Jo Lawrence: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 171 of 171 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2024 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 14/01/2024 Holkham 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 14/01/2024 Holkham 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 14/01/2024 Holkham 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 18/01/2024 Stalham (Norfolk) 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17/01/2024 Ludham St Benet's Abbey 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 09/03/2024 Godmersham 4 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 17 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 18/01/2024 Filby Broad 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 23 Scaup Aythya marila 27/01/2024 New Hythe GP Drake at New Hythe plus 2 females off Motney 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 14/02/2024 St Mary's Lighthouse 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 2 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 14/01/2024 Holkham 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29/03/2024 Swalecliffe 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 20/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2024 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 16/01/2024 Norfolk En route 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 14/01/2024 Holkham 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 13/01/2024 En route to Norfolk 35 Swift Apus apus 07/05/2024 Home 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 17/04/2024 ECM Seen 9/5 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 15/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 39 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 28/04/2024 Motney Hill 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 18/01/2024 Minsmere 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 43 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2024 RCP 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 03/02/2024 Motney Hill 47 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 16/03/2024 Dungeness RSPB 2 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/01/2024 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2024 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/01/2024 RCP 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 28/04/2024 Motney Hill 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 16/01/2024 Titchwell 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 14/01/2024 Holkham 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 17/01/2024 Cley NWT 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 14/01/2024 Holkham 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14/04/2024 Dungeness RSPB 60 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 61 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 62 Ruff Calidris pugnax 14/01/2024 Holkham 63 Sanderling Calidris alba 16/01/2024 Titchwell 64 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 65 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14/02/2024 St Mary's Lighthouse 66 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 12/05/2024 Stodmarsh Two, really close! 67 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 14/04/2024 Dungeness RSPB 68 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/03/2024 Dungeness RSPB 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 70 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17/02/2024 RCP 71 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 72 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 73 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 14/01/2024 Holkham 74 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 75 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 16/03/2024 Dungeness 76 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 14/02/2024 St Mary's Lighthouse 77 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 04/02/2024 Dungeness RSPB 78 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 04/02/2024 Dungeness RSPB 79 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14/02/2024 St Mary's Lighthouse 80 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/03/2024 Dungeness 81 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 82 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 24/03/2024 Dungeness RSPB 83 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 02/03/2024 Oare Marshes 84 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 18/01/2024 Minsmere 85 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 86 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 17/01/2024 Cley (village) 87 Great White Egret Ardea alba 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 88 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 89 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/01/2024 Home 90 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 14/01/2024 Holkham 91 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 16/01/2024 Titchwell 92 Red Kite Milvus milvus 07/01/2024 93 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2024 RCP 94 Barn Owl Tyto alba 15/01/2024 En route to Wells 95 Little Owl Athene noctua 09/03/2024 Godmersham 96 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 97 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 17/01/2024 Ludham St Benet's Abbey 98 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 15/01/2024 Sculthorpe Moor 99 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 03/01/2024 RCP 100 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 30/01/2024 Eastcourt Meadows 101 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2024 RCP 102 Merlin Falco columbarius 04/01/2024 Brenzett (Snargate road) 103 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/05/2024 Rainham Marshes 104 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 20/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 105 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 04/01/2024 Near 35GSS 106 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 04/05/2024 Rainham Marshes 107 Jay Garrulus glandarius 16/01/2024 Titchwell 108 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 109 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 08/01/2024 Home 110 Rook Corvus frugilegus 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 111 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 112 Raven Corvus corax 14/01/2024 Holkham 113 Coal Tit Periparus ater 13/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 114 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 13/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 115 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 116 Great Tit Parus major 03/01/2024 RCP 117 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 19/01/2024 Minsmere 118 Skylark Alauda arvensis 14/01/2024 Holkham 119 Swallow Hirundo rustica 14/04/2024 Dungeness 120 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 18/01/2024 Minsmere 121 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 13/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 122 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/03/2024 Dungeness RSPB 123 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/01/2024 Titchwell 124 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/04/2024 Dungeness RSPB 125 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 28/04/2024 Motney Hill 126 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2024 RDE H 127 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 20/03/2024 RCP 128 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 12/05/2024 Stodmarsh 129 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 14/04/2024 Dungeness 130 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2024 Dungeness 131 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 28/01/2024 Motney Hill 132 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 19/01/2024 Minsmere 133 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 15/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 134 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 13/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 135 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 15/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 136 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 137 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2024 RCP 138 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 13/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 139 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 140 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 141 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/01/2024 Abberton Reservoir 142 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/04/2024 Dungeness 2 143 Robin Erithacus rubecula 03/01/2024 RCP 144 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 11/04/2024 RDE Seen 20/4 145 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 16/03/2024 Dungeness 146 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 17/01/2024 Cley NWT 147 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/03/2024 Dungeness 148 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 149 Dunnock Prunella modularis 03/01/2024 RCP 150 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 14/04/2024 Dungeness 151 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/03/2024 Godmersham 152 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 153 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 16/01/2024 Titchwell 154 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 18/01/2024 Minsmere 155 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 28/01/2024 Motney Hill 156 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2024 RCP 157 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 13/01/2024 Santon Downham 158 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 15/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 159 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 15/01/2024 Sculthorpe Moor 160 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 15/01/2024 Sculthorpe Moor 161 Twite Linaria flavirostris 17/01/2024 Cley NWT 10 162 Linnet Linaria cannabina 14/01/2024 Holkham 163 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 19/01/2024 Minsmere 164 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 15/01/2024 Sculthorpe Moor 165 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 15/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 8 at Longbeech Wood, 31/3 166 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2024 RCP 167 Siskin Spinus spinus 15/01/2024 Sculthorpe Moor 168 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 15/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 169 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 09/03/2024 Godmersham 170 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 16/01/2024 Titchwell 171 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 13/01/2024 Maldon, Heybridge (Essex)