David Gray: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 171 of 171 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 11/02/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 26/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 10/03/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North,Leicester. 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13/01/2024 Horbury, West Yorkshire A flock of 100+ birds seen flying North West over Horbury Town FC, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North,Leicester. 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 27/01/2024 Knarr Fen Drove, Cambridgeshire. Two birds seen in large flock of 200+ Whooper Swans. 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2024 Groby Pool, Leicestershire. 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 02/01/2024 Wanlip North Lakes, Leicestershire. 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 25/01/2024 North Arm, Rutland Water. 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 31/03/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicestershire. 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/05/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North,Leicester. 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 18 Pintail Anas acuta 22/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir, Leicestershire. 19 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2024 Wanlip Meadows LRWT, Leicester. 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 10/03/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 23 Scaup Aythya marila 25/01/2024 Rutland Water Lagoon 4 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 13/01/2024 Watermead CP North,Leicester. Soar Valley tick! My third record in Leicestershire / Rutland. 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicestershire. 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22/04/2024 Cropston Reservoir,Leicestershire 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir, Leicestershire. 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 22/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir, Leicestershire. At least 7 birds seen around the reservoir ( 5 Drakes, 2 Red heads). 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 16/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 02/05/2024 Eaton, Vale of Belvoir, Leicestershire. 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2024 Wanlip North Lakes, Leicestershire. 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 22/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir, Leicestershire. 33 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB,Lincolnshire. 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB,Lincolnshire. 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2024 Watermead CP South,Leicester. 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2024 Watermead CP South,Leicester. 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2024 Thurmaston, Leicester. 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2024 Thurmaston,Leicester. 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2024 Watermead CP South, Leicester. 41 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2024 Watermead CP South, Leicester. 42 Crane Grus grus 27/01/2024 Eldernell RSPB, Cambridgeshire. 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 16/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North,Leicester. 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 25/01/2024 North Arm, Rutland Water. 46 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 23/03/2024 Cavenham Heath, Suffolk 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 30/01/2024 Jubilee Park, Enderby, Leicester. 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11/02/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 11/05/2024 Rutland Water Lagoon 4 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 26/01/2024 Rutland Water Lagoon 4 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/03/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius ********** ********** 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 16/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/05/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB,Lincolnshire. 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 11/02/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 11/02/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB,Lincolnshire. 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/02/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 17/01/2024 Cossington Meadows LRWT, Leicestershire. 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/04/2024 Cossington Meadows LRWT, Leicestershire. 60 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 30/01/2024 Wanlip North Lakes,Leicestershire. 61 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 25/01/2024 North Arm, Rutland Water. 63 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 11/02/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 64 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 16/03/2024 Marshside RSPB, Southport, Merseyside. 66 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/02/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB,Lincolnshire. 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 24/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir, Leicestershire 68 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 26/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB,Lincolnshire. 69 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/04/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 70 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/04/2024 Wanlip Meadows LRWT, Leicester. 71 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 26/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 72 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North,Leicester. 73 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 27/02/2024 Watermead CP South, Leicester. 74 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2024 Watermead CP South,Leicester. 75 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2024 Watermead CP South,Leicester. 76 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 16/01/2024 Watermead CP North,Leicester. 77 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2024 Watermead CP South, Leicester. 78 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 17/02/2024 Draycote Water, Warwickshire. 79 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 25/01/2024 Hambleton Peninsula, Rutland Water. 80 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2024 Watermead CP South,Leicester. 81 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 26/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 82 Bittern Botaurus stellaris ********** ********** 83 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North,Leicester. 84 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 27/02/2024 Jubilee Park, Enderby, Leicester. 85 Great White Egret Ardea alba 25/01/2024 Rutland Water Lagoon 4. 86 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2024 Watermead CP South,Leicester. 87 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/05/2024 Rutland Water Lagoon 4. 88 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 89 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 23/03/2024 Cockley Cley, Norfolk. 90 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 27/01/2024 Eldernell RSPB, Cambridgeshire. 91 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 11/02/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB,Lincolnshire 92 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/01/2024 Tugby, Leicestershire 93 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 94 Barn Owl Tyto alba 18/01/2024 Cossington Meadows LRWT, Leicestershire. 95 Little Owl Athene noctua ********** ********** 96 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 27/01/2024 Eldernell RSPB, Cambridgeshire. 97 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 27/01/2024 Eldernell RSPB, Cambridgeshire. 98 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 11/05/2024 South Croxton, Leicestershire. 99 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 16/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 100 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 16/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester 101 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/01/2024 Watermead CP South, Leicester. 102 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2024 Glenfield, Leicester 103 Merlin Falco columbarius 11/01/2024 Wanlip North Lakes, Leicestershire. 104 Hobby Falco subbuteo 26/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire 105 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 26/01/2024 Leicester Cathedral, Leicester. 106 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 20/01/2024 Watermead CP South, Leicester. 107 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 23/03/2024 Weeting, Norfolk 108 Jay Garrulus glandarius 109 Magpie Pica pica 110 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 111 Rook Corvus frugilegus 112 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 113 Raven Corvus corax 114 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 07/01/2024 Wyngate Drive, Leicester. 42 birds seen in roadside trees. 115 Coal Tit Periparus ater 26/01/2024 Aylestone, Leicester. 116 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 117 Great Tit Parus major 118 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 10/03/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. 119 Woodlark Lullula arborea 23/03/2024 Cavenham Heath, Suffolk 120 Skylark Alauda arvensis 25/01/2024 Hambleton Peninsula, Rutland Water. 121 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2024 Cossington Meadows LRWT, Leicestershire 122 Swallow Hirundo rustica 23/03/2024 RSPB Lakenheath, Norfolk. 123 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/04/2024 Far Ings NNR, Lincolnshire 124 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 125 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 126 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 05/01/2024 Oakthorpe, Leicestershire. 127 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 06/04/2024 Far Ings NNR, Lincolnshire. 128 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 129 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/04/2024 Watermead CP Birstall, Leicester. 130 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 09/04/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 131 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 11/05/2024 Rutland Water Lagoon 3 132 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 13/04/2024 Watermead CP Birstall, Leicester. 133 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 26/01/2024 Aylestone, Leicester. 134 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/04/2024 Watermead CP South, Leicester 135 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2024 Ridgemere Lane, Syston, Leicestershire. 136 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2024 Cossington Meadows LRWT, Leicestershire 137 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 27/02/2024 Watermead CP Birstall section,Leicester. Soar Valley tick. 138 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 139 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 140 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 26/01/2024 Crow Mills, Blaby, Leicester. 141 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 30/01/2024 Jubilee Park, Enderby, Leicester. 142 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 143 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 144 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 145 Redwing Turdus iliacus 146 Blackbird Turdus merula 147 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 148 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 23/03/2024 Cavenham Heath, Suffolk. 149 Robin Erithacus rubecula 150 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 26/01/2024 Cossington Meadows LRWT, Leicestershire. 151 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 23/03/2024 Cavenham Heath, Suffolk. 152 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 153 Dunnock Prunella modularis 154 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 17/04/2024 Syston Road, South Croxton, Leicestershire. 155 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 156 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 157 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 22/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir, Leicestershire. 158 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 29/04/2024 Warren Hills LRWT, Leicestershire. 159 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 11/02/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire 160 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 06/01/2024 Rearsby, Leicestershire 161 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 09/01/2024 Rearsby, Leicestershire 162 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 07/02/2024 Cossington Meadows LRWT, Leicestershire 163 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 164 Linnet Linaria cannabina 165 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 16/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 166 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 167 Siskin Spinus spinus 16/01/2024 Watermead CP North, Leicester. 168 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 27/01/2024 Near Crowland, Lincolnshire 169 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 27/01/2024 Near Crowland, Lincolnshire. 170 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 17/01/2024 Cossington Meadows LRWT, Leicestershire. 171 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 09/01/2024 Heybridge, Essex