Malcolm Curtin: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 247 of 247 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/10/2023 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/10/2023 Flamborough 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/03/2023 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11/03/2023 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 12/11/2023 Abberton Reservoir Essex 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 07/10/2023 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/04/2023 24 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 13/05/2023 Lower Largo 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 31 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 13/05/2023 Whinfell Tarn 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 31/05/2023 35 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 31/05/2023 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2023 38 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 29/10/2023 Flamborough 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/05/2023 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 46 Coot Fulica atra 47 Crane Grus grus 20/07/2023 Stubb Mill Norfolk 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 50 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 23/03/2023 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 52 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 06/06/2023 BMW 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 17/09/2023 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 10/04/2023 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 27/04/2023 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 21/04/2023 Frodsham No6 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 24/03/2023 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 65 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/04/2023 66 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 27/06/2023 67 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 21/04/2023 Frodsham No6 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 69 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 70 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 71 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 72 Knot Calidris canutus 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/03/2023 74 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/08/2023 75 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 10/09/2023 Salthome 76 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 10/09/2023 Salthome 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 80 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 20/09/2023 Hoylake 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 24/08/2023 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 17/05/2023 Hale 83 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 08/08/2023 Afon Wen Gwynedd 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 31/05/2023 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 24/05/2023 86 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 24/07/2023 Arne RSPB 87 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 14/04/2023 Mere 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/04/2023 89 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 01/04/2023 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/04/2023 91 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/05/2023 92 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 20/08/2023 Scillonian 93 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 95 Common Gull Larus canus 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 08/04/2023 Widnes 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 100 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 08/04/2023 Widnes Kumleins ssp 101 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 08/08/2023 102 Puffin Fratercula arctica 03/06/2023 103 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 03/06/2023 104 Razorbill Alca torda 105 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 03/06/2023 106 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 107 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 13/05/2023 Lower Largo 108 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 13/05/2023 109 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 20/08/2023 110 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 20/08/2023 Scillonian 111 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 112 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 20/08/2023 Scillonian 113 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 20/08/2023 Scillonian 114 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 20/08/2023 Scillonian 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 20/08/2023 Scillonian 116 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 20/08/2023 Scillonian 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/04/2023 118 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 20/08/2023 I-O-S 119 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 10/09/2023 South Gare 120 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 121 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 122 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 31/07/2023 123 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 124 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 30/05/2023 Pumphouse Flash Sandbach 125 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 126 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 127 Great White Egret Ardea alba 128 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 129 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/05/2023 130 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 20/07/2023 Horsey Norfolk 131 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 132 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 18/04/2023 133 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 134 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 135 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 03/10/2023 Shetland 136 Red Kite Milvus milvus 137 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 13/07/2023 Frodsham Score 138 Buzzard Buteo buteo 139 Barn Owl Tyto alba 140 Little Owl Athene noctua 17/09/2023 141 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 142 Hoopoe Upupa epops 25/04/2023 Rixton 143 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 144 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 13/05/2023 145 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 28/07/2023 146 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 147 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 27/05/2023 148 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 149 Merlin Falco columbarius 22/10/2023 Flamborough 150 Hobby Falco subbuteo 16/05/2023 151 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 152 Jay Garrulus glandarius 153 Magpie Pica pica 154 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 31/05/2023 155 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 156 Rook Corvus frugilegus 157 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 158 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 02/10/2023 159 Raven Corvus corax 160 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 22/10/2023 Bridlington 161 Coal Tit Periparus ater 162 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 28/07/2023 163 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 164 Great Tit Parus major 165 Skylark Alauda arvensis 166 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 02/10/2023 167 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/03/2023 168 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2023 169 House Martin Delichon urbicum 14/04/2023 Mere 170 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 171 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 172 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 31/05/2023 173 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 03/10/2023 Shetland 174 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 29/10/2023 Flamborough 175 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 29/10/2023 Flamborough 176 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 31/03/2023 177 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 178 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 29/10/2023 Flamborough 179 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2023 180 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 04/10/2023 Shetland 181 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 182 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 05/10/2023 Shetland 183 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 10/04/2023 BMW Heard only 184 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/2023 185 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/03/2023 186 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 28/04/2023 187 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 07/10/2023 Shetland 188 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/05/2023 189 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 02/10/2023 Shetland 190 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2023 191 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 31/07/2023 Arne RSPB 192 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 193 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 194 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 195 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 196 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 197 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 02/10/2023 Shetland 198 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 05/10/2023 Shetland 199 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 200 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 201 Redwing Turdus iliacus 202 Blackbird Turdus merula 203 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 204 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 22/03/2023 205 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 03/08/2023 206 Robin Erithacus rubecula 207 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 02/10/2023 Shetland 208 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 03/10/2023 Shetland 209 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 12/05/2023 210 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 07/10/2023 Yell Shetland 211 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/10/2023 Flamborough 212 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 12/05/2023 213 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 15/04/2023 AF 214 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 09/10/2023 Shetland 215 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 216 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 18/03/2023 217 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 27/05/2023 218 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 219 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 220 Dunnock Prunella modularis 221 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 17/04/2023 222 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 223 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 224 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 225 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 29/05/2023 226 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 04/10/2023 Shetland 227 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/04/2023 228 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 229 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 230 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 231 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 29/05/2023 232 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 233 Twite Linaria flavirostris 02/10/2023 234 Linnet Linaria cannabina 235 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 29/10/2023 Flamborough 236 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 237 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 238 Siskin Spinus spinus 29/05/2023 239 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 08/10/2023 240 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 241 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 22/10/2023 Flamborough Head 242 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 243 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 14/11/2023 Bryher IOS 244 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 21/09/2023 St Govan’s Head 245 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 23/09/2023 Ramsey Island 246 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 12/10/2023 Hoswick Shetland 247 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 23/09/2023 St Govan’s