Phil Villiers: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, Green: non-motorised Record(s) 1 to 121 of 121 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/02/2023 Eling Marsh Dark-bellied 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Lower Test 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 09/01/2023 Testwood Lakes 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2023 Lower Test 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 09/01/2023 Nursling 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2023 Southampton Common 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 09/01/2023 Testwood Lakes 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Eling Tide Mill 11 Pintail Anas acuta 28/02/2023 Lower Test Female 12 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 Lower Test 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 05/01/2023 Southampton Common 14 Goosander Mergus merganser 21/01/2023 Lower Test 15 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 26/01/2023 Lower Test 16 Swift Apus apus 03/05/2023 Eling Tide Mill 17 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/06/2023 Fishlake Meadows 18 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Lower Test Feral pigeon 19 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 School Road, Eling 20 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 School Road, Eling 21 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 05/06/2023 Fishlake Meadows 22 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 Lower Test 23 Coot Fulica atra 05/01/2023 Southampton Common 24 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2023 Lower Test 25 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/01/2023 Eling Marsh 26 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 27 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/03/2023 Testwood Lakes 28 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 29 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 04/01/2023 Eling Marsh 30 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 31 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/01/2023 Lower Test 32 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 26/02/2023 Lower Test 33 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/01/2023 Bartley Water 34 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 09/01/2023 Testwood Lakes 35 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2023 Bury Marsh 36 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 04/01/2023 Bury Marsh 37 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 07/12/2023 St Mawes 38 Dunlin Calidris alpina 17/01/2023 Bury Marsh 39 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 27/04/2023 Testwood Lakes 40 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 12/05/2023 St Mawes Flying and diving off Carricknath Point, viewed from apartment. 41 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Eling Tide Mill 42 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/02/2023 Redbridge Wharf 43 Common Gull Larus canus 18/01/2023 Southampton Common 44 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 45 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 20/07/2023 Lower Test 46 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 47 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 25/04/2023 Lower Test 48 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 10/02/2023 Eling Marsh 49 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 28/11/2023 Redbridge Wharf 50 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 28/11/2023 Redbridge Wharf 51 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 22/11/2023 Redbridge Wharf 52 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 53 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/12/2023 St Mawes 54 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/01/2023 Totton - Marchwood Rd 55 Great White Egret Ardea alba 13/01/2023 Testwood Lakes 56 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 09/01/2023 Lower Test 57 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 08/04/2023 Eling - Bury Lane 58 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 12/06/2023 School Road, Eling 59 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2023 Lower Test 60 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/01/2023 Moorcourt Farm 61 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2023 Lower Test 62 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 13/03/2023 St Mawes Heard only 63 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2023 Bartley Water 64 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2023 Southampton Old Cemetery 65 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/01/2023 Eling Church 66 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 67 Hobby Falco subbuteo 05/06/2023 Fishlake Meadows 68 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/01/2023 Eling Marsh 69 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 13/01/2023 Hillstreet 70 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2023 Eling Church 71 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 72 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Eling Church 73 Rook Corvus frugilegus 13/01/2023 Totton - Testwood Rec 74 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 School Road, Eling 75 Raven Corvus corax 06/02/2023 Nursling Gravel Pit 76 Coal Tit Periparus ater 30/03/2023 Eling Church 77 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 04/02/2023 Moorcourt Farm Seen in Moorcourt Copse, along Test Way c400m north of farm. 78 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 79 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 80 Skylark Alauda arvensis 12/03/2023 Newton Farm (NT), St Mawes 81 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2023 Testwood Lakes 82 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/04/2023 Fletchwood Lane, Ashurst 83 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/06/2023 Hillstreet 84 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 21/01/2023 Testwood Lakes 85 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 09/01/2023 Lower Test 86 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 27/04/2023 Testwood Lakes 87 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 09/01/2023 Lower Test 88 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 25/05/2023 Lower Test 89 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 30/04/2023 Bartley Water 90 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/01/2023 Eling Marsh 91 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2023 Eling Marsh 92 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2023 Lower Test 93 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 09/01/2023 Testwood Lakes 94 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 26/01/2023 Testwood Lakes 95 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Gover Road, Redbridge 96 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/02/2023 Hillstreet 97 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 22/01/2023 Rum Walk, Totton Brief sighting at Lower Test on 2nd January, but delighted to see one at Rum Walk on 22nd - first ever 'patch' sighting at this location 98 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 School Road, Eling 99 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 09/01/2023 Lower Test 100 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 18/01/2023 Southampton Old Cemetery 101 Redwing Turdus iliacus 09/01/2023 Testwood Lakes 102 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 103 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 21/01/2023 Testwood Lakes 104 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Eling Church 105 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 22/04/2023 Lower Test 106 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 07/01/2023 Eling Church 107 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 17/03/2023 Eling Marsh 108 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Bartley Water 109 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2023 Gover Road, Redbridge 110 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/01/2023 Testwood Lakes 111 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 112 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 17/01/2023 Eling Marsh 113 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 11/03/2023 St Mawes 114 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 09/01/2023 Lower Test 115 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 09/01/2023 Lower Test 116 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 20/01/2023 Eling Church 117 Linnet Linaria cannabina 12/03/2023 Newton Farm (NT), St Mawes 118 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Eling Marsh 119 Siskin Spinus spinus 13/01/2023 Moorcourt Farm 120 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 12/03/2023 Newton Farm (NT), St Mawes 121 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/02/2023 Lower Test