Graham Sorrie: Northumberland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 327 of 327 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 21/09/2023 Ross 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 11/10/2017 Budge Bay Richardson's with c.5000 Barnacle Geese; also Todd’s 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 31/12/2018 Newham 4 individuals 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 02/03/2019 Woodhorn 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 09/09/2014 Castle Island 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25 Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 01/01/1989 Ladyburn Lake, Hadston. Also at Hauxley 2/7/2015 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 29/03/2017 Silver link 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/11/1988 Bothal Date may not be quite correct but I remember a female seen on an NTBC trip 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 21/12/2021 Cambios Beach 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 36 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 37 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 14/01/2017 Goswick Sands 38 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 39 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 26/02/2021 Cresswell Pond 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Smew Mergellus albellus Druridge Bay CP Quite regular in the 90’s including up to 3 drakes one year I recall 42 Goosander Mergus merganser 43 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 44 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 45 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 46 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 47 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 48 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 49 Quail Coturnix coturnix 50 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 51 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 52 Swift Apus apus 53 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 30/10/2022 Amble 54 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 12/06/2021 East Chevington 55 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 56 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral pigeon 57 Stock Dove Columba oenas 58 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 59 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 07/10/2020 Holy Island 60 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 61 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 62 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 63 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 64 Coot Fulica atra 65 Crane Grus grus 66 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 67 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 27/12/1992 Druridge Pools Also seen on 01/01/93, 04/01/94 and 23/01/94 68 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 69 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 70 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 71 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 72 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 73 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 31/08/2019 Budge fields 74 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 75 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 76 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 77 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 09/08/2019 Boulmer 78 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 79 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 80 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 81 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 82 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 83 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Newton pools 84 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 11/05/2021 Holy Islamd Female on north shore 85 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 86 Curlew Numenius arquata 87 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 88 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 89 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 27/10/2018 Cresswell 90 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 91 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 92 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 93 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 01/11/2021 Newstead Flash Glad I don’t go to Orkney for the Varied Thrush! 94 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 95 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 96 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 03/10/1990 Blyth estuary 97 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 98 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 13/08/2016 Hauxley 99 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 100 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 101 Redshank Tringa totanus 102 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 07/05/2022 Maiden Hall Lake 103 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 104 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 105 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 106 Knot Calidris canutus 107 Ruff Calidris pugnax 108 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 22/05/2023 Budle Bay 109 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 08/08/2014 Cresswell 110 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 111 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 112 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 05/06/2021 Blyth estuary 113 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 114 Sanderling Calidris alba 115 Dunlin Calidris alpina 116 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 117 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 01/10/2016 Boulmer 118 Little Stint Calidris minuta 119 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 120 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 121 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 20/08/2009 Cresswell 122 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 29/05/2015 Bothal Ponds 123 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 29/07/2020 Cullernose 124 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 05/07/2013 Cresswell 125 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 126 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 18/10/2018 Haughton Strother GP 127 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 128 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 129 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 130 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 131 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 132 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 133 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 134 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 135 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini NSFQ 136 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 30/11/2018 Stag Rocks 137 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 138 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 139 Common Gull Larus canus 140 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 141 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 142 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 11/12/2020 NSFQ 143 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 144 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 145 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 146 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 147 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 148 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 149 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 150 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 151 Puffin Fratercula arctica 152 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 153 Razorbill Alca torda 154 Little Auk Alle alle 155 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 28/11/2021 Church Point Incredible bird, totally different jizz to Guilllemot. 156 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 157 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 158 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 159 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 21/01/2017 Druridge Bay CP 160 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 161 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 21/10/2021 Church Point Bird flew north and dumped in the sea off the point then flew 162 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 163 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous SSWT 164 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 165 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 01/07/2021 Church Point 166 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 01/08/2021 Church Point Newbiggin 167 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 168 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 16/10/2021 Ross Back Sands Thought I’d missed my chance of this bird but it gave me a personal flypast at Ross. Thrilled! 169 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 170 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 29/08/2021 Church Point Newbiggin 171 Gannet Morus bassanus 172 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 173 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 174 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 175 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 176 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 177 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 178 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 15/11/2010 Morpeth riverside 179 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 180 Great White Egret Ardea alba 181 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 182 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 09/07/2023 Gosforth Park 183 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 184 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 185 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 186 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 187 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 188 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 189 Red Kite Milvus milvus 190 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 191 Buzzard Buteo buteo 192 Barn Owl Tyto alba 193 Little Owl Athene noctua 194 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 195 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 196 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 197 Hoopoe Upupa epops 198 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 199 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 200 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 201 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Stanington Vale 202 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 203 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 204 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 205 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 22/09/2023 Edlingham Moor 206 Merlin Falco columbarius 207 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11/06/2021 Gubeon golf centre Flew close, low over the driving bays 208 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 209 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 210 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 10/10/2021 Holy Island 211 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 212 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 03/06/2008 Long Nanny car park 213 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 05/06/2021 Hadston link DBCP 214 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 15/10/2006 Cresswell 215 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 216 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 14/10/2020 Straight Lonnen, Holy Island 217 Jay Garrulus glandarius 218 Magpie Pica pica 219 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 220 Rook Corvus frugilegus 221 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 222 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 223 Raven Corvus corax 224 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 225 Coal Tit Periparus ater 226 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 227 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 228 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 229 Great Tit Parus major 230 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 231 Skylark Alauda arvensis 232 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 233 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Long Nanny 234 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 235 Swallow Hirundo rustica 236 House Martin Delichon urbicum 237 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 238 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 239 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 240 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 26/01/2002 Lynemouth Power Station 241 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 242 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 243 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi The Mound, Newbiggin 244 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 245 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 246 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 247 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 30/09/2020 Budle Point 248 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Vicar’s Garden 249 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 09/10/2023 Holy Islannd 250 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 05/06/2020 Druridge Pools 251 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 252 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 253 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 254 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 04/09/2022 Straight Lonnen, Holy Island In the willows 255 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 256 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 257 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 258 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 259 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 260 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 16/06/2020 The Snook 261 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 27/10/2022 Tynemouth Placeholder - Eastern rued out on tail pattern 262 Whitethroat Curruca communis 263 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 264 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 265 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 266 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 267 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 268 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 07/05/2021 Newbiggin 269 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 270 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 271 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 272 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 273 Redwing Turdus iliacus 274 Blackbird Turdus merula 275 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 276 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 277 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 278 Robin Erithacus rubecula 279 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 04/05/2024 Holy Island 280 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 281 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 282 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 283 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 04/10/2020 The Plantation, The Snook, Holy Island 284 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 285 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 286 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 287 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 28/10/2022 Bundle Bay Could be Stejneger’s but I’m recording the most likely! 288 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 289 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 290 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 291 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 01/11/2022 Whitley Bay 292 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 293 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 294 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 295 Dunnock Prunella modularis 296 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 297 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 298 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 299 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 300 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 301 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 302 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 303 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 304 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 305 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 306 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 307 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 308 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 309 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 310 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 311 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 312 Twite Linaria flavirostris 313 Linnet Linaria cannabina 314 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 315 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 316 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 317 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 318 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 319 Siskin Spinus spinus 320 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 321 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 322 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 323 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 324 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 01/02/1992 Cresswell 325 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 04/10/2020 Holy Island harbour 326 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 23/10/1999 Woodhorn 327 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus