Tom and Lydia Flowers: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 204 of 204 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 20/05/2023 Ythan Estuary 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 14/01/2023 Musselburgh, Lothian 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 35 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 46 Corncrake Crex crex South Uist, Outer Hebrides 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 56 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 57 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 58 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 05/05/2023 Long Nanny, Northumberland 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 63 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 66 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Outer Hebrides 67 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 70 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 71 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 72 Knot Calidris canutus 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 74 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 75 Sanderling Calidris alba 76 Dunlin Calidris alpina 77 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 78 Little Stint Calidris minuta 79 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 80 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 82 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 85 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 86 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 07/01/2023 St Combs, Aberdeenshire 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 88 Common Gull Larus canus 89 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 90 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 91 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 92 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 93 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 94 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 95 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 96 Puffin Fratercula arctica 97 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 98 Razorbill Alca torda 99 Little Auk Alle alle 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 104 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 105 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 107 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 108 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 109 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 110 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 112 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 113 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 114 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 115 Great White Egret Ardea alba 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 117 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 118 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 119 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 120 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 121 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 122 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 123 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 124 Red Kite Milvus milvus 125 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 126 Buzzard Buteo buteo 127 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 128 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 129 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 130 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 131 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 132 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 133 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 134 Merlin Falco columbarius 135 Hobby Falco subbuteo 136 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 137 Jay Garrulus glandarius 138 Magpie Pica pica 139 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 140 Rook Corvus frugilegus 141 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 142 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 143 Raven Corvus corax 144 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2023 Lossiemouth 145 Coal Tit Periparus ater 146 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 147 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 149 Great Tit Parus major 150 Skylark Alauda arvensis 151 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 152 Swallow Hirundo rustica 153 House Martin Delichon urbicum 154 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 155 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 156 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 157 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 158 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 159 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 160 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 161 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 162 Whitethroat Curruca communis 163 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 164 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 165 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 166 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 167 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 168 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 169 Redwing Turdus iliacus 170 Blackbird Turdus merula 171 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 172 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 173 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 174 Robin Erithacus rubecula 175 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 176 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/01/2023 Buckie, Aberdeenshire 177 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 178 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 179 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 180 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 181 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 182 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 183 Dunnock Prunella modularis 184 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 185 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 186 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 187 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 188 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 189 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 190 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 191 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 192 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 193 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 194 Twite Linaria flavirostris 195 Linnet Linaria cannabina 196 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 197 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 198 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 199 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 200 Siskin Spinus spinus 201 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 202 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 203 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 204 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus