Robert Norris: Buckinghamshire Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 139 of 139 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2023 Newton Blossomville 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 06/02/2023 Olney 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2023 Ravenstone 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2023 Cold Brayfield 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 03/01/2023 Gayhurst Quarry 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 28/03/2023 Willen Lake 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13/01/2023 Walton,MK 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11/08/2023 Manor Farm 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2023 Willen 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Newton Blossomville 14 Pintail Anas acuta 29/01/2023 Floodplain Forest 15 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 16 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 27/03/2023 Willen 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 19 Scaup Aythya marila 24/03/2023 Caldecotte Lake 20 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2023 Willen 21 Goosander Mergus merganser 06/01/2023 Tongwell 22 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 22/01/2023 Quarryhall 23 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2023 Hardmead 24 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/02/2023 Hardmead 25 Swift Apus apus 09/05/2023 Willen 26 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/04/2023 Olney 27 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Olney Feral Pigeon 28 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2023 Hardmead 29 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Olney 30 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2023 Hardmead 31 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 27/01/2023 Tongwell 32 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Hardmead 33 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 34 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 07/11/2023 Linford reserve 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 04/01/2023 Willen 36 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2023 Gayhurst Quarry 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 12/02/2023 Gayhurst Quarry 38 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 23/01/2023 Astwood 39 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/03/2023 Passenham 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 41 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 11/07/2023 Tongwell Lake 42 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 22/12/2023 Calverton 43 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 30/01/2023 Little Linford Wood 44 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2023 Willen 45 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 30/05/2023 Lathbury 46 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 47 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 30/05/2023 Willen 48 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 02/06/2023 Foxcote 49 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 03/11/2023 Willen Lake 50 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 09/05/2023 Willen 51 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2023 Bletchley 52 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/01/2023 Mount Farm Lake 53 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2023 Lavendon STW 54 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 13/02/2023 Newton Leys 55 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2023 Bletchley 56 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 09/01/2023 Willen 57 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/01/2023 Gayhurst Quarry 58 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 14/04/2023 Calverton 59 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 60 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 61 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 62 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2023 New Bradwell 63 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2023 Hardmead 64 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 Cold Brayfield 65 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Hardmead 66 Barn Owl Tyto alba 25/01/2023 Hardmead 67 Little Owl Athene noctua 19/01/2023 Bury Field 68 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 22/12/2023 *************** 69 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 24/01/2023 Hardmead 70 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 25/01/2023 Willen 71 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2023 Hardmead 72 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 03/01/2023 Gayhurst Quarry 73 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Chichley 74 Merlin Falco columbarius 28/12/2023 Hardmead 75 Hobby Falco subbuteo 17/05/2023 Tyringham 76 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 06/02/2023 Olney 77 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 15/07/2023 Bourne End 78 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2023 Hardmead 79 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Chichley 80 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Hardmead 81 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2023 Hardmead 82 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Hardmead 83 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2023 Hardmead 84 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2023 Lathbury 85 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 30/01/2023 Little Linford Wood 86 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2023 Hardmead 87 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2023 Hardmead 88 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/01/2023 Hardmead 89 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2023 Newport Pagnell 90 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2023 Lathbury 91 House Martin Delichon urbicum 17/05/2023 Olney 92 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/02/2023 Olney 93 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2023 Lathbury 94 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 21/05/2023 Inhcome hole 95 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 11/01/2023 Gayhurst Quarry Also Siberian Chiffchaff. Wendover Canal 13/2 96 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 26/04/2023 Olney 97 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12/05/2023 Walton BL 98 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 13/02/2023 Wendover canal 99 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 12/05/2023 Walton BL 100 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/05/2023 Hardmead 101 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2023 CMK 102 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 02/04/2023 Pitstone Hill 103 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 13/02/2023 Wendover canal 104 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 03/01/2023 Gayhurst Quarry 105 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 03/01/2023 Gayhurst Quarry 106 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 18/01/2023 Stoke Park Wood 107 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/01/2023 Little Linford Wood 108 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2023 Hardmead 109 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 16/01/2023 Bury Field. 110 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 11/01/2023 Gayhurst Quarry 111 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Hardmead 112 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2023 Hardmead 113 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2023 Hardmead 114 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 09/04/2023 Ivinghoe Beacon 115 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/05/2023 Hardmead 116 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2023 Hardmead 117 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 26/04/2023 Howe Park Wood 118 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/08/2023 Olney Mill 119 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 23/04/2023 CMK 120 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 24/01/2023 Hardmead 121 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 17/04/2023 Hardmead 122 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Hardmead 123 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2023 Hardmead 124 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 12/04/2023 Ravenstone 125 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2023 Lavendon STW 126 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2023 Lavendon STW 127 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 05/01/2023 Bury Field 128 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2023 Hardmead 129 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 02/01/2023 Hardmead 130 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/02/2023 Emberton 131 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2023 Hardmead 132 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 Hardmead 133 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/12/2023 Tongwell 134 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 29/10/2023 Wendover Woods 135 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2023 Hardmead 136 Siskin Spinus spinus 16/01/2023 Caldecotte Lake 137 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 02/04/2023 Pitstone Hill 138 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/01/2023 Hardmead 139 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2023 Lavendon STW