Rob Leighton: Swillington Ings Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 164 of 164 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 26/01/2023 Astley 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12/02/2023 South Ings 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 26/01/2023 Astley 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 06/02/2023 Swilly 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/03/2023 South Ings 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 26/01/2023 Main Lake 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17/02/2023 Main lake 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 26/01/2023 Astley 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20/05/2023 Leventhorpe horse field 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20/04/2023 Astley Lake 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 26/01/2023 Astley 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 26/01/2023 Astley 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 26/01/2023 Astley 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26/01/2023 Astley 15 Pintail Anas acuta 26/01/2023 Main lake 16 Teal Anas crecca 26/01/2023 Astley 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 26/01/2023 Astley 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21/05/2023 Astley 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26/01/2023 Astley 20 Scaup Aythya marila 27/03/2023 Black pipe bay 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 12/03/2023 In flight over Main lake 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 26/01/2023 Main lake 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 26/01/2023 Main lake 24 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 05/02/2023 Hillside 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/02/2023 Hillside 26 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 14/02/2023 Coach Rd. Only 1 27 Swift Apus apus 21/04/2023 South Bank of Main Lake. 28 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 03/05/2023 Flew East by Warren 29 Stock Dove Columba oenas 26/01/2023 Ridge and Furrow 30 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 31 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 32 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 21/08/2023 Eastern Reedbed 33 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 26/01/2023 Astley 34 Coot Fulica atra 26/01/2023 Astley 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 30/01/2023 Skelton lake 36 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 26/01/2023 Main lake 37 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 10/02/2023 Western Reedbed 38 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 26/01/2023 Main lake 39 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 07/05/2023 All over site. Very mobile. 40 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 17/03/2023 South Ings 41 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/05/2023 Around Main Lake 5 and a half S/P 2and a half W/P. 42 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 28/10/2023 In flight over reedbeds and South Ings, calling constantly. 43 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 21/02/2023 Lagoon Main Lake 44 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 24/03/2023 South Ings 45 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 26/01/2023 Main lake 46 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/04/2023 Main spit 47 Curlew Numenius arquata 26/01/2023 Astley 48 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 19/04/2023 Near post 14 bulge south ings 49 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 09/02/2023 Main lake 50 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 18/03/2023 20 yards left of post 16 for 2 hours 16 minutes. 51 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 26/01/2023 Hillside 52 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 31/01/2023 Astley 53 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/04/2023 Caroline Spit 54 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 09/02/2023 L.W.T.W. 55 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 20/08/2023 Eastern Reedbed 56 Redshank Tringa totanus 21/02/2023 Fishpond Lock 57 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/09/2023 Eastern Reedbed 58 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 19/04/2023 Black pipe Bay 59 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/05/2023 Main spit 60 Knot Calidris canutus 04/04/2023 Black-pipe Bay 61 Ruff Calidris pugnax 30/03/2023 South Ings shore 62 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 17/09/2023 Eastern Reedbed 63 Sanderling Calidris alba 23/04/2023 Lagoon 64 Dunlin Calidris alpina 09/02/2023 Main lake 65 Little Stint Calidris minuta 28/05/2023 Main lake 3 66 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 27/04/2023 Main lake 67 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 16/04/2023 Main lake 68 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/04/2023 Main Lake 69 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 19/04/2023 Main lake 70 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/03/2023 Cattle gate pond 71 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 72 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21/02/2023 Main Lake 73 Common Gull Larus canus 26/01/2023 Main lake 74 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 08/02/2023 Main spit from Warren 75 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 26/01/2023 Main lake 76 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 26/01/2023 Main lake 77 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 26/01/2023 Main lake 78 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 10/02/2023 Main lake and spit 79 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 21/10/2023 Bowers 80 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 04/04/2023 Bowers and Main lake 81 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 26/01/2023 Astley 82 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 11/11/2023 Eastern Reedbed 83 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/04/2023 2 splendid adults in small pond in shoulder of bulge south ings 84 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 30/01/2023 Astley 85 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 30/01/2023 Skelton lake 86 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 12/06/2023 North Ings 87 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/01/2023 Main lake 88 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 26/01/2023 Main lake 89 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/08/2023 Main lake and east towards the F place 90 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 26/01/2023 Coach road 91 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 26/01/2023 Main lake 92 Red Kite Milvus milvus 26/01/2023 Astley 93 Buzzard Buteo buteo 26/01/2023 Coach road 94 Barn Owl Tyto alba 05/02/2023 Hillside 95 Little Owl Athene noctua 14/02/2023 Compound X 2 96 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 02/03/2023 Swilly 97 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/10/2023 Hillside 98 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/02/2023 Temple Newsam 99 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/02/2023 Cattle gate 100 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/02/2023 Temple Newsam 101 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 26/01/2023 New Sluice 102 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 26/01/2023 Ridge and Furrow 103 Hobby Falco subbuteo 07/05/2023 High over reedbeds then over our heads at the Warren 104 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 08/02/2023 Warren 105 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 08/02/2023 Warren 106 Jay Garrulus glandarius 26/01/2023 New Sluice 107 Magpie Pica pica 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 108 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 109 Rook Corvus frugilegus 26/01/2023 Coach road 110 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 111 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/02/2023 Eshald plantation 112 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 04/11/2023 Near lock keepers bungalows 113 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 114 Great Tit Parus major 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 115 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 20/03/2023 Eastern Reedbed on middle path 116 Skylark Alauda arvensis 07/02/2023 Goose fields 117 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/03/2023 2 on and above hillside 118 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/03/2023 Middle Ings and Reedbeds 119 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/04/2023 Lowther Lake 120 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 05/02/2023 Eastern Reedbed 121 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 122 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2023 Fleakingly beck. 123 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 05/02/2023 Eastern Reedbed 124 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2023 Single bench Astley 125 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 25/04/2023 Channel between South Ings and Eastern Reed bed 126 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 21/04/2023 Just west of Caroline Spit 127 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/03/2023 Linesway entrance. 128 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2023 150 yards beyond metal gates. 129 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2023 Path at the rear of R.S.P.B. Compound. 130 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2023 Saville tip bank 131 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 132 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/02/2023 Eshald plantation 133 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 26/01/2023 Coach road 134 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/02/2023 Coach road 135 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 30/01/2023 Astley 136 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/02/2023 Coach road 137 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 31/01/2023 Astley 138 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/02/2023 Fleet Lane football pitches 139 Blackbird Turdus merula 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 140 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/02/2023 Fleet Lane football pitches 141 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 28/08/2023 Hillside Swilly 142 Robin Erithacus rubecula 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 143 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 18/04/2023 Hillside hedge 144 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 23/04/2023 Hillside fence 145 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/02/2023 Hillside 146 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/03/2023 Hillside 147 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 14/02/2023 Hall Rd. Garden. Only 1 148 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 07/02/2023 Astley lane 149 Dunnock Prunella modularis 26/01/2023 Astley 150 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 15/04/2023 South Ings 151 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 152 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 153 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 26/01/2023 Ridge and Furrow 154 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 31/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 155 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 156 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 14/11/2023 Near Marsh Tit Feeder 157 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/01/2023 158 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 26/01/2023 V.C. Car park 159 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/03/2023 Path at Northern side of tip off Pontefract lane 160 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/02/2023 Eshald plantation 161 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 26/01/2023 L.w.t.w. 162 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/02/2023 Eshald plantation 163 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 26/01/2023 Crop field 164 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 26/01/2023 Astley