Andrew Campbell: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 108 of 108 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 27/03/2023 RMAS 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 29/03/2023 RMAS 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 14/04/2023 Dunnet Head 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 05/02/2023 Clubbiedeans reservoir 5 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14/02/2023 Isle of Arran 6 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14/02/2023 Isle of Arran 7 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 05/02/2023 Clubbiedeans reservoir 8 Eider Somateria mollissima 14/02/2023 Ardrossan 9 Goosander Mergus merganser 14/02/2023 Arran 10 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 14/04/2023 Golspie 11 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 21/01/2023 Ringinglow 12 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30/07/2023 Stowting 13 Swift Apus apus 07/05/2023 Glencorse Barracks 14 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 28/05/2023 Gruline 15 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 14/04/2023 Dunnet Head 16 Stock Dove Columba oenas 26/05/2023 Dreghorn woods 17 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2023 Colinton 18 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 20/05/2023 Dreghorn Woods 19 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 04/06/2023 Linlithgow Palace 20 Coot Fulica atra 04/06/2023 Linlithgow Palace 21 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/06/2023 Linlithgow Palace 22 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 11/01/2023 Glencorse Barracks 23 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 29/05/2023 Duart Castle 24 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 13/04/2023 A9, near Highland Wildlife Park 25 Curlew Numenius arquata 14/04/2023 Dunnet head 26 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 17/06/2023 Raasay 27 Redshank Tringa totanus 14/02/2023 Isle of Arran 28 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 28/05/2023 Staffa 29 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 27/05/2023 Lochaline 30 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 13/05/2023 North Berwick 31 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 03/01/2023 Colinton 32 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 23/09/2023 West Mersea 33 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2023 Colinton 34 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2023 Colinton 35 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 14/02/2023 Isle of Arran 36 Puffin Fratercula arctica 28/05/2023 Staffa 37 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 28/05/2023 Staffa 38 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 14/04/2023 Dunnet Head 39 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 14/04/2023 Dunnet Head 40 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14/04/2023 Dunnet Head 41 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 28/05/2023 Staffa 42 Gannet Morus bassanus 10/04/2023 Belhaven Bay 43 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 05/02/2023 Clubbiedeans reservoir 44 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 14/02/2023 Isle of Arran 45 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 14/04/2023 Dunnet head 46 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 28/05/2023 Gruline 47 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 26/02/2023 Clubbiedeans 48 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 28/05/2023 Mull 49 Red Kite Milvus milvus 29/03/2023 Camberley 50 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 29/05/2023 Duart Castle 51 Buzzard Buteo buteo 20/01/2023 A1 Tranent 52 Little Owl Athene noctua 10/06/2023 Colinton Shouting his head off in the garden 53 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 21/01/2023 54 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 28/03/2023 RMAS 55 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 16/08/2023 Stowting 56 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 21/01/2023 Ringinglow 57 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 03/04/2023 Craiglockhart 58 Jay Garrulus glandarius 27/03/2023 RMAS 59 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2023 Colinton 60 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Colinton 61 Rook Corvus frugilegus 20/01/2023 A1 Tranent 62 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2023 Colinton 63 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 14/02/2023 Isle of Arran 64 Raven Corvus corax 28/05/2023 Gruline 65 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2023 Colinton 66 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2023 Colinton 67 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2023 Colinton 68 Skylark Alauda arvensis 27/02/2023 Otterburn 69 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 10/04/2023 Belhaven Bay 70 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/05/2023 Tower Farm, Braidburn 71 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/05/2023 Tower Farm, Braidburn 72 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 05/01/2023 Bonaly Woods 73 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 29/04/2023 Clubbiedeans Reservoir 74 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/03/2023 Colinton 75 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/05/2023 Dreghorn Woods 76 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 12/04/2023 Rosewell, Roslin Glen 77 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 20/05/2023 Dreghorn woods 78 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 30/04/2023 Roslin Glen 79 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 16/02/2023 Pentlands 80 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Colinton 81 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/04/2023 Dreghorn woods 82 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17/03/2023 Dreghorn woods 83 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 16/04/2023 Inverness 84 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2023 Colinton 85 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/01/2023 Colinton 86 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 07/06/2023 Stowting 87 Redwing Turdus iliacus 16/01/2023 Glencorse Barracks 88 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2023 Colinton 89 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 06/06/2023 Stowting 90 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2023 Colinton 91 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 28/05/2023 Mull 92 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 28/05/2023 Gruline 93 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 24/02/2023 94 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/05/2023 Colinton 95 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2023 Colinton 96 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 17/03/2023 Dreghorn woods 97 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 11/01/2023 Colinton 98 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 14/04/2023 Dunnet Head 99 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 28/05/2023 Craignure 100 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 15/01/2023 Colinton 101 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 03/01/2023 Pentlands 102 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 11/02/2023 Dreghorn woods 103 Linnet Linaria cannabina 14/02/2023 Isle of Arran 104 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 17/02/2023 Colinton 105 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 28/01/2023 Colinton 106 Siskin Spinus spinus 03/06/2023 Dreghorn woods 107 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/07/2023 Stowting 108 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/06/2023 Linlithgow palace