Alan Wright: 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 04/05/2024 Kilnsea Several in flight on the Humber from the pub 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/04/2024 RSPB Marshside Outer marsh 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 13/01/2024 Lunt Nature Reserve Possibly an escape 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 07/01/2024 Crossens inner 5 with 2 Whoopers 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2024 Crossens inner 2 with 5 Bewicks 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 03/02/2024 Mere Sands Wood 16 plus birds 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13/04/2024 RSPB Marshside Male between junction pool and Nels 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 17 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 13/01/2024 Lunt Nature Reserve Male 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 13/01/2024 Martin Mere WWT 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 03/02/2024 Mere Sands Wood 2cy male loafing with the Tufties 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 23 Scaup Aythya marila 16/03/2024 RSPB Marshside Adult male with tufties from Pollys Pool bench 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29/03/2024 RSPB Marshside Male from Hesketh Road roosting then trying to mix with the tufties 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 26 Smew Mergellus albellus 13/01/2024 Lunt Nature Reserve Male 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 13/01/2024 Lunt Nature Reserve about 13 in total 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 21/04/2024 World's End Good numbers often showing well 29 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 21/04/2024 World's End 13 males lekking. No females 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/04/2024 Bath Lodge pair in field 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 13/01/2024 Martin Mere WWT 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 13/01/2024 Martin Mere WWT 33 Swift Apus apus 10/05/2024 Hall Street 4 over towards Windsor Road 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/05/2024 Martin Mere WWT Male calling on the reedbed walk 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25/02/2024 Martin Mere WWT 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13/01/2024 Lunt Nature Reserve Squeal only 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 41 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 45 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 25/02/2024 Martin Mere WWT 7 on main mere 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 26/01/2024 End of the causeway, RSPB Marshside 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 06/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 16/03/2024 RSPB Marshside Hundreds on the end of the sandplant road 49 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 01/04/2024 RSPB Marshside One in front of Sandgrounders 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 05/05/2024 Leisure Lakes 3 in the usual field on th right 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 16/03/2024 RSPB Marshside A few on the end of the sandplant road 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/01/2024 Marshside RSPB 56 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 21/04/2024 Llyn Brenig 57 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 16/03/2024 RSPB Marshside Single bird viewed from Hesketh Road with 40 plus Dunlin 58 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 59 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 24/03/2024 Hesketh Outmarsh Single bird on HOM east in non bred in plumage 60 Knot Calidris canutus 26/01/2024 End of the causeway, RSPB Marshside 61 Ruff Calidris pugnax 07/01/2024 Marshside RSPB 62 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 04/05/2024 Rimmers Marsh, RSPB Marshside One individual in pre breeding plumage with Dunlins 63 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 16/05/2024 RSPB Marshside Single bird in front of Sandgrounders hanging out with an LRP 64 Sanderling Calidris alba 16/03/2024 RSPB Marshside a few on the end of the sandplant road 65 Dunlin Calidris alpina 07/01/2024 Marshside RSPB 66 Little Stint Calidris minuta 27/04/2024 RSPB Marshside One on Rimmers marsh entering full plumage 67 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13/04/2024 RSPB Marshside 2nd summer on Pollys 68 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 21/04/2024 Great Orme On cliffs 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 70 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2024 71 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 72 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 73 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 74 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 06/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 75 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 21/04/2024 Great Orme One or two offshore 76 Razorbill Alca torda 21/04/2024 Great Orme offshore 77 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 21/04/2024 Great Orme offshore 78 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 02/01/2024 Crosby Marina Juv 79 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 21/04/2024 Great Orme On cliffs 80 Gannet Morus bassanus 21/04/2024 Great Orme One offshore 81 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 82 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 21/04/2024 Great Orme offshore 83 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 16/03/2024 RSPB Marshside juv bird on outer pools 84 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 85 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 25/02/2024 Martin Mere WWT 86 Great White Egret Ardea alba 06/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 87 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 88 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21/04/2024 Llyn Brenig Pair on nest 89 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2024 Saughall Massie Lane, Wirral Male on house roof 90 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 91 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 10/02/2024 Crossens Outer Marsh Ring tail well hidden in the grass 92 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 93 Barn Owl Tyto alba 13/01/2024 Martin Mere WWT from Ron Barker 94 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10/02/2024 Banks Marsh Bird observed from Marine Drive being mobbed by crows then flew high and North west 95 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 21/04/2024 106 Hall Street Male and female on call 96 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 17/03/2024 Moore NR, Cheshire Pair near old feeding station 97 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/02/2024 Rimrose Valley Nature Reserve On call 98 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 07/01/2024 Marshside RSPB 99 Merlin Falco columbarius 06/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 100 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 06/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 101 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 17/03/2024 Moore NR, Cheshire 102 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 103 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 104 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 21/04/2024 Great Orme 2 , maybe 4, in flight 105 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 106 Rook Corvus frugilegus 07/04/2024 M6 107 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 108 Raven Corvus corax 28/01/2024 Crowland Street moss 109 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 11/03/2024 Water Lane, Crossens 2 in hedge on main road, 300 metres from Three Pools Bridge 110 Coal Tit Periparus ater 08/01/2024 Hesketh Park 111 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 112 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 113 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 114 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 06/04/2024 RSPB Marshside From the platform - 20 plus birds 115 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2024 RSPB Marshside 2 with Sand Martins 116 House Martin Delichon urbicum 27/04/2024 RSPB Marshside 117 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 13/01/2024 Lunt Nature Reserve 118 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 07/01/2024 Hesketh Park 119 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2024 Hesketh Golf course Singing only 120 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 13/01/2024 Lunt Nature Reserve 121 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/04/2024 RSPB Marshside on call 122 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/04/2024 Hesketh Golf course Sssi ditch 123 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 16/03/2024 Hightown Meadows One singing on the West Lancs Golf Course 124 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/03/2024 Hesketh Golf course Good half a dozen 125 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 04/05/2024 RSPB Marshside One to the right of Hesketh Road Platform 126 Whitethroat Curruca communis 13/04/2024 RSPB Marshside Old sandplant bushes 127 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 07/01/2024 Hesketh Park 128 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 129 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 07/01/2024 Hesketh Park 130 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/01/2024 Hesketh Park 131 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 132 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 133 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 07/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 134 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/02/2024 Mere Sands Wood 135 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 136 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 28/01/2024 Pitts House Covert 137 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 138 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 04/05/2024 Kilsea, Spurn 2cy male showing in North Field. Only brief views after an hours wait 139 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/03/2024 RSPB Marshside 2 on the start of the sandplant road 140 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 141 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/03/2024 RSPB Marshside 2 males from the sandplant 142 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 21/04/2024 River Conwy, Llanwrst 143 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 144 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 145 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 19/05/2024 Curlew Lane 2 in the middle of the road! 146 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/01/2024 Lunt Nature Reserve Flyover 147 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 148 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 149 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 10/02/2024 Crossens Outer Marsh by the water trough Single on the high tide 150 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 24/02/2024 Crossens Outer Marsh by the water trough Mixed with other pipits including water pipit 151 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 07/01/2024 Hesketh Park 152 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 13/01/2024 Martin Mere WWT By Ron Barker path 153 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 21/04/2024 Llanbedr-y-cennin churchyard and village, Conwy Valley Several birds being flighty and elusive 154 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 07/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 155 Twite Linaria flavirostris 03/03/2024 Banks Marsh Several on the fences by cattle ramp 156 Linnet Linaria cannabina 06/01/2024 RSPB Marshside 157 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 13/04/2024 Hesketh Golf course Flyover 158 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 159 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/02/2024 Rimrose Valley Nature Reserve Small group in Alders 160 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2024 Southport Beach opposite fair 161 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 08/04/2024 Curlew Lane 162 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 08/04/2024 Bath Lodge male 163 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/01/2024 Marshside RSPB 164 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 07/04/2024 Kilwinning, Ayrshire 1st-summer male still showing well in back garden of 32 Garnock View