David Dack: Newbiggin Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 239 of 239 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 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 14/09/2012 Woodhorn 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 12/10/1996 Beacon point 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 27/03/2002 Woodhorn 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 38 Swift Apus apus 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 45 Corncrake Crex crex 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 47 Coot Fulica atra 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 56 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 57 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 70 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Knot Calidris canutus 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 78 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 81 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 83 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 86 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 87 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 88 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 90 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 91 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 15/09/2006 Church pt 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 93 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 01/04/2005 Woodhorn 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 95 Common Gull Larus canus 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 97 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 98 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 99 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 100 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 101 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 102 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 103 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 104 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 105 Puffin Fratercula arctica 106 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 107 Razorbill Alca torda 108 Little Auk Alle alle 109 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 28/11/2021 Newbiggin 110 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 111 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 112 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 113 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 114 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 115 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 116 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 117 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 118 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 119 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 120 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 121 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 122 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 123 Gannet Morus bassanus 124 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 125 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 126 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 127 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 128 Great White Egret Ardea alba 129 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 130 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 131 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 132 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 133 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 134 Buzzard Buteo buteo 135 Barn Owl Tyto alba 136 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 137 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 138 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 139 Hoopoe Upupa epops 140 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 141 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 142 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 143 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 144 Merlin Falco columbarius 145 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 146 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 147 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 148 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 149 Jay Garrulus glandarius 150 Magpie Pica pica 151 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 152 Rook Corvus frugilegus 153 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 154 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 155 Coal Tit Periparus ater 156 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 157 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 158 Great Tit Parus major 159 Skylark Alauda arvensis 160 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 161 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 162 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 163 Swallow Hirundo rustica 164 House Martin Delichon urbicum 165 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 166 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 167 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 168 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 03/03/2002 Alcan 169 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 170 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 171 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 172 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 173 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 174 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 175 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 176 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 29/09/2007 Woodhorn 177 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 178 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 179 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 180 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 181 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 182 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 183 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 184 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 185 Whitethroat Curruca communis 186 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 187 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 188 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 189 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 190 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 07/05/2021 Newbiggin 191 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 192 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 193 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 194 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 195 Redwing Turdus iliacus 196 Blackbird Turdus merula 197 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 198 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 199 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 200 Robin Erithacus rubecula 201 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 202 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 203 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 204 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 09/10/2010 Ash lagoons 205 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 206 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 207 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 208 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 209 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 210 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 09/11/2008 Beacon pt 211 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 212 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 213 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 22/10/2016 Ash lagoon bank 214 Dunnock Prunella modularis 215 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 216 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 217 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 218 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 219 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 220 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 221 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 222 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 223 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 224 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 225 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 226 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 227 Twite Linaria flavirostris 228 Linnet Linaria cannabina 229 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 231 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 232 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 233 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 234 Siskin Spinus spinus 235 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 236 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 237 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 238 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 239 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus