Pete Sutton: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 210 of 210 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/02/2024 Leasowe, Wirral 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 30/01/2024 Play, Denbighshire 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/02/2024 Glasson, Lancashire 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Crosby Marine Lake, Merseyside 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/02/2024 Glasson, Lancashire 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 03/02/2024 Burton Marsh, Cheshire 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11/02/2024 Arrowe Park, Wirral 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24/01/2024 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 20 Pintail Anas acuta 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 21 Teal Anas crecca 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/02/2024 RSPB Leighton Moss, Lancashire 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 27 Scaup Aythya marila 19/03/2024 Ains Dale, Lancashire 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 04/03/2024 RSPB Leighton Moss, Lancashire 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/03/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 07/02/2024 Llanddulas, Conwy 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 07/02/2024 Llanddulas, Conwy 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 07/02/2024 Llanddulas, Conwy 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 05/03/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Crosby Marine Lake, Merseyside 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/02/2024 Inland Sea, Anglesey 38 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 29/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 01/02/2024 Minera, Clwyd 40 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 01/02/2024 Minera, Clwyd 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/04/2024 Hale, Cheshire 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/02/2024 Glasson, Lancashire 44 Swift Apus apus 01/05/2024 Saxmundham, Suffolk 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirrall 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14/02/2024 Landican, Wirral 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/02/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 51 Coot Fulica atra 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 52 Crane Grus grus 02/05/2024 RSPB Nene Washes, Cambridgeshire 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 07/02/2024 Beddmanarch Bay, Anglesey 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/03/2024 Woolston Eyes, Warrington, Cheshire 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 59 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 19/03/2024 RSPB Marshside, Southport 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 28/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 09/02/2024 Burton Marsh, Cheshire 63 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 01/05/2024 Aldeburgh Marshes, Suffolk 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/03/2024 RSPB Marshside, Southport 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 67 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 05/03/2024 Wallasey, Wirral 68 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 69 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/04/2024 Seaforth NR, Liverpool 70 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 71 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 30/04/2024 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 30/01/2024 Parkgate, Wirral 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/04/2024 Willaston, Wirral 74 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 17/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 75 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 09/05/2024 Lunt Meadows, Lancashire 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 04/02/2024 Leasowe, Wirral 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 79 Knot Calidris canutus 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/05/2024 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 87 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 15/05/2024 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/03/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 13/02/2024 Wallasey, Wirral 93 Common Gull Larus canus 02/02/2024 Widnes, Cheshire 94 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/02/2024 Widnes, Cheshire 97 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 02/02/2024 Widnes, Cheshire 98 Puffin Fratercula arctica 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 99 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 07/02/2024 Holyhead, Anglesey 100 Razorbill Alca torda 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 07/02/2024 Holyhead, Anglesey 103 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/01/2024 Crosby Marine Lake, Merseyside 104 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/02/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 05/02/2024 Overton, Cumbria 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 19/03/2024 RSPB Marshside, Southport 111 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffilk 112 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 113 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/02/2024 Glasson, Lancashire 114 Great White Egret Ardea alba 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 115 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 116 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/04/2024 Rutland Water, Rutland 117 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 27/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 118 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 06/03/2024 Clocaenog Forest, Conwy 119 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 120 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/02/2024 Minera, Clwyd 121 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/02/2024 Llyn Brenig, Denbighshire 122 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 123 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 124 Little Owl Athene noctua 24/01/2024 Burton Point, Cheshire 125 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/02/2024 Burton Marsh, Cheshire 126 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 09/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mère Wetlands, Cheshire 127 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 128 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 28/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 129 Merlin Falco columbarius 04/05/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 130 Hobby Falco subbuteo 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffilk 131 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/02/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 132 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 18/03/2024 Moore Nature Reserve, Cheshire 133 Jay Garrulus glandarius 29/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 134 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 135 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 07/02/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 136 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 137 Rook Corvus frugilegus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 138 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 139 Raven Corvus corax 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 140 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/01/2024 Halkyn, Flintshire 141 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/02/2024 Clocaenog Forsest 142 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/02/2024 RSPB Leighton Moss, Lancashire 143 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 01/02/2024 Llyn Brenig, Denbighshire 144 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 145 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 146 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffilk 147 Woodlark Lullula arborea 02/05/2024 Westleton Heath, Suffolk 148 Skylark Alauda arvensis 28/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 149 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 150 Swallow Hirundo rustica 14/04/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 151 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/05/2024 Halsall, Lancashire 152 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 153 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 154 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 15/05/2024 Clocaenog Forest, Denbighshire 155 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 156 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/03/2024 Frodsham Marshes, Cheshire 157 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 01/05/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 158 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 159 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 160 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2024 Meols, Wirral 161 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/04/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 162 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2024 Rutland Water, Rutland 163 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 20/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 164 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 165 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 01/05/2024 Westleton Heath, Suffolk 166 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 167 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 168 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 169 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 170 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 171 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/02/2024 Sizergh Castle, Cumbria 172 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/02/2024 Llyn Brenig, Denbighshire 173 Redwing Turdus iliacus 30/01/2024 Parkgate, Wirral 174 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 175 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 09/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mère Wetlands, Cheshire 176 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 03/04/2024 Penycloddiau Hill Fort, Denbighshire 177 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15/05/2024 Clocaenog Forest, Denbighshire 178 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 179 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 01/05/2024 Westleton Heath, Suffolk 180 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 08/05/2024 Abet Falls, Gwynedd 181 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/02/2024 Rhyl, Denbighshire 182 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 29/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 183 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 17/04/2024 Arrowe Brook Farm, Wirral 184 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 185 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 186 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 05/02/2024 Milnthorpe, Cumbria 187 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 188 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 189 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 190 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 Crosby Marine Lake, Merseyside 191 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 192 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 04/03/2024 Il est-on, Cumbria 193 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 194 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 15/05/2024 Clocaenog Forest, Denbighshire 195 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 19/03/2024 RSPB Marshside, Southport 196 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 197 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 30/01/2024 Play, Denbighshire 198 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30/01/2024 Llay, Denbighshire 199 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 04/03/2024 Sizergh Castle, Cumbria 200 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/02/2024 Sizergh Castle, Cumbria 201 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 29/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 202 Linnet Linaria cannabina 24/01/2024 Burton Point, Cheshire 203 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/02/2024 Llyn Brenig, Denbighshire 204 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 01/02/2024 Clocaenog Forsest 205 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 24/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 206 Siskin Spinus spinus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 207 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 10/02/2024 Hoylake , Wirral 208 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 09/05/2024 Halsall, Lancashire 209 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 23/04/2024 Hale, Cheshire 210 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 30/01/2024 Llay, Denbighshire