Shannon Clifford: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 239 of 239 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 04/11/2023 Warham Green, Stiffkey 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 22/01/2023 Big Waters NR 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 04/02/2023 Redcar Lifer 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 02/05/2023 Lower Largo 32 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 08/05/2023 Lower Largo, Fife 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 40 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 43 Quail Coturnix coturnix 44 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 45 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 46 Swift Apus apus 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 48 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 54 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 55 Coot Fulica atra 56 Crane Grus grus 57 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 58 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 59 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 60 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 66 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 70 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton, Northumberland 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 21/05/2023 Ken Hill Marshes 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 77 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 78 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 79 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 29/09/2023 North Point Pools, Norfolk 80 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 81 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 82 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 83 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 84 Redshank Tringa totanus 85 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 86 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 87 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 88 Knot Calidris canutus 89 Ruff Calidris pugnax 90 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 96 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 22/05/2023 Hickling, Norfolk 97 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 98 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 99 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 100 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 101 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 105 Common Gull Larus canus 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 111 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 112 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 113 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 114 Puffin Fratercula arctica 115 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 116 Razorbill Alca torda 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 121 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 122 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 123 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 124 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 125 Gannet Morus bassanus 126 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 127 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 128 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 129 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 130 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 131 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 132 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 133 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 134 Great White Egret Ardea alba 135 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 136 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 137 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 138 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 139 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 140 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 141 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 142 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 04/11/2023 Warham Green 143 Red Kite Milvus milvus 144 Black Kite Milvus migrans 145 Buzzard Buteo buteo 146 Barn Owl Tyto alba 147 Long-eared Owl Asio otus RSPB Saltholme 148 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 149 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 150 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 151 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 152 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 153 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 154 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 155 Merlin Falco columbarius 156 Hobby Falco subbuteo 157 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 158 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 159 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 160 Jay Garrulus glandarius 161 Magpie Pica pica 162 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 163 Rook Corvus frugilegus 164 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 165 Raven Corvus corax 166 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 167 Coal Tit Periparus ater 168 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 169 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 170 Great Tit Parus major 171 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 172 Woodlark Lullula arborea 173 Skylark Alauda arvensis 174 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 175 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 176 Swallow Hirundo rustica 177 House Martin Delichon urbicum 178 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 179 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 180 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 181 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 182 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Newfield, Durham 183 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 184 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 185 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 186 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 187 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 188 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 189 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 190 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 191 Whitethroat Curruca communis 192 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 193 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 194 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 195 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 196 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 197 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 198 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 199 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 200 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 201 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 202 Redwing Turdus iliacus 203 Blackbird Turdus merula 204 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 205 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 206 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 207 Robin Erithacus rubecula 208 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 209 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 210 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 211 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 212 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 213 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 214 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 215 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 216 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 217 Dunnock Prunella modularis 218 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 219 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 220 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 221 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 222 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 223 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 224 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 225 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 226 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 227 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 228 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 229 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 230 Twite Linaria flavirostris 231 Linnet Linaria cannabina 232 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 233 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 234 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 235 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 236 Siskin Spinus spinus 237 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 238 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 239 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus