Alan Whitehead: York Area Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 240 of 240 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 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 10/03/2023 Castle Howard 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29 Scaup Aythya marila 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15/02/2024 1st Record 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Quail Coturnix coturnix 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 43 Swift Apus apus 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Corncrake Crex crex 52 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 53 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 54 Coot Fulica atra 55 Crane Grus grus 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 58 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 59 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 60 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 63 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 64 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 65 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 66 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 67 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 68 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 69 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 70 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 77 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 78 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 03/10/2023 79 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 83 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 03/10/2020 Bank Island, LDV 84 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 85 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 87 Knot Calidris canutus 88 Ruff Calidris pugnax 89 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 90 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 91 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 94 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/12/2023 1st for the Area 95 Little Stint Calidris minuta 96 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 97 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 13/06/2021 Wheldrake Ings 98 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 31/05/1995 Wheldrake Ings 99 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 100 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 101 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 102 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 103 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 104 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 105 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 106 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/12/2020 Thorganby, LDV 107 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 108 Common Gull Larus canus 109 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 110 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 111 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 112 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 113 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 114 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 115 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 116 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 117 Little Auk Alle alle 118 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 119 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 27/08/2008 Cawood 120 Gannet Morus bassanus 121 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 122 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 123 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 124 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 125 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 126 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 127 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 01/06/2023 North Duffield Carrs 128 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/08/2023 My first 129 Great White Egret Ardea alba 130 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 131 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 132 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 133 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 134 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 135 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 136 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 137 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 138 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 139 Red Kite Milvus milvus 140 Black Kite Milvus migrans 141 Buzzard Buteo buteo 142 Barn Owl Tyto alba 143 Little Owl Athene noctua 144 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 145 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 146 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 147 Hoopoe Upupa epops 148 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 149 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 150 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 151 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 152 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 153 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 154 Merlin Falco columbarius 155 Hobby Falco subbuteo 156 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 157 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 158 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 159 Jay Garrulus glandarius 160 Magpie Pica pica 161 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 162 Rook Corvus frugilegus 163 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 164 Raven Corvus corax 165 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 166 Coal Tit Periparus ater 167 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 168 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 169 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 170 Great Tit Parus major 171 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 172 Woodlark Lullula arborea 173 Skylark Alauda arvensis 174 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 175 Swallow Hirundo rustica 176 House Martin Delichon urbicum 177 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 178 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 179 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 180 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 181 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 182 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 183 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 184 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 185 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 186 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 187 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 16/05/2021 Heslington, York 188 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 189 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 190 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 191 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 192 Whitethroat Curruca communis 193 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 194 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 195 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 196 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 197 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 198 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 199 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 200 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 201 Redwing Turdus iliacus 202 Blackbird Turdus merula 203 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 204 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 205 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 206 Robin Erithacus rubecula 207 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 208 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 209 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 210 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 211 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 212 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 213 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 214 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 215 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 216 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 217 Dunnock Prunella modularis 218 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 219 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 220 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 221 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 222 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 223 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 224 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 225 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 226 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 227 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 228 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 229 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 230 Linnet Linaria cannabina 231 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 232 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 233 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 234 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 235 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 236 Siskin Spinus spinus 237 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 238 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 239 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 04/02/2017 Dunnington, York 240 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus