Paul Bowker: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 180 of 180 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 27/01/2023 Westwoodside 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 27/01/2023 Westwoodside 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 27/01/2023 Westwoodside 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 07/01/2023 Westwoodside 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2023 Westwoodside 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 29/01/2023 Potteric Carr 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/05/2023 Padley Gorge 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26/03/2023 Adwick Washlands 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 Old Moor 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 17 Pintail Anas acuta 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 18 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 Old Moor 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23/04/2023 Idle Valley NR 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23/04/2023 Idle Valley NR 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 22 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 29/05/2023 Potteric Carr 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 16/04/2023 Old Moor 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 25 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 04/04/2023 Old Moor 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2023 Old Moor 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2023 Old Moor 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 02/05/2023 Cutthroat Bridge 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 15/01/2023 Adwick Washlands 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2023 Old Moor 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/03/2023 Adwick Washlands 34 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2023 Idle Valley NR 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 30/04/2023 Idle Valley NR 36 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 11/06/2023 Bempton Cliffs 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2023 Old Moor 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Bramley 39 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30/04/2023 Idle Valley NR 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Bramley 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 42 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 18/11/2023 Orgreave Lagoons 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 04/04/2023 Broomhill Flash 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 48 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 29/05/2023 Potteric Carr 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 26/02/2023 Adwick Washlands 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 28/05/2023 Idle Washlands 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/01/2023 Westwoodside 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 26/02/2023 Wombwell Ings 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 09/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 55 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 05/09/2023 Hayle * 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/08/2023 Hayle 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/04/2023 Old Moor 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 22/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 29/01/2023 Potteric Carr 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2023 Old Moor 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 03/05/2023 Wombwell Ings 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/05/2023 Wombwell Ings 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 22/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 30/08/2023 Hayle 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 22/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 68 Knot Calidris canutus 02/09/2023 Marazion 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 70 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 14/05/2023 Idle Valley NR 71 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 02/09/2023 Marazion 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 28/05/2023 Idle Washlands 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/02/2023 Idle Washlands 74 Little Stint Calidris minuta 02/09/2023 Marazion 75 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 30/04/2023 Idle Valley NR 76 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/10/2023 Edderthorpe Flash 77 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 78 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/08/2023 Hayle 79 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 80 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 12/02/2023 Potteric Carr 81 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 82 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2023 Old Moor 83 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2023 Old Moor 84 Puffin Fratercula arctica 11/06/2023 Bempton Cliffs 85 Razorbill Alca torda 11/06/2023 Bempton Cliffs 86 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/06/2023 Bempton Cliffs 87 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 29/10/2023 Wintersett 88 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 18/11/2023 Orgreave Lagoons 89 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/06/2023 Bempton Cliffs 90 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 02/09/2023 Porthgwarra * 91 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 07/09/2023 Porthgwarra 92 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 02/09/2023 Porthgwarra 93 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 05/09/2023 Porthgwarra 94 Gannet Morus bassanus 11/06/2023 Bempton Cliffs 95 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2023 Old Moor 96 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/09/2023 Porthgwarra 97 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 07/04/2023 Old Moor 98 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 29/05/2023 Potteric Carr 99 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2023 Old Moor 100 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 101 Great White Egret Ardea alba 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 102 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2023 Old Moor 103 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 05/09/2023 Hayle 104 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2023 Old Moor 105 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2023 Old Moor 106 Red Kite Milvus milvus 18/04/2023 M1 Jct 32 107 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 108 Barn Owl Tyto alba 05/02/2023 Idle Washlands 109 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 110 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/12/2023 Crosspool 111 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 112 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 12/02/2023 Potteric Carr 113 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 15/01/2023 Adwick Washlands 114 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 115 Hobby Falco subbuteo 30/04/2023 Idle Valley NR 116 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/01/2023 Old Moor 117 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 118 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 119 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 05/09/2023 Porthgwarra 120 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 29/01/2023 Potteric Carr 121 Rook Corvus frugilegus 15/01/2023 Adwick Washlands 122 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 123 Raven Corvus corax 30/08/2023 Hayle 124 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 02/12/2023 Crosspool 125 Coal Tit Periparus ater 29/01/2023 Potteric Carr 126 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 29/05/2023 Potteric Carr 127 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 128 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 129 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 08/10/2023 Old Moor 130 Skylark Alauda arvensis 19/03/2023 Wombwell Ings 131 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/03/2023 Potteric Carr 132 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 133 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 134 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 08/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 135 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 136 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 28/05/2023 Wyming Brook 137 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 16/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 138 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 19/03/2023 Wombwell Ings 139 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 140 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 29/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 141 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 142 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2023 Idle Valley NR 143 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 30/04/2023 Idle Valley NR 144 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2023 Idle Valley NR 145 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 146 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 147 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/05/2023 Padley Gorge 148 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 19/03/2023 Potteric Carr 149 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Bramley 150 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 151 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 12/03/2023 Adwick Washlands 152 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 153 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Bramley 154 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/01/2023 Westwoodside 155 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 02/05/2023 Cutthroat Bridge 156 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 07/09/2023 Porthgwarra 157 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 158 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/05/2023 Padley Gorge 159 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 02/05/2023 Padley Gorge 160 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/01/2023 Adwick Washlands 161 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/03/2023 Wombwell Ings 162 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 11/06/2023 Bempton Cliffs 163 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Bramley 164 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 165 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 08/04/2023 Adwick Washlands 166 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/04/2023 Wombwell Ings 167 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2023 Old Moor 168 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 12/02/2023 Wombwell Ings 169 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/05/2023 Padley Gorge 170 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 26/02/2023 Wombwell Ings 171 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 172 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 12/03/2023 Adwick Washlands 173 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2023 Old Moor 174 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2023 Old Moor 175 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2023 Old Moor 176 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 29/01/2023 Potteric Carr 177 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Thrybergh CP 178 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 11/06/2023 Bempton Cliffs 179 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 05/02/2023 Idle Valley NR 180 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2023 Old Moor