Rob Hunton: Swillington Ings Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 150 of 150 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 20/04/2021 South ings 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/01/2021 27 west over Astley lane 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 20/03/2021 150 through the valley 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/05/2021 Astley 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2021 Main lake & Astley 3 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 04/04/2021 Woodlesford horse field 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 14 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2021 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2021 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2021 19 Smew Mergellus albellus 13/02/2021 Balance Res Drake 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2021 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 09/10/2021 Main lake 22 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 03/01/2021 5 flew off ridge & furrow 23 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 24 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2021 Coach Road 7 25 Swift Apus apus 01/05/2021 Main lake 26 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 27 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 28 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 29 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 07/01/2021 Western reedbed 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 31 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 32 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 Balance reservoir 4 33 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 34 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 27/02/2021 Black pipe bay 35 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 20/03/2021 ERB 36 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 18/01/2021 Lagoon islands 37 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20/03/2021 5 on main lake 38 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2021 39 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 21/03/2021 Main lake 40 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 02/04/2021 Astley 41 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 42 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/05/2021 Hillside 12 43 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 44 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 15/05/2021 South ings 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/04/2021 Middle Ings 46 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/01/2021 Flushed near Caroline pond 47 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 03/01/2021 Hillside 48 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 49 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14/04/2021 Main lake south shore 50 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2021 Filter beds 51 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 21/04/2021 Black pipe bay 52 Redshank Tringa totanus 06/03/2021 Main lake 53 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/05/2021 Lagoon 54 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 22/05/2021 Main lake 55 Ruff Calidris pugnax 15/05/2021 South ings 56 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 08/10/2021 Eastern reedbed 57 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2021 1 with lapwing flock on south ings 58 Little Stint Calidris minuta 28/08/2021 Cattlegate pond 59 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 27/09/2021 Eastern reedbed 60 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 22/08/2021 Astley Lake 61 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/04/2021 Leventhorpe hall pond 62 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 16/04/2021 Leventhorpe hall pond 63 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 64 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 19/05/2021 Ridge & furrow 65 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 13/03/2021 Lagoon islands 66 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 67 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 68 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 69 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 09/01/2021 Main lake 2nd winter/3rd CY 70 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 18/01/2021 Opposite Caroline Spit 71 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 72 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 13/08/2021 Ridge & furrow 73 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 07/01/2021 Main lake 74 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 75 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/11/2021 West over ridge & furrow 76 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 77 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2021 Hillside 78 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2021 79 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 19/10/2021 West over north Ings and then hillside Adult male 80 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2021 81 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 82 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/03/2021 Hillside 83 Little Owl Athene noctua 30/01/2021 Swillington organic farm 84 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 27/02/2021 85 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/01/2021 Temple Newsham 2 86 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 87 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 03/01/2021 Swilly park 88 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2021 89 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 90 Hobby Falco subbuteo 91 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2021 92 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 27/02/2021 Peasecroft Wood 93 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2021 Linesway 94 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 95 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 96 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 97 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 98 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2021 Linesway 99 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 100 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 101 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 07/01/2021 Eastern reedbed 102 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/01/2021 103 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 13/03/2021 Lemonroyd lake 104 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2021 Over ERB 105 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/05/2021 Main lake 106 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2021 North Ings channel 107 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 108 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 03/04/2021 Hillside 109 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2021 Filter beds 110 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/05/2021 Bowers path 111 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 01/05/2021 Cattle gate 112 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/05/2021 Astley 113 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 04/04/2021 Woodlesford lock 114 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/05/2021 Gropper corner 115 Whitethroat Curruca communis 01/05/2021 New sluice 116 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 27/02/2021 Methley 117 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 118 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2021 Linesway 119 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 23/01/2021 Old coach road 120 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2021 Coach road 121 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 122 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 123 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 Rothwell juniors football pitches 124 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 125 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 126 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 127 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 128 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 06/09/2021 Trailer gate field hedgerow 129 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 07/05/2021 Hillside 130 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 131 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 02/04/2021 North Ings 132 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 05/01/2021 Lemonroyd Marina 133 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Old Astley lane 134 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 135 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2021 Bulge 136 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2021 137 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 138 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2021 139 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 19/08/2021 3 flew south over hillside 140 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 01/01/2021 Filter beds 141 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 142 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 28/10/2021 West over VC 143 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 144 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 145 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2021 Wood Lane & coach road 146 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2021 147 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 148 Siskin Spinus spinus 09/01/2021 Shann House Bridge 149 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 10/04/2021 Fleakingley Lane 150 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021