Steve Goddard: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 210 of 210 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 10/02/2023 Near Hurst Castle 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 Port Meadow Part of Home Counties feral flock 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13/03/2023 WWT Martin Mere 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Pinkhill Reserve, Farmoor Reservoir 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13/03/2023 WWT Martin Mere 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13/01/2023 WWT Barnes 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 08/04/2023 Port Meadow 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2023 Pit 6, Lower Windrush Gravel Pits 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 03/03/2023 RSPB Otmoor 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 19 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 20 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 02/01/2023 Pit 4, Lower Windrush Gravel Pits 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2023 Pit 4, Lower Windrush Gravel Pits 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/01/2023 Pit 27, Lower Windrush Gravel Pits 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 25 Scaup Aythya marila 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20/01/2023 Staines Reservoirs 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 23/09/2023 Pennington Marshes 28 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26/09/2023 Pennington Marshes 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28/10/2023 Mudeford Quay 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 18/11/2023 Normandy Marsh, Lymington 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 10/02/2023 Normandy Marsh, Lymington 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2023 Pit 27, Lower Windrush Gravel Pits 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/02/2023 Normandy Marsh, Lymington 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 27/08/2023 Beachy Head 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 11/12/2023 BBOWT Warburg reserve 37 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 26/05/2023 Burton Common 38 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2023 Keble College 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/05/2023 New Forest 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Oxford city centre Feral pigeons 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Upper Wolvercote 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Abingdon Road 46 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 47 Crane Grus grus 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/02/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Farmoor Reservoir 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10/02/2023 Normandy Marsh, Lymington 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 20/01/2023 Staines Reservoirs 52 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus ********** ********** 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 10/02/2023 Near Hurst Castle 54 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 20/06/2023 WWT Slimbridge 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 10/02/2023 Normandy Marsh, Lymington 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/02/2023 Stanpit Marsh 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/03/2023 Port Meadow 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 28/05/2023 Fisherman's Bank, Christchurch 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 10/02/2023 Near Hurst Castle 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/02/2023 Stanpit Marsh 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 26/05/2023 Burton Common 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 10/02/2023 Stanpit Marsh 67 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21/09/2023 Pennington Marshes 68 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 23/09/2023 Pennington Marshes 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/07/2023 King's Lock 70 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/02/2023 Bicester Wetlands Reserve 71 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 08/08/2023 RSPB Lodmoor 72 Redshank Tringa totanus 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/10/2023 WWT Slimbridge 74 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/04/2023 Port Meadow 75 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 10/02/2023 Near Hurst Castle 76 Knot Calidris canutus 10/02/2023 Near Hurst Castle 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 78 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 21/09/2023 Pennington Marshes 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 05/08/2023 Ferrybridge 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 25/02/2023 The Cobb, Lyme Regis 82 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 22/11/2023 WWT Slimbridge 83 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 05/08/2023 Ferrybridge 84 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 18/08/2023 Farmoor Reservoir 85 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 06/08/2023 RSPB Arne 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/04/2023 Farmoor Reservoir 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/04/2023 Port Meadow 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 26/05/2023 Stanpit Marsh 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 20/04/2023 Port Meadow 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/04/2023 Port Meadow 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21/03/2023 Port Meadow 93 Common Gull Larus canus 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 03/02/2023 Port Meadow 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 96 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 29/01/2023 Port Meadow 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Farmoor Reservoir 98 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 99 Puffin Fratercula arctica 03/07/2023 Skomer Island (seen from mainland) 100 Razorbill Alca torda 13/04/2023 Portland Bill 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 13/04/2023 Portland Bill 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 20/12/2023 Broadsands Beach 103 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 15/12/2023 Redbridge Wharf 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 15/12/2023 Redbridge Wharf 105 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 13/04/2023 Portland Bill 106 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 02/07/2023 Deer Park, Martin Haven 107 Gannet Morus bassanus 13/04/2023 Portland Bill 108 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 109 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 13/04/2023 Portland Bill 110 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 23/09/2023 Posbrook floods 111 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 10/02/2023 Normandy Marsh, Lymington 112 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 09/07/2023 Peep-o-day Lane, Abingdon 113 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 114 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 13/03/2023 WWT Martin Mere 115 Great White Egret Ardea alba 27/01/2023 Blenheim Palace 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2023 Near Sutton, Oxfordshire 117 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21/04/2023 Port Meadow 118 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 28/05/2023 New Forest 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/01/2023 Aston's Eyot 120 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 24/03/2023 Wychwood 121 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo 09/01/2023 Near Stroud 124 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/12/2023 Churn 125 Little Owl Athene noctua 13/04/2023 Portland Bill 126 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 29/01/2023 Oxford Canal, Wolvercote 127 Hoopoe Upupa epops 13/04/2023 Weston Street, Portland 128 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 05/01/2023 King's Lock 129 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 27/05/2023 New Forest 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 131 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/02/2023 Burgess Field 132 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Near Farmoor Reservoir 133 Hobby Falco subbuteo 20/05/2023 RSPB Otmoor 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 09/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 135 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 13/01/2023 Hyde Park 136 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 11/02/2023 Near Beaulieu Road station 137 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 28/08/2023 Mill Hill Nature Reserve 138 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2023 Donnington Bridge 139 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 140 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 02/07/2023 Deer Park, Martin Haven 141 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Back garden, Wolvercote 142 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Near Farmoor Reservoir 143 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 144 Raven Corvus corax 24/01/2023 Keble College 145 Coal Tit Periparus ater 22/01/2023 St Peter's church, Wolvercote 146 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2023 Lower Whitley Farm 147 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 148 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 149 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 11/08/2023 RSPB Radipole 150 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/01/2023 Port Meadow 151 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2023 Balscote Quarry 152 Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/04/2023 Portland Bill 153 House Martin Delichon urbicum 08/04/2023 Port Meadow 154 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 28/01/2023 Joe White's Lane, Wolvercote 155 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Abingdon Road 156 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/04/2023 Wytham Woods 157 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 01/01/2023 Donnington Bridge 158 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2023 Port Meadow 159 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/02/2023 Donnington Bridge 160 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2023 Bicester Wetlands Reserve 161 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/05/2023 RSPB Otmoor 162 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 26/04/2023 Oxford Canal 163 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 164 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2023 Port Meadow 165 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 22/04/2023 Near Kidlington 166 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2023 Oxford Canal 167 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 27/05/2023 New Forest 168 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 11/02/2023 Acres Down 169 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 Donnington Bridge 170 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 171 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2023 Lower Whitley Farm 172 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2023 Donnington Bridge 173 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 174 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 09/01/2023 Cam and Dursley Parkway railway station 175 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 Woodstock Road 176 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 177 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Near Farmoor Reservoir 178 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2023 Water Eaton 179 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 22/05/2023 RSPB Nagshead 180 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 181 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 20/06/2023 WWT Slimbridge 182 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 22/05/2023 RSPB Nagshead 183 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 14/03/2023 Knott End 184 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27/05/2023 New Forest 185 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 27/08/2023 Shooter's Bottom 186 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/02/2023 King's Lock 187 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 13/04/2023 Ferrybridge 188 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/05/2023 Parkend, near RSPB Nagshead 189 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13/03/2023 WWT Martin Mere 190 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 191 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 192 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 26/04/2023 Port Meadow 193 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 29/01/2023 Mill Site development, Wolvercote 194 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 195 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2023 Marston Meadows 196 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 25/02/2023 Lyme Regis 197 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 198 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30/03/2023 Balscote Quarry 199 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 22/05/2023 RSPB Nagshead 200 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 13/05/2023 RSPB Otmoor 201 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 202 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/03/2023 Knott End 203 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 204 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/02/2023 Acres Down 205 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 206 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2023 Near Walton Well Road 207 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra ********** ********** 208 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 209 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 20/12/2023 Broadsands Beach car park 210 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote