Ryan McClarence: Yorkshire Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 337 of 337 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Spurn 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Greenland - Ingbirchworth Res & 3 European at Buckton Hall 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Orgreave Lagoons 2 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Bolton Abbey & North Cave 15 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 27/02/2022 Swine Moor 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula Wombwell Ings 17 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 13/10/2023 Tophill Low 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana Swillington 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 23 Pintail Anas acuta 24 Teal Anas crecca 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis North Cave 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes Pugneys 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Scaup Aythya marila Southfield Res 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 07/05/2015 Wintersett Reservoir 33 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 09/12/2022 Redcar 34 Eider Somateria mollissima Flamborough 35 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Filey Brigg 36 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/12/2016 Redcar, off Stray Cafe 37 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 38 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Hornsea Mere 39 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 40 Smew Mergellus albellus 41 Goosander Mergus merganser 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/11/2016 Southfield Res Redhead 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 44 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus Pateley Bridge 45 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 30/04/2016 Arkengarthdale 4 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 48 Quail Coturnix coturnix 49 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 50 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 51 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 52 Swift Apus apus 53 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 06/08/2019 Methley Ings, Leeds 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 61 Corncrake Crex crex 62 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Blacktoft 63 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 64 Coot Fulica atra 65 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 17/09/2019 Blacktoft Sands 66 Crane Grus grus 67 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 68 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 69 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 70 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 71 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 72 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 10/05/2017 Blackmoorfoot 73 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 74 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 29/05/2015 Potteric Carr Pair on west scrape 7.50-11.15 75 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 76 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 77 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 78 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Easington Straight 79 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 29/04/2017 Long Bank Marsh, Kilnsea Female 80 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 81 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 82 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 83 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 08/09/2021 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 84 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 27/08/2022 Redcar beach 85 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 86 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 87 Curlew Numenius arquata 88 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 89 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 90 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 09/09/2017 Holderness Field, Kilnsea 91 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 92 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 93 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 13/10/2019 Beacon Lane, Kilnsea 94 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 95 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Rother Valley CP 96 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 18/05/2014 North Cave Wetlands 97 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 98 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 99 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 100 Redshank Tringa totanus 101 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/12/2017 Long Bank Marsh, Kilnsea 102 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 103 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 104 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 105 Knot Calidris canutus 106 Ruff Calidris pugnax 107 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 25/09/2023 RSPB Blacktoft Sands 108 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 109 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii North Cave 110 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 10/10/2021 RSPB St Aidans 111 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 18/09/2016 Hatfield Moors 112 Sanderling Calidris alba 113 Dunlin Calidris alpina 114 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Brid Harbour 115 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 31/08/2016 Hatfield Moors 116 Little Stint Calidris minuta North Cave 117 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 03/08/2019 Spurn 118 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 119 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 120 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 11/07/2019 Adwick Washlands 121 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 30/06/2021 Southfield Res 122 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 123 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 09/07/2016 Rother Valley CP 124 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 125 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 126 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 127 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 128 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 129 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 130 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Spurn 131 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 132 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 13/09/2020 Laycock, West Yorks 133 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 134 Common Gull Larus canus 135 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 136 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 137 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 138 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 139 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 140 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 141 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 142 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Spurn 143 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 144 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Spurn 145 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 146 Puffin Fratercula arctica 147 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 148 Razorbill Alca torda 149 Little Auk Alle alle 150 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 151 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 152 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 153 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Calder Wetlands 154 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 10/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 155 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 17/09/2016 Spurn 156 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 157 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Rspb Pelagic 158 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 159 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Southfield Res 160 Gannet Morus bassanus 161 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 09/09/2023 South Gare 162 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 163 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 164 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 04/05/2014 Wombwell Ings 165 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 166 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Pc & Bts 167 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 04/07/2015 RSPB Old Moor Adult Male 168 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 02/05/2019 RSPB Fairburn Ings 169 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 170 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/06/2018 Holderness Field, Kilnsea 171 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 23/07/2017 Fairburn Ings 172 Great White Egret Ardea alba 173 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 174 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 175 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 176 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 25/06/2017 177 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 178 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Wykeham 179 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 180 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 181 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 10/12/2016 Welwick Saltmarsh Juvenile 182 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Blacktoft 183 Red Kite Milvus milvus 184 Black Kite Milvus migrans 27/04/2019 Spurn 185 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 186 Buzzard Buteo buteo 187 Barn Owl Tyto alba 188 Little Owl Athene noctua 189 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 190 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 191 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 192 Hoopoe Upupa epops 10/05/2014 Beverley 193 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 194 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 195 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 196 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 13/04/2017 Sheffield 197 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 198 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 199 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 200 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 28/05/2017 Spurn 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 12/10/2019 Vicars Lane, Easington 206 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 207 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 208 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 27/09/2014 Kilnsea 209 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 210 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 25/05/2014 Pontefract Racecourse 211 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 30/06/2022 Wandale Farm, Bempton 212 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 31/10/2016 Kilnsea, Southern end of Canal zone 213 Jay Garrulus glandarius 214 Magpie Pica pica 215 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 216 Rook Corvus frugilegus 217 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 218 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 219 Raven Corvus corax 220 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 221 Coal Tit Periparus ater 222 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 06/01/2016 North Cave Wetlands 223 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 224 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 225 Great Tit Parus major 226 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 227 Woodlark Lullula arborea 228 Skylark Alauda arvensis 229 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 15/03/2017 Stainton Pit Top 2 230 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 231 Swallow Hirundo rustica 232 House Martin Delichon urbicum 233 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 16/04/2017 Fairburn Ings 234 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 235 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 236 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 237 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 04/10/2020 Vicars Lane, Easington 238 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 28/10/2015 Flamborough Head 239 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 240 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 241 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 242 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 243 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 244 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 09/06/2018 Norwood Edge Plantation near Otley Singing male 245 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 11/09/2021 Buckton 246 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 17/10/2021 Spurn 247 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 13/06/2020 Easington Gas Terminal 248 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 14/10/2017 Crown carpark 249 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 09/05/2019 Wintersett Res, West Yorkshire Heard singing and brief views whilst moving through reeds 250 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 251 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 18/09/2016 Spurn 252 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 253 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 254 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 01/10/2019 Corner Field, Spurn 255 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 27/09/2023 Long Nab, Burniston 256 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 29/07/2019 Carr Naze, Filey 257 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 29/04/2017 Canal zone, Kilnsea 258 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 259 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 260 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 261 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 262 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 263 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 17/04/2017 Kilnsea Male 264 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 29/05/2021 Middle camp, Spurn 265 Whitethroat Curruca communis 266 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 267 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 268 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 269 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 270 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 271 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 272 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 273 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 274 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 275 Redwing Turdus iliacus 276 Blackbird Turdus merula 277 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 278 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 03/05/2014 Flamborough Head 279 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 15/01/2017 Adwick Washlands 1w Female 280 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 281 Robin Erithacus rubecula 282 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 14/05/2016 Sammys Point 283 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 18/09/2021 Blacktoft 284 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 285 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 286 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 03/05/2024 North field, Spurn 287 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 288 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 289 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 290 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 291 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 10/11/2019 Peter Lane, Easington Confirmed by DNA 292 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 22/10/2016 Near Easington boatyard 293 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 294 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 295 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 22/10/2016 Near Easington boatyard 296 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 27/12/2017 Whitby Adult male 297 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 298 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 299 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 300 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 13/10/2016 Vicars lane, Easington 301 Dunnock Prunella modularis 302 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 303 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 03/09/2022 304 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 305 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 306 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 307 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 14/12/2014 Calder Wetlands 308 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 309 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 310 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 26/09/2020 Saltmarsh off the warren, Spurn 311 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 19/12/2016 Swillington (Lemonroyd filter beds) 312 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 313 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 314 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 315 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 316 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 317 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 318 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 319 Twite Linaria flavirostris 320 Linnet Linaria cannabina 321 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 322 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 323 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 324 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 325 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 19/02/2014 Broomhead Reservoir 326 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 327 Siskin Spinus spinus 328 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 329 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 330 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 331 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 332 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 22/01/2017 Dunnington, York Male 333 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 02/09/2017 Spurn 334 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 26/10/2019 Spurn 335 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 08/06/2019 Flamborough Head 336 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 27/10/2023 North marsh, Flamborough 337 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus