Alan Whitehead: North Duffield Carr Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 105 of 105 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 24/11/2023 c20 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Pintail Anas acuta 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 05/12/2023 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15 Scaup Aythya marila 05/12/2023 16 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 17/04/2023 17 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/11/2023 3 18 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/12/2023 19 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/03/2023 2 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 21 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 22 Swift Apus apus 23 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 24 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 26 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 27 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 28 Coot Fulica atra 29 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 30 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 31 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 32 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 33 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 34 Curlew Numenius arquata 35 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 36 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 37 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 38 Redshank Tringa totanus 39 Ruff Calidris pugnax 40 Dunlin Calidris alpina 41 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 42 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/05/2023 43 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 44 Common Gull Larus canus 45 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 46 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 47 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 48 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 49 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 50 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 01/06/2023 Self found 51 Great White Egret Ardea alba 52 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 53 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 54 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 55 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 56 Red Kite Milvus milvus 57 Buzzard Buteo buteo 58 Barn Owl Tyto alba 59 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 15/09/2023 2nd record 60 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 61 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 62 Merlin Falco columbarius 07/03/2023 Male 63 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/05/2023 2 64 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 65 Magpie Pica pica 66 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 67 Rook Corvus frugilegus 68 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 69 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 16/02/2023 First record 70 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 71 Great Tit Parus major 72 Skylark Alauda arvensis 73 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 74 Swallow Hirundo rustica 75 House Martin Delichon urbicum 76 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/11/2023 1st for the Reserve 77 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 78 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 79 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 80 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 81 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 82 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 12/06/2023 1ST RECORD 83 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 84 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 85 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 86 Whitethroat Curruca communis 87 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 88 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 89 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 90 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 91 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 92 Redwing Turdus iliacus 93 Blackbird Turdus merula 94 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 95 Robin Erithacus rubecula 96 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 97 Dunnock Prunella modularis 98 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 99 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 100 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 101 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 03/03/2023 2 102 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 103 Linnet Linaria cannabina 104 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 105 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus