James Johnstone: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 254 of 254 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/01/2024 + pale bellied 21/1 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 20/01/2024 Cley marshes 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/01/2024 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 07/01/2024 Lunt meadows Unknown origin 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 10/05/2024 Crossens marsh 24 birds feral 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 01/01/2024 Slammannan 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2024 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 20/01/2024 Holkham Greenland also ken dee rspb 2/3 11 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 14/04/2024 Adwick washlands Unknown origin 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 07/01/2024 Upper thurnham 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2024 15 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 20/01/2024 Holkham 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2024 Also ruddy shelduck 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 03/02/2024 River leven balloch 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11/04/2024 Fail floods 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2024 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/01/2024 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 01/01/2024 Newshot island 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 24 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 14/05/2024 Skinflats lagoon 25 Pintail Anas acuta 05/01/2024 26 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 07/01/2024 Lunt meadows 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 02/01/2024 Tophill low NR 29 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2024 30 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 05/05/2024 Napton reservoir 31 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 07/01/2024 Leighton moss 32 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 33 Scaup Aythya marila ********** ********** 34 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 30/01/2024 Barr loch Also pair leighton moss 35 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 13/03/2024 Musselburgh 36 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/01/2024 37 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 21/01/2024 Port seaton 38 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/01/2024 Stevenston point 39 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2024 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 21/01/2024 41 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 30/03/2024 Loch leven 42 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 43 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2024 Broadwood loch 44 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 45 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2024 46 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 07/02/2024 47 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 07/02/2024 Langdon beck 48 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/01/2024 Eyemouth golf course 9 birds 49 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 50 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/01/2024 51 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2024 Minsmere 52 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 04/05/2024 Westleton heath 53 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 09/03/2024 Ardnamurchan 54 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14/01/2024 55 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 56 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 05/05/2024 Snettisham coastal path 57 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 58 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 07/01/2024 59 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 60 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 61 Crane Grus grus 04/05/2024 Buckenham marshes 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 26/02/2024 Bracken bay 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 21/01/2024 Port seaton 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 28/01/2024 Leven 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 04/05/2024 Near minsmere 68 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 69 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 13/04/2024 Frampton marsh rspb 70 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 17/03/2024 Marshside rspb 71 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 21/01/2024 Budle bay 72 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2024 73 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 04/05/2024 Buckenham marshes 74 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2024 75 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 09/04/2024 Lochwinnoch rspb 76 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 77 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/04/2024 Skateraw hrb 78 Curlew Numenius arquata 03/01/2024 79 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/01/2024 80 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 12/01/2024 Pow burn 81 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 05/01/2024 Seamill pools 82 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 17/01/2024 83 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/01/2024 84 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 28/01/2024 Longhaugh point 85 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/05/2024 Minsmere 86 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 12/01/2024 Pow burn 87 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 04/05/2024 Buckenham marshes 88 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2024 89 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/01/2024 Swine moor Also frampton marsh rspb 13/4 90 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 27/01/2024 Kinneal lagoon 91 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 09/01/2024 92 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 07/01/2024 93 Knot Calidris canutus 21/01/2024 94 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/01/2024 Swine moor 95 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 06/05/2024 Crossens marsh 96 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 06/05/2024 Newton marsh 97 Sanderling Calidris alba 17/01/2024 98 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2024 99 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 24/01/2024 100 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/05/2024 Frampton marsh rspb 101 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/05/2024 Minsmere 102 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 13/04/2024 Frampton marsh rspb 103 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 08/05/2024 Saltcoats hrb 104 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 04/05/2024 Minsmere 105 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 03/04/2024 Stevenston point 106 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 28/01/2024 Leven 107 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/01/2024 Saltcoats hrb 108 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 13/04/2024 Frampton marsh rspb 109 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 110 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 18/03/2024 Grimsargh wetlands 111 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 112 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 09/01/2024 Strathclyde loch 113 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 16/04/2024 Gladhose res north fields Scottish tick 114 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 115 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 116 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 03/01/2024 Saltcoats 117 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 118 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 01/01/2024 Strathclyde loch 119 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 17/04/2024 Skateraw hrb 120 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 29/03/2024 Portsoy 121 Puffin Fratercula arctica 18/04/2024 North berwick 122 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 03/01/2024 123 Razorbill Alca torda 03/01/2024 124 Little Auk Alle alle 28/01/2024 125 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 03/01/2024 126 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 03/01/2024 127 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 28/01/2024 Leven 128 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2024 129 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 29/03/2024 Portsoy 130 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 27/01/2024 Dysart 131 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 01/05/2024 Saltcoats hrb 132 Gannet Morus bassanus 09/02/2024 Bempton cliffs 133 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 134 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2024 135 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 07/01/2024 Middleton 136 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia ********** ********** 137 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 03/03/2024 Leighton moss Heard only 138 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2024 139 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 07/01/2024 Upper thurnham 140 Great White Egret Ardea alba 20/01/2024 Holkham 141 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 142 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 26/04/2024 Threave NR 143 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 09/03/2024 Garbh eilean 144 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/01/2024 145 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 07/02/2024 Rosedale 146 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/01/2024 147 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 13/01/2024 Hunterston sands 148 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 20/01/2024 Warham greens 149 Red Kite Milvus milvus 14/01/2024 150 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 24/02/2024 River enderick mouth 151 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 07/02/2024 Rosedale 152 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 153 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2024 154 Little Owl Athene noctua 06/05/2024 Gravel lane 155 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 28/03/2024 Spittal of glenshee 156 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 13/01/2024 Ardeer peninsular 2 birds 157 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 17/02/2024 158 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 12/01/2024 Pow burn 159 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 16/03/2024 Middleton lakes rspb 160 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2024 161 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/05/2024 Westleton heath 162 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 163 Merlin Falco columbarius 13/01/2024 Hunterston sands 164 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/05/2024 Minsmere 165 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 17/01/2024 Hunterston sands 166 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 10/02/2024 Ward Jackson park 167 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 18/05/2024 Thortonloch/torness 168 Jay Garrulus glandarius 16/01/2024 169 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 170 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 171 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 172 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 173 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 24/02/2024 Glen dochart 174 Raven Corvus corax 14/01/2024 175 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Uddingston 176 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2024 177 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 17/02/2024 Loch garten rspb 178 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 07/01/2024 Leighton moss 179 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 10/02/2024 Scaling dam 180 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 181 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 182 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 04/05/2024 Minsmere 183 Woodlark Lullula arborea 04/05/2024 Westleton heath 184 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/01/2024 185 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 22/01/2024 186 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2024 Garnock floods 187 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2024 188 House Martin Delichon urbicum 04/05/2024 189 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 03/03/2024 Leighton moss 190 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 191 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 26/04/2024 Wood of cree 192 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2024 193 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/03/2024 194 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/04/2024 195 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 04/05/2024 Minsmere 196 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 21/04/2024 Ardeer 197 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/01/2024 Hunterston 198 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 04/05/2024 Westleton heath 199 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/04/2024 200 Whitethroat Curruca communis 04/05/2024 201 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 04/05/2024 Westleton heath 202 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 22/02/2024 Drumoak 203 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 06/01/2024 204 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 205 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 07/01/2024 206 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/01/2024 207 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 208 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 09/01/2024 209 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2024 210 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2024 211 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 212 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2024 213 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 15/04/2024 214 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 02/01/2024 Tophill low NR 215 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 216 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 04/05/2024 Westleton heath 217 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 26/04/2024 Wood of cree 218 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/01/2024 Anstead point 219 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 26/04/2024 Wood of cree 220 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 06/05/2024 Loch doon 221 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2024 222 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 03/04/2024 Dundonald camp 223 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 24/01/2024 224 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 30/01/2024 Bishopton cemetary 225 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 226 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 05/05/2024 Pitstone quarry 227 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 228 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 13/04/2024 Frampton marsh rspb 229 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 11/02/2024 230 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 White wagtail 30/3 Stevenston point 231 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 03/03/2024 Ulveston 232 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 22/01/2024 233 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 26/04/2024 Wood of cree 234 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 17/03/2024 Crossens marsh 235 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 09/01/2024 236 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 237 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30/01/2024 Bishopton cemetary 238 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 20/01/2024 Lynford arboretum 239 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 09/01/2024 240 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 241 Twite Linaria flavirostris 21/01/2024 Holy island 242 Linnet Linaria cannabina 22/01/2024 243 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 17/02/2024 Near aviemore 244 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 17/02/2024 245 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 16/04/2024 Gladhouse reservoir 246 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2024 247 Siskin Spinus spinus 09/01/2024 248 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 08/02/2024 Filey 249 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 08/02/2024 Filey 250 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 18/03/2024 Eagland hill 251 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 15/01/2024 252 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 253 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 20/01/2024 Heybridge 254 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 20/02/2024 Kilwinning ayrshire