Malcolm Curtin: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 160 of 160 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12/01/2024 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10/01/2024 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 22/01/2024 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/03/2024 Mere 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 30/03/2024 Woolston Eyes 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/01/2024 BMW Storm Wigeon Form 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 27/01/2024 17 Teal Anas crecca 06/01/2024 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 25/01/2024 19 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/03/2024 Woolston Eyes 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 06/02/2024 St Helens Lancs 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 10/01/2024 Budworth Mere 6 (4 drakes) 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 18/02/2024 Woolston Weir Female 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 10/01/2024 Newchurch small pool Drake 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 32 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 30/03/2024 Woolston Eyes 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 09/03/2024 Worlds End 34 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 09/03/2024 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19/01/2024 36 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2024 AF 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2024 NF 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 09/01/2024 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 44 Coot Fulica atra 45 Crane Grus grus 12/05/2024 Frodsham Marsh 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 48 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 13/01/2024 MFQ Chelford 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 10/03/2024 Mere Pair in SP 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 28/01/2024 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 25/04/2024 NF 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 28/01/2024 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/03/2024 Wallerscote Island from home 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 22/01/2024 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 09/02/2024 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 18/01/2024 59 Redshank Tringa totanus 06/01/2024 60 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 28/01/2024 61 Knot Calidris canutus 28/01/2024 62 Dunlin Calidris alpina 28/01/2024 63 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 20/04/2024 Hurleston Res 64 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 08/04/2024 Mere 65 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 25/04/2024 Mere 66 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 08/03/2024 Mere 4 Winter plum- early record 67 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 68 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 19/02/2024 69 Common Gull Larus canus 10/01/2024 70 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/02/2024 Widnes 71 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 72 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 12/01/2024 73 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 74 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 02/02/2024 Widnes Ssp Kumlien’s Gull 75 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 20/04/2024 76 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 77 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 06/01/2024 Crosby 78 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 79 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 80 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 15/01/2024 Coward Reedbed Budworth Mere 81 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/01/2024 82 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 12/01/2024 EHF Sandbach 3 83 Great White Egret Ardea alba 06/01/2024 84 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 85 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 86 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/01/2024 87 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 06/01/2024 88 Red Kite Milvus milvus 89 Buzzard Buteo buteo 90 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/04/2024 91 Little Owl Athene noctua 14/02/2024 92 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/03/2024 3 on marsh at Neston Quay 93 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 14/02/2024 94 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 95 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 13/01/2024 96 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 30/01/2024 97 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 98 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 24/01/2024 99 Jay Garrulus glandarius 100 Magpie Pica pica 101 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 102 Rook Corvus frugilegus 19/01/2024 103 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 104 Raven Corvus corax 105 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 106 Coal Tit Periparus ater 107 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 09/03/2024 Lyn Brenig 108 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 109 Great Tit Parus major 110 Skylark Alauda arvensis 26/01/2024 111 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 08/03/2024 Mere 112 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2024 113 House Martin Delichon urbicum 21/04/2024 114 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 12/02/2024 115 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 09/01/2024 116 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 29/03/2024 117 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 25/02/2024 118 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2024 AF 119 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 08/04/2024 120 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 08/04/2024 HP 121 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/03/2024 122 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10/05/2024 123 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 12/05/2024 124 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2024 DHM 125 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 18/01/2024 126 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 10/01/2024 127 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 128 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2024 129 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 130 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 131 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 09/02/2024 132 Redwing Turdus iliacus 133 Blackbird Turdus merula 134 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 12/01/2024 135 Robin Erithacus rubecula 136 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/05/2024 137 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 11/05/2024 138 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 24/04/2024 AF 139 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2024 140 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/03/2024 141 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 09/03/2024 142 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 18/05/2024 143 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 144 Dunnock Prunella modularis 145 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 30/01/2024 146 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 147 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 22/01/2024 148 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 149 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 19/01/2024 150 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 09/01/2024 151 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 28/01/2024 152 Linnet Linaria cannabina 06/01/2024 153 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 19/01/2024 154 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 19/01/2024 155 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 156 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 157 Siskin Spinus spinus 158 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 22/01/2024 159 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 13/01/2024 Heybridge Essex 160 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 18/05/2024 Whitburn