Mark Hodson: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 139 of 139 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 29/03/2024 Hunstanton, Nr ski club 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh Life tick 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Braunstone Park 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/04/2024 From embankment looking towards Wild Ken Hill 2 birds 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2024 Groby Pool 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Braunstone Park 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 30/03/2024 Snettisham - Beach Road 100th bird of the year. 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 30/03/2024 From embankment looking towards Wild Ken Hill 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19/01/2024 Thornton Reservoir 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12/01/2024 Cossington Meadows 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/01/2024 Groby Pool 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2024 Groby Pool 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Leicester - Grand Union Canal 15 Pintail Anas acuta 30/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 16 Teal Anas crecca 12/01/2024 Cossington Meadows 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/01/2024 Groby Pool 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2024 Groby Pool 19 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 22 Smew Mergellus albellus 30/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 3 birds - 2 Drake, 1 female 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 12/01/2024 Cossington Meadows 24 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir - Fields off Kinchley Lane 25 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 26 Swift Apus apus 14/05/2024 Groby - Over college 2 birds 27 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Leicester - Nr Upperton Road Feral Pigeons 28 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Forest Hill GC 29 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Ratby 30 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 14/01/2024 Glenfield - Ivanhoe Trail 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Leicester - Grand Union Canal 32 Coot Fulica atra 03/01/2024 Groby Pool 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 19/01/2024 Thornton Reservoir 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 19/01/2024 Thornton Reservoir 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 08/03/2024 Jubilee Park, Enderby 2 birds 36 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 37 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 30/03/2024 From embankment looking towards Wild Ken Hill 38 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 39 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 30/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 40 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 29/03/2024 Hunstanton beach, Nr ski club 41 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 42 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 12/01/2024 Cossington Meadows 43 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 44 Curlew Numenius arquata 30/03/2024 Heacham beach 45 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 46 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 30/03/2024 From embankment looking towards Wild Ken Hill 47 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 48 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 10/05/2024 Cropston Reservoir 49 Redshank Tringa totanus 29/03/2024 Hunstanton beach, Nr pier 50 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh Life tick 51 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 52 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 30/03/2024 From embankment looking towards Wild Ken Hill 53 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 30/03/2024 Hunstanton beach 54 Knot Calidris canutus 30/03/2024 Snettisham beach 55 Ruff Calidris pugnax 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 56 Sanderling Calidris alba 30/03/2024 Hunstanton beach 57 Dunlin Calidris alpina 30/01/2024 Eyebrook Reservoir 58 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 59 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 10/05/2024 Cossington Meadows 60 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 61 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Braunstone Park 62 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 63 Common Gull Larus canus 19/01/2024 Thornton Reservoir 64 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 A47 - Nr Braunstone Park 65 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Leicester - Grand Union Canal 66 Puffin Fratercula arctica 17/05/2024 Thornwick Bay 67 Razorbill Alca torda 17/05/2024 Thornwick Bay 68 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 31/03/2024 Old Hunstanton - On cliffs 69 Gannet Morus bassanus 17/05/2024 Thornwick Bay 70 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/01/2024 Groby Pool 71 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 12/01/2024 Cossington Meadows 72 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 08/03/2024 Jubilee Park, Enderby 2 birds 73 Great White Egret Ardea alba 12/01/2024 Cossington Meadows 74 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2024 Groby Pool 75 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 16/02/2024 Ratby - Nr Main Street 76 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 77 Red Kite Milvus milvus 21/01/2024 Groby - Fields near college 78 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Forest Hill GC 79 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 17/03/2024 Thornton Reservoir 80 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 20/01/2024 Watermead Country Park 81 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/01/2024 Groby - Off Roman Way 82 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Ratby Lane - Past Blood Hill 83 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 19/01/2024 Thornton Reservoir 84 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2024 Braunstone Park 85 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Ratby - Burroughs Road 86 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Ratby - Fields towards Kirby Muxloe 87 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Ratby - Burroughs Road 88 Rook Corvus frugilegus 14/01/2024 Glenfield - Fields off Gynsill Lane 89 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Braunstone Park 90 Raven Corvus corax 10/02/2024 M69 near Burbage 91 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Markfield - Chitterman Way Life tick 92 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Burroughs Road - Nr paintball 93 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2024 Burroughs Road - Nr paintball 94 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Ratby - Garden 95 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Burroughs Road - Nr paintball 96 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 97 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/02/2024 Ratby - Burroughs Road 98 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 03/04/2024 Swithland Reservoir 99 Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/04/2024 Paddy’s Lane - Near A46/Six Hills Seen on way home from Rushcliffe parkrun 100 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/04/2024 Thornton Reservoir 101 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 102 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2024 Groby Pool 103 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2024 Peak District, Nr Lose Hill 104 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 19/03/2024 Glenfield - Ivanhoe Trail 105 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 106 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 10/05/2024 Cossington Meadows 107 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 28/01/2024 Garden 1 female during RSPB big garden birdwatch. Garden tick! 108 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2024 Ratby Lane - Hedgerow between Ratby & Kirby Muxloe Life tick 109 Whitethroat Curruca communis 10/05/2024 Cossington Meadows 110 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 26/01/2024 Groby Pool 111 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Leicester - Grand Union Canal 112 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2024 Burroughs Road - Nr paintball 113 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/04/2024 Cossington Meadows 114 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Markfield - Chitterman Way 115 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2024 Groby - Nr college 116 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 30/01/2024 Aylestone meadows 117 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2024 Groby Pool 118 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Ratby 119 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 12/01/2024 Cossington Meadows 120 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Ratby - Burroughs Road 121 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/03/2024 Attenborough Nature Reserve 122 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/03/2024 Bradgate Park 3 birds 123 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 14/04/2024 River Derwent at Hathersage 124 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Markfield - Chitterman Way 125 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Ratby - Garden 126 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh 127 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 19/01/2024 Thornton Reservoir 128 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Ratby - Burroughs Road 129 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 26/01/2024 Groby Pool 130 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2024 Ratby - Off Fielding Lane 131 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 31/03/2024 RSPB Titchwell Marsh 132 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 Ratby - Burroughs Road 133 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 03/01/2024 Ratby - Ferndale Park 134 Linnet Linaria cannabina 12/01/2024 Cossington Meadows 135 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 03/01/2024 Newtown Linford 136 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Leicester - Grand Union Canal 137 Siskin Spinus spinus 14/01/2024 Glenfield - Ivanhoe Trail 138 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/04/2024 Newtown Linford - Opposite cemetery 139 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 03/03/2024 Attenborough Nature Reserve