David Robinson: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 294 of 294 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 26/01/2023 Hoylake 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 12/12/2023 Martin Mere Wetlands 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 07/03/2023 Alvechurch 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14/01/2023 Braides, Lancs 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2023 Cannop Ponds 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 24/01/2023 Finningley, Nott's 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14/03/2023 Moore NR 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 11/05/2023 Freiston RSPB 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 Cannop Ponds 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 04/03/2023 Otmoor 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Cannop Ponds 24 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 25 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22/04/2023 Frodsham Marshes 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24/01/2023 Melbourne 28 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 14/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex 29 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 30 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 09/05/2023 Filby Broad 31 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18/01/2023 Disley pool, Loughborough 32 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Cannop Ponds 33 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 34 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 04/03/2023 Farmborough Res 35 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 28/04/2023 Elie, Fife 36 Eider Somateria mollissima 07/01/2023 Llanfairfechan 37 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 07/01/2023 Rainbow Bridge 38 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11/02/2023 Llanddulas 39 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2023 Hoylake 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 25/04/2023 Cullen Harbour 41 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 42 Smew Mergellus albellus 43 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 24/04/2023 Whinfell Tarn 44 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/01/2023 West Kirby 45 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2023 West Kirby 46 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 05/01/2023 Knotbury 47 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 11/02/2023 Worlds End 48 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/02/2023 Checkley 49 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2023 Denhall Quay 50 Quail Coturnix coturnix 30/06/2023 Sandbach 51 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 06/01/2023 Checkley 52 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 08/05/2023 Westleton Heath 53 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 26/03/2023 Doxey Marshes 54 Swift Apus apus 30/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 55 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 08/05/2023 Cavenham Heath 56 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Slimbridge Feral 57 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 58 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Parkend 59 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 10/05/2023 Snettisham 60 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 61 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 62 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Cannop Ponds 63 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Cannop Ponds 64 Crane Grus grus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 65 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 66 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 24/04/2023 Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow 67 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 68 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 25/04/2023 Avielochan 69 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/03/2023 Newstead and Annesley CP 70 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 08/05/2023 Cavenham Heath 71 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 03/01/2023 Wallasey 72 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/04/2023 Blythfield 73 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 74 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/01/2023 Hoylake 75 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 76 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 22/08/2023 Glasson Marsh 77 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 09/05/2023 Chosely 78 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 07/01/2023 Rhos on Sea 79 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 16/03/2023 Lordship Lane, Fenton 80 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 81 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 02/05/2023 Long Nanny 82 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 17/04/2023 Hen Borth, Cemlyn 83 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 84 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/01/2023 West Kirby 85 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 86 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 21/03/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 87 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 31/01/2023 Tatton Park 88 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 89 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 90 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 14/10/2023 Porthellick 91 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21/09/2023 Elton Reservoir, Bury 92 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 30/09/2023 Cors Ddyga 93 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/04/2023 Blythfield Res 94 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 95 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 22/04/2023 Frodsham Marshes 96 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 97 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 26/09/2023 Frampton RSPB 98 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 09/01/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 99 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 09/01/2023 Parkgate 100 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2023 Wallasey 101 Knot Calidris canutus 03/01/2023 Hoylake 102 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 103 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 21/05/2023 Marshside RSPB 104 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 10/05/2023 Stiffkey 105 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 08/10/2023 Isles of Scilly 106 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/01/2023 Wallasey 107 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 108 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/01/2023 Wallasey 109 Little Stint Calidris minuta 21/05/2023 Marshside RSPB 110 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 18/02/2023 Slimbridge 111 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 09/08/2023 Martin Mere 112 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 08/08/2023 Afon Wen 113 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 02/05/2023 Long Nanny 114 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 29/04/2023 Blythfield 115 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 30/07/2023 Arne 116 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 14/04/2023 Marbury CP 117 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/04/2023 Pennington Flash 118 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 12/07/2023 Amble 119 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 11/04/2023 Rhos on Sea 120 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 25/03/2023 Old Moor RSPB 121 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 16/04/2023 Moelfre 122 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 18/08/2023 Belvide 123 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 124 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/03/2023 Sandbach Flashes 125 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 126 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 28/04/2023 Loch Turret 127 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 21/01/2023 Chasewater 128 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Parkend 129 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 21/01/2023 Chasewater 130 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 131 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 132 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 21/01/2023 Chasewater 133 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 08/08/2023 Afon Wen 134 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 19/09/2023 Rhos Point 135 Puffin Fratercula arctica 17/04/2023 South Stack 136 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 11/02/2023 Secret Bay, Llandudno 137 Razorbill Alca torda 07/01/2023 Little Orme 138 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/01/2023 Little Orme 139 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 07/01/2023 Old Colwyn 140 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 25/04/2023 Lochindorb 141 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 18/01/2023 Carsington Water 142 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 25/04/2023 Cullen Harbour 143 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 21/08/2023 Scillonian Crossing 144 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/01/2023 Little Orme 145 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 21/08/2023 Scillonian Crossing 146 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 21/08/2023 Scillonian Crossing 147 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 21/08/2023 Scillonian Crossing 148 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 16/04/2023 Moelfre 149 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 19/08/2023 Frampton RSPB 150 Gannet Morus bassanus 11/04/2023 Rhos on Sea 151 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 21/08/2023 Bishops Rock 152 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 153 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/01/2023 Little Orme 154 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 06/10/2023 St Mary's, Isles of f Scilly 155 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 25/03/2023 Old Moor RSPB 156 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 03/01/2023 Big Billinge 157 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 08/04/2023 River Calder, Ossett 158 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2023 Parkgate 159 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 02/06/2023 Duffield Carrs 160 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 07/02/2023 Old Brampton 161 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/01/2023 Parkgate 162 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 163 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 25/04/2023 Loch Insh 164 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 22/07/2023 Colne Point, Essex 165 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 26/04/2023 Findorn Valley 166 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 167 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 07/02/2023 Beeley 168 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/01/2023 Parkgate 169 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 26/01/2023 Parkgate 170 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 13/10/2023 Lower Moors, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 171 Red Kite Milvus milvus 07/02/2023 Beeley 172 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 18/06/2023 Loch na Keal 173 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Parkend 174 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/01/2023 Coalpit Lane , Middlewich 175 Little Owl Athene noctua 26/01/2023 Burton Point 176 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 177 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 18/03/2023 Swallow Moss 178 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/01/2023 179 Hoopoe Upupa epops 30/04/2023 Werrington, Staff's 180 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/01/2023 Spinnies 181 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 07/10/2023 Maypole, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 182 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 14/02/2023 Edwinstowe 183 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 184 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 31/01/2023 Tatton Park 185 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 186 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 03/06/2023 Attenborough NR 187 Merlin Falco columbarius 03/01/2023 Denhall Quay 188 Hobby Falco subbuteo 08/05/2023 Minsmere RSPB 189 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 190 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 10/01/2023 Ford Green 191 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 30/11/2023 Ramsley Moor/ Leash Fen 192 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 05/10/2023 Minions, Cornwall 193 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 16/05/2023 Portland 194 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 17/10/2023 Newford Duck Pond, St Mary's, Scilly 195 Jay Garrulus glandarius 09/01/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 196 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Parkend 197 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 11/02/2023 Great Orme 198 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Parkend 199 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 200 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Parkend 201 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 16/06/2023 Lochdon 202 Raven Corvus corax 03/01/2023 Parkgate 203 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 10/01/2023 Manchester Rd, Sheffield 204 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 205 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 25/04/2023 Loch Garton 206 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 21/01/2023 Aqualate Mere 207 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 05/01/2023 Tittersworth 208 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Parkend 209 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 210 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 08/05/2023 Minsmere RSPB 211 Woodlark Lullula arborea 18/03/2023 Budby Common 212 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/01/2023 Checkley 213 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 17/03/2023 Sandbach Flashes 214 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2023 E H F 215 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 216 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 11/04/2023 Conwy RSPB 217 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 09/02/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 218 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 219 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 06/05/2023 Cannock Chase 220 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 28/01/2023 Martin Mere 221 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 28/02/2023 Attenborough 222 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 28/10/2023 Flamborough 223 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 26/03/2023 Sandbach Flashes 224 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 225 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough 226 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 12/10/2023 Higher Town, St Martins 227 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 13/05/2023 Ham Wall RSPB 228 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 22/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 229 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 22/04/2023 BMW 230 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 14/06/2023 Lordship Lane S O T 231 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 232 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 233 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 04/05/2023 Tittersworth Res 234 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 15/10/2023 Tresco,Isles of Scilly 235 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 29/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 236 Whitethroat Curruca communis 29/04/2023 Endon, Staffordshire 237 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 08/05/2023 Dunwich Heath 238 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 27/01/2023 Quakers Coppice, Crewe 239 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 Slimbrdge 240 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 241 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 242 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 243 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 08/10/2023 Isles of Scilly 244 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Parkend 245 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 246 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 Parkend 247 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 248 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Parkend 249 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 250 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 22/03/2023 Marbury CP 251 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 09/05/2023 Titchwell 252 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 253 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 08/05/2023 Lackford Lakes 254 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 24/06/2023 Slimbridge 255 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/04/2023 Coombs Valley 256 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 14/01/2023 Knot End 257 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 09/04/2023 Rudyard Lake 258 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 22/04/2023 Frodsham Marshes 259 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 260 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/03/2023 Berry Hill Fields 261 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 07/01/2023 Llanfairfechan 262 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 263 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Parkend 264 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 265 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 04/04/2023 Blythfield Res 266 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 267 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Parkend 268 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 19/02/2023 Awre, Gloucestershire 269 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 270 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 10/04/2023 Hanchurch Woods 271 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 21/02/2023 Wharton Bank/Marsh 272 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/01/2023 Wallasey 273 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Parkend 274 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 31/01/2023 Tatton Park 275 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 01/01/2023 Parkend 276 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 07/01/2023 Conwy RSPB 277 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 30/05/2023 Kendal 278 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 Parkend 279 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/01/2023 Knot End 280 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2023 Denhall Quay 281 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 18/03/2023 Freckland Wood, Newstead Village 282 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 283 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/02/2023 Bod Petrywl 284 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 285 Siskin Spinus spinus 06/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 286 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 15/10/2023 Penninis, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 287 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/01/2023 Wallasey 288 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 28/01/2023 England Hill 289 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/01/2023 Vicarage Lane footpath, Sandbach 290 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 02/09/2023 Labrador Bay 291 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 16/10/2023 Normandy, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly 292 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough 293 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 Slimbridge 294 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 22/09/2023 St Govan's Head