Dean Reeves - Karen Jayne: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 267 of 267 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 15/01/2023 Southmoor NR 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Wwt Slimbridge 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 27/01/2023 Norfolk 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 27/01/2023 Norfolk 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 29/01/2023 Norfolk 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 11 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 20/11/2023 WWT Slimbridge 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2023 Wwt Slimbridge 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 27/01/2023 Eldernell 15 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 28/01/2023 Norfolk 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 18 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 29/12/2023 Rspb Greylake 19 Garganey Spatula querquedula 01/04/2023 Rspb Ham wall 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 02/01/2023 Shapwick heath 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 25 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 26 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24/11/2023 Grafham water 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 08/01/2023 Cheddar Res 29 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 22/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 30 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 31 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 07/01/2023 Beesands 32 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 33 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 34 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 21/01/2023 Shapwick heath 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 19/02/2023 Llandulas, N Wales 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27/01/2023 Holkham, Norfolk 38 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 06/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 39 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 06/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 40 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27/01/2023 Norfolk 41 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 08/01/2023 Barrow tanks 42 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 43 Smew Mergellus albellus 08/01/2023 Chew Valley Lake 44 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 07/05/2023 Whinfell Tarn, Cumbria 45 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2023 Cheddar Res 46 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 15/01/2023 Southmoor NR 47 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 20/05/2023 Wales 48 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 20/05/2023 Wales 49 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 29/01/2023 Norfolk 50 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 wwt Slimbridge 51 Quail Coturnix coturnix 08/07/2023 Marshfield, Gloucs 52 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 28/01/2023 Norfolk 53 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 16/03/2023 Oldbury power station, Gloucs 54 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2023 Rspb Ham wall 55 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 24/06/2023 Wilts 56 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/04/2023 Rspb Ham wall 57 Stock Dove Columba oenas 27/01/2023 Eldernell 58 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 59 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 60 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/01/2023 Rspb Greylake 61 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 62 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 63 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 09/11/2023 Linford Lakes, Bucks 64 Crane Grus grus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 65 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/01/2023 Barrow tanks 66 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 04/03/2023 Dawlish warren NR 67 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 07/01/2023 Beesands 68 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 19/02/2023 Penhros CP, N Wales 69 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis ********** ********** 70 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 24/06/2023 Wilts 71 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 08/01/2023 Severn Beach 72 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 08/05/2023 wwt Steart marshes 73 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 74 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 14/01/2023 Burnham-on sea 75 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 76 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14/01/2023 Burnham-on-sea 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 15/04/2023 WWT Steart marshes 78 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 79 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 05/05/2023 Long Nanny, Northumberland 80 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 05/02/2023 Somerset 81 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 12/02/2023 Somerset 82 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 83 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 28/01/2023 Norfolk 84 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 85 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 29/01/2023 Cley, Norfolk 86 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/02/2023 Devon 87 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 88 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/01/2023 Blind yeo, Clevedon 89 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15/04/2023 Otter est NR Devon 90 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/04/2023 Rspb Pulborough 91 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 92 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 15/04/2023 Otter Est NR, Devon 93 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/04/2023 Rspb Ham wall 94 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/01/2023 Southmoor NR 95 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 08/01/2023 Severn beach 96 Knot Calidris canutus 12/02/2023 Somerset 97 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 98 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 08/07/2023 Wwt Slimbridge 99 Sanderling Calidris alba 14/01/2023 Burnham-on-sea 100 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 101 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 21/01/2023 Battery point 102 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/11/2023 WWT Slimbridge 103 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 18/02/2023 Wwt Slimbridge 104 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 15/04/2023 WWT Steart marshes 105 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 22/04/2023 Isle of Portland 106 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 01/04/2023 Chew V Lakes 107 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/04/2023 Cheddar Res, Somerset 108 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 01/07/2023 Coquet Island 109 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 15/04/2023 Budleigh Salterton, Devon 110 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 20/03/2023 Clevedon, Somerset 111 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 07/01/2023 Beesands 112 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 15/01/2023 Southmoor NR, Hants 113 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 114 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 07/01/2023 Slapton Ley, Devon 115 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 19/02/2023 Penhros CP, N Wales 116 Common Gull Larus canus 08/01/2023 Cheddar Res 117 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 18/03/2023 Hayle est, Cornwall 118 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 119 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 04/02/2023 Cornwall 120 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 121 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 122 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 18/03/2023 Newlyn harbour, Cornwall 123 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 22/04/2023 Isle of Portland 124 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 16/07/2023 Porthgwarra, Cornwall 125 Puffin Fratercula arctica 01/07/2023 Coquet Island 126 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 19/02/2023 Holyhead, N Wales 127 Razorbill Alca torda 22/04/2023 Isle of Portland 128 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/01/2023 Beesands 129 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 27/01/2023 Holkham 130 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 22/04/2023 Isle of Portland 131 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 08/01/2023 Cheddar Res 132 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 16/07/2023 Pendeen, Cornwall 133 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/01/2023 Beesands 134 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 15/07/2023 Pendeen 135 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 17/07/2023 Penzance, Pelagic 136 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 22/04/2023 Isle of Portland 137 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 15/07/2023 Pendeen 138 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/01/2023 Beesands 139 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 140 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/01/2023 Beesands 141 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 21/02/2023 Rspb Ham Wall 142 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/02/2023 WWT Steart 143 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 28/01/2023 Norfolk 144 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 09/04/2023 Undisclosed site 2 seen 145 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 146 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 14/10/2023 Sharpham, rspb Ham wall 147 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 21/01/2023 Westhay 148 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2023 Rspb Greylake 149 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 150 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 04/11/2023 Whelford lakes, Gloucs 151 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/05/2023 Loch of the Lowes 152 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 02/07/2023 Yorkshire 153 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2023 Rspb Greylake 154 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 22/01/2023 FOD 155 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 156 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 28/01/2023 Norfolk 157 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 24/06/2023 Xxxxxx 158 Red Kite Milvus milvus 15/01/2023 M4 Newbury 159 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 29/04/2023 160 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 161 Barn Owl Tyto alba 27/01/2023 Eldernell 162 Little Owl Athene noctua 12/02/2023 Somerset 163 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 27/01/2023 Eldernell 164 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/01/2023 WWT Steart 165 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 27/01/2023 Eldernell 166 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 04/02/2023 Cornwall 167 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 11/02/2023 Somerset 168 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 169 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 08/01/2023 Cheddar 170 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 171 Merlin Falco columbarius 04/02/2023 Cornwall 172 Hobby Falco subbuteo 08/04/2023 Rspb Ham wall 173 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 174 Jay Garrulus glandarius 21/01/2023 Compton Dando 175 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 176 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 04/02/2023 Cornwall 177 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 178 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 179 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 180 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2023 Shapwick heath 181 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 11/03/2023 Cranfield, Beds 182 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2023 Rspb Swell Wood 183 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 02/01/2023 Rspb Swell Wood 184 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 185 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 186 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 22/02/2023 Rspb Ham wall 187 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 28/01/2023 Norfolk 188 Woodlark Lullula arborea 18/02/2023 Greenham Common 189 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 190 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 27/01/2023 Holkham 191 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/03/2023 Chew valley lake 192 Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/04/2023 Chew valley lake 193 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2023 Sand point, Somerset 194 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 02/01/2023 Greylake 195 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 196 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/04/2023 Rspb pulborough 197 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 21/01/2023 Compton Dando 198 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 27/10/2023 Sand point, Somerset 199 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 28/11/2023 Dawlish Warren NR 200 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 25/03/2023 Rspb Ham wall 201 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 202 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 20/05/2023 FOD, Gloucs 203 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 29/04/2023 Rspb Ham wall 204 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 08/04/2023 Rspb Ham wall 205 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 08/04/2023 Rspb Ham wall 206 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 17/06/2023 Yeovil, Somerset 207 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 23/04/2023 Rspb ham wall 208 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/01/2023 Garden 209 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/04/2023 Rspb Ham wall 210 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 10/04/2023 Sand point, Somerset 211 Whitethroat Curruca communis 08/04/2023 Rspb Ham wall 212 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 18/02/2023 Greenham Common 213 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 27/01/2023 Holkham 214 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 215 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 216 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2023 Rspb Swell Wood 217 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 218 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 219 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/01/2023 220 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 221 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 222 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 223 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 224 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 20/05/2023 Wales 225 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 08/07/2023 Marshfield, Gloucs 226 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 227 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 29/04/2023 East Sussex 228 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 17/06/2023 Wwt Slimbridge 229 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 06/05/2023 Kilminning, Scotland 230 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 22/04/2023 Isle of Portland 231 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 08/01/2023 Severn Beach 232 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 10/04/2023 Sand point, Somerset 233 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 22/04/2023 Isle of Portland 234 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2023 Rspb Greylake 235 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/03/2023 Middle hope NR, Somerset 236 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 07/01/2023 Colyford common 237 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/01/2023 FOD 238 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 07/05/2023 Whinfell Tarn, Cumbria 239 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 240 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 241 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 02/04/2023 Sand point 242 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 07/01/2023 Colyford common 243 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 08/01/2023 Cheddar Res 244 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 245 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 28/10/2023 Huntspill sluice, Somerset 246 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 07/01/2023 247 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 18/04/2023 Sand point, Somerset 248 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 28/01/2023 Norfolk 249 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 07/01/2023 Colyford Common 250 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 251 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 11/02/2023 The Quantocks 252 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 22/01/2023 FOD 253 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 22/01/2023 FOD 254 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2023 255 Twite Linaria flavirostris 28/01/2023 Norfolk 256 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2023 Rspb Greylake 257 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 258 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 25/03/2023 East Harptree woods, Somerset 259 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 260 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2023 Shapwick heath 261 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 27/01/2023 Holkham 262 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 25/02/2023 Marshfield, Gloucs 263 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 28/01/2023 Norfolk 264 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 04/03/2023 Rspb Labrador bay 265 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 04/02/2023 Cornwall 266 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 267 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 29/04/2023 Seaford Head, east sussex