Bernie Beck: Wales Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 178 of 178 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 21/01/2024 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 16/01/2024 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 29/03/2024 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/01/2024 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 03/05/2024 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 07/02/2024 Lisvane,Glamorgan 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Scaup Aythya marila 06/01/2024 Bosherton,Pembrokeshire 21 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 06/01/2024 Bosherston,Pembrokeshire My 4th Lesser Scaup in Wales 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/03/2024 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 04/01/2024 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/01/2024 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2024 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 05/01/2024 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 30/03/2024 Worlds End,Denbighshire 29 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 30/03/2024 Worlds End,Denbighshire Welsh Tick 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 11/05/2024 32 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2024 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/04/2024 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 10/01/2024 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 40 Coot Fulica atra 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 42 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 07/02/2024 Llanishen, Glamorgan 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 10/01/2024 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 49 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 29/03/2024 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 11/04/2024 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 55 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 08/01/2024 56 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 06/01/2024 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 24/02/2024 59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 07/01/2024 60 Redshank Tringa totanus 61 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 62 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 64 Knot Calidris canutus 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 66 Sanderling Calidris alba 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 68 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/04/2024 69 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/05/2024 70 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 07/04/2024 13 birds present along with 2 Little Gulls,and later joined by a Bonapartes Gull 71 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 31/03/2024 72 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 30/03/2024 73 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/04/2024 74 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 07/04/2024 Sandy Water Park Adult winter plumage,my 2nd Bonapartes Gull in Carmarthenshire, both at this site and both found by Dom Davison 75 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 76 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 77 Common Gull Larus canus 78 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 79 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 04/02/2024 80 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 81 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 82 Razorbill Alca torda 15/01/2024 83 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/01/2024 84 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 15/01/2024 85 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14/05/2024 86 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 23/04/2024 87 Gannet Morus bassanus 03/03/2024 88 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 89 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 90 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 91 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/01/2024 92 Great White Egret Ardea alba 93 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 94 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 24/03/2024 95 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 96 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 04/05/2024 97 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 98 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 10/01/2024 99 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 03/01/2024 WWT Llanelli Juvenile still visiting Carmarthenshire ,first seen in the County 10 December 2023 100 Red Kite Milvus milvus 101 Buzzard Buteo buteo 102 Barn Owl Tyto alba 06/01/2024 103 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/01/2024 104 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 12/01/2024 105 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 06/01/2024 106 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 107 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 25/02/2024 108 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 06/01/2024 109 Merlin Falco columbarius 110 Hobby Falco subbuteo 18/05/2024 111 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 112 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 14/04/2024 Whitford Burrows, Gower,Glamorgan Welsh Tick 113 Jay Garrulus glandarius 114 Magpie Pica pica 115 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 06/01/2024 Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire 116 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 117 Rook Corvus frugilegus 118 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 119 Raven Corvus corax 120 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 18/01/2024 Carmarthenshire Tick 121 Coal Tit Periparus ater 122 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 17/03/2024 123 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 124 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 125 Great Tit Parus major 126 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/03/2024 127 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/03/2024 128 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2024 129 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 07/01/2024 130 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 131 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 27/04/2024 132 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 26/03/2024 133 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 134 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 12/04/2024 135 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 08/04/2024 136 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 11/04/2024 137 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/01/2024 138 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 04/05/2024 139 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13/04/2024 140 Whitethroat Curruca communis 11/04/2024 141 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/02/2024 142 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 143 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 144 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2024 145 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 146 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 147 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 148 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 149 Redwing Turdus iliacus 150 Blackbird Turdus merula 151 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 152 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 31/03/2024 153 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/05/2024 154 Robin Erithacus rubecula 155 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 27/04/2024 156 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27/04/2024 157 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 18/05/2024 158 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 159 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/03/2024 160 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 10/01/2024 161 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 162 Dunnock Prunella modularis 163 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 164 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 165 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 166 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 28/04/2024 167 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 14/01/2024 168 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 169 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 170 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 171 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 172 Linnet Linaria cannabina 173 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 25/01/2024 174 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 08/01/2024 175 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 176 Siskin Spinus spinus 177 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 27/04/2024 178 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus