Andrew Kinghorn: Durham Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 334 of 334 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 21/12/1991 Greatham Creek 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 21/12/1991 Unsure 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 21/12/1991 Saltholme RPSB 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 15/10/2011 Saltholme RSPB Category C birds for sure, maybe get a Cat A one day? 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 21/12/1991 Unsure 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 21/12/1991 Unsure 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 13/11/2011 Seen many, definitely the more common of the two by quite a margin. 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 21/12/1991 Saltholme RSPB 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 21/12/1991 Unsure 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 08/11/2010 Boldon Flatts 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16/08/2010 Rainton Meadows DWT 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 21/12/1991 Unsure 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 08/01/2010 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 07/01/2024 Stoneybeck Lake (Bishop Middleham) 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19/04/2010 Rainton Meadows DWT 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 26/09/2009 Saltholme RSPB Drake 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21/12/2010 Unsure 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21/12/1991 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21/12/1991 Unsure 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27/06/2015 Boldon Flats NR First bird seen was a tatty individual, but have since connected with an attractive October drake at Hurworth Burn Reservoir. 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21/12/2010 Unsure 24 Pintail Anas acuta 21/12/2010 Unsure 25 Teal Anas crecca 21/12/2010 Unsure 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 09/02/2011 Bowesfield Marsh, Teesside 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 14/07/2012 Saltholme RSPB 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 21/12/2010 Unsure 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24/01/2010 Cowpen Bewley WP, Teesside 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21/12/1991 Unsure 31 Scaup Aythya marila 21/12/1991 Whitburn 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 03/04/2013 Saltholme RSPB A nice adult drake. 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 21/12/1991 Unsure 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 01/06/2011 Blackhall Rocks, Durham 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 21/12/1991 Blackhall Rocks, Durham 36 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 21/12/1991 Blackhall Rocks, Durham 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 21/12/1991 Whitburn 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21/12/1991 Unsure 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/12/2009 Crookfoot Reservoir 40 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 06/05/2018 Zinc Works Road, Teesmouth An unringed 2nd summer drake , what is not to like? 41 Goosander Mergus merganser 21/12/1991 Unsure 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 21/12/1991 Unsure 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 44 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 21/12/1991 Dales 45 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 21/05/2009 Langdon Beck 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 21/12/1991 Great Lumley 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 21/12/1991 Unsure 48 Quail Coturnix coturnix 06/07/2013 Houghton-le-Spring 49 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/04/2011 Lamesley Meadows 50 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 27/05/2012 Hamsterley Forest 51 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 13/04/2023 Saltholme RSPB Really excellent views. 52 Swift Apus apus 21/12/1991 Unsure 53 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 17/10/2013 Hartlepool Headland Showing extremely well. 54 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 11/11/2018 Hartlepool Headland Well....not sure what to say. 2 Pallid Swifts the same day! 55 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 03/05/2009 Waldridge Fell 56 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 21/12/1991 Chester-le-Street 57 Stock Dove Columba oenas 21/12/1991 Unsure 58 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 21/12/1991 Unsure 59 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 25/06/2012 Undisclosed site 60 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 21/12/1991 Unsure 61 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 21/12/1991 Unsure 62 Corncrake Crex crex 31/08/2012 Hartlepool Headland 63 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 15/08/2010 Shibdon Pond 64 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 21/12/1991 Unsure 65 Coot Fulica atra 21/12/1991 Unsure 66 Crane Grus grus 07/10/2009 Lamesley Meadows 67 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 68 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 09/01/2011 Hartlepool Headland 69 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 21/12/1991 Unsure 70 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 20/12/2011 Hartlepool Headland 71 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 27/01/2010 Silksworth Lake 72 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 07/05/2011 Petro Plus Pool, Teesside 73 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 21/12/1991 Unsure 74 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 21/12/1991 Greatham Creek 75 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 21/12/1991 Seaton Snook 76 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 77 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 04/09/2011 Whitburn Steel 78 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 09/07/2010 Crimdon Dene 79 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 21/12/1991 Unsure 80 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 81 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 21/12/1991 Unsure 82 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 07/08/2009 Greatham Creek 83 Curlew Numenius arquata 21/12/1991 Unsure 84 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 21/12/1991 Unsure 85 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 21/12/1991 Unsure 86 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 24/05/2012 Saltholme RSPB Nice adult moulting into summer plumage, a little distant though a nice bird to see. 87 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/11/2009 Saltholme RSPB 88 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 15/02/2010 Chapman's Well 89 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 21/12/1991 Unsure 90 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 14/08/2011 Greenabella Marsh 91 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 20/11/2011 Hartlepool Headland 92 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 07/06/2019 Washington WWT 93 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 94 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 17/10/2018 Jarrow A really pretty rare species in Durham. 95 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 96 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 27/04/2010 Saltholme RSPB 97 Redshank Tringa totanus 21/12/1991 Unsure 98 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/10/2022 Saltholme RSPB 99 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 21/12/1991 Unsure 100 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 101 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 21/12/1991 Unsure 102 Knot Calidris canutus 21/12/1991 Unsure 103 Ruff Calidris pugnax 21/12/1991 Unsure 104 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 07/06/2010 Saltholme RSPB 105 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 20/09/2010 Greatham Creek 106 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 21/12/1991 Greatham Creek 107 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 10/05/2009 108 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 26/09/2009 Saltholme RSPB 109 Sanderling Calidris alba 21/12/1991 Unsure 110 Dunlin Calidris alpina 21/12/1991 Greatham Creek 111 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 26/09/2009 Hartlepool Headland 112 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 07/09/2012 Newburn Bridge Showed superbly, an end to torment of dipping it previous day. 113 Little Stint Calidris minuta 08/09/2009 Greatham Creek 114 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 28/07/2010 115 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 15/07/2009 116 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 31/07/2011 Saltholme RSPB A cracking bird, first in Durham for quite a few years. 117 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 05/07/2014 Hurworth Burn Reservoir Bird of the year in Durham. 118 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 21/09/2018 Whitburn Observatory Originally picked up by M.Newsome straight out, the bird headed further out to sea and worked its way northwards. Accepted by BBRC as Sooty Tern and likely the bird "doing the rounds". 119 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 06/07/2013 Saltholme RSPB Was very fortunate to catch up with this beauty of a bird in my own county! Superb. 120 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 21/12/1991 Crimdon Dene 121 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 03/06/2020 Saltholme RSPB 122 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 28/07/2010 Saltholme RSPB 123 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 15/05/2009 Herrington Country Park 124 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 01/07/2011 Saltholme RSPB Adult moulting out of summer plumage 125 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/12/1991 Unsure 126 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 127 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 19/08/2009 Sandhaven Beach 128 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 21/12/1991 Unsure 129 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 27/04/2009 Saltholme RSPB 130 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 21/12/1991 Unsure 131 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 15/09/2012 Hartlepool Headland 132 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 31/08/2010 Whitburn Steel 133 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 21/12/1991 Unsure 134 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/07/2009 Rainton Meadows DWT 135 Common Gull Larus canus 21/12/1991 Unsure 136 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 30/11/2011 Seaton Common 137 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 21/12/1991 Unsure 138 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 16/02/2011 Seaton Common (tip) 139 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 21/12/1991 Unsure 140 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 10/01/2009 Saltholme RSPB 141 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 21/12/1991 Unsure 142 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 03/03/2010 Rainton Meadows DWT 143 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 31/08/2011 Whitburn 144 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 02/08/2010 Whitburn 145 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 16/10/2010 Whitburn 146 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 07/06/2010 Crimdon Dene 147 Puffin Fratercula arctica 21/12/1991 Unsure 148 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 29/08/2010 Whitburn 149 Razorbill Alca torda 21/12/1991 Unsure 150 Little Auk Alle alle 16/10/2010 Whitburn 151 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 21/12/1991 Unsure 152 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 21/12/1991 Unsure 153 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 10/12/2009 Tunstall Reservoir 154 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 21/12/1991 Jackson's Landing 155 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 15/10/2021 Ryhope Self found, later seen at Whitburn, Tynemouth, St Mary's Island, and Seaton Sluice. 156 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 17/07/2010 Whitburn 157 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 09/08/2015 Whitburn Caught in the early hours of the morning. My 300th in Durham, smiles all around....the next day when I got up and wasn't in a daze! 158 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 21/12/1991 Unsure 159 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 09/07/2020 Seaham 160 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 02/08/2010 Whitburn 161 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 13/09/2023 Whitburn Three seen on the same day. 162 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 20/06/2009 Whitburn 163 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 13/08/2010 Whitburn 164 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 18/12/2009 Great Lumley 165 Gannet Morus bassanus 21/12/1991 Unsure 166 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 06/09/2023 Season Snook Previously seen in North Yorkshire 167 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 168 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 21/12/1991 Whitburn 169 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 15/10/2011 Saltholme RSPB First bird in Durham since 1992! I was 1 year old back when the last one was in Durham. 170 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 23/05/2011 Castle Lake DBC (Bishop Middleham), Durham 171 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 24/11/2010 Rainton Meadows DWT 172 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 19/08/2017 Saltholme RSPB A surprisingly rare bird in Durham 173 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 21/12/1991 Teesside 174 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 18/06/2015 Saltholme RSPB Showed really well at the Wildlife Watchpoint. 175 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 29/10/2017 Saltholme RSPB With cattle on Back Saltholme 176 Great White Egret Ardea alba 20/05/2009 Saltholme RSPB 177 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 21/12/1991 Unsure 178 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 26/10/2011 Saltholme RSPB 179 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 12/08/2009 Hurworth Burn Reservoir 180 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 21/12/1991 Unsure 181 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 09/03/2011 Undisclosed site 182 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 11/08/2009 Saltholme RSPB 183 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 29/10/2011 Bishop Middleham (Castle Lake DBC) ringtail over the moto-cross 184 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 21/10/2011 Dorman's Pool stunning juvenile. First for county and a lifer. Super. 185 Red Kite Milvus milvus 21/12/1991 Thornley Woods, Gateshead 186 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 09/03/2011 Brownberry Plantation 187 Buzzard Buteo buteo 21/12/1991 Unsure 188 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/12/2009 Cresswell Pond NWT 189 Little Owl Athene noctua 21/12/1991 Undisclosed Site 190 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 27/09/2017 Ryhope Utterly astounding find for Mr Middleton, amazing. 191 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 22/04/2009 Undisclosed Site 192 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 193 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 21/12/1991 Washington 194 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/11/2018 Dalton Park..... 195 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 21/12/1991 Chester-le-Street 196 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 03/11/2012 Seaburn, Durham 197 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 21/12/1991 Hetton Lyons Country Park 198 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 16/04/2012 Undisclosed Site 199 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 21/12/1991 Unsure 200 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 21/03/2009 Waldridge Fell 201 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 21/12/1991 Unsure 202 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 203 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/08/2010 Whitburn 204 Hobby Falco subbuteo 07/07/2010 Bishop Middleham DBC 205 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 21/12/1991 Hetton Lyons 206 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 05/12/2009 Ward Jackson's Park 207 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 14/10/2010 Seaton Pond 208 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 04/10/2020 Hartlepool Headland 5th for Britain 209 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 26/09/2010 Hartlepool Headland 210 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 26/09/2010 Dorman's Pool 211 Jay Garrulus glandarius 21/12/1991 Unsure 212 Magpie Pica pica 21/12/1991 Unsure 213 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 21/12/1991 Unsure 214 Rook Corvus frugilegus 21/12/1991 Unsure 215 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 21/12/1991 Unsure 216 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/02/2011 Seaton Common 217 Raven Corvus corax 09/03/2011 Undisclosed site, Dales 218 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 21/12/1991 Jarrow 219 Coal Tit Periparus ater 21/12/1991 Unsure 220 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 12/12/2009 Hawthorn Dene 221 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 222 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 21/12/1991 Unsure 223 Great Tit Parus major 21/12/1991 Unsure 224 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 06/02/2016 Saltholme RSPB, Durham Lovely birds! 225 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 10/10/2015 Saltholme RSPB 226 Woodlark Lullula arborea 01/01/2020 Jewish Cemetery, Hartlepool 227 Skylark Alauda arvensis 21/12/1991 Unsure 228 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 28/09/2010 Trow Quarry 229 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 21/12/1991 Unsure 230 Swallow Hirundo rustica 21/12/1991 Unsure 231 House Martin Delichon urbicum 21/12/1991 Unsure 232 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 30/04/2012 Bowesfield Marsh 233 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 07/06/2010 Dorman's Pool 234 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 21/12/1991 Unsure 235 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 08/05/2010 Dales 236 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 15/10/2013 Hartlepool Headland Cracking little bird. 237 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 23/11/2022 Whitburn Coastal Park 238 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 23/10/2009 Trow Quarry 239 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 22/10/2012 Whitburn Coastal Park 240 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 04/10/2020 Trow Quarry Showed ridiculously well! 241 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 24/10/2012 Whitburn Coastal Park 242 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 21/12/1991 Unsure 243 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 244 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 24/04/2013 Boldon Flats NR Seen and heard extremely well. Brilliant little bird, a county 1st. [Self found] 245 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 23/10/2009 Trow Quarry 246 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 02/09/2010 The Leas 247 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 26/08/2013 Whitburn Coastal Park [Self found] 248 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 12/05/2016 Saltholme RSPB, Durham Singing and seen in flight. 249 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 21/12/1991 Unsure 250 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 251 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 16/06/2009 Herrington Country Park 252 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 30/08/2020 Whitburn Coastal Park 253 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 24/08/2010 The Leas 254 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 26/09/2012 Whitburn Coastal Park 255 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 18/06/2023 Saltholme RSPB 256 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2010 Rainton Meadows DWT 257 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 258 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 21/12/1991 Unsure 259 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 07/09/2010 Hartlepool Headland 260 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 261 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 29/05/2012 Hartlepool Headland Another great bird for the County, interestingly just shy of the date of last years White-throated Robin. 262 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 263 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/09/2010 Hartlepool Headland 264 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 21/12/1991 Unsure 265 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 21/12/1991 Unsure 266 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 21/12/1991 Thornley Woods 267 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 21/12/1991 Unsure 268 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 11/06/2017 Billingham Stunner and the neighbours are a lovely bunch too! 269 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 21/12/1991 Unsure 270 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 21/12/1991 Unsure 271 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 21/12/1991 Unsure 272 Redwing Turdus iliacus 21/12/1991 Unsure 273 Blackbird Turdus merula 21/12/1991 Unsure 274 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 21/12/1991 Unsure 275 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 27/06/2009 Bollihope Quarry 276 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 03/04/2010 Hartlepool Headland 277 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 21/12/1991 Unsure 278 Robin Erithacus rubecula 21/12/1991 Unsure 279 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 06/06/2011 Hartlepool Headland, Durham female + showing well. 280 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 19/05/2013 Hartlepool Headland Smart little bird! 281 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 04/05/2011 Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park heard and seen 282 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 17/10/2009 Hartlepool Headland 283 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 09/10/2010 Whitburn Country Park 284 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 15/10/2020 The Leas Pending acceptance, hopeful. 285 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 21/12/1991 Dales 286 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 14/10/2011 Whitburn Costal Park Showed well briefly, smart looking bird. 287 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 30/01/2010 Newburn Bridge 288 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 28/05/2009 Hamsterly Forest 289 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/05/2009 Hamsterly Forest 290 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 23/10/2019 Whitburn Providing it gets accepted, which I suspect it will. 291 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 03/12/2011 Zinc Works Road (Seaton Common) a cracking male bird, stuck around until the next morning allowing for people to connect with this brilliant bird. 292 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 21/12/1991 Unsure 293 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/12/1991 Unsure 294 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 24/11/2014 Seaton Snook Cracking little bird. 295 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 14/10/2016 Hartlepool On the rough ground at the Jewish Cemetery 296 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 10/11/2021 Whitburn Steel 297 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 21/12/1991 Unsure 298 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 21/12/1991 Unsure 299 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 21/12/1991 Unsure 300 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 16/10/2016 Hendon, Sunderland One in the docks, quite an amazing record and week for the species. With this being the 4th for Britain. 301 Dunnock Prunella modularis 21/12/1991 Unsure 302 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 25/04/2009 Saltholme RSPB 303 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 21/12/1991 Unsure 304 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 21/12/1991 Unsure 305 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 26/09/2013 Jewish Cemetery/Spion Kop Cem 306 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 21/12/1991 Unsure 307 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 28/05/2009 Hamsterly Forest 308 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 28/09/2012 Whitburn Coastal Park, Durham Have since seen another in Sunderland - a well twitched bird round the filling station in Roker. 309 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 10/05/2015 Seaton Common 310 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 21/03/2012 Saltholme RSPB 2 birds, long time in coming. 311 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 21/12/1991 Unsure 312 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 21/12/1991 Unsure 313 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 314 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 10/03/2012 Wolsingham 315 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 21/12/1991 Unsure 316 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 25/09/2012 Whitburn Coastal Park 317 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 21/12/1991 Unsure 318 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/11/2009 Greatham Creek 319 Linnet Linaria cannabina 21/12/1991 Unsure 320 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 15/12/2010 Rainton Meadows DWT 321 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 21/12/1991 Rainton Meadows DWT 322 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 29/12/2010 Rainton Meadows DWT 323 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 09/03/2011 Hamsterly Forest 324 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 21/12/1991 Unsure 325 Serin Serinus serinus 04/12/2021 Royal Oak, Darlington 326 Siskin Spinus spinus 21/12/1991 Unsure 327 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 04/09/2010 Ryhope 328 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 05/11/2009 Great Lumley 329 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 24/05/2009 Bishop Middleham 330 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21/12/1991 Unsure 331 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 03/11/2012 Elba Park, Durham 332 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 21/12/1991 Unsure 333 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 24/04/2024 Hartlepool 334 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 09/02/2014 High Shincliffe, Durham Showed well, a superb little warbler.