Brendon Fagan: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 205 of 205 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/02/2024 Wells Next to Sea Norfolk 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 02/02/2024 Blakeney Freshmarsh Norfolk 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Nene Washes Cambridgeshire 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/05/2024 Minsmere Suffolk 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 16/01/2024 Wilstone Res Hertfordshire 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2024 Southery Norfolk 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2024 Southery Norfolk 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir Essex 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 30/01/2024 Cassiobury Park Hertfordshire 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Nene Washes Cambridgeshire 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 01/01/2024 Nene Washes Cambridgeshire 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 20 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 02/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 17/01/2024 Amwell Hertfordshire 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir Essex 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21/04/2024 Irthlingborough Lakes Northamptonshire 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Nene Washes Cambridgeshire 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28/01/2024 Hillfield Res Hertfordshire 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20/02/2024 Abberton Res Essex 3 Drake and a Female ,also a female at Barr Loch 7/3/24 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/03/2024 Saltcoats Harbour Scotland 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir Essex 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 32 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 25/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk Distant view of the Drake 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/03/2024 Lochwinnoch RSPB Scotland 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir Essex 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 17/01/2024 Amwell Hertfordshire 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir Essex 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 25/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 06/03/2024 Langdon Beck Durham 39 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 06/03/2024 Langdon Beck Durham 40 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 17/01/2024 Sandon Hertfordshire 41 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk 42 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk 43 Swift Apus apus 27/04/2024 Coopers Green GPS Hertfordshire 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/04/2024 Pig Bush Enclosure Hampshire 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk Feral type 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Southery Norfolk 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Southery Norfolk 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 17/01/2024 Amwell Hertfordshire 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 51 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 52 Crane Grus grus 15/03/2024 Willow Tree Fen Lincolnshire 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 17/01/2024 Amwell Hertfordshire 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir Essex 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 20/02/2024 Abberton Res Essex 56 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 04/05/2024 Minsmere Suffolk 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 58 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 25/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/02/2024 Wells Next to Sea Norfolk 61 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 62 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 15/03/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 63 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/03/2024 Stanbrough Gravel pits Hertfordshire 64 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2024 Normandy Marsh 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 15/03/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 23/01/2024 Lemsford Springs Hertfordshire 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Stanbrough Gravel Pits Hertfordshire 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 23/01/2024 Lemsford Springs Hertfordshire 72 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 24/04/2024 Normandy Marsh Hampshire My 5th in the UK 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 04/05/2024 Stanbrough Gravel Pits Hertfordshire 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Nene Washes Cambridgeshire 75 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 15/03/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 76 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 24/04/2024 Normandy Marsh Hampshire 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 24/04/2024 Normandy Marsh Hampshire 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/02/2024 Wells Next to Sea Norfolk 79 Knot Calidris canutus 24/04/2024 Normandy Marsh Hampshire 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 81 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/04/2024 Normandy Marsh Hampshire 82 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 83 Dunlin Calidris alpina 06/03/2024 Saltcoats Harbour Scotland 84 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 06/03/2024 Saltcoats Harbour Scotland 85 Little Stint Calidris minuta 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 24/04/2024 Normandy Marsh Hampshire 87 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/04/2024 Wilstone Res Hertfordshire 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 09/04/2024 Wilstone Res Hertfordshire 90 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/04/2024 Fairlands Lake Stevenage Hertfordshire 91 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 92 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 04/05/2024 Sizewell Suffolk 93 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Southery Norfolk 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15/03/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 95 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Southery Norfolk 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2024 Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 22/01/2024 Staines Reservoir London 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir Essex 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 06/01/2024 Hemel Hempstead 100 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 07/03/2024 Saltcoats Harbour Scotland 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 22/01/2024 Staines Reservoir London 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 22/01/2024 Staines Reservoir London 104 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Welney area 105 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/03/2024 Saltcoats Harbour Scotland 106 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2024 Nene Washes Cambridgeshire 107 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 25/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 108 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 04/05/2024 Minsmere Suffolk 109 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 110 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 111 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk 112 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 113 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 14/01/2024 Bramfield Hertfordshire 114 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 25/02/2024 Cockley Cley Norfolk 115 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 116 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 31/01/2024 Sandon Hertfordshire 117 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 118 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Southery Norfolk 119 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk 120 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/02/2024 Cassiobury Park Hertfordshire 121 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 122 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 01/01/2024 Nene Washes Cambridgeshire 123 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 124 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 18/01/2024 St Albans Hertfordshire 125 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 16/01/2024 Wilstone Res Hertfordshire 126 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 24/04/2024 Pig Bush Enclosure Hampshire 127 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Baldock Hertfordshire 128 Merlin Falco columbarius 31/01/2024 Sandon Hertfordshire 129 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/05/2024 Minsmere Suffolk 130 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 131 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/01/2024 St Albans Hertfordshire 132 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 10/05/2024 Telegraph Hill Hertfordshire A first for the County 133 Jay Garrulus glandarius 18/01/2024 St Albans Hertfordshire 134 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk 135 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Baldock Hertfordshire 136 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Southery Norfolk 137 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk 138 Raven Corvus corax 17/01/2024 Amwell Hertfordshire 139 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 02/01/2024 Stevenage Hertfordshire 140 Coal Tit Periparus ater 14/01/2024 Bramfield Hertfordshire 141 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk 142 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 143 Woodlark Lullula arborea 25/02/2024 Cockley Cley Norfolk 144 Skylark Alauda arvensis 17/01/2024 Sandon Hertfordshire 145 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 02/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 146 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 07/04/2024 Coopers Green GPS Hertfordshire 147 Swallow Hirundo rustica 27/03/2024 Stanbrough Gravel pits Hertfordshire 148 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2024 Wilstone Res Hertfordshire 149 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 150 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 151 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 24/04/2024 Hampshire 152 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 21/04/2024 Irthlingborough Lakes Northamptonshire 153 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/03/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 154 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh Lincolnshire 155 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/04/2024 Normandy Marsh Hampshire 156 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 02/05/2024 Near Welwyn, Hertfordshire 157 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/03/2024 Amwell Hertfordshire 158 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 21/04/2024 Irthlingborough Lakes Northamptonshire 159 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2024 Coopers Green GPS Hertfordshire 160 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2024 161 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 24/04/2024 Pig Bush Enclosure Hampshire 162 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 14/02/2024 North Watford Hertfordshire 163 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 23/01/2024 Lemsford Springs Hertfordshire 164 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2024 Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire 165 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 17/01/2024 Amwell Hertfordshire 166 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/03/2024 Lochwinnoch RSPB Scotland 167 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Southery Norfolk 168 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 17/01/2024 Amwell Hertfordshire 169 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 16/01/2024 Tring Hertfordshire 170 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Nene Washes Cambridgeshire 171 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 172 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Eldernell 173 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 06/04/2024 Sandon Hertfordshire 174 Robin Erithacus rubecula 03/01/2024 St Albans Hertfordshire 175 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 04/05/2024 Minsmere Suffolk 176 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 18/01/2024 St Albans Hertfordshire 177 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/04/2024 Pig Bush Enclosure Hampshire 178 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 18/04/2024 Baldock Hertfordshire 179 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Eldernell Cambridgeshire 180 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 18/04/2024 Baldock Hertfordshire 181 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 06/03/2024 Langdon Beck Durham 182 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 183 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Welney area Norfolk 184 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 05/05/2024 Pitstone Quarry Buckinghamshire Showed very well, my 2nd in the UK 185 Dunnock Prunella modularis 06/01/2024 Hatfield Hertfordshire 186 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/04/2024 Coopers Green GPS Hertfordshire 187 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/01/2024 Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire 188 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 189 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 190 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 04/05/2024 Dunwich Heath Suffolk 191 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/03/2024 Saltcoats Harbour Scotland 192 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir Essex 193 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 14/01/2024 Bramfield Hertfordshire 194 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 18/01/2024 St Albans Hertfordshire 195 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 14/01/2024 Bramfield Hertfordshire 196 Twite Linaria flavirostris Blakeney Freshmarsh 197 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 198 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/02/2024 Holkham Norfolk 199 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Welney Norfolk 200 Siskin Spinus spinus 17/01/2024 Amwell Hertfordshire 201 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 25/01/2024 Baldock Hertfordshire 202 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 31/01/2024 Sandon Hertfordshire 203 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 20/02/2024 Abberton Res Essex 204 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 07/01/2024 Heybridge Essex Seen feeding in the ditch below the sluice 205 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 06/03/2024 Kilwinning Ayrshire Scotland 1st Winter Male of the Myrtle form showed very well