Rhys Findlay-Robinson: Western Palearctic Year List 2023 IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 199 of 199 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 28/09/2023 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 24/01/2023 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/04/2023 Killington 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/01/2023 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/01/2023 6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 28/09/2023 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 05/01/2023 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 21/02/2023 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11/09/2023 Nottingham 10 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2023 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11/09/2023 Nottingham 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 01/05/2023 13 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2023 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/01/2023 15 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 05/01/2023 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 05/01/2023 18 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 05/01/2023 19 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 11/09/2023 Nottingham 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 05/01/2023 21 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 21/05/2023 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28/09/2023 23 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/01/2023 24 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 12/02/2023 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 20/05/2023 26 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 27 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 22/07/2023 Ben Lawers Range 28 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 12/12/2023 29 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 05/01/2023 30 Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara Tenerife 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 22/02/2023 32 Common Swift Apus apus 03/05/2023 33 Plain Swift Apus unicolor Tenerife 34 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 10/05/2023 35 Rock Dove Columba livia Tenerife 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 07/03/2023 37 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 38 Bolle's Pigeon Columba bollii Tenerife 39 Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae Tenerife 40 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 23/01/2023 42 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 23/01/2023 43 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 05/01/2023 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/04/2023 Killington 46 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 12/02/2023 47 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/06/2023 48 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 28/05/2023 49 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 28/05/2023 50 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 19/05/2023 51 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 25/05/2023 52 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 05/01/2023 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 26/09/2023 55 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/01/2023 56 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 18/01/2023 57 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/01/2023 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Tenerife 59 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 21/05/2021 60 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2023 61 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 26/09/2023 Frampton 62 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 27/09/2023 63 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 13/08/2023 64 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 28/09/2023 65 Red Knot Calidris canutus 27/09/2023 66 Ruff Calidris pugnax 26/09/2023 67 Sanderling Calidris alba 28/09/2023 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 28/05/2023 69 Little Stint Calidris minuta 13/08/2023 70 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 26/09/2023 Frampton 71 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 27/09/2023 Wells 72 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 26/09/2023 73 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 01/07/2023 74 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 25/05/2023 75 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 25/06/2023 76 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2023 77 Common Gull Larus canus 21/03/2023 78 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 09/01/2023 79 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Tenerife 80 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 25/06/2023 81 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 26/03/2023 82 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 01/07/2023 83 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 25/06/2023 84 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 25/06/2023 85 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 21/05/2023 86 Razorbill Alca torda 25/06/2023 87 Common Murre Uria aalge 21/05/2023 88 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 27/09/2023 89 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 25/06/2023 90 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 01/07/2023 91 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 21/05/2023 92 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 26/09/2023 Frampton 93 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 21/05/2023 94 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 05/01/2023 95 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/06/2023 96 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 13/08/2023 97 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/01/2023 98 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26/09/2023 99 Great Egret Ardea alba 13/08/2023 100 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 05/01/2023 101 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 19/04/2023 102 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus Chamonix 103 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 02/07/2023 104 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 12/01/2023 105 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 05/01/2023 106 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/03/2023 107 Red Kite Milvus milvus 22/03/2023 108 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 25/06/2023 109 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 110 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 17/09/2023 111 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 30/08/2023 112 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 10/05/2023 113 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Tenerife 114 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 04/07/2023 115 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2023 116 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius Chamonix 117 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 03/04/2023 Swindale 118 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 17/01/2023 119 Merlin Falco columbarius 23/09/2023 120 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 27/09/2023 121 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 21/06/2023 122 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 11/09/2023 Nottingham 123 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Tenerife 124 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2023 125 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 126 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Chamonix 127 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus Chamonix 128 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 129 Rook Corvus frugilegus 130 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 131 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/06/2023 132 Northern Raven Corvus corax Tenerife 133 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 04/12/2023 134 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2023 135 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 136 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 137 Willow Tit Poecile montanus Chamonix 138 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 139 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2023 140 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/03/2023 141 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/04/2023 142 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 143 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2023 144 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2023 145 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 18/03/2023 146 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 147 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 06/06/2023 148 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 02/04/2023 The Helm 149 Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis 150 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/03/2023 151 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 31/05/2023 152 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Tenerife 153 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 03/05/2023 154 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Tenerife 155 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 31/05/2023 156 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2023 157 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 158 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2023 159 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2023 160 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 161 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2023 162 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 07/01/2023 163 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2023 164 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 165 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 12/02/2023 166 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 25/04/2023 167 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 168 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2023 169 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/04/2023 170 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 171 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 10/04/2023 172 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 09/05/2023 173 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/03/2023 174 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 23/03/2023 175 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 07/01/2023 176 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 18/05/2023 177 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Tenerife 178 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 15/01/2023 179 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Chamonix 180 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2023 181 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 05/01/2023 182 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 17/01/2023 183 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 21/01/2023 184 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 03/05/2023 185 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 19/05/2023 186 Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii Tenerife 187 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 188 Tenerife Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea Tenerife 189 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 08/05/2023 190 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2023 191 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 16/01/2023 192 Twite Linaria flavirostris 28/06/2023 193 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 18/04/2023 194 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 14/04/2023 195 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 05/01/2023 196 Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria 197 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 12/02/2023 198 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 24/05/2023 199 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 17/03/2023