Carl Moorhouse: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 279 of 279 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 03/12/2023 Banks Marsh 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 29/12/2023 Lunt Meadows Unknown origins 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 22/01/2023 Big waters 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 22/01/2023 Finningley 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 22/10/2023 Tophill Low 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25 Pintail Anas acuta 26 Teal Anas crecca 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Scaup Aythya marila 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 36 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 30/04/2023 Lower Largo 37 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 30/04/2023 Lower largo 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Smew Mergellus albellus 42 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 27/04/2023 Whinfell Tarn Pending acceptance 43 Goosander Mergus merganser 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 45 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 46 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 47 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 48 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 49 Quail Coturnix coturnix 50 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 51 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 52 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 02/04/2023 Elton Reservoir 53 Swift Apus apus 54 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 55 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 56 Stock Dove Columba oenas 57 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 58 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 59 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 60 Corncrake Crex crex 61 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 62 Coot Fulica atra 63 Crane Grus grus 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 65 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 66 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 67 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 68 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 69 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 70 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 71 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 72 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 73 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 74 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 29/10/2023 Sennen 75 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 76 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 77 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 78 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 02/05/2023 Long Nanny 79 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 29/10/2023 Sennen 80 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 81 Curlew Numenius arquata 82 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 83 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 84 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 20/04/2023 Burtonmere 85 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 86 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 87 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 88 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 89 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 90 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 91 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 92 Redshank Tringa totanus 93 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 08/10/2023 Frampton Marsh 94 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 95 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 96 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 97 Knot Calidris canutus 98 Ruff Calidris pugnax 99 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 100 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 101 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 102 Sanderling Calidris alba 103 Dunlin Calidris alpina 104 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 105 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20/09/2023 Meols 106 Little Stint Calidris minuta 107 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 108 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 109 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 08/10/2023 Frampton Marsh 110 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 08/08/2023 Afon Wen 111 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 112 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 19/04/2023 Burtonmere 113 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 114 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 115 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 116 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 117 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 118 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 119 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 120 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 121 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 08/01/2023 Slapton Ley 122 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 123 Common Gull Larus canus 124 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 125 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 126 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 127 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 128 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 129 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 130 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 131 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 25/08/2023 Scilly Pelagic 132 Puffin Fratercula arctica 133 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 134 Razorbill Alca torda 135 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 136 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 137 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 138 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 139 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 140 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 141 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 142 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 143 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 144 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 145 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 146 Gannet Morus bassanus 147 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 24/08/2023 Bishop Rock 148 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 09/09/2023 Redcar 149 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 150 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 151 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 152 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 153 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 08/04/2023 Ossett 154 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 155 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 156 Great White Egret Ardea alba 157 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 158 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 159 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 160 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 161 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 162 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 163 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 164 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 165 Red Kite Milvus milvus 166 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 167 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 28/10/2023 Stone creek 168 Buzzard Buteo buteo 169 Barn Owl Tyto alba 170 Little Owl Athene noctua 171 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 172 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 173 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 174 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 175 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 176 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 177 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 178 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 179 Merlin Falco columbarius 180 Hobby Falco subbuteo 181 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 182 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 183 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 184 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 185 Jay Garrulus glandarius 186 Magpie Pica pica 187 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 188 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 189 Rook Corvus frugilegus 190 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 191 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 192 Raven Corvus corax 193 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 194 Coal Tit Periparus ater 195 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 196 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 197 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 198 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 199 Great Tit Parus major 200 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 201 Woodlark Lullula arborea 202 Skylark Alauda arvensis 203 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 204 Swallow Hirundo rustica 205 House Martin Delichon urbicum 206 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 207 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 208 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 209 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 28/10/2023 Flamborough 210 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 211 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 212 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 28/10/2023 Flamborough head 213 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 10/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme Heard only 214 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 215 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 216 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 217 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 218 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 13/04/2023 Burtonmere 219 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 220 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 221 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 222 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 223 Whitethroat Curruca communis 224 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 225 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 226 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 227 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 228 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 229 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 230 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 231 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 232 Redwing Turdus iliacus 233 Blackbird Turdus merula 234 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 235 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 236 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 17/12/2023 Tophill Low 237 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 238 Robin Erithacus rubecula 239 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 240 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 241 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 242 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 243 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 244 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough 245 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 246 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 247 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 08/01/2023 Seaton 248 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 249 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 250 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 251 Dunnock Prunella modularis 252 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 253 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 254 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 255 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 256 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 257 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 258 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 259 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 260 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 261 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 262 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 263 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 264 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 265 Twite Linaria flavirostris 266 Linnet Linaria cannabina 267 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 268 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 269 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 270 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 271 Siskin Spinus spinus 272 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 273 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 274 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 275 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 276 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 277 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 22/10/2023 Flamborough head 278 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough Head 279 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus