Brian Goss: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Year List 2023 BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 108 of 108 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 08/01/2023 Exminster Marsh 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 19/03/2023 Abberton Reservoir LBC 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 08/01/2023 Exminster Marsh 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18/01/2023 Stover Country Park 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 12 Pintail Anas acuta 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 13 Teal Anas crecca 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 14 Pochard Aythya ferina 19/03/2023 Abberton Reservoir LBC 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 16 Eider Somateria mollissima 08/01/2023 Dawlish Warren 3 seen 17 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 19/03/2023 Abberton Reservoir LBC 18 Goosander Mergus merganser 18/01/2023 Stover Country Park 2 m 1 f 19 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 2 m 1 f 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 1 f 21 Swift Apus apus 14/06/2023 Garden 22 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 23 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 24 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 25 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 26 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 27 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/01/2023 River Exe Cockwood 28 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 29 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 17/04/2023 Seaton Wetlands 30 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 31 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 32 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 17/04/2023 Seaton Wetlands 33 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 34 Curlew Numenius arquata 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 35 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 36 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 37 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 38 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 39 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 40 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/01/2023 Topsham Quay 41 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 42 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2023 Torquay Harbour 43 Dunlin Calidris alpina 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 44 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14/01/2023 Haldon Quay Torquay 45 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 15/07/2023 Marine Parade Paignton 46 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 47 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15/07/2023 Marine Parade Paignton 48 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2023 Beechfield Allotment 49 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2023 Torquay Harbour 50 Guillemot Uria aalge 07/02/2023 Berryhead 51 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 02/01/2023 Marine Parade Paignton 52 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/02/2023 Berryhead 53 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/01/2023 Broadsands 54 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 55 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2023 Torquay Harbour 56 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 08/01/2023 Cockwood Harbour 57 Great White Egret Ardea alba 19/03/2023 Abberton Reservoir LBC 58 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 07/01/2023 Broadsands 59 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 06/01/2023 Penn Inn Roundabout Newton Abbott 60 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 21/01/2023 Exminster Marsh 1 m 61 Red Kite Milvus milvus 17/03/2023 A303 62 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2023 Waterside/Cherrybrook 63 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 64 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 06/02/2023 Stantaway Allotment 2 Birds seen 65 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 31/05/2023 Halstead Road Watcombe 66 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2023 South Devon Highway Kingkerswell 67 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2023 Beechfield Allotment 68 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 69 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2023 Beechfield Allotment 70 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/01/2023 Starcross 71 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 72 Raven Corvus corax 27/01/2023 Beechfield Allotment 73 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 74 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 18/01/2023 Stover Country Park 75 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 76 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 77 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 06/04/2023 Loch Tummel Perthshire 78 Swallow Hirundo rustica 17/04/2023 Seaton Wetlands 79 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/05/2023 Padacre Road 80 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/04/2023 Seaton Wetlands 81 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 82 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/04/2023 Yarner Woods 83 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 84 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 85 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 86 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 87 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 08/01/2023 Exminster Marsh 88 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/04/2023 Loch Tummel Perthshire 89 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 08/04/2023 Loch Tummel Perthshire 90 Redwing Turdus iliacus 18/01/2023 Teigngrace 91 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 92 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 93 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/04/2023 Yarner Woods 1 Male 94 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/01/2023 Dawlish Warren 95 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 96 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 97 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/01/2023 Beechfield Allotment 98 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 99 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 08/01/2023 Dawlish Warren 100 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 07/01/2023 Broadsands 101 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Stover Country Park 102 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/01/2023 Darts Farm to Bowling Green Marsh 1 m 103 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/06/2023 Beechfield Allotment 104 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 21/01/2023 Cockwood Harbour 105 Siskin Spinus spinus 07/02/2023 Haldon Forest Park 106 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/02/2023 Haldon Forest Park 107 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 19/01/2023 Broadsands 3 m 4 f 108 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 Hackney Marsh to Passage House 1 f