Carolyn Hawkes: Bedfordshire Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 88 of 88 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/02/2023 Priory C P 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/02/2023 Priory C P 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 19/01/2023 Broom 4 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 06/05/2023 Priory Park 5 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 23/02/2023 Woburn 6 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19/01/2023 Broom 7 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19/01/2023 Broom 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19/01/2023 Broom 9 Teal Anas crecca 19/01/2023 Broom 10 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 01/02/2023 Priory C P 11 Pochard Aythya ferina 19/01/2023 Broom 12 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 02/10/2023 Stanford 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19/01/2023 Broom 14 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 19/02/2023 Cople 15 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19/01/2023 Broom 16 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 22/01/2023 Sandy 17 Swift Apus apus 06/05/2023 Priory Park 18 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus ********** ********** 19 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2023 Marston Feral Pigeon 20 Stock Dove Columba oenas 19/01/2023 Sandy 21 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Garden 22 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur ********** ********** 23 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 19/01/2023 Broom 24 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 19/01/2023 Broom 25 Coot Fulica atra 19/01/2023 Broom 26 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 19/01/2023 Broom 27 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 19/01/2023 Broom 28 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 28/04/2023 Brogborough 29 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 30/03/2023 Broom GLE 30 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 19/01/2023 Broom 31 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 22/04/2023 Wixams 32 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 30/03/2023 Broom GLE 33 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 18/01/2023 A421 34 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 29/01/2023 Sandy 35 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 22/04/2023 Wixams 36 Redshank Tringa totanus 22/04/2023 Wixams 37 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 06/05/2023 Priory Park 38 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/01/2023 Stewartby Lake 39 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 19/01/2023 Broom 40 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 19/01/2023 Broom 41 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/02/2023 MVCP 42 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 06/05/2023 Priory Park 43 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/01/2023 A421 Willington 44 Red Kite Milvus milvus 03/01/2023 Caddington 45 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2023 Toddington 46 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 06/05/2023 Priory Park 47 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 13/02/2023 Garden 48 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 06/05/2023 Priory Park 49 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 05/02/2023 MVCP 50 Magpie Pica pica 03/01/2023 Houghton Regis 51 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Garden 52 Rook Corvus frugilegus 19/01/2023 Broom 53 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 03/01/2023 Toddington 54 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 07/03/2023 Cranfield 55 Coal Tit Periparus ater 22/01/2023 Sandy 56 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2023 Garden 57 Great Tit Parus major 19/01/2023 garden 58 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus ********** ********** 59 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/05/2023 Priory Park 60 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti ********** ********** 61 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 18/01/2023 Garden 62 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/05/2023 MVCP 63 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/04/2023 MVCP 64 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/05/2023 Priory Park 65 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2023 Stewartby Lake 66 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 20/02/2023 Priory C P 67 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 22/01/2023 Sandy 68 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 22/01/2023 Sandy 69 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 22/01/2023 Sandy 70 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 19/01/2023 garden 71 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 22/01/2023 Moggerhanger 72 Redwing Turdus iliacus 19/01/2023 Ickwell 73 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2023 Garden 74 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 19/01/2023 Broom 75 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 23/04/2023 Pegsdon 76 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2023 Garden 77 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 23/04/2023 Stewartby Lake 78 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 18/01/2023 Garden 79 Dunnock Prunella modularis 18/01/2023 Garden 80 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/04/2023 MVCP 81 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2023 Houghton Regis 82 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 05/02/2023 MVCP 83 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 19/02/2023 Sandy 84 Linnet Linaria cannabina 19/01/2023 Broom 85 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2023 Garden 86 Siskin Spinus spinus 19/01/2023 Broom 87 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 19/01/2023 Broom 88 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/05/2023 Priory Park