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