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