Andy Pitt: Upton Warren Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 113 of 113 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/01/2024 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 4 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2024 5 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/04/2024 Moors Pool A self-found drake 6 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2024 7 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 8 Wigeon Mareca penelope 25/01/2024 9 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 10 Pintail Anas acuta 21/01/2024 Moors Pool A self-found pair 11 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 12 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 14 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2024 15 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 16 Swift Apus apus 22/04/2024 Sailing Pool 17 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 04/05/2024 Sailing Pool Called 3 times from the direction of the climbing frames at 0545. One seen & heard at both the Flashes and Moors Pool(13/05/24) 18 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 19 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 20 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 21 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2024 22 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 23 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 24 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 25 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/01/2024 26 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/02/2024 27 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 28/02/2024 Flashes 28 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 07/04/2024 Sailing Pool One circled and called then flew north west - Paul Croft, Dave Jackson 29 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/05/2024 Flashes One - Phil Wood 30 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/03/2024 Flashes 2 birds 31 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 32 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2024 Flashes One flew in briefly before flying off west 33 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 34 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 07/03/2024 Moors Pool 4 birds in flight 35 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 25/01/2024 36 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2024 37 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/04/2024 Sailing Pool 38 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 10/04/2024 Flashes 39 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/04/2024 Flashes Dave Jackson 40 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/03/2024 Flashes 2 self-found birds flew around the pools before heading north 41 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 05/05/2024 Moors Pool Paul Edwards et al 42 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 07/04/2024 Sailing Pool 2 over the Sailing Pool late morning (3 in total later) - Paul Croft, John Belsey 43 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 28/04/2024 Flashes 44 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/04/2024 Flashes 45 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/04/2024 Moors Pool Self-found adult in near summer plumage 46 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 47 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 20/03/2024 Moors Pool Summer plumaged adult 48 Common Gull Larus canus 05/01/2024 49 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 05/01/2024 50 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 51 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 52 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 08/01/2024 53 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 20/03/2024 Flashes 54 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 55 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 56 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 27/04/2024 Flashes Likely juv bird. one of two birds found by Phil Wood. 57 Red Kite Milvus milvus 20/03/2024 Flashes 58 Buzzard Buteo buteo 05/01/2024 59 Barn Owl Tyto alba 21/01/2024 60 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 14/01/2024 61 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2024 62 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2024 63 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 64 Hobby Falco subbuteo 05/05/2024 Moors Pool Seen from the west track 65 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2024 66 Jay Garrulus glandarius 28/02/2024 Moors Pool 67 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 68 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 69 Rook Corvus frugilegus 05/01/2024 70 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 71 Raven Corvus corax 25/01/2024 72 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 73 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 74 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 75 Skylark Alauda arvensis 31/01/2024 76 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 22/03/2024 Sailing Pool 20+ high over 77 Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/04/2024 Moors Pool 78 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/04/2024 Moors Pool 79 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 80 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 81 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 03/04/2024 Flashes 82 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/01/2024 83 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 07/04/2024 Moors Pool One singing in North Moors reedbed 84 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 08/04/2024 Moors Pool Singing from North Moors reedbed 85 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 25/03/2024 Moors Pool 86 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 15/04/2024 Sailing Pool Dave Jackson 87 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 14/04/2024 Flashes 88 Whitethroat Curruca communis 04/05/2024 Sailing Pool In hedge in field east of the Sailing Pool 89 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 08/01/2024 90 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 91 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17/01/2024 92 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 05/01/2024 93 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 94 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 95 Redwing Turdus iliacus 05/01/2024 96 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 97 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 28/01/2024 98 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 99 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 100 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 04/05/2024 Sailing Pool In set-aside patch behind the archery field = Paul Croft 101 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 102 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 22/04/2024 Moors Pool One over calling 103 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 31/01/2024 104 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 05/01/2024 105 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/04/2024 Flashes 106 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 107 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/01/2024 108 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 109 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 110 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 21/01/2024 111 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 05/01/2024 112 Siskin Spinus spinus 05/01/2024 113 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024