Kathryn Lunn: Yorkshire Life List BOU Eng, All records Record(s) 1 to 184 of 184 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 15/01/2023 Meltham 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/05/2023 Swillington Ings 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 15/01/2023 Meltham 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 23/12/2023 Top Hill Low 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 27/01/2024 Old Moor With 4 Greylags 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15/01/2023 Meltham 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/11/2023 Swillington Ings 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 07/04/2023 Adel Dam, Leeds 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/04/2023 Adwick, Barnsley 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 26/03/2023 Swillington Ings 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 16 Teal Anas crecca 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 17 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23/12/2023 Top Hill Low 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29/05/2023 Fairburn Ings 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15/01/2023 Meltham 21 Scaup Aythya marila 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 20/01/2024 Bempton Cliffs 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/01/2024 Pugneys 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2023 Marsden 26 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 23/04/2023 Deer Hill, Marsden 27 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 10/02/2024 North Yorkshire 2 males lekking watched by 7 females 28 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 17/04/2023 Blackmoorfoot 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 22/01/2023 Farnley Tyas 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/03/2023 North Cave 31 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 24/06/2023 Midhopestones, Yorkshire A pair. Seen and heard at dusk. 32 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 25/03/2023 Oliver's Mount, Scarborough Thanks to R, M & M. 33 Swift Apus apus 28/05/2023 Swillington Ings 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/05/2023 Meltham, near West Nab Seen, not heard on 15.5.22. Seen near Meltham approx May 1984. 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 14/01/2023 Slaithwaite This sighting is a feral pigeon but also seen in more natural environments including Bempton Cliffs. 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25/03/2023 Buckton 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 28/05/2023 Sutton Bank 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 07/02/2023 Slaithwaite 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 41 Coot Fulica atra 15/01/2023 Meltham 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/04/2023 Barnsley (Old Moor) 43 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 16/03/2024 Burton Rigg, Scarborough 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 45 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 16/04/2023 Wombwell 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 47 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 07/05/2023 Main Lake, Swillington Ings 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 25/03/2023 North Cave 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 07/05/2023 Main Lake, Swillington Ings 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 31/03/2023 Rishworth Moor 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 25/03/2023 North Cave 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13/01/2024 Swillington Ings 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/03/2023 Buckton 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 26/04/2023 Swillington Ings 60 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 30/06/2024 Blacktoft, Yorks 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 25/03/2023 North Cave 62 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 30/06/2024 Blacktoft, Yorks 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 07/05/2023 Swillington Ings 64 Knot Calidris canutus 20/01/2024 Filey Brigg 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 19/08/2023 Swillington Ings 66 Sanderling Calidris alba 26/04/2023 Swillington Ings 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 68 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 20/01/2024 Bempton Cliffs 69 Little Stint Calidris minuta 19/08/2023 Swillington Ings 70 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/05/2024 Swillington Ings 71 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/04/2023 Swillington Ings 72 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 26/04/2023 Caroline Spit, Swillington Ings 73 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/04/2023 Swillington Ings 74 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 75 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 76 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 25/03/2023 North Cave 77 Common Gull Larus canus 25/03/2023 Buckton 78 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 27/01/2024 Ravensthorpe Eye not very dark. Distinguished from Herring Gulls by white, smaller head and longer wings. 79 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 29/01/2023 Blackmoorfoot 80 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 21/10/2023 Swillington Ings 81 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 29/01/2023 Blackmoorfoot 82 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 04/09/2023 Hunmanby Gap, Yorkshire 83 Puffin Fratercula arctica 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 84 Razorbill Alca torda 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 85 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 86 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 21/10/2023 Swillington Ings 87 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 23/12/2023 East Yorks 88 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 89 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 16/06/2024 Skellow, S Yorkshire Un-ringed. Flew off shortly after. 90 Gannet Morus bassanus 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 91 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 14/01/2023 Linthwaite 92 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 20/01/2024 Bempton Cliffs 93 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 11/11/2023 Swillington Ings 94 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 08/04/2023 Barnsley (Old Moor) 95 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 03/03/2024 Swillington Ings 96 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 08/04/2023 Ossett (River Calder) 2 97 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 25/03/2023 North Cave 98 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 21/10/2023 Swillington Ings 99 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/03/2023 Swillington Ings 100 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 101 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/06/2024 Swillington Ings Mobbed by BH Gulls 102 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 09/01/2023 M606 103 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/03/2023 Swillington Ings 104 Red Kite Milvus milvus 26/03/2023 Swillington Ings 105 Buzzard Buteo buteo 19/03/2023 Marsden 106 Barn Owl Tyto alba 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 107 Little Owl Athene noctua 02/04/2023 Hartshead Moor Top 108 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 12/05/2023 Meltham 109 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 28/10/2023 Swillington Ings 110 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 25/03/2023 North Cave 111 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 112 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 07/04/2023 Adel Dam, Leeds 113 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/07/2022 Blackmoorfoot Approx date 114 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 10/02/2023 Slaithwaite 115 Hobby Falco subbuteo 20/05/2023 Meltham 116 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/09/2023 Adwick, Barnsley 117 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/03/2024 Swillington Ings 118 Jay Garrulus glandarius 14/01/2023 Linthwaite 119 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 120 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 121 Rook Corvus frugilegus 29/01/2023 Farnley Tyas 122 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 123 Raven Corvus corax 22/04/2023 Swillington Ings 124 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 06/02/2023 Bradford BD62DW 125 Coal Tit Periparus ater 22/01/2023 Slaithwaite 126 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 28/05/2023 Forge Valley, Scarborough 127 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 10/02/2024 Fairburn Ings 128 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 129 Great Tit Parus major 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 130 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 22/04/2023 Swillington Ings 131 Skylark Alauda arvensis 25/03/2023 Flamborough Head 132 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 133 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/03/2023 North Cave 134 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 135 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/05/2023 Swillington Ings 136 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 22/04/2023 Swillington Ings 137 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 138 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 04/05/2024 Rivelin, S Yorks 139 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2023 Barnsley (Old Moor) 140 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 25/03/2023 Oliver's Mount, Scarborough 141 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 07/05/2023 Swillington Ings 142 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/05/2023 Swillington Ings 143 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 12/06/2024 Meltham 144 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 25/11/2023 Swillington Ings, Marina 145 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 07/05/2023 Swillington Ings 146 Whitethroat Curruca communis 13/05/2023 Swillington Ings 147 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 16/03/2024 Bempton Cliffs 148 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 149 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 150 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 22/01/2023 Slaithwaite 151 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 18/02/2023 Linthwaite 152 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 15/01/2023 Meltham 153 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 18/01/2023 Linthwaite 154 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 09/02/2023 Bradford BD62DW 155 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 156 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 157 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/02/2023 Milnsbridge 158 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 23/12/2023 Top Hill Low 159 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2023 Linthwaite 160 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea, Canal Scrape) 161 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 25/06/2023 Meltham 162 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 12/05/2023 Meltham 163 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 28/01/2023 Linthwaite 164 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 25/03/2023 North Cave 165 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 14/01/2023 Bradford BD58HW 166 Dunnock Prunella modularis 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 167 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea wetlands) 168 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 14/01/2023 Linthwaite 169 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 21/01/2023 Huddersfield 170 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/04/2023 Rishworth Moor 171 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 28/05/2023 Wykeham, Scarborough 172 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 25/11/2023 Swillington Ings, Filter beds 173 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 28/10/2023 Swillington Ings 174 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 08/01/2023 Marsden 175 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16/02/2023 Bradford BD58HW 176 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/03/2023 Bradford BD58HW 177 Linnet Linaria cannabina 09/04/2023 Spurn (Kilnsea, Beacon Lane) 178 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 09/02/2023 Bradford BD58HW 179 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/05/2023 Wykeham, Scarborough 180 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 07/01/2023 Linthwaite 181 Siskin Spinus spinus 28/05/2023 Wykeham, Scarborough 182 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 20/01/2024 Filey Brigg 183 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 09/04/2023 Spurn (Easington) 184 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 25/03/2023 North Cave