Paul Sutton: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 205 of 205 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Middlebere 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 18/04/2023 Swineham Point 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 Brownsea 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/05/2023 Mealabost 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 09/05/2023 South Uist - Loch Bi 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2023 Swineham Point 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13/03/2023 Martin Mere 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13/01/2023 Poole Harbour 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Brand’s Bay 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/04/2023 Swineham Point 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2023 Lodmoor 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/01/2023 Lodmoor 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Brand’s Bay 16 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2023 Arne 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Brand’s Bay 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 26/02/2023 Radipole 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2023 Swineham Point 20 Scaup Aythya marila 25/03/2023 Blashford Lakes 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/01/2023 Portland Harbour 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/05/2023 Mealabost 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2023 Poole Harbour mouth 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 09/03/2023 Derwent Water 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 07/04/2023 Black Mountains 29 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 30/04/2023 Cil Mor 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 30/05/2023 Martindown 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 16/01/2023 Babury Rings 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/04/2023 Swyre Head 33 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 18/05/2023 Middlebere 34 Swift Apus apus 19/05/2023 Dancing Ledges 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 30/04/2023 Ullapool 36 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 03/05/2023 Loch Stiapabhat 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 16/01/2023 Upton CP 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 19/01/2023 Kingston 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26/02/2023 Lodmoor 41 Corncrake Crex crex 06/05/2023 RSPB Balranald 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2023 PC World Drain 43 Coot Fulica atra 03/01/2023 Swineham Point 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2023 Lodmoor 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 05/01/2023 Portland Harbour 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 50 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/01/2023 Middlebere 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2023 Brand’s Bay 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/05/2023 Loch Stiapabhat 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 25/03/2023 Blashford Lakes 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Brand’s Bay 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/04/2023 Brands Bay 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 Brand’s Bay 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/01/2023 Ferrybridge 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 Brand’s Bay 60 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/12/2023 Sunnyside 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 14/12/2023 Sunnyside 62 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/01/2023 Lodmoor 63 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 02/10/2023 Pennington Marshes 64 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 25/03/2023 Blashford Lakes 65 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 18/07/2023 Lytchett Fields 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 23/02/2023 Lytchett Fields 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 13/01/2023 Poole Harbour 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 70 Knot Calidris canutus 24/09/2023 Ferrybridge 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 13/03/2023 Martin Mere 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 27/09/2023 Lytchett Fields 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 75 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 05/01/2023 Portland Bill 76 Little Stint Calidris minuta 02/10/2023 Pennington Marshes 77 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 09/05/2023 South Uist 78 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 24/04/2023 Lytchett Bay 79 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 03/05/2023 Loch Mor Bharabhais 80 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/05/2023 Sound of Harris 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 01/01/2023 Brand’s Bay 82 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/09/2023 Lodmoor 83 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 85 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2023 Shell Bay 86 Common Gull Larus canus 04/01/2023 Lytchett Bay 87 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 88 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 30/07/2023 Swineham Point 89 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 90 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 04/01/2023 Arne 91 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 06/05/2023 Stinky Bay 92 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 02/05/2023 Ullapool-Stornaway Ferry 93 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 06/05/2023 Aird an Runair 94 Puffin Fratercula arctica 02/05/2023 Ullapool-Stornaway Ferry 95 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 02/05/2023 Ullapool-Stornaway Ferry 96 Razorbill Alca torda 20/02/2023 Durlston 97 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 05/01/2023 Portland Bill 98 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/05/2023 99 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 03/05/2023 Loch Mor Bharabhais 100 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 101 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 11/08/2023 English Channel 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16/03/2023 Ballard Down 103 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 11/08/2023 English Channel 104 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 11/08/2023 English Channel 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/05/2023 Mull Sound 106 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 11/08/2023 English Channel 107 Gannet Morus bassanus 15/01/2023 Durlston 108 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 109 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 04/01/2023 Arne 111 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 18/04/2023 Iford Bridge 112 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 Brand’s Bay 113 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26/08/2023 Abbotsbury 114 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/06/2023 Swineham Point 115 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2023 Swineham Point 116 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 05/04/2023 Middlebere 117 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 04/05/2023 Isle of Harris 118 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 16/03/2023 Ballard Down 119 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 05/12/2023 Poole Harbour 120 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13/01/2023 Poole Harbour 121 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 13/01/2023 Poole Harbour 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus 16/01/2023 Babury Rings 123 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 13/01/2023 Poole Harbour 124 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Middlebere 125 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2023 Middlebere 126 Little Owl Athene noctua 22/06/2023 Portland Bill 127 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 07/05/2023 North Uist 128 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 29/05/2023 Middlebere 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 04/01/2023 Arne 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 23/01/2023 Slepe Heath 131 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 20/02/2023 Kingston 132 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2023 Lytchett Fields 133 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 134 Hobby Falco subbuteo 20/04/2023 Morden Bog 135 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2023 Middlebere 136 Jay Garrulus glandarius 14/01/2023 Upton CP 137 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Middlebere 138 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Middle Beach 139 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Middlebere 140 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Jerry’s Point 141 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/04/2023 Inverlael 142 Raven Corvus corax 04/01/2023 Arne 143 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2023 Arne 144 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 21/04/2023 Nine Barrow Down 145 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Shell Bay 146 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Shell Bay 147 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 20/01/2023 Hatch Pond 148 Woodlark Lullula arborea 25/02/2023 Goathorn Farm 149 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20/02/2023 St Aldhelm’s 150 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/03/2023 Blashford Lakes 151 Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/04/2023 Worbarrow Bay 152 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2023 Myddfai 153 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 25/04/2023 Lytchett Bay 154 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 23/03/2023 Swineham Point 155 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2023 Arne 156 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2023 Epynt Way 157 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/01/2023 PC World Drain 158 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 05/04/2023 Swineham 159 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 25/04/2023 Lytchett Bay 160 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 17/04/2023 Durlston 161 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/05/2023 RSPB Winterbourne Down 162 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/04/2023 Middlebere 163 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2023 St Aldhelm’s 164 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 23/01/2023 Slepe Heath 165 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 04/01/2023 Arne 166 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2023 Arne 167 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2023 Arne 168 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2023 Arne 169 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2023 Arne 170 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 03/01/2023 Swineham Point 171 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2023 Lytchett Fields 172 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 09/01/2023 Rempstone 173 Redwing Turdus iliacus 16/01/2023 Babury Rings 174 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Middle Beach 175 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 20/02/2023 Kingston 176 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 01/05/2023 Igleann Na Squaid 177 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 30/05/2023 Martindown 178 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Middlebere 179 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/12/2023 Church Opie 180 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 07/08/2023 Tyneham 181 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 04/09/2023 Durlston 182 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2023 Portland Bill 183 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 17/04/2023 St Aldhelm’s 184 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 09/03/2023 Keswick River Greta 185 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2023 Arne 186 Dunnock Prunella modularis 04/01/2023 Arne 187 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 25/04/2023 Lytchett Bay 188 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/01/2023 Norden Sewage 189 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Shell Bay 190 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 05/01/2023 Ferrybridge 191 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 18/05/2023 Morden Bog 192 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 05/01/2023 Portland Bill 193 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Shell Bay 194 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/01/2023 PC World Drain 195 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 11/01/2023 Arne 196 Twite Linaria flavirostris 07/05/2023 Benbecula 197 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2023 Lytchett Fields 198 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/04/2023 Inverlael 199 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 01/03/2023 Morden Bog 200 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2023 Arne 201 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2023 Arne 202 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 17/04/2023 St Aldhelm’s 203 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 09/01/2023 Rempstone 204 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 05/01/2023 Portland Bill 205 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 20/01/2023 Lytchett Fields