David Hunton: Swillington Ings Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 151 of 151 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 11/04/2024 One on Ridge and furrow 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 18/01/2024 Lemonroyd lake 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 08/01/2024 3 on lagoon island 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 27/03/2024 Pair asleep in Black-pipe bay 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 14 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2024 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 18 Scaup Aythya marila 17/02/2024 1st winter drake on main lake 19 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 09/05/2024 Swillington Ings Drake on main lake 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 21/03/2024 2 drakes main lake 1 drake astley 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 22 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 23 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/01/2024 24 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 25 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2024 26 Swift Apus apus 22/04/2024 2 27 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2024 28 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 29 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 30 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 18/03/2024 In front of the warren 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 32 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 35 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 29/02/2024 2 on eastern reedbed 36 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 08/01/2024 One over causeway 37 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/04/2024 Swillington ings Presumed female main lake 38 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 22/04/2024 4 main lake 39 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 06/01/2024 18 over main lake 40 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 07/04/2024 Main lake 41 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/03/2024 2 on main spit 42 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 43 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/04/2024 One on r&f 44 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/01/2024 One over main lake 46 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 07/04/2024 One bobbing on south ings opposite Caroline spit 47 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2024 48 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2024 49 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/04/2024 Caroline spit 50 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/04/2024 Fleet lane flooded field 51 Redshank Tringa totanus 18/02/2024 One on lagoon island 52 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 22/04/2024 Lagoon island 53 Knot Calidris canutus 08/04/2024 Winter plumage bird on Lagoon islands 54 Ruff Calidris pugnax 15/05/2024 One on main lake shore 55 Sanderling Calidris alba 15/05/2024 Summer plumage bird on main spit 56 Dunlin Calidris alpina 06/01/2024 4 with golden plover over main lake 57 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/05/2024 2 at main lake 58 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 30/04/2024 Swillington ings One over main lake 59 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/04/2024 50+ main lake 60 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 06/04/2024 One over main lake 61 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 31/03/2024 Two winter adult birds on Astley 62 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 08/04/2024 Adult on Astley 63 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 64 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15/03/2024 2nd winter bird acquiring black hood On main spit 65 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 66 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 18/03/2024 1st winter on main spit 67 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 68 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 69 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 19/01/2024 Juvenile on main spit pm 70 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/01/2024 3cy bird on main spit 71 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 72 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2024 73 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 26/03/2024 One on r&f 74 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 15/02/2024 One sat out in open on western reedbed 75 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/01/2024 South ings 76 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/01/2024 77 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 78 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/04/2024 Circling bird over site 79 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 80 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2024 81 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 82 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 83 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/01/2024 84 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/01/2024 85 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 03/01/2024 86 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 16/02/2024 Back of hillside 15.30 87 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 08/01/2024 New sluice 88 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 20/01/2024 Temple Newsam 89 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/04/2024 Swillington park 90 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 91 Merlin Falco columbarius 27/03/2024 Female over r&f 92 Hobby Falco subbuteo 06/05/2024 One over hillside 93 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 04/01/2024 94 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 04/01/2024 95 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 96 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 97 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 98 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 99 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 100 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 101 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2024 102 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 103 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 104 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 01/01/2024 105 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2024 106 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 16/03/2024 2 over main lake 107 Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2024 108 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/04/2024 2 109 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/01/2024 110 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 111 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 31/03/2024 Saville tip 112 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/01/2024 Filter beds fenceline 113 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 16/04/2024 Singing male at Astley seen 114 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/04/2024 Ditch near crossroads 115 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 16/04/2024 Reeling bird near Caroline bridge 116 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 26/03/2024 Pair in Methley copse 117 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/04/2024 Singing bird at warren 118 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 17/04/2024 Visitor centre car park 119 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2024 Floodbank between Lowther and bower's 120 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 121 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 122 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 20/01/2024 Temple Newsam 123 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 20/01/2024 Temple Newsam 124 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 125 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/01/2024 Great Preston wildflower meadow 126 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 127 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 128 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 129 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 18/01/2024 Hillside 130 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 131 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 22/04/2024 Male on hillside hedge 132 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/04/2024 Male on hillside with 5 Wheatear 133 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 134 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/03/2024 Male and female in hill side field 135 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 136 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 137 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/04/2024 One on south ings 138 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 139 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 140 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2024 141 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 08/01/2024 Filter beds 142 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 143 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/01/2024 2 in stubble next to Great Preston wildflower meadow 144 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 145 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2024 146 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 147 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2024 148 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 149 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2024 150 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2024 151 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024