Owen Erasmus: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 171 of 171 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2024 Cardiff 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/01/2024 Slimbridge 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2024 Cardiff 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13/01/2024 Slimbridge 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 cardiff bay 6 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13/01/2024 Slimbridge 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13/01/2024 Slimbridge 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10/05/2024 Slimbridge 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 06/01/2024 Portbury 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13/01/2024 Cannop 11 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 02/02/2024 Greylake rspb 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15/05/2024 Goldcliff 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 06/01/2024 Portbury 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/01/2024 Portbury 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 06/01/2024 Portbury 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 cardiff bay 17 Pintail Anas acuta 06/01/2024 Burnham 18 Teal Anas crecca 06/01/2024 Portbury 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2024 Lisvane reservoir 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/01/2024 Lisvane reservoir 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 cardiff bay 22 Scaup Aythya marila 06/01/2024 Chew valley lake 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 04/04/2024 Cbwr 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25/04/2024 cardiff bay 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 06/01/2024 Barrow gurney 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 06/01/2024 Chew valley lake 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 18/01/2024 penarth marina 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 18/01/2024 Kidwelly 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 13/01/2024 Gloucestershire 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 08/03/2024 Marshfield 31 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2024 Ham wall 32 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Penarth 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 19/01/2024 Porthcawl 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Penarth 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 06/01/2024 Portbury 36 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Rogerstone 37 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 cardiff 38 Crane Grus grus 13/01/2024 Slimbridge 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2024 Lisvane reservoir 40 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11/01/2024 Lisvane 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 penarth 42 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 06/01/2024 Portbury 43 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/01/2024 Portbury 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 06/01/2024 Burnham 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 06/01/2024 Burnham 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/01/2024 Slimbridge 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/01/2024 Burnham 48 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 15/05/2024 Goldcliff 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 06/01/2024 Portbury 50 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 06/01/2024 Burnham 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 10/02/2024 Cornwall 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 06/01/2024 Portbury 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/02/2024 Hayle 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 13/01/2024 Slimbridge 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 06/01/2024 Portbury 56 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/01/2024 penarth 57 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 penarth 58 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 13/01/2024 Slimbridge 59 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/01/2024 Llanelli wwt 60 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 19/01/2024 Porthcawl 61 Knot Calidris canutus 06/01/2024 Burnham 62 Ruff Calidris pugnax 16/03/2024 Slimbridge 63 Dunlin Calidris alpina 18/01/2024 Kidwelly 64 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14/03/2024 Battery point 65 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/04/2024 Cardiff bay 66 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 12/04/2024 Cardiff bay 67 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 09/03/2024 Cardiff bay 68 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 18/04/2024 Mumbles 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 18/01/2024 cardiff bay 70 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 19/01/2024 Porthcawl 71 Common Gull Larus canus 19/01/2024 Porthcawl 72 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 10/02/2024 Hayle 73 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Penarth 74 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 10/02/2024 Hayle 75 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2024 Cardiff 76 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Penarth 77 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 10/02/2024 Hayle 78 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 11/01/2024 Lisvane 79 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/02/2024 Nash point 80 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 penarth 81 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 06/01/2024 Westhay 82 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 26/04/2024 Ham wall Also one heard only in Estonia 83 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/01/2024 Westhay 84 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 06/01/2024 Westhay 85 Great White Egret Ardea alba 06/01/2024 Westhay 86 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 06/01/2024 Westhay 87 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 penarth 88 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 27/01/2024 Llanridian 89 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 27/01/2024 Llanridian 90 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 27/01/2024 Llanridian 91 Red Kite Milvus milvus 18/01/2024 Kidwelly 92 Buzzard Buteo buteo 06/01/2024 Gordano 93 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 13/01/2024 Slimbridge 94 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 13/01/2024 Forest of Dean 95 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Cardiff 96 Merlin Falco columbarius 12/01/2024 Llanelli wwt 97 Hobby Falco subbuteo 26/04/2024 Shapwick Heath 98 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/02/2024 Aberthaw 99 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/05/2024 cardiff 100 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 penarth 101 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Penarth 102 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 18/04/2024 103 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2024 Lisvane reservoir 104 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/01/2024 Monmouth 105 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Penarth 106 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2024 Penarth 107 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Rogerstone 108 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 penarth 109 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 13/01/2024 Forest of Dean 110 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 11/04/2024 brecon beacons 111 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 penarth 112 Great Tit Parus major 04/01/2024 Cosmeston 113 Skylark Alauda arvensis 08/03/2024 Marshfield 114 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15/03/2024 Cardiff bay 115 Swallow Hirundo rustica 05/04/2024 Cardiff 116 House Martin Delichon urbicum 15/04/2024 monmouth 117 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/01/2024 Cosmeston 118 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2024 Cosmeston 119 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 04/05/2024 Wales 120 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2024 Cbwr 121 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/01/2024 Kidwelly 122 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 02/05/2024 Cardiff 123 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12/04/2024 Cardiff bay 124 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 04/04/2024 penarth 125 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2024 Ham wall 126 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 19/04/2024 Cosmeston 127 Whitethroat Curruca communis 02/05/2024 Cardiff 128 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 16/03/2024 Aylesbeare common 129 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2024 Cosmeston 130 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2024 Cosmeston 131 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2024 Cosmeston 132 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 12/01/2024 Llanelli wwt 133 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Penarth 134 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2024 Cosmeston 135 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 19/01/2024 Porthcawl 136 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/01/2024 Cosmeston 137 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 penarth 138 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/01/2024 Somerset 139 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/04/2024 brecon beacons 140 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/05/2024 Cardiff 141 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 penarth 142 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 10/05/2024 Slimbridge 143 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 04/05/2024 Wales 144 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/01/2024 cardiff bay 145 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/04/2024 Blorenge 146 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 24/04/2024 Blorenge 147 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/02/2024 Ogmore 148 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 12/04/2024 brecon beacons 149 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 11/04/2024 garwnant 150 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Penarth 151 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Penarth 152 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 02/05/2024 Cardiff 153 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 penarth 154 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 penarth 155 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 cardiff bay 156 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 25/04/2024 rudry common 157 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2024 penarth 158 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 penarth 159 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 13/01/2024 Forest of Dean 160 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 04/01/2024 Cosmeston 161 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 18/01/2024 Llyn lech owain 162 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 12/01/2024 Llanelli wwt 163 Linnet Linaria cannabina 06/01/2024 Portbury 164 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 13/01/2024 Forest of Dean 165 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 13/01/2024 Forest of Dean 166 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 penarth 167 Siskin Spinus spinus 13/01/2024 Forest of Dean 168 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 04/05/2024 Wales 169 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 02/02/2024 Stolford somerset 170 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 16/03/2024 Broadsands 171 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/01/2024 Portbury