Rob Stonehouse: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 201 of 201 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/01/2024 Budle Bay 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 05/01/2024 Budle Bay 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Lamesley 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/01/2024 Budle Bay 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/01/2024 Embleton 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10/01/2024 Saltholme 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Lambton Pond 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2024 Lambton Pond 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/01/2024 Embleton 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2024 Lambton Pond 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/02/2024 Saltwell Park 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 08/01/2024 Bishop Middleham 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13/05/2024 Druridge 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/01/2024 Monk's House Pool 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Lambton Pond 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 17/01/2024 Big Waters 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 20 Pintail Anas acuta 10/01/2024 Saltholme 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Shibdon 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Shibdon 24 Scaup Aythya marila 19/01/2024 Killingworth 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/01/2024 Budle Bay 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 10/01/2024 Whitburn 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 05/01/2024 Stag Rock 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 12/01/2024 Druridge 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/01/2024 Widdrington Moor Lake 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 17/01/2024 Widdrington Moor Lake 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2024 Sled Lane 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/01/2024 Widdrington Moor Lake 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 19/04/2024 Edmundbyers 34 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 07/05/2024 Winnows Hill 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 05/01/2024 Budle Bay 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 12/01/2024 Widdrington 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 18/05/2024 Slaley 39 Swift Apus apus 30/04/2024 Reedbeds 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 07/05/2024 Winnows Hill 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Burdon Moor 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 09/01/2024 Bowes Valley 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 05/01/2024 Howick 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 14/01/2024 Reedbeds 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 47 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 48 Crane Grus grus 09/03/2024 Metro Centre 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2024 Widdrington Moor Lake 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 01/05/2024 Widdrington Moor Lake 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 16/02/2024 Whitburn 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10/01/2024 Hartlepool 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2024 Budle Bay 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 15/03/2024 Boldon Flats 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 05/01/2024 Newbiggin 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/01/2024 Hartlepool 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 10/04/2024 Lamesley 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Lamesley 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/04/2024 Whitburn 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Lamesley 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/01/2024 Budle Bay 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/05/2024 Cresswell 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 16/04/2024 Lamesley 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 21/02/2024 Lamesley 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 15/05/2024 Bell's Farm 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Tyne at Dunston 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 12/01/2024 Bothal 71 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/01/2024 Stag Rock 72 Knot Calidris canutus 05/01/2024 Budle Bay 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 15/05/2024 Druridge 74 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 13/05/2024 Bell's Farm 75 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 15/05/2024 Newton 76 Sanderling Calidris alba 05/01/2024 Stag Rock 77 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/01/2024 Budle Bay 78 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 05/01/2024 Stag Rock 79 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 03/05/2024 Whitburn 80 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 10/04/2024 Whitburn 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 26/04/2024 Whitburn 82 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 31/03/2024 Whitburn 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 15/05/2024 East Chevington 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 10/01/2024 Whitburn 85 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 86 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/01/2024 Newbiggin 87 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Shibdon 88 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 15/03/2024 SAFC academy 89 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 90 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 91 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 31/01/2024 Whitburn 92 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 14/02/2024 Tyne at Dunston 93 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 13/03/2024 SAFC academy 94 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 26/04/2024 Whitburn 95 Puffin Fratercula arctica 19/04/2024 Whitburn 96 Razorbill Alca torda 05/01/2024 Stag Rock 97 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 05/01/2024 Stag Rock 98 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 05/01/2024 Stag Rock 99 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 03/05/2024 Whitburn 100 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 10/01/2024 Hartlepool 101 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 24/04/2024 Whitburn 102 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 05/01/2024 Stag Rock 103 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 24/04/2024 Whitburn 104 Gannet Morus bassanus 10/01/2024 Whitburn 105 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Tyne at Dunston 106 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/01/2024 Stag Rock 107 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 10/01/2024 Saltholme 108 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/01/2024 Cresswell 109 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/01/2024 Cowpen Marsh 110 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Shibdon Meadow 111 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/01/2024 Howick 112 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 10/01/2024 Cowpen Marsh 113 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 19/01/2024 Widdrington Moor Lake 114 Red Kite Milvus milvus 17/01/2024 Whickham 115 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Whickham 116 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 117 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/01/2024 Burdon Moor 118 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 01/01/2024 119 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 28/04/2024 Gateshead 120 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 05/01/2024 Whickham 121 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 14/02/2024 Far Pasture 122 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2024 Howick 123 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/01/2024 Crawcrook 124 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 125 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/01/2024 Cowpen Marsh 126 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 12/01/2024 Widdrington Moor Lake 127 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 23/02/2024 Gateshead Library 128 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 17/05/2024 Saltholme 129 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Lamesley 130 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 131 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 132 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Whickham 133 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 134 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 08/03/2024 Hemscott Hill 135 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 17/01/2024 Widdrington 136 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 137 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/01/2024 Cowpen Bewely 138 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 06/02/2024 Far Pasture 139 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 140 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 141 Skylark Alauda arvensis 05/01/2024 Newbiggin 142 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 17/01/2024 Newbiggin 143 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/03/2024 Shibdon 144 Swallow Hirundo rustica 27/03/2024 Lamesley 145 House Martin Delichon urbicum 23/04/2024 Reedbeds 146 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 147 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 148 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 10/05/2024 Muggleswick 149 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2024 Burdon Moor 150 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/02/2024 Reedbeds 151 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2024 Lamesley 152 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 14/04/2024 Reedbeds 153 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 18/04/2024 Burdon Moor 154 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 31/03/2024 Reedbeds 155 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 28/04/2024 Bowes Valley 156 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 18/04/2024 Burdon Moor 157 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2024 Bowes Valley 158 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 06/02/2024 Far Pasture 159 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 160 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 161 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2024 Chopwell 162 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/01/2024 Far Pasture 163 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 164 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Lamesley 165 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2024 Budle Bay 166 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 167 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Whickham 168 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 169 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 12/04/2024 Whitburn 170 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Whickham 171 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/04/2024 Derwent Reservoir 172 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 16/04/2024 Lamesley 173 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/05/2024 Burdon Moor 174 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Burdon Moor 175 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2024 Burdon Moor 176 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 21/02/2024 Lamesley 177 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 10/01/2024 Cowpen Bewely 178 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Whickham 179 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 180 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 181 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Metrocentre 182 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 183 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 01/05/2024 Winnows Hill 184 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 05/01/2024 Newbiggin 185 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Shibdon 186 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/01/2024 Chopwell 187 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 08/01/2024 Bishop Middleham 188 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 189 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Reedbeds 190 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/01/2024 Newbiggin 191 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2024 Newbiggin 192 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 14/01/2024 Bowes Valley 193 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 194 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 07/02/2024 Far Pasture 195 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 196 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Bowes Valley 197 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 23/02/2024 Whitburn 198 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 10/01/2024 Cowpen Bewely 199 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Shibdon 200 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 24/04/2024 Hartlepool 201 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 18/05/2024 Whitburn