Trudy Sheen: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 249 of 249 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 02/01/2024 Cley 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/01/2024 Holkham 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 19/01/2024 Slimbridge WWT 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 19/01/2024 Slimbridge WWT 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2024 Cley 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/01/2024 Sharrington Norfolk 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 06/01/2024 Hickling 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 06/01/2024 St Benet’s 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 04/01/2024 Holkham 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 29/01/2024 Cannop Ponds, FoD 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 31/01/2024 Greylake RSPB 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/01/2024 Shapwick 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 29/02/2024 Clyde, Scotland 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 23 Pintail Anas acuta 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 24 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 14/01/2024 Hayle Estuary 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 16/01/2024 Herriott’s CVL 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservour 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 06/01/2024 Filby Broad 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 09/01/2024 Blagdon Lake 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 31 Scaup Aythya marila 08/01/2024 Blagdon Lake 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 08/01/2024 Sutton Wick, CVL 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 11/01/2024 Exmouth 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/01/2024 Cley 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 08/01/2024 Barrow Tanks 37 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 02/04/2024 Loch Leven, Scotland 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 15/01/2024 Lower Tamar Lake 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 11/01/2024 Exmouth 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 24/03/2024 43 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 24/01/2024 Glenshee 44 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 24/01/2024 Glenshee 45 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 26/01/2024 Dava Moor, Scotland 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 05/01/2024 Holkham 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2024 Sheringham CL 48 Quail Coturnix coturnix 13/04/2024 Salisbury Plain 49 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/01/2024 Salthouse 50 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2024 Ham Wall 51 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 13/04/2024 Salisbury Plain 3 males, one displaying 52 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/04/2024 Ham Wall 53 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 27/04/2024 Bempton Cliffs 54 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13/01/2024 Tremethick Cross, Cornwall 55 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 High Littleton 56 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB Norfolk 57 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 07/01/2024 Maldon, Essex 58 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 59 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 60 Crane Grus grus 06/01/2024 St Benet’s 61 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/01/2024 Barrow Tank 62 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 29/01/2024 Lindane Reservoir, Cardiff 63 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 64 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 28/02/2024 Ardmore Bay, Scotland 65 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 20/01/2024 Cheddar Reservoir 66 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 21/03/2024 Winterbourne Down 67 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2024 Cley 68 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11/01/2024 Exmouth 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 70 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 71 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/04/2024 Cley, Norfolk 73 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 74 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 01/02/2024 Burnham-on-Sea 75 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 07/04/2024 RSPB Titchwell, Norfolk 76 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2024 Cley 77 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 78 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 79 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 06/04/2024 Cley, Norfolk 80 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/01/2024 Deeping Lake 81 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 82 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 83 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 08/01/2024 Barrow Tank 84 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 29/02/2024 Torrance, Scotland 85 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 19/04/2024 Normandy Marshes, Hants 86 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 17/04/2024 Crediton 87 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 88 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 05/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 89 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 90 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 91 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2024 Sheringham 92 Knot Calidris canutus 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 93 Ruff Calidris pugnax 04/01/2024 Holkham 94 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 95 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 96 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14/01/2024 Penzance 97 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 19/04/2024 Normandy Marshes 98 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 11/04/2024 Arne RSPB 99 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/04/2024 Chew Valley Lake 100 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/04/2024 Brownsea, Dorset 101 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 11/04/2024 Arne RSPB 102 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 07/02/2024 Frampton-on-Severn 103 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 104 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 13/01/2024 Marazion 105 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Naunton Lane, Cheltenham 106 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 14/01/2024 Marazion 107 Common Gull Larus canus 05/01/2024 Holkham 108 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 16/01/2024 CVL, Avon 109 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 110 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 30/01/2024 CVL 111 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 112 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2024 Cley 113 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14/01/2024 Hayle Estuary 114 Puffin Fratercula arctica 26/04/2024 Bempton Cliffs 115 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 28/02/2024 Custom House Quay, Greenock 116 Razorbill Alca torda 22/03/2024 Portland 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 22/03/2024 Portland 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 14/01/2024 Penzance 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/01/2024 Marazion 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 11/01/2024 Exmouth 121 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 26/04/2024 Bempton cliffs 122 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/01/2024 Gwithian 123 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 124 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 11/01/2024 Exmouth 125 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 03/01/2024 Stiffkey 126 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/01/2024 Hayle Estuary 127 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 07/03/2024 Ham Wall RSPB 128 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 129 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/01/2024 Cley 130 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/01/2024 Warham Greens 131 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 09/01/2024 Blagdon Lake 132 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/03/2024 CVL 133 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 24/01/2024 Tomintoul, Scotland 134 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 Glos 135 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 24/01/2024 Bridge of Brown, Scotland 136 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 137 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 04/01/2024 Warham Greens 138 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 04/01/2024 Warham Greens 139 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 16/05/2024 Greylake, Somerset 140 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Cheltenham 141 Black Kite Milvus migrans 29/04/2024 Greyfield Woods, High Littleton 142 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 26/01/2024 Ruthven Valley, Scotland 143 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 High Littleton 144 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/01/2024 Warham Greens 145 Little Owl Athene noctua 22/03/2024 Portland 146 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 08/04/2024 RSPB Eldernell 147 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 05/01/2024 Warham Greens 148 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 05/04/2024 RSPB Titchwell, Norfolk 149 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 06/01/2024 Filby Broad 150 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 12/04/2024 Yarner Wood 151 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 09/01/2024 High Littleton 152 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 153 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Cheltenham 154 Merlin Falco columbarius 04/01/2024 Warham Greens 155 Hobby Falco subbuteo 23/04/2024 Shapwick Heath 156 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/01/2024 Warham Greens, Norfolk 157 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 11/01/2024 Exmouth 158 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 13/01/2024 Gulval 159 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 23/01/2024 Tomintoul, Highlands 160 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 161 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 High Littleton 162 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 13/01/2024 Sennen Cove 163 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 03/01/2024 Holkham 164 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 High Littleton 165 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 High Littleton 166 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/01/2024 Nairn 167 Raven Corvus corax 16/01/2024 Greyfield Woods 168 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Naunton Lane, Cheltenham 169 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 High Littleton 170 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 23/01/2024 Loch Garten, Highlands 171 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2024 High Littleton 172 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 15/01/2024 Lower Tamar Lake 173 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 High Littleton 174 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 High Littleton 175 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 23/04/2024 Shapwick Heath 176 Woodlark Lullula arborea 21/03/2024 New Forest 177 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/01/2024 Holkham 178 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 04/01/2024 Holkham 179 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 22/03/2024 Dorchester 180 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/03/2024 Chew Valley Lake 181 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2024 Chew Valley Lake 182 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 31/01/2024 RSPB Greylake 183 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 High Littleton 184 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 21/04/2024 New Forest 185 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 22/03/2024 Dorchester 186 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 27/03/2024 Westhay 187 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 09/01/2024 Hinton Blewett 188 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2024 Ham Wall 189 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/04/2024 Exminster Marshes 190 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 28/04/2024 North Caves 191 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 12/04/2024 Yarner Wood 192 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 13/01/2024 Gulval 193 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 13/04/2024 Winterbourne Downs 194 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 14/04/2024 Portland, Dorset In blackthorn skulking 195 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15/05/2024 Brislington 196 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 21/03/2024 New Forest 197 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 14/01/2024 Drift Reservoir 198 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 199 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2024 Holkham 200 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2024 Blakeney 201 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/01/2024 Filby Broad 202 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 203 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 11/01/2024 Exmouth 204 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2024 Sheringham CL 205 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Naunton Lane, Cheltenham 206 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 High Littleton 207 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 208 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 05/04/2024 Holme Dunes NWT 209 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 High Littleton 210 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 15/05/2024 Highnam Woods 211 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 28/04/2024 Slimbridge WWT 212 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 12/04/2024 Yarner Wood 213 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 14/01/2024 Newlyn 214 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 14/04/2024 Portland, Dorset 215 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 12/04/2024 Yarner Wood 216 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 14/01/2024 Marazion 217 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2024 New Forest 218 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 31/01/2024 Wookey Hole 219 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 27/01/2024 Loch Spynie, Scotland 220 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2024 Burnham Deepdale 221 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 High Littleton 222 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 17/04/2024 Tealham Moor 223 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/01/2024 Hinton Blewett 224 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 225 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 226 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 12/04/2024 Yarner Wood 227 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 07/02/2024 Aust Warth 228 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 14/01/2024 Hayle Estuary 229 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 230 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla ********** ********** 231 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 29/01/2024 Parkend, Glos 232 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 09/01/2024 Hinton Blewett 233 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 06/01/2024 St Benet’s 234 Twite Linaria flavirostris 03/01/2024 Titchwell RSPB 235 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2024 Warham Greens 236 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 23/01/2024 Nethy Bridge, Highlands 237 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 23/01/2024 Nethy Bridge, Highlands 238 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/01/2024 Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland 239 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 05/01/2024 Blakeney 240 Siskin Spinus spinus 16/01/2024 Westhay 241 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 25/01/2024 Nairn 242 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/02/2024 Marshfield 243 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 27/01/2024 Loch Spynie, Scotland 244 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 12/01/2024 Labrador Bay 245 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 14/01/2024 Tremethick, Cornwall 246 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 14/01/2024 Tremethick, Cornwall 247 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 26/04/2024 Hartlepool In private garden 248 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 07/01/2024 Maldon, Essex 249 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 28/02/2024 Kilwhinney, Scotland