Reuben Veal: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 240 of 240 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla & hrota 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 10/02/2023 Exminster 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 25/04/2023 Marazion Marsh 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17/01/2023 River Taff Cdf 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Ldn 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 03/04/2023 Ham Wall Som 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 05/02/2023 Shapwick Somerset 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27/10/2023 Hayle Estuary RSPB 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 13/01/2023 Cardiff Bay 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 13/01/2023 Cardiff Bay 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 05/02/2023 Ham Wall Also Drift 29.10 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 23/01/2023 Marazion 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 18/02/2023 Llanelli WWT Carmarthenshire 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Cdf 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 33 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 07/04/2023 Nanjizal 34 Swift Apus apus 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 36 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral Pigeon 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 39 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 29/04/2023 Polgigga 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 47 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 15/04/2023 Chapel Amble 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 51 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 30/09/2023 Goonhilly 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 55 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 05/02/2023 Burnham-on-Sea later Carnsew 5th Sept 56 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 25/10/2023 Sennen 57 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 58 Curlew Numenius arquata 59 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 60 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 61 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 26/10/2023 Walmsley 62 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 19/11/2023 Copperhouse 63 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 12/02/2023 Bowling Green Marsh Dev 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 73 Knot Calidris canutus 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 75 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 31/08/2023 Hayle Estuary 76 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 01/09/2023 Marazion Beach 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 81 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 18/07/2023 Goldcliff Gw 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 24/05/2023 Marazion 83 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 26/08/2023 Pendeen 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 28/08/2023 St Ives 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 89 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 90 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 05/04/2023 Hayle 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 93 Common Gull Larus canus 94 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 22/12/2023 Hayle Estuary 95 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 21/01/2023 Hayle 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 99 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 10/04/2023 Newlyn 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 102 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 21/01/2023 Godrevy 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 104 Puffin Fratercula arctica 105 Razorbill Alca torda 106 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 108 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 109 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 110 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 111 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 112 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 26/08/2023 Pendeen 113 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 114 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 26/08/2023 Pendeen 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 116 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 120 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 03/04/2023 Ham Wall Also Mz 28.10 121 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 10/02/2023 Exminster 122 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 05/02/2023 Shapwick Som 123 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 23/04/2023 Boscathnoe 124 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 125 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/04/2023 Lethytep 126 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 127 Great White Egret Ardea alba 128 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 129 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 130 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 01/09/2023 Crowlas 131 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 132 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Dev 133 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2023 Bodmin Moor 134 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/01/2023 Trewey Common 135 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 30/09/2023 Goonhilly 136 Red Kite Milvus milvus 137 Buzzard Buteo buteo 138 Barn Owl Tyto alba 139 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/04/2023 Bodmin 140 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 141 Hoopoe Upupa epops 23/09/2023 Marazion 142 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 143 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 06/09/2023 Nanjizal 144 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 145 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 146 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 147 Merlin Falco columbarius 148 Hobby Falco subbuteo 149 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 150 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri Ldn 151 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 23/04/2023 Chapel Carn Brea 152 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28/09/2023 Caradon Hill 153 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 05/04/2023 Carn-les-Boel 154 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 02/09/2023 Porthgwarra 155 Jay Garrulus glandarius 156 Magpie Pica pica 157 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 158 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 159 Rook Corvus frugilegus 160 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 161 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 03/09/2023 Land's End 162 Raven Corvus corax 163 Coal Tit Periparus ater 164 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Dv 165 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 166 Great Tit Parus major 167 Skylark Alauda arvensis 168 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 169 Swallow Hirundo rustica 170 House Martin Delichon urbicum 171 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 172 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 173 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 11/06/2023 Forest of Dean Gl 174 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 05/02/2023 Compton Dando Somerset 175 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 176 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 177 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 178 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 02/05/2023 Ham Wall Som 179 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 180 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 181 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 03/09/2023 Nanjizal 182 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 10/09/2023 Nanjizal 183 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 29/08/2023 Nanjizal 184 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 185 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 186 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 187 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Cdf 188 Whitethroat Curruca communis 189 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 190 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 191 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 192 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 193 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 194 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Som 195 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 10/09/2023 Nanjizal 196 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 197 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 198 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 199 Redwing Turdus iliacus 200 Blackbird Turdus merula 201 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 202 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 17/04/2023 Lundy 203 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 204 Robin Erithacus rubecula 205 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 03/09/2023 Nanjizal 206 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/04/2023 Lundy 207 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/04/2023 Lundy 208 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 209 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 210 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 211 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 03/01/2023 Seaton & Holywell 27.1 212 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 213 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 214 Dunnock Prunella modularis 215 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava ssp flava Lundy 16/4 216 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 09/09/2023 Marazion Beach 217 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 218 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 219 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 17/11/2023 Godrevy 220 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 221 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 222 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 25/10/2023 Sennen 223 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 224 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 225 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 226 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 227 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus ********** ********** 228 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 229 Linnet Linaria cannabina 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 17/04/2023 Lundy 231 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 02/01/2023 Bodmin 232 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 233 Siskin Spinus spinus 234 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 18/11/2023 Trevilley 235 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 236 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Devon 237 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 25/10/2023 Porthgwarra 238 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 239 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 04/12/2023 Rosudgeon ssp. leucophrys 240 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 22/09/2023 St Govan's Head Pemb