John Campbell: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 111 of 111 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, EWT 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2024 Chesterfield 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, EWT 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15/02/2024 Porter Valley, Sheffield 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Fairholme, Derbyshire 12 Teal Anas crecca 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, EWT 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 15 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, EWT 16 Goosander Mergus merganser 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, EWT 17 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 18 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 01/01/2024 Near Burbage Edge (5) 19 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 20/04/2024 Blake's Wood 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, EWT 21 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2024 Dunmow, Essex 22 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 30/04/2024 Old Hall Marshes RSPB 23 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/05/2024 Lyndon Nature Reserve, Rutland Water 24 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14/02/2024 Old Moor RSPB 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Silverdale Croft, Sheffield 26 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 07/01/2024 Danbury Garden 27 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 05/01/2024 Cuton Hall garden 28 Coot Fulica atra 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 29 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 30 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, EWT 31 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 14/02/2024 RSPB Old Moor 32 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 33 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 34 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 35 Curlew Numenius arquata 23/03/2024 Heybridge Basin, Heybridge 36 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin, Heybridge 37 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 38 Redshank Tringa totanus 11/01/2024 Blackwater estuary, Heybridge 39 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 40 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 23/03/2024 Heybridge Basin, Heybridge 41 Knot Calidris canutus 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 42 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 43 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 30/04/2024 Old Hall Marshes RSPB 44 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2024 Hassop, Derbyshire 45 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2024 Hassop, Derbyshire 46 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 47 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 09/05/2024 At height over Abberton Reservoir Also recorded by another visitor to the Abberton reserve at the same time as my sighting. 48 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 11/01/2024 Blackwater Estuary, Heybridge 49 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 30/04/2024 Old Hall Marshes RSPB 50 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 30/04/2024 Old Hall Marshes RSPB 51 Great White Egret Ardea alba 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, EWT 52 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, EWT 53 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/05/2024 Rutland Water 54 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir, EWT 55 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2024 M1, North Beds 56 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2024 M1, North Beds 57 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 15/02/2024 Pair at Wiremill Pond, Porter Valley, Sheffield 58 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2024 Danbury Garden 59 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 09/05/2024 Abberton EWT Sighting although several 'heard encounters' over the last few months 60 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Nr Burbage Edge, Derbyshire 61 Hobby Falco subbuteo 02/05/2024 Rutland Water 62 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2024 Near Derwent Dam, Derbyshire 63 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 04/01/2024 Kew Gardens 64 Jay Garrulus glandarius 14/02/2024 RSPB Old Moor 65 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Silverdale Croft,Sheffield 66 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Hathersage, Derbyshire 67 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Hathersage, Derbyshire 68 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 02/01/2024 Hassop, Derbyshire, 2 flocks, about 100 in each 69 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Fairholme, Derbyshire 70 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Fairholme, Derbyshire 71 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2024 Hassop, Derbyshire 72 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 14/02/2024 RSPB Old Moor 73 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 74 Swallow Hirundo rustica 20/04/2024 Dymchurch STW 75 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/05/2024 Rutland Water 76 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/04/2024 Heybridge Basin (pair) 77 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 14/02/2024 RSPB Old Moor 78 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/05/2024 Abberton EWT 79 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 23/03/2024 80 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 30/04/2024 Old Hall Marshes RSPB 81 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 30/04/2024 Old Hall Marshes RSPB 82 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2024 Blakes Wood, Danbury 83 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 02/05/2024 Rutland Water 84 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 02/05/2024 Rutland Water 85 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2024 Danbury Common 86 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Fairholme Derbyshire 87 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 88 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 07/04/2024 Blakes Wood, Little Baddow 89 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Hathersage, Derbyshire 90 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/02/2024 Danbury, Fretton's Garden 91 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/02/2024 Danbury, Fretton's Garden 92 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Silverdale Croft 93 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Silverdale Croft 94 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2024 Hassop, Derbyshire 95 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Fairholme, Derbyshire 96 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 26/04/2024 Danbury Common 97 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 10/05/2024 Dawson field, Danbury - calling 98 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 25/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 99 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 15/02/2024 Porter Valley Sheffield 100 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 101 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Fairholme, Derbyshire 102 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 12/02/2024 Millhouses Park, Sheffield 103 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 17/01/2024 Chelmsford High Street 104 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 105 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Fairholme, Derbyshire 106 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 09/02/2024 Silverdale Croft Garden - M and F 107 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 05/01/2024 Danbury Garden 108 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2024 Danbury Garden 109 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Derwent Dam, Derbyshire 110 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 11/01/2024 Heybridge Basin 111 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 11/01/2024 heybridge Basin