Andrew Russell: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 225 of 225 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/10/2023 Torness Flew south in storm conditions 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2023 Gartocharn Includes Todd's (19/01/23 in Kintyre) 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 14/01/2023 Glencaple 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 19/01/2023 Kintyre At roost 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 02/01/2023 Drymen By mountain rescue 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 Drymen By mountain rescue 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 Drymen By mountain rescue 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 30/09/2023 Fair Isle Stackhoull shop with 5 pinks 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 17/01/2023 Tayinloan Greenland race 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2023 Dumbarton Park 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 03/01/2023 Loudon Pond, Douglas Water 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14/01/2023 loch ryan 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19/07/2023 Undisclosed Site southwest Scotland Nice work tick on a shooting pool with Teal, eclipse male. 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14/01/2023 Wigtown bay 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/02/2023 WWT Caerlaverock 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2023 River Clyde at Pettinain 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2023 Drymen Bridge at Endrick 18 Pintail Anas acuta 05/02/2023 WWT Caerlaverock 19 Teal Anas crecca 03/01/2023 White Loch, Carnwath 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25/08/2023 Loch of Strathbeg SF, JUVI/FEM TYPE from St Mary's Chapel 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 19/01/2023 work-argyll 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 19/01/2023 Work-argyll 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2023 Strathclyde Loch 24 Scaup Aythya marila 21/01/2023 Loch Ryan 25 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 20/08/2023 Musselburgh Off scrapes, good views, moulting drake 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 14/01/2023 Loch Ryan 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 16/02/2023 Rhunahaorine Point With JM. Another on Yell 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27/01/2023 Leven 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 14/01/2023 Loch Ryan 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/01/2023 Loch Ryan 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/01/2023 White Loch, Carnwath 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 21/01/2023 RSPB Lochwinnoch 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 14/01/2023 loch ryan 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 16/01/2023 work, ayrshire 36 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 22/02/2023 Kintyre 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/05/2023 Torness 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2023 Dunsyre, South Medwin area 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Dunsyre, South Medwin area 40 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 24/03/2023 Dunbar Camp Site 41 Swift Apus apus girvan Mid may 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Stranraer 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Dumbarton ferals 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 09/02/2023 Bellside 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2023 Newbigging, Carnwath area 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 05/02/2023 WWT Caerlaverock 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 08/01/2023 Hot water pond 49 Coot Fulica atra 08/01/2023 Hot water pond 50 Crane Grus grus 25/08/2023 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2023 River Clyde at Pettinain 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 27/01/2023 Leven 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 27/01/2023 Leven 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2023 Dumbarton In park 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/05/2023 Low Newton-by-the-sea 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 21/02/2023 Ayrshire 59 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 23/09/2023 Isle of Iona Self found-north end 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula loch ryan 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 28/03/2023 Waterlands Road, Law Patch first 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2023 Waterlands Road, Law 63 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 02/05/2023 Long Nanny On the flash at Links House Farm, Newton Steads car park. With dad and Hannah 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 28/04/2023 Kintyre 65 Curlew Numenius arquata loch ryan 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica crook of baldoon rspb 67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/05/2023 Low Newton-by-the-sea 68 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/03/2023 Bellside 69 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 11/01/2023 work- 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2023 Waterlands Road, Law 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Girvan 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Waterlands 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 20/08/2023 Musselburgh Scrapes,juv 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 14/01/2023 crook of baldoon rspb 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 19/02/2023 Dumbarton 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres loch ryan 77 Knot Calidris canutus crook of baldoon rspb 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/08/2023 3, patch tick! 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 27/01/2023 Leven 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina crook of baldoon rspb 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 06/05/2023 Torness 82 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/08/2023 Torness Just east of seawall 83 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 09/07/2023 Skinflats-north lagoon Stunner, full summer plumage 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 20/08/2023 Actually well before this, this is earlier I remember 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo tyninghame 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Stranraer 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 02/04/2023 Hogganfield Loch SF whilst watching the Red-necked Grebe and Smew 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/01/2023 strathclyde loch 89 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 16/09/2023 Hound Point 3 dropping in, found the adult bird. My best ever views 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Dumbarton 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/08/2023 Girvan Harbour 92 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Dumbarton 93 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 08/01/2023 Strathclyde Loch 94 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Dumbarton 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/01/2023 Waterlands Road, Law 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 Dumbarton 97 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 11/03/2023 Blar Mhor Industrial Estate, Fort William Sitting on the back roofs at Mowi. 98 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 28/01/2023 Strathclyde Loch 99 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 24/08/2023 Aberdeenshire Dark phase 100 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 16/09/2023 Hound Point Nice pale adult with spoons 101 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 24/08/2023 Aberdeenshire 102 Puffin Fratercula arctica 20/08/2023 Torness 103 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 14/01/2023 Loch Ryan 104 Razorbill Alca torda 27/01/2023 Leven 105 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 16/08/2023 Girvan 106 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 107 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 27/01/2023 Leven 108 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 27/01/2023 Leven Amongst large scoter flock, RN Grebe and 2 Bt Diver present. Many familiar faces. 109 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 25/01/2023 Kintyre 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 06/05/2023 Bilsdean 111 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus ********** ********** 112 Gannet Morus bassanus 15/03/2023 Stranraer 113 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 17/09/2023 Burntisland Views super distant and completely thanks to phone directions from Scott Black on Cramond Island. 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/01/2023 White Loch, Carnwath 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 14/01/2023 loch ryan 116 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 21/01/2023 RSPB Lochwinnoch Another on 5th of Feb at castle loch 117 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 21/04/2023 RSPB Baron’s Haugh On river by old phoenix hide 118 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 14/01/2023 solway 119 Great White Egret Ardea alba 05/02/2023 Castle loch bittern twitch 120 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2023 River Clyde at Pettinain 121 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Loch lomond 122 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Central Scotland 123 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 17/01/2023 work-argyll 124 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 14/01/2023 D&G bird race 125 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 13/01/2023 work-ayrshire Hunting woodpigeon 126 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 25/08/2023 Rspb Loch of Strathbeg 127 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus work 128 Red Kite Milvus milvus 14/01/2023 Near stranraer 129 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 01/02/2023 Cowal-work 130 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2023 South Medwin Pool 131 Barn Owl Tyto alba 06/01/2023 Crawfordjohn 132 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 25/01/2023 B8001 -kintyre 133 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 16/01/2023 Work-ayrshire Another mobbing me at a dusk vp days later in argyll 134 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 09/01/2023 Invararay just before a pine marten sighting 135 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 136 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/01/2023 Hot water pond 137 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/02/2023 Dumyat 138 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 139 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 24/09/2023 Eglingham Moor Super showy in the rain and drizzle. 140 Merlin Falco columbarius work 141 Hobby Falco subbuteo ********** ********** 142 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 03/01/2023 River Clyde at Pettinain 143 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 17/03/2023 Dalkieth Country Park In car park! 144 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 24/08/2023 Longhaven By old building sycamore in hedge. 145 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 01/10/2023 Fair Isle Stackhoull shop 146 Jay Garrulus glandarius 21/01/2023 RSPB Lochwinnoch 147 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Dumbarton 148 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 03/01/2023 Waterlands Road, Law 149 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2023 Waterlands Road, Law 150 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Dumbarton 151 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix argyll 152 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2023 Drymen 153 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens Nice find to start the year 154 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 155 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 156 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 157 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 25/08/2023 Rspb Loch of Strathbeg 158 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/02/2023 Stirling training 159 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2023 Strathclyde Loch several 160 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/04/2023 Girvan 161 House Martin Delichon urbicum Girvan 162 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 163 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 02/10/2023 Fair Isle Elusive 164 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 28/10/2023 Flamborough Bramble patches by lighthouse. Showed well on brief occasions. 165 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2023 Girvan 166 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/03/2023 Dunbar Camp Site 167 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough In bramble patches near lighthouse, awesome views. 168 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 06/05/2023 Torness 169 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 01/10/2023 Fair Isle Setter 170 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia kintyre 171 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 15/04/2023 Strathclyde Loch 172 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 173 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 10/10/2023 Garth cemetery Self found in horrific conditions in a large roofless, weedy shed. 174 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 06/05/2023 Torness 175 Whitethroat Curruca communis 01/05/2023 East Ayrshire 176 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 09/01/2023 loch awe 177 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 178 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/02/2023 Dumyat 179 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/02/2023 Dumyat 180 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic garden 181 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 30/09/2023 Lunna, Shetland Under Sycamores by wall 182 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 183 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2023 Carnwath 184 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 185 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 186 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2023 Waterlands Road, Law 187 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 08/10/2023 Fair Isle Geos and hillside at Ward Hill, some heard but not seen in spring. 188 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 07/06/2023 langholm area 189 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 190 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/08/2023 Torness Visitors centre car park 191 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 05/10/2023 Fair Isle South Raeva 192 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 07/06/2023 langholm area 193 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 01/05/2023 East Ayrshire 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 16/01/2023 work, argyll 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 10/04/2023 Crawfordjohn area 196 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 20/02/2023 South Ayrshire 197 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/02/2023 Caerlaverock 198 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Dumbarton 199 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 200 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/05/2023 Bilsdean 2, 1 normal, 1 channel/blue 201 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 14/01/2023 loch ryan 202 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 203 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 06/01/2023 Ayrshire 204 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis kintyre 205 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 14/01/2023 loch ryan 206 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 04/01/2023 Waterlands Road, Law 207 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 09/02/2023 bellside 208 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 09/10/2023 Fair Isle South over, chalet 209 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/01/2023 work argyll 210 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 01/10/2023 Fair Isle Burkle 211 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 05/02/2023 WWT Caerlaverock 212 Twite Linaria flavirostris 23/09/2023 Isle of Iona 213 Linnet Linaria cannabina 24/03/2023 Torness 214 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 30/09/2023 Fair Isle Schoolton weeds 215 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 06/01/2023 work ayrshire 216 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 19/01/2023 work-argyll 217 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 218 Siskin Spinus spinus 07/01/2023 Roughrigg Reservoir 219 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/10/2023 Fair Isle Wirrvie Brecks, loads all over the isle later in week. 220 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 08/11/2023 Moray fields Flock of 8 221 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 05/02/2023 wwt caerlaverock 222 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 30/09/2023 Fair Isle Chalet 223 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough North Marsh. Absolutely grotty, up there with the worst looking birds I've twitched. Decent scope views in bramble patch. 224 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2023 work-argyll 225 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 12/10/2023 Hoswick Thanks to AK and AC for the lift whilst I was birding at Voe.