Toby Stapleton: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 30/01/2023 Penrhos Coastal Park 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/03/2023 Cuckmere Haven 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 09/01/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/04/2023 Rye Harbour NR 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2023 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17/02/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 03/01/2023 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2023 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 27/05/2023 Weir Wood Reservoir 12 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 06/02/2023 Foryd Bay Drake 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/04/2023 Waltham Brooks 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/01/2023 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 09/01/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 09/12/2023 Malltraeth Drake Storm Wigeon 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2023 19 Pintail Anas acuta 03/01/2023 20 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 17/02/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga Drake 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 13/01/2023 RSPB Conwy 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22/01/2023 Llyn Cefni Female 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2023 25 Scaup Aythya marila 13/01/2023 RSPB Conwy 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 07/01/2023 Beaumaris 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 29/01/2023 Benllech Drake 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29/01/2023 Benllech 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29/01/2023 Benllech 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 07/01/2023 Bangor Pier 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 07/03/2023 Llyn Cefni 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2023 Beaumaris 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/01/2023 Beaumaris 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28/02/2023 The Burgh 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2023 36 Quail Coturnix coturnix 04/06/2023 Cissbury Ring 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 26/02/2023 Slugwash Lane 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus ********** ********** 39 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2023 Betws-y-Coed 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/04/2023 Waltham Brooks 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/01/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 47 Coot Fulica atra 03/01/2023 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2023 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2023 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 30/01/2023 Penrhos Coastal Park 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2023 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 27/02/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 30/01/2023 Penrhos Coastal Park 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2023 Cuckmere Valley 55 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 12/05/2023 Cemlyn Bay 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 19/01/2023 Morfa Madryn 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/04/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2023 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 13/04/2023 Cuckmere Haven 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2023 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 30/01/2023 Penrhos Coastal Park 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/01/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 63 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 26/10/2023 Cuckmere Haven 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/12/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2023 66 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 10/10/2023 Valley 67 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 26/09/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/04/2023 Cuckmere Haven 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 02/01/2023 Cuckmere Haven 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 12/05/2023 Cemlyn Bay 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2023 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 13/01/2023 RSPB Conwy 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 11/01/2023 Bangor Harbour 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 07/01/2023 Beaumaris 75 Knot Calidris canutus 11/01/2023 Bangor Harbour 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/01/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30/08/2023 Cuckmere Haven 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/03/2023 Goring Gap 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2023 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 06/12/2023 Bangor Pier 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 07/09/2023 Rye Harbour NR 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 29/04/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 83 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 25/05/2023 Rye Harbour NR 84 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 01/06/2023 Birling Gap 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 12/05/2023 Cemlyn Bay 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 12/05/2023 Cemlyn Bay 87 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 12/05/2023 Cemlyn Bay 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 21/03/2023 Bangor Pier 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 09/10/2023 Bangor Pier 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29/01/2023 Benllech 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2023 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/03/2023 Arundel WWT 93 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2023 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 15/12/2023 Cuckmere Haven 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 96 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13/07/2023 Rye Harbour NR 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2023 98 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2023 99 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 01/06/2023 Birling Gap 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 19/05/2023 RSPB South Stack 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 12/02/2023 Benllech 102 Razorbill Alca torda 02/01/2023 Birling Gap 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 26/01/2023 Bangor Pier 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2023 Birling Gap 105 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 29/12/2023 RSPB Dungeness 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 11/11/2023 Inland Sea 107 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 02/11/2023 Widewater Beach 108 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 02/11/2023 Widewater Beach 109 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 02/01/2023 Beachy Head 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 19/05/2023 RSPB South Stack 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/01/2023 Birling Gap 112 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2023 113 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/01/2023 Beaumaris 114 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 07/04/2023 RSPB Dungeness 115 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 11/02/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 116 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2023 117 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 06/06/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 118 Great White Egret Ardea alba 28/01/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 119 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2023 120 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 19/04/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 121 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus ********** ********** 122 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 123 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 124 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 09/01/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 125 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 19/05/2023 RSPB South Stack 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/01/2023 Henfield 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 28/02/2023 The Burgh 129 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 30/10/2023 Splash Point 130 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2023 131 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 19/01/2023 Morfa Madryn 132 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 20/08/2023 Seaford Head 133 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2023 134 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/01/2023 135 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2023 136 Merlin Falco columbarius 28/01/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 137 Hobby Falco subbuteo 23/05/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 138 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/01/2023 Beachy Head 139 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/04/2023 Wandsworth Common Seen from train 140 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 27/08/2023 Mill Hill 141 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2023 142 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 143 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 14/02/2023 Great Orme 144 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 145 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2023 146 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 147 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2023 148 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 30/12/2023 Crawley 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 150 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 04/01/2023 Wivelsfield Green 151 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 152 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 153 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 07/04/2023 RSPB Dungeness 154 Woodlark Lullula arborea 09/04/2023 Ashdown Forest 155 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2023 156 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 18/03/2023 RSPB Conwy 157 Swallow Hirundo rustica 28/03/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 158 House Martin Delichon urbicum 11/04/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 159 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 02/01/2023 160 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2023 161 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 04/05/2023 Hafod Woods 162 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 12/10/2023 Holyhead Breakwater 163 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/03/2023 Charleston Reedbed 164 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2023 Cuckmere Valley 165 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 10/09/2023 Beeding Brooks 166 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/04/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 167 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 07/04/2023 RSPB Dungeness 168 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 29/04/2023 RSPB Cors Ddyga 169 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 15/01/2023 Bangor 170 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 17/05/2023 Hafod Woods 171 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 12/10/2023 Holyhead Mountain 172 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 20/04/2023 RSPB Conwy 173 Whitethroat Curruca communis 07/04/2023 Dungeness ARC Pit 174 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 09/04/2023 Ashdown Forest 175 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 06/01/2023 Golf Course Farm 176 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2023 177 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 178 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2023 179 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2023 Wivelsfield Green 180 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 181 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 182 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 183 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2023 184 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 185 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 05/01/2023 Bower Farm 186 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 26/10/2023 Beachy Head 187 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 28/05/2023 Wivelsfield Green 188 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 189 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 11/04/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 190 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 04/05/2023 Hafod Woods 191 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 23/03/2023 Cuckmere Haven 192 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 05/04/2023 Rye Harbour NR 193 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 24/04/2023 Great Orme 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2023 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 10/04/2023 Southease 196 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 20/01/2023 Morfa Madryn 197 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 198 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 199 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 05/04/2023 Rye Harbour NR 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2023 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 202 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2023 203 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 17/05/2023 Hafod Woods 204 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 31/10/2023 RSPB Pulborough Brooks 205 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 02/01/2023 206 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 207 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 17/10/2023 Bangor Mountain 208 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 03/01/2023 209 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 210 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2023 211 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 22/01/2023 Llyn Cefni 212 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 25/07/2023 Cissbury Ring 213 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 214 Serin Serinus serinus 30/06/2023 Beachy Head 215 Siskin Spinus spinus 05/01/2023 Bower Farm 216 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 18/10/2023 RSPB Conwy 217 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 02/01/2023 Beachy Head 218 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/01/2023 219 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2023