Gary Storey: Newbiggin Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 199 of 199 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 09/01/2016 Fenham-le-Moor 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 06/01/2016 Backworth Flash 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 17/05/2017 Probable escape in fields at road pool 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 06/01/2016 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 16/09/2017 4 Taigia's north. 5th November 2017, 11 Tundra north 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 09/01/2016 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/01/2016 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 09/01/2016 Fenham-le-Moor 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula ********** ********** 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 09/01/2016 Druridge Pools 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 09/01/2016 Monk's House Pool 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 18 Pintail Anas acuta 09/01/2016 Druridge Pools 19 Teal Anas crecca 09/01/2016 Fenham-le-Moor 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 23/01/2016 Killingworth Lake 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 22 Scaup Aythya marila 09/01/2016 East Chevington 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 09/01/2016 Stag Rocks 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 09/01/2016 Stag Rocks 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 23/01/2016 Killingworth Lake 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 09/01/2016 Killingworth Lake 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 09/01/2016 Widdrington Moor Lake 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 5 feeding in field on the road in to Newbiggin 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 09/01/2016 33 Swift Apus apus 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 09/01/2016 Holywell Pond 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2016 Lintzford 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/01/2016 Newbiggin Flash 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 40 Coot Fulica atra 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 09/01/2016 East Chevington 42 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 09/01/2016 Monk's House Pool 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 19/02/2016 Newbiggin 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 09/01/2016 Alnmouth Estuary 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 47 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 21/08/2020 Beacon point 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 49 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 09/01/2016 Alnmouth 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 09/01/2016 Bell's Pond 55 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 04/10/2020 Horse paddocks 56 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 58 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 16/10/2022 South Bay 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 60 Redshank Tringa totanus 61 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 31/08/2020 Road pool 62 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 64 Knot Calidris canutus 09/01/2016 Alnmouth 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 66 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 04/09/2019 Beacons 67 Sanderling Calidris alba 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 69 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 09/01/2016 Stag Rocks 70 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 71 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 72 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 73 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 74 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 75 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 76 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 2 flew north between 14:30-15:15 77 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 78 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 79 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 09/01/2016 Lynemouth Flash 80 Common Gull Larus canus 81 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 82 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 83 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 84 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 85 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 12/01/2016 QE II Pond 86 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 16/08/2020 Church point 87 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 21/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 88 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 89 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 90 Puffin Fratercula arctica 03/03/2016 Newbiggin 91 Razorbill Alca torda 03/03/2016 92 Little Auk Alle alle 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 2 flew north at 14:50 93 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 94 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 09/01/2016 Stag Rocks 95 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 96 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 09/01/2016 Widdrington Moor Lake 97 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Church Point 98 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 99 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 100 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 101 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 102 Gannet Morus bassanus 05/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 103 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 104 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 09/01/2016 Stag Rocks 105 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 03/06/2018 GC Flash pool Flew south over flash pool 106 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 14/10/2022 Beacon Point 107 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 108 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/08/2017 109 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 110 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 111 Buzzard Buteo buteo 112 Little Owl Athene noctua 14/01/2017 Woodhorn hedge 113 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 07/05/2018 Ash lagoon bank 114 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/01/2016 Bamburgh 115 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 03/02/2016 Rowlands Gill 116 Hoopoe Upupa epops 24/10/2020 Lynemouth Power Station Flew along paths in to newbiggin patch 117 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 118 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 119 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2016 Lintzford 120 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 22/01/2016 Chopwell Woods 121 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 122 Merlin Falco columbarius 29/08/2018 Ash lagoon bank 123 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 28/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 124 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 02/12/2019 Church point 125 Jay Garrulus glandarius 126 Magpie Pica pica 127 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 128 Rook Corvus frugilegus 129 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 130 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 21/04/2019 ALB 131 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2016 Lintzford 132 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 21/01/2016 Newbiggin-by-the-sea 133 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2016 Lintzford 134 Great Tit Parus major 135 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/01/2016 Birling 136 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 17/05/2017 137 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 31/03/2016 Swalwell 138 Swallow Hirundo rustica 139 House Martin Delichon urbicum 140 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 141 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 142 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 18/10/2020 Spital 143 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 144 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/03/2016 Stocksfield 145 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 31/08/2020 ALB 146 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 147 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 148 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 149 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 150 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 151 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 152 Whitethroat Curruca communis 153 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 22/10/2022 The Mound In the mound coming up hedgerow with tit flock 154 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 09/01/2016 Fenham-le-Moor 155 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 156 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 157 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 158 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 159 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 160 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 161 Redwing Turdus iliacus 162 Blackbird Turdus merula 163 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 164 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 165 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 166 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2016 Lintzford 167 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 01/04/2018 North beach 168 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 169 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 28/04/2019 Woodhorn sycamores 170 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 171 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 172 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 173 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 174 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 175 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 176 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 177 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 30/10/2016 Ash Lagoon Bank 178 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2016 Lintzford 179 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 180 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/01/2016 Home 181 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 05/01/2016 QE II Pond 182 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 183 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 09/01/2016 Druridge Pools 184 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 185 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 186 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 187 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2016 Lintzford 188 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 189 Twite Linaria flavirostris 190 Linnet Linaria cannabina 191 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 11/01/2016 Birling Carrs 192 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 11/01/2016 Birling 193 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 194 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 195 Siskin Spinus spinus 196 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 30/10/2017 197 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 10/03/2016 Newbiggin 198 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 199 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus