David Robinson: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 338 of 338 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 70 14 2 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 14 2 3 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 49 9 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 32 6 5 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 2 0 6 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 0 0 7 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 1 0 8 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 9 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 3 0 10 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 71 14 11 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 78 15 12 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 11 2 13 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 0 14 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 1 0 15 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 24 4 16 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 30 6 17 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 14 2 18 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 6 1 19 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 10 2 20 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 21 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 22 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 23 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 1 0 24 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 59 11 25 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 2 0 26 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 27 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 28 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 23 4 29 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 30 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 31 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 32 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 33 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 34 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 35 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 2 0 36 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 37 Corncrake Crex crex 40 8 38 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 39 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 12 2 40 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 41 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 42 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 43 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 44 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 45 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 40 8 46 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 47 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 48 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 10 2 49 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 50 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 51 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 52 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 53 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 54 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 55 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 56 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 57 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 73 14 58 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 23 4 59 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 60 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 61 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 2 0 62 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 1 0 63 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 19 3 64 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 30 6 65 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 66 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 9 1 67 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 19 3 68 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 69 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 4 0 70 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 71 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 72 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 17 3 73 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 26 5 74 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 2 0 75 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 76 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 77 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 15 3 78 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 79 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 80 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 57 11 81 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 82 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 83 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 84 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 85 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 86 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 87 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 88 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 6 1 89 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 32 6 90 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 91 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 50 10 92 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 93 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 94 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 95 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 96 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 14 2 97 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 98 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 99 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 26 5 100 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 25 5 101 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 5 1 102 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 103 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 104 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 67 13 105 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 18 3 106 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 107 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 108 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 66 13 109 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 185 37 110 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 10 2 111 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 112 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 113 Little Auk Alle alle 37 7 114 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 2 0 115 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 116 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 117 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 12 2 118 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 38 7 119 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 120 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 121 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 122 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 40 8 123 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 0 0 124 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 6 1 125 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 126 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 21 4 127 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 128 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 94 18 129 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 130 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 72 14 131 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 132 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 133 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 141 28 134 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 135 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 136 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 137 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 8 1 138 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 139 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 140 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 141 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 142 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 79 15 143 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 144 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 145 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 91 18 146 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 147 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 23 4 148 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 34 6 149 Black Kite Milvus migrans 32 6 150 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 43 8 151 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 152 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 153 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 154 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 155 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 12 2 156 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 2 0 157 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 158 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 159 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 77 15 160 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 161 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 5 1 162 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 1 0 163 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 164 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 165 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 166 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 167 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 168 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 169 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 8 1 170 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 171 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 32 6 172 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 173 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 174 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22 4 175 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 176 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 177 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 6 1 178 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 179 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 180 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 181 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 182 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 26 5 183 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 184 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 185 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 158 31 186 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 18 3 187 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 188 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 189 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 190 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 191 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 192 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 193 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 15 3 194 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 1 0 195 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 196 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 87 17 197 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 3 0 198 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 199 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 34 6 200 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 201 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 0 0 202 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 32 6 203 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 204 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 30 6 205 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 206 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 23 4 207 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 208 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 8 1 209 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 210 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 15 3 211 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 212 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 213 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 20 4 214 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 28 5 215 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 216 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 4 0 217 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12 2 218 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 25 5 219 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 220 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 221 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 222 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 223 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 224 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 225 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 6 1 226 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 227 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 39 7 228 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 229 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 230 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 231 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 232 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 233 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 1 0 234 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 235 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 236 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 237 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 238 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 239 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 240 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 241 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 4 0 242 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 29 5 243 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 31 6 244 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 245 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 246 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 35 7 247 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 248 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 249 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 250 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 251 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 252 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 253 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 254 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 1 0 255 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 256 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 257 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 258 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 68 13 259 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 260 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 2 0 261 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 34 6 262 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 263 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 264 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 265 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 8 1 266 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 55 11 267 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 49 9 268 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 269 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 270 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 9 1 271 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 272 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 273 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 274 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 275 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 276 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 277 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 24 4 278 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 26 5 279 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 280 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 2 0 281 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 32 6 282 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 283 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 2 0 284 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 285 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 286 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 287 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 288 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 17 3 289 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 2 0 290 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 21 4 291 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 292 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 293 Serin Serinus serinus 6 1 294 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 295 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 296 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 15 3 297 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 298 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 299 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 300 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 12 2 301 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 302 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 303 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 304 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 305 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 306 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 307 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 7 1 308 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 56 11 309 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 3 0 310 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 311 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 4 0 312 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 313 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 16 3 314 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 315 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 316 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 317 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 1 0 318 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 319 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 320 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 3 0 321 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 322 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 323 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 324 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 325 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 13 2 326 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 1 0 327 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 14 2 328 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 10 2 329 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 11 2 330 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 331 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 332 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 333 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 41 8 334 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 335 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 336 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 337 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 338 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0