Peter Jessop: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 251 of 251 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/01/2023 Norfolk 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 06/11/2023 Stiffkey with DB Brent Geese and showed well 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 WCPN 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/02/2023 Frampton Marsh x3 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 Soar Valley 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2023 Norfolk 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 20/02/2023 Lakenheath x3 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 09/01/2023 Holkham Freshmarsh 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 WCPN 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 09/01/2023 Over Lady Ann's Drive,Holkham 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2023 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 09/01/2023 Norfolk 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/01/2023 Norfolk 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18/01/2023 Swithland Res x2 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/04/2023 R/W - North Arm 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 01/05/2023 Frampton Marsh Distant from Crossbank 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2023 Norfolk 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 WCPN 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 Cossington Meadows 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 WCPN 21 Pintail Anas acuta 10/01/2023 Eyebrook Res 22 Teal Anas crecca 04/01/2023 Norfolk 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27/11/2023 Graffam Water 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23/04/2023 WCPN X2 25 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 12/11/2023 Abberton Resevoir Showed from causeway with group of ducks including pochards 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 10/01/2023 Eyebrook Res 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 13/03/2023 Aqualate Mere Decent views preening + in flight 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/01/2023 Cossington South Lakes 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 WCPN 30 Scaup Aythya marila 10/02/2023 Eyebrook Res X2 [M+F] 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20/07/2023 Colney 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 04/01/2023 Holkham 33 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30/10/2023 Titchwell with large number of common scoters on sea 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 05/04/2023 Titchwell Continous long line past going west 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 10/01/2023 Eyebrook Res 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 10/01/2023 Eyebrook Res x4 Drakes 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2023 WCPN X13 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/01/2023 Holkham 39 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ********** ********** 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 24/04/2023 Strine's Moor 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 09/01/2023 Holkham, Lady Ann's Drive x6 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 WCPN 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 10/01/2023 Eyebrook Res 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 17/06/2023 Dersingham Bog 4+/Churring/Calling/Wing Clapping/Perched in Tree 45 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 20/03/2023 Sheringham 46 Swift Apus apus 09/05/2023 Titchwell 47 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 20/11/2023 Winterton Winterton Sports Ground/Church 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 02/05/2023 Cossington Meadows 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Garden 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 24/01/2023 Cossington Meadows 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Garden 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 09/05/2023 Snettisham 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2023 Cossington South Lakes 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30/01/2023 Titchwell 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 WCPN 56 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 WCPN 57 Crane Grus grus 16/01/2023 Eldernell 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 16/01/2023 R/W The Dam 59 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 WCPN 60 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 16/01/2023 R/W The Dam 61 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 13/02/2023 Titchwell 62 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/01/2023 Norfolk 63 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 01/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 64 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 04/01/2023 Norfolk 65 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 23/01/2023 Wareham Greens 66 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 09/01/2023 Norfolk 67 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 17/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 68 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 09/05/2023 Choseley Barns Area x6 though distant 69 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/02/2023 RSPB Titchwell 70 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/03/2023 Titchwell 71 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 WCPN X30+ 72 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 13/04/2023 Summerleys C.P. Showed Well 73 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 17/04/2023 Titchwell 74 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2023 Norfolk 75 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 23/01/2023 Holme 76 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 09/01/2023 Norfolk 77 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 09/01/2023 Bishop's Hide,Cley,Norfolk On bank + in flight with Godwits 78 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/10/2023 Lower Moors,IOS 79 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 17/06/2023 Dersingham Bog Seen + Calling 80 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 18/01/2023 WCPN 81 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 28/05/2023 Eyebrook Res 82 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 12/04/2023 Cossington Meadows Hobley Lake 83 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 23/06/2023 Eyebrook Res X2 84 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/05/2023 Frampton Marsh x2 85 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2023 Norfolk 86 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 24/09/2023 Frampton Marsh Good View 87 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 88 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 10/06/2023 R/W 89 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 23/01/2023 Holme 90 Knot Calidris canutus 30/01/2023 Titchwell 91 Ruff Calidris pugnax 09/01/2023 Norfolk 92 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 29/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 93 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 15/05/2023 Stiffkey 94 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/01/2023 Norfolk 95 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2023 Norfolk 96 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 28/11/2023 Graffam Water 97 Little Stint Calidris minuta 17/05/2023 Frampton Marsh x3 98 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 24/09/2023 Frampton Marsh 99 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 31/07/2023 West Points Pools,Wells 100 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 15/05/2023 Titchwell 101 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 29/05/2023 Frampton Marsh Very Good Views from Sea Bank 102 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 10/08/2023 Arne RSPB Good Views at c100yards 103 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 12/04/2023 R/W North Arm 104 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/04/2023 Summerleys C.P. 105 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 17/04/2023 Titchwell 106 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 19/04/2023 Swithland Res 12+ 107 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 31/03/2023 Eyebrook Res 1w 108 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 WCPN 109 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15/03/2023 Frampton Marsh x2 in flight/called 110 Common Gull Larus canus 15/01/2023 Swithland Res 111 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 24/07/2023 Cley 112 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 04/01/2023 Norfolk 113 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 15/05/2023 Cley 114 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 04/01/2023 Norfolk 115 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 04/01/2023 Norfolk 116 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 30/01/2023 Titchwell 117 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 02/10/2023 Penzance 118 Puffin Fratercula arctica 11/05/2023 Bempton Cliffs 119 Razorbill Alca torda 11/05/2023 Bempton Cliffs 120 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/05/2023 Bempton Cliffs 121 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/01/2023 Holkham 122 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 21/10/2023 Eyebrook Res 123 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 30/01/2023 Titchwell 124 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 04/01/2023 Hunstanton 125 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 04/10/2023 Peninnis x3 126 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/10/2023 Scillonian 127 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 16/08/2023 Frampton Marsh Distant flight view from sea wall 128 Gannet Morus bassanus 11/05/2023 Bempton Cliffs 129 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 08/10/2023 Bishop Rock Good Views from Surprise 130 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 WCPN 131 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/10/2023 cornwall 132 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 04/10/2023 Near Carreg Dhu Garden in field 133 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 23/02/2023 Titchwell x2 134 Bittern Botaurus stellaris ********** ********** 135 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 26/04/2023 WCPN In trees + in flight 136 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2023 Cossington South Lakes 137 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/06/2023 R/W S/P 138 Great White Egret Ardea alba 09/01/2023 Holkham Freshmarsh 139 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 WCPN 140 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 12/06/2023 Summerleys First Summer 141 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/03/2023 Rutland Water x2 142 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 20/07/2023 Horsey Decent view perched in tree + flying high 143 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 05/06/2023 Welbeck Viewpoint 144 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2023 Norfolk 145 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 20/02/2023 Cockley Cley x2+ 146 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/01/2023 Cley 147 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 23/01/2023 Wareham Greens In Flight 148 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/01/2023 Norfolk 149 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 06/11/2023 Stiffkey 150 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/01/2023 Norfolk 151 Barn Owl Tyto alba 16/01/2023 Eldernell 152 Little Owl Athene noctua 02/06/2023 Edith Weston Showing Well 153 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 16/01/2023 Eldernell 154 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 16/01/2023 Eldernell 155 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 16/01/2023 Eldernell 156 Hoopoe Upupa epops 01/10/2023 Marazion Good close views on fence and in flight 157 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 16/01/2023 Eldernell 158 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 17/06/2023 Trimingham x3 159 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 05/10/2023 Maypole/Borough Farm Area Showed well 160 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 22/01/2023 Eyebrook Res North End 161 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 24/01/2023 Cossington Meadows 162 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 09/01/2023 Kestrel 163 Merlin Falco columbarius Thornham On Post + In Flight 164 Hobby Falco subbuteo 03/05/2023 Cossington Meadows 165 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 27/01/2023 Swithland Res North 166 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 20/01/2023 Stoughton Area 167 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 01/10/2023 Marazion Perched in hedge not far from Hoopoe 168 Jay Garrulus glandarius 13/02/2023 RSPB Titchwell Car Park 169 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 WCPN 170 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 14/10/2023 Sennen Cove/Pendeen 3 + 24 171 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 WCPN 172 Rook Corvus frugilegus 04/01/2023 Norfolk 173 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 WCPN 174 Raven Corvus corax 11/04/2023 Burrough Hill 175 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 20/11/2023 Sherringham x11 176 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2023 Garden 177 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 06/02/2023 Lynford Arberetum 178 Willow Tit Poecile montanus ********** ********** 179 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 09/01/2023 Norfolk 180 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Garden 181 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 27/03/2023 Titchwell Male 182 Woodlark Lullula arborea 20/02/2023 Cockley Cley Good Number 183 Skylark Alauda arvensis 23/01/2023 Holme 184 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 04/01/2023 Holkham x10 185 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 24/03/2023 Swithland Res 30+ 186 Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2023 Eyebrook Res x5 187 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2023 R/W , North Arm 188 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 21/01/2023 WCPN Showed Well 189 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 WCPN X12 190 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 04/01/2023 Brancaster Showed Well + Calling 191 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 31/10/2023 Flamborough Area 192 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/03/2023 WCPN 193 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 04/01/2023 Brancaster 194 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2023 Titchwell 195 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/04/2023 Titchwell 196 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 23/04/2023 WCPN/WCPB 197 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/01/2023 Garden 198 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 15/05/2023 Stiffkey 199 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 01/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 200 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2023 WCPN 201 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 07/08/2023 Kelling Heath 202 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 03/10/2023 Carreg Dhu 203 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2023 Garden 204 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 205 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 18/01/2023 Swithland Woods + Groby Pool 206 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17/01/2023 WCPN 207 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 08/10/2023 Little Porth,St Marys,IOS 208 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 04/01/2023 Norfolk 209 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 WCPN 210 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/02/2023 Lynford Arberetum 5+ 211 Redwing Turdus iliacus 14/01/2023 Leics 212 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Garden 213 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 14/01/2023 Leics 214 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 17/04/2023 Morston Male 215 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 09/05/2023 Titchwell 216 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 WCPN 217 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 04/10/2023 Newford Duckpond,IOS 218 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 24/04/2023 Padley Gorge 6+ 219 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 20/03/2023 Cley 220 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/04/2023 Derbyshire M + F 221 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 04/09/2023 Gibraltar Point 222 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 10/02/2023 Eyebrook Res 223 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 20/03/2023 Cley,Eye Field 224 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 24/04/2023 Leadmill Bridge 225 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 17/03/2023 Eyebrook Res At Last 226 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2023 Garden 227 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2023 Cossington South Lakes 228 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2023 Eyebrook Res 6+ 229 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 15/01/2023 Swithland Res 230 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 15/01/2023 Swithland Res 231 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 09/01/2023 Wareham Greens 232 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 20/12/2023 Titchwell 233 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 02/10/2023 Penzance 234 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 09/01/2023 Walsey Hills, Norfolk 235 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 23/02/2023 236 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 20/02/2023 Lynford Arberetum x1 237 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 21/01/2023 WCPN 238 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 03/10/2023 St Mary's, IOS 239 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 09/01/2023 Walsey Hills, Norfolk 240 Twite Linaria flavirostris 09/01/2023 Blakeney Marshes 241 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2023 Norfolk 242 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 03/03/2023 Weybourne 243 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 09/01/2023 Walsey Hills. Norfolk 244 Siskin Spinus spinus 06/02/2023 Lynford Arberetum 245 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 04/01/2023 Holkham x27 246 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 11/05/2023 Bempton Cliffs 3+ 247 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 23/01/2023 Wareham Greens 248 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 23/10/2023 Flamborough Head Good Views near Hide 249 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 20/01/2023 Stoughton Area 250 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 03/10/2023 St Mary's,IOS Elusive but eventually good flight views and perched on top of hedge 251 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 25/09/2023 Baglan Eventually several good views