George Watola: York Area Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 208 of 208 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 24/10/2023 Wheldrake Ings 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 14/02/2016 Castle Howard 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 16/03/2021 North Duffield Carrs 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31/12/2022 Castle Howard twitched 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/03/2024 Castle Howard 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 36 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 37 Swift Apus apus 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 46 Coot Fulica atra 47 Crane Grus grus 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 53 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 06/05/2023 Heslington East 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 57 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/05/2022 Burlands Lane 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 02/10/2023 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 70 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 71 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 72 Redshank Tringa totanus 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 18/06/2022 Bank Island 74 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 75 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 76 Knot Calidris canutus 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 78 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 27/08/2021 Poppleton Pool of Destiny 79 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/09/2021 Acaster airfield 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 83 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 13/06/2021 Wheldrake Ings 84 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 31/05/1995 Wheldrake Ings 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 88 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 12/02/2023 92 Common Gull Larus canus 93 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 94 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 95 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 96 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 97 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 98 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 99 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 100 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 101 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 26/08/2008 Cawood 102 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 103 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 21/02/2018 North Selby Landfill 104 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 105 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 01/06/2023 Bank Island, Wheldrake Ings twitched 106 Great White Egret Ardea alba 107 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 108 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/10/2000 109 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 110 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 111 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 112 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 113 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 24/11/2022 Bank Island 114 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 10/07/2006 Terrington York Bird Report 2006 115 Red Kite Milvus milvus 116 Black Kite Milvus migrans 21/06/2023 Elvington 117 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 118 Buzzard Buteo buteo 119 Barn Owl Tyto alba 120 Little Owl Athene noctua 121 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 122 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 17/10/2023 123 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 124 Hoopoe Upupa epops 125 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 126 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 127 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 128 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 130 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 131 Merlin Falco columbarius 132 Hobby Falco subbuteo 133 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 134 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 135 Jay Garrulus glandarius 136 Magpie Pica pica 137 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 138 Rook Corvus frugilegus 139 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 140 Raven Corvus corax 141 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 142 Coal Tit Periparus ater 143 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 144 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 145 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 146 Great Tit Parus major 147 Woodlark Lullula arborea 148 Skylark Alauda arvensis 149 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 150 Swallow Hirundo rustica 151 House Martin Delichon urbicum 152 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 31/03/2021 Castle Howard 153 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 154 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/05/2008 FERA Sand Hutton 155 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 156 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 157 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 158 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 159 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 160 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 11/05/2021 Heslington East, York First for York area, ringed 161 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 162 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 163 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 164 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 165 Whitethroat Curruca communis 166 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 167 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 168 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 169 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 170 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 171 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 172 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 173 Redwing Turdus iliacus 174 Blackbird Turdus merula 175 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 176 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 177 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 178 Robin Erithacus rubecula 179 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 180 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 181 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 182 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 183 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 184 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 185 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 186 Dunnock Prunella modularis 187 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 188 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 189 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 190 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 191 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 192 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 193 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 194 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 195 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 196 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 197 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 198 Twite Linaria flavirostris 199 Linnet Linaria cannabina 200 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 201 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 202 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 203 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 204 Siskin Spinus spinus 205 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 206 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 207 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 25/01/2017 Dunnington 208 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus