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 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons RSPB St Aidan's 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/02/2024 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 01/06/2024 Spurn 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 12/10/2024 Spurn 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20/05/2024 Spurn 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20/06/2023 Spurn 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 14/05/2024 Spurn 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26/10/2024 Burghead Bay 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 15/10/2024 Ross Sands 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 09/08/2022 Ross Sands 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 19/03/2024 Nairn 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus East Chevington NWT 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Red Grouse Lagopus scotica 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 10/06/2023 Spurn 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 04/06/2023 Spurn 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Crane Grus grus 50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 09/12/2024 RSPB St Aidan's 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis RSPB St Aidan's 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 55 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus RSPB St Aidan's 56 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/06/2023 Spurn 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 59 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 29/07/2023 Spurn 60 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 02/08/2024 Spurn 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 64 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 02/01/2025 East Chevington NWT 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11/04/2024 Mull 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/07/2023 Spurn 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 78 Knot Calidris canutus 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 80 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 30/08/2024 Spurn 81 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 09/06/2023 Spurn 82 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 05/07/2023 Spurn 83 Sanderling Calidris alba 84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 85 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 19/02/2024 St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay 86 Little Stint Calidris minuta 22/06/2023 Spurn 87 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 03/07/2024 Spurn 88 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 02/08/2024 Spurn 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 12/05/2024 Spurn 90 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 30/06/2024 Finningley 91 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 92 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 14/07/2024 Spurn 93 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 30/06/2024 Finningley 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 15/07/2024 Spurn 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 97 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 99 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/06/2023 Spurn 100 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 101 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 08/08/2024 Spurn 102 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 103 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 104 Common Gull Larus canus 105 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Spurn 106 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 107 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 108 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 109 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 26/01/2025 Loch Oire 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 111 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 26/01/2025 Loch Oire 112 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 14/07/2023 Spurn 113 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 07/09/2024 Spurn 114 Puffin Fratercula arctica 115 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 14/04/2024 Mull 116 Razorbill Alca torda 117 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 118 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 12/04/2024 Mull 119 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 120 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 12/04/2024 Mull 121 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 07/01/2025 Druridge Bay Country Park 122 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 17/07/2023 Spurn 123 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 124 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 09/09/2024 Spurn 125 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Spurn 126 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 127 Gannet Morus bassanus 128 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 129 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 130 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 04/10/2023 Spurn 131 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Fairburn Ings 132 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Fairburn Ings 133 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 134 Great White Egret Ardea alba 135 Cattle Egret Ardea ibis 08/07/2024 Spurn 136 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 137 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 138 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 28/05/2024 Spurn 139 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 11/04/2024 Mull 140 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 141 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 06/09/2024 Spurn 142 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 143 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 01/05/2024 Spurn 144 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Spurn 145 Red Kite Milvus milvus 146 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 147 Buzzard Buteo buteo 148 Barn Owl Tyto alba 149 Little Owl Athene noctua 150 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 12/07/2023 Spurn 151 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 152 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 153 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 154 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 30/08/2024 Spurn 155 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 156 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 157 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 158 Merlin Falco columbarius 09/09/2023 Spurn 159 Hobby Falco subbuteo 160 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 161 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 162 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 30/04/2024 Spurn 163 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 04/06/2023 Spurn 164 Jay Garrulus glandarius 165 Magpie Pica pica 166 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 167 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 168 Rook Corvus frugilegus 169 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 170 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 171 Raven Corvus corax 172 Coal Tit Periparus ater 173 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 01/11/2023 Cairngorms 174 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 175 Willow Tit Poecile montanus Carr Vale NR 176 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 177 Great Tit Parus major 178 Skylark Alauda arvensis 179 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 180 Swallow Hirundo rustica 181 House Martin Delichon urbicum 182 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti RSPB St Aidan's 183 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 184 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 185 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 14/10/2024 Newcastle upon Tyne 186 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 187 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 188 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 189 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 190 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 16/06/2023 Spurn 191 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 04/06/2023 Spurn 192 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Spurn 193 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 194 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 195 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 196 Whitethroat Curruca communis 197 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 198 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 199 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 200 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 201 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 202 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 203 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 204 Redwing Turdus iliacus 205 Blackbird Turdus merula 206 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 207 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 04/06/2023 Spurn 208 Robin Erithacus rubecula 209 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 31/08/2024 Spurn 210 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Spurn 211 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 03/05/2024 Spurn 212 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 30/08/2024 Spurn 213 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 214 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 215 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 216 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 217 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 218 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 219 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 220 Dunnock Prunella modularis 221 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 222 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 223 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 224 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 225 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 226 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 26/11/2024 St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay 227 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 228 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 229 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 11/06/2023 Spurn 230 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 231 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 29/06/2023 Spurn 232 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 233 Twite Linaria flavirostris Druridge Bay 234 Linnet Linaria cannabina 235 Redpoll Acanthis flammea 236 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Kielder 237 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 238 Siskin Spinus spinus 239 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 19/11/2023 Cairngorms 240 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 241 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 242 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 30/08/2024 Spurn 243 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus