Dave Ward: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 185 of 185 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/05/2024 North Yorks 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2024 North Duffield Carrs 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 14/03/2024 Burton Riggs, Scarborough 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Lemonroyd Marina 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15/01/2024 Branton 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2024 North Duffield Carrs 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 04/03/2024 Hay-a-Park, Knaresborough 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 06/01/2024 Nosterfield 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11/01/2024 Golden Acre Park, Leeds 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 08/04/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 06/01/2024 Staveley 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21/02/2024 Bubwith 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Lemonroyd Marina 18 Pintail Anas acuta 25/01/2024 Wheldrake 19 Teal Anas crecca 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 18/03/2024 Nosterfield 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 23 Scaup Aythya marila 25/01/2024 Wheldrake 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 09/05/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 12/01/2024 Redcar 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 12/01/2024 Redcar 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 09/01/2024 Pugneys CP 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 06/01/2024 Staveley 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 04/01/2024 Thorganby Ings 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 13/01/2024 Roundhay Park 31 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 18/02/2024 Arkengarthdale 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 06/01/2024 Staveley 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30/01/2024 Wykeham 35 Swift Apus apus 09/05/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 07/05/2024 Stainburn Forest Heard only 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 07/01/2024 Wetherby 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13/02/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Kirk Deighton 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2024 Kirk Deighton 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/01/2024 Staveley 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 08/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 43 Coot Fulica atra 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 13/01/2024 Roundhay Park 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 14/03/2024 Burton Riggs, Scarborough 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 06/01/2024 Nosterfield 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 23/04/2024 Wheldrake Ings 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 19/03/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/01/2024 Nosterfield 50 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 16/03/2024 Nosterfield 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 06/01/2024 Nosterfield 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/05/2024 Nosterfield 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 06/01/2024 Nosterfield 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 12/01/2024 South Gare 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 12/01/2024 South Gare 58 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 10/02/2024 Rodley Nature Reserve 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 18/01/2024 Staveley 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/04/2024 Staveley 61 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 06/04/2024 Woodlesford 62 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/05/2024 Nosterfield 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 64 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 16/04/2024 Lytchett Fields, Poole 65 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 14/04/2024 Brownsea Island 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 12/01/2024 Redcar 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 12/02/2024 Nosterfield 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 06/01/2024 Nosterfield 69 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 10/05/2024 Bridlington 70 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 30/04/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 71 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 14/04/2024 Brownsea Island 72 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/04/2024 North Cave Wetlands 73 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 14/04/2024 Brownsea Island 74 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/04/2024 Brownsea Island 75 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 10/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 76 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Lemonroyd Marina 77 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 12/02/2024 Nosterfield 78 Common Gull Larus canus 06/01/2024 Nosterfield 79 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 04/01/2024 North Duffield Carrs 80 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 14/04/2024 Brownsea Island 81 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 20/02/2024 RSPB Fairburn 82 Puffin Fratercula arctica 10/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 83 Razorbill Alca torda 10/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 84 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 12/01/2024 South Gare 85 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 12/01/2024 South Gare 86 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 10/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 87 Gannet Morus bassanus 10/05/2024 Bempton Cliffs 88 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 89 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 14/04/2024 Brownsea Island 90 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 91 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 19/03/2024 RSPB Fairburn 92 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 06/04/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 93 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/01/2024 Nosterfield 94 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 08/01/2024 RSPB Fairburn 95 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/02/2024 RSPB Fairburn 96 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 08/01/2024 RSPB Fairburn 97 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/05/2024 North Yorks 98 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 99 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 30/01/2024 Wykeham 100 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/01/2024 Thorganby Ings 101 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 22/02/2024 Bubwith 102 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2024 Collingham 103 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 104 Barn Owl Tyto alba 26/01/2024 Staveley 105 Little Owl Athene noctua 31/01/2024 Rodley 106 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 11/01/2024 York 107 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 06/01/2024 North Yorks 108 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 10/02/2024 Rodley Nature Reserve 109 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 10/01/2024 Kirk Deighton 110 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 26/01/2024 Stainburn Forest 111 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 112 Hobby Falco subbuteo 03/05/2024 Nosterfield 113 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 11/02/2024 Bradfield 114 Jay Garrulus glandarius 19/02/2024 Roundhay Park 115 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 116 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2024 Kirk Deighton 117 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2024 Harewood 118 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 119 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 26/04/2024 Goldsborough 120 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Crossgates 121 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2024 Tophill Low 122 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2024 Lemonroyd Marina 123 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 02/02/2024 RSPB Fairburn 124 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Lemonroyd Marina 125 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Lemonroyd Marina 126 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 127 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/02/2024 Bradfield 128 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 17/02/2024 High Bradfield 129 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/04/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 130 Swallow Hirundo rustica 20/04/2024 Swillington 131 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 03/03/2024 Rodley Nature Reserve 132 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2024 Thorganby Ings 133 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 12/05/2024 North Yorks 134 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 135 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/03/2024 Kirk Deighton 136 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 16/05/2024 Staveley 137 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 26/04/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 138 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/05/2024 Staveley 139 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 22/04/2024 North Cave Wetlands Heard only 140 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 24/03/2024 Collingham 141 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/04/2024 Nosterfield 142 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 22/04/2024 North Cave Wetlands 143 Whitethroat Curruca communis 04/05/2024 Shadwell 144 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/04/2024 Poole, Dorset 145 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2024 Harewood 146 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 147 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 11/01/2024 Adel Dam, Leeds 148 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 13/01/2024 Roundhay Park 149 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Crossgates 150 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 17/01/2024 Staveley 151 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2024 Harewood 152 Redwing Turdus iliacus 15/01/2024 Nosterfield 153 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Crossgates 154 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 15/01/2024 Nosterfield 155 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 05/04/2024 Scar House Reservoir 156 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 04/01/2024 Tophill Low 157 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13/05/2024 Fewston 158 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Kirk Deighton 159 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 08/05/2024 Haverah Park 160 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 26/04/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 161 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 162 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 26/03/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 163 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 05/03/2024 Eccup 164 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 165 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2024 Kirk Deighton 166 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2024 Kirk Deighton 167 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 04/05/2024 Shadwell 168 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 Lemonroyd STW 169 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Lemonroyd STW 170 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 171 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 07/05/2024 Stainburn Forest 172 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 08/01/2024 Lemonroyd STW 173 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 174 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 175 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 27/01/2024 Rodley 176 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 177 Linnet Linaria cannabina 15/01/2024 Branton 178 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 05/01/2024 Harewood 179 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 30/01/2024 Wykeham 180 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2024 North Cave Wetlands 181 Siskin Spinus spinus 10/01/2024 Eccup 182 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 12/01/2024 South Gare 183 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 11/04/2024 Ridgeway nr Oxford 184 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 14/01/2024 Kirk Deighton 185 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Lemonroyd Marina