Christopher Bell: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 212 of 212 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Scaling Dam 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/03/2023 1 at Burton Riggs 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2023 Seamer Road Mere Scarborough 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Wykeham lakes 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna North Duffield 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19/03/2023 Graves Park Sheffield 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula Potter Brompton Carr 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 16 Pintail Anas acuta North Duffield 17 Teal Anas crecca 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 20 Scaup Aythya marila 30/12/2023 North Duffield Carrs 21 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 03/01/2023 Redcar At distance off Lifeboat Museum 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/01/2023 Redcar 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 04/01/2023 Redcar 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2023 Marine Drive Scarborough 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/01/2023 Redcar 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/01/2023 Seamer Road Mere Scarborough 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 04/01/2023 Seamer Road Mere Scarborough 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31/12/2023 Scarborough Harbour 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 04/01/2023 Ruswarp Turn off A171 Scarborough 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 06/01/2023 Snainton, Scarborough 33 Quail Coturnix coturnix Long Nab - Hundale 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Wintringham 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Wykeham Forest 36 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23/03/2023 Olivers Mount 2 37 Swift Apus apus Garden 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Harwood Dale 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2023 Marine DriveScarborough 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 Peasholm Glen Scarborough 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Peasholm Glen Scarborough 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Mill Inn Harwood Dale 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Garden 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Wykeham long causeway 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 04/01/2023 Seamer Road Mere Scarborough 46 Coot Fulica atra 04/01/2023 Seamer Road Mere Scarborough 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 04/01/2023 Seamer Road Mere Scarborough 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2023 Scarborough South Bay 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 03/01/2023 Redcar 50 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta NC Wetlands 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Potter Brompton Carr 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 25/02/2023 Wheldrake ings 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/01/2023 Redcar 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 23/04/2023 WSL 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/04/2023 WSL 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 03/01/2023 Redcar 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 23/04/2023 Jacksons Bay 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 19/02/2023 Gargrave 60 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 61 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 62 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 09/09/2023 North Cave Wetlands 63 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 23/04/2023 WSL 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Scaling Dam 65 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Filey Dams 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2023 Scarborough Harbour 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 08/09/2023 Potter Brompton 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia Potter Brompton Carr 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2023 Scarborough Harbour 70 Knot Calidris canutus 03/01/2023 Redcar 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 19/03/2023 North Cave Wetlands 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Filey Damms 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/01/2023 Redcar 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2023 Redcar 75 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/01/2023 Scarborough Harbour 76 Little Stint Calidris minuta Potter Brompton Carr 77 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Filey Brigg 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 23/04/2023 WSL 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Redcar 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Long Nab Burniston 81 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Long Nab 82 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26/02/2023 Long Nab 83 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Scarborough Harbour 84 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Holbeck 85 Common Gull Larus canus 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 86 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 16/07/2023 Long Nab 87 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Scarborough Harbour 88 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 16/07/2023 Long Nab 89 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Scarborough Harbour 90 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 19/02/2023 Gargrave 91 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 26/02/2023 Ling nab north 9.00 am 92 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Long Nab 93 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Filey Brigg and Long Nab 94 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 23/09/2023 Long Nab 95 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Filey Brigg and Long Nab 96 Puffin Fratercula arctica 22/04/2023 Filey 97 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 23/09/2023 Long Nab 98 Razorbill Alca torda 03/01/2023 Redcar 99 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 03/01/2023 Redcar 100 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2023 Scarborough Harbour 101 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Wykeham Lakes 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2023 Marine Drive Scarborough 103 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Long Nab 104 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 14/09/2023 Marine Drive 105 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 26/02/2023 Long Nab 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 26/02/2023 Long nab 107 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 04/09/2023 Hunmanby Gap, North Yorkshire Seen flying North and South Offshore, approximately 5.15 pm, seen by approximately 30 plus birders 108 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2023 Scarborouigh Harbour 109 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/01/2023 Scarborouigh Harbour 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 16/07/2023 Long Nab 2 Flew South 111 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 112 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 26/05/2023 Filey Dams 113 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 24/09/2023 Potter Brompton 114 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 25/02/23 long causeway 115 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 116 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 31/07/2023 Fly by Malton Hospital 117 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 10/06/2023 Wykeham Raptor View Point 118 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 119 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 01/04/2023 Cockmor Hall 120 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus North Duffield / Long Nab 121 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 21/10/2023 Long Nab 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus Snainton 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 124 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 3 number 125 Little Owl Athene noctua Long Nab Burniston 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough Possibly 4 number 127 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 128 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 129 Wryneck Jynx torquilla Undisclosed Site 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 131 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 25/02/2023 Skipwith Common 132 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 133 Merlin Falco columbarius Long Nab - In off the Sea 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2023 Marine Drive Scarborough 135 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 09/07/2023 Thornwick Ponds 136 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 01/10/2023 RSBP Bempton Adjacent Car Park, then in the Dell 137 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio South Gare - Steve Wignall Found 138 Jay Garrulus glandarius Wykeham long causeway 139 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Marine Driver Scarborough 140 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 141 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 142 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 143 Raven Corvus corax 19/02/2023 Gargrave 144 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 05/11/2023 Wreyfield Drive Scarborough 145 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 146 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 147 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 11/11/2023 Wykeham Forrest 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 149 Great Tit Parus major 04/01/2023 Tophill Low 150 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 24/04/2023 Seamer tip ponds 151 Woodlark Lullula arborea 19/02/2023 Skipworth Common LDV 152 Skylark Alauda arvensis 18/02/2023 Wykeham long causeway 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 16/04/2023 Wykeham Lakes 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/04/2023 Wykeham Lakes 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum 16/04/2023 Wykeham Lakes 156 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Wykeham Lakes 157 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 158 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Yorkshire Dales - Undisclosed Site 159 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 22/04/2023 Filey Dams 160 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 22/04/2023 Filey Dams 161 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Wykeham Lakes 162 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Wykeham Lakes 163 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 27/05/2023 Filey Dams 164 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 26/09/2023 Crook Ness Burniston Scarborough 300 metres south of car park 165 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Long Nab - Cleveland Way Access Path 166 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Crook Ness - Long Nab 167 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Wykeham Lakes 168 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Crook Ness - Long Nab 169 Whitethroat Curruca communis 170 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 171 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 172 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/02/2023 Forge Valley 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2023 Seamer Road Mere Scarborough 174 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Garden 175 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 176 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 04/01/2023 Redcar Trip, Easington 177 Redwing Turdus iliacus 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 178 Blackbird Turdus merula 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 179 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 180 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 19/02/2023 Cockmor Road Wykeham Forest Nursery Male Adult in full plumage 181 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Turkey Carpet Silpho and Yorkshire Dales 182 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Peasholm Glen Scarborough 183 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Yorkshire Dales 184 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Silpho 185 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Jugger Howe 186 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 187 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Danby Beacon 188 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/01/2023 Peasholm Glen Scarborough 189 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus North Cave Wetlands 190 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Peasholm Glen Scarborough 191 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Peasholm Glen Scarborough 192 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Long Nab Burniston 193 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 Peasholm Glen Scarborough 194 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Peasholm Glen Scarborough 195 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 196 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Wykeham Forest 197 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2023 Scarborough Harbour 198 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 199 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 22/02/2023 Cockmor Hall 200 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Peasholm 201 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 202 Twite Linaria flavirostris 26/11/2023 Filey Country Park 203 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 204 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 04/01/2023 Wykeham Lakes 205 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Wykeham Forest 206 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 207 Siskin Spinus spinus Wykeham Forest 208 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 12/03/2023 Ravenscar north flyby 209 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 29/09/2023 Filey Brigg 210 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Long Nab Burniston 211 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough 212 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/01/2023 Seamer Tip Ponds Scarborough