Drew Lyness: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 255 of 255 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2023 Stiffkey 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 Holkham 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 28/01/2023 Brancaster Life Tick 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 11/02/2023 St. Benet's Abbey 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 14/02/2023 RSPB Buckenham 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Stiffkey 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 05/02/2023 The Brecks 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 23/04/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Filby Broad 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/10/2023 Spurn Bird Obs 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 22 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell 23 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 06/06/2023 RSPB Buckenham Marshes 25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 29/01/2023 Filby Broad 26 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 26/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir Life Tick 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 Filby Broad 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 29/01/2023 Filby Broad 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 11/02/2023 Filby Broad 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Filby Broad 31 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2023 Filby Broad 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 28/06/2023 Colney GPs 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2023 Holkham 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 12/11/2023 Sheringham 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2023 Holkham 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 22/10/2023 Spurn Bird Obs 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 Filby Broad 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/02/2023 St. Ives GPs 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 24/01/2023 Whitlingham CP 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2023 Holkham 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2023 Holkham 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 15/05/2023 The Brecks 45 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 25/03/2023 Cromer Life Tick 46 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 22/04/2023 Whitlingham CP 48 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 North Walsham 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 27/05/2023 Ken Hill Marshes 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 54 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana ********** ********** 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 56 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Filby Broad 57 Crane Grus grus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 UEA Broad 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 01/01/2023 Holkham 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Filby Broad 61 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/01/2023 Holkham 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 28/01/2023 Brancaster 63 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 29/04/2023 Walberswick 64 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 East Runton 65 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 27/05/2023 Potter Heigham Marshes 66 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell 67 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2023 Stiffkey 68 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 69 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 07/03/2023 RSPB Buckenham 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/03/2023 Stiffkey 72 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 73 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/04/2023 Overstrand 74 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 75 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell 76 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell 77 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 18/02/2023 NWT Cley Marshes 78 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/02/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 79 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 80 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 81 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 15/10/2023 NWT Cley Marshes 82 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 23/04/2023 Breydon Water 83 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 19/02/2023 RSPB Buckenham 84 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 30/04/2023 SWT Carlton Marshes 85 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 Stiffkey 86 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 17/04/2023 Breydon Water 87 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 19/03/2023 Stiffkey 88 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2023 East Runton 89 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell 90 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2023 Holkham 91 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/06/2023 RSPB Buckenham Marshes 92 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 14/05/2023 NWT Cley Marshes 93 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2023 Stiffkey 94 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 Holkham 95 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2023 Sheringham 96 Little Stint Calidris minuta 27/05/2023 RSPB Titchwell 97 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 14/05/2023 NWT Cley Marshes 98 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 26/07/2023 Breydon Water 99 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 02/06/2023 Rockland Broad 100 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 16/06/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 101 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 24/04/2023 Whitlingham CP 102 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/04/2023 Whitlingham CP 103 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 25/03/2023 Cromer 104 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/01/2023 Sidestrand 105 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/04/2023 Whitlingham CP 106 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 107 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2023 Sidestrand 108 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 109 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 27/05/2023 North Point Pools 110 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 111 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 25/07/2023 Wells-next-the-Sea 112 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 113 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 114 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 03/08/2023 Sheringham 115 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 03/09/2023 Southwold 116 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 03/08/2023 Sheringham 117 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 08/01/2023 Holkham 118 Razorbill Alca torda 08/01/2023 Holkham 119 Little Auk Alle alle 25/11/2023 NWT Cley Marshes 120 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 25/03/2023 NWT Cley Marshes 121 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2023 Holkham 122 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 15/10/2023 NWT Cley Marshes 123 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2023 Holkham 124 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 15/10/2023 NWT Cley Marshes 125 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2023 Sheringham 126 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 14/10/2023 Sheringham 127 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 25/07/2023 NWT Cley Marshes 128 Gannet Morus bassanus 18/02/2023 Overstrand 129 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 130 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2023 Sheringham 131 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 03/06/2023 RSPB Cantley Marshes 132 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 19/03/2023 NWT Cley Marshes 133 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 134 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 24/04/2023 SWT Lound Lakes 135 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 136 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 04/05/2023 RSPB Cantley Marshes 137 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2023 Holkham 138 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 139 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 13/05/2023 NWT Ranworth Broad 140 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 18/07/2023 NWT Hickling Broad Life Tick 141 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 29/07/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 142 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 Stiffkey 143 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 05/02/2023 The Brecks 144 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 145 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 146 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 01/01/2023 Stiffkey 147 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 13/05/2023 RSPB Berney Marshes 148 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 North Walsham 149 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 08/01/2023 Holkham IOW bird 150 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 22/10/2023 Stone Creek 151 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 152 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 153 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/01/2023 UEA Broad 154 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 08/01/2023 Cley Spy 155 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 156 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell 157 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 158 Bee-eater Merops apiaster ********** ********** 159 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 05/02/2023 The Brecks 160 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2023 Northrepps 161 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 06/01/2023 Whitlingham CP 162 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 163 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 17/06/2023 Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe 164 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/01/2023 Stiffkey 165 Hobby Falco subbuteo 22/04/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 166 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 08/01/2023 Holkham 167 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 25/01/2023 Whitlingham CP 168 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 169 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 170 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 171 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 172 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 173 Raven Corvus corax 05/02/2023 Eldernell 174 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/10/2023 Holkham 175 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 176 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2023 Selbrigg Pond 177 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 178 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 179 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 08/01/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 180 Woodlark Lullula arborea 05/02/2023 The Brecks 181 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2023 Sidestrand 182 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 01/01/2023 Holkham 183 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/03/2023 Whitlingham CP 184 Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 185 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2023 Whitlingham CP 186 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 187 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 188 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 01/01/2023 Brancaster 189 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/03/2023 Whitlingham CP 190 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2023 Beeston Common 191 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 14/05/2023 RSPB Cantley Marshes 192 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 30/08/2023 Landguard Bird Obs Life Tick 193 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 31/03/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 194 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 15/04/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 195 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 04/06/2023 Blakeney Point 196 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes ********** ********** 197 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 07/04/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 198 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 11/03/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 199 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2023 Whitlingham CP 200 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 15/04/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 201 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2023 Stevenage 202 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 30/04/2023 Walberswick 203 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 05/02/2023 The Brecks 204 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 205 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 206 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2023 Selbrigg Pond 207 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 208 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 209 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 210 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 Northrepps 211 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 212 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 213 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 214 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 08/10/2023 Blakeney Point 215 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 06/05/2023 RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 216 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Poringland 217 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 30/04/2023 Walberswick 218 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 03/04/2023 Winterton Dunes 219 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/08/2023 Blakeney Point 220 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 21/10/2023 Spurn Bird Obs 221 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 03/04/2023 Winterton Dunes 222 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27/05/2023 The Brecks 223 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 18/08/2023 RSPB Buckenham 224 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 21/01/2023 Spurn 225 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/03/2023 Weybourne 226 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 21/01/2023 Spurn 227 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 228 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 229 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 14/04/2023 RSPB Buckenham 230 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 30/04/2023 SWT Carlton Marshes 231 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 Northrepps 232 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 233 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 21/10/2023 Spurn Bird Obs 234 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 235 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 15/05/2023 The Brecks 236 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 28/01/2023 RSPB Buckenham 237 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2023 Stiffkey 238 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 239 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/01/2023 RSPB Titchwell 240 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2023 Beeston Common 241 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 Filby Broad 242 Twite Linaria flavirostris 22/10/2023 Spurn Bird Obs 243 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 244 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 21/03/2023 Whitlingham CP 245 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 246 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 01/09/2023 RSPB Buckenham 247 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 248 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2023 Beeston Common 249 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 19/03/2023 Weybourne 250 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2023 Holkham 251 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 21/04/2023 Fowlmere 252 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 253 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 21/10/2023 Spurn Bird Obs 254 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 NWT Hickling Broad 255 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 30/04/2023 Seaford Head Life Tick