Alan Whitehead: Spurn Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 321 of 321 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 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 07/07/2021 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 05/01/2018 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25/05/2017 1st record 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20/06/2023 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 41 Swift Apus apus 42 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 21/10/2004 Roosted on Lighthouse 43 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 19/07/2003 Point Dunes 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 49 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 02/07/2021 Easington, E.Yorks 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Crane Grus grus 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 07/05/2000 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 65 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 29/07/2023 The Warren, Spurn 66 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 67 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 68 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 69 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 70 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 71 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 14/07/2018 Easington Beach 72 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 73 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 74 Curlew Numenius arquata 75 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 76 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 77 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 03/07/2004 Warren 78 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 79 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 80 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 19/09/1993 Humber Estuary 81 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 82 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 02/09/1997 Beacon Ponds 83 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 84 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 85 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 86 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 87 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 88 Redshank Tringa totanus 89 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/12/2017 Long Bank Marsh 90 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 91 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 92 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 93 Knot Calidris canutus 94 Ruff Calidris pugnax 95 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 25/05/2008 Humber estuary 96 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 22/08/2010 Humber estuary 97 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 98 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 99 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 100 Sanderling Calidris alba 101 Dunlin Calidris alpina 102 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 103 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 30/09/2018 Easington Lagoons 104 Little Stint Calidris minuta 105 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 106 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 107 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 02/06/1996 Beacon Ponds 108 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 109 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 110 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 29/06/2017 1st record at Kilnsea Wetlands/Beacon Ponds 111 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 112 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 113 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 114 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 115 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 17/06/1993 Beacon Ponds 116 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 117 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 118 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 22/12/2013 Sammy's Point 119 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 120 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 121 Common Gull Larus canus 122 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 123 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 124 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 125 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 126 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 127 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 21/11/2020 1st record 128 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 129 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 130 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 131 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 132 Puffin Fratercula arctica 133 Razorbill Alca torda 134 Little Auk Alle alle 135 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 136 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 137 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 138 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 139 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 140 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 141 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 142 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 143 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 144 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 08/08/2015 Kilnsea Wetlands 145 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 146 Gannet Morus bassanus 147 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 148 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 149 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 17/10/2016 Humber Estuary, Spurn 150 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 151 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 152 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 153 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 154 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 29/06/2018 Canal Scrape, Spurn 155 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 19/07/2020 156 Great White Egret Ardea alba 157 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 158 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 15/05/2021 159 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 160 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 161 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 162 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 08/04/2019 Ist for Spurn! 163 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 164 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 165 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 07/11/2016 Spurn 166 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 02/06/2016 1st record 167 Red Kite Milvus milvus 168 Black Kite Milvus migrans 169 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 170 Buzzard Buteo buteo 171 Barn Owl Tyto alba 172 Little Owl Athene noctua 173 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 174 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 175 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 176 Hoopoe Upupa epops 177 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 12/08/2020 Spurn 178 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 179 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 180 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 181 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 182 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 19/03/2019 1st record and nice re-find 183 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 184 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 24/08/2015 1st record 185 Merlin Falco columbarius 186 Hobby Falco subbuteo 187 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 188 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 189 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 30/09/1990 Blue Bell corner 190 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 191 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 192 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 20/09/2014 Triangle 193 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 25/09/2005 Sheepfield 194 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 195 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 15/10/1988 Warren. Probable Daurian? 15/10/14 196 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 197 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 31/10/2016 Canal Bank, Spurn 198 Jay Garrulus glandarius 199 Magpie Pica pica 200 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 201 Rook Corvus frugilegus 202 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 203 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 204 Raven Corvus corax 205 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 206 Coal Tit Periparus ater 207 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 01/09/2022 208 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 209 Great Tit Parus major 210 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 211 Woodlark Lullula arborea 212 Skylark Alauda arvensis 213 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 214 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 215 Swallow Hirundo rustica 216 House Martin Delichon urbicum 217 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 23/04/2018 Holderness Field 218 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 23/10/1995 Sandy Beaches Caravan Park 219 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 220 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 221 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 222 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 30/09/2003 Beacon Lane 223 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 09/11/2003 Easington 224 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 225 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 226 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 227 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 228 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 229 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 230 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 16/04/2017 Kilnsea 231 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 232 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 07/09/1996 Point Also seen in Sept and Oct 2000 233 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 26/05/2006 Point 234 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 235 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 07/10/2007 Big hedge 236 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 237 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 238 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 06/09/1991 Triangle Also seen in June 92 and Aug 2000 239 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 240 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 29/04/2017 Canal Zone 241 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 242 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 243 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 244 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 245 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 246 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 07/05/2000 Sammy's Point 247 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 16/05/2016 Triangle, Spurn 248 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 20/05/2014 Spurn 249 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 05/05/2011 Spurn 250 Whitethroat Curruca communis 251 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 252 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 253 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 254 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 255 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 256 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 257 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 10/10/2004 Easington Cemetery 258 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 259 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 260 Redwing Turdus iliacus 261 Blackbird Turdus merula 262 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 263 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 264 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 265 Robin Erithacus rubecula 266 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 05/06/2013 Sammy's Point 267 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 268 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 269 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 270 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 271 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 30/08/2010 By the entrance gate 272 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 25/10/2016 Kilnsea Wetlands 273 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 274 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 275 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 276 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 26/10/2016 Point 277 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 11/10/1992 Triangle. Also 93 and 2004 278 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 279 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 280 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 21/10/1990 Humber Bank 281 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 23/10/1997 Humber Shore. Also 4/10/98 at the Point 282 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 283 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 284 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 14/10/2016 Easington 285 Dunnock Prunella modularis 286 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 287 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 02/10/2015 Canal Scrape 288 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 289 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 290 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 291 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 292 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 293 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 294 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 21/10/1988 Beacon Lane 295 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 296 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 297 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 298 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 299 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 300 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 301 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 302 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 303 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 304 Twite Linaria flavirostris 305 Linnet Linaria cannabina 306 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 307 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 308 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 309 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 310 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 311 Serin Serinus serinus 312 Siskin Spinus spinus 313 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 314 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 315 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 316 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 317 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 318 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 319 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 320 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 321 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 27/10/2001 Long Bank