Gavin Orr: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 15/04/2023 Minsmere 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 08/01/2023 STA 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 08/01/2023 STA 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 08/01/2023 STA 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 08/01/2023 STA 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/03/2023 STA 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 08/01/2023 STA 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 19/03/2023 Pontefract Park 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16/04/2023 Thorpness 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 08/01/2023 STA 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16/04/2023 Thorpness 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15/04/2023 Minsmere 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 08/01/2023 STA 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 08/01/2023 STA 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 08/01/2023 STA 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 14/10/2023 Beacon Ponds 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 08/01/2023 STA 18 Pintail Anas acuta 22/02/2023 STA 19 Teal Anas crecca 08/01/2023 STA 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 08/01/2023 STA 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21/04/2023 Old Moor 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 08/01/2023 STA 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 02/01/2023 REDCAR 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/01/2023 REDCAR 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/01/2023 REDCAR 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2023 REDCAR 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/10/2023 Kilnsea 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 08/01/2023 STA 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2023 STA 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2023 REDCAR 31 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 10/08/2023 Cairn Gorm 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/01/2023 STA 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 18/01/2023 PONTEPARK 34 Quail Coturnix coturnix 10/06/2023 Pontefract Park 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 14/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 36 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 04/07/2023 Strensall Common 37 Swift Apus apus 21/04/2023 Old Moor 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 07/05/2023 STA 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 08/01/2023 STA 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/01/2023 STA 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 08/01/2023 STA 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 08/01/2023 STA 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 08/01/2023 STA 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 08/01/2023 STA 45 Coot Fulica atra 08/01/2023 STA 46 Crane Grus grus 16/04/2023 Minsmere 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/01/2023 STA 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/01/2023 STA 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 22/03/2023 STA 50 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 14/04/2023 Minsmere 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2023 REDCAR 52 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 07/05/2023 STA 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 15/04/2023 Minsmere 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 06/05/2023 STA 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 08/01/2023 STA 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2023 REDCAR 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/04/2023 STA 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 08/01/2023 STA 59 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 14/04/2023 Summer Leays 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 27/04/2023 Old Moor 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 08/01/2023 STA 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 04/05/2023 Old Moor 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 22/02/2023 STA 64 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/10/2023 Spurn 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/01/2023 STA 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 08/01/2023 STA 67 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/05/2023 STA 68 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 24/08/2023 Old Moor 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 24/08/2023 Old Moor 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2023 REDCAR 71 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 17/04/2023 Blythburgh 72 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 09/05/2023 Old Moor 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2023 REDCAR 74 Knot Calidris canutus 15/10/2023 Easington 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 17/04/2023 Frampton 76 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 10/09/2023 Spurn 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2023 REDCAR 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 08/01/2023 STA 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/01/2023 REDCAR 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 30/05/2023 STA 81 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 06/09/2023 Tophill Low 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/05/2023 Old Moor 83 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 30/05/2023 STA 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 09/09/2023 Spurn 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 14/04/2023 Summer Leays 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 15/04/2023 Minsmere 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 09/09/2023 Spurn 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/03/2023 STA 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 08/01/2023 STA 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 04/04/2023 STA 91 Common Gull Larus canus 08/01/2023 STA 92 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 11/02/2023 STA 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 08/01/2023 STA 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 08/01/2023 STA 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/02/2023 Pontefract Park 96 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 06/09/2023 Hunmanby 97 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 16/09/2023 Flamborough Head 98 Puffin Fratercula arctica 09/07/2023 Bempton Cliffs 99 Razorbill Alca torda 09/07/2023 Bempton Cliffs 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 09/07/2023 Bempton Cliffs 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2023 REDCAR 102 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 04/04/2023 STA 103 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 15/04/2023 Minsmere 104 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 16/09/2023 Flamborough Head 105 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 08/09/2023 Spurn 106 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 06/09/2023 Hunmanby 107 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 16/09/2023 Flamborough Head 108 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 109 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 17/09/2023 South Gare 110 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2023 REDCAR 111 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/01/2023 REDCAR 112 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 14/11/2023 STA 113 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 07/04/2023 STA 114 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 22/02/2023 STA 115 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 10/04/2023 Otley 116 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 11/02/2023 STA 117 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 02/06/2023 North Duffield Carrs 118 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/10/2023 Fairburn Ings 119 Great White Egret Ardea alba 25/01/2023 STA 120 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 08/01/2023 STA 121 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/08/2023 Abernethy 122 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/01/2023 STA 123 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 04/08/2023 Abernethy 124 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 08/01/2023 STA 125 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/11/2023 Buckton 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus 08/01/2023 STA 127 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 11/08/2023 Findhorn Valley 128 Buzzard Buteo buteo 08/01/2023 STA 129 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/01/2023 STA 130 Little Owl Athene noctua 08/01/2023 STA 131 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 132 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 16/04/2023 Thorpness 133 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 27/07/2023 Abernethy 134 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 25/01/2023 STA 135 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 21/03/2023 Sherwood 136 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/01/2023 STA 137 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 08/01/2023 STA 138 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 08/01/2023 STA 139 Merlin Falco columbarius 09/09/2023 Spurn 140 Hobby Falco subbuteo 08/09/2023 Spurn 141 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 03/02/2023 OLD MOOR 142 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/12/2023 STA 143 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/01/2023 STA 144 Magpie Pica pica 08/01/2023 STA 145 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 08/01/2023 STA 146 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/01/2023 STA 147 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 08/01/2023 STA 148 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/07/2023 Aviemore 149 Raven Corvus corax 15/04/2023 Minsmere 150 Coal Tit Periparus ater 08/01/2023 STA 151 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 25/07/2023 Loch Garten 152 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 21/03/2023 Sherwood 153 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 31/12/2023 Pontefract Park 154 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 08/01/2023 STA 155 Great Tit Parus major 08/01/2023 STA 156 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 17/01/2023 STA 157 Woodlark Lullula arborea 21/03/2023 Budby 158 Skylark Alauda arvensis 08/01/2023 STA 159 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 18/03/2023 Pontefract Park 160 Swallow Hirundo rustica 15/04/2023 Minsmere 161 House Martin Delichon urbicum 16/04/2023 Thorpness 162 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 08/01/2023 STA 163 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 08/01/2023 STA 164 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 15/10/2023 Easington 165 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 21/03/2023 Pontefract Park 166 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/01/2023 LEMONROYD 167 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 15/04/2023 Minsmere 168 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 21/04/2023 Old Moor 169 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 18/06/2023 Calder Wetlands 170 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 15/04/2023 Minsmere 171 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 24/01/2023 Garden Female 172 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 04/05/2023 Old Moor 173 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 09/09/2023 Spurn 174 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 04/05/2023 Old Moor 175 Whitethroat Curruca communis 05/09/2023 Pontefract Park 176 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 15/04/2023 Westleton Heath 177 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 08/01/2023 STA 178 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 08/01/2023 STA 179 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/01/2023 STA 180 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/01/2023 STA 181 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 08/01/2023 STA 182 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/01/2023 STA 183 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 08/01/2023 STA 184 Redwing Turdus iliacus 08/01/2023 STA 185 Blackbird Turdus merula 08/01/2023 STA 186 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 08/01/2023 STA 187 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 19/10/2023 Spurn 188 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15/06/2023 Bempton Cliffs 189 Robin Erithacus rubecula 08/01/2023 STA 190 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 17/04/2023 Westleton Heath 191 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 16/04/2023 Sizewell 192 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 02/09/2023 STA 193 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/05/2023 Pontefract Park 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/01/2023 STA 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 25/03/2023 STA 196 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 29/07/2023 Boat of Garten 197 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 14/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 198 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 08/01/2023 STA 199 Dunnock Prunella modularis 08/01/2023 STA 200 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 14/04/2023 Summer Leays 201 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 08/01/2023 STA 202 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 08/01/2023 STA 203 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 08/01/2023 STA 204 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 27/07/2023 Nethy Bridge 205 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 08/01/2023 LEMONROYD 206 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 08/01/2023 STA 207 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 03/04/2023 Bempton Cliffs 208 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 08/01/2023 STA 209 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 08/01/2023 STA 210 Twite Linaria flavirostris 30/10/2023 Flamborough 211 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2023 SOUTH GARE 212 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 08/01/2023 STA 213 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 06/08/2023 Loch Mallachie 214 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 08/01/2023 STA 215 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/01/2023 STA 216 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 10/08/2023 Cairn Gorm 217 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 16/05/2023 Bempton Cliffs 218 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 08/01/2023 STA 219 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/01/2023 STA