Harry Coghill: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 224 of 224 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 388 78.23 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 487 98.19 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 374 75.40 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 481 96.98 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 399 80.44 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 97 19.56 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 299 60.28 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 490 98.79 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 386 77.82 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 391 78.83 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 477 96.17 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 346 69.76 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 320 64.52 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 82 16.53 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 468 94.35 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 464 93.55 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 472 95.16 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 489 98.59 19 Pintail Anas acuta 435 87.70 20 Teal Anas crecca 478 96.37 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 116 23.39 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 204 41.13 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 455 91.73 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 233 46.98 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 478 96.37 26 Scaup Aythya marila 318 64.11 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 76 15.32 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 354 71.37 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 257 51.81 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 378 76.21 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 283 57.06 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 432 87.10 33 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 58 11.69 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 434 87.50 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 364 73.39 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 258 52.02 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 314 63.31 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 483 97.38 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 405 81.65 40 Swift Apus apus 443 89.31 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 389 78.43 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 417 84.07 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 449 90.52 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 490 98.79 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 174 35.08 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 484 97.58 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 383 77.22 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 488 98.39 49 Coot Fulica atra 483 97.38 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 466 93.95 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 467 94.15 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 229 46.17 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 471 94.96 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 432 87.10 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 375 75.60 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 421 84.88 57 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 10 2.02 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 443 89.31 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 373 75.20 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 479 96.57 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 335 67.54 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 465 93.75 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 376 75.81 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 444 89.52 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 204 41.13 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 321 64.72 67 Great Snipe Gallinago media 19 3.83 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 446 89.92 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 408 82.26 70 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 349 70.36 71 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 259 52.22 72 Redshank Tringa totanus 470 94.76 73 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 128 25.81 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 300 60.48 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 375 75.60 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 433 87.30 77 Knot Calidris canutus 347 69.96 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 390 78.63 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 267 53.83 80 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 144 29.03 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 387 78.02 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 452 91.13 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 289 58.27 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 262 52.82 85 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 167 33.67 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 246 49.60 87 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 194 39.11 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 271 54.64 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 406 81.85 90 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 93 18.75 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 361 72.78 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 284 57.26 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 379 76.41 94 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 485 97.78 95 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 385 77.62 96 Common Gull Larus canus 461 92.94 97 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 200 40.32 98 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 483 97.38 99 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 222 44.76 100 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 454 91.53 101 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 67 13.51 102 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 462 93.15 103 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 109 21.98 104 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 261 52.62 105 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 185 37.30 106 Puffin Fratercula arctica 260 52.42 107 Razorbill Alca torda 372 75.00 108 Little Auk Alle alle 37 7.46 109 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 391 78.83 110 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 356 71.77 111 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 328 66.13 112 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 368 74.19 113 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 137 27.62 114 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 118 23.79 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 274 55.24 116 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 94 18.95 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 404 81.45 118 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 141 28.43 119 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 485 97.78 120 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 393 79.23 121 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 348 70.16 122 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 293 59.07 123 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 186 37.50 124 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 473 95.36 125 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 336 67.74 126 Great White Egret Ardea alba 428 86.29 127 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 484 97.58 128 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 304 61.29 129 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 469 94.56 130 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 440 88.71 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 467 94.15 132 Buzzard Buteo buteo 487 98.19 133 Barn Owl Tyto alba 413 83.27 134 Little Owl Athene noctua 261 52.62 135 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 310 62.50 136 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 385 77.62 137 Hoopoe Upupa epops 90 18.15 138 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 433 87.30 139 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 87 17.54 140 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 467 94.15 141 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 406 81.85 142 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 486 97.98 143 Merlin Falco columbarius 280 56.45 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo 352 70.97 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 427 86.09 146 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 45 9.07 147 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 129 26.01 148 Jay Garrulus glandarius 470 94.76 149 Magpie Pica pica 490 98.79 150 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 488 98.39 151 Rook Corvus frugilegus 476 95.97 152 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 489 98.59 153 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 210 42.34 154 Raven Corvus corax 430 86.69 155 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 299 60.28 156 Coal Tit Periparus ater 468 94.35 157 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 335 67.54 158 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 177 35.69 159 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 488 98.39 160 Great Tit Parus major 487 98.19 161 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 291 58.67 162 Skylark Alauda arvensis 469 94.56 163 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 443 89.31 164 Swallow Hirundo rustica 453 91.33 165 House Martin Delichon urbicum 444 89.52 166 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 419 84.48 167 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 483 97.38 168 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 177 35.69 169 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 166 33.47 170 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 425 85.69 171 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 465 93.75 172 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 411 82.86 173 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 388 78.23 174 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 93 18.75 175 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 28 5.65 176 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 235 47.38 177 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 457 92.14 178 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 365 73.59 179 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 78 15.73 180 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 324 65.32 181 Whitethroat Curruca communis 428 86.29 182 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 458 92.34 183 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 486 97.98 184 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 447 90.12 185 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 438 88.31 186 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 487 98.19 187 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 472 95.16 188 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 452 91.13 189 Redwing Turdus iliacus 466 93.95 190 Blackbird Turdus merula 490 98.79 191 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 452 91.13 192 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis 35 7.06 193 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 322 64.92 194 Robin Erithacus rubecula 485 97.78 195 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 263 53.02 196 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 313 63.10 197 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 305 61.49 198 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 459 92.54 199 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 413 83.27 200 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 330 66.53 201 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 329 66.33 202 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 488 98.39 203 Dunnock Prunella modularis 481 96.98 204 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 338 68.15 205 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 451 90.93 206 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 478 96.37 207 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 467 94.15 208 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 286 57.66 209 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 205 41.33 210 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 381 76.81 211 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 484 97.58 212 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 316 63.71 213 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 234 47.18 214 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 435 87.70 215 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 86 17.34 216 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 471 94.96 217 Twite Linaria flavirostris 210 42.34 218 Linnet Linaria cannabina 458 92.34 219 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 345 69.56 220 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 239 48.19 221 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 486 97.98 222 Siskin Spinus spinus 425 85.69 223 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 421 84.88 224 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 463 93.35