John Martin: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Year List 2023 BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 218 of 218 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 07/11/2023 Tophill Low NR 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 35 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 47 Coot Fulica atra 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 54 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 08/05/2023 Swillington Ings 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 66 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 67 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 68 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 70 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 71 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 72 Redshank Tringa totanus 73 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 14/11/2023 Frampton Marsh 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 77 Knot Calidris canutus 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 79 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 25/09/2023 Blacktoft Sands 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 81 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 82 Sanderling Calidris alba 83 Dunlin Calidris alpina 84 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 85 Little Stint Calidris minuta 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 87 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 90 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 91 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 92 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 93 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 95 Common Gull Larus canus 96 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 97 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 100 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 102 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 104 Puffin Fratercula arctica 105 Razorbill Alca torda 106 Guillemot Uria aalge 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 108 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 109 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 112 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 04/09/2023 Hunmanby Filey 113 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 114 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 11/11/2023 Swillington Ings 115 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 116 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 117 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 118 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 02/06/2023 North Duffield Carrs 119 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 07/09/2023 Fairburn Ings 120 Great White Egret Ardea alba 121 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 122 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 123 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 124 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 125 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 126 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 127 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 128 Red Kite Milvus milvus 129 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 130 Buzzard Buteo buteo 131 Barn Owl Tyto alba 132 Little Owl Athene noctua 133 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 134 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 135 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 136 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 137 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 138 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 139 Merlin Falco columbarius 140 Hobby Falco subbuteo 141 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 142 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 143 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 01/10/2023 Bempton Cliffs 144 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 145 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 146 Jay Garrulus glandarius 147 Magpie Pica pica 148 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 149 Rook Corvus frugilegus 150 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 151 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 152 Coal Tit Periparus ater 153 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 154 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 155 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 156 Great Tit Parus major 157 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 158 Woodlark Lullula arborea 159 Skylark Alauda arvensis 160 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 161 Swallow Hirundo rustica 162 House Martin Delichon urbicum 163 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 164 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 165 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 166 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 167 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 168 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 169 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 170 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 171 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 172 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 173 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 174 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 175 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 176 Whitethroat Curruca communis 177 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 178 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 179 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 180 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 181 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 182 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 183 Redwing Turdus iliacus 184 Blackbird Turdus merula 185 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 186 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 20/02/2023 Wykeham Forest Yorkshire 187 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 188 Robin Erithacus rubecula 189 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 190 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 191 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 192 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 193 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 194 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 195 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 196 Dunnock Prunella modularis 197 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 198 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 199 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 200 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 201 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 202 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 203 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 204 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 205 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 206 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 207 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 208 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 209 Linnet Linaria cannabina 210 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 211 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 212 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 213 Siskin Spinus spinus 214 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 215 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 216 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 217 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 27/10/2023 Flambrough Head 218 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus