Alban Cassidy: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 125 of 125 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 03/02/2023 Thurnham 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17/01/2023 Hyde Park 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11/02/2023 Marshway, Penwortham 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 17/01/2023 Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 29/01/2023 Lytham Quay 21 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 22 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2023 Formby Point 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 15/01/2023 Grasmere 26 Smew Mergellus albellus 10/01/2023 Lapwing Hall Pool, Chelford 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 06/01/2023 Over River Ribble, Preston 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 35 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 36 Coot Fulica atra 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 38 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 39 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 40 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 41 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/02/2023 Fairhaven Beach 42 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 43 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 44 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 45 Curlew Numenius arquata 46 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 29/01/2023 Lytham Quay 47 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 48 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 49 Redshank Tringa totanus 50 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/01/2023 Lytham Quay 51 Knot Calidris canutus 29/01/2023 Lytham Quay 52 Ruff Calidris pugnax 53 Sanderling Calidris alba 54 Dunlin Calidris alpina 29/01/2023 Lytham Quay 55 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 56 Common Gull Larus canus 57 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 17/01/2023 Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook 58 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 59 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 23/01/2023 M65 Services, Darwen 60 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 61 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 62 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 63 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 64 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 13/02/2023 Musselburgh 65 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 66 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 67 Great White Egret Ardea alba 68 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 69 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 70 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 71 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 72 Red Kite Milvus milvus 17/01/2023 South of Milton Keynes 73 Buzzard Buteo buteo 74 Barn Owl Tyto alba 21/01/2023 Eagland Hill/Nateby 75 Little Owl Athene noctua 76 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 19/01/2023 Whitebeam Close, Penwortham 77 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 17/01/2023 Preston-London Train 78 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 79 Merlin Falco columbarius 80 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 81 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 17/01/2023 Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook 82 Jay Garrulus glandarius 19/01/2023 Lower Penwortham, south of River Ribble 83 Magpie Pica pica 84 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 85 Rook Corvus frugilegus 86 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 87 Raven Corvus corax 14/01/2023 Staveley 88 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12/02/2023 Sighthill, Edinburgh 89 Coal Tit Periparus ater 90 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 15/02/2023 Leighton Moss 91 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 92 Great Tit Parus major 93 Skylark Alauda arvensis 94 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 15/02/2023 Leighton Moss 95 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 96 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/02/2023 Whitebeam Close, Penwortham 97 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 98 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 99 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 100 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 101 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 102 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 15/01/2023 103 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 104 Redwing Turdus iliacus 105 Blackbird Turdus merula 106 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 107 Robin Erithacus rubecula 108 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 21/01/2023 Knott End 109 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 110 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 111 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 112 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 113 Dunnock Prunella modularis 114 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 14/01/2023 Staveley 115 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 116 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 117 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 118 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 15/01/2023 Staveley 119 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 120 Linnet Linaria cannabina 29/01/2023 Lytham Quay 121 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 15/02/2023 Leighton Moss 122 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 123 Siskin Spinus spinus 14/01/2023 Staveley 124 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21/01/2023 Eagland Hill 125 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2023 Old Hallow Farm