James Hinley: Durham Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 214 of 214 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 27/05/2023 RSPB Saltholme 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 07/03/2021 Cowpen Marsh 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 27/12/2022 Cowpen Bewley Industrial Park 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 31/12/2023 Lambton Pools, Durham 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14/03/2021 Dorman’s Pool 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 23/04/2022 Port Clarence Flood, Saltholme 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/05/2021 Greatham 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 08/01/2024 Stoneybeck Lake, Bishop Middleham Pending acceptance 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/04/2021 Cowpen Marsh 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20/03/2021 Port Clarence Flood Viewed alongside Green Winged Teal 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20/03/2021 Back Saltholme Viewed alongside American Wigeon 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 08/04/2022 Low Barns Nature Reserve 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/07/2021 Lifeboat station, Hartlepool 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 08/04/2021 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/03/2021 Greatham Creek 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 29/05/2021 Zinc Works Road 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 36 Swift Apus apus 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 06/02/2022 Jacksons landing Hartlepool 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 06/10/2023 Hartlepool Headland 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 15/07/2021 East Saltholme 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 50 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 07/03/2021 Greatham Creek 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/05/2021 Tidal Pool, Greatham Creek 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 04/07/2021 Greatham Creek 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/04/2021 Greatham Creek 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 14/03/2021 Billingham Beck, Portrack Roundabout 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 11/05/2021 Flood opposite substation 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 65 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/10/2022 RSPB Saltholme 66 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/05/2021 Tidal Pool, Greatham Creek 67 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 09/08/2021 Saline Lagoon, Greatham Creek 68 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 69 Knot Calidris canutus 70 Ruff Calidris pugnax 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30/08/2021 West Saltholme 72 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 18/05/2022 73 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 07/09/2023 Saltholme West 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 77 Little Stint Calidris minuta 78 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 18/09/2021 Hurworth Burn Reservoir 79 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 80 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 23/07/2021 RSPB Saltholme 81 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 29/08/2021 RSPB Saltholme 82 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 26/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 24/07/2021 Seaton Snook 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 85 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 03/05/2021 Substation Flood 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 07/04/2021 Hartlepool Headland 89 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 10/05/2022 WWT Washington 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 92 Common Gull Larus canus 93 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/01/2023 Haverton Road wasteland 94 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 28/03/2021 Back Saltholme 96 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 03/02/2022 River Tees Stockton 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 98 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 01/09/2021 Hartlepool Headland 99 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 28/08/2021 Seaton Snook 100 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 10/09/2022 Hartlepool Headland 101 Puffin Fratercula arctica 102 Razorbill Alca torda 103 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/04/2021 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 105 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 107 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 10/04/2021 108 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 17/08/2022 Hartlepool Headland Close in, awesome 109 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 02/09/2021 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 112 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 06/09/2023 Seaton Snook 113 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 114 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 115 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 24/05/2022 Back Saltholme 116 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 24/03/2021 Cowpen Marsh 117 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/06/2022 Haverton Pools 118 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 119 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 08/07/2022 Fire Station Field, Saltholme 120 Great White Egret Ardea alba 121 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 122 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 06/06/2021 Dorman’s Pool 123 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 124 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 125 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 29/09/2023 Holme fleet 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus Over a19 near Boldon 127 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 22/10/2023 Holme fleet 128 Buzzard Buteo buteo 129 Barn Owl Tyto alba 130 Little Owl Athene noctua 06/04/2021 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 132 Hoopoe Upupa epops 06/05/2023 South Shields 133 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 134 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 04/05/2021 Boldon Business Park 135 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 136 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 137 Merlin Falco columbarius 16/10/2021 North Gare Road 138 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 139 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 02/06/2021 RSPB Saltholme 140 Jay Garrulus glandarius 141 Magpie Pica pica 142 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 143 Rook Corvus frugilegus 144 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 145 Coal Tit Periparus ater 146 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 147 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 31/12/2021 Hurworth Burn Feeders 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 149 Great Tit Parus major 150 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 152 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 153 Swallow Hirundo rustica 154 House Martin Delichon urbicum 155 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 156 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 157 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 30/04/2023 RSPB Saltholme 158 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 159 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 160 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 23/10/2021 Hartlepool 161 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 15/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme 162 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 02/05/2021 Portrack Marsh 163 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 164 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 05/06/2021 Bowesfield 165 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 18/06/2023 RSPB Saltholme 166 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/04/2021 Dorman’s Pool 167 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 168 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 169 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 29/05/2021 Dorman’s Pool 170 Whitethroat Curruca communis 171 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 18/10/2022 Zinc Works Road 172 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 173 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 174 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 175 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 176 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 177 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 178 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 179 Redwing Turdus iliacus 180 Blackbird Turdus merula 181 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 182 Robin Erithacus rubecula 183 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 10/09/2022 Hartlepool Headland 184 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 12/01/2022 Low force, river tees 185 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 11/02/2022 Ferry road, Hartlepool 186 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 01/05/2022 187 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 188 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 189 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 10/05/2021 Zinc Works Road 190 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 11/11/2021 Whitburn 191 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 192 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 193 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 194 Dunnock Prunella modularis 195 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 196 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 197 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 198 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 19/10/2023 Hartlepool Headland 199 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 02/01/2023 Dorman’s Pool 200 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 201 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 202 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 06/02/2022 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park 203 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 22/03/2023 Bishop Middleham 204 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 205 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 206 Twite Linaria flavirostris 02/04/2021 Zinc Works Road 207 Linnet Linaria cannabina 208 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 209 Serin Serinus serinus 02/12/2021 Bishop Aukland 210 Siskin Spinus spinus 211 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 24/11/2021 Hartlepool docks 212 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 213 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 24/04/2024 Hartlepool 214 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 18/05/2024 Whitburn Pending Acceptance mind!