Rod Baggott: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 141 of 141 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mere 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mere 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 09/01/2024 Shrewsbury 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17/05/2024 Loch an Ellen, Mull 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 22/01/2024 Polemere 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mere 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 13 Pintail Anas acuta 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 14 Teal Anas crecca 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/02/2024 Venus Pool 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 17 Eider Somateria mollissima 14/05/2024 Lunga 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 19 Goosander Mergus merganser 14/01/2024 Shrewsbury 20 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 13/05/2024 Loch Na Keal, Mull 21 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 31/03/2024 Ilkley Moor 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 23 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 14/01/2024 Shrewsbury 24 Swift Apus apus 06/05/2024 Shrewsbury 25 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/05/2024 Loch Frisa, Mull 26 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 06/01/2024 Shrewsbury 27 Stock Dove Columba oenas 09/03/2024 Ruyton 28 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Shrewsbury 29 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Shrewsbury 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 31 Coot Fulica atra 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 32 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mere 33 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/02/2024 Venus Pool 34 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/04/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 28/01/2024 Sand Point, Somerset 36 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/01/2024 Long Mynd 37 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 16/05/2024 Iona 38 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/04/2024 Venus Pool 39 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 40 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 17/05/2024 Loch Beg, Mull 41 Curlew Numenius arquata 25/02/2024 Whixall Moss 42 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/05/2024 Loch Don, Mull 43 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mere 44 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 45 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 21/04/2024 Venus Pool 46 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/02/2024 New Brighton 47 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 17/05/2024 Fidden, Mull 48 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/02/2024 New Brighton 49 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mere 50 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/02/2024 New Brighton 51 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/02/2024 New Brighton 52 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 16/05/2024 Iona 53 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/05/2024 Lunga 54 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 14/01/2024 Shrewsbury 55 Common Gull Larus canus 12/05/2024 Salen, Mull 56 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/02/2024 Battlefield 57 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 20/04/2024 Aberystwyth 58 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 06/01/2024 Shrewsbury 59 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 14/05/2024 Lunga 60 Puffin Fratercula arctica 14/05/2024 Lunga 61 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 12/05/2024 Oban 62 Razorbill Alca torda 14/05/2024 Lunga 63 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 14/05/2024 Lunga 64 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 12/05/2024 Oban to Mull ferry 4 65 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14/05/2024 Lunga 66 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/05/2024 Staffa 67 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 04/02/2024 Venus Pool 68 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 14/05/2024 Lunga 69 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 70 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/02/2024 Battlefield 71 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mere 72 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 73 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 17/05/2024 Glen More, Mull 74 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/01/2024 Burlingjobb, Radnorshire 75 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mere 76 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/05/2024 Loch Don, Mull Male 77 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/01/2024 Long Mynd 78 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 15/05/2024 Dererach, Mull 79 Buzzard Buteo buteo 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 80 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/04/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 81 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/02/2024 Venus Pool 82 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 13/01/2024 Long Mynd 83 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 84 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 28/01/2024 Sand Point, Somerset 85 Jay Garrulus glandarius 19/01/2024 Burlingjobb, Radnorshire 86 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Shrewsbury 87 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 13/01/2024 Long Mynd 88 Rook Corvus frugilegus 20/01/2024 Gladestry, Radnorshire 89 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Shrewsbury 90 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 12/05/2024 Oban 91 Raven Corvus corax 07/01/2024 Shrewsbury 92 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 22/01/2024 Nescliffe 93 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2024 Shrewsbury 94 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 18/02/2024 Sowdley Wood 95 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 03/01/2024 Shrewsbury 96 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Shrewsbury 97 Skylark Alauda arvensis 31/03/2024 Ilkley Moor 98 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 13/05/2024 Loch Peallach, Mull 99 Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2024 Belvide 100 House Martin Delichon urbicum 15/05/2024 Knock, Mull 101 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 102 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/04/2024 Venus Pool 103 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/03/2024 Venus Pool 104 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/05/2024 Loch Na Keal 105 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2024 Belvide 106 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 06/05/2024 Bridges 107 Whitethroat Curruca communis 13/05/2024 Loch Peallach, Mull 108 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 10/01/2024 Shrewsbury 109 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 14/01/2024 Shrewsbury 110 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 20/01/2024 Worsell Wood, Radnorshire 111 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 20/01/2024 Worsell Wood, Radnorshire 112 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 06/01/2024 Shrewsbury 113 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 20/01/2024 Burlingjobb, Radnorshire 114 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 20/01/2024 Burlingjobb, Radnorshire 115 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/02/2024 Venus Pool 116 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Shrewsbury 117 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Shrewsbury 118 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 06/05/2024 Bridges 119 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 06/05/2024 Bridges 120 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 13/05/2024 Loch Frisa, Mull 121 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 25/02/2024 Whixall Moss 122 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 14/05/2024 Staffa 123 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 13/01/2024 Longnor 124 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 06/01/2024 Shrewsbury 125 Dunnock Prunella modularis 03/01/2024 Shrewsbury 126 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/04/2024 Stanton Drew, Somerset 127 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/02/2024 Polemere 128 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 20/01/2024 Hergest Ridge, Herefordshire 129 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 20/04/2024 Aberystwyth 130 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2024 Shrewsbury 131 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 07/04/2024 Belvide 132 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 20/01/2024 Burlingjobb, Radnorshire 133 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 03/01/2024 Shrewsbury 134 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/05/2024 Lunga 135 Linnet Linaria cannabina 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 136 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 13/05/2024 Loch Frisa, Mull 137 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 18/02/2024 Sowdley Wood 138 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2024 Shrewsbury 139 Siskin Spinus spinus 18/02/2024 Sowdley Wood 140 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 12/01/2024 Venus Pool 141 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/02/2024 Venus Pool