Simon Pearce: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 344 of 344 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 14 2 2 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 46 9 3 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 32 6 4 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 2 0 5 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 0 0 6 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 1 0 7 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 8 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 3 0 9 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 11 2 10 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 0 11 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 1 0 12 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 24 4 13 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 30 6 14 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 14 2 15 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 6 1 16 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 10 2 17 Quail Coturnix coturnix 103 20 18 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 19 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 20 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 21 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 1 0 22 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 2 0 23 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 24 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 25 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 23 4 26 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 27 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 28 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 29 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 30 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 31 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 32 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 2 0 33 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 34 Corncrake Crex crex 40 8 35 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 36 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 12 2 37 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 38 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 39 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 40 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 41 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 42 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 43 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 44 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 10 2 45 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 46 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 47 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 48 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 49 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 50 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 51 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 52 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 53 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 73 14 54 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 23 4 55 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 56 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 57 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 2 0 58 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 1 0 59 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 204 41 60 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 13 2 61 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 30 6 62 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 63 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 9 1 64 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 19 3 65 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 66 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 4 0 67 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 68 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 69 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 17 3 70 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 26 5 71 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 2 0 72 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 73 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 74 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 75 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 113 22 76 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 77 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 78 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 79 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 80 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 81 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 82 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 83 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 17 3 84 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 85 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 6 1 86 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 32 6 87 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 88 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 85 17 89 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 90 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 91 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 92 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 93 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 94 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 92 18 95 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 96 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 26 5 97 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 25 5 98 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 5 1 99 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 100 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 25 5 101 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 102 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 67 13 103 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 18 3 104 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 105 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 106 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 109 21 107 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 91 18 108 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 10 2 109 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 110 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 111 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 195 39 112 Little Auk Alle alle 37 7 113 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 2 0 114 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 115 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 116 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 12 2 117 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 38 7 118 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 119 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 120 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 142 28 121 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 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 129 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 32 6 130 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 72 14 131 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 132 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 133 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 134 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 135 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 136 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 8 1 137 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 138 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 139 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 140 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 141 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 79 15 142 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 143 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 55 11 144 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 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 150 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 151 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 152 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 153 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 12 2 154 Hoopoe Upupa epops 90 18 155 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 2 0 156 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 157 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 158 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 77 15 159 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 87 17 160 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 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 36 7 164 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 165 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 166 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 167 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 168 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 169 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 170 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 8 1 171 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 172 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 173 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 174 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22 4 175 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 70 14 176 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 177 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 30 6 178 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 45 9 179 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 180 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 6 1 181 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 182 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 183 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 184 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 185 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 186 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 187 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 18 3 188 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 189 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 190 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 191 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 192 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 193 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 194 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 21 4 195 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 15 3 196 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 1 0 197 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 198 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 3 0 199 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 200 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 34 6 201 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 202 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 0 0 203 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 32 6 204 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 205 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 30 6 206 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 77 15 207 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 30 6 208 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 209 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 23 4 210 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 211 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 8 1 212 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 213 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 15 3 214 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 215 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 216 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 28 5 217 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 218 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 4 0 219 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12 2 220 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 25 5 221 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 222 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 223 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 224 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 225 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 226 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 227 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 6 1 228 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 229 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 39 7 230 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 231 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 232 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 233 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 252 50 234 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 235 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 236 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 1 0 237 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 238 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 239 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 240 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 70 14 241 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 242 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 243 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 244 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 245 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 4 0 246 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 29 5 247 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 31 6 248 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 249 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 250 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 251 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 252 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 253 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 254 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 255 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 256 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 257 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 1 0 258 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 78 15 259 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 260 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 261 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 262 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 68 13 263 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 264 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 2 0 265 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 266 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 267 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 268 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 305 61 269 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 8 1 270 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 49 9 271 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 272 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 273 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 9 1 274 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 275 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 276 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 277 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 278 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 279 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 280 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 24 4 281 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 26 5 282 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 55 11 283 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 284 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 2 0 285 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 32 6 286 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 287 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 2 0 288 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 289 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 290 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 291 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 292 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 121 24 293 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 17 3 294 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 2 0 295 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 21 4 296 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 297 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 298 Serin Serinus serinus 6 1 299 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 72 14 300 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 301 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 302 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 15 3 303 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 304 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 305 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 83 16 306 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 307 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 12 2 308 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 309 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 310 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 311 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 312 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 313 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 314 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 7 1 315 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 56 11 316 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 3 0 317 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 318 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 4 0 319 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 320 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 16 3 321 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 322 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 323 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 324 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 1 0 325 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 326 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 327 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 3 0 328 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 329 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 330 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 331 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 332 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 13 2 333 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 1 0 334 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 14 2 335 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 10 2 336 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 11 2 337 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 338 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 339 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 340 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 341 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 342 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 343 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 344 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0