Neil Hinchliff: Northumberland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 209 of 209 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 27/09/2023 ross 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 02/03/2023 earsden 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Scaup Aythya marila 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 10/01/2022 stag rocks, bamburgh 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 34 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 20/03/2023 bamburgh 35 Swift Apus apus 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 42 Coot Fulica atra 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 44 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 51 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 09/08/2020 boulmer 52 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 56 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 low newton 57 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 58 Curlew Numenius arquata 59 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 60 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 02/04/2023 holy island 62 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 63 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 02/11/2021 newstead, northumberland 64 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 65 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 66 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 67 Redshank Tringa totanus 68 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 69 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 70 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 71 Knot Calidris canutus 72 Ruff Calidris pugnax 73 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 18/05/2023 low newton 74 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 08/06/2021 blythe 75 Sanderling Calidris alba 76 Dunlin Calidris alpina 77 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 78 Little Stint Calidris minuta 79 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 80 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 81 Black Tern Chlidonias niger american 82 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 29/06/2023 east chev 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 85 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 07/07/2022 coquet 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 89 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 90 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 28/11/2022 stag rocks 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 92 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 93 Common Gull Larus canus 94 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 17/08/2022 amble 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 96 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 97 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 98 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 102 Razorbill Alca torda 103 Little Auk Alle alle 104 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 105 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 106 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 107 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 109 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 110 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 111 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 17/08/2022 cullernose 112 Gannet Morus bassanus 113 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 114 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 115 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 116 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/05/2023 tweed 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 120 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 18/05/2023 low newton 121 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 122 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 24/07/2023 salutation 123 Red Kite Milvus milvus 124 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 125 Buzzard Buteo buteo 126 Barn Owl Tyto alba 127 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 19/10/2022 newton 128 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 129 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 130 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 17/08/2022 beadnell 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 132 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 22/09/2023 eglingham 133 Merlin Falco columbarius 134 Hobby Falco subbuteo 135 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 136 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 137 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 11/10/2021 holy island 138 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 21/10/2023 snook HI 139 Jay Garrulus glandarius 07/07/2022 alnwick way 140 Magpie Pica pica 141 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 142 Rook Corvus frugilegus 143 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 144 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 28/01/2024 145 Raven Corvus corax 146 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 07/01/2024 147 Coal Tit Periparus ater 148 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 149 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 150 Great Tit Parus major 151 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 152 Skylark Alauda arvensis 153 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 154 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 155 Swallow Hirundo rustica 156 House Martin Delichon urbicum 157 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 158 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 08/10/2023 HI 159 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 21/10/2022 HI 160 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 161 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 162 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 10/10/2023 HI 163 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 29/02/2020 east chevington 164 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 165 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 166 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 167 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 168 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 169 Whitethroat Curruca communis 170 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 171 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 172 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 173 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 174 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 175 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 176 Redwing Turdus iliacus 177 Blackbird Turdus merula 178 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 179 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 180 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 28/05/2022 holy island 181 Robin Erithacus rubecula 182 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 21/10/2022 HI 183 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/09/2022 HI 184 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 185 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 186 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 27/07/2023 monks ho 187 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 188 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 189 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 190 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 191 Dunnock Prunella modularis 192 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 193 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 194 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 195 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 196 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 197 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 198 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 21/10/2022 HI 199 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 15/11/2023 anbey mills 200 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 201 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 202 Twite Linaria flavirostris 203 Linnet Linaria cannabina 204 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 205 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 206 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 207 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 208 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 209 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus