Neil Hinchliff: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Year List 2023 BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 205 of 205 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 27/09/2023 ross 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 02/03/2023 earsden 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 22/04/2023 kew 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12/11/2023 hirsel 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26/05/2023 rocket pond 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Scaup Aythya marila 31/12/2023 holy island lough 22 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 23/04/2023 farmoor 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 23/03/2023 cocklawburn 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 12/01/2023 hirsel 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 26/05/2023 haggerston backroads 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 15/06/2023 beanly wood 36 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 20/03/2023 37 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2023 farmoor 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/05/2023 tweed 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 11/07/2023 WML 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/05/2023 newton scrape 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 54 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 23/09/2023 holy island 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 56 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 11/07/2023 low newton 57 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 58 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 low newton 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 03/05/2023 HI 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 23/03/2023 holy island 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 25/10/2023 musselburgh 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 65 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 21/03/2023 holy island 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/05/2023 low newton 67 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/06/2023 east chev n pool 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 69 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/06/2023 cresswell 70 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/05/2023 HI 71 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 72 Knot Calidris canutus 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 29/06/2023 east chev n pool 74 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 10/09/2023 saltholme 75 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 18/05/2023 low newton 76 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 10/09/2023 saltholme 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 81 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 20/08/2023 boulmer 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 17/06/2023 long namny 83 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 03/07/2023 long nanny 84 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 29/06/2023 east chev 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 17/06/2023 long nanny 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 23/04/2023 farmoor 87 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 17/06/2023 long nanny 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/04/2023 holy island 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 11/07/2023 e chev n pool 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 93 Common Gull Larus canus 94 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 96 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 15/12/2023 budle 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 98 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 02/09/2023 eyemouth 99 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 16/09/2023 eyemouth 100 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 13/07/2023 longhoughton steel 101 Puffin Fratercula arctica 23/03/2023 cocklawburn 102 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 09/07/2023 north beach berwick upon 103 Razorbill Alca torda 104 Guillemot Uria aalge 105 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 106 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 107 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 109 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 16/09/2023 eyemouth 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 112 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 10/09/2023 south gre 113 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 114 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 115 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 14/01/2023 yetholm loch 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 118 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 13/07/2023 Gossy Park NR 119 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/05/2023 tweed 120 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 121 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 18/05/2023 low newton 122 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 11/07/2023 budge 123 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 24/07/2023 salutation 124 Red Kite Milvus milvus 23/04/2023 oxen 125 Buzzard Buteo buteo 126 Barn Owl Tyto alba 127 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/10/2023 muss 128 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2023 Lennel 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 131 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 132 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 133 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 22/09/2023 eglingham 134 Merlin Falco columbarius 14/01/2023 135 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 23/03/2023 holy island 136 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 21/04/2023 finchley 137 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 21/10/2023 HI snook 138 Jay Garrulus glandarius 139 Magpie Pica pica 140 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 141 Rook Corvus frugilegus 142 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 143 Raven Corvus corax 144 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/11/2023 cardrona 145 Coal Tit Periparus ater 146 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 147 Great Tit Parus major 148 Skylark Alauda arvensis 149 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 26/03/2023 hirsel 150 Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/04/2023 Lennel 151 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/05/2023 HI 152 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 153 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 154 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 08/10/2023 HI 155 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 15/04/2023 holy island 156 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2023 holy island 157 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 10/10/2023 straight lonnen 158 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2023 pershore 159 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/04/2023 pershore 160 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 26/05/2023 ford moss 161 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 23/04/2023 finchley 162 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 18/05/2023 lennel 163 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/05/2023 holy island 164 Whitethroat Curruca communis 18/05/2023 low newton 165 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 166 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 167 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 168 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 169 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 170 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 171 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 172 Redwing Turdus iliacus 173 Blackbird Turdus merula 174 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 175 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 06/06/2023 Lennel 176 Robin Erithacus rubecula 177 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 18/09/2023 holy island willows 178 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 18/09/2023 straight lonnen willows 179 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 02/04/2023 holy island 180 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/08/2023 upper langstrath 181 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 27/07/2023 monks ho 182 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 183 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2023 holy island 184 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 185 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 186 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 187 Dunnock Prunella modularis 188 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 18/05/2023 low newton 189 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 23/03/2023 holy island 190 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 191 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 192 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 193 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 194 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 22/03/2023 hirsel north 195 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 15/11/2023 anbey mills 196 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 197 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 14/01/2023 198 Twite Linaria flavirostris 23/03/2023 holy island 199 Linnet Linaria cannabina 200 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 201 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 202 Siskin Spinus spinus 203 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 204 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 205 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus