Brian Anderson: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 234 of 234 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2023 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2023 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/01/2023 Scotney 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 29/01/2023 Brancaster Life tick 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2023 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 15/02/2023 Lakenheath 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2023 Holkham 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2023 Holkham 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15/01/2023 Lydd 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2023 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 26/01/2023 Strawberry pond Epping forest 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 06/05/2023 Oare 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 12/05/2023 Freiston RSPB 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 21 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 22 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25/03/2023 Tilbury 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 26/07/2023 Hanningfield 25 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 12/11/2023 Abberton 26 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2023 27 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 22/11/2023 Filby broad. Norfolk Two drakes 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 09/12/2023 Priory CP Bedfordshire 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 30 Scaup Aythya marila 03/01/2023 KGV 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 21/01/2023 Staines reservoir 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29/01/2023 Holkham bay 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29/01/2023 Holkham bay 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 08/01/2023 Abberton 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 08/01/2023 Abberton 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/01/2023 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2023 Titchwell 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 18/01/2023 Holkham 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2023 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 43 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2023 Lee valley 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/04/2023 Lee valley 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Feral pigeon 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 04/05/2023 Wrabness 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 11/01/2023 Lee Valley 51 Corncrake Crex crex 12/05/2023 Welney 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 53 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 54 Crane Grus grus 18/01/2023 Eldernell 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2023 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 03/01/2023 KGV 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/01/2023 KGV 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/01/2023 Abberton 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 11/10/2023 Brecks High count of 69 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 05/05/2023 Rainham 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 05/01/2023 Rainham 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2023 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 12/05/2023 Choseley 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 15/01/2023 Swalecliffe 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 25/03/2023 Tilbury 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 70 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 06/05/2023 Oare 71 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 72 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2023 73 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 74 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 18/01/2023 Holkham 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 21/01/2023 Lemsford springs 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 77 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 78 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 28/11/2023 KGV 79 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/05/2023 Abberton 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 07/01/2023 Lemsford springs 81 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 29/10/2023 Stodmarsh Kent Life tick 82 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 12/05/2023 Thornham 83 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 84 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 27/09/2023 Frampton 85 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 30/08/2023 Oare 86 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 04/05/2023 Abberton 87 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2023 88 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2023 89 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2023 90 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30/08/2023 Oare 91 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 14/09/2023 Minsmere 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2023 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 94 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 22/11/2023 Ness point Six birds 95 Little Stint Calidris minuta 09/05/2023 Frampton 96 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 27/09/2023 Frampton 97 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 04/05/2023 Abberton 98 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 06/11/2023 KGV 99 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 07/04/2023 Abberton 100 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 06/05/2023 Dungeness 101 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 12/05/2023 Titchwell 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 15/01/2023 Dungeness 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 25/01/2023 Southend 105 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 08/01/2023 Abberton 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 02/01/2023 Lee valley 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2023 111 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 06/05/2023 Dungeness 112 Razorbill Alca torda 15/01/2023 Dungeness 113 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 15/01/2023 Dungeness 114 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2023 115 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 09/12/2023 Staines reservoir 116 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 04/01/2023 KGV 117 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2023 118 Gannet Morus bassanus 15/01/2023 Dungeness 119 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 120 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 12/04/2023 Brixham 121 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 15/01/2023 Dungeness 122 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 04/05/2023 Abberton 123 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/01/2023 Lee valley 124 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 27/04/2023 Thorndon CP 125 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 126 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 29/01/2023 Welney 127 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2023 128 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 129 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 26/07/2023 Fingringhoe Wick 130 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 20/07/2023 Horsey Life tick 131 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2023 132 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 15/02/2023 Brecks 133 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2023 134 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/01/2023 Stiffkey 135 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 18/01/2023 Wareham Green 136 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 08/08/2023 North Fambridge 137 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 138 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 01/01/2023 IOW bird at Holkham 139 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 140 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2023 141 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 18/01/2023 Eldernell 142 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/06/2023 Rainham 143 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 18/01/2023 Eldernell 144 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 18/01/2023 Eldernell 145 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2023 146 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 11/01/2023 147 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 148 Merlin Falco columbarius 18/01/2023 Wareham greens 149 Hobby Falco subbuteo 04/05/2023 Abberton 150 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/01/2023 KGV 151 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 02/01/2023 152 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 26/08/2023 Canvey 153 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2023 154 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 155 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 23/09/2023 St govans head 156 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 157 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/01/2023 158 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 159 Raven Corvus corax 15/01/2023 Dungeness 160 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 13/01/2023 Ipswich Also 41 seen in Lowestoft 22/11/2023 161 Coal Tit Periparus ater 13/01/2023 162 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 13/01/2023 163 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 164 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 165 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 15/02/2023 Lakenheath 166 Woodlark Lullula arborea 15/02/2023 Brecks 167 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2023 168 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 18/01/2023 Holkham 169 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 24/03/2023 Lee valley 170 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2023 Labrador bay 171 House Martin Delichon urbicum 22/04/2023 Little Easton 172 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 20/09/2023 Joss Bay Kent 173 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2023 174 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 175 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 01/01/2023 Brancaster 176 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/04/2023 Wanstead 177 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2023 178 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 11/09/2023 Upper Beeding Life tick 179 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2023 Lee valley 180 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 23/04/2023 Lee valley 181 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2023 Abberton 182 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 12/05/2023 183 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/04/2023 Seaford 184 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2023 Lee valley 185 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 14/09/2023 Dunwich 186 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 29/01/2023 Holkham 187 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 07/01/2023 188 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 189 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 13/01/2023 190 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 13/01/2023 191 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 192 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2023 193 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 194 Redwing Turdus iliacus 05/01/2023 195 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 196 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 05/01/2023 197 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 11/09/2023 Upper Beeding 198 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 199 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 23/04/2023 Lee valley 200 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/08/2023 Landguard 201 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 04/01/2023 KGV 202 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27/04/2023 Seaford 203 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 24/04/2023 Wanstead 204 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2023 205 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/04/2023 Wanstead 206 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 29/01/2023 Welney 207 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 208 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 209 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/04/2023 Abberton 210 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/01/2023 211 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 212 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 213 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 05/01/2023 Rainham 214 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 26/04/2023 Seaford 215 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 216 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/01/2023 Titchwell 217 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 16/02/2023 Bramfield 218 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 07/01/2023 219 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 03/01/2023 220 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 221 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 27/10/2023 Flamborough head 222 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 07/01/2023 Watercress LNR 223 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 224 Siskin Spinus spinus 07/01/2023 225 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 18/01/2023 Holkham 226 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 04/05/2023 Rainham 227 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 29/01/2023 Flitcham 228 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 11/04/2023 Broadsands 229 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 12/03/2023 Stanborough lakes 230 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 27/10/2023 Flamborough head Pending life tick 231 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 232 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 27/04/2023 Seaford Life tick 233 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 23/09/2023 St Govan’s head Pembs Life tick 234 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 Stack rock Life tick