Keith Tinworth: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Year List 2023 BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 267 of 267 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 01/03/2023 Islay 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 28/01/2023 Brancaster 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 14/11/2023 Abberton 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 30/06/2023 Colney 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 43 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 44 Swift Apus apus 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 49 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 07/11/2023 Lindford 55 Crane Grus grus 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 58 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 59 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 60 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 61 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 62 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 63 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 22/04/2023 Welney 64 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 65 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 66 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 67 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 17/06/2023 Cley 68 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 69 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 70 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 71 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 72 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 06/05/2023 Newton 73 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 74 Curlew Numenius arquata 75 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 76 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 77 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 05/02/2023 Cley 78 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 79 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 80 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 01/06/2023 Spurn 81 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 82 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 01/10/2023 Wells 83 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 84 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 85 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 86 Redshank Tringa totanus 87 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 16/09/2023 Titchwell 88 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 89 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 90 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 91 Knot Calidris canutus 92 Ruff Calidris pugnax 93 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 94 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 95 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 03/10/2023 Frampton 96 Sanderling Calidris alba 97 Dunlin Calidris alpina 98 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 99 Little Stint Calidris minuta 100 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 101 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/10/2023 Frampton 102 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 103 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 21/05/2023 Hickling 104 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 16/06/2023 Hicking 105 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 26/09/2023 Arne 106 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 107 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 108 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 109 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 110 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 111 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 112 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 113 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 114 Common Gull Larus canus 115 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 116 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 117 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 118 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 119 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 120 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 121 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 122 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 123 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Skua 124 Puffin Fratercula arctica 125 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 126 Guillemot Uria aalge 127 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 128 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 129 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 130 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 131 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 132 Gannet Morus bassanus 133 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 08/09/2023 Redcar 134 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 135 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 136 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 05/11/2023 Stiffkey 137 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 138 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 139 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 140 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 141 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 04/01/2023 Welney 142 Great White Egret Ardea alba 143 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 144 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 145 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 20/07/2023 Horsey 146 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 147 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 148 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 149 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 150 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 151 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 152 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 30/01/2023 Warham green 153 Red Kite Milvus milvus 154 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 155 Buzzard Buteo buteo 156 Barn Owl Tyto alba 157 Little Owl Athene noctua 158 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 159 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 160 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 161 Hoopoe Upupa epops 03/05/2023 West runton 162 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 163 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 16/06/2023 Trimlingham 164 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 165 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 166 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 167 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 168 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 169 Merlin Falco columbarius 170 Hobby Falco subbuteo 171 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 172 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 173 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 174 Jay Garrulus glandarius 175 Magpie Pica pica 176 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 177 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 178 Rook Corvus frugilegus 179 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 180 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 181 Raven Corvus corax 182 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 183 Coal Tit Periparus ater 184 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 185 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 186 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 187 Great Tit Parus major 188 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 189 Woodlark Lullula arborea 190 Skylark Alauda arvensis 191 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 192 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 193 Swallow Hirundo rustica 194 House Martin Delichon urbicum 195 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 196 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 197 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 198 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 01/01/2023 Brancaster 199 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 200 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 28/10/2023 Holme 201 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 202 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 203 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 08/10/2023 Holme 204 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 11/05/2023 Titchwell 205 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 206 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 14/06/2023 Holme 207 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 208 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 18/08/2023 Blakney 209 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 210 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 211 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 212 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 213 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 214 Whitethroat Curruca communis 215 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 216 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 217 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 218 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 219 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 220 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 221 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 222 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 223 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 224 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 225 Redwing Turdus iliacus 226 Blackbird Turdus merula 227 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 228 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 229 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 230 Robin Erithacus rubecula 231 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 232 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 233 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 234 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 235 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 236 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 237 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 238 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 239 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 240 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 241 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 242 Dunnock Prunella modularis 243 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 244 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 245 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 246 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 247 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 19/04/2023 Dersingham 248 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 249 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 250 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 251 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 252 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 253 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 254 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 255 Twite Linaria flavirostris 256 Linnet Linaria cannabina 257 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 258 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 259 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 260 Serin Serinus serinus 261 Siskin Spinus spinus 262 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 263 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 264 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 265 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 266 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 25/10/2023 Flamborough 267 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus