Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/04/2023 Arne 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 12/12/2023 Martin Mere 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/01/2023 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 07/03/2023 Alvechurch 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14/01/2023 Braides Lancs. 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 28/03/2023 Ashy Pit 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2023 Cannop pools 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 24/01/2023 Finningly 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14/03/2023 Moore 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 11/05/2023 Frieston 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 04/03/2023 Otmoor 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 24 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 25 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25/11/2023 Lunt meadows. 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24/01/2023 Melbourne 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 09/05/2023 Filby Broad 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18/01/2023 Disley pool. 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 32 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 04/03/2023 Farmoor 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 28/04/2023 Elie Fife. 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 07/01/2023 Llanfairfechan 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 07/01/2023 Llandulas 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11/02/2023 N WALES 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2023 King's Gap 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 25/04/2023 Roseisle. 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 41 Smew Mergellus albellus 08/01/2023 Lapwing Lane 42 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 24/04/2023 Whitwell Tarn 43 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2023 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2023 West Kirby 45 Red Grouse Lagopus scotica 31/01/2023 Axe Edge 46 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 11/02/2023 Worlds End 47 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/02/2023 Checkley 48 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2023 49 Quail Coturnix coturnix 01/07/2023 Sandbach 50 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 06/01/2023 Checkley 51 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus ********** ********** 52 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 26/03/2023 Doxey 53 Swift Apus apus 30/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 54 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 08/05/2023 Cavenham. 55 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 feral pigeon 56 Stock Dove Columba oenas 24/01/2023 Finningly 57 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 58 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 10/05/2023 59 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 60 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 17/08/2023 Denford 61 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 62 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 63 Crane Grus grus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 65 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 24/04/2023 Hogganfield loch 66 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2023 67 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 25/04/2023 Aviemore 68 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/03/2023 Annersley 69 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 08/05/2023 Ropers Heath 70 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 71 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 17/04/2023 Seaton Wetlands 72 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 73 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2023 74 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 75 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 22/08/2023 Glasson Dock 76 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 09/05/2023 Choseley 77 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 07/01/2023 78 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 16/03/2023 Lordship pool. 79 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 80 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 02/05/2023 Long Nanny 1st.for Britain. 81 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/04/2023 Lodmoor 82 Curlew Numenius arquata 03/01/2023 83 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/01/2023 Meols 84 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 85 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 21/03/2023 Burton mere 86 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 12/10/2023 TITCHWELL 87 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 19/06/2023 Hanchurch 88 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 89 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 05/10/2023 Stiffkey 90 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 30/09/2023 Valley 91 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 30/09/2023 Cors Ddyga 92 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/04/2023 Blithfield 93 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 94 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 10/05/2023 Hickling 95 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 96 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 26/09/2023 Frampton 97 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/03/2023 Burton mere 98 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 14/01/2023 Warton Marsh 99 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2023 100 Knot Calidris canutus 03/01/2023 101 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 102 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 21/05/2023 Marshside 103 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 10/05/2023 Stiffkey Fen 104 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 06/10/2023 Frampton 105 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/01/2023 106 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 107 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/01/2023 New Brighton 108 Little Stint Calidris minuta 21/05/2023 Marshside 109 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 110 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 16/05/2023 Hale pools 111 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 06/10/2023 Frampton 112 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 08/08/2023 Afon Wen 113 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 16/04/2023 Ferrybridge 114 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 29/04/2023 Blithfield 115 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 02/05/2023 Long Nanny 116 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 117 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii ********** ********** 118 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 11/04/2023 Rhos on sea 119 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 25/03/2023 Old Moor 120 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 01/04/2023 Westport 121 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 18/08/2023 Belvide 122 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 123 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/04/2023 Lodmoor 124 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 125 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 28/04/2023 Loch Turret 126 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 21/01/2023 Chasewater 127 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 128 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 21/01/2023 Chasewater 129 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 130 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2023 131 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 21/01/2023 Chasewater 132 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 08/08/2023 Afon Wen 133 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 19/09/2023 Rhos on sea 134 Puffin Fratercula arctica 17/06/2023 South Stack. 135 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 11/02/2023 N WALES 136 Razorbill Alca torda 07/01/2023 137 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/01/2023 N Wales 138 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 07/01/2023 139 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 25/04/2023 Lochindorb 140 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 18/01/2023 Carsington 141 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 25/04/2023 Cullen 142 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/01/2023 Little Orme 143 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 18/04/2023 Portland 144 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 19/08/2023 Frampton 145 Gannet Morus bassanus 11/04/2023 Rhos on sea 146 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 147 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/01/2023 148 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 15/04/2023 Ham Wall 149 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 25/03/2023 Old Moor 150 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 03/01/2023 Big Billinge 151 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 08/04/2023 Osset River Calder 152 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2023 153 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 02/06/2023 North Duffield Carrs 154 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/01/2023 155 Cattle Egret Ardea ibis 07/02/2023 Old Brampton 156 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 157 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 25/04/2023 Insh 158 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 22/07/2023 COLNE POINT ESSEX 159 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 26/04/2023 Findhorn Valley 160 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 161 Goshawk Astur gentilis 07/02/2023 162 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/01/2023 Parkgate 163 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 19/02/2023 164 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 13/05/2023 Long Mynd 165 Red Kite Milvus milvus 07/02/2023 166 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 11/10/2023 Holkham two juvs from I.O.W 167 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 168 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2023 Chatterly Whitfield 169 Little Owl Athene noctua 26/02/2023 Staffs 170 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 21/02/2023 171 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 18/03/2023 Staffs. 172 Hoopoe Upupa epops 15/04/2023 Portland 173 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/01/2023 Spinnies 174 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 14/02/2023 Notts. 175 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2023 176 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/04/2023 Fairburn Ings 177 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 178 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 03/06/2023 Attenborough 179 Merlin Falco columbarius 03/01/2023 Denhall quay 180 Hobby Falco subbuteo 08/05/2023 Minsmere 181 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2023 182 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 02/01/2023 Ford Green 183 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 02/12/2023 Leash Fen 184 Jay Garrulus glandarius 12/01/2023 Carsington 185 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 186 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 11/02/2023 N WALES 187 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 188 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 189 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 190 Raven Corvus corax 03/01/2023 191 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 10/01/2023 Cross pool Sheffield. 192 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2023 193 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 25/04/2023 Loch Garten 194 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 21/01/2023 Aqualate 195 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 08/01/2023 Tittesworth 196 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 197 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 198 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 08/05/2023 Minsmere 199 Woodlark Lullula arborea 18/03/2023 Budby common 200 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/01/2023 201 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/03/2023 Stanley Pool 202 Swallow Hirundo rustica 23/03/2023 Stanley Pool 203 House Martin Delichon urbicum 11/04/2023 Conway 204 European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula 11/04/2023 Conway 205 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 19/02/2023 Ford Green 206 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2023 207 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 06/05/2023 Hawksmoor 208 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 28/01/2023 Martin Mere 209 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 28/02/2023 Attenborough 210 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 28/10/2023 Flamborough 211 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2023 Ford Green 212 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 28/01/2023 Martin Mere 213 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough 214 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2023 Radipole 215 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/04/2023 Lodmoor 216 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 14/06/2023 Lordship Lane 217 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 29/04/2023 Chatterley. 218 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 30/03/2023 Westport 219 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/05/2023 Tittesworth 220 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 10/05/2023 Stiffkey Fen 221 Whitethroat Curruca communis 29/04/2023 Chatterley. 222 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 18/04/2023 Arne 223 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla ********** ********** 224 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 225 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 226 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2023 227 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 15/01/2023 Endon 228 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 15/06/2023 CARLTON NOTTS 229 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 230 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 231 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 232 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 233 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 234 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 235 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 19/04/2023 Portland 236 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 09/05/2023 Titchwell 237 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 238 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 08/05/2023 Lackford Lakes 239 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 24/06/2023 Slimbridge 240 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/04/2023 Lodmoor 241 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 14/01/2023 Knott End 242 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 09/04/2023 Rudyard 243 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 19/04/2023 Portland 244 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 245 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2023 Seaforth 246 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 07/01/2023 247 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 08/01/2023 248 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 249 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 250 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 04/04/2023 Blithfield 251 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 15/01/2023 Endon 252 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 253 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 25/02/2023 Awre. 254 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 255 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 10/04/2023 Hanchurch Woods 256 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 21/02/2023 Warton Marsh 257 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/01/2023 258 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 259 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/02/2023 Checkley 260 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 01/01/2023 Parkend 261 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 07/01/2023 262 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 263 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/01/2023 Knott End 264 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2023 265 Redpoll Acanthis flammea 08/01/2023 Lesser Redpoll (cabaret): 18 Mar 2023; Annersley 266 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/02/2023 N WALES 267 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2023 268 Siskin Spinus spinus 07/01/2023 269 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 270 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 28/01/2023 Eagland Hill. 271 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 11/02/2023 272 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 16/04/2023 Portland 273 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough 274 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 03/01/2023 275 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 23/09/2023 St.Govans head