Dianne Barber: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 232 of 232 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 24/11/2023 Aldeburgh 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 30/03/2023 Carlton Marshes 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 20/06/2023 Carlton Marshes 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/04/2023 Benacre 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30/10/2023 Mutford Lock Basin 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 25/01/2023 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 26/04/2023 Benacre Broad 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Quail Coturnix coturnix 21/07/2023 Kingsfleet 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 33 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 26/03/2023 Cromer 34 Swift Apus apus 35 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 31/10/2023 Beach Farm, Benacre 36 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 24/03/2023 Easton Bavents 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 44 Coot Fulica atra 45 Crane Grus grus 15/03/2023 Benacre 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 51 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 22/05/2023 Minsmere 52 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/04/2023 Benacre Broad 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 56 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 57 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 58 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/04/2023 Benacre 59 Curlew Numenius arquata 60 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 61 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 62 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 63 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/10/2023 Kessingland 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 24/04/2023 Carlton Marshes 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 21/04/2023 Carlton Marshes 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 70 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 09/11/2023 Southwold 71 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 72 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 74 Knot Calidris canutus 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 13/02/2023 76 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 15/08/2023 Carlton Marshes 77 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 29/05/2023 Southwold 78 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 12/09/2023 Minsmere Scrape 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 82 Little Stint Calidris minuta 30/08/2023 Aldeburgh 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 06/10/2023 Aldeburgh 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 01/06/2023 Benacre Broad 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 12/09/2023 Minsmere Scrape 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/04/2023 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 89 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 90 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 91 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 94 Common Gull Larus canus 95 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 100 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 101 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 102 Puffin Fratercula arctica 103 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 03/07/2023 Fort William 104 Razorbill Alca torda 105 Little Auk Alle alle 01/11/2023 Benacre Sluice 106 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 108 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/12/2023 Lake Lothing 109 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 31/10/2023 Benacre 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 111 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 17/09/2023 Benacre 112 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 113 Gannet Morus bassanus 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 116 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 09/06/2023 Carlton Marshes 117 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 22/03/2023 Carlton Marshes 118 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 119 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 24/04/2023 Lound 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 121 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 13/02/2023 Carlton Marshes 122 Great White Egret Ardea alba 123 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 124 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/04/2023 Beccles 125 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 18/07/2023 Hickling 126 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 04/07/2023 Loch Ness, Scotland 127 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 128 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 130 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 132 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 133 Buzzard Buteo buteo 134 Barn Owl Tyto alba 135 Little Owl Athene noctua 17/01/2023 Benacre 136 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 137 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 138 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 139 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 17/06/2023 Trimingham 140 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 01/09/2023 Benacre Sluice 141 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 142 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 143 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 144 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 18/06/2023 Haddiscoe 145 Hobby Falco subbuteo 25/04/2023 Carlton Marshes 146 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 147 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 03/06/2023 Lowestoft 148 Jay Garrulus glandarius 149 Magpie Pica pica 150 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 151 Rook Corvus frugilegus 152 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 153 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 04/07/2023 Fort William 154 Raven Corvus corax 155 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 156 Coal Tit Periparus ater 157 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 158 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 159 Great Tit Parus major 160 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 161 Woodlark Lullula arborea 162 Skylark Alauda arvensis 163 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 03/11/2023 Kessingland 164 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2023 Carlton Marshes 165 Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/04/2023 Benacre 166 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/04/2023 167 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 168 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 169 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 05/07/2023 Glenfinnan, Scotland 170 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 25/10/2023 Lowestoft 171 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 172 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 173 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 30/08/2023 Landguard 174 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 175 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/04/2023 176 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 10/06/2023 177 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 178 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2023 179 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 20/05/2023 Benacre 180 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/04/2023 Benacre 181 Whitethroat Curruca communis 182 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 183 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 184 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 185 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 186 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 187 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 188 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 189 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 190 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 191 Redwing Turdus iliacus 192 Blackbird Turdus merula 193 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 194 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 27/05/2023 195 Robin Erithacus rubecula 196 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 22/05/2023 Westleton Heath 197 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/08/2023 Benacre 198 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 19/03/2023 Southwold 199 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 19/08/2023 Benacre 200 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 19/08/2023 Benacre 201 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 25/10/2023 Corton 202 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 203 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 204 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 26/09/2023 Easton Bavents 205 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 22/10/2023 Lowestoft 206 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 03/07/2023 Scotland 207 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 208 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 209 Dunnock Prunella modularis 210 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2023 Carlton Marshes 211 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 14/02/2023 Carlton Marshes 212 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 213 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 214 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 215 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 216 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 217 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 218 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 219 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 06/01/2023 Sotterley 220 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 221 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 222 Twite Linaria flavirostris 22/10/2023 Kessingland 223 Linnet Linaria cannabina 224 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 225 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 05/07/2023 Fort Augustus, Scotland 226 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 227 Siskin Spinus spinus 228 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 31/03/2023 Easton Bavents 229 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 230 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 21/07/2023 Kingsfleet 231 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 232 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus