Daniel Langston: Boulmer Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 227 of 227 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 26/08/2020 200+ PB N. 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 20/04/2020 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/05/2020 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 17/05/2020 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 06/09/2020 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 02/11/2020 8 N. Also two in-off in Nov 22 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/11/2022 Seaton Pt Russian in-off with 2 Tundra Beans 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 26/05/2020 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 08/10/2020 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 09/04/2023 Then 3 on 6 May 23 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19/04/2020 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 08/05/2023 North 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/05/2020 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11/07/2020 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18/07/2020 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19/04/2020 17 Pintail Anas acuta 19/09/2020 18 Teal Anas crecca 24/04/2020 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 16/09/2020 Longhouton Steel 4N 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/05/2020 21 Scaup Aythya marila 13/05/2021 Seaton Point 4N (flock of 2m, 1f with 2 Guillemot and a lone drake) 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 19/04/2020 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 20/10/2022 Seaton Pt Drake N with Common Scoter 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 22/07/2020 1 N 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28/04/2020 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 19/11/2020 Longhouton Steel 2 females north 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 09/10/2020 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 09/05/2020 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 25/04/2020 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 20/04/2020 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19/04/2020 32 Quail Coturnix coturnix 03/06/2020 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/11/2021 Seaton Point Second tick of 2021. 34 Swift Apus apus 07/05/2020 35 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 18/05/2022 Seaton Pt Flew south, plus one in the autumn 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 19/04/2020 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 24/04/2020 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 19/04/2020 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 20/04/2020 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 20/10/2022 Seaton Pt Flushed 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/11/2020 Seaton Point Heard only 43 Crane Grus grus 24/03/2023 Seaton Pt 2 flew N tracked up coast 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 20/09/2020 Village 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 19/09/2020 Flew N with Auk. 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 24/07/2020 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/10/2020 Longhouton Steel Flew N 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 19/04/2020 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 09/05/2020 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 20/04/2020 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 20/04/2020 52 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 09/08/2020 100m N of village 53 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 08/10/2020 Longhouton Steel Self-found juv, bullying Golden Plover. First American find. 54 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 25/08/2022 Self found Longhoughton Steel 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 20/04/2020 56 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 08/05/2020 57 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 19/04/2020 58 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/04/2020 59 Curlew Numenius arquata 19/04/2020 60 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 24/04/2020 61 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/04/2020 62 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 08/11/2020 Seaton Point 1 flushed from path. 63 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 05/11/2020 Seaton Point 2 in-off. 1 missed my head by feet. 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/05/2020 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 23/11/2020 Longhouton Steel Flew north, landing twice. 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 08/05/2020 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/08/2020 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 17/09/2020 Longhouton Steel area Picked up fairly high inland flying around before it dropped onto the beack S of Low Steads. Then flew short distance before flying S calling. 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 19/04/2020 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/05/2020 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 21/04/2020 73 Knot Calidris canutus 23/04/2020 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 17/09/2020 S of village with BBS 75 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 22/08/2020 76 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis ********** ********** 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 20/04/2020 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 20/04/2020 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 21/04/2020 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 07/09/2020 Juv on Longhouton Steel 81 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 19/08/2023 N of village, MH find. 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 09/06/2023 Seaton Pt Flew S 83 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/04/2020 84 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 25/04/2020 85 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 13/08/2020 Longhouton Steel Self-found moulting adult 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 01/05/2020 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 25/04/2020 88 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 01/05/2020 89 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 19/04/2020 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 29/05/2020 91 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 19/04/2020 92 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 93 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 20/04/2020 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/04/2020 95 Common Gull Larus canus 19/04/2020 96 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 18/09/2020 2nd field N, 2w with mixed flock. 2x 2cy and 1 1w. 97 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 19/04/2020 98 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13/07/2022 Village 99 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 19/04/2020 100 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 08/03/2022 Boulmer Village 1w flew N at dusk. 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 24/04/2020 102 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 20/11/2020 Village, then Longhouton Steel Self found 1w offshore with 1000s of gulls of 9 species, including 1w Caspian, Little and Med. 103 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 16/08/2020 8 Juvs N 104 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 11/05/2020 105 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 08/07/2020 2N 106 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 26/05/2020 107 Puffin Fratercula arctica 21/04/2020 108 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 05/11/2020 Longhouton Steel Winter plumaged bird flew north about 1/3 out. 109 Razorbill Alca torda 21/04/2020 110 Little Auk Alle alle 15/10/2020 1 N, landing briefly 111 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 21/04/2020 112 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 25/04/2020 113 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/10/2020 Longhtouon Steel 2, 1N 1 on sea 114 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 15/05/2020 115 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 10/12/2020 Longhouton Steel Adult winter flew south mid distance. 116 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 04/08/2023 Longhoughton Steel N fairly close 117 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 16/09/2020 Seaton Pt 2 N in the evening, 1/3 and middle distance. Observed shearing, giving overall big impression. 118 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 20/04/2020 119 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 28/08/2023 Village N pretty close 120 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 27/07/2020 1 North, first for County in 2020. 121 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 122 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 10/05/2020 123 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 26/08/2020 1 dark bird S with a Manx fairly close. 124 Gannet Morus bassanus 19/04/2020 125 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 19/04/2020 126 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 28/04/2020 127 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 15/06/2020 5 SW 128 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 24/07/2020 129 Great White Egret Ardea alba 25/10/2022 Seaton Pt 2s with a L Egret 130 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 19/04/2020 131 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/05/2020 132 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/04/2020 133 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/05/2020 134 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/05/2024 Seaton Pt Ringtail in fog 135 Red Kite Milvus milvus 28/04/2020 136 Buzzard Buteo buteo 24/04/2020 137 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10/05/2020 138 Little Owl Athene noctua 139 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 19/10/2022 Seaton Pt 140 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 03/08/2020 141 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/09/2020 142 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/08/2020 143 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/10/2020 Village 1 144 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 24/04/2020 145 Merlin Falco columbarius 29/04/2020 146 Hobby Falco subbuteo 02/05/2020 147 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/05/2020 148 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 26/08/2023 Village Flew S 149 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 15/10/2022 Seaton Pt, Boulmer Self-found early evening in the caravan site. 150 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 08/10/2020 Seaton Point 151 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 07/05/2023 Seaton Pt Male found in the evening during fog 152 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/09/2020 153 Magpie Pica pica 25/04/2020 154 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 19/04/2020 155 Rook Corvus frugilegus 20/04/2020 156 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 19/04/2020 157 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 10/11/2020 Distant on TV aerial at Seahouses Farm, Howick 158 Raven Corvus corax 20/05/2020 159 Coal Tit Periparus ater 19/04/2020 160 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 13/06/2020 161 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 19/04/2020 162 Great Tit Parus major 19/04/2020 163 Skylark Alauda arvensis 19/04/2020 164 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/04/2020 165 Swallow Hirundo rustica 19/04/2020 166 House Martin Delichon urbicum 28/04/2020 167 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/05/2020 168 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 16/06/2020 Seaton Point 169 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 20/09/2020 Bench N of village, fresh in calling. 170 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 09/11/2020 Seaton Point Self-found - a real pain of a bird to pin down. 171 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 25/04/2020 172 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 19/04/2020 173 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 28/05/2020 174 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 01/08/2020 175 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 16/05/2022 Seaton Pt 176 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 25/04/2020 177 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 03/11/2020 Seaton Point layby Very late record 178 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 08/05/2020 179 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2020 180 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 16/05/2022 Seaton Pt Male found by Mark Eaton. 181 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 25/04/2020 182 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 24/04/2020 183 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 25/11/2020 Howick Burn 184 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 25/11/2020 Howick Burn 185 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 19/04/2020 186 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 19/04/2020 187 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 19/04/2020 188 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/10/2020 189 Blackbird Turdus merula 19/04/2020 190 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/11/2020 Base 191 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16/04/2022 Seaton Pt Male in-off then west. 192 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/06/2020 193 Robin Erithacus rubecula 19/04/2020 194 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 02/10/2020 Boulmer On beach in and out of Marram grass 50m N of the car park. 195 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/08/2020 196 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/10/2020 N of village 197 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 03/10/2020 Village beachfront 2 198 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 07/05/2020 199 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 20/04/2020 200 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/04/2020 201 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 22/10/2020 Seaton Point by Layby Female, found by Stewart 202 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 24/04/2020 203 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 19/04/2020 204 Dunnock Prunella modularis 20/04/2020 205 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 20/04/2020 206 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 26/05/2020 207 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 19/04/2020 6 white also 208 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 19/04/2020 209 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 09/09/2023 N of village 210 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 09/10/2023 Longhoughton Steel, Boulmer Bird flushed with other Pipits and flew inland calling. 211 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 05/11/2020 Seaton Point 212 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/09/2020 213 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 19/04/2020 214 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/10/2020 Village 3 215 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 12/06/2020 216 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 21/04/2020 217 Twite Linaria flavirostris 09/10/2020 2 218 Linnet Linaria cannabina 19/04/2020 219 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 08/10/2020 Seaton Point Dropped into hedge from N, then dropped down. 220 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 04/09/2020 221 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 20/06/2020 222 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 19/04/2020 223 Siskin Spinus spinus 20/06/2020 224 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 19/09/2020 Longhouton Steel In-off, 2 the next day. 225 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/11/2020 Longhouton Steel In-off 226 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 26/04/2020 227 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 20/04/2020