Dave Saunders: Sandwell Valley Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 131 of 131 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Pintail Anas acuta 13 Teal Anas crecca 14 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18 Goosander Mergus merganser 19 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 20 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 21 Swift Apus apus 22 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 24 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 26 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 27 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 28 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 29 Coot Fulica atra 30 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 31 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 32 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 33 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 34 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 35 Curlew Numenius arquata 36 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 37 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 38 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 39 Redshank Tringa totanus 40 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 41 Dunlin Calidris alpina 42 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 43 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 44 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 45 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 46 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 47 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 48 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 49 Common Gull Larus canus 50 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 51 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 52 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 53 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 54 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 55 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 56 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 57 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 58 Great White Egret Ardea alba 59 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 60 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 61 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 62 Red Kite Milvus milvus 63 Buzzard Buteo buteo 64 Barn Owl Tyto alba 65 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 66 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 67 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 68 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 69 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 70 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 71 Hobby Falco subbuteo 72 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 73 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 74 Jay Garrulus glandarius 75 Magpie Pica pica 76 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 77 Rook Corvus frugilegus 78 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 79 Raven Corvus corax 80 Coal Tit Periparus ater 81 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 82 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 83 Great Tit Parus major 84 Skylark Alauda arvensis 85 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 86 Swallow Hirundo rustica 87 House Martin Delichon urbicum 88 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 89 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 90 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 91 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 92 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 93 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 94 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 95 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 96 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 97 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 98 Whitethroat Curruca communis 99 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 100 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 101 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 102 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 103 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 104 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 105 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 106 Redwing Turdus iliacus 107 Blackbird Turdus merula 108 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 109 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 110 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 111 Robin Erithacus rubecula 112 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 113 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 114 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 115 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 116 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 117 Dunnock Prunella modularis 118 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 119 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 120 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 121 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 122 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 123 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 124 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 125 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 126 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 127 Linnet Linaria cannabina 128 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 129 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 130 Siskin Spinus spinus 131 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus