Steve Lister: Leicestershire and Rutland Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 135 of 135 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 11/01/2024 Lufbra 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10/01/2024 Lufbra 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2024 Lufbra A garden tick #107 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 09/01/2024 Lufbra 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 30/01/2024 Rutland Water 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir Count of 53 on New Year's Day 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11/01/2024 Lufbra 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 13 Pintail Anas acuta 25/01/2024 Rutland Water 14 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 17 Scaup Aythya marila 25/01/2024 Rutland Water 18 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir Lingering from 2023 19 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22/04/2024 Cropston Reservoir Garden tick #108 20 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 12/04/2024 Rutland Water 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 22 Smew Mergellus albellus 25/01/2024 Rutland Water 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 15/01/2024 Lufbra 24 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 25 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 16/05/2024 Swithland Reservoir 26 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2024 Swithland Reservoir 27 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 03/05/2024 Rutland Water 28 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Lufbra Feral Pigeon 29 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 30 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 31 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Quorn 32 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 33 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 34 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 13/02/2024 Rutland Water 36 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 11/01/2024 Lufbra 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 30/01/2024 Rutland Water 38 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/03/2024 Rutland Water 39 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 25/01/2024 Rutland Water 40 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 26/04/2024 Rutland Water 41 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 12/04/2024 Rutland Water #100 for my Rutland Water yearlist 42 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 18/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 43 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/04/2024 Rutland Water 44 Curlew Numenius arquata 27/02/2024 Rutland Water 45 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 26/04/2024 Rutland Water 46 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 26/03/2024 Rutland Water 47 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 30/01/2024 Rutland Water 48 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 12/04/2024 Rutland Water 49 Redshank Tringa totanus 13/02/2024 Rutland Water 50 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/05/2024 Rutland Water 51 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/04/2024 Rutland Water 52 Dunlin Calidris alpina 27/02/2024 Rutland Water 53 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 16/04/2024 Rutland Water 54 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/04/2024 Swithland Reservoir 55 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 09/04/2024 Rutland Water 56 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 57 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/03/2024 Rutland Water 58 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 59 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 60 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 27/02/2024 Rutland Water 61 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 06/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 62 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 63 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 13/02/2024 Rutland Water 64 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 65 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/01/2024 Lufbra 66 Great White Egret Ardea alba 15/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 67 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 68 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 26/03/2024 Rutland Water 69 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2024 Lufbra 70 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 17/04/2024 Swithland Reservoir A 2cy bird, new for my Swithland Res list #197 71 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/05/2024 Rutland Water 72 Red Kite Milvus milvus 21/01/2024 Lufbra 73 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 74 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/03/2024 Rutland Water 75 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 23/03/2024 Lufbra 76 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 77 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 78 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 06/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 79 Hobby Falco subbuteo 29/04/2024 Swithland Reservoir #100 for my 10km list 80 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 81 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 82 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Lufbra 83 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Lufbra 84 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 85 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 86 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 87 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12/01/2024 Lufbra 88 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2024 Lufbra 89 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 30/01/2024 Rutland Water 90 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Lufbra 91 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 92 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/01/2024 Lufbra 93 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/03/2024 Swithland Reservoir 94 Swallow Hirundo rustica 23/03/2024 Swithland Reservoir 95 House Martin Delichon urbicum 15/04/2024 Swithland Reservoir 96 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 30/01/2024 Rutland Water 97 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 98 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/03/2024 Lufbra 99 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/03/2024 Rutland Water 100 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 09/04/2024 Rutland Water 101 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12/04/2024 Rutland Water 102 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 03/05/2024 Rutland Water Finder 103 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/01/2024 Lufbra 104 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2024 Rutland Water 105 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 12/04/2024 Rutland Water 106 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2024 Rutland Water 107 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 11/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 108 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 109 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 110 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 30/01/2024 Rutland Water 111 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Lufbra 112 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 113 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 13/01/2024 Lufbra 114 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Lufbra 115 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Lufbra 116 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 05/01/2024 Lufbra 117 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Lufbra #1 for the year as usual 118 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 26/04/2024 Rutland Water 119 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 120 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/04/2024 Swithland Reservoir Garden tick #108 121 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2024 Lufbra 122 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 123 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 12/04/2024 Rutland Water 124 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 125 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 126 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 09/03/2024 Lufbra #100 for my county yearlist 127 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Lufbra 128 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Lufbra 129 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 130 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 30/01/2024 Rutland Water 131 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2024 Lufbra 132 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 133 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 134 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir 135 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 18/01/2024 Swithland Reservoir