David Hudson: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 211 of 211 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/01/2023 Wells 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 30/12/2023 Holt 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 12/01/2023 Attenborough 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 11/02/2023 Frampton 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2023 Holkham 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 Cley 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 06/02/2023 Holkham 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12/01/2023 Attenborough 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 04/02/2023 Fakenham 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/02/2023 Eldernell 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2023 Wells 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2023 Cley 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 24/01/2023 Mapperley 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12/01/2023 Attenborough 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/02/2023 Cley 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 Cley 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Wells 18 Pintail Anas acuta 06/02/2023 Cley 19 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 Cley 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 18/01/2023 Wollaton 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 17/03/2023 Long Eaton G.P. 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 12/01/2023 Attenborough 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/01/2023 Cley 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 17/05/2023 Burghead 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 12/01/2023 Attenborough 26 Smew Mergellus albellus 30/01/2023 Attenborough 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 16/01/2023 Mapperley 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/02/2023 Titchwell 29 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 14/05/2023 Lochindaube 30 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 18/05/2023 Glen Shee 31 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 12/05/2023 Langdon Beck 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/01/2023 Holkham 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2023 Cley 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/02/2023 Walsingham 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 02/07/2023 Salthouse 36 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 26/03/2023 Scarborough 37 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2023 Attenborough 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/05/2023 A19 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Wells 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 12/01/2023 Attenborough 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 08/01/2023 Home 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 08/07/2023 Snettisham 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2023 Cley 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 12/01/2023 Attenborough 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2023 Cley 46 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2023 Cley 47 Crane Grus grus 07/07/2023 Lakenheath D only 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Wells 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2023 Cley 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/05/2023 Boat of Garten 51 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 07/07/2023 Weeting 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 Wells 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/01/2023 Cley 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/01/2023 Cley 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 10/02/2023 Titchwell 56 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 15/05/2023 Cairngorm 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/02/2023 Titchwell 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 07/04/2023 Bennerley 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Wells 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/10/2023 Topsham 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2023 Wells 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/02/2023 Titchwell 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/01/2023 Cley 64 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 06/02/2023 Cley 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2023 Cley 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/05/2023 Insh 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 13/06/2023 Attenborough 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 05/05/2023 Bennerley 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 Wells 70 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 28/12/2023 Frampton 71 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 08/07/2023 Titchwell 72 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 05/02/2023 Morston 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2023 Cley 74 Knot Calidris canutus 08/07/2023 Snettisham 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/01/2023 Cley 76 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 08/09/2023 Cley 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 10/02/2023 Titchwell 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2023 Cley 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 27/03/2023 Flamboro’ 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 08/09/2023 Cley 81 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 20/05/2023 Beadnell 82 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 19/08/2023 Attenborough 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 20/05/2023 Beadnell 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 25/04/2023 Attenborough 85 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 20/05/2023 Banburgh 86 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 09/07/2023 Cley 87 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 27/03/2023 Bempton 88 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Wells 89 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 04/07/2023 Cley 90 Common Gull Larus canus 12/01/2023 Attenborough 91 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Wells 92 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Wells 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 12/01/2023 Attenborough 94 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 13/09/2023 Cley 95 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/03/2023 Bempton 96 Razorbill Alca torda 27/03/2023 Bempton 97 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/03/2023 Bempton 98 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/02/2023 Cley 99 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 17/05/2023 Lochindorb 100 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 27/03/2023 Filey 101 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 04/01/2023 Hustanton 102 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 14/10/2023 Pendeen 103 Gannet Morus bassanus 27/03/2023 Bempton 104 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Wells 105 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 27/03/2023 Flamboro’ 106 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 30/12/2023 Stiffkey 107 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 12/05/2023 Fairburn Ings 108 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 07/07/2023 Lakenheath 109 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2023 Wells 110 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 12/02/2023 Long Eaton 111 Great White Egret Ardea alba 06/02/2023 Holkham 112 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2023 Cley 113 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 13/05/2023 Insh 114 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 16/05/2023 Findhorn 115 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 26/01/2023 Rufford 116 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 08/02/2023 Cockney Cley 117 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2023 Cley 118 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/01/2023 Stiffkey 119 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 10/02/2023 Warham 120 Red Kite Milvus milvus 03/01/2023 Holkham 121 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 16/05/2023 Findhorn 122 Buzzard Buteo buteo 06/01/2023 Home 123 Barn Owl Tyto alba 27/03/2023 Bempton 124 Little Owl Athene noctua 07/03/2023 Locko 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 04/02/2023 Eldernell 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 04/02/2023 Eldernell 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 04/02/2023 Eldernell 128 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 23/01/2023 Codnor 129 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 01/07/2023 Trimmingham 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 13/01/2023 Cromford 131 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 24/01/2023 W. Hallam 132 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2023 Holkham 133 Hobby Falco subbuteo 13/06/2023 Attenborough 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 11/02/2023 Frampton 135 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 18/01/2023 Wollaton 136 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/01/2023 Holkham 137 Magpie Pica pica 04/01/2023 Holkham 138 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 09/10/2023 Cot Valley 139 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Wells 140 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2023 Cley 141 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 04/01/2023 Holkham 142 Raven Corvus corax 01/03/2023 Holkham 143 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/11/2023 Matlock 144 Coal Tit Periparus ater 18/01/2023 Home 145 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 15/05/2023 Nethybridge 146 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/02/2023 Lynford 147 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 10/08/2023 Wykeham Forest 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 05/01/2023 Home 149 Great Tit Parus major 12/01/2023 Attenborough 150 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 04/07/2023 Cley 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/02/2023 Cley 152 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 04/01/2023 Holkham 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2023 Tophill Low 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/04/2023 Attenborough 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/05/2023 Bennerley 156 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/04/2023 Attenborough 157 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 12/01/2023 Attenborough 158 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 13/05/2023 Killiecrankie 159 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 24/02/2023 Attenborough 160 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/05/2023 Bennerley 161 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita ********** ********** 162 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 25/04/2023 Attenborough 163 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12/05/2023 Fairburn Ings 164 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 11/04/2023 Pewit 165 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/06/2023 Attenborough 166 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 08/07/2023 Snettisham 167 Whitethroat Curruca communis 29/04/2023 Trent Meadows 168 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 16/10/2023 Alesbere common 169 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 08/02/2023 Santon Downham 170 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/02/2023 Home 171 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 18/01/2023 Wollaton 172 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 24/01/2023 Mapperley 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/06/2023 Sherwood Forest 174 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Wells 175 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 16/01/2023 Mapperley 176 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/03/2023 Holkham 177 Redwing Turdus iliacus 16/01/2023 Mapperley 178 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Wells 179 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 08/02/2023 Cockney Cley 180 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 01/05/2023 Shipley 181 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 06/07/2023 Scunthorpe 182 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2023 Cley 183 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 13/09/2023 Salthouse 184 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/05/2023 Craigellachie 185 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 03/06/2023 Sherwood Forest 186 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 25/04/2023 Attenborough 187 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2023 Cley 188 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2023 Filey 189 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 20/01/2023 Cromford 190 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 27/03/2023 Bempton 191 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2023 Wells 192 Dunnock Prunella modularis 05/01/2023 Home 193 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 03/05/2023 Bennerley 194 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 05/02/2023 Langham 195 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Wells 196 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2023 Holkham 197 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 15/05/2023 Aviemore 198 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 17/05/2023 Burghead 199 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Walsingham 200 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/02/2023 Cockney Cley 201 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 20/01/2023 Cromford D only 202 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 23/01/2023 Codnor 203 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 12/01/2023 Attenborough 204 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/02/2023 Cockney Cley 205 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 26/01/2023 Rufford 206 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/08/2023 Wykeham Forest 207 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 06/01/2023 Home 208 Siskin Spinus spinus 26/01/2023 Rufford 209 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/01/2023 Holkham 210 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/06/2023 Budby common 211 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 12/01/2023 Attenborough