Anthony Wetherhill: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 177 of 177 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Pintail Anas acuta 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 20 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 21 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 22 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 29/04/2023 Largo Bay 23 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 29/04/2023 Largo Bay 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 31 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 32 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 36 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 37 Swift Apus apus 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 45 Coot Fulica atra 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 62 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 63 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 64 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 65 Knot Calidris canutus 66 Sanderling Calidris alba 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 68 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 69 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 70 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 71 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 72 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 73 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 74 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 75 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 76 Common Gull Larus canus 77 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 78 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 79 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 80 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 81 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 12/10/2023 82 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 83 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 84 Razorbill Alca torda 85 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 86 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 87 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 88 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 89 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 90 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 91 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 92 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 93 Gannet Morus bassanus 94 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 95 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 96 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 97 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 98 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 99 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 100 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 101 Red Kite Milvus milvus 102 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 103 Buzzard Buteo buteo 104 Barn Owl Tyto alba 105 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 106 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 107 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 108 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 109 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 110 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 111 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 112 Jay Garrulus glandarius 113 Magpie Pica pica 114 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 115 Rook Corvus frugilegus 116 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 117 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 118 Raven Corvus corax 119 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 120 Coal Tit Periparus ater 121 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 122 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 123 Great Tit Parus major 124 Skylark Alauda arvensis 125 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 126 Swallow Hirundo rustica 127 House Martin Delichon urbicum 128 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 129 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 130 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 131 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 132 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 133 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 134 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 135 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 136 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 137 Whitethroat Curruca communis 138 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 139 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 140 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 141 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 142 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 143 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 144 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 145 Redwing Turdus iliacus 146 Blackbird Turdus merula 147 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 148 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 149 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 150 Robin Erithacus rubecula 151 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 152 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 153 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 154 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 155 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 156 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 157 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 158 Dunnock Prunella modularis 159 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 160 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 161 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 162 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 163 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 164 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 165 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 166 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 167 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 168 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 169 Linnet Linaria cannabina 170 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 171 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 172 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 173 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 174 Siskin Spinus spinus 175 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 176 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 177 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus