Brian Anderson: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 208 of 208 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2024 Titchwell 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 01/01/2024 Cley 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2024 Seventy acre lake 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/01/2024 Seventy acre lake 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Titchwell 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 13/01/2024 Dungeness 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2024 Holkham 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Holkham 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13/01/2024 Dungeness 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2024 A10/Eldernell 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2024 Titchwell 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Titchwell 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 03/01/2024 Stanway 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 25/03/2024 Lakenheath Six birds present which may well be my highest count 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Holkham 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Titchwell 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Titchwell 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Titchwell 20 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 Titchwell 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Titchwell 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29/01/2024 Holkham 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 03/01/2024 Abberton 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2024 Seventy acres lake 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 20/01/2024 Snaresbrook 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Titchwell 27 Scaup Aythya marila 06/01/2024 KGV 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 05/02/2024 Abberton 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2024 Titchwell/Sea 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 17/04/2024 Walberswick 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 05/01/2024 Abberton 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2024 Titchwell/Sea 33 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 16/02/2024 Holkham 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29/01/2024 Holkham 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Titchwell/Sea 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/01/2024 Seventy acre lake 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/01/2024 Abberton 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2024 Titchwell 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 19/01/2024 Baldock/Wallington 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Choseley 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2024 Choseley 42 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2024 Rainham 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 17/04/2024 Minsmere 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Choseley / Feral Pigeon 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Choseley 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Titchwell village 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/01/2024 Fishers green 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 50 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Titchwell 51 Crane Grus grus 01/01/2024 Eldernell 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2024 KGV 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 31/01/2024 KGV 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2024 Seventy acre lake 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 06/01/2024 KGV 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 31/01/2024 William Girling 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 25/03/2024 Brecks 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 59 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 12/04/2024 Frampton 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 13/01/2024 Oare marsh 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2024 Titchwell 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2024 Titchwell 63 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2024 Titchwell 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 10/04/2024 Abberton 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 25/04/2024 Rainham 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Titchwell 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2024 Brancaster 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2024 Titchwell 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 19/03/2024 Amwell 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2024 Titchwell 72 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/04/2024 KGV 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 16/01/2024 Lemsford 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 75 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 09/03/2024 Frampton RSPB 76 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/04/2024 Frampton 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 Titchwell 79 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 29/01/2024 Holkham 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2024 Titchwell 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 Titchwell 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 29/01/2024 Sheringham 84 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 12/04/2024 Frampton 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 10/04/2024 Abberton 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 10/04/2024 Abberton 87 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 17/04/2024 Minsmere 88 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 12/04/2024 Frampton 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 17/04/2024 Minsmere 90 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 12/04/2024 Frampton 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Hunstanton 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/01/2024 Southend pier 93 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Choseley 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/02/2024 Abberton 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 96 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 15/05/2024 Rainham 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2024 Abberton 98 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Holkham 99 Razorbill Alca torda 13/01/2024 Dungeness 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 13/01/2024 Dungeness 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2024 Titchwell 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/01/2024 Kings Lynn 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 06/01/2024 William Girling reservoir 104 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 10/02/2024 Southend 105 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2024 Hunstanton 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 13/01/2024 Dungeness 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Titchwell 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 10/02/2024 Southend 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2024 Stiffkey 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 13/01/2024 Oare marsh 111 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/01/2024 Fishers green 112 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Titchwell 113 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/01/2024 Burnham Market 114 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2024 Eldernell x 4 115 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Holkham 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 Eldernell 117 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 10/01/2024 Norfolk 118 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 119 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 26/01/2024 Wallasea island 120 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Choseley 121 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Holkham 122 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2024 A10 123 Little Owl Athene noctua 19/01/2024 Cassiobury CP Watford 124 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 01/01/2024 Eldernell 125 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 01/01/2024 Eldernell 126 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2024 Eldernell 127 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 13/01/2024 Oare marsh 128 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 10/01/2024 Lynford 129 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 13/01/2024 Dungeness 130 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Choseley 131 Merlin Falco columbarius 13/01/2024 Dungeness 132 Hobby Falco subbuteo 25/04/2024 Rainham 133 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 06/01/2024 KGV 134 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 02/01/2024 Fishers green 135 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 02/03/2024 Brandon 136 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 03/05/2024 Rainham 137 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2024 Lee valley farm 138 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Titchwell 139 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Titchwell 140 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Cley 141 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Titchwell 142 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2024 Lee Valley farm 143 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 03/01/2024 Colchester 144 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Titchwell 145 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/01/2024 Lynford 146 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 147 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Titchwell 148 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 149 Woodlark Lullula arborea 16/02/2024 Santon Downham 150 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2024 Titchwell 151 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 29/01/2024 Holkham 152 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2024 Kgv 153 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2024 KGV 154 House Martin Delichon urbicum 20/04/2024 Rainham 155 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 Titchwell 156 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 157 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 13/04/2024 Rainham 158 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2024 Fishers green 159 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 13/03/2024 Sewardstone marsh 160 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 11/04/2024 KGV 161 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/04/2024 Rainham 162 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 14/04/2024 Rainham 163 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2024 Stiffkey 164 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2024 Fishers Green 165 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13/04/2024 Rainham 166 Whitethroat Curruca communis 07/04/2024 Fishers Green 167 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 17/04/2024 Dunwich Heath 168 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 10/01/2024 Lynford 169 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Titchwell 170 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 10/01/2024 Lynford 171 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 10/01/2024 Lynford 172 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Titchwell 173 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Epping 174 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2024 Birch 175 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2024 Lee valley farm 176 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Titchwell 177 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2024 Maldon 178 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 20/03/2024 Kgv 179 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Loughton 180 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 07/04/2024 Fishers Green 181 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 16/01/2024 St.Albans 182 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 18/04/2024 Wanstead 183 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Cley 184 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 20/03/2024 Kgv 185 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13/01/2024 Dungeness (100+ birds) 186 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2024 Garden 187 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Titchwell 188 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10/04/2024 Abberton 189 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/01/2024 Heybridge 190 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Titchwell 191 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 Titchwell 192 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 07/03/2024 Rainham 193 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/01/2024 Abberton 194 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Titchwell 195 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 10/01/2024 Lynford 196 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 16/01/2024 Bramfield 197 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/01/2024 Bramfield 198 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 06/01/2024 KGV 199 Twite Linaria flavirostris 29/01/2024 Cley 200 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 Titchwell 201 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 10/01/2024 Lynford 202 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/01/2024 Lynford 203 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Goldfinch 204 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 205 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 19/01/2024 Baldock/Wallington 206 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2024 Choseley 207 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Titchwell 208 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 04/01/2024 Heybridge LIFE TICK