Matthew Dick: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 168 of 168 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 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19/03/2024 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18/03/2024 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 16/01/2024 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26/04/2024 Livermere 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 16/01/2024 25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 22/03/2024 Abberton Reservoir 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 16/01/2024 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 16/01/2024 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 16/02/2024 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 41 Coot Fulica atra 42 Crane Grus grus 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 16/01/2024 45 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 04/04/2024 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 47 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 18/04/2024 Frampton Marsh 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Curlew Numenius arquata 54 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 55 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 56 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 22/03/2024 Cley Marshes 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 58 Redshank Tringa totanus 59 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 18/04/2024 Frampton Marsh 60 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 61 Knot Calidris canutus 22/03/2024 62 Ruff Calidris pugnax 63 Sanderling Calidris alba 64 Dunlin Calidris alpina 65 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 18/04/2024 66 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 18/04/2024 67 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 68 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 14/03/2024 69 Common Gull Larus canus 70 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 71 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 72 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 73 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 74 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 75 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 76 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 16/02/2024 77 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/03/2024 78 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 12/03/2024 79 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 80 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 81 Great White Egret Ardea alba 82 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 83 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 84 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 23/02/2024 85 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 86 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 87 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 27/01/2024 Warham Greens 88 Red Kite Milvus milvus 89 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 90 Buzzard Buteo buteo 91 Barn Owl Tyto alba 12/03/2024 92 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 93 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 94 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 95 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 96 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 97 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 16/01/2024 98 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 99 Merlin Falco columbarius 100 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 101 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 25/02/2024 102 Jay Garrulus glandarius 103 Magpie Pica pica 104 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 105 Rook Corvus frugilegus 106 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 107 Raven Corvus corax 108 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 14/03/2024 109 Coal Tit Periparus ater 110 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 111 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 112 Great Tit Parus major 113 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 114 Woodlark Lullula arborea 115 Skylark Alauda arvensis 116 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 117 Swallow Hirundo rustica 14/04/2024 118 House Martin Delichon urbicum 18/04/2024 119 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 120 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 121 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2024 122 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 123 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 08/04/2024 124 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 08/04/2024 125 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 126 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 127 Whitethroat Curruca communis 128 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 18/02/2024 129 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 130 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 131 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 132 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 133 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 134 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 135 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 136 Redwing Turdus iliacus 137 Blackbird Turdus merula 138 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 16/01/2024 139 Robin Erithacus rubecula 140 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 14/04/2024 141 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 142 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/03/2024 143 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 144 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 145 Dunnock Prunella modularis 146 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 18/04/2024 147 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 20/02/2024 148 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 149 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 150 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 151 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 16/01/2024 152 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 153 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 154 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 155 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 156 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 157 Twite Linaria flavirostris 03/03/2024 Weybourne 158 Linnet Linaria cannabina 159 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 160 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 161 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 162 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 163 Siskin Spinus spinus 164 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 03/03/2024 Weybourne 165 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis ********** ********** 166 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 14/01/2024 167 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 168 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 16/01/2024 Heybridge Essex