Paul Cave: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 208 of 208 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/10/2023 Zink works Road, Hartlepool 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 15/01/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 10/02/2023 RSPB Saltholme 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 01/03/2023 Earsdon, Northumberland 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 15/01/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 18/02/2023 Newsham Lake, Newsham, North Yorkshire 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 15/01/2023 Greatham Tank Farm, Hartlepool 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15/01/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 16/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 26/03/2023 Newsham Lake, Newsham, North Yorkshire 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/02/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna ********** ********** 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15/01/2023 Zink Works Rd, Hartlepool 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15/01/2023 Dormans Pool, RSPB Saltholme 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15/01/2023 Seaton Common, Hartlepool 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15/01/2023 Seaton Common, Hartlepool 17 Pintail Anas acuta 15/01/2023 Dormans Pool, RSPB Saltholme 18 Teal Anas crecca 15/01/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 19 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 15/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 22/02/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 13/02/2023 Low Barns Nature Reserve 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22/02/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 23 Scaup Aythya marila 16/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 24 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/02/2023 Redcar, Cleveland 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 27 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 18/08/2023 Musselbrough Lagoons Scotland 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26/02/2023 Hartlepool Headland 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Docks 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25/02/2023 RSPB Saltholme 31 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 20/04/2023 Whinfell Tarn, Cumbria. 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 26/02/2023 River Tees Winston, Durham 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 12/02/2023 Greatham Creek, Hartlepool 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 01/04/2023 Cow Green reservoir, Co Durham 35 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 01/04/2023 Langdale Beck 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 11/03/2023 Zink Works Rd Hartlepool 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 11/03/2023 Zinc Works Rd Hartlepool 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/03/2023 Winston, Co Durham 39 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 13/04/2023 RSPB SALTHOLME 40 Swift Apus apus 30/04/2023 Newsham Lake, North Yorkshire 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 07/06/2023 Spurn Nature Reserve, West Yorkshire 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 15/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 05/01/2023 My Garden 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 05/01/2023 My Garden 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 19/02/2023 RSPB Saltholme 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 15/01/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 47 Coot Fulica atra 15/01/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 48 Crane Grus grus 15/11/2023 30 at RSPB Nene Washes. 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 12/03/2023 Holmefleet, Cowpen Marsh 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/11/2023 Seaton Snook, Hartlepool 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 09/10/2023 Hartlepool Headland 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/03/2023 Greatham Creek, Hartlepool 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 14/05/2023 Cowpen Marsh 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 15/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 01/05/2023 Low Newton by the Sea, Northumberland 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 15/01/2023 Seaton Common, Hartlepool 60 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton-by-the Sea, Northumberland 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 03/08/2023 Seaton Snook, Hartlepool 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/11/2023 Hartlepool Headland 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 22/02/2023 RSPB Saltholme 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 15/02/2023 RSPB Saltholme 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 23/02/2023 Greatham Creek, Hartlepool 67 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 02/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 69 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 17/10/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/06/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands, West Yorkshire 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 73 Knot Calidris canutus 03/08/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 13/08/2023 RSPB Saltholme 75 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 27/08/2023 RSPB Saltholme 76 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 27/08/2023 RSPB Saltholme 77 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 07/09/2023 RSPB Saltholme. 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 11/03/2023 Seaton Carew 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/05/2023 Low Newton by the Sea, Northumberland 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 07/06/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands, West Yorkshire 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 10/05/2023 Seaton Carew 83 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 26/04/2023 Brownsea Island NT Dorset 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 02/05/2023 RSPB SALTHOLME 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/05/2023 Seaton Carew 86 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 28/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme 87 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/08/2023 Hartlepool Headland 88 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/04/2023 RSPB SALTHOLME 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/02/2023 Hartlepool Headland 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15/01/2023 Newburn Bridge, Hartlepool 92 Common Gull Larus canus 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 95 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 18/08/2023 Musselbrough Lagoons Scotland 96 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 03/08/2023 Seaton Snook, Hartlepool 97 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 08/08/2023 Hartlepool Headland 98 Puffin Fratercula arctica 07/06/2023 Bempton RSPB 99 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 23/06/2023 Isle of Skye 100 Razorbill Alca torda 07/06/2023 Bempton RSPB 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 103 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 105 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/06/2023 Bempton RSPB 106 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 03/08/2023 Hartlepool Headland 107 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 12/04/2023 RSPB Saltholme 108 Gannet Morus bassanus 26/02/2023 Hartlepool Headland 109 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 06/09/2023 River Tees Estuary, Hartlepool 110 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 111 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 112 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 07/04/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 113 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 09/04/2023 Ossett, West Yorkshire, UK 114 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 15/01/2023 Greatham Creek, Hartlepool 115 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/10/2023 RSPB Saltholme 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 06/04/2023 RSPB Saltholme 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 15/01/2023 Seaton Common, Hartlepool 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/04/2023 Esthwaite Water, Cumbria. 119 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 21/06/2023 Tyndrum, Highland, Scotland 120 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/02/2023 Winston, Co Durham 121 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 15/01/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 122 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 23/06/2023 Isle of Skye 123 Red Kite Milvus milvus 22/07/2023 Harrogate 124 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 23/06/2023 Isle of Skye 125 Buzzard Buteo buteo 18/02/2023 Winston, Co Durham 126 Barn Owl Tyto alba 17/08/2023 Zink Works Rd, Hartlepool 127 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 15/11/2023 RSPB Nene Washes. 128 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 17/06/2023 Cowpen Marsh 129 Hoopoe Upupa epops 22/04/2023 Langdon Beck, Co Durham 130 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 19/02/2023 River Tees, Winston Co Durham 131 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 15/01/2023 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park 132 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/04/2023 Winston, Co Durham 133 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 15/01/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 134 Merlin Falco columbarius 06/04/2023 Cowpen Marsh, Hartlepool 135 Hobby Falco subbuteo 16/11/2023 Wickham St Paul, Essex 136 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 12/03/2023 RSPB Saltholme 137 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 06/06/2023 Spurn Nature Reserve, West Yorkshire 138 Jay Garrulus glandarius 15/01/2023 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park 139 Magpie Pica pica 11/01/2023 A689 into Hartlepool 140 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 14/01/2023 My Garden 141 Rook Corvus frugilegus Various places 142 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 08/01/2023 Seaton Common 143 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 21/06/2023 Tyndrum, Highland, Scotland 144 Raven Corvus corax 18/04/2023 Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria 145 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 16/11/2023 Wickham St Paul, Essex 146 Coal Tit Periparus ater 15/01/2023 My garden 147 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 06/01/2023 My garden 148 Great Tit Parus major 06/01/2023 My garden 149 Skylark Alauda arvensis 15/01/2023 Seaton Common, Hartlepool 150 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2023 RSPB Saltholme 151 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/03/2023 Winston, Co Durham 152 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/04/2023 Fens Estate, Hartlepool 153 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 25/04/2023 RSPB Saltholme 154 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 15/01/2023 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park 155 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 25/10/2023 RSPB Bempton, East Yorkshire 156 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 25/04/2023 RSPB Saltholme 157 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 25/03/2023 Winston, Co Durham 158 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 30/04/2023 Thorpe Farm, A66 North Yorkshire 159 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 07/06/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands, West Yorkshire 160 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 06/06/2023 Spurn Nature Reserve, West Yorkshire 161 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 30/04/2023 Thorpe Farm, A66 North Yorkshire 162 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2023 Winston, Co Durham 163 Whitethroat Curruca communis 02/05/2023 Dormans Pool, RSPB SALTHOLME 164 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 04/04/2023 Hartlepool Headland 165 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/04/2023 Hartlepool Headland 166 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 12/01/2023 My garden 167 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 12/02/2023 Winston, Co Durham 168 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 15/01/2023 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park 169 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 06/01/2023 My garden 170 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 15/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 171 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/04/2023 Middleton in Teasdale 172 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2023 A689 into Hartlepool 173 Blackbird Turdus merula 06/01/2023 My garden 174 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/01/2023 A689 into Hartlepool 175 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 22/04/2023 Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co Durham 176 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 03/05/2023 Snilesworth, North Yorkshire 177 Robin Erithacus rubecula 07/01/2023 My garden 178 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 03/05/2023 Snilesworth, North Yorkshire 179 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 28/04/2023 Seaford Head Nature Reserve, Sussex 180 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/01/2023 Zink Works Rd, Hartlepool 181 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 02/05/2023 Zinc Works Rd, Hartlepool 182 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 19/02/2023 River Tees, Winston, Co Durham 183 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 08/01/2023 My garden 184 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 07/01/2023 My garden 185 Dunnock Prunella modularis 07/01/2023 My garden 186 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 30/04/2023 Whorlton, River Tees, Co Durham 187 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 188 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 15/03/2023 Seaton Common Hartlepool 189 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/04/2023 Cow Green Reservoir, Durham 190 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 15/01/2023 Dormans Pool, RSPB Saltholme 191 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 14/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 192 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 07/01/2023 My garden 193 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 11/11/2023 Winston, Co Durham 194 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 08/02/2023 Bishop Middleham, Co Durham 195 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/02/2023 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park, 196 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 07/01/2023 My garden 197 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/02/2023 Seaton Snook, Hartlepool. 198 Linnet Linaria cannabina 18/02/2023 Zink Works Rd, Hartlepool 199 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 14/03/2023 Dormans Pool area, Teesside 200 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 14/03/2023 Dormans Pool area, Teesside 201 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 07/01/2023 Hartlepool Headland 202 Siskin Spinus spinus 15/10/2023 Winston Bridge, Co Durham 203 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 14/12/2023 South Gare, Redcar 204 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 07/06/2023 Bempton RSPB 205 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 15/01/2023 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park 206 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 25/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. 207 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 15/01/2023 Zink Works Rd, Hartlepool 208 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 27/04/2023 Seaford Head Nature Reserve, Sussex