Julian Branscombe: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 111 of 111 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 28/01/2024 Chesham 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 4 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/01/2024 Between Ham Wall & Shapwick 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 24/03/2024 London 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Teal Anas crecca 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 12 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 11/02/2024 Shooter's Pool 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 15 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 13/03/2024 Porthcressa 16 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 17 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 09/05/2024 Toll's Hill 18 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 19 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 20 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 21 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 22 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 23 Coot Fulica atra 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 24 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 25 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 26 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 27 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 29/01/2024 Copperhouse Creek, Hayle 28 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 27/01/2024 SW England c300 flying over A30 as it went through Bodmin Moor 29 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/01/2024 Town Beach 30 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 31 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 03/03/2024 Innisidgen 32 Curlew Numenius arquata 33 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 34 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 35 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 36 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/04/2024 Hugh Town Night migrant heard whilst I was on evening dogwalk. 37 Redshank Tringa totanus 12/01/2024 Bryher 38 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 39 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 40 Sanderling Calidris alba 06/01/2024 Little Porth, Hugh Town 41 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 07/01/2024 Off Peninnis 2 on large rock off Peninnis 42 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 23/03/2024 Marazion 43 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 44 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 45 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 46 Common Gull Larus canus 47 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 48 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 49 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 50 Razorbill Alca torda 07/01/2024 Peninnis 51 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/02/2024 Deep Point 52 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 53 Gannet Morus bassanus 54 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 55 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 56 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 57 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 58 Great White Egret Ardea alba 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 59 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 60 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 13/02/2024 Abingdon 61 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 62 Buzzard Buteo buteo 27/01/2024 SW England 63 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 64 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 13/02/2024 Abingdon 65 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 07/01/2024 Peninnis 66 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 12/04/2024 Porthcressa 67 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 24/03/2024 London 68 Magpie Pica pica 27/01/2024 SW England 69 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 30/01/2024 Cot Valley 70 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 27/01/2024 SW England 71 Rook Corvus frugilegus 27/01/2024 SW England 72 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 73 Raven Corvus corax 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 74 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 75 Great Tit Parus major 76 Skylark Alauda arvensis 13/02/2024 Abingdon 77 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 24/03/2024 London 78 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2024 Little Porth, Hugh Town 79 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/04/2024 St Agnes 80 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 81 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 82 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 13/04/2024 St Agnes Probably heard one earlier and didn't note it. 83 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 84 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/04/2024 Porth Hellick 85 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 14/03/2024 Hugh Town 86 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 87 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 88 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 89 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 90 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 13/02/2024 Abingdon 91 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2024 Lower Moors 92 Blackbird Turdus merula 93 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 12/01/2024 Bryher 94 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 17/04/2024 Porth Hellick Putative Mediterranean Flycatcher. Very interesting bird. Feeding c8.45am at edge of willows on seaward side of Higher Moors. 95 Robin Erithacus rubecula 96 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 97 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 98 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 09/04/2024 Little Porth, Hugh Town 99 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 100 Dunnock Prunella modularis 101 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 102 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 103 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 104 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 105 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 106 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 12/01/2024 Bryher 107 Linnet Linaria cannabina 07/01/2024 King Edwards Road, Peninnis 108 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 28/01/2024 Somewhere in central England! 109 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 19/01/2024 Trenoweth 110 Siskin Spinus spinus 29/01/2024 Ham Wall 111 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 29/01/2024 Ham Wall