Pete Sutton: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 254 of 254 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 03/01/2023 Beddmanarch Bay, Anglesey 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Parkgate, Wirral 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 14/01/2023 Holt, Cheshire 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 19/02/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 27/01/2023 Burpham 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 20/01/2023 Pilling, Lancs 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 06/06/2023 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 04/01/2023 Arrowe Park, Wirral 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 07/02/2023 Foryd Bay Gwynedd 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18/03/2023 Deccan Pools, Wirral 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 06/09/2023 Tophill Low Wetlands, E Yorkshire 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21/10/2023 Beacon Ponds, Kilnsea, East Yorkshire 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 12/01/2023 Bromborough, Wirral 23 Teal Anas crecca 12/01/2023 Bromborough, Wirral 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 14/04/2023 Heswall, Wirral 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30/01/2023 Llangefni 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 03/01/2023 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 29/01/2023 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/09/2023 Filey, North Yorkshire 31 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30/01/2023 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 20/01/2023 Knott End, Lancs 33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 34 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 35 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/01/2023 Chelford, Cheshire 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 05/01/2023 Chelford, Cheshire 38 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2023 Beddmanarch Bay, Anglesey 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 14/01/2023 World’s End, Wrexham 40 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 21/01/2023 World’s End, Wrexham 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28/02/2023 Prenton, Wirral 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/02/2023 Clatterbridge 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 15/05/2023 Westleton Heath 45 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 29/03/2023 Llandudno Junction 46 Swift Apus apus 12/05/2023 Cemlyn Bay 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2023 Moreton, Wirral 48 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30/05/2023 Hardwood Dale, E Yorkshire 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13/02/2023 Port Sunlight River Park, Wirral 54 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 55 Coot Fulica atra 56 Crane Grus grus 15/05/2023 Nene Washes RSPB 57 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 58 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2023 Beddmanarch Bay, Anglesey 59 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 03/01/2023 Beddmanarch Bay, Anglesey 60 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 29/01/2023 Staines Reservoir 61 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 16/05/2023 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 62 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 03/01/2023 Beddmanarch Bay, Anglesey 63 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 06/06/2023 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 64 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 19/02/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 65 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 66 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 67 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 26/04/2023 Great Orme’s Head 68 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 69 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/05/2023 Seaforth NR 70 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 20/04/2023 Wallasey, Wirral 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 12/01/2023 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 77 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 78 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/09/2023 Elton Reservoir, Bury 79 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 05/09/2023 North Cave Wetlands 80 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 21/04/2023 Parkgate, Wirral 81 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/02/2023 Clatterbridge, Wirral 82 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 12/05/2023 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 83 Redshank Tringa totanus 84 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 12/10/2023 RSPB Frampton, Lincs 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 22/05/2023 RSPB Marshside, Southport 91 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 22/05/2023 Pennington Flash CP 92 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 09/10/2023 RSPB Frampton Marshes, Lincolnshire 93 Sanderling Calidris alba 94 Dunlin Calidris alpina 95 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 96 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20/09/2023 Hoylake, Wirral 97 Little Stint Calidris minuta 22/05/2023 RSPB Marshside, Southport 98 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 17/05/2023 Hale, Cheshire 99 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 07/08/2023 Pwllheli, Gwynedd 100 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 29/05/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 101 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 19/04/2023 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 102 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 31/05/2023 North Cave YWT 103 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 19/05/2023 Seaforth NR 104 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 12/05/2023 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 105 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 12/05/2023 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 106 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/04/2023 Hoylake, Wirral 107 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13/04/2023 Seaforth NR 108 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26/04/2023 Great Orme 109 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 27/01/2023 Langstone Harbour 110 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 111 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 112 Common Gull Larus canus 113 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 09/04/2023 Widnes 114 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 115 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 06/08/2023 Hoylake 116 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 117 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 118 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 08/04/2023 Widnes 119 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 02/08/2023 Hoylake 120 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 11/09/2023 Flamborough Head 121 Puffin Fratercula arctica 30/05/2023 RSPB Bempton Cliffs, E Yorkshire 122 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 123 Razorbill Alca torda 07/02/2023 Llanddulas 124 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 125 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 126 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 15/12/2023 Crosby Marine Lake 127 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 128 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 11/08/2023 Scilly Pelagics 129 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 11/08/2023 Scillonian Ferry 130 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 30/01/2023 Benllech 131 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 11/08/2023 Scillonian Ferry 132 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 11/08/2023 Scilly Pelagics 133 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 11/08/2023 Scillonian Ferry 134 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 12/05/2023 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 135 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 21/08/2023 West Sussex 136 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/04/2023 Hoylake, Wirral 137 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 11/09/2023 Redcar, Cleveland 138 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 139 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 140 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 21/04/2023 Parkgate, Wirral 141 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 16/05/2023 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 142 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 143 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 144 Great White Egret Ardea alba 145 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 146 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 15/05/2023 Rutland Water 147 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 30/05/2023 Wykeham Forest, N Yorkshire 148 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 149 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 25/02/2023 Clocaenog Forest 150 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 151 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 152 Red Kite Milvus milvus 153 Buzzard Buteo buteo 154 Barn Owl Tyto alba 155 Little Owl Athene noctua 156 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 29/03/2023 Llandudno Junction 157 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 30/01/2023 Denhall 158 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/02/2023 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 159 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 160 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 161 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 162 Merlin Falco columbarius 163 Hobby Falco subbuteo 08/05/2023 Nene Washes RSPB 164 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 12/02/2023 Meols, Wirral 165 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 166 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 29/05/2023 Kilnsea, E Yorkshire 167 Jay Garrulus glandarius 168 Magpie Pica pica 169 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 170 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 171 Rook Corvus frugilegus 172 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 173 Raven Corvus corax 174 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 10/02/2023 Bradford 175 Coal Tit Periparus ater 19/02/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 176 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 11/10/2023 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 177 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 17/03/2023 Pennington Flash CP 178 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 179 Great Tit Parus major 180 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 16/05/2023 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 181 Woodlark Lullula arborea 15/05/2023 Westleton Heath 182 Skylark Alauda arvensis 183 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 11/10/2023 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 184 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2023 Llandudno Junction 185 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2023 Leasowe Lighthouse 186 House Martin Delichon urbicum 29/03/2023 Llandudno Junction 187 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 11/04/2023 RSPB Conwy 188 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 189 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 190 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 06/02/2023 Martin Mere WWT 191 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 25/10/2023 RSPB Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire 192 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2023 Heswall, Wirral 193 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 194 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 30/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 195 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 25/04/2023 Frodsham Marsh, Cheshire 196 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/04/2023 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 197 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 10/04/2023 RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 198 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 23/04/2023 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 199 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/04/2023 Heswall Golf Course 200 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 15/05/2023 Rutland Water 201 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 17/09/2023 Spurn, East Yorkshire 202 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 09/05/2023 Meols, Wirral 203 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2023 Hoylake Langfields, Wirral 204 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 15/05/2023 Westleton Heath Suffolk 205 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 206 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 207 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 208 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 209 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 210 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 211 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 212 Redwing Turdus iliacus 213 Blackbird Turdus merula 214 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 215 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 04/04/2023 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 216 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 27/05/2023 Meols, Wirral 217 Robin Erithacus rubecula 218 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 15/05/2023 Westleton Heath, Suffolk 219 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 17/09/2023 Easington 220 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 25/04/2023 Meols, Wirral 221 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 17/09/2023 Spurn, East Yorkshire 222 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 223 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 17/04/2023 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 224 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 24/04/2023 Burton Marsh, Wirral 225 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Leasowe, Wirral 226 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 18/03/2023 Deccan Pools, Wirral 227 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 25/02/2023 Clocaenog Forest 228 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 229 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 230 Dunnock Prunella modularis 231 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 17/05/2023 Hale, Cheshire 232 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 233 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 234 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 26/10/2023 Leasowe, Wirral 235 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 236 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 30/05/2023 Wykeham Forest, N Yorkshire 237 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 238 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 27/01/2023 Langstone Harbour 239 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 240 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 25/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 241 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 242 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 03/02/2023 Burton Mere Wetlands 243 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 244 Twite Linaria flavirostris 245 Linnet Linaria cannabina 246 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 247 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 25/02/2023 Clocaenog Forest 248 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 249 Siskin Spinus spinus 250 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 251 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 22/05/2023 Halsall, Lancashire 252 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 253 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 25/10/2023 Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire 254 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus