Harry Coghill: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 224 of 224 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 05/01/2023 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2023 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 24/08/2023 Tophill Low NR 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2023 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 21/12/2023 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2023 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 16/03/2023 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2023 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 02/01/2023 Redcar 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/01/2023 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/01/2023 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2023 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 02/01/2023 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 33 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 27/04/2023 Whinfell Tarn 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2023 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 05/01/2023 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/01/2023 40 Swift Apus apus 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 29/04/2023 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2023 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 49 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2023 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2023 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 19/01/2023 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2023 57 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 29/07/2023 Spurn 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2023 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2023 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 31/05/2023 Spurn 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 70 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 71 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 17/08/2023 72 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2023 73 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 21/12/2023 Swine moor 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 77 Knot Calidris canutus 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 10/06/2023 80 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 05/07/2023 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2023 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/01/2023 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 85 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 87 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 13/08/2023 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 90 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 26/06/2023 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 20/06/2023 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 94 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 95 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 96 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 97 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 19/08/2023 98 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 99 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 100 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 101 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 102 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 103 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 01/01/2023 104 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 19/07/2023 105 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 03/08/2023 106 Puffin Fratercula arctica 107 Razorbill Alca torda 108 Little Auk Alle alle 109 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 110 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2023 111 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 19/01/2023 112 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 113 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 19/08/2023 114 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 116 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 118 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 04/09/2023 Hunmanby gap, North Yorkshire 119 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2023 120 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/01/2023 121 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 122 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 123 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 21/04/2023 124 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 125 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 126 Great White Egret Ardea alba 127 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2023 128 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 129 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 09/01/2023 130 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 132 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2023 133 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/01/2023 134 Little Owl Athene noctua 135 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 136 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/01/2023 137 Hoopoe Upupa epops 29/09/2023 138 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 139 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 140 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 141 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 142 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 07/01/2023 143 Merlin Falco columbarius 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 146 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 11/06/2023 147 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 148 Jay Garrulus glandarius 149 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 150 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 151 Rook Corvus frugilegus 152 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 153 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 23/04/2023 154 Raven Corvus corax 155 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 21/11/2023 156 Coal Tit Periparus ater 09/01/2023 157 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 158 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 159 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2023 160 Great Tit Parus major 04/01/2023 161 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 162 Skylark Alauda arvensis 163 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 16/03/2023 164 Swallow Hirundo rustica 165 House Martin Delichon urbicum 166 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 167 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 168 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 169 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 170 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 171 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/03/2023 172 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 25/04/2023 173 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 174 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 12/06/2023 175 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 176 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 25/04/2023 177 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 178 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 179 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 180 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 181 Whitethroat Curruca communis 182 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2023 183 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 184 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 185 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 186 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 187 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 09/01/2023 188 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2023 189 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 190 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2023 191 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 192 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 21/12/2023 Tophill low 193 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 194 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2023 195 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 196 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 21/04/2023 197 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 198 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 199 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 200 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 201 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 202 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2023 203 Dunnock Prunella modularis 204 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 205 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 206 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2023 207 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 208 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 209 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 210 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 211 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 09/01/2023 212 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 14/01/2023 213 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 31/03/2023 Sizergh Castle 214 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 215 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 27/05/2023 216 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 09/01/2023 217 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/11/2023 218 Linnet Linaria cannabina 219 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 220 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 221 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 05/01/2023 222 Siskin Spinus spinus 223 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 224 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2023