Hrafn Archer: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 362 of 362 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 63 12 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 70 14 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 14 2 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 46 9 5 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 32 6 6 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 82 16 7 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 2 0 8 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 0 0 9 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 80 16 10 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 1 0 11 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 80 16 12 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 13 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 76 15 14 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 3 0 15 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 11 2 16 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 0 17 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 1 0 18 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 30 6 19 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 14 2 20 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 137 27 21 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 314 63 22 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 6 1 23 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 10 2 24 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 25 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 26 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 27 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 1 0 28 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 2 0 29 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 30 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 31 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 23 4 32 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 33 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 34 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 0 35 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 36 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 37 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 174 35 39 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 2 0 40 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 41 Corncrake Crex crex 40 8 42 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 43 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 12 2 44 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 45 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 46 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 47 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 48 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 49 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 40 8 50 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 51 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 52 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 155 31 53 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 10 2 54 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 100 20 55 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 56 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 1 0 57 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 58 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 59 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 60 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 61 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 62 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 63 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 64 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 65 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 2 0 66 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 1 0 67 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 19 3 68 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 13 2 69 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 30 6 70 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 71 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 9 1 72 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 19 3 73 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 74 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 4 0 75 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 128 25 76 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 77 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 78 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 17 3 79 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 26 5 80 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 2 0 81 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 144 29 82 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 83 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 84 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 15 3 85 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 86 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 113 22 87 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 88 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 57 11 89 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 90 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 91 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 92 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 93 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 94 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 95 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 17 3 96 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 97 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 6 1 98 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 32 6 99 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 100 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 194 39 101 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 50 10 102 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 93 18 103 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 104 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 105 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 106 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 107 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 284 57 108 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 14 2 109 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 110 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 111 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 26 5 112 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 25 5 113 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 5 1 114 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 115 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 25 5 116 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 117 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 67 13 118 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 18 3 119 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 120 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 121 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 66 13 122 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 10 2 123 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 124 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 125 Little Auk Alle alle 37 7 126 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 2 0 127 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 128 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 129 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 12 2 130 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 131 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 132 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 133 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 40 8 134 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 0 0 135 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 6 1 136 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 137 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 21 4 138 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 139 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 140 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 32 6 141 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 72 14 142 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 143 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 144 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 145 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 293 59 146 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 147 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 148 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 8 1 149 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 150 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 151 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 40 8 152 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 153 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 154 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 155 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 156 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 91 18 157 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 158 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 101 20 159 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 241 48 160 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 23 4 161 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 34 6 162 Black Kite Milvus migrans 32 6 163 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 43 8 164 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 165 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 166 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 167 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 168 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 12 2 169 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 2 0 170 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 171 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 172 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 87 17 173 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 174 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 102 20 175 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 5 1 176 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 1 0 177 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 36 7 178 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 179 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 180 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 181 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 326 65 182 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 183 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 184 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 185 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 8 1 186 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 187 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 32 6 188 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 189 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 190 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22 4 191 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 70 14 192 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 193 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 30 6 194 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 45 9 195 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 196 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 129 26 197 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 6 1 198 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 199 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 200 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 201 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 202 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 73 14 203 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 335 67 204 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 26 5 205 Woodlark Lullula arborea 219 44 206 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 207 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 208 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 158 31 209 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 18 3 210 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 211 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 212 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 213 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 214 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 215 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 216 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 15 3 217 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 177 35 218 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 1 0 219 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 220 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 87 17 221 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 3 0 222 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 223 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 53 10 224 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 34 6 225 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 226 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 0 0 227 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 55 11 228 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 229 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 30 6 230 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 77 15 231 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 30 6 232 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 233 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 234 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 8 1 235 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 236 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 15 3 237 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 238 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 239 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 28 5 240 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 241 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 4 0 242 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 25 5 243 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 235 47 244 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 245 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 246 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 247 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 248 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 249 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 250 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 6 1 251 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 252 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 253 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 254 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 255 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 252 50 256 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 257 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 258 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 1 0 259 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 260 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 261 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 262 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 70 14 263 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 264 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 265 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 266 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 267 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 4 0 268 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 269 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 1 0 270 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 35 7 271 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 272 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 273 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 274 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 275 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 276 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 277 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 278 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 1 0 279 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 163 32 280 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 281 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 282 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 283 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 284 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 2 0 285 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 34 6 286 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 287 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 288 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 289 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 8 1 290 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 291 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 292 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 9 1 293 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 294 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 295 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 296 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 297 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 298 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 299 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 24 4 300 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 55 11 301 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 302 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 2 0 303 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 286 57 304 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 305 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 2 0 306 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 307 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 205 41 308 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 309 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 310 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 311 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 86 17 312 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 17 3 313 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 2 0 314 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 21 4 315 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 239 48 316 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 317 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 318 Serin Serinus serinus 6 1 319 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 72 14 320 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 285 57 321 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 322 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 323 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 15 3 324 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 325 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 326 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 83 16 327 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 328 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 329 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 330 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 331 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 332 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 333 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 334 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 7 1 335 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 3 0 336 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 337 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 4 0 338 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 339 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 16 3 340 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 341 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 342 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 343 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 1 0 344 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 345 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 346 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 3 0 347 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 348 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 349 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 350 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 351 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 13 2 352 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 1 0 353 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 10 2 354 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 11 2 355 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 356 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 357 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 358 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 359 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 360 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 361 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 362 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0