Gray Burfoot: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 221 of 221 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 15/01/2023 Church Norton 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 M4 Berks 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 02/02/2023 Slimbridge 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 15/03/2023 Farmoor X80+ on F2 the “Blenheim” flock? 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 08/01/2023 Dinton CP Lea Farm On landfill, first seen couple of days ago 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/02/2023 Hosehill Lake Theale 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/02/2023 Slimbridge 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/02/2023 Slimbridge 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/10/2023 Welney 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15/01/2023 Church Norton 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 08/01/2023 Emmer Green pond Lots! 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19/03/2023 Dinton Lea Farm Drake asleep on opp shore 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 Staines Res 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Staines Res 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Staines Res 20 Pintail Anas acuta 16/01/2023 Keyhaven Sturt outlet 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 07/07/2023 Searles farm lane Reading South lake, as last year 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Staines Res 25 Scaup Aythya marila 31/01/2023 Henley Rd GPs Caversham Drake off Heronry Island 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis ********** ********** 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 16/01/2023 Keyhaven offshore 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 10/10/2023 Holme Norfolk M on sea 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15/01/2023 Church Norton 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 Staines Res 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/11/2023 Jubilee River Maidenhead Redhead in back channel NE of 2nd footbridge 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 15/01/2023 Selsey Bill 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/04/2023 Hambledon Huttons Farm 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 M4 Berks 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/01/2023 Hambledon 37 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 18/05/2023 Padworth Cmn Usu place, people 38 Swift Apus apus 03/05/2023 Farmoor Res 39 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 12/04/2023 Enford 29+ behind Enford farm 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 02/05/2023 Farmoor Pinkhill 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 M4 Berks 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 M4 Berks 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 09/01/2023 Home 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 08/01/2023 Dinton CP Lea Farm Lake Under feeders 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 47 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Staines Res 48 Crane Grus grus 02/02/2023 Slimbridge 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 30/10/2023 Langstone Hbr from Oysterbeds 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Staines Res 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 15/01/2023 Church Norton 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 16/01/2023 Keyhaven offshore 54 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 05/04/2023 Streatley Usual set aside 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2023 Lytham front 56 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 02/06/2023 Slimbridge Mobile btwn South Kake and Rushey Pen 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 06/02/2023 Titchfield Haven 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/01/2023 Church Norton 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 15/01/2023 Church Norton 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 15/01/2023 Church Norton 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/03/2023 Poole Lychett Fields French’s Point 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 15/01/2023 Church Norton 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 09/05/2023 Newport Wetlands 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 15/01/2023 Church Norton 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 09/05/2023 Newport Wetlands 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/02/2023 Slimbridge 67 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 11/10/2023 Cley Marsh Norfolk Pats Pool from Bishops Hide 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 18/05/2023 Padworth Commin 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 16/01/2023 Keyhaven lagoon 70 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 09/10/2023 Stiffkey Norfolk 71 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 28/09/2023 Titchfield Haven Back end of N. scrape 72 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/05/2023 Farmoor 2 on causeway w 2x Dunlin 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 02/03/2023 AWE Burnthouse Lane Also In and out of Dinton Lea Farm for a fortnight now 74 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 28/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes Grey box 75 Redshank Tringa totanus 15/01/2023 Church Norton 76 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 10/02/2023 Havant Southmoor Lane 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/01/2023 Keyhaven Sturt outlet 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 15/01/2023 Church Norton 79 Knot Calidris canutus 15/01/2023 Church Norton 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 16/01/2023 Keyhaven lagoon 81 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 09/08/2023 Farlington X2 south side of lake w many Redshank, couple of Dunlin. Lots of red spotting under. 82 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 22/05/2023 Little Marlow GP Far side of west spit 83 Sanderling Calidris alba 06/02/2023 Titchfield Haven 84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 15/01/2023 Church Norton 85 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima ********** ********** 86 Little Stint Calidris minuta 31/05/2023 Pennington Fishtail lagoon Solitary now; loads of Avocet breeding 87 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 09/10/2023 Wells-next-sea Norfolk North Point Pools 88 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 31/05/2023 Normandy Marsh Colony active again 89 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 29/05/2023 Staines Reservoir 20+ on South res 90 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 10/10/2023 Holme Norfolk On shoreline. Also Sandwich Terns ditto 91 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/04/2023 DintonCP DAC Couple over Black Swan Lake 92 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 15/01/2023 Selsey Bill 93 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/04/2023 Farlington Up to 3 on stream close to hut; 1x y v distinctive 94 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 03/04/2023 Portland Bill Several on sea 95 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 M4 Berks 96 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/01/2023 Keyhaven Sturt Pond 97 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 98 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Staines Res 99 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 15/03/2023 Farmoor 100 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Staines Res 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes 102 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 16/03/2023 Redbridge So’ton On flats outside Redbridge station 103 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 10/10/2023 Holme Norfolk x2 on sea attacking gulls/gannets on fish shoal. x1 more at Titchwell chasing gull 104 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 01/09/2023 Normandy sea wall 105 Puffin Fratercula arctica 15/06/2023 Lundy Jenny’s Cove and from MS Oldenburg 106 Razorbill Alca torda 03/04/2023 Portland Bill Numerous 107 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 15/01/2023 Selsey Bill 108 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 15/01/2023 Selsey Bill 109 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 11/12/2023 Church Norton Preening off beach 110 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 15/01/2023 Selsey Bill Also 2/11/23 Theale Main Pit 111 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 15/06/2023 Lundy from MS Oldenburg 112 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 15/01/2023 Selsey Bill Also several at Portland on Ope Cove cliffs 3/4/23 113 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/06/2023 Lundy from MS Oldenburg 114 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 12/02/2023 Knepp At least half dozen pairings on various nest sites 115 Gannet Morus bassanus 15/01/2023 Selsey Bill 116 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Staines Res 117 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/04/2023 Portland Bill Numerous on sea 118 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 28/09/2023 Titchfield Haven x3 flew from Knights Bank N twd Posbrook/Bridge St floods 119 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 16/03/2023 Normandy Lagoon Solitary bird opp side of nrst pool 120 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 07/01/2023 Dibton CP White Swan Lake Stood right out on lh platform for few mins 121 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 22/04/2023 Stockbridge Common Marsh 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 123 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 15/01/2023 Warblington 124 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes 125 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 126 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 06/05/2023 Dyfi project Pair on nest 127 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 12/01/2023 Home 128 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 13/04/2023 Acres Down Several, distant 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 16/01/2023 Keyhaven back of pans 130 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12/04/2023 Enford behind Enford farm 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 M4 Berks 132 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 12/02/2023 Pulborough Brooks Pair roosting 133 Buzzard Buteo buteo 06/01/2023 Home w several Red Kite circling 134 Barn Owl Tyto alba 06/02/2023 Titchfield Haven X2 in usual Bridge St floods oak tree 135 Little Owl Athene noctua 03/04/2023 Portland Bill X2 in old quarry 136 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 26/11/2023 Capel Fleet Sheppey Flew Across car driving away from viewpoint! 137 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 30/10/2023 Farlington Point Field X2, downed by rain/wind - one in hedge, other on grass 138 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 24/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes X2 roosting in usual triple-branched tree by Grove Lake 139 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 140 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/01/2023 Dinton CP Lea Farm Lake On feeders 141 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 142 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 143 Merlin Falco columbarius 15/01/2023 Church Norton 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo 12/04/2023 Everleigh Decked by mobbing crows, by Quail patch 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/02/2023 Slimbridge 146 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2023 M4 Berks Big flock at Slough STW 147 Jay Garrulus glandarius 09/01/2023 Home 148 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 M4 Berks 149 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2023 Hambledon 150 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 M4 Berks 151 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 M4 Berks 152 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2023 Hambledon 153 Coal Tit Periparus ater 07/01/2023 Hosehill LNR Malthouse Cottage feeders 154 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 07/01/2023 Hosehill LNR Malthouse Cottage feeders 155 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 156 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 157 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 10/10/2023 Titchwell Norfolk In reed-bed before Island Hide as before. Also x3 T’fld Spurgin hide 14/10 158 Woodlark Lullula arborea 23/03/2023 Greenham Common East of main crossover, on Rouzel hunt 159 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/01/2023 Englefield on “Grey Partridge” fields 160 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/03/2023 Dinton Lea Farm x3 checking wall 161 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2023 Farlington By hut 162 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/05/2023 Farmoor Big feeding flock of mixed hirundines 163 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 164 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes 165 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 06/05/2023 Elan Valley Several , from lodge 166 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 12/10/2023 Titchwell Fen Hide In willows on corner 167 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 05/04/2023 Farmoor 2x approaching Pinkhill hide 168 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 169 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 22/04/2023 Stockbridge Common Marsh nr Night Heron 170 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 22/04/2023 Stockbridge Common Marsh nr Night Heron 171 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 18/05/2023 Cholsey marsh HO by ferry 172 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 173 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 19/04/2023 Searle’s Farm Lane 174 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 14/05/2023 Otmoor Behind carpark 175 Whitethroat Curruca communis 28/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes New workings 176 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 23/03/2023 Greenham Common East of main crossover, on Rouzel hunt 177 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 20/01/2023 Streatley stw Same site as last year 178 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes 179 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 180 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/01/2023 Dibton CP Ron’s hide 181 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 24/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes On tree byvriver 182 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 03/01/2023 Reading Butts Major roost behind JLP 183 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/01/2023 Dibton CP Ron’s hide 184 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes 185 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 186 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2023 Hambledon 187 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 12/02/2023 Knepp Big mixed flock w Redwing on paddock by Stork pond 188 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 23/03/2023 Greenham Common V bright male, East of main crossover. W Richard S, Eddie N 189 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 24/05/2023 Swallowfield churchyard Clearly nest building 190 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Bert’s house Reading 191 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 19/04/2023 Searle’s Farm Lane Several 192 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 27/06/2023 Slimbridge White-spotted sub-sp; beyond Shepherds Hut 3rd year here 193 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 06/05/2023 Elan Valkey Lodge Nesting pair 194 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 20/04/2023 Thursley Colin’s field, opp side to last year 195 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 12/04/2023 Everleigh Usual site, m+f; also m on Bustard patch 196 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 11/01/2023 Englefield 197 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 23/03/2023 Greenham Common East of main crossover, on Rouzel hunt 198 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 05/05/2023 Elan Ricer From Elan Valley Lodge 199 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 09/10/2023 Welney 200 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 201 Dunnock Prunella modularis 08/01/2023 Dinton CP Lea Farm Lake Under feeders 202 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 17/05/2023 Blewbury Churn X3; gather regularly on wires past large barn 203 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 Eton Wick 204 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Staines Res 205 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 Staines Res 206 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 13/04/2023 Acres Down 207 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 25/01/2023 LWC 208 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/01/2023 Noke Barn Emsworth 209 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 08/01/2023 Dibton CP Ron’s hide 210 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/04/2023 Otmoor 1x male On feeding patch from Wetland centre 211 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 02/03/2023 Aldermaston church In arboretum behind church 212 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 12/02/2023 Pulborough Brooks M then F 213 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 25/01/2023 LWC 214 Linnet Linaria cannabina 11/01/2023 Englefield Flock on “Grey Partridge” fields 215 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 08/05/2023 Rhayader Gilfach 216 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2023 Home 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 16/01/2023 Blashford Woodland hide 218 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 11/01/2023 Englefield on “Grey Partridge” fields 219 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 12/04/2023 Enford By farm to GT Bustard 220 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 07/11/2023 Labrador Bay Flock in arable field next to car park; also in hedgerows 221 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 Eton Wick