Daniel Booker: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 229 of 229 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 30/12/2023 Bradwell on sea essex 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 22/01/2023 Farlington 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/01/2023 Farlington 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/04/2023 Coldwaltham 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30/12/2023 Abberton reservoir essex 20 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 18/11/2023 Abberton reservoir, essex Drake 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/01/2023 Slapton leys Devon 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 08/05/2023 lower largo fife 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 08/05/2023 Boulmer Northumberland 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 08/05/2023 lower largo fife 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 08/05/2023 lower largo fife 28 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 08/05/2023 Lower largo fife 29 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 08/05/2023 lower largo fife 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 22/01/2023 Budds farm 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 15/01/2023 Budds farm Hampshire 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 30/12/2023 Abberton reservoir, essex 34 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 08/05/2023 lower largo fife 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 15/01/2023 Budds farm Hampshire 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 27/05/2023 Kithurst hill 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 27/05/2023 Ambersham commin 41 Swift Apus apus 22/04/2023 Coldwaltham 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 01/05/2023 Knepp 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 13/05/2023 Knepp 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16/09/2023 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 49 Coot Fulica atra 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 51 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/05/2023 lower largo fife 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 28/12/2023 Selsey bill 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 15/01/2023 Budds farm Hampshire 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 22/01/2023 Farlington 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 08/04/2023 Climping 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 62 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 08/05/2023 Long nanny Northumberland 63 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 07/05/2023 Medmerry 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 21/04/2023 65 Curlew Numenius arquata 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 68 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 21/10/2023 Cuckmere 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 70 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 27/12/2023 Cowdry forest 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 72 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 74 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 75 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/04/2023 Pulbough brooks 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/01/2023 Sidlsham 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 13/01/2023 Southmoor p 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Knot Calidris canutus 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax 22/01/2023 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 07/05/2023 Church Norton 83 Sanderling Calidris alba 84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 85 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 22/07/2023 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 07/05/2023 Church Norton 87 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 88 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 30/07/2023 Arne rspb dorset 89 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 08/05/2023 Boulmer Northumberland 90 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/04/2023 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Ivy lake 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 08/01/2023 Slapton sands Devon 94 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 13/01/2023 Budds farm Hampshire 95 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 96 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 08/01/2023 Slapton sands Devon 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 98 Common Gull Larus canus 99 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 100 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 101 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 102 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 29/01/2023 103 Razorbill Alca torda 08/05/2023 104 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 08/05/2023 105 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 106 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 08/05/2023 107 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 108 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 109 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 03/11/2023 Littlehampton 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 29/04/2023 Seaford head 111 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 112 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 113 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 114 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 115 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 28/08/2023 Selsey bill 116 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 118 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 20/08/2023 Bishop rock lighthouse 119 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 120 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 08/01/2023 Slapton sands Devon 121 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 122 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 123 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 124 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 125 Great White Egret Ardea alba 126 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 127 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 128 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 22/07/2023 Clone point essex 129 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 130 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 131 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 132 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/01/2023 Burgh 133 Red Kite Milvus milvus 134 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 135 Buzzard Buteo buteo 136 Barn Owl Tyto alba 15/01/2023 Burgh 137 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 15/01/2023 Burgh 138 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/05/2023 Knepp 139 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 140 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 11/02/2023 New forest 141 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 142 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 29/01/2023 Church Norton 143 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo 08/05/2023 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 146 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 11/02/2023 New forest 147 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 08/05/2023 Boulmer Northumberland 148 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 30/05/2023 West wise Eastbourne 149 Jay Garrulus glandarius 150 Magpie Pica pica 151 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 22/09/2023 Cornwall 152 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 153 Rook Corvus frugilegus 154 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 155 Raven Corvus corax 156 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 23/12/2023 Hailsham 157 Coal Tit Periparus ater 158 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 11/02/2023 New forest 159 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 160 Great Tit Parus major 161 Woodlark Lullula arborea 15/04/2023 Woolmer pond Hampshire 162 Skylark Alauda arvensis 163 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/04/2023 Ivy lake 164 Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/04/2023 Ivy lake 165 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2023 Pulbough brooks 166 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 167 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 168 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/04/2023 Pulbough brooks 169 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 16/12/2023 Ferring rife 170 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2023 Ivy lake 171 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 07/01/2023 Burgh 172 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 05/05/2023 Abbots wood east Sussex 173 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 10/09/2023 Beeding brooks 174 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 09/04/2023 Coldwaltham 175 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 15/04/2023 Arundel 176 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 18/06/2023 Coldwaltham is 177 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 08/05/2023 Boulmer Northumberland 178 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 179 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2023 Pulbough brooks 180 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/04/2023 Pulbough brooks 181 Whitethroat Curruca communis 08/04/2023 Pulbough brooks 182 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 27/05/2023 183 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 184 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 185 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 07/01/2023 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 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 17/04/2023 Highdown hill 195 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 27/05/2023 196 Robin Erithacus rubecula 197 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 198 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 15/04/2023 Woolmer pond Hampshire 199 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 07/01/2023 200 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 15/04/2023 Church Norton 201 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 29/04/2023 Seaford gap 202 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 203 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 09/04/2023 Climping 204 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 08/01/2023 Colydon common 205 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 08/05/2023 206 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 207 Dunnock Prunella modularis 208 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2023 Pulbough brooks 209 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 210 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 211 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 212 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 15/04/2023 Woolmer pond Hampshire 213 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 214 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 215 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 08/01/2023 Broardsand Devon 216 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 217 Linnet Linaria cannabina 218 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 27/12/2023 Cowdry forest 219 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/02/2023 New forest 220 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 221 Siskin Spinus spinus 11/02/2023 New forest 222 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 223 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 29/04/2023 Seaford head 224 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 225 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 226 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 227 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 22/04/2023 Hope gap seaford 228 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 22/09/2023 St covan's head Cornwall 229 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 St covan's head Cornwall