Anthony Reed: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 352 of 352 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 64 12 2 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 14 2 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 46 9 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 49 9 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 97 19 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 32 6 7 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 2 0 8 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 0 0 9 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 1 0 10 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 11 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 3 0 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 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 6 1 18 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 10 2 19 Quail Coturnix coturnix 103 20 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 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 2 0 25 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 26 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 27 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 23 4 28 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 29 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 30 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 31 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 32 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 33 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 34 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 2 0 35 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 36 Corncrake Crex crex 40 8 37 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 38 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 12 2 39 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 40 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 41 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 42 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 43 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 44 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 40 8 45 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 46 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 47 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 10 2 48 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 100 20 49 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 118 23 50 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 51 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 52 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 53 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 54 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 55 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 56 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 57 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 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 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 13 2 64 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 30 6 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 148 29 66 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 84 16 67 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 68 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 9 1 69 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 19 3 70 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 71 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 4 0 72 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 260 52 73 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 74 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 75 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 2 0 76 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 77 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 78 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 128 25 79 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 80 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 167 33 81 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 82 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 83 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 84 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 85 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 86 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 87 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 88 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 17 3 89 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 90 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 6 1 91 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 32 6 92 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 93 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 50 10 94 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 95 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 96 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 97 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 98 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 99 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 92 18 100 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 101 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 26 5 102 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 25 5 103 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 5 1 104 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 105 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 25 5 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 200 40 107 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 108 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 67 13 109 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 110 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 111 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 185 37 112 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 113 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 114 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 195 39 115 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 2 0 116 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 117 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 118 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 215 43 119 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 12 2 120 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 38 7 121 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 122 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 123 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 124 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 40 8 125 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 0 0 126 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 6 1 127 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 128 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 129 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 94 18 130 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 131 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 32 6 132 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 72 14 133 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 134 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 135 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 136 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 202 40 137 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 138 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 139 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 8 1 140 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 141 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 142 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 143 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 144 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 79 15 145 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 146 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 147 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 148 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 113 22 149 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 34 6 150 Black Kite Milvus migrans 32 6 151 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 164 33 152 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 153 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 154 Little Owl Athene noctua 262 52 155 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 156 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 157 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 12 2 158 Hoopoe Upupa epops 90 18 159 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 2 0 160 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 161 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 162 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 87 17 163 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 164 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 5 1 165 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 1 0 166 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 36 7 167 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 168 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 169 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 170 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 171 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 172 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 173 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 8 1 174 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 175 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 32 6 176 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 177 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 178 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22 4 179 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 70 14 180 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 181 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 45 9 182 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 183 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 6 1 184 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 185 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 186 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 187 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 188 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 26 5 189 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 190 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 191 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 158 31 192 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 18 3 193 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 194 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 195 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 196 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 197 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 198 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 199 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 21 4 200 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 15 3 201 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 177 35 202 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 1 0 203 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 204 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 166 33 205 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 3 0 206 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 207 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 53 10 208 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 34 6 209 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 210 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 0 0 211 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 55 11 212 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 32 6 213 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 214 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 30 6 215 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 77 15 216 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 30 6 217 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 218 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 23 4 219 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 93 18 220 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 221 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 8 1 222 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 223 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 224 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 225 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 28 5 226 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 227 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 4 0 228 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12 2 229 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 25 5 230 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 231 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 78 15 232 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 233 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 234 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 235 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 236 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 237 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 6 1 238 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 239 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 39 7 240 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 241 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 242 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 243 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 244 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 245 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 1 0 246 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 247 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 248 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 249 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 250 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 251 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 252 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 253 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 4 0 254 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 29 5 255 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 31 6 256 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 257 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 258 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 35 7 259 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 260 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 261 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 262 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 263 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 264 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 265 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 266 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 1 0 267 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 78 15 268 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 269 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 270 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 271 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 68 13 272 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 273 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 2 0 274 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 34 6 275 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 276 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 277 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 278 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 8 1 279 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 49 9 280 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 281 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 282 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 9 1 283 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 284 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 285 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 286 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 287 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 288 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 289 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 24 4 290 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 26 5 291 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 55 11 292 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 293 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 2 0 294 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 32 6 295 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 296 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 2 0 297 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 298 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 205 41 299 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 300 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 301 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 302 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 86 17 303 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 17 3 304 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 2 0 305 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 21 4 306 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 307 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 308 Serin Serinus serinus 6 1 309 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 310 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 311 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 15 3 312 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 313 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 93 18 314 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 315 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 316 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 12 2 317 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 318 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 319 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 320 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 321 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 322 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 323 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 7 1 324 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 3 0 325 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 326 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 4 0 327 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 328 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 16 3 329 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 330 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 331 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 332 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 1 0 333 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 334 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 335 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 3 0 336 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 337 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 338 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 339 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 340 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 13 2 341 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 1 0 342 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 14 2 343 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 10 2 344 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 11 2 345 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 346 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 347 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 348 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 349 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 350 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 351 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 352 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0