Bernie Beck: Wales Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 205 of 205 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 09/02/2023 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 16/04/2023 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 09/02/2023 11 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 15/01/2023 Llangorse Lake,Powys Welsh Tick,first Welsh record 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 23/04/2023 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 03/12/2023 Marloes Mere,Pembrokeshire Welsh Tick 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 12/10/2023 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/05/2023 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 17/05/2023 32 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2023 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/05/2023 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 40 Coot Fulica atra 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 24/10/2023 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 28/04/2023 3 birds on the Western Scrapes, WWT Llanelli 46 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 17/01/2023 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 17/01/2023 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 49 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 13/06/2023 Morfa Bacas,Glamorgan Welsh Tick,viewed in Glamorgan but watched from in Carmarthenshire 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 28/10/2023 The Gann,Pembrokeshire 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 29/04/2023 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/04/2023 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 58 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/12/2023 59 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 15/02/2023 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 61 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 20/09/2023 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/04/2023 63 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/02/2023 64 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/08/2023 65 Redshank Tringa totanus 66 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 67 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 68 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 69 Knot Calidris canutus 23/01/2023 70 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/02/2023 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 13/09/2023 72 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 21/09/2023 St Govans Head,Pembrokeshire 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10/09/2023 76 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 30/05/2023 77 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 08/08/2023 Afon Wen,Gwynedd My second in Wales after the Cemlyn 88 bird,and my fourth in Britain 78 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 05/05/2023 79 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 27/08/2023 80 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 11/08/2023 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 16/07/2023 82 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 31/03/2023 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/04/2023 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 04/05/2023 85 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 86 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 87 Common Gull Larus canus 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 89 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 05/02/2023 90 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 91 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 92 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 30/07/2023 93 Puffin Fratercula arctica 04/05/2023 Carmarthenshire Tick 244 94 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 30/07/2023 Fishguard,Pembrokeshire 95 Razorbill Alca torda 04/05/2023 96 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/05/2023 97 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 98 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 99 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 30/07/2023 Strumble Head,Pembrokeshire 100 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/05/2023 101 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 30/07/2023 Strumble Head,Pembrokeshire Seen two birds,Welsh Tick 102 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 05/08/2023 Strumble Head,Pembrokeshire 4 birds past also a Great Shearwater 103 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 30/07/2023 Strumble Head,Pembrokeshire One sat on the sea 104 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 01/05/2023 105 Gannet Morus bassanus 30/04/2023 106 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 107 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/05/2023 108 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 109 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 29/04/2023 Welsh Tick 304,Carmarthenshire Tick 243 110 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 21/08/2023 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 114 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 18/04/2023 115 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 116 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 117 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 118 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 119 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 10/12/2023 WWT Llanelli Welsh Tick , A first for Carmarthenshire showed much better and for around 2 hours at the same site on 15 December. This time seen by others and not just me 120 Red Kite Milvus milvus 121 Buzzard Buteo buteo 122 Barn Owl Tyto alba 23/09/2023 Neyland Pembrokeshire 123 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 05/11/2023 124 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 28/05/2023 125 Hoopoe Upupa epops 04/04/2023 Carmarthenshire Tick 241 126 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 127 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 128 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 17/01/2023 130 Merlin Falco columbarius 131 Hobby Falco subbuteo 16/07/2023 132 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 133 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 23/09/2023 Skokholm Island British Tick,3rd British and first Welsh record 134 Jay Garrulus glandarius 135 Magpie Pica pica 136 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 01/05/2023 137 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 138 Rook Corvus frugilegus 139 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 140 Raven Corvus corax 141 Coal Tit Periparus ater 142 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 143 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 18/01/2023 144 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 145 Great Tit Parus major 146 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 04/04/2023 Ashpit Pond,3 birds ,found with Gary Harper Carmarthenshire Tick 242, first Carmarthenshire record since 12 Oct 1992 147 Skylark Alauda arvensis 148 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2023 149 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2023 150 House Martin Delichon urbicum 04/04/2023 151 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 152 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 153 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/04/2023 154 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2023 155 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 156 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2023 157 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 01/04/2023 158 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/04/2023 159 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 18/01/2023 160 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2023 161 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 30/04/2023 162 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2023 163 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 01/05/2023 164 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 28/01/2023 165 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 166 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 167 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 168 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 169 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 170 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 171 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 172 Redwing Turdus iliacus 173 Blackbird Turdus merula 174 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 175 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 21/05/2023 176 Robin Erithacus rubecula 177 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 29/04/2023 178 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 179 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 29/04/2023 180 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 13/05/2023 181 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 182 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/04/2023 183 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 04/02/2023 184 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 185 Dunnock Prunella modularis 186 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 187 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 188 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 189 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 190 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 09/04/2023 191 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 22/01/2023 192 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 193 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 194 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/11/2023 195 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 196 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 197 Linnet Linaria cannabina 198 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 199 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 05/11/2023 200 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 201 Siskin Spinus spinus 202 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 203 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 204 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 21/09/2023 St Govan's Head Pembs, 3rd and 4th British and 1st and 2nd Welsh records a 2nd individual on 24 Sept at Briton Ferry,Glamorgan British Tick 205 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 St Govans Head,Pembrokeshire British Tick, First British Record