Jonathan Hutchins: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 137 of 137 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2024 Audley village 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16/03/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/01/2024 R.Dane in Congleton 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/03/2024 Sandbach Flashes 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 07/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 07/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 13 Pintail Anas acuta 28/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 14 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2024 Westport Lake 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 17 Scaup Aythya marila 16/03/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 21/03/2024 Llanddulas 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 04/01/2024 Westport Lake 21 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 05/01/2024 Leycett 22 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2024 Audley 23 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/04/2024 Apedale Country Park 24 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 04/01/2024 Newcastle-under-Lyme 25 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 26 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 27 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 28 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16/03/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 29 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 30 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 31 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 32 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 33 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 16/03/2024 Whitemoor Haye 34 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis ********** ********** 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 07/03/2024 Sandbach Flashes 36 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta ********** ********** 37 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 16/03/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 38 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 39 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 40 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 20/04/2024 Uttoxeter Quarry 41 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 42 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 23/03/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 43 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 28/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 44 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 18/02/2024 Bateswood Country Park 45 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/01/2024 Maw Green Tip 46 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 21/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 47 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 13/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 48 Redshank Tringa totanus 28/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 49 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 23/03/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 50 Knot Calidris canutus 23/03/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 51 Ruff Calidris pugnax 23/03/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 52 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30/04/2024 Sandbach Flashes 53 Dunlin Calidris alpina 28/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 54 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/05/2024 Sandbach Flashes 55 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 07/03/2024 Westport Lake 56 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Audley village 57 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 58 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 59 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 27/01/2024 Chasewater 60 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 61 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Audley village 62 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 21/03/2024 Llanddulas 63 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 21/03/2024 Llanddulas 64 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 05/01/2024 Chasewater 65 Gannet Morus bassanus 21/03/2024 Llanddulas 66 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 67 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/01/2024 Chasewater 68 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/01/2024 Mill End, Audley 69 Great White Egret Ardea alba 23/03/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 70 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2024 Balterley 71 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 72 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 23/03/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 73 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Audley village 74 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 07/01/2024 Maw Green Tip 75 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 76 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 03/02/2024 Sandbach Flashes 77 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 78 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 27/04/2024 Mosshouse 79 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 25/01/2024 St George's Hospital, Stafford 80 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 81 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 82 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Audley village 83 Rook Corvus frugilegus 04/01/2024 Balterley 84 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 85 Raven Corvus corax 28/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 86 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 87 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 88 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Audley village 89 Skylark Alauda arvensis 07/01/2024 Maw Green Tip 90 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 16/03/2024 Branston Gravel Pits 91 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2024 Cross Lane, Audley 92 House Martin Delichon urbicum 08/04/2024 Betley 93 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 28/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 94 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 95 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix ********** ********** 96 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2024 Berryhill Fields 97 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/03/2024 Audley village 98 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2024 Hanford-Sideway 99 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 27/04/2024 Bateswood Country Park 100 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 07/04/2024 Silverdale Country Park 101 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 23/03/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 102 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2024 Bateswood Country Park 103 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2024 Foxley 104 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2024 Silverdale Country Park 105 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 07/01/2024 Sandbach Flashes 106 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Audley village 107 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2024 Mill End, Audley 108 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 109 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Audley village 110 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 111 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 112 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 113 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Audley village 114 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2024 Balterley 115 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 01/04/2024 Berryhill Fields 116 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 117 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/04/2024 Coombes Valley RSPB 118 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 20/04/2024 Coombes Valley RSPB 119 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 18/04/2024 Berryhill Fields 120 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 29/03/2024 Berryhill Fields 121 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 18/04/2024 Berryhill Fields 122 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/02/2024 Whitmore Bent Lane 123 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 124 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 125 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 27/04/2024 Lower Foxley 126 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 127 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2024 Poole House Stables, Audley 128 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2024 Audley village 129 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Audley village 130 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 131 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Audley village 132 Linnet Linaria cannabina 23/02/2024 Coton Fields Allotments, Stafford 133 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2024 Bateswood Country Park 134 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Audley village 135 Siskin Spinus spinus 24/01/2024 Audley village 136 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 16/03/2024 Whitemoor Haye 137 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 03/02/2024 Whitmore Bent Lane