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