Simon West: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 163 of 163 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 11/03/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 10/01/2024 Verulamium Park (Hertfordshire) 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/05/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 17/01/2024 Wilstone Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 17/01/2024 Wilstone Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/02/2024 Coursers Road GP (Hertfordshire) 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17/01/2024 Cassiobury Park (Hertfordshire) 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/03/2024 Rye Meads RSPB (Hertfordshire) 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17/01/2024 Wilstone Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 15 Pintail Anas acuta 28/02/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 16 Teal Anas crecca 17/01/2024 Wilstone Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 17 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 17/01/2024 Wilstone Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 20 Scaup Aythya marila 30/01/2024 Hilfield Park Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 12/02/2024 Hilfield Park Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 23 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 06/02/2024 Tyttenhanger GP (Hertfordshire) 25 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2024 Wallington Road (Hertfordshire) 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 27 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2024 Wallington Road (Hertfordshire) 28 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 29 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 01/05/2024 Rye Meads RSPB (Hertfordshire) 30 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Wallington Road (Hertfordshire) Feral Pigeon 31 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 32 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 33 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2024 Chorleywood Bottom (Hertfordshire) 34 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 35 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 36 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 38 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 06/02/2024 King George V Reservoir (London - E4) 39 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 40 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 06/02/2024 King George V Reservoir (London - E4) 41 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 15/02/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 42 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/05/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 43 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/05/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 44 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 16/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 45 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 21/04/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 46 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 14/03/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 47 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 48 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 23/04/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 49 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 12/03/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 50 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 15/02/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 51 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 22/01/2024 Lemsford Springs (Hertfordshire) 52 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 21/04/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 53 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 22/01/2024 Lemsford Springs (Hertfordshire) 54 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/05/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 55 Redshank Tringa totanus 12/03/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 56 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/05/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 57 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 26/01/2024 Southend Pier (Essex) 58 Sanderling Calidris alba 06/05/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 59 Dunlin Calidris alpina 06/03/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 60 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 02/05/2024 Marsworth Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 61 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/04/2024 Wilstone Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 62 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 09/04/2024 Wilstone Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 63 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/04/2024 Fairlands Valley Park (Hertfordshire) 64 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 11/03/2024 Marsworth Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Stevenage (Hertfordshire) 66 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/01/2024 Southend Pier (Essex) 67 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Wallington Road (Hertfordshire) 68 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Stevenage (Hertfordshire) 69 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 15/02/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 70 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 22/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 71 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Wallington Road (Hertfordshire) 72 Razorbill Alca torda 26/01/2024 Southend Pier (Essex) 73 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 26/01/2024 Southend Pier (Essex) 74 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 26/01/2024 Southend Pier (Essex) 75 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 05/03/2024 Essendon (Hertfordshire) 76 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 77 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 26/01/2024 Southend Pier (Essex) 78 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 79 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 21/03/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 80 Great White Egret Ardea alba 22/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 81 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 82 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 09/01/2024 Bramfield (Hertfordshire) 83 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 01/04/2024 Undisclosed Site (Hertfordshire) 84 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 21/03/2024 Rye Meads RSPB (Hertfordshire) 85 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 16/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 86 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Stevenage (Hertfordshire) 87 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Stevenage (Hertfordshire) 88 Barn Owl Tyto alba 15/02/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 89 Little Owl Athene noctua 17/01/2024 Cassiobury Park (Hertfordshire) 90 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 27/02/2024 Ashridge Estate NT (Hertfordshire) 91 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 10/01/2024 Verulamium Park (Hertfordshire) 92 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 10/01/2024 Verulamium Park (Hertfordshire) 93 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 17/01/2024 Wilstone Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 94 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 95 Merlin Falco columbarius 31/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 96 Hobby Falco subbuteo 02/05/2024 Marsworth Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 97 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 10/01/2024 Verulamium Park (Hertfordshire) 98 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/01/2024 Chorleywood Bottom (Hertfordshire) 99 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 10/05/2024 Icknield Way (Hertfordshire) First for Hertfordshire 100 Jay Garrulus glandarius 16/01/2024 Watercress LNR (Hertfordshire) 101 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Stevenage (Hertfordshire) 102 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Wallington Road (Hertfordshire) 103 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 104 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Stevenage (Hertfordshire) 105 Raven Corvus corax 19/02/2024 Tring Park (Hertfordshire) 106 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 Stevenage (Hertfordshire) 107 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2024 Chorleywood Bottom (Hertfordshire) 108 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 19/02/2024 Ashridge Estate NT (Hertfordshire) 109 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 110 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 111 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 112 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 02/04/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 113 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 114 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2024 Wilstone Reservoir (Hertfordshire) 115 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 116 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 10/01/2024 Verulamium Park (Hertfordshire) 117 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2024 Fishers Green (Essex) 118 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 22/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 119 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 22/04/2024 Croxley Common Moor (Hertfordshire) 120 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 22/04/2024 Croxley Common Moor (Hertfordshire) 121 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2024 Croxley Common Moor (Hertfordshire) 122 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/01/2024 Chorleywood Bottom (Hertfordshire) 123 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 24/04/2024 Croxley Common Moor (Hertfordshire) 124 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/04/2024 Croxley Common Moor (Hertfordshire) 125 Whitethroat Curruca communis 12/04/2024 Grovehill Playing Fields (Hertfordshire) 126 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/02/2024 Goodwood Recreation Ground (Hertfordshire) 127 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 10/01/2024 Bramfield (Hertfordshire) 128 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 129 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 10/01/2024 Bramfield (Hertfordshire) 130 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 19/02/2024 Ashridge Estate NT (Hertfordshire) 131 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 132 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 133 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 16/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 134 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 135 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Wallington Road (Hertfordshire) 136 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2024 Chorleywood Bottom (Hertfordshire) 137 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 06/04/2024 Deadman's Hill (Hertfordshire) 138 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13/05/2024 Wallington (Hertfordshire) 139 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Stevenage (Hertfordshire) 140 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 12/04/2024 Fishers Green (Essex) 141 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 10/01/2024 Verulamium Park (Hertfordshire) 142 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 16/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 143 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 14/03/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 144 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 03/01/2024 Chorleywood Bottom (Hertfordshire) 145 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 05/05/2024 Pitstone Quarry (Buckinghamshire) 146 Dunnock Prunella modularis 03/01/2024 Chorleywood Bottom (Hertfordshire) 147 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/04/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 148 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 22/01/2024 Lemsford Springs (Hertfordshire) 149 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Stevenage (Hertfordshire) 150 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 31/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 151 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 12/03/2024 Stanborough GP (Hertfordshire) 152 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 10/01/2024 Bramfield (Hertfordshire) 153 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 10/01/2024 Bramfield (Hertfordshire) 154 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/01/2024 Watercress LNR (Hertfordshire) 155 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 10/01/2024 Bramfield (Hertfordshire) 156 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 157 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 16/01/2024 Watercress LNR (Hertfordshire) 158 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 159 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 160 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/01/2024 Wallington Road (Hertfordshire) 161 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 31/01/2024 Deadmans Hill (Hertfordshire) 162 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Amwell NR (Hertfordshire) 163 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 09/01/2024 Heybridge (Essex)