Alan Tilmouth: Northumberland Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 228 of 228 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 10/01/2020 Harper's Heugh 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 10/01/2020 Harper's Heugh 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 04/01/2020 Druridge 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 25/10/2020 Longhirst Flash Six 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 06/01/2020 Woodhorn Flashes 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2020 Woodhorn Flashes 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14/04/2020 Bothal Pond 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 30/05/2020 Wark 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20/02/2020 Druridge Pools 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 01/06/2020 Castle Island 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2020 Woodhorn Flashes 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27/02/2020 Grindon Lough 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 20 Pintail Anas acuta 10/01/2020 Fenham Flats 21 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 24 Scaup Aythya marila 04/01/2020 Widdrington Moor Lake 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/01/2020 Blyth 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 13/01/2020 Druridge Bay 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 10/01/2020 Goswick 28 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 10/01/2020 Goswick 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 10/01/2020 Goswick 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 04/01/2020 Widdrington Moor Lake 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 18/02/2020 QEII CP 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 06/01/2020 Blyth 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 18/01/2020 Darden Lough 35 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 09/03/2020 Sinderhope 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/01/2020 Widdrington Moor Lake 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2020 38 Quail Coturnix coturnix 15/06/2020 Widdrington Station 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/01/2020 Seaton Deleval 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus ********** ********** 41 Swift Apus apus 27/04/2020 Pegswood Pit Top 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 11/05/2020 Sipton Burn 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond Feral Pigeon 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 16/01/2020 Longhirst Station 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 21/02/2020 Northumberland Park, Tynemouth 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 49 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 50 Crane Grus grus 15/01/2020 MIdleton 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 22/02/2020 Bothal Pond 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 28/01/2020 Ross Back Sands 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 19/08/2020 Druridge Pools 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/01/2020 Blyth 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20/02/2020 Blyth 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 10/01/2020 Fenham Flats 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 59 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 11/08/2020 Longhoughton Steel 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 11/01/2020 Boulmer 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 25/03/2020 Cresswell Pond 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2020 East Stobswood Pools 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/01/2020 Fenham Flats 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 20/01/2020 Holy Island 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 30/01/2020 Newburn 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 28/01/2020 Fulbeck 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 15/01/2020 MIdleton 70 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 19/05/2020 Grindon Lough 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 28/04/2020 Bothal Pond 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 16/01/2020 Longhirst Flashes 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 12/05/2020 Druridge Pools 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 15/08/2020 East Chevington 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/05/2020 Bothal Park Pool 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 78 Knot Calidris canutus 16/01/2020 Newbiggin 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 06/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11/06/2020 Druridge Pools 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 16/01/2020 Newbiggin 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 19/05/2020 Druridge Pools 85 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 27/07/2020 Druridge Pools 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 10/05/2020 Newbiggin 87 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 25/06/2020 Long Nanny 88 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 14/08/2020 East Chevington 89 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 11/05/2020 Beacon Point, Newbiggin 90 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 30/04/2020 East Chevington 91 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 26/05/2020 Beacon Point, Newbiggin 92 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 17/04/2020 Spital Point 93 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 04/02/2020 Seaton Sluice 94 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 19/03/2020 Church Point, Newbiggin 95 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2020 96 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/01/2020 Woodhorn Flashes 97 Common Gull Larus canus 04/01/2020 Widdrington Moor Lake 98 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 14/08/2020 Amble 99 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 100 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 04/01/2020 Cresswell Pond 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 20/02/2020 Blyth 102 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 11/01/2020 North Shields 103 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 16/08/2020 Church Point, Newbiggin 104 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 25/06/2020 Beacon Point, Newbiggin 105 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 15/08/2020 Church Point, Newbiggin 106 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 08/06/2020 Church Point, Newbiggin 107 Puffin Fratercula arctica 28/01/2020 Ross Back Sands 108 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 28/05/2020 Seaton Point 109 Razorbill Alca torda 07/01/2020 Whitley Bay 110 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 10/01/2020 Goswick 111 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/01/2020 Lynemouth Power Station 112 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 29/08/2020 Church Point, Newbiggin 113 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 10/01/2020 Goswick 114 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 13/01/2020 Druridge Bay 115 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 29/08/2020 Church Point, Newbiggin 116 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/05/2020 Beacon Point, Newbiggin 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 19/03/2020 Church Point, Newbiggin 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 06/01/2020 Lynemouth Power Station 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 10/01/2020 Goswick 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 10/05/2020 Druridge Pools 121 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 10/01/2020 Fenham Flats 122 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 27/07/2020 Hemscott Hill 123 Great White Egret Ardea alba 15/03/2020 Longhirst Flashes 124 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 125 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 06/04/2020 Ashington 126 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 21/01/2020 Prestwick 127 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 27/02/2020 Grindon Lough 128 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/01/2020 Widdrington Moor Lake 129 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 130 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/03/2020 Barleyhill 131 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 27/02/2020 Sparty Lea 132 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2020 Blagdon Estate 133 Barn Owl Tyto alba 18/01/2020 Hebron 134 Little Owl Athene noctua 11/01/2020 Druridge 135 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 136 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus ********** ********** 137 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/02/2020 Seaton Burn 138 Hoopoe Upupa epops 25/10/2020 Lynemouth Power Station 139 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 21/01/2020 Dyke Neuk 140 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2020 Blyth 141 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 11/05/2020 Dipton 142 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 143 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/01/2020 Goswick 144 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 20/01/2020 Holy Island 145 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 18/01/2020 Walker Park 146 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 09/03/2020 Kirkharle 147 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 15/10/2020 Holy Island 148 Jay Garrulus glandarius 15/01/2020 Meldon Park 149 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 150 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 151 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2020 152 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 153 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 04/01/2020 Linton 154 Raven Corvus corax 28/01/2020 Alnwick Moor 155 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 06/01/2020 Blyth 156 Coal Tit Periparus ater 157 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 24/01/2020 Scotch Gill Woods 158 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 21/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 159 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 160 Great Tit Parus major 161 Skylark Alauda arvensis 26/02/2020 Woodhorn Flashes 162 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 05/11/2020 Newbiggin 163 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 06/05/2020 Newbiggin 164 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 05/04/2020 Bothal Park Pool 165 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2020 Bothal Pond 166 House Martin Delichon urbicum 16/04/2020 Bothal Pond 167 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti ********** ********** 168 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 169 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 17/05/2020 Harthope Valley 170 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 29/09/2020 Newbiggin 171 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 15/10/2020 Holy Island 172 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2020 Summerhouse Lane 173 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 19/03/2020 Woodhorn Flashes 174 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2020 Woodhorn Flashes 175 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/05/2020 Cresswell Pond 176 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/04/2020 Pegswood Community Park 177 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2020 Woodhorn 178 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 17/05/2020 Harthope Valley 179 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 08/10/2020 Newbiggin 180 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 22/04/2020 Longhirst GC 181 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 15/06/2020 Holy Island 182 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2020 Woodhorn Flashes 183 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 21/01/2020 Harwood 184 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2020 185 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 12/01/2020 Bluebell Woods, Morpeth 186 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 12/01/2020 Bluebell Woods, Morpeth 187 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 188 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 189 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 190 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2020 191 Blackbird Turdus merula 192 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2020 Bothal Pond 193 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/05/2020 Sipton Burn 194 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 11/05/2020 Dipton 195 Robin Erithacus rubecula 196 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/05/2020 Allen Banks 197 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 11/01/2020 Longhoughton Steel 198 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 23/04/2020 Beacon Hill 199 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 17/06/2020 Harthope Valley 200 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2020 Lynemouth Power Station 201 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/04/2020 Newbiggin 202 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 15/01/2020 Hartburn 203 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 204 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 205 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Pegswood 206 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 13/04/2020 Longhirst 207 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 03/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 208 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 07/01/2020 Cullercoats 209 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2020 Pegswood 210 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2020 Prestwick Carr 211 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 23/04/2020 Beacon Hill 212 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 18/11/2020 Amble 213 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 11/01/2020 Seaton Point 214 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/01/2020 Lynemouth Power Station 215 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 216 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 21/01/2020 Northumberlandia 217 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 04/11/2020 Morpeth 218 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 219 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 220 Twite Linaria flavirostris 13/01/2020 Hemscott Hill 221 Linnet Linaria cannabina 13/01/2020 Druridge 222 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 16/01/2020 Linton Lane NR 223 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 21/01/2020 Harwood 224 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 225 Siskin Spinus spinus 11/01/2020 QEII CP 226 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 11/02/2020 East Chevington 227 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21/01/2020 Bothal 228 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 13/01/2020 Druridge