Mike Stokes: Shropshire Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 136 of 136 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Priorslee Lake 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 Leighton 1 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 3. 1st species for the year. 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/01/2023 Venus Pool 2 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17/08/2023 Venus Pool 1 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2023 Leighton Pair 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 03/05/2023 Polemere Pair 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Cound Stank 14 Pintail Anas acuta 12/02/2023 Whixall Floods Approx. 30 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 11/12/2023 Venus Pool 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 1 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24/07/2023 Venus Pool 2 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 12/02/2023 Ellesmere 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2023 Leighton 5 21 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 11/03/2023 The Long Mynd 1 in flight over deep snow. 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 Shropshire 23 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2023 Shropshire 24 Swift Apus apus 02/04/2023 Venus Pool A single bird. My earliest sighting in the UK ever. 25 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 03/05/2023 Whixall Moss 2 more on the Long Mynd on the 7th of May. Another 3 on the 13th of May at Upper Darnford and Wildmoor area of the Long Mynd. Another at Abbey Woods. 26 Stock Dove Columba oenas 29/01/2023 Near Isombridge 2 27 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Church Stretton 28 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Shropshire 29 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 11/12/2023 Venus Pool 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Shropshire 31 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 32 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 33 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Priorslee Lake 34 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 29/01/2023 Venus Pool 1 35 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/04/2023 Bridgwalton Quarry 36 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/06/2023 Venus Pool Only my 4th for Shropshire. 37 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 The Long Mynd c. 10. Also, a large flock seen on the 8th of January between Peplow and Cold Hatton Heath and a single near Upton Magna with Hares. 38 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 30/04/2023 Venus Pool 2 39 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 07/04/2023 Whixall Floods 3 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Venus Pool One of, if not my largest total for this site. 41 Curlew Numenius arquata 12/02/2023 Whixall 3 42 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 24/07/2023 Venus Pool 13 43 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 12/02/2023 Colemere 2 44 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2023 Bury Ditches Random fly over. 45 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 1 46 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 30/04/2023 Priorslee Lake 1. Another near Leighton on the 2nd of July. 47 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 14/08/2023 Venus Pool 2 48 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/08/2023 Venus Pool 49 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/06/2023 Whixall Floods Partial breeding plumage. 50 Dunlin Calidris alpina 29/01/2023 Venus Pool 3 51 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 25/07/2023 Venus Pool 2 52 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 01/01/2023 Priorslee Lake Bird of the day. 53 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Near Longnor 54 Common Gull Larus canus 12/02/2023 Colemere 2 55 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 28/01/2023 Shrewsbury 56 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 14/01/2023 South Shropshire 1 random fly through 57 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 Near Frodesley 58 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 59 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 08/01/2023 Shrewsbury 1 60 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2023 Venus Pool 1 61 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Leighton 1 62 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/01/2023 Shrewsbury Still hunting at 4.46pm in near darkness. 63 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 14/01/2023 BuH 64 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/04/2023 Whixall Moss 1 65 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 Shropshire Also 1 on the 8th of January at Abbey Woods. 66 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Shropshire 67 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/05/2023 Near Prees 68 Little Owl Athene noctua 16/01/2023 Shrewsbury 69 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/01/2023 Shrewsbury 11pm. Another on Haughmond Hill. 70 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2023 Priorslee Lake 1 71 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/01/2023 Shrewsbury 2 seen, at least 3 more heard, Haughmond Hill and Abbey Woods. 72 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 06/02/2023 Venus Pool 73 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 08/01/2023 Near Rushmoor 74 Hobby Falco subbuteo 03/05/2023 Whixall Moss Another on the Long Mynd on the 7th of May. 75 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/06/2023 Shrewsbury Pair 76 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 07/09/2023 Shrewsbury Pair 77 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/01/2023 Wollerton Wetlands 78 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 79 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Shrewsbury 80 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Shropshire 81 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Shropshire 82 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2023 Leighton Surprisingly, none seen on the Long Mynd on NYD. 83 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 04/12/2023 Oswestry 14 seen out of a flock totalling 15. 84 Coal Tit Periparus ater 08/01/2023 Abbey Woods 85 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/01/2023 Haughmond Hill Seen before Coal Tit. 86 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Shropshire 87 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Shropshire 88 Skylark Alauda arvensis 29/01/2023 Near Isombridge 89 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 02/04/2023 Venus Pool 90 Swallow Hirundo rustica 22/04/2023 Rodington 91 House Martin Delichon urbicum 30/04/2023 Priorslee Lake 92 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Clunton 93 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/05/2023 Clunton Coppice 2. Another on Black Hill on the same day (my first sighting at this location). 94 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/04/2023 Venus Pool At last, after many heard only. 95 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/03/2023 Shrewsbury An early singer. 96 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/05/2023 Whixall Canal 97 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 05/06/2023 Shrewsbury 2 or 3 98 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/04/2023 Ironbridge 99 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/05/2023 Black Hill After many heard only at various locations. 100 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2023 Venus Pool 101 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/01/2023 Shrewsbury After a few heard only. 102 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 Shropshire 103 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2023 Clunton 104 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/01/2023 Abbey Woods A few. 105 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Near Black Hill 106 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/01/2023 Rodington 107 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 Shropshire 108 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Shropshire 109 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Shropshire 110 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 Shropshire 111 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 29/05/2023 Clunton Coppice 3 112 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Shropshire 113 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/05/2023 Bridges 2 seen, 2 more heard. 114 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 13/05/2023 Upper Darnford 1 seen, 3 more heard. Another on Haughmond Hill. 115 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 07/05/2023 The Long Mynd Pair. Also at Wildmoor on the 13th of May. 116 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 29/01/2023 Near Isombridge 1 117 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 02/04/2023 Titterstone Clee 1 118 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 02/04/2023 Longnor Another on the Long Mynd on the 7th of May. 119 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Shropshire 120 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Shropshire 121 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 03/05/2023 Polemere 4 122 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 07/01/2023 Shrewsbury Random fly over. 123 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Shropshire 124 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 29/01/2023 Near Isombridge 125 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 29/05/2023 Black Hill At least 3 126 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Shropshire 127 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/01/2023 The Long Mynd A few. 128 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 22/01/2023 Venus Pool 129 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 22/01/2023 Venus Pool 130 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 Venus Pool Large-ish flock. 131 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 23/10/2023 Hopton Titterhill c. 50 132 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Clunton 133 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/01/2023 Abbey Woods Flock of c. 20. 134 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/01/2023 Venus Pool Small flock. Also 1 near Isombridge and a small flock near Abbey Woods on the 8th of January. 135 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2023 Shropshire 136 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 Venus Pool