Alan Whitehead: Holmpton Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 129 of 129 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 6 Wigeon Mareca penelope 7 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 8 Teal Anas crecca 9 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 10 Goosander Mergus merganser 25/11/2023 male North 11 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 12 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 13 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 14 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/07/2023 15 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 16 Stock Dove Columba oenas 17 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 18 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 19 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 20 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 21 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25/11/2023 1 22 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 23 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 24 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 25 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/04/2023 26 Curlew Numenius arquata 27 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 15/08/2023 3 28 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 14/08/2023 29 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/11/2023 30 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 31 Redshank Tringa totanus 32 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 33 Knot Calidris canutus 34 Sanderling Calidris alba 35 Dunlin Calidris alpina 36 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 12/06/2023 10 37 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 14/08/2023 38 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 39 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 40 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 41 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 42 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 43 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 44 Common Gull Larus canus 45 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 46 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 47 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 01/01/2023 48 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 49 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 10/02/2023 50 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 51 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 09/08/2023 2 off the Sewage 52 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 01/09/2023 One South 53 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 01/09/2023 One South 54 Razorbill Alca torda 55 Little Auk Alle alle 25/11/2023 1N 56 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 57 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 58 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 59 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 60 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 61 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 24/11/2023 1N 62 Gannet Morus bassanus 63 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 64 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 19/11/2023 65 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 66 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 67 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 08/02/2023 68 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/01/2023 Ring-tail on Snakey Lane 69 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 02/05/2023 Cliff Farm 70 Buzzard Buteo buteo 71 Barn Owl Tyto alba 72 Little Owl Athene noctua 73 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 08/10/2023 74 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 75 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 19/05/2023 12 Birds. 1st Record. 76 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 77 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 28/07/2023 Ist record 78 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 79 Merlin Falco columbarius 80 Hobby Falco subbuteo 02/05/2023 81 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 82 Magpie Pica pica 83 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 84 Rook Corvus frugilegus 85 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 86 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 17/04/2023 1st record 87 Coal Tit Periparus ater 88 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 89 Great Tit Parus major 90 Skylark Alauda arvensis 91 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 92 Swallow Hirundo rustica 93 House Martin Delichon urbicum 94 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 95 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 96 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 97 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 98 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 99 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 100 Whitethroat Curruca communis 101 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 08/10/2023 102 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 103 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 104 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 105 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 106 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 107 Redwing Turdus iliacus 108 Blackbird Turdus merula 109 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 110 Robin Erithacus rubecula 111 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 112 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 26/04/2023 113 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 114 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 115 Dunnock Prunella modularis 116 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 117 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 118 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 119 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 120 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 121 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 122 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 123 Linnet Linaria cannabina 124 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 125 Siskin Spinus spinus 126 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 09/11/2023 5 127 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 128 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 129 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus