Gavin Smith: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 170 of 170 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 12/01/2023 Ogston Reservoir Neighbouring field 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 24/02/2023 Carsington In the Kennelmeadow field behind Wildlife Centre 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 29/01/2023 Finningley From Fiftyeights Road 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/01/2023 Carburton Forge Dam 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 08/01/2023 Westwoodside Sanderson’s Bank Road 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 08/01/2023 Westwoodside Sanderson’s Bank Road 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 29/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Water Ski Pit 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Chainbridge Scrape (West) 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12/01/2023 Ogston Reservoir 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22/03/2023 DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands On Lowfield Flash 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Chainbridge Scrape (West) 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 17 Pintail Anas acuta 29/01/2023 Idle Washlands 18 Teal Anas crecca 11/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Chainbridge Scrape (West) 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 26/04/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] From Chainbridge Scrape (East) 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 11/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Linghurst Lake 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 16/04/2023 Old Moor RSPB From Wath Ings Hide 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 24 Scaup Aythya marila 02/02/2023 Thrybergh Country Park 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19/03/2023 New Whittington On Chesterfield Canal 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 11/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Chainbridge Scrape (West) 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 29/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Neatholme Fen 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 11/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Water Ski Pit 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 25/11/2023 Ogston Reservoir 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 16/11/2023 Totley Moss 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 08/01/2023 Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint From Limetree Avenue overlooking Great Lake 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 23/02/2023 Doncaster - IPORT LAKES Surrounding fields 33 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 03/06/2023 Whitesprings Forestry Commission, Darley Moor, Matlock. 34 Swift Apus apus 30/05/2023 Ogston Reservoir 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 07/05/2023 Beeley In the Moorlands between Bent Lane, Chesterfield Road & Flash Lane 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/02/2023 Old Moor RSPB 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30/12/2023 Ogston Reservoir 40 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 06/09/2023 Ogston Reservoir From the hide 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 42 Coot Fulica atra 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 13/01/2023 Carsington 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 16/11/2023 Orgreave Lake 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/03/2023 Carsington From the Visitor Centre 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/02/2023 Old Moor RSPB Family Hide 48 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 13/05/2023 Potteric Carr - Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Piper Marsh hide 13 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 23/02/2023 DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands Harlington Flash 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 09/06/2023 Ogston Reservoir 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 11/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Chainbridge Scrape (East) 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 18/05/2023 Idle Washlands From Slaynes Lane 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/03/2023 Annesley Pit Top 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 20/01/2023 Avenue Washlands 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 20/04/2023 Ogston Reservoir 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 22/03/2023 DEARNE VALLEY – Adwick Washlands On Harlington Flash 58 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 24/02/2023 Carsington Hopton End reed bed 59 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 03/06/2023 Whitesprings Forestry Commission, Darley Moor, Matlock. 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 19/02/2023 Ogston Reservoir 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 26/04/2023 Idle Washlands From Slaynes Lane 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 11/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Chainbridge Scrape (West) 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/05/2023 Ogston Reservoir Along shoreline of West Bank near Buoy 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 29/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Chainbridge Scrape (West) 65 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 26/04/2023 Idle Washlands From Slaynes Lane 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 31/05/2023 Ogston Reservoir 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 26/04/2023 Idle Washlands From Slaynes Lane 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 69 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/04/2023 Attenborough Nature Reserve Clifton Pit 70 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 20/04/2023 Attenborough Nature Reserve Clifton Pit 71 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 72 Common Gull Larus canus 15/02/2023 Wombwell Ings RSPB 73 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 15/02/2023 Old Moor RSPB 74 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 09/01/2023 Shillito Woods Neighbouring fields 75 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 12/07/2023 Carsington On Buoy near Watersports 76 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/02/2023 Old Moor RSPB 77 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 12/01/2023 Ogston Reservoir 78 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 13/01/2023 Carsington 79 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 80 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 16/04/2023 Old Moor RSPB In Field Pools and from Wath Ings Hide 81 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 16/04/2023 Ossett - West Yorkshire On the North bank of the River Calder 82 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 83 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 28/01/2023 Old Brampton 84 Great White Egret Ardea alba 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 85 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 11/01/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Bittern Pools 86 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 06/09/2023 Ogston Reservoir Juvenile 87 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 88 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/02/2023 Wombwell Ings RSPB 89 Red Kite Milvus milvus 08/01/2023 Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint From Limetree Avenue overlooking Great Lake 90 Buzzard Buteo buteo 08/01/2023 Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint From Limetree Avenue overlooking Great Lake 91 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/02/2023 Wombwell Ings RSPB 92 Little Owl Athene noctua 21/06/2023 Fields neighbouring Holy Trinity Church, Brackenfield, Derbyshire 93 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 07/02/2023 Wingerworth Flew directly over 18 Nether Close 94 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 13/05/2023 Potteric Carr - Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Piper Marsh hide 13 95 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/04/2023 Darley Dale Off Flash Lane 96 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 21/03/2023 Budby South Forest Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire - The RSPB 97 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 08/01/2023 Westwoodside Sanderson’s Bank Road 98 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 04/06/2023 Attenborough Nature Reserve Over Coneries from a distance 99 Hobby Falco subbuteo 26/04/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] From Chainbridge Scrape (East) 100 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 13/02/2023 Ogston Reservoir Feeding on a lapwing 101 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 23/07/2023 Chessington World Of Adventures 102 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 02/12/2023 3mls ENE of Baslow still this a'noon north of Ramsley Resr at Ramsley Moor viewed from gate on Fox Lane tho distant 103 Jay Garrulus glandarius 11/01/2023 Rufford Abbey Country Park 104 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 105 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 11/01/2023 Lound 106 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/01/2023 Bawtry Hall Off the the A638 107 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 108 Raven Corvus corax 29/01/2023 Finningley From Fiftyeights Road 109 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus ********** ********** 110 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 111 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 24/02/2023 Carsington Paul Stanley Bird Hide 112 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 13/01/2023 Carsington 113 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 114 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 115 Woodlark Lullula arborea 24/05/2023 Budby South Forest Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire - The RSPB 116 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20/01/2023 Avenue Country Park 117 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2023 Attenborough Nature Reserve Flying above Clifton Pit 118 Swallow Hirundo rustica 30/03/2023 Old Moor RSPB From Reedbed Hide 119 House Martin Delichon urbicum 26/04/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] From Chainbridge Scrape (East) 120 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 15/02/2023 Old Moor RSPB 121 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 122 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 02/03/2023 Attenborough Nature Reserve Just west of Attenborough NR at the east side of sewage works by railway line along concrete path. 123 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 16/04/2023 Ossett - West Yorkshire Trees along the River Calder 124 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/03/2023 Attenborough Nature Reserve 125 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/04/2023 Carsington Stones Island 126 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 18/05/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] From Chainbridge Scrape (East) 127 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 31/03/2023 Ogston Reservoir 128 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] In trees next to Hawthorn Lane 129 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] From Chainbridge Scrape (East) 130 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 02/03/2023 Attenborough Nature Reserve Just west of Attenborough NR at the east side of sewage works by railway line along concrete path. 131 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 20/01/2023 Avenue Washlands 132 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 20/01/2023 Avenue Washlands 133 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 09/01/2023 Shillito Woods 134 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 09/01/2023 Shillito Woods 135 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 136 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/02/2023 Flash Lane, Darley Moor, Matlock 137 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 20/01/2023 Avenue Country Park 138 Redwing Turdus iliacus 06/01/2023 Crosspool, Sheffield 139 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 140 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 08/01/2023 Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint From Limetree Avenue overlooking Great Lake 141 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 25/04/2023 Ogston Reservoir At the sailing club compound 142 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13/06/2023 Padley Gorge 143 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 144 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/05/2023 Padley Gorge 145 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 14/05/2023 Padley Gorge 146 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 13/06/2023 Eastern Moor by Barbrook Reservoir 147 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 29/01/2023 Idle Washlands 148 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 20/03/2023 Annesley Pit Top 149 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 26/09/2023 Dovedale 150 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13/01/2023 Carsington 151 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 152 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 153 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 26/04/2023 Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] Fields adjacent to Tiln North 154 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/01/2023 Carsington 155 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 08/01/2023 Idle Washlands 156 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 13/01/2023 Carsington 157 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 24/05/2023 Budby South Forest Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire - The RSPB 158 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 23/02/2023 Wombwell Ings RSPB 159 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 09/01/2023 Shillito Woods 160 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 21/03/2023 Newstead - Freckland Wood On feeders in South West corner of Freckland Wood 161 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 11/01/2023 Rufford Abbey Country Park 162 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 20/01/2023 Avenue Washlands 163 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 11/01/2023 Rufford Abbey Country Park 164 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/05/2023 Ogston Reservoir Car park 165 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 21/03/2023 Newstead - Freckland Wood On feeders in South West corner of Freckland Wood 166 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 21/03/2023 Newstead - Freckland Wood On feeders in South West corner of Freckland Wood 167 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Parkland Drive - Wingerworth 168 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/02/2023 Wombwell Ings RSPB 169 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 09/01/2023 Shillito Woods 170 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2023 Shillito Woods