Joe Dobinson: Northumberland Year List 2021 BOU, Lockdown (COVID-19) Record(s) 1 to 122 of 122 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 The Gut 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 The Gut 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 20/03/2021 Swallow Pond 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2021 The Gut 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2021 Swallow Pond 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/03/2021 Swallow Pond 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 The Gut 11 Pintail Anas acuta 29/03/2021 Swallow Pond 12 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 The Gut 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 15 Scaup Aythya marila 30/11/2021 Swallow Pond 16 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 17 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 18 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/01/2021 Killingworth Moor 19 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 20 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2021 Swallow Pond 21 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 22 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 23 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Garden 24 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2021 Prospect Avenue 25 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 26 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 The Gut 27 Coot Fulica atra 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 28 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 29 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 21/02/2021 Killingworth Lake 30 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 15/02/2021 Swallow Pond 31 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 32 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/04/2021 River Tyne, Wallsend. 33 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 26/04/2021 Swallow Pond 34 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 35 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 The Gut 36 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 37 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 38 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 39 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/05/2021 Swallow Pond 40 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 The Gut 41 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 26/04/2021 Swallow Pond 42 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/02/2021 Walker Riverside 43 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 The Gut 44 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 18/01/2021 Swallow Pond 45 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Coast Road 46 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Over Garden 47 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 The Gut 48 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/03/2021 Walker Riverside A nice adult 49 Razorbill Alca torda 17/09/2021 Walker Riverside Country Park Amazing record! 50 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 22/10/2021 Walker Riverside Country Park An amazing 26 birds 51 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 The Gut 52 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 12/02/2021 Swallow Pond 53 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2021 Killingworth Lake 54 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 Wallsend Burn 55 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 56 Barn Owl Tyto alba 03/04/2021 Swallow Pond 57 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/02/2021 Killingworth Moor 58 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 21/02/2021 Swallow Pond 59 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 22/01/2021 Henderson Hall 60 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 Hall Grounds 61 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 62 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 Wallsend Burn 63 Merlin Falco columbarius 23/02/2021 Swallow Pond 64 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 13/02/2021 Swallow Pond 65 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 10/02/2021 Walker Park 66 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 67 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Garden 68 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Garden 69 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2021 Swallow Pond 70 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 71 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Garden 72 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 12/01/2021 Swallow Pond 73 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Garden 74 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Garden 75 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/02/2021 Station Road Fields 76 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/04/2021 Swallow Pond 77 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2021 Swallow Pond 78 House Martin Delichon urbicum 26/04/2021 Swallow Pond 79 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/03/2021 Backworth 80 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 81 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 05/04/2021 Swallow Pond 82 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/03/2021 Swallow Pond 83 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 28/04/2021 Swallow Pond 84 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2021 Killingworth Lake 85 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 26/04/2021 Swallow Pond 86 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/04/2021 Wallsend Dene 87 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 22/05/2021 Swallow Pond 88 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/04/2021 Swallow Pond 89 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2021 Swallow Pond 90 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 06/01/2021 Swallow Pond 91 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 92 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 93 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 12/01/2021 Swallow Pond 94 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Prospect Avenue 95 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 The Gut 96 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 97 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Richardson Dees Park 98 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Garden 99 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 The Gut 100 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Garden 101 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 102 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/03/2021 Swallow Pond 103 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 25/01/2021 Jesmond Dene 104 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/01/2021 Swallow Pond 105 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Garden 106 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Wallsend Burn 107 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 20/04/2021 Swallow Pond 108 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2021 The Gut 109 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 04/01/2021 Swallow Pond 110 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 27/01/2021 Swallow Pond 111 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Hall Grounds 112 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 Swallow Pond 113 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 The Gut 114 Linnet Linaria cannabina 26/02/2021 Swallow Pond 115 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 12/02/2021 Swallow Pond 116 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 27/01/2021 Swallow Pond 117 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 04/01/2021 Swallow Pond 118 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 The Gut 119 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2021 Swallow Pond 120 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 14/04/2021 Swallow Pond Mega 121 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/01/2021 Killingworth Moor 122 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2021 Swallow Pond