John Walshe: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 230 of 230 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/02/2023 Slimbridge WWT c.150 cat C2 birds with a Ross's Goose & a 'blue' Snow Goose 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/02/2023 Slimbridge WWT 161 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 05/02/2023 Slimbridge WWT 88 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15/01/2023 Cambridgeshire Fens 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 12/03/2023 Foryd Bay, Gwynedd drake 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26/03/2023 Welney pair 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 29/01/2023 Shapwick Heath NNR, Somerset drake 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29/12/2023 Hayle Estuary drake 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 11/02/2023 Blagdon Lake, Somerset drake 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 18/02/2023 Slimbridge WWT drake 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 28/12/2023 Lower Tamar Lake 3 drake & 2 duck 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 11/03/2023 Anglesey 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 11/03/2023 Anglesey 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 11/02/2023 Barrow Gurney, Bristol drake 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 15/01/2023 Eyebrook Reservoir, Leics. 13, 9 drake, my largest flock for decades 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 15/01/2023 Eyebrook Reservoir, Leics. drake 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 26/07/2023 Teesdale 37 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 26/07/2023 Teesdale 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Quail Coturnix coturnix 05/05/2023 Choseley heard only 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 24/06/2023 Tidenham Chase, Glos. 43 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 25/03/2023 Cromer GC 2 44 Swift Apus apus 30/04/2023 Ham Wall RSPB 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/05/2023 Baston & Langtoft heard only 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 49 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 05/05/2023 Snettisham 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 05/02/2023 Slimbridge WWT 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Crane Grus grus 05/02/2023 Slimbridge WWT 15, 2 imm 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 57 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 15/01/2023 Rutland Water 58 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/02/2023 Poole Harbour 59 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 26/03/2023 Weeting Heath NWT 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 61 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 05/05/2023 Frampton Marshes 2 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 65 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 05/05/2023 Choseley 11 66 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 67 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/03/2023 Steart Marshes 68 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 69 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 02/05/2023 Low Newton, Northumberland 1st UK record 70 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2023 Ham Wall RSPB 14 71 Curlew Numenius arquata 72 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 73 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 74 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 25/03/2023 Cley - Serpentine 75 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 27/05/2023 Forest of Dean 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 77 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/02/2023 CVL 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/03/2023 Wombwell Ings, Yorks 79 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 05/05/2023 Frampton Marshes 80 Redshank Tringa totanus 81 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 18/02/2023 Poole Harbour 82 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 83 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 84 Knot Calidris canutus 13/03/2023 Splatt Bridge, Glos 85 Ruff Calidris pugnax 16/04/2023 Ham Wall 86 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 05/05/2023 Frampton Marshes 2 87 Sanderling Calidris alba 22/03/2023 Brockhall GPs, Herefordshire 88 Dunlin Calidris alpina 89 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 28/01/2023 Milford on Sea, Hants 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/05/2023 Frampton Marshes 2 91 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 18/02/2023 Slimbridge WWT, 1st winter first winter record for UK? 92 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 16/04/2023 Steart Marshes 93 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 16/04/2023 Ferrybridge 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 05/05/2023 Baston & Langtoft 95 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 28/08/2023 Arne, Dorset 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/05/2023 Titchwell 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/04/2023 Portland Bill 98 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 19/03/2023 Clevedon 99 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 15/01/2023 Rutland Water adult 100 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 28/01/2023 Southmoor NR, Hants superb adult summer 101 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 29/12/2023 Marazion 1st winter 102 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 103 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15/01/2023 Dernford Farm, Cambs 104 Common Gull Larus canus 105 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 29/12/2023 Hayle Estuary returning adult 106 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 107 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 15/01/2023 Dernford Farm, Cambs 108 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 109 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 110 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/01/2023 Dernford Farm, Cambs adult, kumlieni 111 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 16/09/2023 South Gare 112 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 11/03/2023 Anglesey 113 Razorbill Alca torda 19/02/2023 Portland Bill 114 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 19/02/2023 Portland Bill 115 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 12/03/2023 Llanddulas 116 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 11/03/2023 Anglesey 117 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 15/01/2023 Rutland Water 2 juveniles 118 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 119 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 14/04/2023 Portland Bill 120 Gannet Morus bassanus 121 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 16/09/2023 South Gare 122 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 123 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 124 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 28/01/2023 Titchfield, Hants 125 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 18/02/2023 Poole Harbour 126 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 16/04/2023 Ham Wall 127 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 128 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 129 Great White Egret Ardea alba 130 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 131 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/07/2023 Foulshaw Moss 132 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 133 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 26/02/2023 FoD 134 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 135 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 25/07/2023 Northern England 2 imm male 136 Red Kite Milvus milvus 137 Buzzard Buteo buteo 138 Barn Owl Tyto alba 15/01/2023 Eldernell, Cambs 139 Little Owl Athene noctua 19/02/2023 Portland Bill 140 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 15/01/2023 Eldernell, Cambs 141 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 15/01/2023 Eldernell, Cambs 142 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Garden 143 Hoopoe Upupa epops 15/04/2023 Portland 144 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 145 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 146 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 147 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 148 Hobby Falco subbuteo 01/05/2023 Ham Wall RSPB 15 149 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/02/2023 Slimbridge WWT imm fem. 150 Jay Garrulus glandarius 151 Magpie Pica pica 152 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 11/03/2023 Anglesey 153 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 154 Rook Corvus frugilegus 155 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 156 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 11/03/2023 Anglesey 157 Raven Corvus corax 158 Coal Tit Periparus ater 159 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 160 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 28/12/2023 Lower Tamar Lake 161 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 162 Great Tit Parus major 163 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 05/05/2023 Titchwell 164 Woodlark Lullula arborea 26/03/2023 Santon Downham 165 Skylark Alauda arvensis 166 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 28/01/2023 Hurst Castle Spit, Hants 167 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/03/2023 Shapwick Heath NNR 200 168 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2023 Goldcliff Pools NR 169 House Martin Delichon urbicum 16/04/2023 Ham Wall 170 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/02/2023 Goldcliff Pools NR 171 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 172 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 22/04/2023 Great Doward 173 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 29/01/2023 Compton Dando STW, Somerset very showy bird on filtration bed. 174 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 05/03/2023 Attenborough NR, Notts singing male 175 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2023 Garway Hill 176 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita colybitta & tristis Attenborough NR 5/3 177 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 30/04/2023 Ham Wall RSPB 178 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 25/03/2023 Cley 179 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 14/04/2023 Lodmoor 180 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 05/05/2023 Baston & Langtoft 181 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2023 Garden 182 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2023 Ham Wall RSPB 183 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 05/05/2023 Titchwell 184 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15/04/2023 Portland 185 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 04/02/2023 Goldcliff Pools NR female 186 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/02/2023 Broadsands, Devon 187 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 188 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 189 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 190 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 191 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 192 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 193 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 194 Redwing Turdus iliacus 195 Blackbird Turdus merula 196 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 197 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 27/07/2023 Foulshaw Moss 198 Robin Erithacus rubecula 199 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 14/04/2023 Lodmoor 200 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 05/02/2023 Gloucester Cathedral male 201 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 08/04/2023 Garway Hill 202 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/04/2023 Portland 203 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 204 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 08/04/2023 Garway Hill 205 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 25/02/2023 River Arrow, Pembridge 206 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 26/03/2023 Welney 207 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 208 Dunnock Prunella modularis 209 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 16/04/2023 Steart Marshes flava & flavissima 210 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 211 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarellii & alba 212 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 213 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 22/04/2023 Crabtree Hill 214 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 05/03/2023 Wombwell Ings, Yorks 215 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 216 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 217 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 25/02/2023 Shobdon Court, Herefordshire 218 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 219 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 220 Linnet Linaria cannabina 221 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 13/03/2023 Slimbridge WWT 222 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 223 Siskin Spinus spinus 224 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 12/03/2023 Kinmel Bay 225 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 04/03/2023 Marshfield, Gloucestershire 226 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 25/02/2023 Wapley Hill, Herefordshire 227 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 12/02/2023 Broadsands, Devon 228 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 29/12/2023 Tremethick Cross, 3 229 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 230 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 21/09/2023 St Gowans Head, Pembrokeshire