Sam Glennie: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Year List 2023 BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 205 of 205 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 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/10/2023 Kilnsea One flew south, viewed from Canal Scrape 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21/10/2023 Kilnsea Drake at Beacon Ponds 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 26/11/2023 Lunt Meadows NR Adult drake 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 21/10/2023 Kilnsea Female at Borrow Pit 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 18/02/2023 Staines Reservoir Drake on south basin with Pochards 24 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 26/03/2023 Redcar Drake with Common Eider 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 08/01/2023 Redcar 20+ 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26/03/2023 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 21/10/2023 Kilnsea Juvenile at Beacon Ponds 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 28/01/2023 Lapwing Hall Pool 31 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 29/04/2023 Whinfell Tarn Drake with tufted ducks, likely genuine wild bird 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 21/10/2023 Spurn Female flew south past the Warren (plus another on 22nd) 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 31/05/2023 Aylesbeare Common 39 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 01/04/2023 Elton Reservoir One, part of 2023 march influx 40 Swift Apus apus 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/08/2023 Peel, IOM Three flew south over breakwater 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 61 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 62 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 19/11/2023 Woolston Eyes One flushed on No.4 bed path 63 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 64 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 65 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 08/09/2023 North Cave Wetlands Juvenile 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 08/07/2023 WWT Martin Mere 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 69 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 70 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 71 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 72 Knot Calidris canutus 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 74 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 10/09/2023 Kilnsea One at Kilnsea wetlands 75 Sanderling Calidris alba 76 Dunlin Calidris alpina 77 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 08/01/2023 Redcar 4x 78 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 79 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/04/2023 Pennington flash 80 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 81 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 82 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 28/08/2023 Juv from Manannan ferry opposite seaforth 83 Common Gull Larus canus 84 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 04/11/2023 Widnes Sandbanks 2nd winter and adult on mersey west of old Runcorn Bridge 85 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 86 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 04/11/2023 Widnes Sandbanks 2nd winter on mersey west of old Runcorn Bridge 87 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 88 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 89 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 28/08/2023 Douglas-Liverpool Ferry 90 Puffin Fratercula arctica 26/08/2023 Peel, IOM Winter plumage adult at breakwater 91 Razorbill Alca torda 92 Guillemot Uria aalge 93 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Redcar 94 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 18/11/2023 West Kirby marine lake Juv 95 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 96 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 97 Gannet Morus bassanus 98 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 99 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 100 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/05/2023 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh 3 on spit 101 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 102 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 16/04/2023 Osset 103 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 104 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 27/12/2023 Llyn Coed y Dinas 2 in field with cattle 105 Great White Egret Ardea alba 106 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 107 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/04/2023 Foulshaw Moss 108 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 109 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 110 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 111 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 23/08/2023 Port Erin headland ringtail 112 Red Kite Milvus milvus 113 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 21/10/2023 Kilnsea One viewed from Warren flying towards Sammy’s Point 114 Buzzard Buteo buteo 115 Barn Owl Tyto alba 116 Little Owl Athene noctua 10/09/2023 Kilnsea One at farm by Kilnsea wetlands 117 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus ********** ********** 118 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 119 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 120 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 121 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/07/2023 Lumb Hole Falls 2 adults seen throughout day 122 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 123 Merlin Falco columbarius 124 Hobby Falco subbuteo 125 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 126 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 127 Jay Garrulus glandarius 128 Magpie Pica pica 129 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 130 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 131 Rook Corvus frugilegus 132 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 133 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 134 Raven Corvus corax 135 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 11/02/2023 Bradford, Bridlington, Wykey (Shropshire), Stratton rd 4, 5, 24, 3 136 Coal Tit Periparus ater 137 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 138 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 139 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 140 Great Tit Parus major 141 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 22/10/2023 Kilnsea Four between Canal Scrape and Pallas’s Pond 142 Skylark Alauda arvensis 143 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/03/2023 144 Swallow Hirundo rustica 145 House Martin Delichon urbicum 146 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 147 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 148 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 21/05/2023 Brushes Reservoir 149 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 150 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 151 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 152 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 153 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 154 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 155 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 09/09/2023 Kilnsea One at Chapel Cottage 156 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 06/08/2023 Elton Reservoir 157 Whitethroat Curruca communis 158 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 19/03/2023 Dukinfield Park 159 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 160 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 161 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 162 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 163 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 164 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 165 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 166 Redwing Turdus iliacus 167 Blackbird Turdus merula 168 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 169 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 170 Robin Erithacus rubecula 171 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 172 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 21/10/2023 Kilnsea One retrapped at Kew (ringed on previous day) 173 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros ********** ********** 174 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 175 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough Head One at Northcliff Marsh 176 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 177 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 178 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 179 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 180 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 181 Dunnock Prunella modularis 182 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 183 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 184 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 185 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 186 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 187 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 18/02/2023 Staines reservoir 188 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Budleigh Salterton One along coastal path 189 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 190 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 191 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 22/10/2023 Spurn One at Canal Scrape and one south over Warren 192 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 193 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 25/06/2023 Kendal Singing male on Windemere road, bird ringed as a young adult on Fair Isle in June 2022 194 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 195 Twite Linaria flavirostris 21/10/2023 Spurn One trapped and ringed 196 Linnet Linaria cannabina 197 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 198 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 26/12/2023 Lake Vyrnwy 199 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 200 Siskin Spinus spinus 201 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 21/01/2023 202 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 08/07/2023 Ormskirk Probable singing bird seen from car along Tarlscough Road (on way back from WWMM) 203 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 204 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 30/05/2023 Stantyway Farm Male 205 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus