Robert Pocklington: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 239 of 239 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 06/03/2023 Anthorn 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 26/02/2023 Moss Lane, Cockerham 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 17/12/2023 Roosecote, Barrow 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 12/11/2023 Abberton Res, Essex 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 02/01/2023 Redcar 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 30/04/2023 Lunar Bay, Fife 36 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 30/04/2023 Lunar Bay, Fife 37 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 38 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 39 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 40 Smew Mergellus albellus 41 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 19/04/2023 Whinfell tarn, Kendal 42 Goosander Mergus merganser 43 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 44 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 45 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 48 Quail Coturnix coturnix Langwathby 49 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 50 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 51 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 52 Swift Apus apus 53 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 54 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 55 Stock Dove Columba oenas 56 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 57 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 58 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 59 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 60 Coot Fulica atra 61 Crane Grus grus Horsey 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 08/11/2023 Workington 66 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 67 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 68 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 69 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 70 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 71 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 72 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 73 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 74 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 75 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Northumberland 76 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 77 Curlew Numenius arquata 78 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 79 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 80 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 16/07/2023 Leighton moss 81 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 82 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 83 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 84 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 85 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 86 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 87 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 88 Redshank Tringa totanus 89 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 10/09/2023 Bowness on solway 90 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 91 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 92 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 93 Knot Calidris canutus 94 Ruff Calidris pugnax 95 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 26/09/2023 Blacktoft sands 96 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 97 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 98 Sanderling Calidris alba 99 Dunlin Calidris alpina 100 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 101 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 102 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 103 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 104 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 105 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 106 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 04/07/2023 Hodbarrow 107 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 108 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 109 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 110 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 111 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 112 Common Gull Larus canus 113 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 114 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 115 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 116 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Juv self found Flookburgh 117 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 118 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 119 Puffin Fratercula arctica 120 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 121 Razorbill Alca torda 122 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 123 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 124 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 10/11/2023 Talkin Tarn 125 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 126 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 127 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 128 Gannet Morus bassanus 129 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 130 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 131 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 132 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 133 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 134 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 135 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 136 Great White Egret Ardea alba 137 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 138 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 139 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 20/07/2023 Hickling, Norfolk 140 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 141 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 142 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 143 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 144 Red Kite Milvus milvus 145 Buzzard Buteo buteo 146 Barn Owl Tyto alba 147 Little Owl Athene noctua 148 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 149 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 150 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 151 Hoopoe Upupa epops 21/09/2023 Aldingham 152 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 153 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Norfolk 154 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 155 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 156 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 157 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 158 Merlin Falco columbarius 159 Hobby Falco subbuteo 160 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 162 Magpie Pica pica 163 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 167 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 168 Raven Corvus corax 169 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 18/11/2023 Penrith 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 171 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 172 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 173 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 174 Great Tit Parus major 175 Skylark Alauda arvensis 176 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 177 Swallow Hirundo rustica 178 House Martin Delichon urbicum 179 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 180 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 181 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 182 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 183 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 184 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 185 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 186 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 187 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 188 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 189 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 190 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 191 Whitethroat Curruca communis 192 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 193 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 194 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 195 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 196 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 197 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 198 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 199 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 200 Redwing Turdus iliacus 201 Blackbird Turdus merula 202 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 203 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 204 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 205 Robin Erithacus rubecula 206 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 207 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 208 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 209 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 210 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 211 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 212 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 213 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 214 Dunnock Prunella modularis 215 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 216 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 217 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 218 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 219 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 220 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 221 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 222 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 223 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 224 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 225 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 226 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 227 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 228 Twite Linaria flavirostris 229 Linnet Linaria cannabina 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 231 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 232 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 233 Siskin Spinus spinus 234 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 235 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 236 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 23/10/2023 Flamborough 237 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 238 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 21/09/2023 Pembroke 239 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 Pembroke