Paul Brown: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 223 of 223 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 18/03/2024 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 27/01/2024 Holkham 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 20/01/2024 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 20/01/2024 Eldernell 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 27/01/2024 Holkham 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12/02/2024 Eversholt 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 25/03/2024 Lakenheath Fen 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27/01/2024 Holkham 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 11/02/2024 Marsworth Res 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 07/03/2024 Higham Lake - Ditchford GPs 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 18/01/2024 Willen Lake 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20/02/2024 Abberton Res 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 04/02/2024 Whitley Bay Lighthouse 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27/01/2024 Holkham 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27/01/2024 Holkham 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 06/02/2024 Rutland Water 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 20/01/2024 Deeping Lakes 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 24/02/2024 Titchwell 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 04/02/2024 North York Moors 36 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 04/02/2024 Langdon Beck 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Swift Apus apus 27/04/2024 Wilstone Res 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/04/2024 Marston Thrift 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30/04/2024 Snettisham 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 31/01/2024 Amwell NR 48 Corncrake Crex crex 10/05/2024 Iona 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Crane Grus grus 20/01/2024 Eldernell 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 18/01/2024 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 11/05/2024 Loch Ruthen 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 20/02/2024 Abberton Res 56 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 25/03/2024 Caveham Heath NR 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 58 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 61 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 62 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 16/05/2024 Coveney Cambs 63 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 24/03/2024 Grovebury SP 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2024 Holme 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/02/2024 Filey 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 70 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 30/04/2024 Cley 71 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 20/03/2024 Amwell NR 72 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 22/01/2024 Brogborough Hill 73 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 74 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 16/04/2024 Brogborough Tip Pools 75 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 13/02/2024 Cottenham 76 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 21/04/2024 Normandy Lagoon 77 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 30/04/2024 Snettisham 78 Redshank Tringa totanus 79 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 13/02/2024 Frampton Marsh 80 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB 81 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 82 Knot Calidris canutus 83 Ruff Calidris pugnax 84 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 13/05/2024 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 04/02/2024 Whitley Bay Lighthouse 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB 89 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 21/04/2024 Normandy Lagoon 90 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB 91 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/04/2024 Wilstone Res 92 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/04/2024 Marsworth Res 93 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 21/04/2024 Normandy Lagoon 94 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 11/03/2024 Marsworth Res 95 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 07/05/2024 Mull of Galloway 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 24/02/2024 Titchwell 98 Common Gull Larus canus 99 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 100 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 102 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 07/05/2024 Ross 103 Razorbill Alca torda ********** ********** 104 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 05/02/2024 Scarborough 105 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 27/01/2024 106 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 11/05/2024 Highland 107 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 14/01/2024 Grovebury SP 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 05/02/2024 Scarborough 109 Gannet Morus bassanus 05/02/2024 Bempton Cliffs 110 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 111 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/02/2024 Bempton Cliffs 112 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 20/01/2024 Deeping Lakes 113 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 30/04/2024 Holkham 114 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 25/03/2024 Lakenheath Fen 115 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 116 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 30/04/2024 Holme 117 Great White Egret Ardea alba 118 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 119 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/05/2024 Abernethy 120 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 09/05/2024 Mull 121 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 122 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 27/02/2024 Weeting 123 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 124 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 27/01/2024 Warham Greens 125 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 27/01/2024 Warham Greens 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus 127 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 09/05/2024 Mull 128 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 04/02/2024 North York Moors 129 Buzzard Buteo buteo 130 Barn Owl Tyto alba 131 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 20/01/2024 Eldernell 132 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 27/01/2024 Warham Greens 133 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 134 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 29/01/2024 Verulamium Park 135 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 01/04/2024 Burn ham Beeches 136 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 137 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 22/01/2024 Brogborough Hill 138 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 139 Merlin Falco columbarius 27/01/2024 Warham Greens 140 Hobby Falco subbuteo 14/05/2024 Rutland Water 141 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 27/01/2024 Warham Greens 142 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 29/01/2024 Verulamium Park 143 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 27/02/2024 Weeting 144 Jay Garrulus glandarius 145 Magpie Pica pica 146 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 147 Rook Corvus frugilegus 148 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 149 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 08/05/2024 Oban 150 Raven Corvus corax 151 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 14/01/2024 Grovebury SP 152 Coal Tit Periparus ater 153 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 13/05/2024 Abernethy 154 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 27/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 155 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 156 Great Tit Parus major 157 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 24/02/2024 Titchwell 158 Woodlark Lullula arborea 27/02/2024 Weeting 159 Skylark Alauda arvensis 18/01/2024 160 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 27/01/2024 Burnham Overy Staithe 161 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/03/2024 Wilstone Reservoir 162 Swallow Hirundo rustica 23/03/2024 Wilstone Reservoir 163 House Martin Delichon urbicum 23/03/2024 Wilstone Reservoir 164 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 24/02/2024 Titchwell 165 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 166 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 25/03/2024 Santon Downham 167 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 11/03/2024 Marsworth Res 168 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 18/05/2024 Ouse Fen 169 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 08/04/2024 Marsworth Res 170 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 20/04/2024 Marsworth Res 171 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 11/04/2024 Aspley Heath 172 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/01/2024 Garden 173 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/04/2024 MVCP 174 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/04/2024 Marston Thrift 175 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2024 Brogborough Tip Pools 176 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 21/04/2024 New Forest 177 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 178 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 179 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 180 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 181 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 182 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 183 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 27/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 184 Redwing Turdus iliacus 185 Blackbird Turdus merula 186 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 187 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 19/03/2024 Blows Downs 188 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13/05/2024 Abernethy 189 Robin Erithacus rubecula 190 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 11/04/2024 MVCP 191 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 07/05/2024 Wood of Cree 192 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29/01/2024 St Albans Cathedral 193 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 29/03/2024 Blows Downs 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 18/01/2024 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/03/2024 Ivenhoe Beacon 196 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 08/05/2024 197 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/02/2024 Bempton Cliffs 198 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 199 Dunnock Prunella modularis 200 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 14/04/2024 Frampton Marsh RSPB 201 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 202 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 203 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 204 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 11/05/2024 Abernethy 205 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 24/02/2024 Titchwell 206 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 05/02/2024 Bempton Cliffs 207 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 208 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 27/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 209 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 27/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 210 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 211 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 212 Twite Linaria flavirostris 10/05/2024 Iona 213 Linnet Linaria cannabina 214 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 22/01/2024 Brogborough Hill 215 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 22/01/2024 Brogborough Hill 216 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 27/01/2024 Lynford Arboretum 217 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 218 Siskin Spinus spinus 219 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 05/02/2024 Bempton Cliffs 220 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 18/01/2024 221 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 20/01/2024 Deeping Lakes 222 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 18/01/2024 223 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 16/01/2024 Heybridge