Rupert Evershed: St Albans Garden Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 75 of 75 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/02/2023 2 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 31/01/2023 7 over 3 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11/09/2023 4 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2023 5 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 6 Stock Dove Columba oenas 21/01/2023 7 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 8 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 26/01/2023 9 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/10/2023 10 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 08/08/2023 11 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 12 Common Gull Larus canus 09/01/2023 13 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 14 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 18/01/2023 15 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 21/01/2023 16 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 18/03/2023 17 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 09/01/2023 18 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 26/01/2023 19 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 09/08/2023 20 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 Garden 21 Buzzard Buteo buteo 18/02/2023 22 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 05/04/2023 23 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 30/01/2023 24 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 27/07/2023 25 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/06/2023 26 Merlin Falco columbarius 03/10/2023 27 Hobby Falco subbuteo 18/06/2023 28 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 12/02/2023 29 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2023 30 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/01/2023 31 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 32 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 19/01/2023 33 Rook Corvus frugilegus 12/02/2023 34 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 35 Raven Corvus corax 19/08/2023 36 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 Garden 37 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 38 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 39 Skylark Alauda arvensis 31/01/2023 40 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 13/08/2023 41 Swallow Hirundo rustica 18/05/2023 42 House Martin Delichon urbicum 11/09/2023 43 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 28/01/2023 44 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/03/2023 45 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 05/02/2023 Garden, St Albans, Herts 46 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/09/2023 47 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 09/01/2023 48 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 Garden 49 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 Garden 50 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2023 Garden 51 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Garden 52 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 09/01/2023 53 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 21/01/2023 54 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 55 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 56 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 26/01/2023 57 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/08/2023 58 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 59 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 20/05/2023 60 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 61 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10/09/2023 62 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 31/01/2023 63 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 26/01/2023 64 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 07/04/2023 65 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 22/08/2023 66 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 09/01/2023 67 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 18/05/2023 68 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 26/01/2023 69 Linnet Linaria cannabina 26/01/2023 70 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 28/01/2023 71 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 18/06/2023 Garden, St Albans 72 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Garden 73 Siskin Spinus spinus 19/02/2023 74 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 05/02/2023 75 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 03/10/2023