Sam Porter: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 214 of 214 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 17/02/2023 Burton Mere 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 29/01/2023 Brancaster 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 29/01/2023 Brancaster 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2023 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13/01/2023 Rainham 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2023 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 31/03/2023 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 15 Pintail Anas acuta 13/01/2023 Rainham 16 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20/03/2023 East Tilbury 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 01/01/2023 19 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 19/11/2023 Abberton 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 22 Scaup Aythya marila 05/04/2023 Walthamstow 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 13/02/2023 Redcar 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 10/02/2023 Redcar 25 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 16/02/2023 Llanddulas 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 10/02/2023 Redcar 27 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 10/02/2023 Redcar 29 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 13/02/2023 Bamburgh 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 32 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 05/05/2023 Whinfell Tarn 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/06/2023 River Spey 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 13/02/2023 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 05/05/2023 Forest Head 36 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 05/05/2023 Forest Head 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/02/2023 Hampshire 39 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 19/03/2023 Hadleigh Castle 40 Swift Apus apus 22/04/2023 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/05/2023 Forest Head 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2023 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 48 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 49 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 10/11/2023 Linford Lakes 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/06/2023 Avielochan 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 22/01/2023 Rainham 54 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 06/05/2023 Rainham 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 22/01/2023 Rainham 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 14/01/2023 Fairlop Waters 57 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 06/05/2023 Ashwell 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/02/2023 Redcar 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 25/03/2023 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 61 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 05/05/2023 Long Nanny 62 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 11/04/2023 Summer Leys 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 06/05/2023 Ashwell 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 13/01/2023 Rainham 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 16/02/2023 Parkgate 66 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 11/04/2023 Cley 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 26/02/2023 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 23/01/2023 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/04/2023 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/02/2023 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 19/08/2023 73 Redshank Tringa totanus 22/01/2023 Rainham 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 17/02/2023 Burton Mere 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/02/2023 Parkgate 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 10/02/2023 Redcar 77 Knot Calidris canutus 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 17/02/2023 Burton Mere 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 10/02/2023 Redcar 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 10/02/2023 Eyemouth 82 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 05/08/2023 Arne 83 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/04/2023 Summer Leys 84 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 05/08/2023 Arne 85 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/04/2023 Walthamstow 86 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 21/08/2023 Oare 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 88 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17/02/2023 Burton Mere 89 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 91 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 92 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 20/03/2023 Dover 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 94 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 27/08/2023 Scillonian 95 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 27/08/2023 Scillonian 96 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 02/06/2023 Findhorn 97 Razorbill Alca torda 02/06/2023 Boat trip off Findhorn 98 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 02/06/2023 Boat trip off Findhorn 99 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 13/02/2023 Redcar 100 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/06/2023 Lochindorb 101 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 16/02/2023 Llanddulas 102 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 27/08/2023 Scillonian 103 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 02/06/2023 Findhorn Bay 104 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 27/08/2023 Scillonian 105 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 27/08/2023 Scillonian 106 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 27/08/2023 Scillonian 107 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 27/08/2023 Scillonian 108 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 27/08/2023 Scillonian 109 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/06/2023 Boat trip off Findhorn 110 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 111 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 10/02/2023 Redcar 112 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/04/2023 Cley 113 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 04/04/2023 114 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 29/04/2023 Thorndon 115 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 16/02/2023 Parkgate 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/05/2023 Speyside 119 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 01/06/2023 Findhorn Valley 120 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 121 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 28/05/2023 Speyside 122 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13/01/2023 Rainham 123 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 17/02/2023 Parkgate 124 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 01/10/2023 Lizard 125 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 03/08/2023 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/01/2023 Enfield 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 31/01/2023 129 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 26/03/2023 130 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 05/05/2023 Forest Head 131 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 18/01/2023 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2023 133 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 22/07/2023 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2023 135 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2023 136 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 137 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/02/2023 nr. Dunbar 138 Hobby Falco subbuteo 23/05/2023 139 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2023 140 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2023 141 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 04/04/2023 Hothfield 142 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2023 143 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 144 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 145 Rook Corvus frugilegus 13/01/2023 146 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 147 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 31/05/2023 Kingussie 148 Raven Corvus corax 17/02/2023 Cheshire 149 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 24/12/2023 Balham 150 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2023 Raphael’s Park 151 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 29/05/2023 Loch Garten 152 Willow Tit Poecile montanus ********** ********** 153 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 154 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 155 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 11/04/2023 Cley 156 Skylark Alauda arvensis 07/01/2023 157 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2023 158 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2023 159 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2023 160 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2023 161 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 162 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 31/03/2023 163 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2023 164 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 11/09/2023 Upper Beeding 165 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/04/2023 166 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 14/04/2023 167 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/06/2023 Highlands 168 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2023 169 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 20/08/2023 170 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/04/2023 171 Whitethroat Curruca communis 10/04/2023 172 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 01/10/2023 Lizard 173 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/01/2023 174 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 175 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 176 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2023 Raphael’s Park 177 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 29/01/2023 Lynford 178 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 179 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 180 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 29/01/2023 Lynford 181 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 182 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 183 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 14/01/2023 Fairlop 184 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/04/2023 Blow’s Down 185 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 01/06/2023 Aviemore 186 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 187 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 04/04/2023 188 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 01/04/2023 189 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 20/08/2023 190 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 22/01/2023 Rainham 191 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 04/04/2023 Dungeness 192 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 28/05/2023 Speyside 193 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 194 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 195 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/05/2023 Ashwell 196 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 197 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 198 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 199 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 30/05/2023 Highlands 200 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 13/01/2023 Rainham 201 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 202 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/11/2023 203 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/02/2023 Parkgate 204 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 205 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 206 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 05/05/2023 Forest Head 207 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 01/06/2023 Highlands 208 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 27/05/2023 Speyside 209 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 210 Siskin Spinus spinus 18/01/2023 211 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 04/05/2023 Rainham 212 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 29/01/2023 Lynford 213 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 214 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 22/04/2023 Seaford