Ged Russell: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 335 of 335 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 10/05/1993 Hargreaves Quarry, Teesside Also 3 seen 28th May 2003 at Dormans Pool, Teesside 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 15/09/1994 Reclamation Pond, Teesside Another on 12th Sep 2007 at Haverton Hole 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 15/03/2021 Port Clarence Flood, Teesside 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 23 Pintail Anas acuta 24 Teal Anas crecca 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Scaup Aythya marila 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 05/04/2003 Bishop Middleham, Co Durham 32 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 02/05/1992 St Abb's Head, Berwickshire 33 Eider Somateria mollissima 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 36 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 16/12/2018 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, Northumberland 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 38 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 43 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 44 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 45 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 46 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 47 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 48 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 49 Quail Coturnix coturnix 50 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 51 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 52 Swift Apus apus 53 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 05/07/1995 Brinefields/Long Drag, Teesside 54 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 55 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 56 Stock Dove Columba oenas 57 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 58 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 59 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 60 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 61 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 03/11/2007 Monk's House Pool, Northumberland 62 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 63 Coot Fulica atra 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 65 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 09/05/1993 Warkworth Lane Pond, Northumberland 66 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 67 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 68 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 69 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 70 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 71 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 72 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 73 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 74 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 75 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 76 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 17/08/2020 Druridge Bay 77 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 78 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 79 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 80 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 81 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 82 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 83 Curlew Numenius arquata 84 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 85 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 86 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 07/11/2012 Long Nanny, Northumberland and at Cresswell, 12th Dec 2015 87 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 01/10/1999 Greatham Creek, Teesside 88 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 89 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 90 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 91 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 92 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 13/07/2008 Saltholme, Teesside 93 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 94 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21/09/1997 Long Drag, Teesside 95 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 96 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 97 Redshank Tringa totanus 98 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 13/08/2003 Dormans Pool, Teesside Plus same bird (?) on 25th Sep 2003 at Cowpen Marsh and 16th Oct 2003 at Swallow Fleet 99 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 100 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 101 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 102 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 19/10/1996 Seal Sands, Teesside The infamous 'great dot' 103 Knot Calidris canutus 104 Ruff Calidris pugnax 105 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 25/07/1994 Greatham Creek, Teesside 106 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 21/09/2010 Greatham Creek, Teesside 107 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 05/08/2012 Newton Pools, Northumberland 108 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 109 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 20/05/1990 Long Drag, Teesside 110 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 111 Sanderling Calidris alba 112 Dunlin Calidris alpina 113 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 114 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 10/10/2016 Newton Pools, Northumberland 115 Little Stint Calidris minuta 116 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 24/07/1990 Saltholme, Teesside 117 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 118 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 02/07/2011 Saltholme, Teesside 119 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 29/05/2015 Bothal Pond, Northumberland 120 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 121 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 24/07/2021 Saltholme 122 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 09/05/2016 Saltholme, Teesside 123 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 124 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 125 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 126 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 127 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 128 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 129 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 10/06/1990 Farne Islands, Northumberland 130 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 131 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 15/06/1995 Seal Sands/Greatham Creek, Teesside 132 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 133 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 134 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 05/11/2021 Monks House Pool 135 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 136 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 19/06/1991 Reclamation Pond, Teesside 137 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 138 Common Gull Larus canus 139 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 140 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 141 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 142 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 143 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 144 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 145 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 146 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 03/01/2009 Holme Fleet, Teesside 147 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 148 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 149 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 150 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 151 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 152 Puffin Fratercula arctica 153 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 154 Razorbill Alca torda 155 Little Auk Alle alle 156 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 157 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 158 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 159 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 23/01/2017 Druridge Bay, Northumberland 160 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 161 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 162 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 13/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 163 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 164 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 165 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 166 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 167 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 168 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 169 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 170 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 171 Gannet Morus bassanus 172 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 173 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 174 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 21/10/1991 Charltons Pond, Billingham 175 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 176 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 177 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 178 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 179 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 180 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 181 Great White Egret Ardea alba 182 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 183 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 07/06/2021 Dorman's Pool 184 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 185 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 186 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 187 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 188 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 189 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 190 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 191 Red Kite Milvus milvus 192 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 193 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 194 Buzzard Buteo buteo 195 Barn Owl Tyto alba 196 Little Owl Athene noctua 197 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 198 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 199 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 200 Hoopoe Upupa epops 201 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 14/10/2006 Beal, Northumberland 202 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 203 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 204 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 205 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 206 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 207 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 208 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 209 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 16/05/1990 North Tees Marshes, Teesside 210 Merlin Falco columbarius 211 Hobby Falco subbuteo 212 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 213 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 214 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 12/10/1991 North Gare, Teesside 215 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 216 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 22/11/2013 Newton Links, Northumberland also at Holy Island on 5th October 2020 217 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 218 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 219 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/10/2020 Holy Island 220 Jay Garrulus glandarius 221 Magpie Pica pica 222 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 223 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 224 Rook Corvus frugilegus 225 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 226 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 227 Raven Corvus corax 228 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 229 Coal Tit Periparus ater 230 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 231 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 232 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 233 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 234 Great Tit Parus major 235 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 236 Woodlark Lullula arborea 237 Skylark Alauda arvensis 238 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 239 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 240 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 241 Swallow Hirundo rustica 242 House Martin Delichon urbicum 243 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 244 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 245 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 246 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 27/03/2008 Norton Churchyard, Teesside 247 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 248 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 249 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 250 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 251 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 252 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 30/09/2020 Budle Bay 253 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 22/05/2019 Saltholme, Teesside 254 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 255 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 256 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 257 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 258 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 259 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 260 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 261 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 262 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 263 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Plus the Desert Lesser Whitethroat at South Gare, Teesside on 23rd November 2000 264 Whitethroat Curruca communis 265 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 266 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 267 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 268 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 269 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 270 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 271 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 272 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 273 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 274 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 275 Redwing Turdus iliacus 276 Blackbird Turdus merula 277 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 278 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 279 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 280 Robin Erithacus rubecula 281 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 282 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 25/05/1995 South Gare, Teesside 283 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 284 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 18/10/2020 Trow Quarry, South Shields 285 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 286 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 287 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 288 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Eastern Black Redstart at Skinningrove, 20th Dec 2016 289 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 290 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 17/10/2020 South Gare 291 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 15/10/2016 Huntcliff, Saltburn-by-the-Sea 292 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 293 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 294 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 02/11/2014 North Gare, Teesside 295 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 13/11/2021 Whitburn 296 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 297 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 298 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 299 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 18/10/2016 Hendon, Sunderland 300 Dunnock Prunella modularis 301 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 302 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 303 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 304 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 305 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 306 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 21/07/1996 Bamburgh, Northumberland 307 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 308 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 309 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 310 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 311 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 312 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 313 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 314 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 315 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 26/09/1994 South Gare, Teesside 316 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 317 Twite Linaria flavirostris 318 Linnet Linaria cannabina 319 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 320 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 321 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 322 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 17/11/1990 Lockwood Beck, Cleveland 323 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 324 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 325 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 12/11/2008 Hasty Bank, North Yorkshire 326 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 327 Serin Serinus serinus 16/05/1993 South Gare,Teesside 328 Siskin Spinus spinus 329 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 330 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 331 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 332 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 333 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 334 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 335 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus