Jack Bucknall: North Tyneside Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 152 of 152 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 04/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 27/03/2024 Weetslade CP 41 on flooded field to the north, including a flock of 35 that arrived from the south. 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13/01/2024 Howdon Wetland 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17/04/2024 St. Mary's Island Smashing drake on the wetland - 3rd site record. 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/05/2024 St. Mary’s Island Drake flew north past the hide with a group of Auks, very unexpected but most welcome! 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 09/02/2024 West Allotment Pool 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/05/2024 St. Mary’s Island 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 13 Pintail Anas acuta 05/02/2024 St. Mary's Island Pair on the wetland. 14 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 15 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 21/01/2024 Howdon Wetland Self-found drake in Northumberland Dock. 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 18 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 1st-winter female. 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2024 North Shields 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 09/02/2024 St. Mary's Island 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 09/02/2024 St. Mary's Island Drake flew north close inshore. 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 06/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 24 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 04/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 26 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/03/2024 St. Mary's Island 27 Swift Apus apus 05/05/2024 Killingworth 28 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 29 Stock Dove Columba oenas 04/01/2024 Earsdon 30 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 31 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 13/01/2024 Whitley Bay 32 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/03/2024 Swallow Pond 33 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 34 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 36 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 28/01/2024 Killingworth Lake 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 38 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 05/05/2024 Backworth Flash A brief pair on the flash before flying off west. 39 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 40 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 41 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 42 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29/04/2024 St. Mary's Island 43 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 44 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 22/04/2024 Backworth Flash Stunning group of 73 birds dropped by overnight rain. 46 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 13/01/2024 Howdon Wetland A minimum of 10 birds with Common Snipe. 47 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 17/01/2024 Howdon Wetland 48 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 49 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/05/2024 St. Mary's Island 50 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 14/04/2024 Swallow Pond 51 Redshank Tringa totanus 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 52 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/04/2024 Backworth Flash 53 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 North Shields 54 Sanderling Calidris alba 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 55 Dunlin Calidris alpina 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 56 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 21/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 57 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 02/05/2024 St. Mary’s Island 58 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 16/04/2024 St. Mary's Island 59 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/04/2024 St. Mary's Island 60 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 09/02/2024 St. Mary's Island 61 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 North Shields 62 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 13/01/2024 Howdon Wetland 63 Common Gull Larus canus 14/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 64 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 65 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 North Shields 66 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 09/02/2024 St. Mary's Island Juvenile on Whitley Bay Mini-Golf. 67 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 25/02/2024 Swallow Pond 68 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 01/02/2024 North Shields Juvenile on fish quay roof. 69 Puffin Fratercula arctica 02/05/2024 St. Mary’s Island 70 Razorbill Alca torda 09/02/2024 St. Mary's Island 71 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 09/02/2024 St. Mary's Island 72 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 09/02/2024 St. Mary's Island 73 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 24/04/2024 St. Mary's Island One powered north c1km offshore at 08:19, tracked from Whitburn. Previously, a real bogey bird for me, having dipped/missed several in the past - get in! 74 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 75 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/04/2024 St. Mary's Island 76 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 North Shields 77 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/05/2024 St. Mary's Island 78 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 27/03/2024 Swallow Pond 79 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 80 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/04/2024 St. Mary's Island Scottish-ringed female perched on clifftop between St. Mary's and Old Hartley. 81 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 Wallsend 82 Buzzard Buteo buteo 20/01/2024 Backworth 83 Barn Owl Tyto alba 26/01/2024 Hartley Lane 84 Little Owl Athene noctua 05/05/2024 Backworth 85 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/02/2024 Swallow Pond 86 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 26/02/2024 Northumberland Park 87 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 Wallsend 88 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2024 Wallsend 89 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 90 Merlin Falco columbarius 05/05/2024 St. Mary's Island An unseasonal bird flew north offshore. 91 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 21/01/2024 North Shields 92 Jay Garrulus glandarius 25/02/2024 Swallow Pond 93 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 94 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 95 Rook Corvus frugilegus 14/01/2024 Holywell Dene 96 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 97 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 04/01/2024 Killingworth 20+ at Cygnet Park. 98 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2024 Monkseaton 99 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 04/01/2024 Gosforth Park 4th NT record, viewed from boundary. 100 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 15/01/2024 Brierdene 101 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 102 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 103 Skylark Alauda arvensis 21/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 104 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/04/2024 Killingworth Lake 105 Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/04/2024 St. Mary's Island 106 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2024 St. Mary's Island 107 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 25/02/2024 Swallow Pond 108 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 13/01/2024 Howdon Wetland 109 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2024 Swallow Pond 110 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/03/2024 Monkseaton 111 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/05/2024 St. Mary's Island 112 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 29/04/2024 Weetslade CP 113 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 18/04/2024 St. Mary's Island 114 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 14/04/2024 Swallow Pond 115 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 18/04/2024 Weetslade CP 116 Whitethroat Curruca communis 29/04/2024 St. Mary's Island 117 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 118 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Wallsend 119 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 14/01/2024 Holywell Dene 120 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 21/01/2024 Whitley Bay Cemetery 121 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 122 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2024 North Shields 123 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 124 Redwing Turdus iliacus 15/01/2024 Tynemouth 125 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 126 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 22/03/2024 Weetslade CP 127 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 10/04/2024 St. Mary's Island Female along cliffs between SMI and Old Hartley. 128 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 129 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 04/05/2024 Tynemouth Stunning male 'Red-spotted' Bluethroat, singing and showing well at times. The first in NT since 2013, great find by Duncan Watson. 130 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 10/04/2024 St. Mary's Island Female-type along cliffs between SMI and Old Hartley. 131 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 29/04/2024 St. Mary's Island Male in the NW corner of the wetland. 132 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 133 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 10/04/2024 St. Mary's Island 134 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 14/01/2024 Holywell Dene 135 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 27/02/2024 Weetslade CP 136 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 137 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Wallsend 138 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/04/2024 St. Mary's Island 139 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/01/2024 Monkseaton 140 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Wallsend 141 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 142 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island Wintering individual in the South Bay. 143 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 144 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 145 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 27/02/2024 Weetslade CP 146 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 15/01/2024 Brierdene 147 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 13/01/2024 Howdon Wetland 148 Linnet Linaria cannabina 13/01/2024 St. Mary's Island 149 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Monkseaton 150 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond 151 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/03/2024 Weetslade CP 152 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Swallow Pond