR, Somerset Twitched. Bird arrived at the site some time ago. F. F. 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England F. F. 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/03/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/03/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 15/04/2024 Blagdon Lake 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 04/03/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England 58 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/03/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 21/01/2024 Strode Road Bridge, Clevedon, North Somerset A. S. F. F. eB. 61 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/04/2024 Cemlyn NWWT NR, Isle of Anglesey, Wales Found by Stephen Curtis at 3.10pm , when we returned to the car after getting drenched sea - watching at Cemlyn. F. F. eB. 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 63 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 04/03/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire F. F. 64 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 04/03/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England 66 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2024 67 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 04/01/2024 Battery Point, Portishead, North Somerset 7 seen . A. S. F. F. eB. 68 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/04/2024 Blagdon Lake Twitched, with Stephen Curtis. 6 seen. Found by Nige Milbourne. Lovely views through the scope, from Green Lawn, of all 6 flying over the lake, in very windy conditions, just after hailstone. My first record at Blagdon. A. S. F. F. 69 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 29/04/2024 70 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 29/04/2024 Cemlyn NWWT NR, Isle of Anglesey, Wales c 70 seen, with Stephen Curtis. F. F. 71 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 72 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 73 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 29/04/2024 74 Common Gull Larus canus 07/01/2024 75 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 76 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 77 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 78 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/04/2024 RSPB South Stack, Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey 2 seen with Stephen Curtis, on the cliffs. F. F. eB. 79 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 27/04/2024 80 Razorbill Alca torda 27/04/2024 RSPB South Stack, Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey A significant number seen on the cliffs, the sea and in flight, with Stephen Curtis. F. F. eB 81 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/04/2024 82 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/03/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 83 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 29/02/2024 Draycote Reservoir, Warwickshire 84 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 29/02/2024 Draycote Reservoir, Warwickshire 85 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 27/04/2024 86 Gannet Morus bassanus 27/04/2024 87 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 88 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 27/04/2024 89 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 07/05/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 3 seen with Stephen Curtis, from VP 1. F. F. 90 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 02/03/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 91 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 21/04/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 10 birds heard booming, between Stephen Curtis and I . F. F. 92 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 93 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/03/2024 WWT Welney, Norfolk 94 Great White Egret Ardea alba 95 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 96 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/01/2024 97 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 15/03/2024 New Fancy, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England F. F. 98 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/03/2024 WWT Welney, Norfolk 99 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/03/2024 Stiffkey Marshes, Norfolk Ringtail 100 Red Kite Milvus milvus 29/02/2024 A14, Northamptonshire 101 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 03/03/2024 Glandford, Norfolk Dutch-ringed bird. F. F. 102 Buzzard Buteo buteo 05/01/2024 103 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 104 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/03/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 105 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 05/03/2024 106 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 107 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor ********** ********** 108 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 12/02/2024 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England Drumming heard. 109 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/01/2024 110 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 10/01/2024 Portbury Wharf, NR, Somerset 1 female perched on the hedgerow. 111 Merlin Falco columbarius 112 Hobby Falco subbuteo 07/05/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 6 birds seen flying high, with Stephen Curtis. S. eB. 113 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 114 Jay Garrulus glandarius 07/01/2024 115 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 116 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 27/04/2024 117 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 118 Rook Corvus frugilegus 119 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 120 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 27/04/2024 121 Raven Corvus corax 04/01/2024 122 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/03/2024 Cardea, Cambridgeshire 123 Coal Tit Periparus ater 07/01/2024 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 1 on the feeders en route to the Stratford Hide. A. S. F. F. eBSt. 124 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 19/01/2024 Cannop, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire F. F. 125 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 126 Great Tit Parus major 127 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 21/04/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 128 Skylark Alauda arvensis 129 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 02/03/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 13 birds seen feeding on the ground and in flight. F. F. 130 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 05/04/2024 Dowlais, Clevedon 131 Swallow Hirundo rustica 05/04/2024 Dowlais Flash, Clevedon 132 House Martin Delichon urbicum 15/04/2024 133 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 10/01/2024 Portbury Wharf, NR, Somerset Heard. F. F. 134 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 135 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 136 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/03/2024 137 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 21/04/2024 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 138 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 15/04/2024 CVL 139 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 140 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 14/04/2024 141 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/04/2024 Dowlais, Clevedon 142 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2024 Dowlais, Clevedon 143 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 144 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 145 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 05/03/2024 Singing males heard. 146 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 15/03/2024 RSPB Nagshead, Gloucestershire, England 147 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 148 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Home Garden, Clevedon, Somerset 02 ) A. 149 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/03/2024 Amner, Norfolk 150 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 29/02/2024 Draycote Reservoir, Warwickshire 151 Redwing Turdus iliacus 152 Blackbird Turdus merula 153 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 154 Robin Erithacus rubecula 155 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 14/04/2024 156 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 12/04/2024 2 females seen. 157 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/04/2024 Dowlais, Clevedon 158 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 159 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/04/2024 Dowlais, Clevedon 160 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/03/2024 WWT Welney, Norfolk 161 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 162 Dunnock Prunella modularis 163 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 18/04/2024 Dowlais Flashes, Clevedon One seen well, spotted by Stephen Curtis, after it landed amongst a number of White Wagtails and Pied Wagtails, on the damp margins of the flashes. F. F. 164 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 05/01/2024 165 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 166 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 167 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 27/04/2024 168 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 27/04/2024 169 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Home Garden, Clevedon, Somerset 01 ) A. 170 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 15/03/2024 171 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 15/03/2024 172 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 173 Twite Linaria flavirostris 03/03/2024 Spalla Gap, Norfolk 174 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/03/2024 Holkham NNR, Norfolk 175 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 29/02/2024 Draycote Reservoir, Warwickshire 176 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 177 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 178 Siskin Spinus spinus 179 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 03/03/2024 Spalla Gap, Norfolk 180 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/03/2024 Spalla Gap, Norfolk 181 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/03/2024 Lynn Point, Norfolk Singing male perched on top of a tree. F. F. 182 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/03/2024 WWT Welney, Norfolk