William Lambourne: Slimbridge WWT Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 126 of 126 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18/03/2024 One on the dumbles 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/03/2024 Drake was on the tack piece from the Robbie Garnett hide 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 23 Swift Apus apus 24 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 26 Stock Dove Columba oenas 27 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 28 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 29 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 31 Coot Fulica atra 32 Crane Grus grus 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 36 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 37 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 12/02/2024 One on tack piece 38 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 39 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 40 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 41 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 42 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 09/04/2024 At least two on the dumbles 43 Curlew Numenius arquata 44 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 46 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 47 Redshank Tringa totanus 48 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 49 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 50 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 07/04/2024 One flew downriver 51 Knot Calidris canutus 52 Ruff Calidris pugnax 53 Dunlin Calidris alpina 54 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/01/2024 Dumbles 55 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/04/2024 One flew north over estuary 56 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 09/04/2024 One was on south lake, then was picked up again heading south over the dumbles 57 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 5 (flock of 4 early morning and a single bird early afternoon) flew NE along the river on 8/03 and a 1CY flew over the Tack Piece on the 18/03. 58 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 59 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 60 Common Gull Larus canus 61 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 62 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 63 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 64 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 65 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 08/03/2024 2 were on tack piece 66 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 67 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 68 Great White Egret Ardea alba 69 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 70 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 71 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 72 Red Kite Milvus milvus 73 Buzzard Buteo buteo 74 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 75 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 76 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 77 Merlin Falco columbarius 07/04/2024 Male on Dumbles 78 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 79 Jay Garrulus glandarius 80 Magpie Pica pica 81 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 82 Rook Corvus frugilegus 83 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 84 Raven Corvus corax 85 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 86 Great Tit Parus major 87 Skylark Alauda arvensis 88 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 89 Swallow Hirundo rustica 90 House Martin Delichon urbicum 91 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 92 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 93 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 94 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 95 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 96 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 97 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 98 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 99 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 100 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 101 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 102 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 103 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 104 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 105 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 106 Redwing Turdus iliacus 107 Blackbird Turdus merula 108 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 109 Robin Erithacus rubecula 110 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 111 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 112 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 113 Dunnock Prunella modularis 114 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 115 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 116 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 117 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 118 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 119 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 19/01/2024 Male from Kingfisher hide 120 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 121 Linnet Linaria cannabina 122 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 123 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 08/03/2024 2 flew over estuary tower 124 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 125 Siskin Spinus spinus 126 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus