Neil Sainthouse: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 341 of 341 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 14 2 2 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 49 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 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 17 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 18 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 19 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 1 0 20 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 2 0 21 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 22 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 23 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 23 4 24 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 25 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 26 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 27 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 28 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 29 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 30 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 2 0 31 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 32 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 33 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 12 2 34 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 35 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 36 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 37 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 38 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 39 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 40 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 41 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 10 2 42 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 43 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 44 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 45 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 46 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 47 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 48 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 49 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 50 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 23 4 51 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 52 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 53 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 2 0 54 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 1 0 55 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 13 2 56 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 30 6 57 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 148 29 58 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 59 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 9 1 60 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 19 3 61 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 62 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 4 0 63 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 64 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 65 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 26 5 66 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 2 0 67 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 68 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 69 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 15 3 70 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 71 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 72 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 73 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 74 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 75 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 76 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 77 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 78 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 17 3 79 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 80 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 6 1 81 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 82 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 83 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 84 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 85 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 86 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 14 2 87 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 88 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 92 18 89 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 90 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 26 5 91 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 25 5 92 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 5 1 93 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 94 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 25 5 95 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 96 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 67 13 97 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 18 3 98 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 99 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 100 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 109 21 101 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 66 13 102 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 91 18 103 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 10 2 104 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 105 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 106 Little Auk Alle alle 37 7 107 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 2 0 108 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 109 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 110 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 12 2 111 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 38 7 112 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 113 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 114 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 142 28 115 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 116 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 40 8 117 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 0 0 118 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 6 1 119 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 120 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 137 27 121 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 21 4 122 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 118 23 123 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 124 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 125 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 32 6 126 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 72 14 127 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 128 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 129 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 74 14 130 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 131 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 132 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 133 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 8 1 134 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 135 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 136 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 137 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 138 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 79 15 139 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 140 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 55 11 141 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 142 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 143 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 23 4 144 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 34 6 145 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 43 8 146 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 147 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 148 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 149 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 150 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 12 2 151 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 2 0 152 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 153 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 154 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 87 17 155 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 156 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 5 1 157 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 1 0 158 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 36 7 159 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 160 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 161 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 162 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 163 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 164 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 165 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 8 1 166 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 167 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 32 6 168 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 169 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 170 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22 4 171 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 172 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 30 6 173 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 45 9 174 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 175 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 6 1 176 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 177 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 178 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 179 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 210 42 180 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 181 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 26 5 182 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 183 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 184 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 18 3 185 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 186 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 187 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 188 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 189 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 190 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 191 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 21 4 192 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 15 3 193 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 1 0 194 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 195 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 87 17 196 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 3 0 197 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 198 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 53 10 199 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 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 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 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 215 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 4 0 216 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 12 2 217 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 218 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 78 15 219 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 220 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 221 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 222 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 223 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 224 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 6 1 225 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 226 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 39 7 227 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 228 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 229 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 230 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 231 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 232 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 1 0 233 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 234 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 235 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 236 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 70 14 237 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 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 78 15 256 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 257 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 258 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 259 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 68 13 260 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 261 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 2 0 262 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 34 6 263 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 264 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 265 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 266 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 8 1 267 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 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 55 11 280 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 281 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 2 0 282 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 32 6 283 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 284 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 2 0 285 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 286 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 287 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 288 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 289 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 86 17 290 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 17 3 291 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 2 0 292 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 21 4 293 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 294 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 295 Serin Serinus serinus 6 1 296 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 297 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 298 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 15 3 299 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 300 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 93 18 301 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 302 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 303 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 12 2 304 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 305 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 306 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 307 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 308 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 309 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 310 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 7 1 311 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 3 0 312 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 313 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 4 0 314 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 315 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 16 3 316 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 317 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 318 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 319 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 1 0 320 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 321 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 322 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 3 0 323 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 324 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 325 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 326 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 327 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 13 2 328 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 1 0 329 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 105 21 330 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 14 2 331 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 10 2 332 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 11 2 333 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 334 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 335 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 336 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 41 8 337 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 338 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 339 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 340 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 341 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0