Julian Pickering: Swillington Ings Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 136 of 136 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 11/04/2024 Bulge 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/03/2024 Skelton 120 noisy some trying to leave? 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 30/04/2024 Large island, Astley 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Pintail Anas acuta 14 Teal Anas crecca 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 09/05/2024 Main lake , St Aidans Drake with female tufted. 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 21/03/2024 Astley and main bay 3 all drakes! 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 21 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 25/03/2024 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 23 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 14/03/2024 Fleet lane 24 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2024 1 at distance followed by 4 low and close 25 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/04/2024 Over pond with no name 26 Stock Dove Columba oenas 27 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 28 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 20/01/2024 29 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 30 Coot Fulica atra 31 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 32 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 33 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 28/02/2024 34 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 20/01/2024 35 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 29/04/2024 Main spit, St Aidans 36 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 30/03/2024 Main lake , St Aidans 37 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14/04/2024 Lagoon 38 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 30/03/2024 Main spit, St Aidans 39 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 40 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2024 Bulge 41 Curlew Numenius arquata 42 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 30/03/2024 43 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 44 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 45 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14/04/2024 Caroline spit 46 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 27/03/2024 Leventhorpe horsefield 47 Redshank Tringa totanus 09/03/2024 Skelton 48 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 16/05/2024 Large island, Astley 49 Knot Calidris canutus 08/04/2024 Main lake , St Aidans 50 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/04/2024 Main lake 51 Sanderling Calidris alba 05/05/2024 Opp Caroline spit 52 Dunlin Calidris alpina 28/02/2024 53 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/05/2024 54 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 30/04/2024 Main bay 55 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/04/2024 Main bay 56 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 06/04/2024 57 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 31/03/2024 Astley 58 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 59 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/03/2024 Black pipe bay, St Aidans 60 Common Gull Larus canus 61 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 20/01/2024 62 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 63 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 64 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 20/01/2024 65 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 66 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 67 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 20/04/2024 South ings 68 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 30/01/2024 69 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 70 Great White Egret Ardea alba 71 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 72 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/04/2024 73 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 20/01/2024 74 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 75 Red Kite Milvus milvus 76 Buzzard Buteo buteo 77 Barn Owl Tyto alba 30/01/2024 78 Little Owl Athene noctua 30/03/2024 79 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 80 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 27/01/2024 81 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/02/2024 82 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 28/02/2024 83 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 84 Hobby Falco subbuteo 05/05/2024 85 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 24/01/2024 86 Jay Garrulus glandarius 87 Magpie Pica pica 88 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 18/03/2024 Flooded horse Field 89 Rook Corvus frugilegus 27/01/2024 90 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 91 Coal Tit Periparus ater 92 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 93 Great Tit Parus major 94 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 95 Skylark Alauda arvensis 28/02/2024 96 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/03/2024 Hide 2+2 97 Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/04/2024 98 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/04/2024 99 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 20/01/2024 100 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 101 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2024 Everywhere! 102 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/01/2024 103 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2024 Trailer gate area 104 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 25/04/2024 105 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 31/03/2024 106 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/05/2024 107 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2024 Astley single bench 108 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2024 Caroline 109 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/01/2024 110 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 27/01/2024 111 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 112 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 113 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 114 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/02/2024 115 Blackbird Turdus merula 116 Robin Erithacus rubecula 117 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/04/2024 118 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 119 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2024 Left of 16 2,one visible often the other wouldn't have been seen if not close to 1st! 120 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 07/02/2024 121 Dunnock Prunella modularis 122 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/04/2024 123 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 124 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 125 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 30/01/2024 126 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 127 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 128 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 129 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 130 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 20/01/2024 131 Linnet Linaria cannabina 132 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 24/01/2024 133 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 134 Siskin Spinus spinus 24/01/2024 135 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 136 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus