Gill Reid: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 250 of 250 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Holkham 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus welney 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Holkham 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula Filey Dams 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 26/08/2023 tophill low 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 09/11/2023 Tophill Low 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 09/11/2023 Tophill Low 3 males 2 females 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 11/10/2023 Tophill low 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30/10/2023 South Landing Flamborough 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 07/06/2023 Rosedale 37 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 26/06/2023 Quinag Sutherland 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 20/06/2023 Wykeham 42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 43 Swift Apus apus 01/05/2023 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 07/06/2023 Hawnby 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 07/06/2023 Sutton Bank 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Corncrake Crex crex 29/06/2023 Butt of Lewis 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Crane Grus grus 20/04/2023 Flamborough 4 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus ********** ********** 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 12/04/2023 St Aidens 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Cley 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Cley 63 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 64 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 08/05/2023 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 09/04/2023 Swinemoor 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 27/04/2023 LDV 69 Curlew Numenius arquata 70 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 72 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 04/02/2023 Cley 73 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11/10/2023 Tophill low 74 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 20/06/2023 wykeham 75 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 01/06/2023 Kilnsea 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 77 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 04/10/2023 Hemingbrough 78 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 29/06/2023 NW Lewis 79 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/05/2023 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 24/07/2023 Thor wick 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 83 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 11/11/2023 Swinemoor 84 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/07/2023 Blacktoft 85 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/06/2023 Potter Brompton Carr 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 87 Knot Calidris canutus 88 Ruff Calidris pugnax 89 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 10/08/2023 Warren spurn 90 Sanderling Calidris alba 91 Dunlin Calidris alpina 92 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 93 Little Stint Calidris minuta 13/05/2023 Budle Bay 94 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 29/08/2023 Tophill low 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 13/05/2023 causeway Lindisfarne 96 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 01/06/2023 hornsea mere 97 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 12/05/2023 Farne Islands 98 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2023 99 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 10/08/2023 Beacon ponds Kilnsea 100 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 12/05/2023 Amble 101 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/07/2023 Hornsea Mere 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 08/03/2023 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 105 Common Gull Larus canus 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 26/08/2023 off Flamborough head 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 26/08/2023 tophill 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blakeney 111 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 112 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 27/06/2023 Handa Sutherland 113 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 25/06/2023 Kyle of Tongue 114 Puffin Fratercula arctica 115 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 25/06/2023 durness 116 Razorbill Alca torda 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 24/06/2023 Loch More Sutherland 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 121 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 18/10/2023 Flamborough Head 122 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 28/06/2023 Minch 123 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 124 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 09/08/2023 Flamborough Head 125 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 28/06/2023 Minch 126 Gannet Morus bassanus 127 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 21/09/2023 South Gare 128 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 129 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 130 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 08/10/2023 flying south near Old fall 131 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 12/04/2023 Fairburn Ings 132 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 03/03/2023 133 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 12/04/2023 Ossett 134 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 135 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 25/09/2023 Lin Dyke Fairborn 136 Great White Egret Ardea alba 137 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 138 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/06/2023 Hornsea mere 139 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 29/05/2023 Wykeham raptor viewpoint 140 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 24/06/2023 Loch More Sutherland 141 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 142 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 143 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 144 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 145 Red Kite Milvus milvus 146 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 28/06/2023 Lewis 147 Buzzard Buteo buteo 148 Barn Owl Tyto alba 149 Little Owl Athene noctua 150 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 151 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 152 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 153 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 154 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 155 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 156 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 157 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/08/2023 Canal side Kilnsea 158 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/04/2023 159 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 160 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri Flamborough Head 161 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 19/08/2023 South Landing 162 Jay Garrulus glandarius 163 Magpie Pica pica 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 167 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/06/2023 Durness 168 Raven Corvus corax 25/06/2023 Durness 169 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 31/10/2023 Flamborough 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 171 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 22/06/2023 Abernethy 172 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 173 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 174 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 175 Great Tit Parus major 176 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 16/04/2023 Alkborough 177 Skylark Alauda arvensis 178 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 179 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 180 Swallow Hirundo rustica 181 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2023 Swinemoor 182 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 183 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 184 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 21/10/2023 Bempton cliffs 185 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 09/10/2023 Bempton Cliffs 186 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 26/10/2023 Bempton Cliffs 187 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 30/10/2023 Hartendale Flamborough 188 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2023 Tophill 189 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 190 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 29/10/2023 Flamborough Head 191 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 24/08/2023 Flamborough Head 192 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2023 LDV 193 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 27/04/2023 LDV 194 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 09/06/2023 Thornwick 195 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 27/09/2023 long Nab Burniston 196 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2023 197 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2023 Tophill 198 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/05/2023 199 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 09/09/2023 kilnsea 200 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 01/05/2023 201 Whitethroat Curruca communis 27/04/2023 202 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 203 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 204 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 205 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 206 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 207 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 208 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 28/01/2023 bempton 209 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 210 Redwing Turdus iliacus 211 Blackbird Turdus merula 212 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 213 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 17/04/2023 Bempton 214 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 20/02/2023 Wykeham forestry nurseries 215 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 07/06/2023 Hawnby 216 Robin Erithacus rubecula 217 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 20/09/2023 Holmes’s Gut 218 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 07/06/2023 Hawnby 219 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 220 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/04/2023 221 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 08/05/2023 RSPB Bempton 222 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 23/10/2023 Flamborough Head 223 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 224 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 225 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 23/01/2023 226 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 227 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 228 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 229 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/04/2023 Tophill 230 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 231 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 232 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 233 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 03/05/2023 Cropton Forest 234 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 13/01/2023 newbiggin Northumberland 235 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 236 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 237 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Titchwell 238 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 239 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 240 Twite Linaria flavirostris 25/06/2023 Durness 241 Linnet Linaria cannabina 242 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 26/10/2023 Bempton Cliffs 243 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 244 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 245 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 246 Siskin Spinus spinus 27/01/2023 tophill 247 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 248 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 249 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 250 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus