Anthony Reed: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 280 of 280 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 22/10/2023 Easington, Spurn 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 19/03/2023 Saltholme 19 adults 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 19/03/2023 Holywood , Northumberland Ad 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2023 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/01/2023 Welbeck 8 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus ********** ********** 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2023 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11/01/2023 Lound 5 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 30/04/2023 Welbeck 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 22/01/2023 Finningley Gravel Pits Female 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13/05/2023 Chainbridge East 2 - M and F 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 15/10/2023 Tophill low Female 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 29/01/2023 Shapwick heath 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 22 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 23 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22/04/2023 Lound, Chainbridge East Male 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 11/01/2023 Lound 3, 2 male 1 female 26 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 18/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir Male 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 26/12/2023 Lound, Male 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/02/2023 Low Barns, Durham Female 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 31 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2023 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 26/12/2023 Slaynes Lane, North Male 33 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/02/2023 Redcar 2nd year male 34 Eider Somateria mollissima 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 35 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Lower Largo, Fife Adult male x 2, 1 Female 36 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 37 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 1 38 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 07/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife Adult male 39 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 41 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 42 Smew Mergellus albellus 12/02/2023 Neatholme Fen, Lound, Notts Female 43 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 03/05/2023 Winfell Tarn Male 44 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2023 45 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 46 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 19/02/2023 Langdon Beck 47 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus ********** ********** 48 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 19/02/2023 Langdon Beck 49 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 19/01/2023 Near Hemsworth 50 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 51 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 14/01/2023 Hull 52 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 02/06/2023 Budby Common 1 sat in tree 53 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 21/03/2023 Easington, Spurn 54 Swift Apus apus 03/05/2023 55 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 18/11/2023 Winterton by the sea Juvenile 56 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/04/2023 Lound 57 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 58 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14/01/2023 Hull 59 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 60 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 13/05/2023 Walters Lane, Lound 2 on grit 61 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 62 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2023 63 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 64 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 65 Crane Grus grus 16/04/2023 Nene washes 2 66 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 67 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 07/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 2 68 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 69 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 09/04/2023 Loch Ruthven 3 adults 70 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 15/10/2023 Tophill low 71 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 16/04/2023 Cavenham heath 2 adults 72 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 11/01/2023 Lound 73 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 05/05/2023 Slaynes Lane 2 birds 74 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 29/01/2023 Burnham on sea 75 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 29/01/2023 Burnham on sea 76 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 09/07/2023 Spurn 77 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 15/01/2023 Redcar 78 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 16/04/2023 Cley 1 79 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 80 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton by the sea Adult bird, 1st UK record 81 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 29/01/2023 Burnham on sea Ad female 82 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 09/07/2023 Spurn 83 Curlew Numenius arquata 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 84 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 85 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 16/04/2023 Cley Loads 86 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 16/04/2023 Cley 1st Winter 87 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 88 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 17/05/2023 Budby Common 89 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 31/05/2023 Spurn Adult 90 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 91 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/05/2023 Slaynes Lane 92 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 11/01/2023 Lound 5 chainbridge west 93 Redshank Tringa totanus 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 94 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 03/10/2023 Frampton Marsh 95 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 19/04/2023 Neatholme Fen, Lound, Notts 1 96 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 29/01/2023 Burnham on sea Ad female 97 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 98 Knot Calidris canutus 15/02/2023 Filey Adult 99 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2023 100 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 27/05/2023 Hatfield moors, Pentagon cell 1 101 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 25/09/2023 Blacktoft Sands 1 102 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 22/08/2023 Loch Ryan 1 ad bird with dunlin flock 103 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 15/05/2023 Neatholme Fen, Lound, Notts 2 Adults 104 Sanderling Calidris alba 15/01/2023 Redcar 105 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 106 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 19/03/2023 St Mary's island, Northumberland 107 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 15/10/2023 Halton Marshes Juv 108 Little Stint Calidris minuta 27/05/2023 Hatfield moors, Pentagon cell 109 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 12/06/2023 Hatfield moors, Packards 1 110 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/10/2023 Frampton Marsh Juv 111 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 06/06/2023 Slaynes Lane Adult 112 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 22/10/2023 Slaynes Lane Juvenile 113 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 24/08/2023 Rspb Arne 1st Summer 114 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 115 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/05/2023 Slaynes Lane 116 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 09/07/2023 Beacon ponds, Spurn Adult 117 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 07/04/2023 Burghead bay 118 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 09/07/2023 Beacon ponds, Spurn 119 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 08/04/2023 Kinnaird head Adult 120 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 08/04/2023 Kinnaird head Adult 121 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 122 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 09/07/2023 Spurn 10 123 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 124 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 125 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 08/08/2023 Afon Wen 126 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 127 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 128 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 09/04/2023 Fort William Juvenile 129 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/01/2023 Musselburgh Juv 130 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 27/08/2023 Scillies At Sea 131 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 27/08/2023 Scillies 2 At Sea 132 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 28/08/2023 Penmaen. 1 At Sea 133 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 25/08/2023 Pelagic Sillies 2nd calender year 134 Puffin Fratercula arctica 09/07/2023 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 135 Razorbill Alca torda 07/04/2023 Burghead bay 136 Little Auk Alle alle 08/04/2023 Port Sory At least 20 137 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 19/03/2023 St Mary's island, Northumberland 138 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 08/04/2023 Roseisle 139 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 08/04/2023 Roseisle Adult 140 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 08/04/2023 Port Sory 3 adults 141 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 25/08/2023 Pelagic Sillies 142 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/04/2023 Burghead bay 143 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 25/08/2023 Scillonian Crossing 144 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 25/08/2023 Pelagic Sillies Adult 145 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/08/2023 Pelagic Sillies 146 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 25/08/2023 Scillonian Crossing 147 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 06/08/2023 Wales 148 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/04/2023 Burghead bay 149 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 25/08/2023 Bishops rock, Scillies 1st Summer 150 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 04/09/2023 Hunmanby Gap Adult female 151 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 152 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 153 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 16/04/2023 Nene washes 1 154 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 16/04/2023 Nene washes 1 155 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 10/04/2023 Ossett Adult bird 156 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 157 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 01/06/2023 North Duffield Carrs Adult 158 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 19/04/2023 Walters Field, Lound Adult bird 159 Great White Egret Ardea alba 160 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 161 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 09/04/2023 Near Loch Garten Carrying sticks 162 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 19/07/2023 Horsey, Norfolk 400th UK species 163 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 25/06/2023 Welbeck Watcpoint 1 164 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 17/02/2023 Findhorn Valley 165 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 166 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 11/01/2023 Welbeck 1 male 167 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2023 Lound 168 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 22/10/2023 Flamborough Female 169 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 07/10/2023 Kynance Cove Juv Male 170 Red Kite Milvus milvus 171 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 22/10/2023 Stone Creek, Humberside 172 Buzzard Buteo buteo 173 Barn Owl Tyto alba 05/02/2023 Darlington 174 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 175 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 05/11/2023 Rossington pit top 176 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 17/05/2023 Budby Common 177 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2023 1 178 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 25/06/2023 Trimingham 2 179 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor ********** ********** 180 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2023 181 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 11/01/2023 Lound 1 182 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 183 Merlin Falco columbarius 22/10/2023 Stone Creek, Humberside 184 Hobby Falco subbuteo 16/04/2023 Cley 185 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 17/02/2023 Findhorn Valley 186 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 29/05/2023 London 187 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 07/10/2023 Caradon Hill, Cornwall Juv Male 188 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 30/05/2023 Slaynes Lane Adult male 189 Jay Garrulus glandarius 24/01/2023 A1 Weatherby 190 Magpie Pica pica 191 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 23/09/2023 Saint Govans Head, Pembrokeshire 192 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 193 Rook Corvus frugilegus 194 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 195 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 1 196 Raven Corvus corax 197 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 08/01/2023 Crosspool, Sheffield 198 Coal Tit Periparus ater 199 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 17/02/2023 Boat of garten 200 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 11/01/2023 Welbeck 201 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 05/02/2023 Willington , New Field 202 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 203 Great Tit Parus major 204 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 16/04/2023 Cley Female 205 Woodlark Lullula arborea 21/06/2023 Budby Common 206 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/01/2023 207 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/04/2023 Tiln 208 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/04/2023 Cambridgeshire 209 House Martin Delichon urbicum 19/04/2023 Tiln 210 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2023 211 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 212 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 29/01/2023 Compton Dando 213 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 05/02/2023 Willington , New Field 214 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 19/04/2023 Chainbridge Lane 215 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 29/01/2023 Compton Dando 216 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 05/05/2023 Slaynes Lane 217 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 05/05/2023 Slaynes Lane 218 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 27/09/2023 Long Nab, Scarborough Adult 219 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 23/09/2023 Pembrokeshire 220 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/07/2023 Horsey, Norfolk 1 calling 221 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 16/04/2023 Kelling heath Male 222 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 13/05/2023 Neatholme Fen, Lound, Notts Adult , 200th Species for 2023 223 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/04/2023 Nene washes 1 224 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2023 Seaford 225 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 25/06/2023 Kelling Heath 226 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/10/2023 Nanjizal Valley, Cornwall 227 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 29/01/2023 Compton Dando 228 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 229 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2023 230 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/02/2023 Willington , New Field 231 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 29/01/2023 Wiveliscombe , Somerset 232 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 233 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 26/01/2023 Dewsbury 234 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 235 Redwing Turdus iliacus 06/01/2023 Sheffield 236 Blackbird Turdus merula 237 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 238 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/04/2023 Morsten Male 239 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 25/06/2023 Eton 240 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 241 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos ********** ********** 242 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 243 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/10/2023 Easington, Church yard, Spurn 244 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 29/04/2023 Seaford Head Male 245 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/08/2023 Port Patrick Male 246 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough Adult male 247 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/01/2023 Redcar 2 on beach 248 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/04/2023 Caingorms Male 249 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 05/02/2023 Willington , New Field 250 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/02/2023 Low Barns, Durham 251 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 252 Dunnock Prunella modularis 253 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 01/05/2023 Low Newton by the sea 254 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 255 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 256 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 11/01/2023 Lound 257 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 16/04/2023 Cavenham heath 258 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/01/2023 Musselburgh 259 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 260 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 23/12/2023 261 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 262 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2023 263 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 05/02/2023 Holding, Worksop 264 Twite Linaria flavirostris 22/08/2023 Loch Ryan At least 2 in fiield 265 Linnet Linaria cannabina 266 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 07/02/2023 267 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 268 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 18/02/2023 Carrbridge 269 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 270 Siskin Spinus spinus 17/02/2023 Carrbridge 271 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus Flamborough 272 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 21/01/2023 Holkham fresh marsh 273 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 26/05/2023 Near Mablethorpe 274 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 275 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 22/10/2023 Flamborough 276 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough Red headed Bunting 277 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/01/2023 Sheffield 278 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 30/04/2023 Eastbourne Adult male 279 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 23/09/2023 Saint Govans Head, Pembrokeshire Male bird, 3rd for Britain 280 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 Saint Govans Head, Pembrokeshire Male bird, 1st for Britain