Stephen Hobbs: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 154 of 154 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 10/01/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Dorset 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/02/2024 North Warren Thorpeness Suffolk 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 26/01/2024 Poole Park Poole Dorset 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Harty Ferry 6 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 05/02/2024 RSPB Minsmere Suffolk 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/02/2024 RSPB Minsmere Suffolk 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 30/01/2024 B O P H Bird boat Poole harbour Dorset 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Harty ferry 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13/04/2024 Cannop ponds Forest of Dean Gloucestershire 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11/05/2024 R S P B Hamwall Somerset 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10/01/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Dorset 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10/01/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Weymouth Dorset 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 08/01/2024 Brands Bay Studland Dorset 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Harty Ferry 16 Pintail Anas acuta 08/01/2024 Brands Bay Studland Dorset 17 Teal Anas crecca 07/02/2024 Sculthorpe moor N R Norfolk 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 10/01/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Dorset 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 10/01/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Dorset 20 Scaup Aythya marila 30/01/2024 B O P H Bird boat Poole harbour Dorset 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24/03/2024 Jerrys Point Poole Harbour Dorset 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30/01/2024 B O P H Bird boat Poole harbour Dorset 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 27/03/2024 River Usk Usk Wales 24 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/01/2024 Brands Bay Studland Dorset 25 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 12/02/2024 ST Aldhelms Worth Matravers 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Harty Ferry Kent 27 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 12/02/2024 St Aldhelms head Worth Matravers 28 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 09/05/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 29 Stock Dove Columba oenas 07/02/2024 Sculthorp Suffolk 30 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 31 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 32 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 10/01/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Weymouth Dorset 33 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Harty Ferry Kent 34 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 10/01/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Dorset 35 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/01/2024 Brands Bay Studland Dorset 36 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 30/01/2024 B O P H Bird boat Poole harbour Dorset 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 38 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/01/2024 Brands Bay Studland Dorset 39 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 40 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/01/2024 Ferrybridge Portland Doset 41 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 08/01/2024 Brands Bay Studland Dorset 42 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/04/2024 Dawlish Warren Devon 43 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 44 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 30/01/2024 B O P H Bird boat Poole harbour Dorset 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/01/2024 Brands Bay Studland Dorset 46 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 10/01/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Dorset 47 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 19/01/2024 Bere Regis Cress beds 48 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 49 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/05/2024 Bestwall Floodplain Wareham Dorset 50 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 30/01/2024 B O P H Bird boat Poole harbour Dorset 51 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 52 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/01/2024 Brands Bay Studland Dorset 53 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 54 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 01/04/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 55 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 24/03/2024 Jerrys Point Poole Harbour Dorset 56 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/05/2024 Bestwall Floodplain Wareham Dorset 57 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 01/05/2024 Bestwall Floodplain Wareham Dorset 58 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 59 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/01/2024 B O P H Bird boat Poole harbour Dorset 60 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 61 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 62 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 10/01/2024 R S P B Radipole Weymouth Dorset 63 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/03/2024 Holmebridge Flood Plain Wareham Dorset 64 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 29/02/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset Poole Harbour 65 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 18/01/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 66 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 09/04/2024 Durlston country park Swanage Dorset 67 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/03/2024 Portland Bill Dorset 68 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/03/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Weymouth Dorset 69 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 30/01/2024 B O P H Bird boat Poole harbour Dorset 70 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 15/02/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 71 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 11/05/2024 R S P B Hamwall Somerset 72 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 10/01/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Dorset 73 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 16/03/2024 Westhay Somerset 74 Great White Egret Ardea alba 16/03/2024 R S P B Greylake Somerset 75 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Harty Ferry 76 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/04/2024 Carey Wareham Dorset 77 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/02/2024 RSPB Minsmere Suffolk 78 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 13/04/2024 Cannop ponds Forest of Dean Gloucestershire 79 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2024 Harty Ferry Kent 80 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/01/2024 RSPB Caple Ferry Kent 81 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2024 M3 Hook Hants 82 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 30/01/2024 B O P H Bird boat Poole harbour Dorset 83 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 84 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/02/2024 Sculthorp Suffolk 85 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 86 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 07/02/2024 Sculthorp Suffolk 87 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 10/01/2024 R S P B Lodmoor Weymouth Dorset 88 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 07/02/2024 Sculthorp Suffolk 89 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 03/01/2024 Holton Lee Dorset 90 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 91 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 30/01/2024 B O P H Bird boat Poole harbour Dorset 92 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 08/03/2024 Wareham Forest Dorset 93 Jay Garrulus glandarius 19/01/2024 Thorncoombe woods Dorchester Dorset 94 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 95 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 03/01/2024 Holton Lee Dorset 96 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/02/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 97 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 03/01/2024 Holton Lee Dorset 98 Raven Corvus corax 25/01/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 99 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 20/01/2024 Upton Poole Dorset 100 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/02/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 101 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 07/02/2024 Sculthorp Suffolk 102 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 103 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 104 Woodlark Lullula arborea 24/04/2024 Carey Wareham Dorset 105 Skylark Alauda arvensis 12/02/2024 ST Aldhelms Worth Matravers 106 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 16/03/2024 Decoy hide Avalon marshes Somerset 107 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/03/2024 Decoy hide Avalon marshes Somerset 108 House Martin Delichon urbicum 16/03/2024 Decoy hide Avalon marshes Somerset 109 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 16/03/2024 Decoy hide Avalon marshes Somerset 110 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Harty Ferry Kent 111 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 07/05/2024 Wareham forest Dorset England 112 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 26/01/2024 P C World Drain Poole Dorset 113 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/05/2024 P C World Drain Poole Dorset 114 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 18/04/2024 R S P B Exminster Marshes Devon 115 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/04/2024 Durlston country park Swanage Dorset 116 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 11/05/2024 R S P B Hamwall Somerset 117 Whitethroat Curruca communis 18/04/2024 Dawlish Warren Devon 118 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 11/01/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 119 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 18/01/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 120 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 18/01/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 121 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 122 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 11/01/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 123 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/02/2024 RSPB Minsmere Suffolk 124 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 125 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 19/01/2024 Thorncoombe woods Dorchester Dorset 126 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 11/01/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 127 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2024 Holme Lane Wareham Dorset 128 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 129 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/01/2024 Holme Lane Wareham Dorset 130 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Harty Ferry Kent 131 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/04/2024 R S P B Nagshead Forest of Dean Gloucestershire 132 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 02/03/2024 Portland Bill Dorset 133 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 13/04/2024 R S P B Nagshead Forest of Dean Gloucestershire 134 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 135 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2024 St Aldhelms head Worth Matravers Dorset 136 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 137 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Harty Ferry Kent 138 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/04/2024 Cannop ponds Forest of Dean Gloucestershire 139 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 140 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 Shellness Kent 141 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 26/02/2024 Durlston country park Swanage Dorset 142 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 143 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 07/02/2024 Sculthorp Suffolk 144 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 20/01/2024 Hartland Moor Dorset 145 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 146 Linnet Linaria cannabina 07/04/2024 St Aldhelms head Worth Matravers Dorset 147 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 07/02/2024 Sculthorp Suffolk 148 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Upchurch Kent 149 Siskin Spinus spinus 11/01/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset 150 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 06/02/2024 Kessingland Beach Suffolk 151 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 07/04/2024 St Aldhelms head Worth Matravers Dorset 152 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21/03/2024 St Aldhelms head Worth Matravers Dorset 153 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 15/04/2024 R S P B Labrador Bay Devon 154 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 15/02/2024 R S P B Arne Dorset