Tom Cadwallender: Alnmouth Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 243 of 243 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 30/01/2018 European with Pink feet in amongst Canada Goose herd. 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 30/04/2014 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21/02/2021 Flying south from Birling Carrs, watched the pair fly through the Bay. 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 08/01/2016 South side 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 1989 Buston Links 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 01/07/2016 Buston 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral Pigeon 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 09/10/2020 Sewage Works 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Crane Grus grus 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 51 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 54 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Stewart Sexton found this bird at Seaton Point 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 16/09/2016 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 59 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 09/08/2020 Boulmer 60 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 61 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 62 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 63 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 64 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 70 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 72 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 74 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 01/07/2013 Foxton Date to be confirmed 75 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 76 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 11/08/1999 Foxton Muriel 77 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 78 Redshank Tringa totanus 79 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 80 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 81 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 82 Knot Calidris canutus 83 Ruff Calidris pugnax 84 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 85 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 86 Sanderling Calidris alba 87 Dunlin Calidris alpina 88 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 89 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 01/10/2016 Boulmer 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 91 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 19/08/2023 Boulmer 92 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 17/09/2021 Boulmer 93 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 12/09/2021 North Passed the mouth 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 97 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 99 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 100 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 31/12/2017 Longhoughton Steel 101 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 102 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 105 Common Gull Larus canus 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 110 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 111 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 112 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 113 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 114 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 115 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 116 Puffin Fratercula arctica 117 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 118 Razorbill Alca torda 119 Little Auk Alle alle 120 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 121 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 122 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 123 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 124 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 125 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 126 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 127 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 128 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 129 Gannet Morus bassanus 130 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 131 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 132 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 25/09/2021 Across Alnmouth Bay First picked up by Mark Eaton at Boulmer, it was later seen at Hauxley NR. 133 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 134 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax Muriel only 135 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 136 Great White Egret Ardea alba 22/05/2014 Foxton 137 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 138 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 139 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 140 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 141 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 25/08/2014 142 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 143 Red Kite Milvus milvus 17/06/2023 144 Buzzard Buteo buteo 145 Barn Owl Tyto alba 146 Little Owl Athene noctua 147 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 148 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 149 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 150 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 151 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 152 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 153 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 154 Merlin Falco columbarius 155 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11/08/2020 Alnong the road from Field House Farm entrance towards the Corner of Foxton golf course 156 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 157 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 28/02/2019 Garden 158 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 07/10/2020 Seaton Point 159 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 08/05/2023 160 Jay Garrulus glandarius 161 Magpie Pica pica 162 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 163 Rook Corvus frugilegus 164 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 165 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 20/04/2018 Village Golf Course 166 Raven Corvus corax 03/05/2020 Seaton Point 167 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 168 Coal Tit Periparus ater 169 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 170 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 171 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 172 Great Tit Parus major 173 Skylark Alauda arvensis 174 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 175 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 176 Swallow Hirundo rustica 177 House Martin Delichon urbicum 178 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 179 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 16/06/2020 Seaton Point 180 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 181 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 182 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 183 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 08/09/2023 Waterside Farm 184 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 185 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 28/05/2016 Buston Links 186 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 187 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 188 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 189 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 190 Whitethroat Curruca communis 191 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/10/2015 192 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 193 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 194 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 195 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 196 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 197 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 198 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 199 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 200 Redwing Turdus iliacus 201 Blackbird Turdus merula 202 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 203 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 204 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 205 Robin Erithacus rubecula 206 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 207 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 208 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 209 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 210 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 211 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 212 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 213 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 18/10/2020 Seaton Point 214 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 10/10/1976 Boulmer 215 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 216 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 217 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 218 Dunnock Prunella modularis 219 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 220 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 01/02/2014 Golf Course Date to be confirmed 221 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 222 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 223 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 224 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 23/04/2020 Alnmouth Village Golf Course 225 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 226 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 227 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 228 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 229 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 15/02/2018 Steppy Lane - flying over and calling 230 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 231 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 232 Twite Linaria flavirostris 233 Linnet Linaria cannabina 234 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 235 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Warkworth Golf Course from Killicrankie 236 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 237 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 238 Siskin Spinus spinus 239 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 240 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 241 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 242 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 243 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus