Steve Goddard: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 168 of 168 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 12/03/2024 WWT Martin Mere 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12/03/2024 WWT Martin Mere 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 06/05/2024 Port Meadow 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 RSPB Otmoor 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 17 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 12/03/2024 Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 02/02/2024 Dix Pit 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 RSPB Otmoor 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 11/03/2024 RSPB Leighton Moss 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 24 Scaup Aythya marila 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 11/03/2024 RSPB Leighton Moss 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 11/03/2024 Crosby Marine Park 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 12/01/2024 Lower Test Marshes 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 10/03/2024 Near Charlbury (seen from train!) 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 RSPB Otmoor 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 09/01/2024 Warburg Reserve 33 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2024 Farmoor Reservoir 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 17/05/2024 Trap Grounds 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Oxford city centre Feral pigeons 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 40 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 41 Crane Grus grus 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Farmoor Reservoir 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Farmoor Reservoir 44 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 45 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 06/03/2024 Staines Reservoirs 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2024 Redbridge Wharf 47 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2024 RSPB Otmoor 50 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 21/03/2024 Pennington Marshes 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 10/04/2024 Bicester Wetlands Reserve 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 RSPB Otmoor 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/04/2024 RSPB Lodmoor 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 19/04/2024 RSPB Lodmoor 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14/01/2024 Lower Test Marshes 59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 10/04/2024 Bicester Wetlands Reserve 60 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 61 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 62 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/03/2024 Pennington Marshes 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 64 Knot Calidris canutus 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 66 Sanderling Calidris alba 13/03/2024 Knott End 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 68 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 19/04/2024 Ferrybridge 69 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 11/05/2024 Farmoor Reservoir 70 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/05/2024 River Thames, near Osney 71 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 19/04/2024 Portland Bill 72 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 19/04/2024 Wareham 73 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 74 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 19/04/2024 RSPB Lodmoor 75 Common Gull Larus canus 05/01/2024 Redbridge Wharf 76 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 17/01/2024 Port Meadow 77 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Farmoor Reservoir 78 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 79 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 80 Razorbill Alca torda 19/04/2024 Portland Bill 81 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 19/04/2024 Chesil Cove 82 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 06/03/2024 Staines Reservoirs 83 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2024 Farmoor Reservoir 84 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/03/2024 Great Yarmouth 85 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 86 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 19/04/2024 Portland Bill 87 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 88 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 09/01/2024 WWT Barnes 89 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 90 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 91 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 92 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Oxford Canal 93 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 94 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 21/03/2024 Pig Bush 95 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/01/2024 Pennington Marshes 96 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 13/01/2024 Pig Bush 97 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Joe White's Lane, Wolvercote 98 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2024 Somewhere in Gloucestershire! 99 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/03/2024 Staines Moor 100 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 Farmoor Reservoir 101 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 06/01/2024 New Forest 102 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 103 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 05/01/2024 Redbridge Wharf 104 Merlin Falco columbarius 13/03/2024 Near Eagland Hill 105 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 106 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2024 Cherwell Meadows, near University Parks 107 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Lower Whitley Farm 108 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 109 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 110 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 111 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 112 Raven Corvus corax 06/01/2024 Blackwater Arboretum 113 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 10/01/2024 Aristotle Bridge 114 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Lower Whitley Farm 115 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2024 Lower Whitley Farm 116 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 117 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Joe White's Lane, Wolvercote 118 Skylark Alauda arvensis 28/01/2024 Port Meadow 119 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2024 Pennington Marshes 120 Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/04/2024 Godstow Road, Lower Wolvercote 121 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2024 Godstow Lock 122 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 09/01/2024 WWT Barnes 123 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Front garden, Lower Wolvercote 124 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2024 Bicester Wetlands Reserve 125 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 126 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/04/2024 Bicester Wetlands Reserve 127 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/04/2024 RSPB Radipole 128 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2024 Portland Bill 129 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/03/2024 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 130 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2024 Farmoor Reservoir 131 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 11/05/2024 Farmoor Reservoir 132 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2024 Farmoor Reservoir 133 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 13/01/2024 Shatterford 134 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 06/01/2024 Bolderwood Arboretum Ornamental Drive 135 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Lower Whitley Farm 136 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 137 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2024 Lower Whitley Farm 138 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/01/2024 WWT Slimbridge 139 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 140 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 141 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 Oxford Canal, near St Edward's School 142 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 143 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 144 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Near Farmoor Reservoir 145 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 146 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 147 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2024 Pig Bush 148 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13/03/2024 Eagland Hill 149 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 150 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Joe White's Lane, Wolvercote 151 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2024 Port Meadow 152 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 16/02/2024 The Trout, Wolvercote 153 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Port Meadow 154 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 13/01/2024 Shatterford 155 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 19/04/2024 Portland Bill 156 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Oxford Canal, near St Edward's School 157 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 06/01/2024 Bolderwood Arboretum Ornamental Drive 158 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 13/01/2024 Shatterford 159 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 Near Botley 160 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Near Farmoor Reservoir 161 Twite Linaria flavirostris 13/03/2024 Knott End 162 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 RSPB Otmoor 163 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 09/01/2024 Warburg Reserve 164 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 06/01/2024 New Forest 165 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Wolvercote Lakes 166 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Oxford Canal, near St Edward's School 167 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2024 RSPB Otmoor 168 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 RSPB Otmoor