Luke Nash: Durham Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 206 of 206 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 07/01/2024 Bishop Middleham, County Durham 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 20 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 25 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 26 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30 Swift Apus apus 31 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 32 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 38 Coot Fulica atra 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 40 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 42 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 11/01/2024 Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 43 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/05/2022 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 49 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 55 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 56 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 57 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 58 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 59 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 27/04/2022 60 Redshank Tringa totanus 61 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 62 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 64 Knot Calidris canutus 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 66 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 16/05/2023 Cowpen Bewley, Cleveland 67 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 07/09/2023 Saltholme, Cleveland 68 Sanderling Calidris alba 69 Dunlin Calidris alpina 70 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 71 Little Stint Calidris minuta 72 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 16/05/2024 Seaton Carew, Cleveland 73 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 12/06/2023 Saltholme, Cleveland 74 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 75 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 76 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 77 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 78 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 79 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 80 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 10/05/2022 Washington WWT 81 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 82 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 83 Common Gull Larus canus 84 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 14/03/2023 Haverton Hill, Cleveland 85 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 86 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 87 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 88 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 02/04/2023 Hendon 89 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 90 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 91 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 92 Puffin Fratercula arctica 93 Razorbill Alca torda 94 Little Auk Alle alle 95 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 96 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 97 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 98 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 99 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 100 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 101 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 102 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 103 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 104 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 105 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 12/04/2023 Port Clarence, Cleveland 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 109 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 28/05/2023 Bishop Middleham, County Durham 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 111 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 114 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 115 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 116 Red Kite Milvus milvus 117 Buzzard Buteo buteo 118 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 119 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 24/04/2024 Saltholme, Cleveland 120 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 121 Hoopoe Upupa epops 21/04/2023 Langdon Beck, County Durham 122 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 123 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 124 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 125 Merlin Falco columbarius 14/03/2023 Saltholme, Cleveland 126 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/02/2023 Willington, County Durham 127 Jay Garrulus glandarius 128 Magpie Pica pica 129 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 130 Rook Corvus frugilegus 131 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 132 Raven Corvus corax 133 Coal Tit Periparus ater 134 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 135 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 136 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 137 Great Tit Parus major 138 Skylark Alauda arvensis 139 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 140 Swallow Hirundo rustica 141 House Martin Delichon urbicum 142 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 143 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 144 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 12/09/2022 Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 145 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 146 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 18/10/2023 Whitburn, County Durham 147 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 148 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 149 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 23/10/2021 Hartlepool Headland 150 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 05/06/2023 Saltholme, Cleveland 151 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 152 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 153 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 20/06/2023 Saltholme, Cleveland 154 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 155 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 156 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 157 Whitethroat Curruca communis 158 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 02/04/2023 Trow Quarry 159 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 160 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 161 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 162 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 163 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 164 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 165 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 166 Redwing Turdus iliacus 167 Blackbird Turdus merula 168 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 169 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 19/04/2023 Cauldron Snout, Cow Green Reservoir, County Durham 170 Robin Erithacus rubecula 171 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 18/10/2020 Trow Quarry, South Shields 172 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 173 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 174 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 175 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 176 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 27/10/2022 Whitburn, County Durham 177 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 178 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 179 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 10/11/2021 Whitburn Steel 180 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 181 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 182 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 183 Dunnock Prunella modularis 184 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 185 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 186 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 187 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 19/10/2023 Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland 188 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 189 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 190 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 191 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 192 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 193 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 18/10/2023 Trow Quarry, County Durham 194 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 195 Twite Linaria flavirostris 196 Linnet Linaria cannabina 197 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 198 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 199 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 14/03/2023 Dorman's Pool, Cleveland 200 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 201 Siskin Spinus spinus 202 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 203 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 24/11/2021 Ferry Road, Hartlepool 204 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 205 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 24/04/2024 Hartlepool, Cleveland 206 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 18/05/2024 Boldon Flats, County Durham