Carl Moorhouse: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 210 of 210 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/01/2024 Bradwell on sea 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Unknown origins (probably plastic) at Slimbridge 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 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 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20/02/2024 Leighton Moss 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 01/04/2024 Loch Leven 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 35 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 46 Coot Fulica atra 47 Crane Grus grus 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 53 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Swine Moor 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 27/01/2024 Burnham-on-sea 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata Swine Moor 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 71 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 01/01/2024 Swine Moor 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Knot Calidris canutus 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina Swine Moor 79 Little Stint Calidris minuta 80 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 81 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 07/04/2024 Arne 82 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 83 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 84 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 85 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 86 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 87 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh 88 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 89 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 90 Common Gull Larus canus 91 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 93 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 96 Puffin Fratercula arctica 97 Razorbill Alca torda 98 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 99 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 100 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 101 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 102 Gannet Morus bassanus 103 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 104 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 105 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2024 Swilly Ings 106 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 107 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 108 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 109 Great White Egret Ardea alba 110 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 111 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 112 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 113 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 114 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 115 Red Kite Milvus milvus 116 Buzzard Buteo buteo 117 Barn Owl Tyto alba 118 Little Owl Athene noctua 119 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 120 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 121 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 122 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 123 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 124 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 125 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 126 Merlin Falco columbarius 127 Hobby Falco subbuteo 128 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 129 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 130 Jay Garrulus glandarius 131 Magpie Pica pica 132 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 133 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 134 Rook Corvus frugilegus 135 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 136 Raven Corvus corax 137 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 138 Coal Tit Periparus ater 139 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 140 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 141 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 142 Great Tit Parus major 143 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 144 Woodlark Lullula arborea 145 Skylark Alauda arvensis 146 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 147 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 148 Swallow Hirundo rustica 149 House Martin Delichon urbicum 150 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 151 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 152 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 153 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 154 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 155 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 156 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 157 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 158 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 159 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 160 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 161 Whitethroat Curruca communis 162 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 163 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 164 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 165 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 166 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 167 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 168 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 169 Redwing Turdus iliacus 170 Blackbird Turdus merula 171 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 172 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 173 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 01/01/2024 Tophill Low 174 Robin Erithacus rubecula 175 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 176 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 04/05/2024 Spurn 177 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 178 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 179 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 180 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 181 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 182 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 183 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 184 Dunnock Prunella modularis 185 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 186 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 187 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 188 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 189 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 190 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 191 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 192 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 193 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 194 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 195 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 196 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 197 Linnet Linaria cannabina 198 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 199 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 200 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 201 Siskin Spinus spinus 202 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 203 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 204 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 205 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 206 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 207 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 208 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 07/04/2024 Gillingham 209 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 13/01/2024 Heybridge 210 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 21/02/2024 Kilwinning