Dave Helliar: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, #LocalPatch Record(s) 1 to 111 of 111 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 CJGP 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 30/01/2024 CJGP 1 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Chard Res 4 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18/02/2024 CJGP 1 5 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11/02/2024 CJGP 1 6 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 03/01/2024 Chard Res 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15/01/2024 CJGP 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 23/01/2024 CJGP 1 drake 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 CJGP 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 CJGP 11 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 CJGP 12 Pochard Aythya ferina 10/01/2024 CJGP drake 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 CJGP 14 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 CJGP 15 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 09/03/2024 CJGP 2 16 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 19/05/2024 ***** 17 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2024 Chard Reservoir 18 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 30/01/2024 Snowdon Hill 19 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2024 CJGP 20 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 My garden 21 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Chard town 22 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 11/01/2024 Chilson Common, South Chard 1 heard 23 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 CJGP 24 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Chard Res 25 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 CJGP 26 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Chard Res 27 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/02/2024 Woonton Farm, Holy City 2 28 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18/04/2024 CJGP 29 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 11/01/2024 Knowle St Giles, nr Chard 40 in slurry field 30 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 18/05/2024 CJGP 13 !! 31 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/01/2024 CJGP 3 & 5 on 11/02/24 32 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 09/01/2024 CJGP 33 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2024 CJGP 63 on 14/01/24 34 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/04/2024 CJGP 35 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 06/03/2024 CJGP 36 Ruff Calidris pugnax 20/01/2024 CJGP Only the 2nd record at site (with 208 Lapwing) 37 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Chard Res 38 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 22/01/2024 CJGP 8+ adults; 2x 2ndW; 1x 1stW 39 Common Gull Larus canus 11/01/2024 Knowle St Giles, nr Chard 1 in slurry field 40 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 My garden 41 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 21/01/2024 CJGP 42 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 06/01/2024 Coldharbour, nr Ilminster 43 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Westford Mill 44 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Chard Res 45 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Westford Mill 46 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 06/01/2024 over my garden 47 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 14/03/2024 CJGP Only the 2nd record here. 48 Red Kite Milvus milvus 27/02/2024 Snowdon Hill, Chard 49 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 CJGP 50 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 27/04/2024 Chard Reservoir 51 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 16/01/2024 River Yarty at Bishopswood 52 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2024 CJGP 53 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2024 CJGP 54 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2024 55 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11/05/2024 Britty Common, Blackdowns 56 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 19/03/2024 over my Chard garden 57 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 58 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 59 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Chard town 60 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Chard town 61 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 My garden 62 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2024 CJGP 63 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Westford Mill 64 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2024 CJGP 65 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 My garden 66 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 CJGP 67 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/01/2024 68 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/03/2024 Chard Reservoir 69 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/03/2024 Chard Reservoir 70 House Martin Delichon urbicum 23/03/2024 Chard Reservoir 71 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 Westford Mill 72 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Chard town 73 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/03/2024 CJGP 74 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2024 Tatworth STW 75 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2024 CJGP 76 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 11/04/2024 CJGP 77 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/01/2024 Coldharbour, nr Ilminster Male feeding on Mistletoe 78 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 20/04/2024 CJGP 79 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2024 Middleroom Drove, Somerset 80 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2024 Snowdon Hill, near Chard 2 singing 81 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 CJGP 82 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 CJGP 83 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2024 CJGP 84 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2024 Pudleigh, nr Chard 85 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 My garden 86 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 CJGP 87 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 CJGP 88 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Westford Mill 89 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 My garden 90 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2024 91 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 My garden 92 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Westford Mill male 93 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/04/2024 Snowdon Hill, nr Chard 2 94 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 16/01/2024 River Yarty at Bishopswood 95 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 My garden 96 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 CJGP 97 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 Tatworth STW 98 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2024 99 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2024 100 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 21/04/2024 Bewley Down, Devon 101 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 CJGP 102 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 14/01/2024 Dommett Wood 10+ 103 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 CJGP 104 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 05/01/2024 Nimmer, nr Chard 105 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2024 Forton Lane, nr Chard 12 106 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 21/04/2024 CJGP 2 over 107 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Chard town 108 Siskin Spinus spinus 11/01/2024 Yonder Hill, Chard Junction 3 feeding on Alder cones 109 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/01/2024 ******** 110 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 03/01/2024 ****** 111 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 26/01/2024 CJGP