Ed Betteridge: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 248 of 248 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/01/2023 Bangor 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 29/01/2023 Brancaster 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 20/01/2023 Cors Ddyga 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 29/01/2023 Weybourne 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/01/2023 Cley 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 06/01/2023 Eyebrook Reservoir 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Chew Valley 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 30/12/2023 WWT Slimbridge 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 27/07/2023 Slimbridge 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 07/11/2023 Tophill Lows 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 22 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 Chew Valley 23 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 07/11/2023 Tophill Lows 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21/01/2023 Llyn Cefni 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 28 Scaup Aythya marila 02/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 21/01/2023 Beaumaris 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 09/01/2023 Rutland water 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 20/01/2023 Llandulus 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2023 Barrow Tanks 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 Chew Valley Lakes 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 06/01/2023 Eyebrook Reservoir 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 20/01/2023 Sale Country Park 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 20/01/2023 Llandulus 37 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ********** ********** 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 22/01/2023 World's End 39 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 22/01/2023 World's End 40 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28/01/2023 Burnham Overy 41 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 Blagden Lake 42 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 06/01/2023 Eyebrook Reservoir 43 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 19/08/2023 Bardsey Island 44 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 18/04/2023 Bardsey Island 45 Swift Apus apus 08/05/2023 46 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 21/04/2023 Bardsey Island 47 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Ham Wall 48 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 49 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 50 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30/07/2023 Knepp 51 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Ham Wall 52 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 53 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 54 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 55 Crane Grus grus 02/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Ham Wall 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 29/01/2023 Cley 58 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Chew Valley Lakes 59 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 21/01/2023 Beaumaris 60 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 27/01/2023 Brancaster 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 Burnham-on-sea 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/01/2023 Slimbridge WWT 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2023 Burnham-on-sea 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 Burnham-on-sea 65 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 16/04/2023 Bardsey Island 66 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2023 Burnham-on-sea 67 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/07/2023 Slimbridge 68 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 69 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 22/03/2023 Bardsey Island 70 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 Burnham-on-sea 71 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 20/01/2023 Bangor 72 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 73 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 29/01/2023 Cley 74 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 04/04/2023 Bardsey Island 75 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 15/01/2023 Leigh Sinton 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 77 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 03/10/2023 Bardsey Island 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 09/04/2023 Bardsey Island 79 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 24/02/2023 Shawell 80 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 Burnham-on-sea 81 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/02/2023 WWT Welney 82 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 20/01/2023 Bangor 83 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2023 Burnham-on-sea 84 Knot Calidris canutus 20/01/2023 Bangor 85 Ruff Calidris pugnax 28/01/2023 Holkham 86 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 25/09/2023 87 Sanderling Calidris alba 22/01/2023 Kimnel Bay 88 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 Burnham-on-sea 89 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 29/01/2023 Sheringham 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 22/11/2023 Bardsey Island 91 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 17/02/2023 Slimbridge WWT 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 01/08/2023 Cemlyn 93 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 20/08/2023 Bardsey Island 94 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 14/08/2023 Bardsey Island 95 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 21/07/2023 Rutland Water 96 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 18/09/2023 Bardsey Island 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 17/04/2023 Bardsey Island 98 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 26/08/2023 Bardsey Island 99 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 18/03/2023 Bardsey Island 100 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 22/08/2023 Bardsey Island 101 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 102 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 29/01/2023 Weybourne 103 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Chew Valley Lakes 104 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 06/01/2023 Shawell 105 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 106 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 06/01/2023 Shawell 107 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Chew Valley Lakes 108 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 109 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 17/09/2023 Bardsey Island 110 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 02/08/2023 Bardsey Island 111 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 22/08/2023 Bardsey Island 112 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 08/08/2023 Bardsey Island 113 Puffin Fratercula arctica 18/03/2023 Bardsey Island 114 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 24/11/2023 Beaumaris 115 Razorbill Alca torda 20/01/2023 Bangor 116 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 20/01/2023 Bangor 117 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 20/01/2023 Llandulus 118 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/10/2023 119 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 25/03/2023 Bardsey Island 120 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 24/05/2023 121 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 20/01/2023 Llandulus 122 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 17/09/2023 Bardsey Island 123 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 04/10/2023 124 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 18/03/2023 Bardsey Island 125 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 15/08/2023 Bardsey Island 126 Gannet Morus bassanus 19/03/2023 Bardsey Island 127 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 128 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 20/01/2023 Llandulus 129 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 27/10/2023 Bardsey Island 130 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 25/02/2023 WWT Welney 131 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 28/02/2023 RSPB Ouse Fen 132 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 133 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 25/02/2023 WWT Welney 134 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 135 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 136 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21/07/2023 Rutland Water 137 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 138 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 02/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 139 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 140 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 27/01/2023 Warham Green 141 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 27/01/2023 Warham Green 142 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/01/2023 Eyebrook Reservoir 143 Black Kite Milvus migrans 06/09/2023 Bardsey Island 144 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 08/11/2023 Stone Creek 145 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Ham Wall 146 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2023 Evesham 147 Little Owl Athene noctua 21/04/2023 Bardsey Island 148 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 29/01/2023 Cley Spy 149 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 26/02/2023 WWT Welney 150 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 15/01/2023 Leigh Sinton 151 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 152 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 10/09/2023 Bardsey Island 153 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 154 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 16/01/2023 Hiller's Farm Shop 155 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 156 Merlin Falco columbarius 27/01/2023 Warham Green 157 Hobby Falco subbuteo 23/07/2023 Strensham 158 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 159 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 11/01/2023 London 160 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 31/05/2023 Bardsey Island 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 162 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 163 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 21/01/2023 Beaumaris 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 167 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 18/04/2023 Bardsey Island 168 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 169 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 31/12/2023 Moreton-in-the-Marsh 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 16/01/2023 Hiller's Farm Shop 171 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 27/01/2023 Kelling 172 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 20/01/2023 Sale Country Park 173 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 174 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 175 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 28/01/2023 Blakeney 176 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge 177 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 27/01/2023 Holkham 178 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 02/04/2023 Bardsey Island 179 Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2023 Bardsey Island 180 House Martin Delichon urbicum 08/04/2023 Bardsey Island 181 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 182 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 183 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 23/05/2023 Bardsey Island 184 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 04/10/2023 185 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 27/03/2023 Bardsey Island 186 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2023 RSPB Ham Wall 187 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 16/04/2023 Bardsey Island 188 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 21/05/2023 Bardsey Island 189 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 18/08/2023 Bardsey Island 190 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 04/04/2023 Bardsey Island 191 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/02/2023 Evesham 192 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2023 Bardsey Island 193 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 03/05/2023 Bardsey Island 194 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 30/05/2023 Bardsey Island 195 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2023 Bardsey Island 196 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 27/01/2023 Kelling 197 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 198 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 199 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 16/01/2023 Hiller's Farm Shop 200 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 21/01/2023 Beaumaris 201 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 202 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/01/2023 Eyebrook Reservoir 203 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 204 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 205 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Evesham 206 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 Blagden Lake 207 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 18/04/2023 Bardsey Island 208 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 01/05/2023 209 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 210 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 30/07/2023 Knepp 211 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/04/2023 Bardsey Island 212 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/01/2023 Severn Beach 213 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 20/04/2023 Bardsey Island 214 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/04/2023 Bardsey Island 215 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2023 Ham Wall 216 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/03/2023 Bardsey Island 217 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 20/01/2023 Bangor 218 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 26/02/2023 WWT Welney 219 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Barrow Tanks 220 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Ham Wall 221 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 31/05/2023 Bardsey Island 222 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 Ham Wall 223 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 224 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 225 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 17/04/2023 Bardsey Island 226 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 20/01/2023 Cors Ddyga 227 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 20/01/2023 Llandulus 228 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 229 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 15/10/2023 230 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 26/10/2023 Bardsey Island 231 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 232 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 15/10/2023 Bardsey Island 233 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 234 Twite Linaria flavirostris 28/01/2023 Blakeney 235 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 236 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 11/11/2023 Spurn Bird Obs 237 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 238 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 07/09/2023 Bardsey Island 239 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 240 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 241 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 12/10/2023 Bardsey Island 242 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 22/01/2023 Rhyl 243 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 07/01/2023 North Littleton 244 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 07/01/2023 North Littleton 245 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 Shapwick Heath 246 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 04/06/2023 Bardsey Island 247 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 09/05/2023 Bardsey Island 248 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 21/09/2023 Bardsey Island