Nick Bristow: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 284 of 284 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 25/01/2023 Frampton Marsh 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/02/2023 Alkborough 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 03/03/2023 Earsden 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 07/01/2023 Drymen 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 07/01/2023 Slamannan 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 28/01/2023 Burnham Overy 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/01/2023 Welbeck 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 28/01/2023 Holkham 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 25/01/2023 Frampton Marsh 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 27/01/2023 Sheffield 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26/03/2023 Adwick 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 03/05/2023 Frampton 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21/10/2023 Kilnsea 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25/01/2023 Frampton Marsh 25 Teal Anas crecca 25/01/2023 Frampton Marsh 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 21/04/2023 Lound 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 08/01/2023 Linghurst 28 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 14/11/2023 Abberton reservoir 29 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 07/01/2023 Glasgow 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 32 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 18/07/2023 Conley gp 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 29/01/2023 Redcar 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 36 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 37 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 21/01/2023 Musselburgh 38 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 01/05/2023 Lower largo 39 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 41 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 42 Smew Mergellus albellus 08/01/2023 Lound 43 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 22/04/2023 Whinfell tran 44 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2023 Glasgow 45 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 46 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 29/01/2023 North Yorkshire 47 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 05/01/2023 Langden beck 48 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28/01/2023 Holkham gap 49 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2023 Hampole 50 Quail Coturnix coturnix 27/06/2023 Bakewell 51 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 11/02/2023 Marston 52 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 16/05/2023 Hatfield moor 53 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23/03/2023 Chapel st leonards 54 Swift Apus apus 27/04/2023 Farmoor 55 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 14/11/2023 Winterton 56 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 30/04/2023 Idle valley 57 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 03/01/2023 Hampole 58 Stock Dove Columba oenas 31/01/2023 Hampole 59 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Doncaster 60 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30/04/2023 Lound 61 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 08/01/2023 Doncaster 62 Corncrake Crex crex 04/06/2023 Iona 63 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 64 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 65 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 08/11/2023 Linford lakes 66 Crane Grus grus 31/01/2023 Eldernell 67 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 68 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 21/01/2023 Holkham Gap 69 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/01/2023 Thrybergh 70 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 17/11/2023 Orgreave 71 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/04/2023 St aidens 72 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 01/07/2023 Weeting 73 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 74 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 05/05/2023 Idle washlands 75 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 25/01/2023 Frampton Marsh 76 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 21/01/2023 Titchwell 77 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 25/01/2023 Frampton Marsh 78 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 11/05/2023 Cemlyn bay 79 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 08/05/2023 Choseley 80 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14/01/2023 Redcar 81 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 12/04/2023 Summer leys Wellingborough 82 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 83 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low newton 84 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 12/04/2023 Summer leys Wellingborough 85 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 28/10/2023 Sennen 86 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/05/2023 Frampton 87 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 88 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 89 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 21/01/2023 Titchwell 90 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 02/02/2023 Cley marshes 91 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 18/09/2023 Spurn canal scrape 92 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/06/2023 Gruline 93 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 09/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 94 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 02/09/2023 North cave 95 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/04/2023 Farmoor 96 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/02/2023 Lound 97 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/05/2023 Frampton 98 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 99 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 04/10/2023 Frampton 100 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/05/2023 Grampton 101 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 23/04/2023 Slaynes lane 102 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/01/2023 South Shields 103 Knot Calidris canutus 21/01/2023 Titchwell 104 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 105 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 27/05/2023 Hatfield 106 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 05/08/2023 Frampton 107 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 12/05/2023 Nosterfield 108 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 04/10/2023 Frampton 109 Sanderling Calidris alba 14/01/2023 Redcar 110 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 111 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 29/01/2023 South Shields 112 Little Stint Calidris minuta 27/05/2023 Hatfield 113 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 25/02/2023 Slimbridge 114 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 04/10/2023 Frampton 115 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 08/08/2023 Afon wen 116 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 24/04/2023 Slaynes lane 117 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 12/08/2023 Arne 118 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/04/2023 Idle valley 119 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/04/2023 Slaynes lane 120 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/05/2023 Titchwell 121 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/10/2023 Kilnsea 122 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/05/2023 Bempton 123 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 29/07/2023 Oare marshes 124 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 125 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/05/2023 Frampton 126 Common Gull Larus canus 07/01/2023 Glasgow 127 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 13/02/2023 Chasewater 128 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 07/01/2023 Glasgow 129 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 28/10/2023 Sennen Azores gull 130 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 25/01/2023 Frampton Marsh 131 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 08/01/2023 Glasgow 132 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 133 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 27/08/2023 Scilly pelagic 134 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 08/08/2023 Afon wen 135 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 25/08/2023 Scilly pelagic 136 Puffin Fratercula arctica 13/05/2023 Bempton 137 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 03/06/2023 Oban 138 Razorbill Alca torda 07/02/2023 Bempton 139 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/02/2023 Bempton 140 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 22/01/2023 Titchwell 141 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/05/2023 Lower largo 142 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 27/01/2023 Covenham 143 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 25/08/2023 Scilly pelagic 144 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/02/2023 Bempton 145 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 19/08/2023 Spurn 146 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/08/2023 Scilly pelagic 147 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 25/08/2023 Scillonion 148 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 08/06/2023 Coll 149 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 12/04/2023 Summer leys Wellingborough 150 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/02/2023 Bempton 151 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 25/08/2023 Bishops rock 152 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 04/09/2023 Hunmanby gap 153 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 154 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 155 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 03/05/2023 Frampton 156 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 13/05/2023 Far ings 157 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 08/04/2023 Ossett 158 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 03/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 159 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/02/2023 Idle Valley 160 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2023 Slaynes lane 161 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 162 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 12/04/2023 Rutland Water 163 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 20/07/2023 Horsey 164 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 17/02/2023 Findhorn valley 165 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/04/2023 St aidens 166 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 21/02/2023 Wykeham 167 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 168 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 25/01/2023 Frampton Marsh 169 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/01/2023 Harrogate 170 Black Kite Milvus migrans 24/04/2023 Helmsley 171 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 03/06/2023 Killiecronan 172 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 21/10/2023 Kilnsea 173 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2023 Westwoodside 174 Barn Owl Tyto alba 28/01/2023 Eldernell 175 Little Owl Athene noctua 15/07/2023 Hawes 176 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 21/01/2023 Eldernell 177 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 28/01/2023 Eldernell 178 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 27/01/2023 Sheffield 179 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 08/01/2023 Lound 180 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 01/07/2023 Trimingham 181 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 08/01/2023 Sherwood 182 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/01/2023 Lound 183 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 21/01/2023 Eldernell 184 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 185 Merlin Falco columbarius 25/01/2023 Frampton Marsh 186 Hobby Falco subbuteo 30/04/2023 Idle valley 187 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 188 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 04/03/2023 Sheffield 189 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 30/05/2023 Slaynes lane 190 Jay Garrulus glandarius 21/01/2023 Holkham 191 Magpie Pica pica 08/01/2023 Doncaster 192 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 11/05/2023 South stack 193 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 03/01/2023 Hampole 194 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Doncaster 195 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 196 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 197 Raven Corvus corax 10/02/2023 Findhorn valley 198 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 22/01/2023 Edinburgh 199 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2023 Welbeck 200 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 17/02/2023 Boat of garten 201 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 12/01/2023 Welbeck 202 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 20/01/2023 Carr Vale 203 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 204 Great Tit Parus major 08/01/2023 Thrybergh 205 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 31/01/2023 Alkborough flats 206 Woodlark Lullula arborea 30/04/2023 Budby common 207 Skylark Alauda arvensis 10/01/2023 Doncaster 208 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 02/02/2023 Holme next the sea 209 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 08/04/2023 Ossett 210 Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/04/2023 Adwick 211 House Martin Delichon urbicum 23/04/2023 Adwick 212 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 20/09/2023 N foreland 213 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/04/2023 Adwick 214 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 13/01/2023 Carr vale 215 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 11/05/2023 Wyming brook 216 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 21/01/2023 Norfolk 217 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 26/02/2023 Attenborough 218 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 11/04/2023 Langford Lowfield 219 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita ********** ********** 220 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 12/10/2023 Holy island 221 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 21/04/2023 Lound 222 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 23/04/2023 Adwick 223 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 19/06/2023 Calder wetlands 224 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 27/09/2023 Long nab 225 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 03/06/2023 Dunbeg 226 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 11/04/2023 Langford Lowfield 227 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2023 Idle valley 228 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 08/05/2023 Holme dunes 229 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2023 Idle valley 230 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 01/07/2023 Kelling 231 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 19/01/2023 Carr Vale 232 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Slaynes Lane 233 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2023 Welbeck 234 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 13/01/2023 Carr Vale 235 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 236 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2023 Hampole 237 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 07/02/2023 Bempton 238 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/01/2023 239 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Doncaster 240 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2023 Hampole 241 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 28/05/2023 Stanage 242 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 28/05/2023 Padley gorge 243 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 244 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 08/05/2023 Southey woods 245 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/04/2023 Padley gorge 246 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 18/09/2023 Sammys point 247 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 21/10/2023 Kilnsea 248 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 28/05/2023 Barbrook 249 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/06/2023 Dervaig 250 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough 251 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 14/01/2023 Redcar 252 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 08/05/2023 Choseley 253 Dipper Cinclus cinclus ********** ********** 254 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 07/02/2023 Bempton 255 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Doncaster 256 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Doncaster 257 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 08/04/2023 Adwick 258 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/01/2023 Hampole 259 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 11/01/2023 Hampole 260 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 21/01/2023 Holkham 261 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 30/04/2023 Budby common 262 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 21/01/2023 Titchwell 263 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 264 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Thrybergh 265 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 02/02/2023 Titchwell 266 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 29/01/2023 Rufford 267 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 14/01/2023 Northumberland 268 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 29/05/2023 Kendal 269 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 Doncaster 270 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2023 Hampole 271 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 11/02/2023 Marston 272 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 21/02/2023 Wykeham 273 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Doncaster 274 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/01/2023 Linghurst 275 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 28/01/2023 Holkham 276 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 05/02/2023 Elkesley 277 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 13/01/2023 Carr Vale 278 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 14/05/2023 Kilnsea 279 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 28/08/2023 Labrador bay 280 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough 281 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 13/01/2023 Carr Vale 282 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 27/04/2023 Seaford 283 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 22/09/2023 St govans head 284 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 25/09/2023 Govan head