Joe Dobinson: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 157 of 157 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 08/03/2024 The Solent, Isle of Wight 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 River Tyne 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 23/02/2024 Woodhorn, Northumberland 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/05/2024 Brading Marsh, Isle of Wight 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2024 Wallsend Gut 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10/02/2024 Swallow Pond 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18/01/2024 Bigwaters 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 18/01/2024 Bigwaters 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 14 Pintail Anas acuta 18/01/2024 Bigwaters 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 05/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 18 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 River Tyne 22 Goosander Mergus merganser 05/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 23 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/02/2024 River Tyne, Scotswood, Newcastle 24 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 26 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 19/01/2024 Holywell 27 Swift Apus apus 05/05/2024 Brading Marsh, Isle of Wight 28 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/04/2024 Leighton Moss 29 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 30 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2024 Prince Road Arboretum 31 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 32 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2024 Garden 33 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 34 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Hall Grounds 35 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 36 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 09/01/2024 Swallow Pond 37 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 30/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 38 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10/03/2024 Puckpool, Isle of Wight 39 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 11/01/2024 St Mary’s island 40 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11/04/2024 Cresswell Pond 41 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 42 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 19/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 43 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 05/01/2024 Gosforth Park 44 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 20/04/2024 Warton Saltmarsh 45 Curlew Numenius arquata 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 46 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 47 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 09/03/2024 Bembridge Harbour 48 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 16/01/2024 Swallow Pond 49 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 16/01/2024 Swallow Pond 50 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/01/2024 Swallow Pond 51 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/04/2024 Druridge Pools 52 Redshank Tringa totanus 08/01/2024 Wallsend Gut 53 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 09/03/2024 Bembridge Harbour 54 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 55 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/04/2024 Druridge Pools 56 Sanderling Calidris alba 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 57 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 58 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 59 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/04/2024 Swallow Pond 60 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2024 Swallow Pond 61 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 17/04/2024 St Mary’s Island 62 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/02/2024 Walker Riverside Country Park 63 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 64 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/03/2024 Swallow Pond 65 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2024 Swallow Pond 66 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 67 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 River Tyne 68 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/02/2024 Elswick Riverside, Newcastle 69 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 18/01/2024 Bigwaters 70 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 71 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 11/01/2024 St Mary’s island 72 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 10/03/2024 Seaview, Isle of Wight 73 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 74 Gannet Morus bassanus 17/04/2024 St Mary’s Island 75 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 River Tyne 76 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 17/04/2024 St Mary’s Island 77 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 20/04/2024 Leighton Moss 78 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 30/01/2024 Killingworth Moor 79 Great White Egret Ardea alba 05/05/2024 Brading Marsh, Isle of Wight 80 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2024 Swallow Pond 81 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 River Tyne 82 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 09/03/2024 Brading Marsh 83 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/02/2024 Elswick 84 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 05/05/2024 Brading Marsh, Isle of White Reintroduced birds 85 Buzzard Buteo buteo 18/01/2024 Bigwaters 86 Barn Owl Tyto alba 18/02/2024 Swallow Pond 87 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 88 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 16/03/2024 The Hall Grounds 89 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/01/2024 Wallsend Gut 90 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2024 Hall Grounds 91 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 10/03/2024 Seaview, Isle of Wight 92 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 93 Hobby Falco subbuteo 05/05/2024 Brading Marsh, Isle of Wight 94 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 08/01/2024 Wallsend Gut 95 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 96 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2024 Swallow Pond 97 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 98 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 99 Rook Corvus frugilegus 13/01/2024 Killingworth Moor 100 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 101 Raven Corvus corax 09/03/2024 Brading Marsh 102 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 05/01/2024 Cygnet Park 103 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Garden 104 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/01/2024 Gosforth Park 105 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 16/01/2024 Swallow Pond 106 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Garden 107 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Garden 108 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 20/04/2024 Leighton Moss 109 Skylark Alauda arvensis 30/01/2024 Swallow Pond 110 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 23/02/2024 Newbiggin 111 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 11/04/2024 Cresswell Pond 112 Swallow Hirundo rustica 05/04/2024 Swallow Pond 113 House Martin Delichon urbicum 26/04/2024 Gosforth Park 114 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 03/01/2024 Swallow Pond 115 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 River Tyne 116 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 05/04/2024 Swallow Pond 117 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 09/03/2024 Brading Marsh 118 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/04/2024 Leighton Moss 119 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 20/04/2024 Leighton Moss 120 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 11/04/2024 East Chevington 121 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 18/03/2024 Swallow Pond 122 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 19/04/2024 Swallow Pond 123 Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/04/2024 Swallow Pond 124 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 125 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 River Tyne 126 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 127 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 22/01/2024 Swallow Pond 128 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 River Tyne 129 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 130 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 131 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 132 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Garden 133 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2024 Swallow Pond 134 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 19/04/2024 Swallow Pond 135 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Richardson Dees Park 136 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 07/01/2024 Swallow Pond 137 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/04/2024 Cresswell Pond 138 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 19/01/2024 Holywell Dene 139 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 07/01/2024 Swallow Pond 140 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Garden 141 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Garden 142 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 08/01/2024 Wallsend Gut 143 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 River Tyne 144 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 13/01/2024 Swallow Pond 145 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 11/01/2024 St Mary’s Island 146 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Comrades Bank 147 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 Hall Grounds 148 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 River Tyne 149 Twite Linaria flavirostris 23/02/2024 Newbiggin 150 Linnet Linaria cannabina 13/01/2024 Killingworth Moor 151 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 14/04/2024 Swallow Pond 152 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 River Tyne 153 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 154 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 23/02/2024 Newbiggin 155 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 30/01/2024 Killingworth Moor 156 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 157 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 08/04/2024 Kilwinning, Ayrshire