Rob Hunton: Spurn Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 282 of 282 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 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 07/11/2022 Kilnsea Wetlands 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14/10/2020 Easington 10 north of Sammies Point 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11/04/2024 Grange Farm 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 08/09/2019 From sea watching hut 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 27/07/2019 Kilnsea wetlands 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24/09/2023 Kilnsea wetlands 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 28/05/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 19/10/2022 South at sea watching hut 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 04/10/2019 Flew east over beacon lane 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13/10/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 19/10/2022 South at sea watching hut 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/11/2022 2 south at numpties 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/10/2022 Sea watching hut 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 15/10/2020 Peter Lane 8 in fields north of peter lane near Easington cemetery 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 33 Quail Coturnix coturnix 31/08/2022 Chalky Point / Riverside path 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 27/05/2022 Kilnsea 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 17/05/2022 Ringed in church field 36 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 19/03/2023 South over the Humber 37 Swift Apus apus 38 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 24/10/2022 South over Beacon Lane 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 43 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 47 Coot Fulica atra 48 Crane Grus grus 22/10/2023 South 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 25/10/2022 South at numpties 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 19/11/2022 South past sea watching hut 53 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 24/05/2022 North Field then Well Field 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 58 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 29/07/2023 Warren 59 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 30/09/2023 Humber off the Warren 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 63 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 15/07/2018 Easington Beach 64 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 23/08/2023 Warren 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 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 31/05/2023 Clubleys 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 73 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 17/09/2022 74 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 75 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/07/2019 Kilnsea wetlands 76 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 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 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 11/05/2022 Beacon Ponds 86 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 87 Sanderling Calidris alba 88 Dunlin Calidris alpina 89 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 91 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 06/09/2019 Kilnsea wetlands 92 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 93 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 97 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 02/07/2023 Beacon Ponds 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 99 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 100 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 101 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 17/08/2022 Off beacon ponds 102 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 103 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 104 Common Gull Larus canus 105 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 06/09/2019 Kilnsea wetlands 106 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 107 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 15/05/2022 Flew south past the obs 108 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 109 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 110 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 20/01/2023 seawatch 111 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 11/09/2021 112 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 113 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 114 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 115 Puffin Fratercula arctica 116 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 19/10/2022 South at sea watching hut 117 Razorbill Alca torda 118 Little Auk Alle alle 119 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 120 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 121 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 122 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 123 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 17/07/2023 Warren Caught & ringed 124 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 13/09/2023 North off Bluebell 125 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 126 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 05/11/2022 North off sea watching hut 127 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 128 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 08/09/2023 Off beacon lane 129 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 130 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 10/08/2015 From canal bank 131 Gannet Morus bassanus 132 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 133 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 134 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 03/10/2023 Over triangle 135 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 28/04/2022 flew on to kilnsea wetlands 136 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 137 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 01/07/2018 Holderness Field 138 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 09/11/2022 Dropped onto Walker Butts 139 Great White Egret Ardea alba 140 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 141 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/05/2022 Over the Humber 142 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 30/06/2022 Flew south over beacon ponds 143 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 144 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 145 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/07/2022 from Beacon Ponds 146 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 11/09/2022 Over north field 147 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 01/05/2024 South over Humber Adult male 148 Red Kite Milvus milvus 149 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 24/10/2022 Over the triangle then north 150 Buzzard Buteo buteo 151 Barn Owl Tyto alba 152 Little Owl Athene noctua 19/10/2022 Grange farm 153 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 154 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 155 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 09/10/2022 Trapped in church field 156 Hoopoe Upupa epops 06/06/2022 Wire Dump 157 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 158 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 23/05/2022 Kilnsea Flew south over obs garden 159 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 160 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 161 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 08/04/2023 Point 162 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 163 Merlin Falco columbarius 164 Hobby Falco subbuteo 165 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 166 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 21/09/2022 Kew 167 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 12/10/2019 Easington 168 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 169 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 22/10/2022 Green Beacon 170 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 11/06/2023 Vicars Lane horse paddocks 171 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 172 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 14/05/2022 Well Field 173 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/05/2022 Church towards bluebell 2 174 Magpie Pica pica 175 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 176 Rook Corvus frugilegus 177 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 178 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 19/06/2022 Flew south over Kilnsea 179 Raven Corvus corax 16/10/2022 From obs garden 180 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 24/10/2022 South over sea watching hut 181 Coal Tit Periparus ater 182 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 29/08/2022 Hillrise 183 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 184 Great Tit Parus major 185 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 186 Woodlark Lullula arborea 19/05/2022 Sammys Point 187 Skylark Alauda arvensis 188 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 189 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 190 Swallow Hirundo rustica 191 House Martin Delichon urbicum 192 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 13/05/2022 South passed warren Plus 2 feeding over north field/beacon lane 193 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 03/10/2020 Canal / little hedge 194 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 195 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 196 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 04/10/2020 Easington 197 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 198 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 199 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 200 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 201 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 202 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 203 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 204 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 30/08/2022 Canal Bushes/Dell 205 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 206 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 207 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 208 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 07/09/2019 Kilnsea 209 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 210 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 211 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 212 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 213 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 214 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 215 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 27/04/2022 Canal 216 Whitethroat Curruca communis 217 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 17/03/2023 Lighthouse 218 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 219 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 220 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 221 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 20/09/2022 The Warren 222 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 223 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 224 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 225 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 226 Redwing Turdus iliacus 227 Blackbird Turdus merula 228 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 229 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 230 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 231 Robin Erithacus rubecula 232 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 14/05/2021 Potato fields 233 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 234 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 235 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 236 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 03/05/2024 Church Field 237 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 238 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 239 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 240 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 241 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 06/10/2019 Kilnsea 242 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 243 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 244 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 04/10/1998 Point 245 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 246 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 247 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 13/10/2016 Easington 248 Dunnock Prunella modularis 249 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 250 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 27/10/2022 Kilnsea wetlands 251 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 01/09/2022 Chalky Point 252 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 253 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 254 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 255 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 256 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 257 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 01/01/1992 Spurn Date currently unknown - will update when found 258 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 28/05/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 259 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 260 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 261 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 262 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 16/04/2023 Kilnsea 263 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 264 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 265 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 266 Twite Linaria flavirostris 22/10/2022 The narrows 267 Linnet Linaria cannabina 268 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 269 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 270 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 25/10/2023 Warren 271 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 04/07/2023 Over Kew 272 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 273 Serin Serinus serinus 27/05/2019 Easington 274 Siskin Spinus spinus 275 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 276 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 277 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 23/08/2022 Over canal bushes 278 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 279 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 14/05/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 280 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 20/09/2022 High tide shelter 281 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 08/10/2016 Church field 282 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus