Alan Whitehead: Spurn Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 77 of 77 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 5 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 6 Gadwall Mareca strepera 7 Wigeon Mareca penelope 8 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 9 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 10 Swift Apus apus 11 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 12 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 14 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 15 Coot Fulica atra 16 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 17 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 18 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 19 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 20 Curlew Numenius arquata 21 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 22 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 23 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 24 Redshank Tringa totanus 25 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 26 Knot Calidris canutus 27 Sanderling Calidris alba 28 Dunlin Calidris alpina 29 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 30 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 31 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 32 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 33 Common Gull Larus canus 34 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 35 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 36 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 37 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 10/02/2023 38 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 39 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 40 Gannet Morus bassanus 41 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 42 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 43 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 44 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 45 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 46 Buzzard Buteo buteo 47 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 48 Magpie Pica pica 49 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 50 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 51 Great Tit Parus major 52 Skylark Alauda arvensis 53 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 54 Swallow Hirundo rustica 55 House Martin Delichon urbicum 56 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 57 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 58 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 59 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 60 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 61 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 62 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 63 Redwing Turdus iliacus 64 Blackbird Turdus merula 65 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 66 Robin Erithacus rubecula 67 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 68 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 69 Dunnock Prunella modularis 70 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 71 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 72 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 73 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 74 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 75 Linnet Linaria cannabina 76 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 77 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis