Alan Whitehead: Spurn Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 80 of 80 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11/11/2020 3 birds at Sammy's Point 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 17 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 21/11/2020 18 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19 Swift Apus apus 20 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 21 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 22 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 23 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 24 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 25 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 26 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 27 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 28 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 29 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 30 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 31 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 32 Curlew Numenius arquata 33 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 34 Redshank Tringa totanus 35 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 36 Knot Calidris canutus 37 Dunlin Calidris alpina 38 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 39 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 40 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 41 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 42 Common Gull Larus canus 43 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 44 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 45 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 21/11/2020 46 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 47 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 48 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 49 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 12/08/2020 Easington Straight 50 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 01/09/2020 51 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 52 Magpie Pica pica 53 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 54 Rook Corvus frugilegus 55 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 56 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 57 Great Tit Parus major 58 Skylark Alauda arvensis 59 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 60 Swallow Hirundo rustica 61 House Martin Delichon urbicum 62 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 63 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 64 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 65 Whitethroat Curruca communis 66 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 67 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 68 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 69 Blackbird Turdus merula 70 Robin Erithacus rubecula 71 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 72 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 73 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 74 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 75 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 76 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 77 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 78 Linnet Linaria cannabina 79 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 80 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 13/01/2020 53