Ewan Ward: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 135 of 135 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 10/02/2024 Budle Bay, Northumberland Dark-bellied - bernicla & light-bellied - hrota 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 27/01/2024 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13/01/2024 Upper Thurnham, Lancashire 3 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 25/03/2024 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire 1+ 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 09/03/2024 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire 2 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25 Smew Mergellus albellus 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 29 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 28/01/2024 Hawes, North Yorkshire 2 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral Pigeon 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 42 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10/02/2024 Budle Bay, Northumberland 1 non-breeding plumage 43 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 49 Curlew Numenius arquata 50 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 51 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 52 Redshank Tringa totanus 53 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 54 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 55 Sanderling Calidris alba 56 Dunlin Calidris alpina 57 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 10/02/2024 Bamburgh, Northumberland 58 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 59 Common Gull Larus canus 60 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 61 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 62 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 63 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 64 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 65 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 66 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 67 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 68 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 13/01/2024 Upper Thurnham, Lancashire 1 69 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/02/2024 Hawes, North Yorkshire 1 flew over low East 70 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 71 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 72 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 73 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 74 Red Kite Milvus milvus 27/01/2024 9 on car journey between Boroughbridge and Hawes 75 Buzzard Buteo buteo 76 Barn Owl Tyto alba 77 Little Owl Athene noctua 78 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/02/2024 79 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 80 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 81 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 82 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 83 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 84 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 25/02/2024 Askham, Cumbria 1 85 Jay Garrulus glandarius 86 Magpie Pica pica 87 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 88 Rook Corvus frugilegus 89 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 90 Raven Corvus corax 91 Coal Tit Periparus ater 92 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 93 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 94 Great Tit Parus major 95 Skylark Alauda arvensis 96 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 97 Swallow Hirundo rustica 98 House Martin Delichon urbicum 99 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 100 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 101 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 102 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 103 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 104 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 105 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 106 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 107 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 108 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 109 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 110 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 111 Redwing Turdus iliacus 112 Blackbird Turdus merula 113 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 114 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 115 Robin Erithacus rubecula 116 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 117 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 118 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 119 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 120 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 121 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 122 Dunnock Prunella modularis 123 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 124 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 125 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 126 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 127 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 128 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 129 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 130 Twite Linaria flavirostris 131 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 132 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 133 Siskin Spinus spinus 134 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/03/2024 2 135 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus