Andrew McCafferty: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 180 of 180 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2024 Red Nab, Heysham 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 06/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 16/03/2024 Walney Island Prob dodgy feral birds 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Jeremy Lane 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 Conder Green 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Jeremy Lane 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 06/01/2024 Hillam's Lane 5 (4 ad + 1 juv) together with small number of Mutes near road 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2024 Moss Lane, Thurnham 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 26/04/2024 Nr Cattawade, Suffolk ... While on an unsuccessful evening twitch for pec sand, walking from Old Hall! 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/03/2024 Leighton Moss Pair from Griesdale hide 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Conder Pool 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Conder Pool 16 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 Teal Bay 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Conder Green 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29/03/2024 Eric Morecambe Pool 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 14/02/2024 Leighton Moss Genuinely the first one I saw this year! 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 07/01/2024 Leighton Moss Female showing well from Lilian's, seen on a visit with Kezia, Francis and Emily 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Conder Pool 22 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2024 Broadway, Morecambe 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 09/03/2024 Leighton Moss Pair showing well from Lower 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2024 Plover Scar 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2024 Broadway, Morecambe 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 09/01/2024 Aldcliffe Wildfowler's Pools Seen on a lunchtime visit, on its second day 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 06/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Glasson Marina 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/02/2024 Potts Corner Pair flying past 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 20/04/2024 Clougha Viewed by scope from Little Fell Lane while watching whimbrels 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Jeremy Lane 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 33 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2024 St Aidan's 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/04/2024 Fingringhoe Wick Heard at Fingringhoe, seen on 6/5/24 at Birk Bank during a late afternoon 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 27/01/2024 Thurnham Hall area Saw flying away while looking at geese from a layby on the A588, near the bridge 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Conder Green 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Freehold 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss Heard on 1st Jan, seen at Foulshaw 16/3/24 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss Heard only on Jan 1st, seen on 9th Jan at Aldcliffe 41 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Glasson Marina 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Conder Green 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Broadway, Morecambe 44 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 25/04/2024 St Aidan's 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 46 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 18/02/2024 Bowling Green Marsh, Glasson 3 on the shore, first of the year here I think (one on the Allen Pool last week apparently) 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 14/01/2024 Heysham Outfalls 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 49 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2024 Broadway, Morecambe 50 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 29/03/2024 Aldcliffe Hall Lane Flood 1 on the flood 51 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 52 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 17/04/2024 Little Fell Lane 53 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Conder Green 54 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2024 Teal Bay 55 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 56 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 15/05/2024 Leighton Moss Coming back from Lower on WWBT night! 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/04/2024 Lytham Quays Also found I'd recorded one on nocmig over house at 0420am this morning! 59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/02/2024 Holme 3 on flooded field by railway, near Pye Bridge 60 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 61 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 23/03/2024 Conder Pool 62 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/01/2024 Conder Pool 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 64 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 65 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 04/05/2024 Conder Green On Conder Pool, moulting into summer plumage (but not very red!) 66 Sanderling Calidris alba 20/01/2024 Fleetwood beach 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 68 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2024 Seaborn Road groyne, Morecambe Think I was the first person to see this returning bird in 2024 69 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 15/05/2024 Leighton Moss Seen well from Sky Tower 70 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 26/04/2024 Fingringhoe 71 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 20/04/2024 Starr Gate 72 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/02/2024 Claver Hill Self-found on morning walk resting on CLHS playing field, still there next day at least 73 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Conder Green 74 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 29/03/2024 Allen Pool 1 adult in sp 75 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Off Glasson Bowling Green 76 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Home 77 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Morecambe 78 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 79 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 13/04/2024 Jenny Brown's Point Seen flying over marsh from Bride's Seat 80 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 06/04/2024 Heysham 1 fairly close off the south harbour wall 81 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 16/03/2024 Walney Island Several seen from Groyne Hide 82 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 17/02/2024 Grasmere, Cumbria Seen initially from near Wordsworth Cottage, then drove across to the other side and saw it initially a bit closer, but then it went across to where we were in the first place! 83 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 28/04/2024 Landguard Point, Suffolk 84 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 20/04/2024 Starr Gate 2 separately, almost on horizon! 85 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 22/04/2024 Pye Bridge Jammily flew right over my head after I drove up from Holmere, where it had taken off from about 20 mins before! 86 Gannet Morus bassanus 20/04/2024 Starr Gate 87 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Conder Green 88 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 14/01/2024 Heysham Wooden Jetty 89 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2024 Middleton In flooded field behind village hall, for its second day 90 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/05/2024 Leighton Moss Seen with WeX group on early morning birdsong walk, in the same dead tree as an osprey! Had to use Dave's bridge camera to confirm! 91 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 01/04/2024 Leighton Moss Flew across back of Griesdale 92 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Conder Green 93 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/01/2024 Moss Lane, Cockersands 4 by Clarksons farm 94 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/03/2024 Silverdale Moss 95 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Conder Green 96 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/04/2024 Foulshaw Moss 97 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 20/01/2024 Moss Lane 98 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss 99 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 14/01/2024 Potts Corner Ringtail over fields behind, putting up a big flock of black-tailed godwit 100 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/03/2024 A590 nr Brettargh Holt Seen from car on way to Sizergh 101 Buzzard Buteo buteo 24/01/2024 Claver Hill Seen on a lunchtime walk 102 Barn Owl Tyto alba 27/01/2024 Jeremy Lane 103 Little Owl Athene noctua 25/04/2024 St Aidan's 104 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/03/2024 Gait Barrows Seen on 15/5 at LM. Heard first on daytime walk 105 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 11/02/2024 Potts Corner Picked one up in trees behind, watching from car park 106 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 13/04/2024 Leighton Moss Great views in the "barn field" near the carved owl tree 107 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Moss Lane 108 Merlin Falco columbarius 14/01/2024 From Sambo's Grave hide Terrorising the wader roost and then flew off 109 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 06/01/2024 Plover Scar, Cockersands Perched on the lighthouse 110 Jay Garrulus glandarius 09/01/2024 Freeman's Wood Seen on the way to look for the long-tailed duck, in a lunchtime visit 111 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Home 112 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Home 113 Rook Corvus frugilegus 18/01/2024 Lancaster Cemetery, Quernmore Road 114 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Conder Green 115 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 16/03/2024 Walney Island Finally saw this long-staying bird, at 1730 on the way home 116 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss Flew over Causeway 117 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 04/01/2024 Arcon House, Heaton Road 8 in now regular spot, lunchtime visit 118 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss 119 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss 120 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Moss Lane 121 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Moss Lane 122 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 13/04/2024 Leighton Moss Heard and then seen flying over the causeway 123 Skylark Alauda arvensis 14/01/2024 Potts Corner 124 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 24/03/2024 Forge Weir, Halton 125 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2024 Leighton Moss 1 over Causeway Pool with sand martins 126 House Martin Delichon urbicum 14/04/2024 Hay Bridge 127 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss Glimpsed creeping around from boardwalk 128 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Moss Lane 129 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2024 Leighton Moss Singing near Lilian's 130 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 11/03/2024 Near Lancaster Prison Singing bird 131 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/04/2024 Marton Mere 132 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/04/2024 Leighton Moss Heard 133 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2024 Marton Mere Heard only, couldn't see despite some searching! 134 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss Seen in poor light between Lilian's and Causeway 135 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2024 Fingringhoe 136 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 17/04/2024 Aldcliffe Good views of one that wasn't singing that actively, in evening 137 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2024 Marton Mere 138 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 139 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Moss Lane 140 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss Heard on 1st Jan, seen at Leighton on 7th Jan 141 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss Heard on 1st Jan. Seen on 13/1 at Leighton 142 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Conder Green 143 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss 144 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 Middleton In same field as Glossy Ibis 145 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Moss Lane 146 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Conder Green 147 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Moss Lane 148 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/05/2024 Barbondale 149 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss 150 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 26/04/2024 Fingringhoe 151 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/04/2024 Hay Bridge 152 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 09/03/2024 Heysham, Ocean Edge Female type showing intermittently very well 153 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 12/05/2024 Nr Combe Scar 154 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 29/04/2024 Landguard Point, Suffolk 155 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2024 Plover Scar 156 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2024 Bank End Two seen distantly while looking for Water Pipits 157 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 24/03/2024 Forge Weir, Halton 158 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2024 Moss Lane Heard only on 1st Jan, first seen on 7th Jan on Moss Lane feeders with Kezia 159 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Moss Lane 160 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss 161 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/04/2024 Landguard Point, Suffolk 162 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 Middleton In same field as Glossy Ibis 163 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Conder Green 164 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 16/03/2024 Ulverston 165 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 Moss Lane 166 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 14/04/2024 Foulshaw Moss 167 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 14/01/2024 Heysham outfalls 168 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Leighton Moss 169 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30/03/2024 New Lane feeding station 170 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 09/03/2024 Sizergh Castle Usual early morning car park gang, but first time I've seen them here. 7 or so birds 171 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 13/01/2024 Leighton Moss 172 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 173 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/01/2024 Nr Sambo's Grave 174 Linnet Linaria cannabina 14/01/2024 Potts Corner 175 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 07/04/2024 Foulshaw Moss 176 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Home 177 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Home Heard flying over on 1st Jan. Seen in flight over rents house in 6th Jan 178 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 06/01/2024 Plover Scar, Cockersands Female extremely close to the seawall 179 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 20/01/2024 Eagland Hill 4 (2 males, 2 females) 180 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 13/01/2024 Leighton Moss