Mike Hobson: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/04/2024 Frampton 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 21/01/2024 Lunt Meadow 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 30/04/2024 Adwick Washlands 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 23/03/2024 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10/03/2024 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24/02/2024 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 17/02/2024 Slaynes Lane 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24/02/2024 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/04/2024 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 41 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 44 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 45 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2024 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 51 Coot Fulica atra 52 Crane Grus grus 20/03/2024 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 54 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 16/03/2024 55 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 56 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 57 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 16/03/2024 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 59 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 13/04/2024 Frampton 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 63 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/04/2024 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/04/2024 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 69 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 24/03/2024 Stiffkey 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 30/04/2024 72 Redshank Tringa totanus 73 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 01/01/2024 Frampton 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 77 Knot Calidris canutus 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 19/05/2024 80 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 19/05/2024 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 06/04/2024 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/05/2024 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 86 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 10/05/2024 87 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 11/04/2024 Brownsea 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/04/2024 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/04/2024 90 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 06/04/2024 91 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/03/2024 92 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 16/03/2024 93 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 13/04/2024 Frampton 94 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 95 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 96 Common Gull Larus canus 97 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 19/02/2024 Ravensthorpe 98 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 99 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 25/02/2024 Widness 100 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 102 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 24/02/2024 103 Razorbill Alca torda 16/03/2024 104 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 105 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 106 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 107 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 109 Gannet Morus bassanus 110 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 111 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 112 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 24/03/2024 113 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 114 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 115 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 116 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 117 Great White Egret Ardea alba 118 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 119 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/03/2024 120 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 121 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 122 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 123 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 124 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 24/03/2024 Wareham Greens. Norfolk 125 Red Kite Milvus milvus 126 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 10/05/2024 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 129 Little Owl Athene noctua 130 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 131 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 26/02/2024 133 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 134 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 135 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 136 Merlin Falco columbarius 137 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 22/03/2024 138 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 139 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 140 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 19/05/2024 141 Jay Garrulus glandarius 142 Magpie Pica pica 143 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 144 Rook Corvus frugilegus 145 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 146 Raven Corvus corax 147 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 148 Coal Tit Periparus ater 149 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 150 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 151 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 152 Great Tit Parus major 153 Woodlark Lullula arborea 154 Skylark Alauda arvensis 155 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 156 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2024 157 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2024 158 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/05/2024 159 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 22/03/2024 160 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 161 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 04/05/2024 162 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 06/04/2024 163 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/03/2024 164 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/04/2024 165 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/04/2024 166 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 27/04/2024 Saltholme 167 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/04/2024 168 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 02/05/2024 169 Whitethroat Curruca communis 27/04/2024 170 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 24/03/2024 171 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 16/03/2024 172 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 173 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 174 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 175 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 176 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 177 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 178 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 179 Redwing Turdus iliacus 180 Blackbird Turdus merula 181 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 182 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 04/05/2024 183 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 27/01/2024 Tophill Low 184 Robin Erithacus rubecula 185 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 04/05/2024 186 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 187 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 13/04/2024 188 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 189 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 190 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 191 Dunnock Prunella modularis 192 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 193 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 194 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 195 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 196 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 04/05/2024 197 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 198 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 199 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 200 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 201 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 202 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 203 Twite Linaria flavirostris 204 Linnet Linaria cannabina 205 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 206 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 207 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 208 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 209 Siskin Spinus spinus 210 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 211 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 212 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 213 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 09/03/2024 214 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 01/03/2024 Somerset 215 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 216 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 27/04/2024 Hartlepool 217 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 21/01/2024 Heybridge Essex 218 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 24/02/2024 Killwinning 219 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 19/05/2024 Whitburn