Stephen Jones: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 169 of 169 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 12/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 12/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 12/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Portishead 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 8 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 17/10/2023 Slimbridge 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca PW 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Slimbridge 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 05/01/2023 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Pochard Aythya ferina Slimbridge 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila Slimbridge 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Swift Apus apus 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 31 Stock Dove Columba oenas 32 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 33 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 34 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 35 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 36 Coot Fulica atra 37 Crane Grus grus 12/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 38 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 39 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 40 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 27/04/2023 Cheddar 41 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 21/11/2023 Portbury wharf 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 43 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 45 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 46 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/10/2023 47 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 48 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 49 Curlew Numenius arquata 50 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 51 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 52 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 53 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 54 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 55 Redshank Tringa totanus Slimbridge 56 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 57 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 58 Ruff Calidris pugnax Slimbridge 59 Dunlin Calidris alpina 60 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 61 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 62 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 63 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus PW 64 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 66 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 67 Common Gull Larus canus 68 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 69 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 70 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 71 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 72 Razorbill Alca torda 29/06/2023 73 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 74 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 75 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 76 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 77 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 78 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 79 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 80 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 81 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 82 Gannet Morus bassanus 83 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 84 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 85 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Ham wall 86 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 87 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 88 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 89 Great White Egret Ardea alba 90 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 91 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 92 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 93 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 04/10/2023 Dungeness 94 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 18/04/2023 Lizard 95 Red Kite Milvus milvus 96 Buzzard Buteo buteo 97 Little Owl Athene noctua 98 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 99 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 100 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 101 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 102 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 103 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 104 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 105 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 106 Merlin Falco columbarius 107 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/04/2023 Ham wall 108 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 109 Jay Garrulus glandarius 110 Magpie Pica pica 111 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 112 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 12/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 113 Rook Corvus frugilegus 114 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 115 Raven Corvus corax 116 Coal Tit Periparus ater 117 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 118 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 119 Great Tit Parus major 120 Skylark Alauda arvensis 121 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 122 Swallow Hirundo rustica 123 House Martin Delichon urbicum 124 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 125 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 126 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 127 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 128 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 03/05/2023 Ham wall 129 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 130 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 131 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 132 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 133 Whitethroat Curruca communis 134 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 135 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 136 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 137 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 138 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 139 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 140 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 141 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 142 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 143 Redwing Turdus iliacus 144 Blackbird Turdus merula 145 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 146 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 18/04/2023 Cornwall 147 Robin Erithacus rubecula 148 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 29/06/2023 149 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 150 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 151 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 152 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 153 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 154 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 155 Dunnock Prunella modularis 156 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 157 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 158 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 159 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 160 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 161 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 162 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 163 Linnet Linaria cannabina 164 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 165 Siskin Spinus spinus 166 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 09/05/2023 Rame head 167 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 09/05/2023 Rame head 168 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 169 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 28/09/2023 Briton Ferry