Julian Pickering: Swillington Ings Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 140 of 140 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Pintail Anas acuta 14 Teal Anas crecca 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18 Goosander Mergus merganser 19 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 21 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 22 Swift Apus apus 23 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 24 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 25 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 15/09/2021 26 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 27 Coot Fulica atra 28 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 29 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 30 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 31 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 32 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 33 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 34 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 18/09/2021 35 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 36 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 37 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 38 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 39 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 40 Curlew Numenius arquata 41 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 42 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 43 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 44 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 45 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 46 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 47 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 48 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 49 Redshank Tringa totanus 50 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 18/09/2021 51 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/09/2021 52 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 53 Ruff Calidris pugnax 25/08/2021 54 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 55 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 08/10/2021 Eastern reedbed 1st year? 1st picked up from path between reedbeds on close mud through reeds! Apparently actually an adult. 56 Dunlin Calidris alpina 57 Little Stint Calidris minuta 28/08/2021 58 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 22/08/2021 Astley 3 59 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 60 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 61 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 62 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 63 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 64 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 18/05/2021 ridge and furrow 65 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 66 Common Gull Larus canus 67 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 68 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 69 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 70 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 71 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 72 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 73 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 74 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 75 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/11/2021 From r&f nw 76 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 77 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 78 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 79 Red Kite Milvus milvus 80 Buzzard Buteo buteo 81 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 82 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 83 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 84 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 85 Hobby Falco subbuteo 12/06/2021 Bowes Took prey before flying north then east 86 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 87 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 18/09/2021 88 Jay Garrulus glandarius 89 Magpie Pica pica 90 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 91 Rook Corvus frugilegus 92 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 93 Coal Tit Periparus ater 94 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 95 Great Tit Parus major 96 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 97 Skylark Alauda arvensis 98 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 99 Swallow Hirundo rustica 100 House Martin Delichon urbicum 101 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 102 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 103 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 104 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 105 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 106 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 107 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 108 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 109 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 110 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 111 Whitethroat Curruca communis 112 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla River Bank below Methley bridge 113 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 114 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 115 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 116 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 117 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 118 Redwing Turdus iliacus 16/10/2021 Astley 119 Blackbird Turdus merula 120 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 18/10/2021 Hide 121 Robin Erithacus rubecula 122 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 123 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 124 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 125 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 126 Dunnock Prunella modularis 127 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 128 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 129 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 130 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 131 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 132 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 133 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 134 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 135 Linnet Linaria cannabina 136 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 137 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 138 Siskin Spinus spinus 139 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 26/06/2021 Gamblethorpe 140 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus