Malcolm Curtin: Marbury Country Park and Witton Flashes Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 111 of 111 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 26/02/2024 30 on the mere 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/03/2024 Mere 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Pintail Anas acuta 27/01/2024 NF 13 Teal Anas crecca 14 Pochard Aythya ferina 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 16 Scaup Aythya marila 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 14/02/2024 Mere 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 19 Goosander Mergus merganser 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/04/2024 21 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2024 AF 22 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2024 NF 23 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 24 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 26 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 27 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 28 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 29 Coot Fulica atra 30 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 31 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 32 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 10/03/2024 Mere Pair in SP 33 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 30/01/2024 34 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 25/04/2024 NF 35 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 29/03/2024 Gibbons Land 36 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 37 Curlew Numenius arquata 38 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 05/03/2024 DHM 39 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 40 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/03/2024 NF 41 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 08/04/2024 Mere 42 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 25/04/2024 Mere 43 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 08/03/2024 Mere 4 in winter plum- early record 44 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 45 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 19/02/2024 KBS Mere Sum Plum 46 Common Gull Larus canus 47 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 48 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 49 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 50 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 51 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 52 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 53 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 54 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 55 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 56 Buzzard Buteo buteo 57 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/04/2024 58 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 14/02/2024 59 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 60 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 61 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 30/01/2024 62 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 63 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 64 Jay Garrulus glandarius 65 Magpie Pica pica 66 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 67 Rook Corvus frugilegus 68 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 69 Raven Corvus corax 70 Coal Tit Periparus ater 71 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 72 Great Tit Parus major 73 Skylark Alauda arvensis 26/01/2024 74 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 08/03/2024 Mere 75 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2024 76 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/04/2024 AF 77 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 12/02/2024 78 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 79 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 29/03/2024 Bund NF 80 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 25/02/2024 DHM 81 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2024 AF 82 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 08/04/2024 83 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 08/04/2024 HP 84 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 28/03/2024 Mere 85 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2024 DHM 86 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 87 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 88 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 89 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 90 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 91 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 92 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/03/2024 93 Redwing Turdus iliacus 94 Blackbird Turdus merula 95 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 19/02/2024 96 Robin Erithacus rubecula 97 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 24/04/2024 AF 98 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 99 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/03/2024 Gibbons Land 100 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 101 Dunnock Prunella modularis 102 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 30/01/2024 103 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 19/02/2024 104 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 105 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 106 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 23/02/2024 107 Linnet Linaria cannabina 29/03/2024 NF 108 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 14/03/2024 Bund NF 109 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 110 Siskin Spinus spinus 111 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus