Ian Howarth: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 164 of 164 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 04/02/2024 Cley 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/02/2024 Cley 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 23/02/2024 Holkham 100 (albifrons) birds 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/02/2024 Welney WWT (near) 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 09/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12/02/2024 Cassiobury Park 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 09/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 17 Pintail Anas acuta 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 18 Teal Anas crecca 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 13/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 22 Scaup Aythya marila 18/01/2024 Hilfield Park Reservoir (F) Also (M) Welney, 2/2 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/02/2024 Holkham 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/02/2024 Holkham Also Stockers Lake 28/4 25 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 03/02/2024 Holkham Brief but positive distant view 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 09/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/02/2024 Hickling Broad 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake Nice male 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/02/2024 Maple Lodge Probably seen, but ignored, previously... 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/02/2024 Cockthorpe 33 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2024 Rickmansworth 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 17/04/2024 Great Ovens Heard 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Garden Feral Pigeon 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/02/2024 Stiffkey 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Garden 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Garden 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 11/01/2024 Maple Lodge 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 41 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 42 Crane Grus grus 05/02/2024 St Benet's 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 45 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds Four birds 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 47 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 28/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/02/2024 Titchwell 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 04/02/2024 Titchwell 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 28/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/04/2024 Stockers Farm (flooded field) 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 53 Curlew Numenius arquata 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 54 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 04/02/2024 Titchwell (Beach) 55 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 56 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/01/2024 Maple Lodge 57 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 26/04/2024 Stocker's Farm (flooded field) 58 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 02/02/2024 Lemsford Springs 59 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 20/05/2024 Frampton Marsh 60 Redshank Tringa totanus 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 61 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/02/2024 Titchwell 62 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 20/05/2024 Frampton Marsh 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 28/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 64 Knot Calidris canutus 04/02/2024 Titchwell (Beach) 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/02/2024 Holkham 66 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/02/2024 Titchwell (Beach) 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 68 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 10/01/2024 Southsea Castle Single bird, roosting 69 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 28/04/2024 Stocker's Lake 70 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 10/01/2024 Southsea Castle Two birds! Also Poole Harbour 17/4 71 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/04/2024 Poole Harbour 72 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Garden 73 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17/04/2024 Poole Harbour 74 Common Gull Larus canus 09/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 75 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 76 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 10/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 77 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 03/02/2024 Holkham 78 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 26/01/2024 Staines Reservoirs 79 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 10/01/2024 Hayling, Sandy Point 80 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16/04/2024 Durlston 81 Gannet Morus bassanus 03/02/2024 Holkham 82 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 83 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 16/04/2024 Durlston 84 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 03/02/2024 Stiffkey 85 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 03/02/2024 Holkham 86 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 07/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 87 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 88 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 89 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 09/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 90 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 17/04/2024 Poole Harbour 91 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 13/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 92 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 24/02/2024 Cockley Cley, Norfolk Distant views at CC-E, followed by close view at CC-W. Also Morden Bog, Dorset 93 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/02/2024 Welney WWT (near) 94 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 04/02/2024 Titchwell 95 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 23/02/2024 Stiffkey Marshes 96 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Garden 97 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2024 Hazlemere 98 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/02/2024 Cockthorpe 99 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/02/2024 Cassiobury Park 100 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/02/2024 Stiffkey Marshes 101 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 102 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 16/01/2024 Maple Lodge 103 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 13/01/2024 Garden 104 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 11/01/2024 Woodoaks Farm 105 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 14/01/2024 St Albans Cathedral 106 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2024 Garden 107 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Garden 108 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Garden 109 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Garden 110 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/02/2024 Norfolk 111 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Garden 112 Raven Corvus corax 03/02/2024 Holkham 113 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 04/01/2024 Chorleywood Bottom 114 Coal Tit Periparus ater 30/01/2024 Garden 115 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 26/02/2024 Sculthorpe 116 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Garden 117 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Garden 118 Woodlark Lullula arborea 26/02/2024 Cockley Cley, Norfolk 119 Skylark Alauda arvensis 25/01/2024 Woodoaks Farm 120 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 23/02/2024 Holkham 121 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/04/2024 Durlston 122 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/04/2024 Maple Lodge 123 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 18/01/2024 Hilfield Park Reservoir Heard only 124 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 125 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/02/2024 Lynford arboretum Heard 126 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 21/04/2024 Stockers Lake Heard 127 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2024 Stocker's Lake Heard 128 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2024 Garden 129 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2024 Croxley Common Moor (Gade) 130 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2024 Durlston 131 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 17/04/2024 Great Ovens 132 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 24/02/2024 Lynford arboretum 133 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Garden 134 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 11/01/2024 Woodoaks Farm Heard only; seen Lynford 24/2 135 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 03/01/2024 Hazlemere 136 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2024 Hazlemere 137 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/02/2024 Holkham 138 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Garden 139 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Garden 140 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 17/01/2024 Garden 141 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Garden 142 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 14/01/2024 St Albans Cathedral 143 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 11/05/2024 Woodoaks Farm 144 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 25/01/2024 Woodoaks Farm 145 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/02/2024 Welney WWT 146 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake 147 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Garden 148 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2024 Stockers Farm (flooded field) 149 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 24/02/2024 Santon Downham, Norfolk 150 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake Flooded field 151 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/02/2024 Holkham 152 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 28/01/2024 Hayling Oyster Beds 153 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 25/01/2024 Woodoaks Farm 154 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/02/2024 Titchwell 155 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 24/02/2024 Lynford arboretum 156 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/02/2024 Sculthorpe 157 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 29/01/2024 Garden 158 Twite Linaria flavirostris 25/02/2024 Cley (Iron Road) 159 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/02/2024 Titchwell 160 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 30/01/2024 Garden 161 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 24/01/2024 Garden 162 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Garden 163 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Stocker's Lake Flock of 50-60 birds on Alders 164 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/02/2024 Welney WWT