Samuel Handy: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 209 of 209 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 30/09/2023 Ross, Northumberland 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 30/12/2023 Lampton Pools, Washington 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 08/01/2023 Redcar, Cleaveland 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 26/12/2023 Widdrington Moor Lake, Northumberland 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 35 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 15/10/2023 RSPB Saltholme 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 47 Coot Fulica atra 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21/10/2023 South Shields 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 73 Knot Calidris canutus 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 75 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 76 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 14/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 77 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 09/09/2023 RSPB Saltholme 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 83 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 84 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 87 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 93 Common Gull Larus canus 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Hartlepool Headland Juvenile 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 96 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 98 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 99 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 100 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 101 Puffin Fratercula arctica 102 Razorbill Alca torda 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 105 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 107 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 108 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 27/08/2023 Newbiggen-by-the-sea 109 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 110 Gannet Morus bassanus 111 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 06/09/2023 Seaton Snook 112 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 113 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 114 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 115 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 116 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 117 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 118 Great White Egret Ardea alba 31/01/2023 119 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 120 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 121 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 28/05/2023 Raptor Viewpoint, Troutsdale 122 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 123 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 124 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 125 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus 127 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 22/10/2023 Cowpen Marsh, RSPB Saltholme 128 Buzzard Buteo buteo 129 Barn Owl Tyto alba 130 Little Owl Athene noctua 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 132 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/05/2023 South Shields 133 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 135 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 136 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 137 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 138 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 139 Jay Garrulus glandarius 140 Magpie Pica pica 141 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 142 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 143 Rook Corvus frugilegus 144 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 145 Raven Corvus corax 146 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 31/01/2023 Ingelby Barwick 147 Coal Tit Periparus ater 148 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 149 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 150 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 151 Great Tit Parus major 152 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 153 Skylark Alauda arvensis 154 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 26/12/2023 Newbiggen-by-the-sea, Northumberland 155 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 156 Swallow Hirundo rustica 157 House Martin Delichon urbicum 158 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 159 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 160 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 161 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 162 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 163 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme Heard Only 164 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 165 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 166 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 17/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme Heard Only 167 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 17/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme Heard Only 168 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 169 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 170 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 171 Whitethroat Curruca communis 172 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 173 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 174 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 175 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 176 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 177 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 178 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 179 Redwing Turdus iliacus 180 Blackbird Turdus merula 181 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 182 Robin Erithacus rubecula 183 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 184 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 185 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 186 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 187 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 188 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 189 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 190 Dunnock Prunella modularis 191 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 192 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 193 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 194 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 195 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 28/05/2023 Raptor Viewpoint, Troutsdale 196 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 197 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 198 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 199 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 200 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 201 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 202 Twite Linaria flavirostris 203 Linnet Linaria cannabina 204 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 205 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/05/2023 Raptor Viewpoint, Troutsdale 206 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 207 Siskin Spinus spinus 208 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 209 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus