Paul Moon: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 214 of 214 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Norfolk 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 27/04/2024 Lincolnshire 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Buckinghamshire 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Sussex 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser Buckinghamshire 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Norfolk 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/03/2024 Gloucestershire 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Buckinghamshire 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Norfolk 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Cambridgeshire 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Buckinghamshire 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Somerset 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Oxfordshire 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 23/02/2024 Greylake, Somerset 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula Northamptonshire 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata Buckinghamshire 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera Buckinghamshire 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope Buckinghamshire 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Buckinghamshire 20 Pintail Anas acuta Buckinghamshire 21 Teal Anas crecca Buckinghamshire 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis Northamptonshire 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Buckinghamshire 24 Pochard Aythya ferina Buckinghamshire 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 06/05/2024 Warwickshire 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Somerset 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Buckinghamshire 28 Scaup Aythya marila Buckinghamshire 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 18/04/2024 Suffolk 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 16/03/2024 Cornwall 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Norfolk 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Buckinghamshire 33 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 16/02/2024 Holkham Gap 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/03/2024 Avon 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Buckinghamshire 36 Smew Mergellus albellus Rutland 37 Goosander Mergus merganser Buckinghamshire 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 11/03/2024 Bedfordshire 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Buckinghamshire 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Buckinghamshire 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Buckinghamshire 42 Swift Apus apus 25/04/2024 Northamptonshire 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/04/2024 Oxfordshire 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Buckinghamshire 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas Buckinghamshire 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Buckinghamshire 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Buckinghamshire 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Northamptonshire 49 Corncrake Crex crex 16/05/2024 Norfolk 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Buckinghamshire 51 Coot Fulica atra Buckinghamshire 52 Crane Grus grus Cambridgeshire 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Buckinghamshire 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Buckinghamshire 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 22/03/2024 London 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Surrey 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 29/03/2024 Suffolk 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Buckinghamshire 59 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 27/04/2024 Lincolnshire 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Somerset 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Somerset 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Cambridgeshire 63 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 16/05/2024 Cambridgeshire 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Somerset 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 02/04/2024 Buckinghamshire 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Buckinghamshire 67 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 25/04/2024 Northamptonshire 68 Curlew Numenius arquata Buckinghamshire 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Norfolk 70 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 05/01/2024 Cuckmere Haven, Sussex 71 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Buckinghamshire 72 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Cambridgeshire 73 Snipe Gallinago gallinago Buckinghamshire 74 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/04/2024 Buckinghamshire 75 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Buckinghamshire 76 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 27/04/2024 Lincolnshire 77 Redshank Tringa totanus Northamptonshire 78 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 27/04/2024 Lincolnshire 79 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Sussex 80 Greenshank Tringa nebularia Kent 81 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Somerset 82 Knot Calidris canutus 18/03/2024 Gloucestershire 83 Ruff Calidris pugnax Norfolk 84 Sanderling Calidris alba 27/04/2024 Lincolnshire 85 Dunlin Calidris alpina Somerset 86 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Somerset 87 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 03/05/2024 Northamptonshire 88 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 03/05/2024 Northamptonshire 89 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 03/05/2024 Northamptonshire 90 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 27/04/2024 Lincolnshire 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/03/2024 Cornwall 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Somerset 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 04/05/2024 Yorkshire 94 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Buckinghamshire 95 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Kent 96 Common Gull Larus canus Buckinghamshire 97 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Buckinghamshire 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Buckinghamshire 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Buckinghamshire 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 04/05/2024 Yorkshire 101 Razorbill Alca torda Sussex 102 Common Guillemot Uria aalge Sussex 103 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Sussex 104 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Surrey 105 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Somerset 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Sussex 107 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Cambridgeshire 108 Gannet Morus bassanus Sussex 109 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Buckinghamshire 110 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Somerset 111 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Kent 112 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Buckinghamshire 113 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Buckinghamshire 114 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Somerset 115 Great White Egret Ardea alba Buckinghamshire 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Buckinghamshire 117 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 12/05/2024 Kent 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/05/2024 Rutland 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Buckinghamshire 120 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Norfolk 121 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Cambridgeshire 122 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Oxfordshire 123 Red Kite Milvus milvus Buckinghamshire 124 Buzzard Buteo buteo Buckinghamshire 125 Barn Owl Tyto alba Buckinghamshire 126 Little Owl Athene noctua Sussex 127 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Buckinghamshire 128 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Buckinghamshire 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Buckinghamshire 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Buckinghamshire 131 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Buckinghamshire 132 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Buckinghamshire 133 Merlin Falco columbarius Norfolk 134 Hobby Falco subbuteo 02/05/2024 Bedfordshire 135 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Cambridgeshire 136 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri Surrey 137 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Norfolk 138 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 10/05/2024 Hertfordshire 139 Jay Garrulus glandarius Buckinghamshire 140 Magpie Pica pica Buckinghamshire 141 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Buckinghamshire 142 Rook Corvus frugilegus Buckinghamshire 143 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Buckinghamshire 144 Raven Corvus corax Buckinghamshire 145 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Buckinghamshire 146 Coal Tit Periparus ater Buckinghamshire 147 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Norfolk 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Buckinghamshire 149 Great Tit Parus major Buckinghamshire 150 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 13/04/2024 Somerset 151 Woodlark Lullula arborea 29/03/2024 Suffolk 152 Skylark Alauda arvensis Buckinghamshire 153 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Norfolk 154 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15/03/2024 Avon 155 Swallow Hirundo rustica 22/03/2024 Kent 156 House Martin Delichon urbicum 16/04/2024 Buckinghamshire 157 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Buckinghamshire 158 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Buckinghamshire 159 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 23/03/2024 Buckinghamshire 160 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Oxfordshire 161 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 18/04/2024 Suffolk 162 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/04/2024 Somerset 163 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 11/05/2024 Rutland 164 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 14/04/2024 Avon 165 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 23/03/2024 Buckinghamshire 166 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2024 Cambridgeshire 167 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 14/04/2024 Avon 168 Whitethroat Curruca communis 07/04/2024 Northamptonshire 169 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 10/05/2024 Buckinghamshire 170 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Buckinghamshire 171 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Buckinghamshire 172 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Buckinghamshire 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Buckinghamshire 174 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Buckinghamshire 175 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Buckinghamshire 176 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Cambridgeshire 177 Redwing Turdus iliacus Buckinghamshire 178 Blackbird Turdus merula Buckinghamshire 179 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Buckinghamshire 180 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/04/2024 Gloucestershire 181 Robin Erithacus rubecula Buckinghamshire 182 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 16/04/2024 Buckinghamshire 183 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 04/05/2024 Yorkshire 184 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 29/04/2024 Buckinghamshire 185 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 04/05/2024 Yorkshire 186 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Buckinghamshire 187 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/03/2024 Suffolk 188 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 14/03/2024 Somerset 189 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Cambridgeshire 190 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Buckinghamshire 191 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 05/05/2024 Buckinghamshire 192 Dunnock Prunella modularis Buckinghamshire 193 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2024 Buckinghamshire 194 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Bedfordshire 195 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Buckinghamshire 196 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Buckinghamshire 197 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Kent 198 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Somerset 199 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Buckinghamshire 200 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Norfolk 201 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Norfolk 202 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Buckinghamshire 203 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Buckinghamshire 204 Linnet Linaria cannabina Buckinghamshire 205 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 23/03/2024 Buckinghamshire 206 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Norfolk 207 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Buckinghamshire 208 Siskin Spinus spinus Buckinghamshire 209 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Cambridgeshire 210 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Buckinghamshire 211 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Somerset 212 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Kent 213 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Buckinghamshire 214 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 12/01/2024 Essex