Mike Stokes: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 150 of 150 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Near Melverley, Shropshire 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/02/2024 Polemere, Shropshire 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire Russian. 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2024 Near Melverley, Shropshire 4 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 20/01/2024 Polemere, Shropshire 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Ellesmere, Shropshire 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire Drake 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Whixall Floods, Shropshire 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/02/2024 Venus Pool, Shropshire 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Near Melverley, Shropshire 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 15 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 Near Melverley, Shropshire 16 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Near Melverley, Shropshire 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20/01/2024 Polemere, Shropshire 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/02/2024 Venus Pool, Shropshire 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Ellesmere, Shropshire 20 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Ellesmere, Shropshire 21 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Melverley, Shropshire 22 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 17/02/2024 Long Mynd, Shropshire Pair 23 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 24 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 10/02/2024 Hencote, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 25 Swift Apus apus 01/05/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire 3 26 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 04/05/2024 Yapsel Bank, Shropshire 2. Also at Cefn Common, Herefordshire on the 8th of May and at North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire on the 11th of May. 27 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 28 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 29 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 30 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 10/02/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Ellesmere, Shropshire 32 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Ellesmere, Shropshire 33 Crane Grus grus 01/05/2024 Near Wroxeter, Shropshire Pair 34 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Ellesmere, Shropshire 35 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/02/2024 Venus Pool, Shropshire 36 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 1 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 03/02/2024 Venus Pool, Shropshire 3 38 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 39 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 40 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 15/01/2024 The Long Mynd, Shropshire 22 41 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 42 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 3 43 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Whixall Floods, Shropshire 44 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 45 Curlew Numenius arquata 24/03/2024 Long Mynd, Shropshire 2 46 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 1 47 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 10/02/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire 48 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2024 Wood Lane, Shropshire 49 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/04/2024 Crudgington, Shropshire 3 50 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2024 Wood Lane, Shropshire 2 51 Redshank Tringa totanus 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 52 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 1 53 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 12/05/2024 Venus Pool, Shropshire My first in Shropshire since 2008 54 Dunlin Calidris alpina 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 55 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 56 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 1 57 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 1 58 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 59 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Ellesmere, Shropshire 60 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Near Northwood, Shropshire 61 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 62 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 63 Gannet Morus bassanus 12/05/2024 Spurn, East Yorkshire 1 64 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Melverley, Shropshire 65 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/05/2024 Blacktoft RSPB, East Yorkshire 5 66 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Near Cressage, Shropshire 67 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 03/02/2024 Battlefield, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 7 68 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2024 Near Cressage, Shropshire 69 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Melverley, Shropshire 70 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/04/2024 Cors Dyfi, Powys 71 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 72 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 11/05/2024 Blacktoft RSPB, East Yorkshire 73 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Near Cressage, Shropshire 74 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 75 Little Owl Athene noctua 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 76 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 17/02/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire 77 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 Wood Lane, Shropshire 78 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2024 Wood Lane, Shropshire 79 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 06/05/2024 Long Mynd, Shropshire After a few heard only. 80 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Near Ford, Shropshire 81 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/01/2024 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 82 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 3 83 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 84 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 85 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 86 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 87 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 88 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 89 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2024 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 90 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 22/01/2024 Near Felton Butler, Shropshire 24 91 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Wood Lane, Shropshire 92 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/02/2024 Mortimer Forest, Herefordshire & Shropshire 93 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 17/02/2024 Bury Ditches, Shropshire 94 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 95 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Hencote, Shropshire 96 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 11/05/2024 Blacktoft RSPB, East Yorkshire 97 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 98 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 99 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2024 Titterstone Clee, Shropshire 100 House Martin Delichon urbicum 14/04/2024 Long Mynd, Shropshire 1 101 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/02/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire Possibly the most elusive one I've tried to see. 102 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 103 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 18/05/2024 The Ercall, Shropshire 104 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 31/03/2024 Black Hill, Shropshire Heard only in Shrewsbury yesterday. 105 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/03/2024 Telford, Shropshire Heard only last week. 106 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 05/05/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire 2 + 107 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 108 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 16/04/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire 109 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 10/02/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire Male in subsong 110 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2024 Gibbons Coppice, Shropshire 2 111 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/04/2024 Near Berwick Bassett Clump, Wiltshire Also near Woolstaston,Shropshire on the 6th of May. 112 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2024 Near Berwick Bassett Clump, Wiltshire 113 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 114 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 115 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/01/2024 Pentre-pant, Near Oswestry, Shropshire 116 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/01/2024 Brogyntyn Park, Near Oswestry, Shropshire 117 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 118 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 15/01/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire 119 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 Lyneal, Shropshire 120 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Near Northwood, Shropshire 121 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 122 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 123 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/05/2024 The Ercall, Shropshire 124 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 125 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/04/2024 Bridges, Shropshire A few. 126 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 14/04/2024 Bridges, Shropshire Heard only at Upper Darnford earlier. 127 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 04/05/2024 Yapsel Bank, Shropshire Also near Wildmoor Pool, Long Mynd, Shropshire on the 6th of May. 128 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/01/2024 The Long Mynd, Shropshire Pair. Also a male at Hencote, Shropshire on the 17th of February. 129 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 06/04/2024 Titterstone Clee, Shropshire 130 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 05/02/2024 Bromfield, Shropshire 2 more at Longnor Bridge, Shropshire on the 17th of February. 131 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 11/05/2024 North Cave Wetlands and Blacktoft RSPB, East Yorkshire 132 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 133 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 134 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 12/05/2024 Near Skeffling, East Yorkshire 2 135 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 136 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 137 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 Near Northwood, Shropshire 138 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 05/05/2024 Clunton Coppice, Shropshire Double figures of Pied Flys the same day. 139 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Near Alberbury, Shropshire 140 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 31/03/2024 Black Hill, Shropshire 1. Heard only in the same location a week earlier. 141 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 18/01/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire 142 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 08/01/2024 Pentre-pant, Near Oswestry, Shropshire 143 Linnet Linaria cannabina 10/02/2024 Hencote, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 144 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 18/03/2024 Ironbridge Meadows NR, Shropshire 145 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 05/02/2024 Mortimer Forest, Herefordshire & Shropshire 146 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 06/01/2024 Shrewsbury, Shropshire 147 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Wood Lane, Shropshire 148 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 21/04/2024 Near Berwick Bassett Clump, Wiltshire 149 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 20/01/2024 Near Lee Brockhurst, Shropshire 150 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 03/02/2024 Venus Pool, Shropshire