Richard Vernon: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 169 of 169 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 15/10/2023 Frampton Marsh RSPB 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/01/2023 Venus Pool 2 present 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12/06/2023 Venus pool 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2023 Llyn Coed Y Dinas NR, Welshpool 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 03/05/2023 Polemere, Shropshire Pair 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 22/01/2023 Venus Pool 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22/01/2023 Venus Pool 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 13 Pintail Anas acuta 26/02/2023 Sinkers Field, Whixall Moss 14 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 16 Scaup Aythya marila 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 17 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/05/2023 Low newton By-The Sea, Northumberland 18 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 19 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 20 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 26 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 25/04/2023 Long Mynd, Shropshire 27 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix ********** ********** 28 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 08/01/2023 Nr Upton Magna, Shropshire 31 Swift Apus apus 02/04/2023 Venus Pool earliest record I've had in the UK. First of what i would call normal influx arrived by my house on 4th May 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 01/05/2023 World's End near Wrexham also one on Whixall Moss 3rd May 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 21/05/2023 Iona 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 05/01/2023 Berwick Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 38 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 40 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 29/01/2023 Venus Pool, Shropshire 43 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/04/2023 Bridgewalton quarry pool, nr Morville, Shropshire 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/05/2023 Low newton By-The Sea, Northumberland 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/06/2023 Venus Pool 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 08/01/2023 Peplow, Shropshire 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 30/04/2023 Venus pool, Shropshire 2 present 48 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 07/04/2023 Sinkers Field, Shropshire 3 birds present late afternoon 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 26/02/2023 Whixall Moss 51 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/08/2023 RSPB Dee Estuary Point Of Ayr 52 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/10/2023 Canal Scrape, Spurn 53 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 21/05/2023 Isle of Mull 54 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/04/2023 Venus Pool 55 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 20/06/2023 Venus Pool 56 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/05/2023 Low newton By-The Sea, Northumberland 57 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 15/10/2023 Frampton Marsh RSPB Crippling views from East Hide 58 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/06/2023 Sinkers Field Floods, Shropshire Viewed from hide 59 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 24/05/2023 Morvern 60 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/05/2023 Low newton By-The Sea, Northumberland 61 Knot Calidris canutus 14/10/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 62 Ruff Calidris pugnax 15/10/2023 Frampton Marsh RSPB 63 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/05/2023 Low newton By-The Sea, Northumberland 64 Dunlin Calidris alpina 29/01/2023 Venus Pool, Shropshire 65 Little Stint Calidris minuta 15/10/2023 Frampton Marsh RSPB 66 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 15/10/2023 Frampton Marsh RSPB 67 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 15/10/2023 Frampton Marsh RSPB Crippling views from East Hide 68 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 25/05/2023 Morvern 69 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 70 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 71 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 21/05/2023 Isle of Mull 72 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 73 Common Gull Larus canus 24/05/2023 Morvern 74 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 05/11/2023 The Mere, Ellesemere Juvenile 75 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 03/01/2023 Caersws 76 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 21/05/2023 Isle of Mull 77 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 78 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 18/05/2023 Corran, Highlands (also off Mull) 79 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 25/05/2023 Isle of Mull 80 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 81 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 82 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 14/10/2023 Easington Sea watch from end of vicar lane public footpath 83 Gannet Morus bassanus 21/05/2023 Isle of Mull 84 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 85 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 21/05/2023 Isle of Mull 86 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2023 Aston Lock NR, Queen's Head, Shropshire 87 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26/09/2023 Britton Ferries, Glamorgan 3 flew south 88 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/01/2023 Aston Lock NR, Queen's Head, Shropshire 89 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 90 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 25/05/2023 Isle of Mull 91 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 22/01/2023 Shirlett, Shropshre 92 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/04/2023 Whixall Moss Female 93 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/05/2023 World's End near Wrexham Male 94 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 13/05/2023 Long Mynd, Shropshire 1st Summer bird 95 Red Kite Milvus milvus 25/02/2023 M40 High Wycombe 96 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 25/05/2023 Isle of Mull 97 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 98 Barn Owl Tyto alba 22/01/2023 Aston, Shropshire 99 Little Owl Athene noctua ********** ********** 100 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 101 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire also at Aston, Wem 102 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 08/04/2023 Venus Pool, Shropshire 103 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 08/01/2023 Rushmoor Lane, Shropshire 104 Hobby Falco subbuteo 03/05/2023 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 105 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 22/01/2023 Venus Pool 106 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 08/10/2023 Heathrow, London 107 Jay Garrulus glandarius 07/01/2023 Hotwells, Bristol 108 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 109 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 26/09/2023 Rhossili Point 2 birds 110 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 111 Rook Corvus frugilegus 23/03/2023 Harmer Hill, Shropshire 112 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 113 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 18/05/2023 Morvern 114 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2023 Wem, Shropshire 115 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 116 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 117 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 118 Skylark Alauda arvensis 29/01/2023 Isombridge area, Shropshire 119 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2023 Venus Pool 120 Swallow Hirundo rustica 27/04/2023 Venus Pool 121 House Martin Delichon urbicum 27/04/2023 Venus Pool 122 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 26/02/2023 Whixall Moss 123 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 124 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 24/05/2023 Morvern 125 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 14/10/2023 Easington, Vicar lane - Public footpath 126 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/04/2023 Venus pool, Shropshire 127 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/03/2023 Venus Pool 128 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/05/2023 Whixall Canal, Shropshire 129 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 30/04/2023 Venus pool, Shropshire 2 present 130 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/01/2023 Garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 131 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10/05/2023 Whixall Canal, Shropshire 132 Whitethroat Curruca communis 27/04/2023 Venus Pool 133 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 19/03/2023 Aston, Shropshire 134 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2023 Llyn Coed Y Dinas NR, Welshpool 135 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2023 Wem, Shropshire 136 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 16/03/2023 Shrewsbury 137 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2023 Wem, Shropshire 138 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2023 Ellesmere, Shropshire 139 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 140 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 141 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 142 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 143 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 29/05/2023 Clunton Coppice, Shropshire 144 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Whixall Moss, Shropshire 145 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/05/2023 Bridges, Shropshire 146 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/05/2023 Morvern 147 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 01/05/2023 World's End near Wrexham 2 148 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 29/01/2023 Isombridge area, Shropshire 149 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/04/2023 Telegraph lane, Morville, Shropshire 150 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 29/05/2023 Longner 151 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 152 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 153 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 27/04/2023 Venus Pool 154 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/02/2023 Bicton, Shrewsbury Two on car park in industrial estate 155 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 04/01/2023 Shrewsbury Flew over garden 156 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 29/01/2023 Isombridge area, Shropshire 157 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 27/05/2023 Morvern 158 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 25/05/2023 Isle of Mull 159 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 160 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 22/01/2023 Venus Pool 161 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 22/01/2023 Venus Pool 162 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/01/2023 Nr Upton Magna, Shropshire 163 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire 164 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 08/01/2023 Nr Upton Magna, Shropshire 165 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2023 Wood Lane NR, Shropshire also at Aston, Wem 166 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 08/01/2023 Isombridge, Shropshire 167 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 08/01/2023 Nr Upton Magna, Shropshire 168 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/01/2023 Nr Upton Magna, Shropshire and in garden 169 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 26/09/2023 Britton Ferries, Glamorgan