James Bloor: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 250 of 250 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 25/02/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 20/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge c2,000 WWT Caerlavarock 07.11.23 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 04/03/2023 Seaton Sluice, Northumberland GB Tick after several dips 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 20/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge origin unknown but apparently an annual bird coming in with Barnacle Geese, glad it wasn't a Lifer 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 20/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge origin unknown 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 31/01/2023 Brancaster, Norfolk 100s on beet field but dipped on the Richardson's 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 20/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge 25.02.23 RSPB Frampton 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 20/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16/02/2023 WWT Welney 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10/02/2023 Rutland Water 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/04/2023 Wollaton Park, Nottingham 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 07/04/2023 Tucklesholme, Staffs 26 May, Scatness, Shetland with Am Wigeon (both Shetland Ticks) 17 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 14/05/2023 RSPB Freiston Shore drake 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 26/05/2023 Shetland, Scatness drake, with Garganey (both Shetland Ticks) 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 23 Pintail Anas acuta 10/02/2023 Rutland Water 24 Teal Anas crecca 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 09/02/2023 Attenborough WT 26 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 12/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir GB Tick. drake with Pochards 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 12/03/2023 Dishley Pool, Loughborough female 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 30 Scaup Aythya marila 10/02/2023 Rutland Water 31 Eider Somateria mollissima 25/05/2023 Shetland 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26/07/2023 Carsington Water 3 incl 2 drakes 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/05/2023 Shetland, Loch Spiggie female 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 10/02/2023 Rutland Water 36 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 15/05/2023 Whinfell Tarn, Cumbria GB Tick. drake. pending BOU acceptance 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/03/2023 Widdrington Moor Lake, Northumberland 4 pairs 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 31/05/2023 Shetland, Sullom single male on the roadside 40 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/03/2023 Seaton Sluice, Northumberland 41 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 12/01/2023 Manor Park, Flitwick, Beds GB Tick. male but doubtful provenance 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 43 Quail Coturnix coturnix 01/06/2023 Shetland, Swinister Burn 44 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 04/03/2023 Northumberland 45 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 16/03/2023 Oldbury Power Station, Gloucestershire GB Tick 46 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2023 Branston Gravel Pits 47 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 16/11/2023 Winterton-on-Sea GB Tick. juvenile 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 22/04/2023 Rutland Water 49 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 27/05/2023 Shetland, Sumburgh 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 12/02/2023 Rutland Water 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Garden 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2023 Garden 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 22/02/2023 Willington Wetlands 54 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 55 Coot Fulica atra 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 56 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 11/11/2023 Linford Lakes NR, Buckinghamshire GB Tick. juvenile 57 Crane Grus grus 16/02/2023 RSPB Nene Washes 50 -- 60 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 04/03/2023 East Chevington WT, Northumberland 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 10/02/2023 Rutland Water 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 14/05/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 12/02/2023 Rutland Water 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 22/04/2023 Rutland Water 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 29/04/2023 Branston Gravel Pits 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 68 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 13/04/2023 Summer Leys NR, Northants male 69 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 14/05/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 70 Curlew Numenius arquata 10/02/2023 Rutland Water 71 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 22/04/2023 Rutland Water 72 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 16/02/2023 WWT Welney 73 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 18/07/2023 Cley 74 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 12/10/2023 Scilly, Lower Moors 75 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 76 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 13/10/2023 Scilly, Porth Hellick Pool, St. Mary's GB Tick. pending acceptance 77 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 15/10/2023 Scilly Pelagic 78 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 30/05/2023 Fetlar, Shetland 79 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/04/2023 Summer Leys NR, Northants 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 23/09/2023 RSPB Frampton 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 14/05/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 10/02/2023 Rutland Water 83 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 23/09/2023 RSPB Frampton 84 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 20/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge 85 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 28/05/2023 Shetland, Loch Spiggie 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 25/05/2023 Shetland 87 Knot Calidris canutus 19/09/2023 RSPB Titchwell 88 Ruff Calidris pugnax 20/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge 89 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 25/09/2023 RSPB Blacktoft Sands GB Tick 90 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 14/05/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 91 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 12/10/2023 Scilly, Airfield 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 25/05/2023 Shetland 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 20/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge 94 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 26/05/2023 Shetland 95 Little Stint Calidris minuta 21/07/2023 RSPB Frampton 96 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 20/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge 1st winter 97 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 08/08/2023 Afon Wen, Gwynedd GB Tick 98 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 18/08/2023 Cropston Reservoir, Leicester 5 adults 99 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 29/07/2023 RSPB Arne GB Tick. 1st summer with Sandwich and Common 100 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 25/05/2023 Shetland 101 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/04/2023 Summer Leys NR, Northants 102 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 29/07/2023 RSPB Arne 103 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/04/2023 Hicks Lodge 104 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 15/10/2023 Scilly Pelagic 105 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 106 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 11/10/2023 Scilly Pelagic 107 Common Gull Larus canus 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 108 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 109 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 110 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 15/10/2023 Scilly Pelagic 111 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 25/05/2023 Shetland 112 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 113 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 25/05/2023 Shetland 114 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 25/05/2023 Shetland 115 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/05/2023 Shetland, Sumburgh Head 116 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 25/05/2023 Shetland 117 Razorbill Alca torda 27/05/2023 Shetland, Sumburgh Head 118 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/05/2023 Shetland, Sumburgh Head 119 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 25/05/2023 Shetland 120 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 30/05/2023 Shetland, off Fetlar ferry 121 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 25/05/2023 Shetland 122 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 03/06/2023 Shetland, Sumburgh 123 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 25/05/2023 Shetland 124 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 29/07/2023 Portland 2 going east past Portland Bill. Many more around Bishop Rock on 27th August 125 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 27/08/2023 Scilly Pelagic to Bishop Rock 126 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 27/08/2023 Scilly Pelagic to Bishop Rock 127 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 27/08/2023 Scillonian 128 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 23/09/2023 RSPB Frampton high and distant flight views but good ID 129 Gannet Morus bassanus 27/05/2023 Shetland, Sumburgh Head 130 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 11/10/2023 Scilly Pelagic to Bishop Rock GB Tick. 1st summer, pale morph after Dip on 27th August 131 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/01/2023 Hicks Lodge 132 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/05/2023 Shetland 133 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 14/10/2023 Scilly, Tolman Point low flight views 134 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/05/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 12+ 135 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 136 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 137 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 28/08/2023 RSPB Greylake, Somerset at least 15 of 60 reported 138 Great White Egret Ardea alba 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 139 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 140 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 22/04/2023 Rutland Water 141 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 142 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 143 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 31/01/2023 Brancaster, Norfolk 144 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/11/2023 WWT Caerlavarock male 145 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 16/10/2023 Scilly, Lower Moors 146 Red Kite Milvus milvus 12/01/2023 M1, Northants 147 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 29/05/2023 Shetland 148 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 149 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10/02/2023 Rutland Water 150 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 30/09/2023 Shetland, Lerwick 151 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 152 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 18/07/2023 Trimlingham, Norfolk two birds from RSPB Viewpoint 153 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 20/02/2023 RSPB Middleton Lakes 154 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 12/02/2023 Rutland Water 155 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 06/02/2023 NW Leicestershire 156 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 08/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 157 Merlin Falco columbarius 25/05/2023 Shetland 158 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11/06/2023 Willington Wetlands 159 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 25/02/2023 RSPB Frampton Marsh 160 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 04/04/2023 Wollaton Park, Nottingham 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/03/2023 Willesley Wood 162 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 163 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 08/08/2023 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 12/02/2023 Rutland Water 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 167 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/05/2023 Shetland 168 Raven Corvus corax 30/04/2023 Seaford, Sussex 169 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 16/12/2023 Melbourne, Derbyshire 1 with Starlings 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 171 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 02/02/2023 Calke Park 172 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 02/02/2023 Carsington Water 173 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Garden 174 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Garden 175 Skylark Alauda arvensis 27/02/2023 Awre, Gloucestershire 176 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 16/03/2023 Oldbury Power Station, Gloucestershire 177 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/04/2023 Thornton Reservoir, NW Leics 178 House Martin Delichon urbicum 15/05/2023 Whinfell Tarn, Cumbria 179 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 01/06/2023 Shetland, Spiggie Hotel 180 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 22/02/2023 Willington Wetlands 181 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 182 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 04/10/2023 Shetland, Hoswick 183 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 24/02/2023 Attenborough WT 184 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2023 Cannock Chase 185 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 09/02/2023 Attenborough WT Siberian, tristis 186 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 01/10/2023 Shetland, Grutness 187 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 05/10/2023 Shetland, Levenwick 188 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2023 Attenborough WT 189 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 01/06/2023 Shetland, Sumburgh Hotel 190 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 29/04/2023 Branston Gravel Pits 191 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 29/09/2023 Shetland, Quendale 192 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/04/2023 Cannock Chase 193 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 06/05/2023 Castor Hanglands, Peterborough 194 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 07/10/2023 Shetland, Wester Quarff 195 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 06/05/2023 Castor Hanglands, Peterborough heard only 196 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 02/06/2023 Shetland, West Voe, Sumburgh 197 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2023 Attenborough WT 198 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 14/10/2023 Scilly, Carreg Dhu Gardens 199 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 12/01/2023 Manor Park, Flitwick, Beds 200 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 15/01/2023 Garden 201 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 202 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/02/2023 Calke Park Northern subsp. Shetland 05.10.23 203 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 13/10/2023 Scilly, Porthcressa Beach 204 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 205 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 30/09/2023 Shetland, Lunna GB Tick 206 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 06/10/2023 Shetland, Bressay 207 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 208 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/02/2023 NW Leicestershire 209 Redwing Turdus iliacus 08/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 210 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Garden 211 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 08/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 212 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/04/2023 Charnwood Lodge, NW Leics 213 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Garden 214 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 06/05/2023 Castor Hanglands, Peterborough heard only 215 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 30/09/2023 Shetland, Lerwick 216 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 03/10/2023 Shetland, Hoswick 217 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 25/05/2023 Shetland, Hoswick 218 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 13/10/2023 Scilly, St. Mary's Lifeboat Station 219 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 29/09/2023 Shetland, Quendale 220 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 12/10/2023 Scilly, Tolman Point 221 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 12/02/2023 Rutland Water 222 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/04/2023 Warren Hills, NW Leics 223 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 09/02/2023 Rowsley, Derbyshire 224 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/02/2023 Carsington Water 225 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Garden 226 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Garden 227 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/04/2023 Branston Gravel Pits 228 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 30/09/2023 Shetland, Lerwick 229 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/10/2023 Shetland, Voe 230 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 21/01/2023 Attenborough WT 231 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 27/02/2023 Awre, Gloucestershire GB Tick after too many dips 232 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 06/02/2023 NW Leicestershire 233 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 08/04/2023 Cannock Chase 234 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 26/05/2023 Shetland 235 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 236 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 11/03/2023 Calke Park 237 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 09/02/2023 Cromford, Derbyshire 238 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 23/02/2023 Willesley Wood 239 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 29/09/2023 Shetland, Fetlar 240 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 16/01/2023 Garden 241 Twite Linaria flavirostris 28/05/2023 Shetland 242 Linnet Linaria cannabina 17/04/2023 Attenborough WT 243 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 08/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 244 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2023 NW Leicestershire 245 Siskin Spinus spinus 16/03/2023 WWT Slimbridge 246 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 12/10/2023 Scilly, Giant's Castle, St. Mary's 247 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 30/03/2023 NW Leicestershire 248 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 30/09/2023 Shetland, Lerwick 249 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 17/01/2023 Garden male and 2 females coming to bird-table 250 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 22/09/2023 St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire GB Tick