Chris Francis: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 164 of 164 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 28/09/2023 RSPB Titchwell 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 27/09/2023 Holkham, Norfolk 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 18/04/2023 RSPB Saltholme 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 25/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 15 Pintail Anas acuta 03/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 16 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 08/01/2023 Redcar 20 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 19/03/2023 Redcar 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19/03/2023 Redcar 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 23 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 14/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 24 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 16/01/2023 Wild Saltholme 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 26 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/12/2023 North Yorkshire Moors 27 Swift Apus apus 05/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 28 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 08/01/2023 Redcar 29 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 30 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Garden) 31 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Garden) 32 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 33 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 34 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 26/02/2023 RSPB Saltholme 36 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 09/03/2023 RSPB Saltholme 37 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 29/12/2023 Hartlepool 38 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 08/01/2023 Redcar 39 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/03/2023 RSPB Saltholme 40 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 41 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 08/01/2023 Redcar 42 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 26/03/2023 RSPB Saltholme 43 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 44 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 45 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 08/09/2023 South Gare, Redcar 46 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 47 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 05/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 48 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 16/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 49 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 10/07/2023 RSPB Saltholme 50 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 25/07/2023 Greatham Creek 51 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 52 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 26/09/2023 RSPB Frampton 53 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 08/01/2023 Redcar 54 Knot Calidris canutus 08/01/2023 Redcar 55 Ruff Calidris pugnax 27/08/2023 RSPB Saltholme 56 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 28/08/2023 RSPB Saltholme 57 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 22/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 58 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 07/09/2023 RSPB Saltholme 59 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/01/2023 Redcar 60 Dunlin Calidris alpina 09/03/2023 RSPB Saltholme 61 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 08/01/2023 Redcar 62 Little Stint Calidris minuta 28/08/2023 RSPB Saltholme 63 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 26/09/2023 RSPB Frampton 64 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 11/07/2023 RSPB Saltholme 65 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 29/06/2023 Seaton Carew 66 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 26/09/2023 RSPB Frampton 67 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 26/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme 68 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 03/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 69 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 27/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme 70 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/07/2023 RSPB Saltholme 71 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 21/05/2023 Seaham Harbour 72 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 73 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 28/02/2023 RSPB Saltholme 74 Common Gull Larus canus 08/01/2023 Redcar 75 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/01/2023 Haverton Hill (Scott Brother's Land) 76 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 77 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2023 Haverton Hill (Scott Brother's Land) 78 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/03/2023 Crosby Lancashire 79 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 24/08/2023 Marske-by-the-Sea 80 Razorbill Alca torda 24/08/2023 Marske-by-the-Sea 81 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 24/08/2023 Marske-by-the-Sea 82 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 24/08/2023 Marske-by-the-Sea 83 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 29/12/2023 Hartlepool (Jackson's Landing) 84 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 26/09/2023 RSPB Frampton 85 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 12/04/2023 RSPB Saltholme 86 Gannet Morus bassanus 24/08/2023 Marske-by-the-Sea 87 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 09/09/2023 South Gare, Redcar 88 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 89 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 19/03/2023 Redcar 90 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 09/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 91 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 92 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26/09/2023 RSPB Frampton 93 Great White Egret Ardea alba 20/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 94 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 09/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 95 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 11/01/2023 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park 96 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 97 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 26/09/2023 RSPB Frampton 98 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/03/2023 A1 North Yorkshire 99 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 27/09/2023 Holkham, Norfolk 100 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/02/2023 Greatham 101 Barn Owl Tyto alba 29/03/2023 RSPB Saltholme 102 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 24/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 103 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/08/2023 Shepton Mallet, Somerset 104 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 14/02/2023 RSPB Saltholme 105 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 16/02/2023 RSPB Saltholme 106 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 107 Hobby Falco subbuteo 27/09/2023 Holkham, Norfolk 108 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/02/2023 Greatham Creek 109 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 18/05/2023 St. James’s Park, London 110 Jay Garrulus glandarius 07/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Acklam Hall) 111 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 112 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Acklam Hall) 113 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/02/2023 Greatham 114 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 115 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/11/2023 The Range Car Park, Portrack Lane, Stockton 116 Coal Tit Periparus ater 11/01/2023 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park 117 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Arty) 118 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 119 Skylark Alauda arvensis 05/03/2023 Crosby Lancashire 120 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/03/2023 RSPB Saltholme 121 Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/04/2023 RSPB Saltholme 122 House Martin Delichon urbicum 08/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme 123 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 26/03/2023 RSPB Saltholme 124 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 07/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Acklam Hall) 125 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/03/2023 Middlesbrough (The Arty) 126 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 127 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 03/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 128 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 20/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme 129 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 20/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme 130 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 03/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 131 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 132 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 14/05/2023 Yorkshire Sculpture Park 133 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 134 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/02/2023 Middlesbrough (Acklam Hall) 135 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 12/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Arty) 136 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 137 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/02/2023 Middlesbrough (Arty) 138 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 29/12/2023 Bishop Middleham, County Durham 139 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Avenue of Trees) 140 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Garden) 141 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/12/2023 North Yorkshire Moors 142 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Acklam Hall) 143 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29/12/2023 Hartlepool (Ferry Road) 144 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 145 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 10/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 146 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 23/02/2023 Durham (River Browney) 147 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Arty) 148 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Garden) 149 Dunnock Prunella modularis 11/01/2023 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park 150 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 25/07/2023 Cowpen Marsh 151 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 23/02/2023 Durham (River Browney) 152 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 03/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 153 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 10/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 154 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 29/12/2023 Hartlepool 155 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Arty) 156 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/04/2023 RSPB Saltholme 157 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 29/12/2023 Bishop Middleham, County Durham 158 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2023 Middlesbrough (Arty) 159 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 160 Twite Linaria flavirostris 12/12/2023 Seaton Snook, Teesmouth 161 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 162 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme 163 Siskin Spinus spinus 31/12/2023 RSPB Saltholme 164 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 03/01/2023 RSPB Saltholme