Alan Tilmouth: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, #LocalPatch Record(s) 1 to 197 of 197 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 07/01/2022 Linton Lane 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/02/2022 Hemscott Hill 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2022 Bothal Pond 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 07/01/2022 Widdrington Moor Lake 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 27/12/2022 Woodhorn 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2022 Bothal Pond 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11/01/2022 Queen Elizabeth II CP 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 28/11/2022 East Lea, Newbiggin 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 07/02/2022 Druridge Pools 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 31/03/2022 Mitford 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/04/2022 Bothal Pond 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2022 Bothal Pond 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2022 Bothal Pond 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2022 Bothal Pond 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27/04/2022 Cresswell Pond 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2022 Bothal Pond 18 Pintail Anas acuta 11/03/2022 Druridge Pools 19 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2022 Bothal Pond 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2022 Bothal Pond 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 14/04/2022 Widdrington Moor Lake 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2022 Bothal Pond 23 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2022 Bothal Pond 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28/02/2022 Newbiggin Point 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/10/2022 Newbiggin 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2022 Bothal Pond 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 11/01/2022 Widdrington Moor Lake 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2022 Climbing Tree Farm 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/01/2022 Widdrington Moor Lake 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 07/01/2022 Climbing Tree Farm 34 Quail Coturnix coturnix 23/05/2022 Newbiggin 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 11/01/2022 Widdrington Moor Lake 36 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2022 Bothal Pond 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 07/01/2022 Climbing Tree Farm Feral Pigeon 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 11/01/2022 Woodhorn 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2022 Pegswood 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 06/01/2022 Pegswood 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/03/2022 Woodhorn Flashes 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2022 Bothal Pond 43 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2022 Bothal Pond 44 Crane Grus grus 03/04/2022 West Sleekburn 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2022 Castle Island 46 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11/01/2022 Widdrington Moor Lake 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 07/02/2022 Druridge Bay (Sea) 48 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 07/01/2022 Widdrington Moor Lake 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 50 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/03/2022 Blyth Estuary 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 13/01/2022 Beacon Point 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 06/01/2022 Bothal Pond 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 05/01/2022 Beacon Point 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 14/04/2022 Cresswell Pond 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2022 Bothal Pond 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 06/01/2022 Cambois 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 05/01/2022 Woodhorn Flashes 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/01/2022 Beacon Point 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 15/02/2022 Druridge Pools 60 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 13/12/2022 Castle Island 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/02/2022 Ulgham Lane 62 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 10/01/2022 Bothal Pond 63 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 14/10/2022 Beacon Point 64 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 23/06/2022 Castle Island 65 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 18/02/2022 Longhirst Flash 66 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 24/05/2022 Druridge Pools 67 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2022 Castle Island 68 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/01/2022 Bothal Pond 69 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 23/07/2022 Castle Island 70 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 71 Knot Calidris canutus 01/04/2022 Beacon Point 72 Ruff Calidris pugnax 15/02/2022 Druridge Pools 73 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 04/09/2022 Castle Island 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/01/2022 Beacon Point 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 77 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 23/09/2022 Bothal Pond 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 04/05/2022 Newbiggin Point 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 04/05/2022 Bothal Pond 80 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 20/07/2022 Beacon Point 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 12/04/2022 Newbiggin Point 82 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/05/2022 Druridge Pools 83 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 18/02/2022 Newbiggin Point 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 Pegswood 85 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 86 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2022 Pegswood 87 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 16/11/2022 Castle Island 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2022 Pegswood 89 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 18/10/2022 Beacon Point 90 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 91 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 08/11/2022 Newbiggin Point 92 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 26/02/2022 Blyth Estuary 93 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 03/09/2022 Newbiggin Point 94 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 07/06/2022 Newbiggin Point 95 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 19/10/2022 Beacon Point 96 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 23/07/2022 Newbiggin Point 97 Puffin Fratercula arctica 04/05/2022 Newbiggin Point 98 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 14/06/2022 Newbiggin Point 99 Razorbill Alca torda 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 100 Little Auk Alle alle 20/10/2022 Newbiggin Point 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 103 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 104 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 29/08/2022 Newbiggin Point 105 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 17/08/2022 Newbiggin Point 106 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 17/08/2022 Newbiggin Point 107 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 20/05/2022 Beacon Point 108 Gannet Morus bassanus 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 109 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2022 Bothal Pond 110 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/01/2022 Newbiggin Point 111 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 05/01/2022 Castle Island 112 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/01/2022 Castle Island 113 Great White Egret Ardea alba 08/09/2022 Cresswell Pond 114 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 115 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/04/2022 Newbiggin Passed through SMI at 09:50 then picked up over town by STH at 10:30, I managed to scope it distantly from Pegswood Pit Top. 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2022 Abbey Mill 117 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/01/2022 Widdrington Moor Lake 118 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 119 Red Kite Milvus milvus 08/03/2022 Pegswood 120 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 121 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/02/2022 Morpeth 122 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 123 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 124 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 05/01/2022 Pegswood 125 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 12/01/2022 Morpeth 126 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 11/01/2022 Ulgham Lane 127 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 128 Peregrine Falco peregrinus ********** ********** 129 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2022 Hebron 130 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 Pegswood 131 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2022 Bothal Pond 132 Rook Corvus frugilegus 04/01/2022 Pegswood 133 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2022 Pegswood 134 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 07/01/2022 Ellington Wind Farm 135 Coal Tit Periparus ater 07/01/2022 Climbing Tree Farm Feral Pigeon 136 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 07/01/2022 Climbing Tree Farm Feral Pigeon 137 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 11/01/2022 Oldpark Wood 138 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 139 Great Tit Parus major 07/01/2022 Climbing Tree Farm Feral Pigeon 140 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/02/2022 Bothal Shooter's Pools 141 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 12/04/2022 Bothal Pond 142 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/04/2022 Bothal Pond 143 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2022 Bothal Pond 144 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2022 Pegswood 145 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 21/09/2022 Newbiggin Moor 146 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 19/11/2022 The Mound, Newbiggin 147 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2022 Woodhorn Flashes 148 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 11/03/2022 Druridge Pools 149 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2022 Cresswell Pond 150 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 23/06/2022 Woodhorn Flashes 151 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 04/05/2022 Woodhorn 152 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 12/04/2022 Wansbeck Riverside Park 153 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 04/05/2022 Newbiggin 154 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2022 Longhirst Flash 155 Whitethroat Curruca communis 27/04/2022 Ulgham Lane 156 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 07/01/2022 Climbing Tree Farm Feral Pigeon 157 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2022 Bothal Pond 158 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 07/01/2022 Climbing Tree Farm Feral Pigeon 159 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/01/2022 Climbing Tree Farm Feral Pigeon 160 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 161 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 12/01/2022 Morpeth 162 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 163 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 164 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 165 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 166 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/09/2022 Newbiggin Moor 167 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2022 Pegswood 168 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/09/2022 Newbiggin Moor 169 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/04/2022 Newbiggin Point 170 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 12/05/2022 Abshiels 171 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 04/09/2022 Newbiggin Moor 172 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2022 Beacon Point 173 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/04/2022 Newbiggin 174 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 06/01/2022 Morpeth 175 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 176 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 06/01/2022 Pegswood 177 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 178 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 12/05/2022 West Shield Hill 179 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/01/2022 Abbey Mill 180 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 05/01/2022 Beacon Point 181 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 05/01/2022 Beacon Point 182 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 12/05/2022 Beacon Hill 183 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 05/01/2022 Beacon Point 184 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 05/01/2022 Beacon Point 185 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 186 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 06/01/2022 Morpeth 187 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 188 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 12/01/2022 Morpeth 189 Twite Linaria flavirostris 07/02/2022 Cresswell Pond 190 Linnet Linaria cannabina 21/01/2022 Pegswood 191 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/01/2022 Hebron 192 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 07/04/2022 Pegswood 193 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2022 Hebron 194 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2022 Hebron 195 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 07/10/2022 Beacon Point 196 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash 197 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2022 Longhirst Flash