Kristian Wade: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 267 of 267 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 03/12/2023 Banks Marsh, Lancs 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 22/01/2023 Big Waters, Northum 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 22/01/2023 Finningley, Notts 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25 Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 12/11/2023 Abberton Res, Ess 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Scaup Aythya marila 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 36 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 30/04/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 37 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 30/04/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Smew Mergellus albellus 42 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 25/04/2023 Whinfell Tarn, Cum 43 Goosander Mergus merganser 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 45 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 48 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 49 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 50 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 51 Swift Apus apus 52 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 53 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 54 Stock Dove Columba oenas 55 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 56 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 57 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 58 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 59 Coot Fulica atra 60 Crane Grus grus 61 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 63 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 64 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 66 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 67 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 68 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 69 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 70 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 74 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 18/07/2023 Leighton Moss, Lancs 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 77 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 78 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 79 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 86 Knot Calidris canutus 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 89 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 90 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20/09/2023 Meols, Ches 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 95 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 96 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 97 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 98 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 99 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 100 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 101 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 102 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 103 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 104 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 105 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 08/01/2023 Slapton, Dev 106 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 107 Common Gull Larus canus 108 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 109 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 110 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 111 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 112 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 113 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 114 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 115 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 116 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 117 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 25/08/2023 At sea, Scillies 118 Puffin Fratercula arctica 119 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 120 Razorbill Alca torda 121 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 122 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 123 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 124 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 125 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 126 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 127 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 128 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 129 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 130 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 131 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 132 Gannet Morus bassanus 133 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 24/08/2023 Bishop Rock, Scillies 134 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 09/09/2023 South Gare, Tees 135 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 136 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 137 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 138 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 139 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 140 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 141 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 142 Great White Egret Ardea alba 143 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 144 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 145 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 146 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 147 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 148 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 149 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 150 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 151 Red Kite Milvus milvus 152 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 153 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 154 Buzzard Buteo buteo 155 Barn Owl Tyto alba 156 Little Owl Athene noctua 157 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 158 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 159 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 03/10/2023 Ronas, Shet 160 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 161 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 162 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 163 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 164 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 165 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 166 Merlin Falco columbarius 167 Hobby Falco subbuteo 168 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 169 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 170 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 23/09/2023 Skokholm, Pembs 171 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 172 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 173 Jay Garrulus glandarius 174 Magpie Pica pica 175 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 176 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 177 Rook Corvus frugilegus 178 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 179 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 180 Raven Corvus corax 181 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 182 Coal Tit Periparus ater 183 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 184 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 185 Great Tit Parus major 186 Skylark Alauda arvensis 187 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 188 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 189 Swallow Hirundo rustica 190 House Martin Delichon urbicum 191 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 192 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 193 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 194 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 195 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 196 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 197 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 198 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough, Yorks 199 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 200 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 201 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 202 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 203 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 204 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 03/10/2023 Brae, Shet 205 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 206 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 207 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 208 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 209 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 210 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 02/10/2023 Wester Quarff, Shet 211 Whitethroat Curruca communis 212 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 213 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 214 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 215 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 216 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 217 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 01/10/2023 Luna, Shet 218 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 05/10/2023 Bressay, Shet 219 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 220 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 221 Redwing Turdus iliacus 222 Blackbird Turdus merula 223 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 224 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 225 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 226 Robin Erithacus rubecula 227 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 228 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 229 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 230 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 231 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 232 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 05/10/2023 Norby, Shet 233 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 08/10/2023 Hamnavoe, Shet 234 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 235 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 236 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 08/01/2023 Colyford, Dev 237 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 238 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 239 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 240 Dunnock Prunella modularis 241 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 242 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 243 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 244 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 245 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 246 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 247 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 248 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 249 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 250 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 251 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 252 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 253 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 254 Twite Linaria flavirostris 255 Linnet Linaria cannabina 256 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 257 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 258 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 259 Siskin Spinus spinus 260 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 261 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 262 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 263 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 264 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough, Yorks 265 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 266 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 23/09/2023 St Athan’s, Pembs 267 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 St Athan’s, Pembs