Joe Parham: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 212 of 212 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 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 26/02/2023 RSPB Lakenheath Fen 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 06/04/2023 Hobson's Park 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 11/11/2023 Northstowe 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 35 Quail Coturnix coturnix 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 37 Swift Apus apus 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral Pigeon 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 04/05/2023 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 46 Coot Fulica atra 47 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 14/06/2023 Ouse Fen RSPB 48 Crane Grus grus 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 54 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 59 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 26/06/2023 Cley Marshes 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 67 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 70 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 71 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 72 Redshank Tringa totanus 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 74 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 75 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 76 Knot Calidris canutus 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 80 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 81 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 82 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 03/07/2023 RSPB Fen Drayton 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 06/04/2023 Hobson's Park 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/04/2023 RSPB Fen Drayton 85 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 86 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/04/2023 RSPB Fen Drayton 87 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 88 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 89 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 90 Common Gull Larus canus 91 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 93 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 96 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Kumlien's 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 98 Puffin Fratercula arctica 99 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 07/04/2023 100 Razorbill Alca torda 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 104 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 106 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 26/04/2023 Coe Fen 107 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/04/2023 108 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 109 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 111 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 112 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 13/06/2023 Ouse Washes RSPB 113 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 114 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/04/2023 RSPB Fen Drayton 115 Great White Egret Ardea alba 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 117 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 10/04/2023 RSPB Fen Drayton 118 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 120 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 121 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 122 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 123 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 28/01/2023 Warham Greens 124 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 27/05/2023 125 Red Kite Milvus milvus 126 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 128 Barn Owl Tyto alba 129 Little Owl Athene noctua 130 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 131 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 133 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 27/06/2023 Trimingham Quarry 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 135 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 136 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 137 Merlin Falco columbarius 138 Hobby Falco subbuteo 139 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 140 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 08/04/2023 141 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 142 Jay Garrulus glandarius 143 Magpie Pica pica 144 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 145 Rook Corvus frugilegus 146 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 147 Raven Corvus corax 148 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater 150 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 151 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 152 Great Tit Parus major 153 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 154 Woodlark Lullula arborea 155 Skylark Alauda arvensis 156 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 157 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/03/2023 158 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/03/2023 159 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2023 RSPB Fen Drayton 160 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 161 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 162 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 163 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 164 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 165 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 166 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 167 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 11/06/2023 Thornwick pools, Flamborough 168 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 169 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 170 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 171 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 172 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15/04/2023 173 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 174 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 175 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 176 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 177 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 178 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 179 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 180 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 181 Redwing Turdus iliacus 182 Blackbird Turdus merula 183 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 184 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 185 Robin Erithacus rubecula 186 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 187 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15/03/2023 188 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 189 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 190 Dunnock Prunella modularis 191 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 16/04/2023 192 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 193 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 194 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 195 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 196 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 197 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 198 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 199 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 200 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 201 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 202 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 203 Twite Linaria flavirostris 204 Linnet Linaria cannabina 205 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 206 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 207 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 208 Siskin Spinus spinus 209 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 210 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 16/04/2023 211 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 212 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus