Tom Hibbert: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 29/09/2023 Ross 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 08/01/2023 Budby 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 14/01/2023 Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint Eight (four first-winter) Russian White-fronts 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15/01/2023 Near Retford 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17/01/2023 Newark 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 17/02/2023 Shapwick Heath 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Retford 20 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20/04/2023 Idle Valley Drake on Chainbridge Scrape East 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 29/12/2023 Idle Valley Drake 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 26 Scaup Aythya marila 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 17/02/2023 Ham Wall Female 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/06/2023 Lymington 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18/08/2023 Spurn 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley Redhead 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 14/01/2023 Thoresby 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/07/2023 Northumberland 36 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 37 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 24/03/2023 Chapel Six Marshes, Lincs 38 Swift Apus apus 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 22/04/2023 Sherwood Forest 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Retford Feral 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Retford 43 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 19/08/2023 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Hayton 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30/06/2023 Gosforth 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 47 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 48 Crane Grus grus 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 17/02/2023 Burnham-on-Sea 52 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 17/02/2023 Burnham-on-Sea 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 56 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 29/09/2023 Monk’s House 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 05/08/2023 Frampton Marsh 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 17/02/2023 Burnham-on-Sea 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/08/2023 Frampton Marsh 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 22/04/2023 Sherwood Forest 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 17/02/2023 Ham Wall 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 30/06/2023 East Chevington 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley Two 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 17/02/2023 Burnham-on-Sea 70 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 07/10/2023 Frampton Marsh Juvenile 71 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 72 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 05/08/2023 Frampton Marsh 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 74 Knot Calidris canutus 05/08/2023 Frampton Marsh 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 76 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 77 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 23/05/2023 Idle Valley 78 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 03/09/2023 Marazion Juvenile on the beach with wader flock 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 17/02/2023 Burnham-on-Sea 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 29/09/2023 Stag Rock 82 Little Stint Calidris minuta 18/08/2023 Spurn 83 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 84 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 07/10/2023 Frampton Marsh Juvenile 85 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 01/07/2023 Long Nanny 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/06/2023 East Chevington 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/04/2023 Idle Valley 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 29/05/2023 Isle of Wight ferry 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 30/06/2023 East Chevington 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/01/2023 Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint Adult flew onto lake 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Retford 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 93 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 94 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 15/02/2023 Newark 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 18/08/2023 Spurn 98 Puffin Fratercula arctica 30/06/2023 East Chevington 99 Razorbill Alca torda 02/07/2023 Stag Rock 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 30/06/2023 East Chevington 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 18/08/2023 Spurn 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/06/2023 Shanklin, Isle of Wight 103 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 03/09/2023 Porthgwarra 104 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 18/08/2023 Spurn 105 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 03/09/2023 Porthgwarra 106 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 18/08/2023 Spurn 107 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 03/09/2023 Porthgwarra 108 Gannet Morus bassanus 109 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 110 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/07/2023 Stag Rock 111 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 17/02/2023 Ham Wall Two 112 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 06/05/2023 Frampton Marsh 113 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 17/02/2023 Ham Wall 114 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 17/02/2023 Ham Wall 115 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 17/02/2023 Ham Wall 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 118 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30/06/2023 Gosforth 119 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/08/2023 Retford Seen from my sofa! 120 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 02/06/2023 The New Forest 121 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/01/2023 Sherwood Forest 122 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 14/01/2023 123 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 2-3 124 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 125 Red Kite Milvus milvus 08/01/2023 126 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 127 Barn Owl Tyto alba 17/03/2023 Idle Valley Three 128 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 129 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 05/08/2023 Frampton Marsh 130 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 11/03/2023 Sherwood Roosting 131 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 15/02/2023 Newark 132 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 05/09/2023 Porthgwarra My first self-found Wryneck 133 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 29/01/2023 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/01/2023 Sherwood Forest 135 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 08/01/2023 Sherwood Forest 136 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Hayton 137 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 29/09/2023 Eglingham Moor 138 Merlin Falco columbarius 139 Hobby Falco subbuteo 29/05/2023 Ventnor, IoW 140 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 17/02/2023 Shapwick Heath 141 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 142 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 143 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Retford 144 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 03/09/2023 Porthgwarra 145 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Retford 146 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Hayton 147 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Retford 148 Raven Corvus corax 08/01/2023 Sherwood Forest 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater 08/01/2023 Sherwood Forest 150 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/01/2023 Sherwood Forest 151 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 152 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 153 Woodlark Lullula arborea 19/02/2023 Budby 154 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 155 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 24/03/2023 Wolla Bank 156 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2023 Edwinstowe 157 House Martin Delichon urbicum 158 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 21/01/2023 Thoresby 159 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 160 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 04/03/2023 Attenborough 161 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 28/10/2023 Flamborough Head 162 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2023 Clumber Park 163 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/02/2023 Newark 164 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough Head 165 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 15/04/2023 Attenborough 166 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 03/05/2023 Croxhall Lake 167 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 18/08/2023 Spurn One at Potato Fields, one at the Warren 168 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 30/06/2023 East Chevington 169 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2023 Clumber Park 170 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2023 Spalford Warren 171 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 03/05/2023 Newark 172 Whitethroat Curruca communis 01/05/2023 Budby 173 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 28/05/2023 The New Forest 174 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 175 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 08/01/2023 Sherwood Forest 176 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/01/2023 Sherwood Forest 177 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 178 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Hayton 179 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 180 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 08/01/2023 Budby 181 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 182 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 183 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 184 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 01/04/2023 Stanage Edge 185 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 28/05/2023 The New Forest 186 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 187 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 27/05/2023 Fineshade Wood 188 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 16/10/2023 189 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 190 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 22/04/2023 Sherwood Forest 191 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 03/09/2023 Marazion 192 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/01/2023 Budby 193 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 18/08/2023 Spurn 194 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/04/2023 Monsal Dale 195 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 30/06/2023 East Chevington 196 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Retford 197 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Retford 198 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 08/04/2023 Idle Valley 199 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/02/2023 Bradgate 200 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 201 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 202 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 22/04/2023 Sherwood Forest 203 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 30/05/2023 204 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 08/01/2023 Sherwood Forest 205 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 14/01/2023 Thoresby 206 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 21/01/2023 Thoresby 207 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 208 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 209 Twite Linaria flavirostris 24/03/2023 Theddlethorpe 210 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 211 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 28/10/2023 Flamborough Head 212 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 213 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/05/2023 The New Forest 214 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Idle Valley 215 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/01/2023 Sherwood Forest 216 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 14/05/2023 Totternhoe 217 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/01/2023 Budby 218 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough Head 219 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 Idle Valley