Ian Sherriffs: 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 15/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 26/08/2023 Epney, Gloucestershire 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 8 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 14/10/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire ✅ 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 19/11/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 04/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 127, Gloucestershire 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17/04/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Shorncote Reedbeds, Gloucestershire 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 20 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27/03/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 04/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 111a, Gloucestershire 24 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 20/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir, Essex ✅ 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 11/12/2023 CWP Pit 114, Gloucestershire 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/04/2023 Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Northamptonshire 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 29 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 02/02/2023 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset ✅ 31 Eider Somateria mollissima 07/07/2023 Loch Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Highland 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/09/2023 Skokholm, Pembrokeshire 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31/03/2023 Barrow Gurney, Somerset 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Whelford Pools, Gloucestershire 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/02/2023 Southmoor NR, Hampshire 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 02/01/2023 Littleworth, Oxfordshire 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix 23/05/2023 Lambourn Downs, Berkshire 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 17/01/2023 Southrop, Gloucestershire 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 30/05/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 16/03/2023 Oldbury Power Station, South Gloucestershire ✅ 43 Swift Apus apus 22/04/2023 Clanfield, Oxfordshire 44 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 28/03/2023 Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire ✅ 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/04/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 132, Gloucestershire 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire Feral Pig 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2023 Littleworth, Oxfordshire 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 06/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Shorncote Reedbeds, Gloucestershire 51 Corncrake Crex crex 07/07/2023 RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides ✅ 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 53 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 54 Crane Grus grus 08/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 07/01/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 16, Gloucestershire 57 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 18/11/2023 Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire 58 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 03/02/2023 Southmoor NR, Hampshire 59 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 28/03/2023 RSPB Winterbourne Downs, Wiltshire 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 27/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 132, Gloucestershire 61 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 06/05/2023 RSPB Otmoor, Oxfordshire ✅ 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/02/2023 Southmoor NR, Hampshire 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/02/2023 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 25/03/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 201b, Gloucestershire 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 68 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 02/02/2023 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset ✅ 69 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 70 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 71 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 22/03/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 72 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 73 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/02/2023 Oakley Wood, Gloucestershire 74 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 75 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 24/09/2023 Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire 76 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 17/04/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 125, Gloucestershire 77 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 05/06/2023 Upton Warren NR, Worcestershire ✅ 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 04/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 132, Gloucestershire 79 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 26/08/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 80 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 81 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 07/04/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 82 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/02/2023 Southmoor NR, Hampshire 83 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/02/2023 Southmoor NR, Hampshire 84 Knot Calidris canutus 04/06/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 85 Ruff Calidris pugnax 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 86 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 29/09/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 87 Sanderling Calidris alba 24/04/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 88 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 89 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/02/2023 Battery Point, Somerset 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 29/09/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 91 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 15/02/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire ✅ 92 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 17/08/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 93 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 10/07/2023 Malacleit Beach, North Uist, Outer Hebrides 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 01/06/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 57, Gloucestershire 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 07/07/2023 Uig to Lochmaddy ferry, Outer Hebrides 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 12/04/2023 Summer Leys NR, Northamptonshire 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 07/09/2023 Skokholm, Pembrokeshire 98 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 25/04/2023 Skomer, Pembrokeshire 99 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 03/02/2023 Southmoor NR, Hampshire ✅ 100 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 101 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 102 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 103 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 104 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 03/03/2023 Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire 105 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 106 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 107 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 07/07/2023 Uig to Lochmaddy ferry, Outer Hebrides 108 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 07/07/2023 Uig to Lochmaddy ferry, Outer Hebrides 109 Puffin Fratercula arctica 25/04/2023 Skomer, Pembrokeshire 110 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 07/07/2023 Uig to Lochmaddy ferry, Outer Hebrides 111 Razorbill Alca torda 25/04/2023 Skomer, Pembrokeshire 112 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 25/04/2023 Skomer, Pembrokeshire 113 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 10/07/2023 Clachan Sands, North Uist, Outer Hebrides 114 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 12/07/2023 Luskentyre, Harris, Outer Hebrides 115 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 15/07/2023 Tarbert to Uig ferry, Outer Hebrides ✅ 116 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 25/04/2023 Skomer, Pembrokeshire 117 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 07/07/2023 Uig to Lochmaddy ferry, Outer Hebrides 118 Gannet Morus bassanus 25/04/2023 Skomer, Pembrokeshire 119 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 120 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/04/2023 Skomer, Pembrokeshire 121 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 07/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 122 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 17/04/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Shorncote Reedbeds, Gloucestershire 123 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 22/04/2023 Stockbridge, Hampshire ✅ 124 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Shorncote Reedbeds, Gloucestershire 125 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/02/2023 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 126 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/02/2023 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset 127 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 128 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 22/10/2023 CWP Whelford Pools, Gloucestershire ✅ 129 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 03/04/2023 Rutland Water NR, Rutland 130 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 07/07/2023 Uig, Isle of Skye, Highlands 131 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 132 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 22/01/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 133 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 134 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 08/07/2023 North Uist, Outer Hebrides 135 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2023 Littleworth, Oxfordshire 136 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 12/07/2023 Harris, Outer Hebrides 137 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 138 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2023 Buscot Wick, Oxfordshire 139 Little Owl Athene noctua 17/01/2023 Fairford, Gloucestershire 140 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 08/07/2023 RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides 141 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/01/2023 Buscot Wick, Oxfordshire 142 Hoopoe Upupa epops 06/09/2023 Skokholm, Pembrokeshire 143 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 144 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2023 Littleworth, Oxfordshire 145 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 16, Gloucestershire 146 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 147 Merlin Falco columbarius 09/01/2023 Cotswolds, Gloucestershire 148 Hobby Falco subbuteo 27/04/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 132, Gloucestershire 149 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 150 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 22/02/2023 Shepherds Bush, London 151 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/01/2023 Fairford, Gloucestershire 152 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 153 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 25/04/2023 Martin’s Haven, Pembrokeshire 154 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 155 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 156 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 157 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 18/06/2023 Strand Rd, Derry, NI 158 Raven Corvus corax 06/01/2023 Buscot Wick, Oxfordshire 159 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/12/2023 Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire ✅ 160 Coal Tit Periparus ater 07/01/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 161 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 02/01/2023 Littleworth, Oxfordshire 162 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 163 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 164 Woodlark Lullula arborea 23/03/2023 Greenham Common, Berkshire 165 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 166 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 18/03/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 167 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2023 Faringdon, Oxfordshire 168 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Whelford Pools, Gloucestershire 169 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Shorncote Reedbeds, Gloucestershire 170 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 171 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 22/05/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 172 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 01/02/2023 Compton Dando STW, Somerset 173 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 174 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2023 Kempsford Sewage Works, Gloucestershire 175 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 16/05/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire ✅ 176 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 06/05/2023 RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset ✅ 177 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 07/04/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 178 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 09/04/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 179 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/2023 Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 180 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 27/03/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 181 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 17/04/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Shorncote Reedbeds, Gloucestershire 182 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 01/05/2023 Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 183 Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/04/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 132, Gloucestershire 184 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 17/04/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 185 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 186 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 187 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 07/01/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 188 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 19/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 126, Gloucestershire 189 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 190 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/01/2023 Buscot Wick, Oxfordshire 191 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2023 Buscot Wick, Oxfordshire 192 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 193 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 194 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 195 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 23/03/2023 Greenham Common, Berkshire 196 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 30/05/2023 RSPB Nagshead, Gloucestershire 197 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 198 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 24/04/2023 RSPB Highnam Woods, Gloucestershire 199 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 23/05/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire ✅ 200 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/04/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 201 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/01/2023 Gloucester, Gloucestershire 202 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/04/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 203 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/08/2023 Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 204 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/01/2023 Buscot Wick, Oxfordshire 205 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/03/2023 Chedworth, Gloucestershire 206 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 07/01/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 207 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 12/04/2023 Pitsford Reservoir, Northamptonshire 208 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 209 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 210 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 211 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/01/2023 Kempsford Sewage Works, Gloucestershire 212 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 213 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 05/03/2023 Awre, Gloucestershire ✅ 214 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 07/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 215 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 16/05/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 216 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 02/03/2023 WWT Wetland Centre, London 217 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/02/2023 Southmoor NR, Hampshire 218 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 219 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/02/2023 Hazleton, Gloucestershire 220 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 07/01/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 221 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/01/2023 Cotswold Water Park - Pit 132, Gloucestershire 222 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2023 Littleworth, Oxfordshire 223 Twite Linaria flavirostris 15/07/2023 Tarbert, Harris, Outer Hebrides 224 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 225 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 29/01/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 226 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 17/04/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 227 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 228 Siskin Spinus spinus 29/01/2023 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 229 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 09/01/2023 Quenington, Gloucestershire 230 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/01/2023 Littleworth, Oxfordshire 231 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2023 Littleworth, Oxfordshire 232 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 25/09/2023 Baglan, Glamorgan ✅