Phillip Wells: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 245 of 245 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 06/01/2023 Norfolk 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 17/11/2023 Cuckmere Sussex 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 06/01/2023 Norfolk 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 06/01/2023 Holkham Norfolk 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 07/01/2023 Great Ryburgh Norfolk 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/01/2023 Welney WWT 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 06/01/2023 Norfolk 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Arundel WWT 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2023 Swanbourne Lake Arundel 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17/04/2023 Walthan Brooks Sussex 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 18 Pintail Anas acuta 05/01/2023 Welney WWT 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 05/02/2023 Falmer E Sussex 21 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 20/11/2023 Abberton Res 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/03/2023 Loch Vaa Highlands 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 25 Scaup Aythya marila 27/01/2023 Camber E Sussex 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 17/12/2023 Chew Valley Lake 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/01/2023 Holkham Gap Norfolk 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 06/01/2023 Holkham Gap Norfolk 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 06/01/2023 Holkham Gap 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 10/03/2023 Nairn Scotland 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27/01/2023 Dunge RSPB Kent 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 18/03/2023 Chew Valley Lake Bristol 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 10/03/2023 Lochindorb Highlands 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 06/01/2023 Holkham Gap 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 05/03/2023 Highlands 36 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 06/03/2023 Highlands 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/01/2023 Norfolk 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2023 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix 10/06/2023 Cissbury Ring Sussex Kos Greece 16th 24th June 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/01/2023 Norfolk 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 04/06/2023 Ashdown Forest Sussex 42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 21/03/2023 West Rise Marsh Sussex Happy Birthday 43 Swift Apus apus 17/05/2023 Norfolk 44 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 20/11/2023 Winterton Norfolk 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 07/04/2023 Ashdown Forest 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 49 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 20/05/2023 Snettisham Norfolk 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2023 Arundel WWT 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 53 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 54 Crane Grus grus 19/05/2023 Hickling Broard Northfolk 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Swanbourne Lake Arundel 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 06/01/2023 Holkham Gap 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 06/01/2023 Holkham Gap Norfolk 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 06/01/2023 Holkham Gap Norfolk 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 27/11/2023 Staines Res 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 17/05/2023 Weeting Heath Norfolk 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/01/2023 Norfolk 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 13/07/2023 Frampton Marsh RSPB 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 08/01/2023 Norfolk 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 06/01/2023 Norfolk 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 11/10/2023 St Martins Scillies 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 30/01/2023 Pagham W Sussex 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/05/2023 Cley Norfolk 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 70 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 07/08/2023 Birling Gap Sussex 71 Curlew Numenius arquata 72 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 19/05/2023 Cley Norfolk 73 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 74 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 09/01/2023 Cley Norfolk 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 09/10/2023 St Marys Scillies 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 Arundel WWT 77 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 10/11/2023 Rye Harbour Sussex Portugal 11th Nov 16th Nov 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/07/2023 Arlington Res Sussex 79 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 11/08/2023 Pulb RSPB Sussex 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/05/2023 Pulbrough Brooks RSPB 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/02/2023 Sidlesham Ferry W Sussex 83 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/02/2023 Budds Farm Hampshire 84 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 04/01/2023 Tide Mills Newhaven 85 Knot Calidris canutus 08/01/2023 Norfolk 86 Ruff Calidris pugnax 06/01/2023 Cley Norfolk 87 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 18/05/2023 Burnham Deepdale Norfolk 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 16/09/2023 Pagham Sussex Falsterbo Sweden 23rd 27th sep Lesvos 28th sep 5th oct 89 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 19/05/2023 Cley Norfolk 90 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 08/10/2023 St Agnes Scillies 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/01/2023 Norfolk 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 04/01/2023 Tide Mills Newhaven 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 19/05/2023 Cley Norfolk 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 20/05/2023 Thornham Norfolk 96 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 19/05/2023 Hickling Broad Norfolk 97 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 01/06/2023 Wier Wood Res Sussex 98 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/06/2023 Wier Wood Res Sussex 99 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 05/06/2023 Rye Harbour Sussex 100 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13/04/2023 Chew Valley Lake Bristol 101 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 22/03/2023 Splash Point Sussex 102 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 01/02/2023 Budds Farm Hampshire 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 24/03/2023 Sidlesham W Sussex 105 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 30/11/2023 Cuckmere Haven Finland Lapland 2nd 8th Dec 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 19/08/2023 Scilly Pelagics 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 04/01/2023 Newhaven 110 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 17/11/2023 Cuckmere Sussex 111 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 112 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 05/05/2023 Splash Point Seaford E Sussex 113 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 17/08/2023 Scilly Pelagic 114 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 06/01/2023 115 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/01/2023 Holkham Gap Norfolk 116 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 10/03/2023 Loosiemouth 117 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 06/01/2023 Holkham Gap 118 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 19/08/2023 Scilly Pelagics 119 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 17/08/2023 Scilly Pelagics 120 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 02/11/2023 Seaford Sussex 121 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 04/01/2023 Newhaven 122 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 16/08/2023 Scillonian Crossing 123 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 19/08/2023 Scilly Pelagics Lesvos 4th 14th Sept 124 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 17/08/2023 Scilly Pelagics 125 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 17/08/2023 Scilly Pelagics 126 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 16/08/2023 Scillonian Crossing 127 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 08/04/2023 Barcombe Mills Sussex 128 Gannet Morus bassanus 06/01/2023 Norfolk 129 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 16/08/2023 Bishop Rock Lighthouse Scilly 130 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 131 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 15/08/2023 Pendeen Cornwall 132 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 27/01/2023 Dunge Kent 133 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 24/03/2023 Sidlesham W Sussex Cyprus 27th march 5th april 134 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 20/03/2023 Ham Wall Somerset 135 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2023 Hothfield Kent 136 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 27/01/2023 Dunge Kent 137 Great White Egret Ardea alba 05/01/2023 Welney WWT 138 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 139 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 13/07/2023 Rutland Water 140 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 11/03/2023 Highlands 141 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 Ringmer Garden 142 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 143 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 07/01/2023 Warnham Green 144 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 Arundel WWT 145 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 146 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/01/2023 Warham Greens Norfolk 147 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 07/01/2023 Cley Spy Glandford Norfolk 148 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 28/01/2023 Southease E Sussex 149 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 09/01/2023 Scuphorpe Moor Norfolk 150 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 25/05/2023 Knepp Estate Sussex 151 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 10/10/2023 St Marys Scillies 152 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 153 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 14/02/2023 Southease E Sussex 154 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 155 Hobby Falco subbuteo 17/05/2023 Lakenheath Norfolk 156 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/01/2023 Warham Greens Norfolk 157 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 13/01/2023 M25 Surrey 158 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 02/02/2023 Shatterford Hampshire 159 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 02/06/2023 Cowdray Forest Sussex 160 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2023 Tenderton Kent 161 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 162 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 15/08/2023 Pendeen Cornwall 163 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 164 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 165 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 166 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 04/03/2023 Highlands 167 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2023 Arundel WWT 168 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 21/11/2023 Sherington Norfolk 169 Coal Tit Periparus ater 13/01/2023 Wierwood Res Sussex Finland Lapland 14th Jan 21st Jan 170 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 05/03/2023 Anagach Wood Highlands 171 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 09/01/2023 Sculphorpe Moor 172 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 173 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 174 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 17/05/2023 Lakenheath Norfolk 175 Woodlark Lullula arborea 13/02/2023 Ashdown Forest E Sussex 176 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2023 177 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 06/01/2023 Holkham Norfolk 178 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2023 Ham Wall Somerset 179 Swallow Hirundo rustica 17/03/2023 Oldbury Power Station Bristol Missed Alpine By An Hour 180 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/04/2023 Chew Valley Lake Bristol 181 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/01/2023 Tide Mills Newhaven 182 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Arundel WWT 183 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 06/01/2023 Brancaster Norfolk 184 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11/10/2023 St Marys Scillies 185 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2023 Ashdown Forest Sussex 186 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2023 Arundel WWT 187 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 05/05/2023 Abbots Wood E Sussex Lake Kerkini Greece 12th 16th May 188 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/05/2023 Pensthorpe Norfolk 189 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2023 Waltham Brooks Sussex 190 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/05/2023 Lakenheath Norfolk 191 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/05/2023 Lakenheath Norfolk 192 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2023 Ringmer Garden 193 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/05/2023 Knepp Estate Sussex 194 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/07/2023 Beachy Head 195 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2023 Waltham Brooks Sussex 196 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 07/04/2023 Ashdown Forest Sussex 197 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 21/03/2023 Beachy Head Sussex 198 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 Arundel WWT 199 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 200 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 09/01/2023 Sculphorpe Moor Norfolk 201 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2023 Arundel WWT 202 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 09/10/2023 St Marys Scillies 203 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 204 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 27/01/2023 Ringmer Garden 205 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/02/2023 Shatterford Hampshire 206 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 207 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 208 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 209 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 20/10/2023 Beachy Head Shooters Bottom Sussex 210 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 12/08/2023 Beachy Head Sussex 211 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 212 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 17/04/2023 Waltham Brooks Sussex 213 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/08/2023 St Marys Scilly 214 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 28/01/2023 West Beach Newhaven 215 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/04/2023 Old Lodge Sussex Lesvos 20th April 4th May 216 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 09/08/2023 Beachy Head Sussex 217 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2023 Welney WWT 218 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 18/05/2023 Burnham Deepdale Norfolk 219 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 04/03/2023 Nethy Bridge Scotland 220 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/01/2023 Welney WWT 221 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 222 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 223 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 19/05/2023 Swanton Novers Norfolk 224 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 05/02/2023 Barcombe Mills E Sussex Norway 6th to10th Feb 225 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2023 226 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 08/10/2023 St Agnes Scillies 227 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 228 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 30/06/2023 Ashdown Forest Sussex 229 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 28/01/2023 West Beach Newhaven 230 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 231 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 17/11/2023 Old Lodge Sussex 232 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 01/02/2023 Blackwater Arboretum Hampshire 233 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2023 Swanbourne Lake Arundel 234 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 235 Linnet Linaria cannabina 236 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 09/01/2023 Sculphorpe Moor Norfolk 237 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 09/03/2023 Nethy Bridge Highlands 238 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 239 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/02/2023 Blackwater Arboretum Hampshire 240 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 17/10/2023 St Marys Scillies 241 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 06/01/2023 Holkham Gap 242 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 28/01/2023 Southease E Sussex 243 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 19/05/2023 Swanton Novers Norfolk 244 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 15/10/2023 St Marys Scillies 245 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 14/02/2023 Southease E Sussex Portugal 20th 25th Feb