David Dack: Northumberland Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 226 of 226 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 26/02/2021 Cresswell pond Drake 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 32 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 33 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 37 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 38 Swift Apus apus 39 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 12/06/2021 East Chevington 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral pigeon 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 45 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 47 Coot Fulica atra 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 56 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 57 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 61 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 66 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 67 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 68 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 69 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 03/11/2021 Newstead 70 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 71 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 72 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 74 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 75 Redshank Tringa totanus 76 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 79 Knot Calidris canutus 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 81 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 82 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth 83 Sanderling Calidris alba 84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 85 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 86 Little Stint Calidris minuta 87 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 88 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 89 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 90 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 91 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 92 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 93 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 94 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 95 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 96 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 03/11/2021 Stags rock 97 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 98 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 99 Common Gull Larus canus 100 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 101 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 102 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 103 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 104 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 105 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 106 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 107 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 108 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 109 Puffin Fratercula arctica 110 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 111 Razorbill Alca torda 112 Little Auk Alle alle 113 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 28/11/2021 Newbiggin 114 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 115 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 116 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 117 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 118 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 119 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 120 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 121 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 122 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 123 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 124 Gannet Morus bassanus 125 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 126 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 127 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 128 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 129 Great White Egret Ardea alba 130 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 131 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 132 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 133 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 134 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 135 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 136 Red Kite Milvus milvus 137 Buzzard Buteo buteo 138 Barn Owl Tyto alba 139 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 140 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 141 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 142 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 143 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 144 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 145 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 10/10/2021 Holy Island 146 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 147 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 148 Jay Garrulus glandarius 149 Magpie Pica pica 150 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 151 Rook Corvus frugilegus 152 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 153 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 154 Raven Corvus corax 155 Coal Tit Periparus ater 156 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 157 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 158 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 159 Great Tit Parus major 160 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 161 Skylark Alauda arvensis 162 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 163 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 164 Swallow Hirundo rustica 165 House Martin Delichon urbicum 166 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 167 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 168 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 169 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 170 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 171 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 10/06/2021 East Chevington 172 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 173 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 174 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 175 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 176 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 177 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 178 Whitethroat Curruca communis 179 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 180 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 181 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 182 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 183 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 08/05/2021 Newbiggin 184 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 185 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 186 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 187 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 188 Redwing Turdus iliacus 189 Blackbird Turdus merula 190 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 191 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 192 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 193 Robin Erithacus rubecula 194 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 195 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 196 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 197 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 198 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 199 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 200 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 201 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 202 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 203 Dunnock Prunella modularis 204 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 205 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 206 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 207 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 208 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 209 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 210 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 23/04/2021 Low Newton Summer plumage 211 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 212 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 213 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 214 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 215 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 216 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 217 Twite Linaria flavirostris 218 Linnet Linaria cannabina 219 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 220 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 221 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 222 Siskin Spinus spinus 223 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 224 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 225 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 226 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus