Paul French: Spurn Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 294 of 294 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 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 14/10/2016 Well Field 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 31/07/2021 Beacon ponds 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 07/05/2022 Kilnsea wetlands 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 04/10/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 05/01/2018 Off Beacon Ponds 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20/06/2023 Kilnsea wetlands 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/05/2016 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/10/2016 Peter Lane 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 06/06/2022 Canal 39 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 20/03/2023 GFB 40 Swift Apus apus 41 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 20/10/2017 Seaside Road, Easington 42 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 10/08/2019 Easington 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 48 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 02/07/2021 Greenfield Bungalows, Easington 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 52 Coot Fulica atra 53 Crane Grus grus 31/03/2018 Long Bank Marsh 54 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 55 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 57 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 58 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 16/02/2021 Beacon ponds 59 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 24/05/2022 Well Field, Kilnsea 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 63 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 64 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 29/07/2023 Warren, Spurn 65 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Listening Dish Field 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 70 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 23/08/2023 The Warren, Spurn 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 09/09/2017 Holderness field 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 77 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 78 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 79 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 80 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 22/07/2016 Beacon Ponds 81 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 07/08/2014 Beacon Ponds 82 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 83 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 84 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 85 Redshank Tringa totanus 86 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 01/12/2017 Well Field 87 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 88 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 89 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 90 Knot Calidris canutus 91 Ruff Calidris pugnax 92 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 93 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 10/05/2021 Kilnsea Wetlands 94 Sanderling Calidris alba 95 Dunlin Calidris alpina 96 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 97 Little Stint Calidris minuta 98 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 27/07/2016 Beacon Ponds 99 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 27/07/2018 Kilnsea wetlands 100 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 101 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 102 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 29/06/2017 Beacon Ponds 103 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 104 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 105 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 106 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 107 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 108 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 109 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 110 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 111 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 112 Common Gull Larus canus 113 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 114 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 115 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 116 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 117 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 118 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 119 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 04/04/2023 GFB 120 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 121 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 122 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 123 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 124 Puffin Fratercula arctica 125 Razorbill Alca torda 126 Little Auk Alle alle 127 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 128 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 129 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 130 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 29/10/2017 Easington boat yard 131 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 132 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 133 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 134 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 135 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 136 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 137 Gannet Morus bassanus 138 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 139 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 140 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 17/10/2016 Kilnsea Wetlands 141 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 142 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 143 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 08/06/2016 Flying over Westmere Fm, then over Easington 144 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 145 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/11/2016 Warren 146 Great White Egret Ardea alba Beacon Ponds 147 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 148 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 15/05/2021 Clubley's/Triangle 149 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 150 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 04/09/2022 Easington, East Yorkshire 151 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 152 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 153 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 154 Red Kite Milvus milvus 08/06/2016 Flying over Westmere Fm, 155 Black Kite Milvus migrans 30/04/2022 Easington, East Yorkshire 156 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 28/10/2016 Warren 157 Buzzard Buteo buteo 158 Barn Owl Tyto alba 159 Little Owl Athene noctua 13/03/2017 Humber lane 160 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 161 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 162 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 163 Hoopoe Upupa epops 22/04/2022 Sammys 164 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 12/08/2020 Lockham Farm, Easington 165 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 166 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 13/05/2017 Numpties 167 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 168 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 169 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 170 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 05/06/2016 Easington lagoon - Peter Lane 171 Merlin Falco columbarius 172 Hobby Falco subbuteo 173 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 174 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri GFB 175 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 14/06/2016 The Warren 176 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 177 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 178 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 31/10/2016 Canal 179 Jay Garrulus glandarius GFB 180 Magpie Pica pica 181 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 182 Rook Corvus frugilegus 183 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 184 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/10/2016 185 Raven Corvus corax GFB 186 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 187 Coal Tit Periparus ater 08/10/2016 Greenfield Bungalows, Easington 188 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 29/08/2022 Hillrise, Easington 189 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 190 Great Tit Parus major 191 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 15/10/2016 Canal 192 Woodlark Lullula arborea 193 Skylark Alauda arvensis 194 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 195 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 196 Swallow Hirundo rustica 197 House Martin Delichon urbicum 198 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Warren 199 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 09/10/2017 Canal 200 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 201 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 202 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 12/10/2021 Cliff Fm, Spurn 203 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 09/11/2019 Peter Lane 204 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 205 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 206 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 16/10/2016 Canal 207 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 208 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 209 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 210 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 09/04/2017 Crown & Anchor 211 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn, East Yorkshire 212 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 29/05/2020 Little Hedge 213 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 09/10/2017 Kilnsea church 214 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 27/05/2006 Point Dunes 215 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 216 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 06/10/2007 Bluebell, Kilnsea. 217 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 218 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 219 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 01/10/2019 Sykes Field 220 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 16/09/2016 Church Field in hand only 221 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 222 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 223 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 224 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 225 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 226 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 16/04/2017 Canal bushes 227 Whitethroat Curruca communis 228 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 18/03/2023 Lighthouse 229 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 230 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 231 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 232 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 15/06/2022 Vicars Lane 233 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Easington 234 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 235 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 236 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 237 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 238 Redwing Turdus iliacus 239 Blackbird Turdus merula 240 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 241 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 242 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 243 Robin Erithacus rubecula 244 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 13/05/2021 Potato Fields 245 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 246 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 247 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 248 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 11/05/2019 Easington cemetery Female 249 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 13/10/2015 Canal/Well Field 250 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 251 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 252 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 253 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 22/10/2016 The Point, Spurn 254 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 05/10/2007 Point 255 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 256 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 257 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 17/10/2016 Easington lagoon/Long Bank 258 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 259 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 260 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 13/10/2016 Vicars Lane, Easington 261 Dunnock Prunella modularis 262 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 263 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 27/10/2022 Kilnsea Wetlands 264 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 31/08/2018 Canal scrape 265 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 266 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 267 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 268 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 269 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 270 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 15/10/2008 Clubley's 271 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 29/10/2016 Warren 272 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 273 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 274 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 275 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 276 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 277 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 278 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 279 Twite Linaria flavirostris 280 Linnet Linaria cannabina 281 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 282 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 283 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 284 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 285 Serin Serinus serinus 27/05/2006 Point Dunes 286 Siskin Spinus spinus 287 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 288 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 289 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 290 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 291 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 17/08/2016 Corner Field 292 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 293 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 294 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus