Ian Barber: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 175 of 175 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 03/01/2024 Hoylake 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/01/2024 Ehf 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2024 Winsford 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15/03/2024 Acres nook 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14/01/2024 Acres nook 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/03/2024 Sandbach flashes 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 16 Pintail Anas acuta 20/02/2024 Burton mere wetlands 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 19 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/03/2024 Woolsten eyes 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 21 Scaup Aythya marila 17/05/2024 Neumann's 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 08/03/2024 Llanfairfechan 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 08/03/2024 Llandulas 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 08/03/2024 Llandulas 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2024 Hoylake 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 11/01/2024 Newchurch common 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/03/2024 Llandulas 30 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 30/03/2024 Woolsten eyes 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 13/02/2024 Chimney 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/02/2024 Woodend farm 34 Swift Apus apus 06/05/2024 Sandbach Flashes 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2024 Garden 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2024 Garden 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 19/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 41 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 44 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 15/01/2024 Mere farm quarry 45 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 10/03/2024 Budworth mere 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 03/01/2024 Hoylake 47 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20/02/2024 Burton mere wetlands 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 12/02/2024 Hoylake 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/02/2024 Sandbach Flashes 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 11/05/2024 Sandbach Flashes 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 22/03/2024 Sandbach Flashes 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 17/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 08/03/2024 Spinnies 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 14/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 57 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 04/02/2024 Mere farm quarry 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 05/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 06/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 61 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 12/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2024 Parkgate 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 20/02/2024 Burton mere wetlands 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/03/2024 Spinnies 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2024 New Brighton 66 Knot Calidris canutus 03/01/2024 Hoylake 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 12/02/2024 Burton marsh 68 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/01/2024 Hoylake 69 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2024 Hoylake 70 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/01/2024 New Brighton 71 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 26/04/2024 Upton country park 72 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 16/04/2024 Acres nook 73 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/05/2024 Sandbach Flashes 74 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 05/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 75 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 08/03/2024 Sandbach flashes 76 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 10/04/2024 Marbury 77 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 78 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 79 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 80 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 12/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 81 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 82 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 29/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 83 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 84 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 85 Razorbill Alca torda 08/03/2024 Llandulas 86 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/04/2024 Poole harbour 87 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 08/03/2024 Llandulas 88 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 27/04/2024 Poole harbour 89 Gannet Morus bassanus 08/03/2024 Llanfairfechan 90 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 91 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 08/03/2024 Llandulas 92 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/02/2024 Marbury 93 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2024 Parkgate 94 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 03/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands 95 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands 96 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 97 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 98 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/01/2024 Parkgate 99 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 03/01/2024 Burton marsh 100 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/02/2024 Chimney 101 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 26/04/2024 Wareham channel 102 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 103 Barn Owl Tyto alba 12/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 104 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/02/2024 Burton marsh 105 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 07/01/2024 106 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 107 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 11/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 108 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 15/01/2024 Marbury 109 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 110 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 111 Hobby Falco subbuteo 12/05/2024 Acres nook 112 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 14/01/2024 Acres nook 113 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 16/02/2024 Quarry bank 114 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 115 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 116 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 117 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 118 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 119 Raven Corvus corax 14/01/2024 Acres nook 120 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 07/02/2024 Old hall lane knutsford 121 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 122 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 11/02/2024 Mere farm quarry 123 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 124 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 125 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 126 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2024 Acres nook 127 Swallow Hirundo rustica 21/03/2024 Acres nook 128 House Martin Delichon urbicum 08/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 129 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 29/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 130 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 131 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 132 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 133 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 08/05/2024 Sandbach Flashes 134 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 03/04/2024 Swan pit 135 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 21/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 136 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 16/01/2024 Garden 137 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/04/2024 Lapwing hall pool 138 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 139 Whitethroat Curruca communis 13/04/2024 Middlewich 140 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 141 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 142 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 143 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 144 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 145 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 146 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 147 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 148 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 149 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 150 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 22/03/2024 Chimney 151 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 152 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/05/2024 Delamere 153 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 11/05/2024 Delamere 154 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 155 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2024 Burton mere wetlands 156 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/03/2024 Chimney 157 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 08/04/2024 Wildboarclough 158 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 10/01/2024 Lapwing hall pool 159 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 160 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 161 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 14/04/2024 Mere farm quarry 162 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 05/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 163 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 164 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 06/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 165 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 166 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 15/02/2024 Newchurch common 167 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 168 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 169 Linnet Linaria cannabina 06/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 170 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 14/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 171 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 172 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 173 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 174 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes 175 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Sandbach flashes