Tom Middleton: Durham Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 229 of 229 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 01/01/2019 Zinc Works Rd 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 01/01/2019 Zinc Works Rd 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13/01/2019 Hurworth Burn Res 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2019 Juv Jarrow Slake 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 23/03/2019 Strange sighting of a drake fly past while searching for raptors. 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19/05/2019 Back Saltholme Drake and Duck 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 13/10/2019 Hurworth Burn Res 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 01/01/2019 Dormans 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 04/01/2019 Hardwick CP 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29/10/2019 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 10/02/2019 34 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 10/02/2019 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 01/06/2019 Whitburn 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 01/06/2019 At least 4 birds. Super evening. 40 Swift Apus apus 27/04/2019 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12/10/2019 Blackhall 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 18/04/2019 Saltholme RSPB 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 29/10/2019 Whitburn Obs 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/01/2019 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 27/04/2019 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 02/03/2019 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 60 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 22/10/2019 Saltholme RSPB 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 28/03/2019 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 65 Curlew Numenius arquata 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 68 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 69 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/03/2019 71 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 12/10/2019 Hartlepool 72 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 07/06/2019 Washington WWT Male 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 74 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 28/03/2019 75 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/01/2019 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Knot Calidris canutus 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax Bird race day 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 01/08/2019 Boldon Flats 83 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 19/05/2019 2 Saltholme West 84 Sanderling Calidris alba 85 Dunlin Calidris alpina 86 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 87 Little Stint Calidris minuta 04/05/2019 88 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 89 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 90 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 91 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 30/05/2019 Whitburn Obs 92 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 93 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13/07/2019 Whitburn Obs 94 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 95 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 29/10/2019 Whitburn Obs 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 98 Common Gull Larus canus 99 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 100 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13/07/2019 Whitburn Obs Juv 101 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 102 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 30/01/2019 Hartlepool 103 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 104 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 105 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 106 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 18/09/2019 Whitburn Obs 107 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 23/06/2019 Whitburn Obs 108 Puffin Fratercula arctica 109 Razorbill Alca torda 110 Little Auk Alle alle 22/10/2019 Whitburn Obs 111 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 112 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 113 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 29/10/2019 114 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 24/10/2019 Whitburn Obs 115 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 29/10/2019 Whitburn Obs 116 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 117 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 09/02/2019 118 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 02/08/2019 Whitburn Obs 119 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 05/05/2019 Bird race day 120 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 02/08/2019 Whitburn Obs 121 Gannet Morus bassanus 122 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 123 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 124 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 125 Great White Egret Ardea alba 18/04/2019 126 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 127 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/06/2019 Tunstall Hills Flew over house. 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 129 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 16/02/2019 130 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 131 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 22/10/2019 Whitburn Obs Ring tail North 132 Red Kite Milvus milvus 133 Buzzard Buteo buteo 134 Barn Owl Tyto alba 135 Little Owl Athene noctua 29/04/2019 136 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 137 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 138 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 139 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 140 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 141 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 23/03/2019 142 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 143 Merlin Falco columbarius 23/03/2019 Male in the dales 144 Hobby Falco subbuteo 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 146 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 147 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 18/05/2019 Male singing Dawdon Blast Beach 148 Jay Garrulus glandarius 149 Magpie Pica pica 150 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 151 Rook Corvus frugilegus 152 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 153 Raven Corvus corax 10/02/2019 154 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 03/01/2019 17 at Pelton Chester-le-street 155 Coal Tit Periparus ater 156 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/01/2019 Hawthorn Dene 157 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 158 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 159 Great Tit Parus major 160 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 02/03/2019 Dormans 161 Skylark Alauda arvensis 162 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 28/03/2019 163 Swallow Hirundo rustica 164 House Martin Delichon urbicum 165 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 30/03/2019 166 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 167 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/06/2019 168 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 05/10/2019 169 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 06/02/2019 Fishburn Sewage Works 170 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 19/04/2019 171 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 05/01/2019 Hawthorn Dene wintering bird 172 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 28/05/2019 Saltholme RSPB 173 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 174 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 175 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 28/04/2019 Tunstall Hills 176 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 177 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 178 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 09/11/2019 Hartlepool Headland 2 birds 179 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/04/2019 Tunstall hills 180 Whitethroat Curruca communis 181 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 06/02/2019 Fishburn Sewage Works 182 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 183 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 184 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 185 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 186 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 187 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 188 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 189 Redwing Turdus iliacus 190 Blackbird Turdus merula 191 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 192 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 193 Robin Erithacus rubecula 194 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 01/10/2019 Whitburn CP 195 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 196 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 30/10/2019 Seaham 197 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 198 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 199 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 24/10/2019 Whitburn Jackies Beach. DNA confirmed. 200 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 201 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 02/04/2019 202 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 203 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 204 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 205 Dunnock Prunella modularis 206 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2019 Seaton Ponds 207 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 208 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 209 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 02/01/2019 Leas Mound 210 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 211 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 212 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 29/03/2019 Rainton Meadows 213 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 214 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 215 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/01/2019 216 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 217 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 218 Twite Linaria flavirostris 219 Linnet Linaria cannabina 220 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 06/02/2019 Fishburn Sewage Works 221 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 10/01/2019 222 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/02/2019 223 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 224 Siskin Spinus spinus 225 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 29/10/2019 Whitburn 226 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2019 227 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 03/01/2019 Sherburn 228 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 229 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus