Joe Dobinson: Gosforth Park Nature Reserve Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 90 of 90 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 05/01/2017 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/01/2017 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 16/03/2017 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/01/2017 Flash Pool Field Russian, also Greenland On the 4th March 2020 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 05/01/2017 6 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 29/04/2023 Drake 7 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10/05/2017 Drake 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 27/02/2015 Flash Pool 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/02/2017 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 05/01/2017 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 10/05/2018 12 Teal Anas crecca 03/02/2017 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/03/2020 14 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 08/04/2014 Pyle Hide 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21/03/2017 16 Scaup Aythya marila 03/02/2017 1st Winter Drake 17 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/02/2017 18 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 05/01/2017 19 Swift Apus apus 10/05/2018 20 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 19/01/2022 21 Stock Dove Columba oenas 19/01/2022 22 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 04/03/2020 23 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16/03/2017 24 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 16/03/2017 25 Coot Fulica atra 16/03/2017 26 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2017 27 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 30/06/2023 28 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 15/03/2022 29 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 08/05/2004 30 Curlew Numenius arquata 30/06/2023 31 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 17/01/2016 32 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 08/05/2004 33 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 10/05/2015 34 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 04/03/2020 35 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 04/03/2020 36 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2017 37 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 04/03/2020 38 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2017 39 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 09/02/2014 40 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 23/06/2014 Gosforth Park 41 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/07/2014 Flash Pool 42 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 06/03/2020 43 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30/06/2023 Beck Hide 44 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/01/2022 45 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 26/04/2024 46 Buzzard Buteo buteo 05/01/2017 47 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 23/06/2014 48 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 16/04/2002 49 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 06/03/2020 50 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 10/05/2018 51 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 30/06/2023 52 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 04/03/2020 53 Jay Garrulus glandarius 17/01/2016 54 Magpie Pica pica 04/03/2020 55 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 04/03/2020 56 Rook Corvus frugilegus 06/03/2020 57 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 04/03/2020 58 Coal Tit Periparus ater 19/01/2022 59 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/01/2024 60 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 04/03/2020 61 Great Tit Parus major 04/03/2020 62 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/04/2023 63 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/04/2023 64 House Martin Delichon urbicum 29/04/2023 65 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/03/2020 66 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 29/04/2023 67 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/03/2017 68 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/05/2017 69 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 10/05/2018 70 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 10/05/2015 71 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/04/2023 72 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 10/05/2017 73 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/03/2020 74 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 21/03/2017 75 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 06/03/2020 76 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/03/2020 77 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/03/2020 78 Redwing Turdus iliacus 19/01/2022 79 Blackbird Turdus merula 06/03/2020 80 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 29/04/2023 81 Robin Erithacus rubecula 04/03/2020 82 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 25/03/2015 Flash Pool 83 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 17/01/2016 84 Dunnock Prunella modularis 06/03/2020 85 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/10/2022 86 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 06/03/2020 87 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/03/2020 88 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 06/03/2020 89 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2017 90 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/03/2020