Ian Barber: Cheshire Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 174 of 174 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 23/01/2023 Hoylake 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 03/02/2023 Sandbach flashes 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/01/2023 Lapwing hall pool 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula ********** ********** 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2023 Acres nook 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23/01/2023 Hoylake 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/11/2023 Burton mere wetlands 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 23 Smew Mergellus albellus 04/01/2023 Lapwing hall pool 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 23/01/2023 Leasowe 26 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 25/02/2023 Chimney 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 05/02/2023 Checkly 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 17/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/02/2023 Checkly 30 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2023 Neumann's 31 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 32 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 04/01/2023 Middlewich 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 19/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 38 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 40 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 41 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 23/03/2023 Lapwing hall pool 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 23/01/2023 Parkgate 43 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 05/05/2023 Burton mere wetlands 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/03/2023 Burton mere wetlands 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 23/01/2023 Hoylake 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 23/01/2023 Hoylake 48 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 22/03/2023 Sandbach flashes 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29/04/2023 Neumann's 51 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 52 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 19/04/2023 Acres nook 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 23/01/2023 Parkgate 54 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 27/03/2023 Burton mere wetlands 55 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 19/03/2023 Sandbach Flashes 56 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 09/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/02/2023 Sandbach flashes 60 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 23/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 23/01/2023 Burton mere rspb 62 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 27/03/2023 Burton mere wetlands 63 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18/04/2023 Acres nook 64 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 23/01/2023 New Brighton 65 Knot Calidris canutus 23/01/2023 Hoylake 66 Ruff Calidris pugnax 23/01/2023 Burton mere rspb 67 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11/09/2023 Burton mere wetlands 68 Sanderling Calidris alba 23/01/2023 Hoylake 69 Dunlin Calidris alpina 23/01/2023 Burton mere rspb 70 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 23/01/2023 New Brighton 71 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 21/09/2023 Hoylake 72 Little Stint Calidris minuta 01/09/2023 Burton mere wetlands 73 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 18/09/2023 Burton mere wetlands 74 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 04/05/2023 Sandbach Flashes 75 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 14/04/2023 Budworth mere 76 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2023 Sandbach Flashes 77 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 01/09/2023 Hoylake 78 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 19/04/2023 Acres nook 79 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 80 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/02/2023 Sandbach flashes 81 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2023 Middlewich 82 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 83 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 09/02/2023 Sandbach Flashes 84 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 85 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 86 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 25/02/2023 Sandbach flashes 87 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 15/11/2023 West kirby marine lake 88 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 89 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/09/2023 Parkgate 90 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 03/01/2023 Big billinge 91 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 30/05/2023 Sandbach Flashes 92 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 93 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 18/02/2023 Ince 94 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 95 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 96 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 13/07/2023 Sandbach Flashes 97 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 98 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 23/01/2023 Parkgate 99 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 15/11/2023 Parkgate 100 Red Kite Milvus milvus 23/03/2023 Sandbach flashes 101 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 102 Barn Owl Tyto alba 05/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 103 Little Owl Athene noctua 28/11/2023 Burton 104 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 21/01/2023 105 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 28/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 106 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 22/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 107 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 108 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 109 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/04/2023 Lapwing hall pool 110 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2023 Lapwing hall pool 111 Merlin Falco columbarius 15/11/2023 Burton mere wetlands 112 Hobby Falco subbuteo 09/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 113 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 114 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/08/2023 Poynton pool 115 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 116 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 117 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 118 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2023 Crewe 119 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 120 Raven Corvus corax 05/02/2023 Checkly 121 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 122 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 123 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 124 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 125 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 24/03/2023 Sandbach flashes 126 Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 127 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 128 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 19/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 129 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 130 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 25/03/2023 Sandbach Flashes 131 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 19/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 132 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/04/2023 Swan pit 133 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/04/2023 Middlewich 134 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 21/04/2023 Middlewich 135 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/01/2023 Middlewich garden 136 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 137 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 30/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 138 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2023 Middlewich 139 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 140 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 141 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 22/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 142 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 143 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 144 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 145 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 21/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 146 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 147 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 148 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 149 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 12/04/2023 Middlewich 150 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 24/05/2023 Little budworth country park 151 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 152 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/04/2023 Teggs nose 153 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 24/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 154 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 155 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/03/2023 Sandbach flashes 156 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 25/02/2023 Wildboarclough 157 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/01/2023 Lapwing hall pool 158 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 159 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 160 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/04/2023 Sandbach Flashes 161 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 162 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 163 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 164 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 08/09/2023 Garden 165 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 166 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/02/2023 Checkly 167 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 168 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 169 Linnet Linaria cannabina 17/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 170 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 171 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Sandbach flashes 172 Siskin Spinus spinus 22/01/2023 Sandbach Flashes 173 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 26/02/2023 Sandbach 174 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/01/2023 Sandbach flashes