Tony ORourke: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 139 of 139 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/01/2024 Two Tree Island 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 31/03/2024 Slimbridge 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/02/2024 Hanningfield Reservoir Essex 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 28/01/2024 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 31/03/2024 Slimbridge 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 04/01/2024 Gunners Park 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/01/2024 Minsmere, Suffolk 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 04/02/2024 Hanningfield Reservoir Essex 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 16 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 19/02/2024 Abberton reservoir, Essex 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Two Tree island 21 Scaup Aythya marila 19/02/2024 Abberton reservoir, Essex 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 14/01/2024 Thames Estuary (end of Southend Pier) 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/02/2024 Hanningfield Reservoir Essex 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 04/02/2024 Hanningfield Reservoir Essex 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 15/01/2024 Thames Estuary off Gunners Park 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 27 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 28/01/2024 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 28 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2024 Leigh on sea 29 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Leigh on Sea, Essex, UK 30 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25/01/2024 West Canvey Marsh 31 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 04/01/2024 Two Tree Island 32 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 04/01/2024 Two Tree Island 33 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 15/01/2024 Gunners park 34 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 35 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 36 Crane Grus grus 31/03/2024 Slimbridge 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 38 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 14/01/2024 Thames Estuary (end of Southend Pier) 39 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 15/01/2024 Thames Estuary off Gunners park 40 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/01/2024 Two Tree Island 41 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 05/05/2024 Bowers Marsh, Essex 42 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 07/01/2024 Fingringhoe Wick 43 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 28/01/2024 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 44 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 15/01/2024 Shoebury East Beach 45 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 46 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 28/01/2024 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 47 Curlew Numenius arquata 08/01/2024 Leigh on sea 48 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 25/01/2024 Canvey Wick 49 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 14/01/2024 Wallasea island 50 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 51 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 14/01/2024 Near Wallasea Island 52 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2024 Two Tree Island 53 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 28/01/2024 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 54 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 08/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 55 Knot Calidris canutus 15/01/2024 Shoebury East Beach 56 Ruff Calidris pugnax 05/05/2024 Bowers Marsh, Essex 57 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 58 Dunlin Calidris alpina 07/01/2024 Fingringhoe Wick 59 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 25/03/2024 Bowers Marsh Essex 60 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/04/2024 Minsmere Suffolk 61 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/04/2024 Minsmere Suffolk 62 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 08/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 63 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 14/01/2024 Thames Estuary (end of Southend Pier) 64 Common Gull Larus canus 08/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 65 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 66 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 08/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 67 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 21/01/2024 Southend University Hospital Car Park 68 Razorbill Alca torda 14/01/2024 Thames Estuary (end of Southend Pier) 69 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 15/02/2024 Southend on Sea Spotted off Southend Pier. 70 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 15/02/2024 Southend on Sea Spotted off Southend Pier 71 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/01/2024 Thames Estuary (end of Southend Pier) 72 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 14/01/2024 Thames Estuary (end of Southend Pier) 73 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 14/01/2024 Wallasea island 74 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 14/01/2024 Thames Estuary (end of Southend Pier) 75 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 18/03/2024 Wallasea island, Essex 76 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 14/04/2024 Minsmere Suffolk 77 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 78 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 12/05/2024 Abberton reservoir, Essex 79 Great White Egret Ardea alba 14/01/2024 Wallasea island 80 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 08/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 81 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 11/03/2024 Leigh Library Gardens Chasing pigeons around the gardens 82 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 83 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 14/01/2024 Wallasea island Female Ringtail 84 Red Kite Milvus milvus 28/01/2024 Holt, Norfolk 85 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Fingringhoe Wick 86 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/01/2024 Wallasea island 87 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 25/02/2024 Wallasea island, Essex 88 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 07/01/2024 Fingringhoe Wick 89 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 25/01/2024 Canvey Wick 90 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 91 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 92 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 93 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 30/01/2024 Stanway, Essex 94 Rook Corvus frugilegus 25/01/2024 West Canvey Marsh 95 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 96 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 07/01/2024 Colchester 97 Coal Tit Periparus ater 29/01/2024 Minsmere, Suffolk 98 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 99 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 100 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 29/04/2024 Rspb Rainham Marshes 101 Skylark Alauda arvensis 14/01/2024 Wallasea island 102 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/04/2024 Minsmere Suffolk 103 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/03/2024 Bowers Marsh Essex 104 House Martin Delichon urbicum 23/04/2024 Leigh on Sea Essex 105 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 106 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 107 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 11/02/2024 Abberton Reservoir 108 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 25/03/2024 Bowers Marsh Essex 109 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 25/03/2024 Bowers Marsh Essex 110 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 31/03/2024 Slimbridge UK 111 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 21/04/2024 Canvey Wick Essex 112 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/03/2024 Bowers Marsh Essex 113 Whitethroat Curruca communis 11/04/2024 Gunners Park, Shoebury 114 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 29/01/2024 Minsmere, Suffolk 115 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 116 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/02/2024 Hanningfield Reservoir Essex 117 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 28/01/2024 Lowestoft, Suffolk 118 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 119 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2024 Two Tree Island 120 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 20/02/2024 Leigh Library Gardens, Leigh on sea 121 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 122 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 123 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 124 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 125 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 21/04/2024 Canvey Wick Essex 126 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Rainham Marshes 127 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 18/03/2024 Wallasea island, Essex 128 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 05/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 129 Dunnock Prunella modularis 08/01/2024 Fingringhoe Wick 130 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 25/04/2024 Bowers Marsh Essex 131 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 30/01/2024 Stanway, Essex 132 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 08/01/2024 Leigh-on-Sea 133 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2024 Two Tree Island 134 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 25/01/2024 West Canvey Marsh 135 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 05/02/2024 Two Tree Island, Essex 136 Linnet Linaria cannabina 11/02/2024 Abberton reservoir 137 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2024 Two Tree Island 138 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 14/01/2024 Wallasea island 139 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/01/2024 Two Tree Island