Matt Burgess: Bedfordshire Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 126 of 126 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 19/01/2024 Broom East CWS 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/05/2024 Broom South Quarry 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 06/01/2024 Rookery North 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 06/01/2024 Rookery North 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 28/04/2024 Broom East CWS 2 over the site heading east 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/01/2024 Rookery South 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2024 Broom South Quarry 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 05/05/2024 Abbey Farm, Old Warden 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 06/05/2024 Broom GLE 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14/01/2024 Broom GLE 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/01/2024 Brogborough Tip Pools 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 06/01/2024 Broom South Quarry 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 06/01/2024 Rookery North 14 Teal Anas crecca 06/01/2024 Broom South Quarry 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/01/2024 Rookery North 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 06/01/2024 Rookery North 17 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 06/01/2024 Brogborough Lake 18 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 14/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 19 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 20 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 06/01/2024 Cardington 21 Swift Apus apus ********** ********** 22 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/04/2024 Broom East CWS 23 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 24 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 26 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 27 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 14/01/2024 Broom Peacock's Lake 28 Coot Fulica atra 06/01/2024 Rookery North 29 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2024 Rookery North 30 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 06/01/2024 Rookery North 31 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 28/02/2024 Derek White Eggs Pit 3 seen flying together over the Ivel Valley 32 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 19/01/2024 Broom East CWS 33 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/02/2024 Upper Caldecote 1 on the former greenhouse site, Caldecote Industrial Estate. 34 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18/03/2024 Caldecote Industrial Estate 35 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 06/01/2024 Bedford Bypass 36 Curlew Numenius arquata ********** ********** 37 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 06/01/2024 Wixams 38 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 06/01/2024 Wixams 39 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/04/2024 Broom South Quarry 40 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 14/01/2024 Broom South Quarry 41 Redshank Tringa totanus 11/03/2024 G&Ms Flood, Broom GPs On flooded field east of the quarry Pit 42 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/03/2024 Broom East CWS Through North 43 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 06/05/2024 Broom GLE 44 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 08/04/2024 Broom East CWS 45 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 06/01/2024 Rookery North 46 Common Gull Larus canus 06/01/2024 Rookery North 47 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 18/01/2024 Lower Caldecote The regular 3CY bird heading NE towards Warren Villas. 48 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 06/01/2024 Brogborough Lake 49 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 06/01/2024 Brogborough Lake 50 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 06/01/2024 Rookery North 51 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 28/04/2024 Upper Caldecote 1 flew north over Manor Place from Broom GPs 52 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/01/2024 Rookery South 53 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 19/01/2024 Broom East CWS North of the bund amongst Dexter Cattle 54 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 06/01/2024 Brogborough Lake 55 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21/04/2024 Broom East CWS Hovered above the pit before flying north 56 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 06/01/2024 Brogbourough Tip Pools 57 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/01/2024 Rookery North 58 Buzzard Buteo buteo 06/01/2024 Rookery North 59 Barn Owl Tyto alba 15/04/2024 Upper Caldecote 60 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 06/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 61 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/04/2024 Priory Country Park 1 near canoe slalom course 62 Wryneck Jynx torquilla ********** ********** 63 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 64 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2024 Beeston Fields 65 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 06/01/2024 Bedford Bypass 66 Merlin Falco columbarius 11/01/2024 Upper Caldecote Flying North to south over Manor place/The Green 67 Hobby Falco subbuteo 23/04/2024 Upper Caldecote Dashed over the green heading west 68 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 14/01/2024 Broom South Quarry 69 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 09/03/2024 Oakley, nr. Bedford 2 birds seen close to Oakley Sports and Social Club in nearby gardens. 70 Jay Garrulus glandarius 14/01/2024 Broom GLE 71 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 72 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 73 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 74 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 75 Raven Corvus corax 14/01/2024 Broom GLE 76 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 14/01/2024 Broom GLE 5 in SW corner 77 Coal Tit Periparus ater 07/02/2024 Ickwell 78 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 31/03/2024 Thurleigh Airfield A pair in woodland 79 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 80 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 81 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 06/01/2024 Rookery North 82 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 83 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 26/03/2024 Broom East CWS 15 84 Swallow Hirundo rustica 24/03/2024 G&M Pits 1 over quarry pit 85 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2024 Upper Caldecote 2 over Manor Place 86 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/01/2024 Rookery North 87 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 88 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 31/03/2024 Thurleigh Airfield Singing on 4x4 course 89 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 10/03/2024 Upper Caldecote Garden 90 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/04/2024 Broom East CWS 2 around the pool, NE corner 91 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2024 Derek White Eggs Pit At least 8 singing on site 92 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 10/04/2024 Broom East CWS In hedge on east side 93 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/02/2024 Upper Caldecote Male singing in the back garden hedge 94 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 20/04/2024 Peacock's Lake Singing in scrub at north end 95 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2024 Peacock's Lake Calling from mature hedgerow 96 Whitethroat Curruca communis 08/04/2024 Peacock's Lake 97 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 98 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 99 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 07/02/2024 Ickwell 100 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/04/2024 Priory Country Park 2 seen 101 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 102 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 103 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 104 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 105 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 106 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 107 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13/05/2024 Flitwick Moor 108 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 109 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 110 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 26/02/2024 Upper Caldecote Female type SE of the village 111 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 112 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 113 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 20/04/2024 Broom South Quarry 114 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 10/01/2024 Upper Caldecote Seen over Sunflower Croft 115 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 116 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 06/01/2024 Wixams 117 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 118 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/04/2024 Broom East CWS 2 just off Gypsy Lane 119 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 120 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 121 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2024 Beeston Fields 122 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Upper Caldecote 123 Siskin Spinus spinus 06/01/2024 Rookery North 124 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 06/01/2024 Broom South Quarry 125 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/01/2024 Broom South Quarry 126 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/01/2024 Rookery North