Robert Stephens: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 204 of 204 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Llanrhidian 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 01/01/2024 Martin Mere 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 04/02/2024 RSPB Greylake 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12/05/2024 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 27/04/2024 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 12/05/2024 40 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2024 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 17/04/2024 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Crane Grus grus 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 51 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 55 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 27/04/2024 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 60 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 02/04/2024 Sker 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 29/03/2024 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 64 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 13/04/2024 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 20/04/2024 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 70 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 72 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 78 Knot Calidris canutus 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 84 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 13/04/2024 85 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 86 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 30/03/2024 87 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 09/04/2024 Sandy Water Park 88 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 89 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 90 Common Gull Larus canus 91 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 94 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 95 Razorbill Alca torda 96 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 97 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 98 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 99 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 100 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 12/05/2024 101 Gannet Morus bassanus 12/05/2024 102 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 103 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 104 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 105 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 106 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 107 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 108 Great White Egret Ardea alba 109 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 110 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 111 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 112 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 113 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 114 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 115 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 26/01/2024 Llanrhidian Marsh 116 Red Kite Milvus milvus 117 Buzzard Buteo buteo 118 Barn Owl Tyto alba 119 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 120 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 121 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 122 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 123 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 124 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 125 Merlin Falco columbarius 126 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 127 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 16/04/2024 128 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 14/04/2024 129 Jay Garrulus glandarius 130 Magpie Pica pica 131 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 132 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 133 Rook Corvus frugilegus 134 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 135 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 136 Raven Corvus corax 137 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 138 Coal Tit Periparus ater 139 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 26/04/2024 Cwm Clydach 140 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 23/03/2024 Penclacwydd 141 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 142 Great Tit Parus major 143 Skylark Alauda arvensis 144 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 145 Swallow Hirundo rustica 146 House Martin Delichon urbicum 147 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 148 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 149 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 10/05/2024 150 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 151 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 152 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 05/05/2024 153 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/04/2024 154 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 13/04/2024 155 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 156 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 14/04/2024 157 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/04/2024 158 Whitethroat Curruca communis 13/04/2024 159 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 30/03/2024 160 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 161 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 162 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 163 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 164 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 165 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 166 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 167 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 168 Redwing Turdus iliacus 169 Blackbird Turdus merula 170 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 171 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 31/03/2024 172 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 11/05/2024 173 Robin Erithacus rubecula 174 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/04/2024 175 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 176 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 31/03/2024 177 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 11/05/2024 178 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 179 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 180 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 181 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 182 Dunnock Prunella modularis 183 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 184 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 185 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 186 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 17/04/2024 187 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 188 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 189 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 190 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 191 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 192 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 193 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 194 Linnet Linaria cannabina 195 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 196 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 197 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 198 Siskin Spinus spinus 199 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 27/04/2024 200 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 27/04/2024 201 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 202 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 203 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 204 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 13/01/2024 Essex