Chris Padley: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 215 of 215 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 07/01/2023 Morston 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 09/11/2023 Wells-next-the-Sea Adult of two 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 21/02/2023 Salthouse 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 23/02/2023 Holkham 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 07/01/2023 Holkham 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 19/02/2023 St. Benet’s Abbey 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2023 Village 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 07/01/2023 Holkham 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 07/01/2023 Bircham 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15/01/2023 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15/01/2023 Colkirk 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16/01/2023 Village 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Brancaster Staithe 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/04/2023 Santon Downham 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26/03/2023 Welney 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2023 Stanhope 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera Village 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 05/01/2023 Brancaster Staithe 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 05/01/2023 Brancaster Staithe 20 Pintail Anas acuta 16/01/2023 Holkham 21 Teal Anas crecca 05/01/2023 Brancaster Staithe 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 10/02/2023 Titchwell 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 13/01/2023 Brancaster 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 23/01/2023 Holme 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 16/06/2023 Cley 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29/10/2023 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 10/02/2023 Titchwell 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 19/11/2023 Bayfield Lake 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/02/2023 Titchwell 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Village 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Village 32 Quail Coturnix coturnix 01/08/2023 N.Creake Heard 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 18/01/2023 Choseley 34 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 02/07/2023 35 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 20/03/2023 Sheringham 36 Swift Apus apus 07/05/2023 Village 37 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 13/11/2023 Winterton 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2023 Holme 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 10/01/2023 Hunstanton Feral Pigeon 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 26/02/2023 Sussex Barns 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Village 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 13/05/2023 …. 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2023 Village 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 17/01/2023 N.Creake 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 07/01/2023 Stanhope 46 Coot Fulica atra 13/01/2023 Brancaster 47 Crane Grus grus 17/04/2023 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/01/2023 Wells Harbour 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 31/01/2023 Denver Sluice 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 16/03/2023 Heacham 51 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 28/04/2023 Weeting 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2023 Burnham Overy Staithe 53 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 29/07/2023 Frampton Marsh 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 10/02/2023 Titchwell 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/01/2023 Burnham Overy Staithe 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 18/01/2023 Burnham Overy Staithe 57 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 18/06/2023 58 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 07/04/2023 Nr. Fakenham 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 18/01/2023 Brancaster Staithe 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 11/04/2023 Cley 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 17/01/2023 N.Creake 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/04/2023 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 05/01/2023 Burnham Overy Staithe 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/02/2023 Titchwell 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 05/01/2023 Burnham Overy Staithe 66 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 19/01/2023 Holkham 67 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 15/02/2023 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 16/01/2023 69 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 29/09/2023 North Point Pools, Wells 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/07/2023 Salthouse 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 24/01/2023 Creake 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 12/05/2023 73 Redshank Tringa totanus Brancaster Staithe 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/07/2023 Frampton Marsh 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 07/01/2023 Morston 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Brancaster Staithe 77 Knot Calidris canutus 01/08/2023 Cley 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 19/03/2023 Cley 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 29/08/2023 Cley 80 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 14/05/2023 2 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 10/02/2023 Titchwell 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 18/01/2023 Burnham Overy Staithe 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/03/2023 Sheringham 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 30/05/2023 Salthouse 85 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 16/07/2023 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 13/05/2023 87 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 15/06/2023 N.Point Pools, Wells 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/05/2023 Lyng 89 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 31/05/2023 Brancaster Staithe 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 11/05/2023 Titchwell 91 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 01/08/2023 Cley 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Village 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 12/03/2023 94 Common Gull Larus canus Village 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 08/01/2023 Wells Harbour 96 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 08/01/2023 Wells Harbour 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 15/03/2023 Kings Lynn 98 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 01/08/2023 Cley 99 Razorbill Alca torda 11/08/2023 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 26/07/2023 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 16/06/2023 Cley 102 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 16/11/2023 103 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 10/01/2023 Hunstanton 104 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 09/10/2023 105 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/06/2023 Cley 106 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 05/01/2023 Brancaster Staithe 107 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 06/11/2023 108 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 05/05/2023 Cley 2 109 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 17/03/2023 Holkham 110 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 30/03/2023 Cley 111 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/01/2023 Brancaster Staithe 112 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26/03/2023 Welney 113 Great White Egret Ardea alba 16/01/2023 Holkham 114 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2023 Village 115 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/04/2023 Narford Lake 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 16/01/2023 Village 117 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 08/02/2023 Cockley Cley 118 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/01/2023 Morston 119 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 17/12/2023 Garden Drove 120 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 17/12/2023 Garden Drove 121 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2023 Village 122 Buzzard Buteo buteo 14/01/2023 N.Creake 123 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2023 Bircham 124 Little Owl Athene noctua 17/01/2023 Village 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 08/01/2023 Glandford 126 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 03/01/2023 Village 127 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 09/02/2023 St Helens , S. Downham 128 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 19/06/2023 Trimmingham 129 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2023 Village 130 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 22/01/2023 Barrow Common 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2023 Village 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 09/11/2023 Wells 133 Hobby Falco subbuteo 19/06/2023 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 24/03/2023 Cromer 135 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 02/06/2023 136 Jay Garrulus glandarius ********** ********** 137 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2023 Village 138 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2023 Village 139 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2023 Bircham 140 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 24/01/2023 Choseley 141 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 23/04/2023 142 Raven Corvus corax 21/02/2023 Holkham 143 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 10/11/2023 144 Coal Tit Periparus ater 21/01/2023 Village 145 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 29/01/2023 QE2 Kings Lynn 146 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Garden 147 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Garden 148 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 11/04/2023 149 Woodlark Lullula arborea 15/04/2023 Kelling 150 Skylark Alauda arvensis 07/01/2023 Morston 151 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 23/01/2023 Holme 152 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/04/2023 West Runton 153 Swallow Hirundo rustica 11/04/2023 Salthouse 154 House Martin Delichon urbicum 11/04/2023 Salthouse 155 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/02/2023 Cley 156 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 21/01/2023 157 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 27/04/2023 Titchwell 158 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 13/01/2023 Brancaster 159 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 30/10/2023 160 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 11/04/2023 Village 161 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/03/2023 Letheringsett 162 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 11/05/2023 Titchwell 163 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 11/04/2023 Cley 164 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 06/05/2023 Village 165 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 25/04/2023 Holme 166 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/01/2023 Village 167 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 28/04/2023 Suffolk 168 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/04/2023 West Runton 169 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2023 Snettisham 170 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 07/04/2023 171 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 08/02/2023 Suffolk 172 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 03/03/2023 Village 173 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 07/01/2023 Village 174 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/02/2023 175 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17/03/2023 Quarles 176 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 07/06/2023 177 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2023 Village 178 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 Village 179 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 17/01/2023 180 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Bircham 181 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2023 Village 182 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 18/01/2023 Ringstead 183 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/04/2023 Morston 184 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 06/07/2023 185 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Garden 186 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 28/04/2023 187 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 17/03/2023 Weybourne 188 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 25/04/2023 189 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 23/04/2023 West Runton 190 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 23/01/2023 Holme 191 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/03/2023 Cley 192 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 23/04/2023 West Runton 193 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 26/03/2023 Welney 194 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 06/01/2023 Village 195 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Garden 196 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2023 West Runton 197 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 18/05/2023 198 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 19/01/2023 Holkham 199 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 07/01/2023 Morston 200 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 11/05/2023 Dersingham 201 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 30/03/2023 202 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/03/2023 Morston 203 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 09/01/2023 Village 204 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/02/2023 Cockley Cley 205 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 08/02/2023 Lynford 206 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 17/01/2023 N.Creake 207 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 16/01/2023 208 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/02/2023 Colkley Cley 209 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 25/02/2023 210 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2023 Garden 211 Siskin Spinus spinus 10/02/2023 Titchwell 212 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 02/02/2023 213 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 09/04/2023 214 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/03/2023 Weybourne 215 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 23/01/2023