Neil Sainthouse: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 291 of 291 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 24/01/2023 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 05/11/2023 Warham greens 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 18/02/2023 Warham greens 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 03/03/2023 Earsden 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 27/02/2023 Thurrdross North Yorkshire 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Budby 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 07/02/2023 Holkham 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2023 Welbeck 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Budby 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 9 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 50 + 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10/01/2023 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12/01/2023 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/02/2023 Welbeck 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 25/01/2023 Finningley 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 31/03/2023 Adwick 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 02/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27/02/2023 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Budby 25 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 26 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Budby 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20/04/2023 Lound 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 04/03/2023 Lound 29 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 14/11/2023 Abberton res 30 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2023 31 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 25/04/2023 Filby broad 3 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 13/02/2023 Low barns Durham 33 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Budby 34 Scaup Aythya marila 01/03/2023 Thrybergh 35 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 04/07/2023 Norwich 36 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 23/01/2023 Redcar 37 Eider Somateria mollissima 23/01/2023 Redcar 38 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 06/05/2023 Lower Lago 39 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 23/01/2023 Redcar 40 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 06/05/2023 Lower lago 41 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 06/05/2023 Lower Lago 42 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23/01/2023 Redcar 43 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/02/2023 Titchwell 44 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21/02/2023 Hanningfield 45 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2023 red head budby 46 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 22/04/2023 Cumbria 47 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2023 Budby 48 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/02/2023 Holkham 49 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 04/01/2023 50 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 22/04/2023 North Yorkshire 51 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 24/01/2023 52 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 05/01/2023 Flitwick Manor 53 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 Budby 54 Quail Coturnix coturnix 19/05/2023 Pontefract 55 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2023 Budby 56 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 30/06/2023 Nottinghamshire 57 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23/03/2023 Amwell Herts 58 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2023 Slaynes Lane 59 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 14/11/2023 Winterton 60 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/04/2023 Slaynes Lane 61 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 23/01/2023 62 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 Worksop 63 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Budby 64 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 28/04/2023 65 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Budby 66 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2023 Budby 67 Corncrake Crex crex 08/06/2023 Iona 68 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Budby 69 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Budby 70 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 15/06/2023 Ouse fen Heard only 71 Crane Grus grus 02/03/2023 Willow tree fen 72 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Budby 73 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 07/02/2023 Holkham 74 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2023 Welbeck 75 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 22/04/2023 Loch Ruthen 76 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 14/02/2023 Titchwell 77 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 18/04/2023 Norfolk 78 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 12/01/2023 79 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 04/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 80 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 24/01/2023 81 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 07/02/2023 Holkham 82 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 83 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 20/06/2023 Cley 84 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 04/05/2023 Chosley Barns 85 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 19/04/2023 St aidens 86 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 23/03/2023 Amwell Herts 87 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 88 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton 89 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 11/04/2023 Summer leys Northamptonshire 90 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/04/2023 Highlands 91 Curlew Numenius arquata 23/01/2023 92 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 19/04/2023 St aidens 93 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 24/01/2023 94 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 24/01/2023 Cley Marsh 95 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 24/01/2023 Newark 96 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 05/03/2023 Cuckney 97 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 31/05/2023 Kilnsea 98 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 23/01/2023 Kirkby Moorside 99 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 04/07/2023 Frampton Marsh 100 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 25/04/2023 Filby broad 101 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/01/2023 102 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Slaynes Lane 103 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 104 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 05/10/2023 Frampton Marsh 105 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 14/02/2023 Titchwell 106 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 14/02/2023 Titchwell 107 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 24/01/2023 108 Knot Calidris canutus 24/01/2023 109 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 110 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 27/05/2023 Hatfield Moor 111 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 04/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 112 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 15/05/2023 Lound 113 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 05/10/2023 Frampton Marsh 114 Sanderling Calidris alba 24/01/2023 115 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 116 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 22/04/2023 Lossiemouth 117 Little Stint Calidris minuta 02/05/2023 Seahouses 118 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 11/06/2023 Hatfield Moors 119 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/07/2023 Scaling dam 120 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 02/10/2023 Frampton Marsh 121 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 06/05/2023 Long Nanny 122 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 23/05/2023 Hickling Broad 123 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 24/04/2023 Slaynes Lane 124 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 22/06/2023 Langford Lowfields 125 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 24/09/2023 Arne 126 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 28/04/2023 Slaynes Lane 127 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 10/04/2023 Lound 128 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 09/07/2023 Beacon ponds 129 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 06/05/2023 Lower Lago 130 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/05/2023 St aidens 131 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 17/01/2023 132 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Budby 133 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 23/03/2023 Amwell Herts 134 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Budby 135 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 11/02/2023 Welbeck lakes 136 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Budby 137 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 21/07/2023 Cramlington 138 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2023 139 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 Budby 140 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 07/09/2023 South gare 141 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 08/06/2023 Staffa 142 Puffin Fratercula arctica 08/06/2023 Staffa 143 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 03/06/2023 Oban 144 Razorbill Alca torda 23/04/2023 Cullen 145 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 23/04/2023 Cullen 146 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/05/2023 Lower Lago 147 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 06/05/2023 Lower Lago 148 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 07/02/2023 Holkham 149 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 23/04/2023 Cullen 150 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 20/02/2023 Hunstanton 151 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 05/08/2023 High Newton 152 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 08/06/2023 Staffa 153 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 05/08/2023 High Newton 154 Gannet Morus bassanus 23/04/2023 Cullen 155 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 07/09/2023 South gare 156 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Budby 157 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 20/02/2023 Norfolk 158 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 27/07/2023 Drayton fen 159 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 18/02/2023 Warham greens 160 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 18/02/2023 Blakney 161 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 08/04/2023 Ossett 162 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 10/01/2023 163 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 01/06/2023 Bank island 164 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 24/02/2023 Attenborough 165 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2023 Welbeck 166 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Budby 167 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 14/04/2023 Wakefield m1 168 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 21/05/2023 Nottinghamshire 169 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 05/06/2023 Scarba 170 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 Budby 171 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 02/02/2023 Welbeck 172 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/01/2023 173 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 10/01/2023 Roydon Common 174 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 03/11/2023 Warham greens 175 Red Kite Milvus milvus 03/01/2023 176 Black Kite Milvus migrans 21/04/2023 Helmsley 177 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 05/06/2023 Scarba 178 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Budby 179 Barn Owl Tyto alba 15/01/2023 180 Little Owl Athene noctua 26/02/2023 Nottinghamshire 181 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 12/01/2023 Nene washes 182 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/01/2023 Nene washes 183 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 29/01/2023 Budby 184 Hoopoe Upupa epops 02/05/2023 West Runton 185 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2023 Budby 186 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 20/06/2023 Trimingham 187 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor ********** ********** 188 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2023 Budby 189 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 05/01/2023 190 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Budby 191 Merlin Falco columbarius 18/02/2023 Warham greens 192 Hobby Falco subbuteo 21/04/2023 Hambleton 193 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 23/01/2023 194 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 14/02/2023 Rainham 195 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 09/03/2023 Eyeworth 196 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 30/05/2023 Slaynes Lane 197 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2023 Budby 198 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Budby 199 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Budby 200 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Budby 201 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Budby 202 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 22/04/2023 Highlands 203 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2023 Budby 204 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 27/01/2023 205 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 Budby 206 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 23/04/2023 Highlands 207 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2023 Budby 208 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 03/02/2023 Newfield Durham 209 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Budby 210 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Budby 211 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 30/05/2023 Rainham Marsh 212 Woodlark Lullula arborea 26/02/2023 Budby 213 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2023 Worksop 214 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 07/02/2023 Holkham 215 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/03/2023 Amwell Herts 216 Swallow Hirundo rustica 26/03/2023 Budby 217 House Martin Delichon urbicum 08/04/2023 218 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 29/01/2023 Budby 219 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2023 220 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/05/2023 Derbyshire 221 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 28/10/2023 Flamborough 222 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 03/02/2023 Newfield Durham 223 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/03/2023 Budby 224 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/01/2023 225 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough 226 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 19/05/2023 Lound 227 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 12/09/2023 Upper Beeding 228 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/04/2023 Lound 229 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 25/04/2023 Lound Suffolk 230 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 19/06/2023 Calder Wetlands 231 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 19/08/2023 Kilnsea 232 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 26/06/2023 Saltholme 233 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/05/2023 234 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 04/02/2023 Worksop 235 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2023 Budby 236 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/04/2023 Hanningfield 237 Whitethroat Curruca communis 18/04/2023 Hanningfield 238 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 18/02/2023 Norfolk 239 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 24/02/2023 Attenborough 240 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 17/01/2023 241 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 Budby 242 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2023 Budby 243 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2023 Budby 244 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Worksop 245 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 Budby 246 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 15/01/2023 247 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Budby 248 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Budby 249 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 Budby 250 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 29/05/2023 Derbyshire 251 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 04/06/2023 Ellenabeich 252 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Budby 253 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 20/04/2023 254 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 29/05/2023 Derbyshire 255 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 03/04/2023 Newbiggin by the sea 256 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27/04/2023 Seaford Suffolk 257 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 10/05/2023 St aidens 258 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 22/10/2023 flambourgh 259 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 260 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 04/04/2023 Cley 261 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 21/04/2023 North Yorkshire 262 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/02/2023 Nottinghamshire 263 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Budby 264 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Budby 265 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 03/04/2023 Normanton 266 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 Budby 267 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 268 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 269 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 10/05/2023 Nottinghamshire 270 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 31/03/2023 St aidens 271 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/05/2023 Long Nanny 272 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Budby 273 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 18/02/2023 Leatheringsett 274 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 01/01/2023 Nottinghamshire 275 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2023 Budby 276 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 Budby 277 Twite Linaria flavirostris 18/02/2023 Thornham 278 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2023 279 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 19/02/2023 Leatheringsett 280 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2023 Budby 281 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 22/04/2023 Highlands 282 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Budby 283 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/01/2023 284 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 24/01/2023 Cley 285 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 24/01/2023 Cley 286 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 02/02/2023 Nottinghamshire 287 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 288 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 17/03/2023 Stanbourgh. Herts 289 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough 290 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 Budby 291 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 27/04/2023 Seaford Head, Suffolk