Derek Charlton: 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 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 24/11/2018 Zinc Works, Teesside 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 04/02/2009 Cleadon 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 17/11/2007 Teesside 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11/08/2007 Bishop Middleham 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 07/01/2024 Bishop Middleham 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 14/11/2008 Salthome 19 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 26/06/2015 Boldon Flats 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25 Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Scaup Aythya marila 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 03/04/2013 Salthome 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 31/05/2011 Blackhall Rocks 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 36 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 25/03/2007 Teesside 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 43 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 44 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 45 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 46 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 47 Quail Coturnix coturnix 05/07/2013 Houghton 48 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 49 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 29/06/2007 Hamsterley 50 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 13/04/2023 Teesside 51 Swift Apus apus 52 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 17/10/2013 Hartlepool 53 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 12/11/2018 Hartlepool 54 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 55 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 56 Stock Dove Columba oenas 57 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 58 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 59 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 60 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 08/01/1997 Hetton Bogs 61 Corncrake Crex crex 12/06/1992 Easington Lane s/f 62 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 15/08/2010 Shibdon Pond 63 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 64 Coot Fulica atra 65 Crane Grus grus 07/10/2009 Lamesley 66 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 67 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 68 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 69 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 70 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 15/06/2003 Rainton 71 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 07/05/2011 Teesside 72 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 73 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 74 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 75 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 76 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 04/09/2011 Whitburn 77 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 07/07/2010 Crimdon 78 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 79 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 80 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 81 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 82 Curlew Numenius arquata 83 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 84 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/05/2004 Rainton 85 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 02/06/2012 Salthome 86 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 87 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 88 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 89 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 15/08/2007 Castle Lake 90 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 91 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 31/08/2022 Castle Lake 92 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 05/07/2008 Salthome 93 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 94 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 16/10/2018 Jarrow 95 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 96 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 97 Redshank Tringa totanus 98 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/10/2022 Teesside 99 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 100 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 101 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 102 Knot Calidris canutus 103 Ruff Calidris pugnax 104 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 27/05/2007 Salthome 105 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 21/09/2010 Teesside 106 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 107 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 108 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 109 Sanderling Calidris alba 110 Dunlin Calidris alpina 111 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 112 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 05/09/2012 Seaton Snook 113 Little Stint Calidris minuta 114 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 115 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 116 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 20/07/2011 Teesside 117 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 05/07/2014 Hurworth Burn Reservoir 118 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 119 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 23/07/2021 Salthome 120 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 26/04/2009 Salthome 121 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 122 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 21/08/2011 Salthome 123 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 124 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 125 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 126 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 127 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 128 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 129 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 130 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 03/09/2010 Ryhope 131 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 132 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 133 Common Gull Larus canus 134 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 135 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 136 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 137 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 138 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 139 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 140 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 07/01/2010 Dormans Pool 141 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 142 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 143 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 144 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 145 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 146 Puffin Fratercula arctica 147 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 148 Razorbill Alca torda 149 Little Auk Alle alle 11/11/2007 Hartlepool 150 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 151 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 152 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 153 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 154 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 155 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 24/09/2012 Whitburn 156 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 157 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 18/08/2021 Seaham 158 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 159 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 160 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 161 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 16/10/2009 Low Hardwick 162 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 18/04/2007 Castle Lake 163 Gannet Morus bassanus 164 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 06/09/2023 Seaton Snook 165 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 166 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 167 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 12/10/2011 Salthome 168 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 169 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 170 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 171 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 18/06/2015 Salthome 172 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 15/11/2008 Salthome 173 Great White Egret Ardea alba 174 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 175 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 26/10/2011 Salthome 176 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 177 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 20/09/2008 Greatham Creek 178 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 179 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 180 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 181 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 11/12/2007 Redburn Common 182 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 20/10/2011 Dormans Pool 183 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/08/2006 Gibside 184 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 08/03/2015 Ruffside Moor s/f 185 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 05/03/2009 Teesdale s/f 186 Buzzard Buteo buteo 20/10/1998 Elemore 187 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/11/1996 Eppleton 188 Little Owl Athene noctua 189 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 27/09/2017 Ryhope 190 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 05/05/2006 Moorsley 191 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 192 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 193 Hoopoe Upupa epops 21/10/2013 Bishop Auckland 194 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/10/1996 Hetton Bogs 195 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 03/11/2012 Seaburn 196 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 26/08/2008 Hetton Lyons 197 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 01/04/2012 Hamsterley 198 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 199 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 05/06/1996 Hawthorn Dene 200 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 201 Merlin Falco columbarius 202 Hobby Falco subbuteo 203 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 204 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 205 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 11/10/2010 Seaton Carew 206 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 12/11/2008 Knitsley Fell 207 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 03/10/2020 Hartlepool 208 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 21/08/2011 South Shields 209 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 28/10/2016 South Shields 210 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 13/09/2008 Seaham 211 Jay Garrulus glandarius 212 Magpie Pica pica 213 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 214 Rook Corvus frugilegus 215 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 216 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/02/2011 Seaton Common 217 Raven Corvus corax 218 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 29/12/2000 Easington Lane 219 Coal Tit Periparus ater 220 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 221 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 222 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 223 Great Tit Parus major 224 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 06/02/2016 Salthome 225 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 25/03/2015 Hurworth-on-Tees 226 Woodlark Lullula arborea 02/01/2020 Hartlepool 227 Skylark Alauda arvensis 228 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 11/10/2010 Seaton Carew 229 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 230 Swallow Hirundo rustica 231 House Martin Delichon urbicum 232 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 13/04/2014 Rainton Meadows 233 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 234 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 235 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 236 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 15/10/2013 Hartlepool 237 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 09/03/2008 Norton 238 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 239 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 17/10/2015 Hartlepool 240 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 04/10/2020 South Shields 241 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 10/10/2010 Hartlepool 242 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 243 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 244 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 24/04/2013 Boldon Flats 245 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 23/10/2009 South Shields 246 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 02/09/2010 South Shields 247 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 02/11/2015 Marsden 248 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 24/05/2019 Salthome 249 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 250 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 251 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 252 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 08/09/2008 Hartlepool 253 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 26/09/2012 Whitburn 254 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 20/06/2023 Teesside 255 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 256 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 257 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 258 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 259 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 260 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 29/05/2012 Hartlepool 261 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 13/09/2008 South Shields 262 Whitethroat Curruca communis 263 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 264 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 265 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 266 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/09/1996 Brasside 267 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 268 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 15/06/2017 Stanhope 269 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 270 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 271 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 272 Redwing Turdus iliacus 273 Blackbird Turdus merula 274 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 275 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 06/04/2001 High Moorsley 276 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 277 Robin Erithacus rubecula 278 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 06/06/2011 Hartlepool 279 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 03/05/2011 Cowpen Bewley 280 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 17/10/2009 Hartlepool 281 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 282 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 15/10/2020 South Shields 283 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 284 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 13/10/2011 Whitburn 285 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 286 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 287 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 288 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 23/10/2019 Whitburn 289 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 04/12/2011 Teesside 290 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 291 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 292 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 24/11/2014 Seaton Snook 293 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 14/10/2016 Hartlepool 294 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 11/11/2021 Whitburn 295 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 296 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 297 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 298 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 16/10/2016 Hendon 299 Dunnock Prunella modularis 300 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 301 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 23/08/2009 Salthome 302 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 303 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 304 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 02/11/2008 South Shields 305 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 306 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 307 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 17/10/2014 Roker 308 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 11/05/2015 Teesside 309 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 310 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 311 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 312 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 313 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 29/11/2007 Croxdale 314 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 315 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 18/06/2009 Easington Lane Red male singing s/f 316 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 317 Twite Linaria flavirostris 318 Linnet Linaria cannabina 319 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 320 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 321 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 29/12/2010 Rainton Meadows 322 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 23/10/1997 Elemore 323 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 324 Serin Serinus serinus 30/11/2021 Royalington Turf, Brussleton 325 Siskin Spinus spinus 326 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 04/09/2010 Ryhope 327 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 24/11/1996 High Moorsley 328 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 329 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 330 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 02/11/2012 Sedgeletch 331 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 24/11/2021 Hartlepool 332 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 333 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 24/04/2024 Hartlepool 334 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 09/02/2014 High Shincliffe