Joe Hughes: Durham Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 318 of 318 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 05/12/2015 hurworth burn 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 05/12/2011 hurworth burn 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 29/09/2009 saltholme 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 23 Pintail Anas acuta 24 Teal Anas crecca 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 03/04/2013 saltholme 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 36 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 39 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 18/01/2010 saltholme 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 41 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 42 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 43 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 44 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 45 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 46 Quail Coturnix coturnix 47 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 48 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 49 Swift Apus apus 50 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 20/10/2013 hartlepool headland 51 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 52 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 53 Stock Dove Columba oenas 54 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 55 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 56 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 57 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 58 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 59 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 60 Coot Fulica atra 61 Crane Grus grus 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 63 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 64 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 67 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 68 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 70 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 71 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica ********** ********** 72 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 73 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 74 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 75 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 76 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 77 Curlew Numenius arquata 78 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 79 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 80 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 81 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 82 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 83 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 13/08/2011 greenabella 84 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 85 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 05/07/2008 calor gas pools 86 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 87 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21/10/2018 jarrow 88 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 89 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 90 Redshank Tringa totanus 91 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 14/10/2008 back saltholme 92 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 93 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 94 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 95 Knot Calidris canutus 96 Ruff Calidris pugnax 97 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 27/05/2007 back saltholme 98 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 09/09/2011 creatham creek 99 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 100 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 101 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 102 Sanderling Calidris alba 103 Dunlin Calidris alpina 104 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 105 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 08/09/2012 seaton snook 106 Little Stint Calidris minuta 107 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 03/07/2020 saltholme 108 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 109 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 06/07/2014 hurworth burn 110 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 111 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 23/07/2021 Saltholme 112 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 28/07/2010 saltholme 113 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 114 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 115 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 116 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 117 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 118 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 119 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 120 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 121 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 122 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 10/05/2022 Wwt Washington 123 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 124 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 125 Common Gull Larus canus 126 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 127 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 128 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 129 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 130 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 131 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 132 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 133 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 08/01/2009 dormans pool 134 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 135 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 136 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 137 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 138 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 139 Puffin Fratercula arctica 140 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 141 Razorbill Alca torda 142 Little Auk Alle alle 143 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 144 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 145 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 146 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 147 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 148 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 149 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 150 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 09/08/2008 greenside 151 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 152 Gannet Morus bassanus 153 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 06/09/2023 Seaton snook 154 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 155 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 156 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 12/09/2014 saltholme 157 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 158 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 159 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 160 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 161 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 19/06/2015 saltholme 162 Great White Egret Ardea alba 163 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 164 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 165 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 166 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 167 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 168 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 169 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 170 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 171 Red Kite Milvus milvus 172 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 173 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 174 Buzzard Buteo buteo 175 Barn Owl Tyto alba 176 Little Owl Athene noctua 177 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 27/09/2017 ryhope 178 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 179 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 180 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 181 Hoopoe Upupa epops 182 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 183 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 184 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 08/09/2022 Blackhall rocks 185 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 186 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 187 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 188 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 189 Merlin Falco columbarius 190 Hobby Falco subbuteo 191 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 192 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 193 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 194 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 195 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 03/10/2020 hartlepool headland 196 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 02/06/2021 Saltholme 197 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 28/10/2016 the leas,south shields 198 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 199 Jay Garrulus glandarius 200 Magpie Pica pica 201 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 202 Rook Corvus frugilegus 203 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 204 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 205 Raven Corvus corax 206 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 207 Coal Tit Periparus ater 208 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 209 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 210 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 211 Great Tit Parus major 212 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 13/03/2016 saltholme 213 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 214 Woodlark Lullula arborea 215 Skylark Alauda arvensis 216 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 217 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 218 Swallow Hirundo rustica 219 House Martin Delichon urbicum 220 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 221 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 222 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 223 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 20/10/2013 hartlepool putting green 224 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 22/02/2008 norton cemetery 225 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 226 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 227 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 05/10/2020 hartlepool headland 228 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 229 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 230 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 231 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 30/06/2019 swallwell 232 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 23/10/2009 trow quarry 233 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 234 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 31/08/2013 whitburn 235 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 14/05/2016 saltholme 236 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 237 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 238 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 239 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 30/08/2020 south shields 240 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 241 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 20/06/2023 Saltholme 242 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 243 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 244 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 245 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 246 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 247 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 29/05/2012 hartlepool headland 248 Whitethroat Curruca communis 249 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 250 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 251 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 252 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 253 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 254 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 11/06/2017 billingham 255 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 256 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 257 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 258 Redwing Turdus iliacus 259 Blackbird Turdus merula 260 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 261 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 262 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 03/04/2010 hartlepool headland 263 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 264 Robin Erithacus rubecula 265 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 06/06/2011 hartlepool headland 266 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 21/05/2013 hartlepool headland 267 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 268 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 269 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 270 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 14/10/2020 south shields 271 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 272 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 10/01/2022 Bowlees 273 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 274 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 275 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 276 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 15/11/2015 cleadon 277 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 278 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 279 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes ********** ********** 280 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 11/11/2021 Whitburn 281 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 282 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 283 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 284 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 16/10/2016 south dock hendon 285 Dunnock Prunella modularis 286 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 287 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 288 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 289 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 290 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 291 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 292 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 18/10/2014 sunderland 293 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 294 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 295 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 296 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 297 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 298 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 299 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 300 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 301 Twite Linaria flavirostris 302 Linnet Linaria cannabina 303 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 304 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 305 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 306 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 307 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 308 Serin Serinus serinus 02/12/2021 Brusselton 309 Siskin Spinus spinus 310 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 311 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 312 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 313 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 314 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 315 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 24/11/2021 Hartlepool 316 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 317 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 24/04/2024 Hartlepool 318 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 12/02/2014 shincliffe