Jonathan Nasir: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 240 of 240 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 11/02/2023 Stockers Lake Cat C 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 29/01/2023 Brancaster, Norfolk 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2023 nr Welney 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 24/03/2023 Byfleet, Surrey 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13/05/2023 Freiston Shore, Lincs 13 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 13/05/2023 Freiston Shore, Lincs 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 18 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 19 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 21 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 12/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 17/12/2023 Thorpe Park, Surrey 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 15/12/2023 Priory CP, Beds 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 26 Scaup Aythya marila 04/02/2023 Grafham Water, Cambs 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20/01/2023 Staines Reservoir Drake 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 11/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 30 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 12/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 31 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 11/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2023 Holkham 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 02/01/2023 Holkham 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 11/02/2023 Stockers Lake 36 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 12/05/2023 Whinfell Tarn, Cumbria 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2023 Holkham Gap 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 13/01/2023 Eldernell, Cambs 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/02/2023 Baldock 41 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 25/03/2023 New Hythe GPs, Kent 42 Swift Apus apus 21/04/2023 Broom East GPs 43 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 29/10/2023 Flamborough Head 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/05/2023 Rutland Water 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Baldock 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 10/10/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Baldock 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/10/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 51 Corncrake Crex crex 26/05/2023 Welney 2 calling 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 53 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2023 Holkham 54 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 08/11/2023 Linford Lakes NR, Bucks. 55 Crane Grus grus 13/01/2023 Eldernell, Cambs 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 15/01/2023 Lynford Arboretum 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 20/01/2023 Staines Reservoir 3 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 20/05/2023 Cavenham Heath 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 24/06/2023 Frampton Marsh 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/03/2023 Welney WWT 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 09/10/2023 Bryher, Scilly 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 11/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 23/04/2023 Broom East GPs 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 70 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/04/2023 Gosport 71 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 72 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 73 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 74 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/10/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 75 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 02/01/2023 Wells Wood, Norfolk 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/02/2023 Broom GPs 77 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/04/2023 Broom East GPs 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 24/06/2023 Frampton Marsh 79 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 03/11/2023 Stodmarsh NNR 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/09/2023 Frampton Marsh 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 82 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 04/10/2023 Frampton Marsh 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 24/06/2023 Frampton Marsh 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 86 Knot Calidris canutus 30/07/2023 Frampton Marsh 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/03/2023 Welney WWT 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/09/2023 Frampton Marsh 89 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 29/05/2023 Southwold 90 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 04/10/2023 Frampton Marsh Also 1 on St. Agnes 08/10/23. 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 93 Little Stint Calidris minuta 30/07/2023 Frampton Marsh 94 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 04/10/2023 Frampton Marsh 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 29/05/2023 Minsmere 96 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 19/05/2023 Rutland Water 97 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 19/04/2023 Broom East GPs 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 19/01/2023 Haslar Marina, Hants 99 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 14/08/2023 Foreness Point 100 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 07/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 101 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 102 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21/02/2023 Gosport 103 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 104 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 105 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 17/12/2023 Staines Reservoir 2nd winter 106 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 107 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 108 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 15/09/2023 South Gare, Cleveland 109 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 06/10/2023 Scillonian crossing 110 Puffin Fratercula arctica 13/04/2023 Scillonian crossing 111 Razorbill Alca torda 10/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 112 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 113 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2023 Holkham 114 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 17/12/2023 Staines Reservoir 115 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 02/01/2023 Holkham 116 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 06/10/2023 Scillonian crossing 117 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 10/04/2023 St. Agnes, Scilly 118 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 06/10/2023 Scillonian crossing 119 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 06/10/2023 Scillonian crossing 120 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 12/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 121 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 122 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 08/10/2023 Bishop's Rock Lighthouse. Scillies 123 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 15/09/2023 South Gare, Cleveland 124 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 125 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 18/01/2023 Gosport 126 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 13/05/2023 Welney WWT 127 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/05/2023 Minsmere 128 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 20/05/2023 Lakenheath Fen RSPB 129 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 24/06/2023 Ouse Washes RSPB 130 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 131 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 03/03/2023 Welney WWT 5 132 Great White Egret Ardea alba 13/01/2023 Eldernell, Cambs 133 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 134 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 19/05/2023 Rutland Water 135 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 136 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 137 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 13/01/2023 Eldernell, Cambs Male 138 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 14/10/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 1st winter female 139 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 07/06/2023 Private site 2 ringtails 140 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 141 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 142 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2023 along A10 143 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 13/01/2023 Eldernell, Cambs 2 144 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 13/01/2023 Eldernell, Cambs 145 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 14/06/2023 Byfleet 146 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 07/10/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 147 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 148 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 30/01/2023 Byfleet 149 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 150 Merlin Falco columbarius 21/08/2023 Baldock 151 Hobby Falco subbuteo 19/05/2023 Rutland Water 152 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 16/02/2023 London Bridge 153 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 154 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 06/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 155 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 09/10/2023 Bryher, Scilly 156 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2023 Holkham 157 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Baldock 158 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 22/09/2023 St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire 159 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Baldock 160 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 161 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Baldock 162 Raven Corvus corax 10/03/2023 Eyeworth, Beds 163 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 11/03/2023 Cranfield, Beds 2 164 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2023 Wells Wood, Norfolk 165 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 15/01/2023 Lynford Arboretum 166 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 167 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 168 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 29/05/2023 Minsmere 169 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 170 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 02/01/2023 Holkham 171 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/04/2023 Newport Welands RSPB 172 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 173 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 174 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 175 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 176 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 09/04/2023 St. Mary's 177 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 29/10/2023 Flamborough Head 178 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 29/10/2023 Flamborough Head 179 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2023 Newport Welands RSPB 180 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2023 Holkham 181 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 29/10/2023 Flamborough Head 182 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2023 Broom East GPs 183 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 30/04/2023 Broom GPs 184 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 11/03/2023 Baldock 185 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2023 Broom GPs 186 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/04/2023 Weston Hills, Baldock 187 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2023 Weston Hills, Baldock 188 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 17/05/2023 Gosport, Hants 189 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/10/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 190 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 191 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 192 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 15/01/2023 Lynford Arboretum 193 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 194 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 08/10/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 195 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Baldock 196 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 21/01/2023 Baldock 197 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2023 Holkham 198 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 199 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Baldock 200 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 13/01/2023 Eldernell, Cambs 201 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 01/09/2023 Weston, Herts 202 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Baldock 203 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 28/04/2023 Stewartby, Beds. 204 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 08/10/2023 St. Agnes, Scilly 205 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 18/01/2023 Gosport 206 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 20/08/2023 Weston Hills, Baldock 207 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 01/08/2023 Shoeburyness 208 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 30/01/2023 Byfleet 209 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/04/2023 St Agnes, Scilly 210 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 26/06/2023 Taffs Well, Ponty 211 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/03/2023 Welney WWT 212 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 213 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 214 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 19/04/2023 Broom East GPs 215 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 27/02/2023 West Byfleet 216 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2023 Holkham 217 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 07/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 218 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 219 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 13/04/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 220 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/03/2023 Welney WWT 5 221 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/01/2023 Gosport 222 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 223 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 224 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 15/01/2023 Lynford Arboretum 2 225 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/02/2023 Grafham Water, Cambs 226 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 06/10/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 227 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 228 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 229 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 29/10/2023 Flamborough Head 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/01/2023 Wells Wood 231 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 232 Siskin Spinus spinus 06/01/2023 Stockers Lake 233 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 12/10/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 234 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 04/02/2023 Broom GPs 235 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2023 Baldock (Weston Hills) 236 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 11/03/2023 Stanborough, Herts 2 237 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 29/10/2023 Flamborough Head 238 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 239 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 06/10/2023 St. Mary's, Scilly 240 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 22/09/2023 St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire