{"id":9519,"date":"2023-12-31T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2024-02-17T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T14:57:08","slug":"summary-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/2023\/12\/summary-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Annual Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately 2023 was dogged by a combination of health issues and bad weather so there were no real observations for July, August and November and only a couple of outings for December. So, for the year in total there were only 138 species observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Bird Sightings UK 2023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
No<\/th>\nSpecies<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\n Avocet<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n Barnacle Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n Bar-tailed Godwit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n Bittern<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n Blackbird<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n Blackcap<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n Black-headed Gull<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n Black-necked Grebe<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n Black-tailed Godwit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n Black-winged Stilt<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n Blue Tit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n Brent Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n Bullfinch<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n Buzzard<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n Canada Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n Carrion Crow<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n Cattle Egret<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n Cetti's Warbler<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n Chaffinch<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n Chiffchaff<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n Coal Tit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n Collared Dove<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n Common Gull<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\n Common Scoter<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\n Common Tern<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n Coot<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n Cormorant<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\n Cuckoo<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n Curlew<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n Dunlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n Dunnock<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\n Gadwall<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n Garden Warbler<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n Garganey<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n Glossy Ibis<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\n Goldcrest<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\n Golden Plover<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n Goldeneye<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n Goldfinch<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\n Goosander<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\n Great Black-backed Gull<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\n Great Crested Grebe<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\n Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\n Great Tit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\n Great White Egret<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\n Green Sandpiper<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\n Green Woodpecker<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\n Greenfinch<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\n Greenshank<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\n Green-winged Teal<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\n Grey Heron<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\n Grey Plover<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\n Grey Wagtail<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\n Greylag Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\n Hen Harrier<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\n Herring Gull<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\n House Martin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\n House Sparrow<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\n Jackdaw<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\n Jay<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\n Kestrel<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\n Kingfisher<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\n Knot<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\n Lapwing<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\n Lesser Black-backed Gull<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\n Linnet<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\n Little Egret<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\n Little Grebe<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\n Little Ringed Plover<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\n Long-tailed Tit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\n Magpie<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\n Mallard<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\n Mandarin Duck<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\n Marsh Harrier<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\n Meadow Pipit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\n Mealy Redpoll<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\n Mistle Thrush<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\n Moorhen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\n Mute Swan<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\n Nuthatch<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\n Oystercatcher<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\n Pheasant<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\n Pied Flycatcher<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\n Pied Wagtail<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\n Pink-footed Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\n Pintail<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\n Pochard<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
88<\/td>\n Purple Sandpiper<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\n Red Kite<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\n Red-breasted Merganser<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
91<\/td>\n Redshank<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\n Redstart<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\n Red-throated Diver<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\n Reed Bunting<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\n Reed Warbler<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
96<\/td>\n Ring Ouzel<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
97<\/td>\n Ringed Plover<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\n Ring-necked Parakeet<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
99<\/td>\n Robin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\n Rock Dove \/ Feral Pigeon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\n Rook<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
102<\/td>\n Ruddy Shelduck<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
103<\/td>\n Ruff<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
104<\/td>\n Sand Martin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\n Sanderling<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
106<\/td>\n Sedge Warbler<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\n Shag<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\n Shelduck<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
109<\/td>\n Shoveler<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
110<\/td>\n Siskin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\n Skylark<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
112<\/td>\n Snipe<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\n Snow Bunting<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
114<\/td>\n Snow Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
115<\/td>\n Song Thrush<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\n Sparrowhawk<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\n Spoonbill<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
118<\/td>\n Spotted Redshank<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
119<\/td>\n Starling<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
120<\/td>\n Stock Dove<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
121<\/td>\n Stonechat<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
122<\/td>\n Surf Scoter<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
123<\/td>\n Swallow<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
124<\/td>\n Swift<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
125<\/td>\n Teal<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
126<\/td>\n Tree Pipit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\n Treecreeper<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
128<\/td>\n Tufted Duck<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
129<\/td>\n Turnstone<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
130<\/td>\n Wheatear<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
131<\/td>\n White-fronted Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
132<\/td>\n Whitethroat<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
133<\/td>\n Whooper Swan<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
134<\/td>\n Wigeon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
135<\/td>\n Willow Tit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
136<\/td>\n Willow Warbler<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
137<\/td>\n Woodpigeon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
138<\/td>\n Wren<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately 2023 was dogged by a combination of health issues and bad weather so there were no real observations for July, August and November and only a couple of outings for December. So, for the year in total there were only 138 species observed.<\/p>

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