Alan Tilmouth: Northumberland Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 188 of 188 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 13/10/2023 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 28/09/2023 Ross 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/10/2023 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 28/02/2023 Beehive Flash 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 11/01/2023 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2023 Woodhorn 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 06/01/2023 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2023 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 26/01/2023 Bothal Pond 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 24/03/2023 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 19/04/2023 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 13/01/2023 Newbiggin Point 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 04/12/2023 Druridge Bay CP 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 10/04/2023 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 13/01/2023 Newbiggin Point 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/11/2023 Bothal Pond 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 04/01/2023 Morpeth 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 02/05/2023 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2023 Hemscott Hill 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2023 Widdrington 34 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 17/03/2023 Bamburgh 35 Swift Apus apus 06/05/2023 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 08/05/2023 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 15/01/2023 Feral Pigeon 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 19/01/2023 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 42 Coot Fulica atra 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2023 44 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 03/03/2023 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/03/2023 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/01/2023 Widdrington Moor Lake 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 22/03/2023 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/01/2023 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 15/05/2023 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/01/2023 Cambois 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 06/01/2023 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 17/01/2023 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 29/04/2023 61 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 19/01/2023 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 08/01/2023 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 13/10/2023 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 66 Knot Calidris canutus 13/10/2023 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 68 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2023 69 Dunlin Calidris alpina 70 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 06/01/2023 71 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 31/07/2023 72 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 20/04/2023 73 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 14/04/2023 74 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 31/07/2023 75 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 06/04/2023 76 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 14/04/2023 77 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 18/01/2023 78 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 79 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 80 Common Gull Larus canus 81 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 82 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 83 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 07/02/2023 Newbiggin Point 84 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 17/03/2023 85 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 18/10/2023 86 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 31/07/2023 87 Puffin Fratercula arctica 11/06/2023 88 Razorbill Alca torda 06/01/2023 89 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 90 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 91 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 06/01/2023 92 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 31/07/2023 93 Gannet Morus bassanus 94 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 95 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 22/02/2023 96 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 26/01/2023 Castle Island 97 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 18/10/2023 West Sleekburn 98 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 99 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 31/05/2023 100 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 11/01/2023 101 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 29/04/2023 102 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/01/2023 103 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/01/2023 Widdrington Moor Lake 104 Red Kite Milvus milvus 16/02/2023 Longhirst Flash 105 Buzzard Buteo buteo 106 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/01/2023 107 Little Owl Athene noctua 28/06/2023 108 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 109 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 16/11/2023 110 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/01/2023 Linton 111 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 19/01/2023 112 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Widdrington Moor Lake 113 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 20/09/2023 Eglingham 114 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/05/2023 115 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 15/01/2023 Newbiggin Point 116 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 19/02/2023 Wallsend 117 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 24/03/2023 Harwood 118 Jay Garrulus glandarius 19/01/2023 119 Magpie Pica pica 120 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 121 Rook Corvus frugilegus 122 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 123 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 02/01/2023 Linton 124 Raven Corvus corax 20/01/2023 125 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 07/02/2023 Bedlington 126 Coal Tit Periparus ater 08/01/2023 127 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/02/2023 128 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 24/01/2023 Pegswood 129 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 130 Great Tit Parus major 131 Skylark Alauda arvensis 17/01/2023 132 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2023 133 Swallow Hirundo rustica 30/03/2023 134 House Martin Delichon urbicum 04/04/2023 Bothal Pond 135 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 11/01/2023 136 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2023 137 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 19/03/2023 138 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 13/10/2023 Holy Island 139 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 12/06/2023 140 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 23/04/2023 141 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 15/04/2023 142 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/06/2023 143 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 06/05/2023 144 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2023 145 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 19/10/2023 146 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 10/01/2023 Bothal Pond 147 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 06/01/2023 148 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/01/2023 149 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 19/01/2023 150 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 151 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/01/2023 152 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 04/01/2023 Howburn Woods 153 Redwing Turdus iliacus 11/01/2023 154 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2023 155 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 09/01/2023 Longhirst Flash 156 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/08/2023 157 Robin Erithacus rubecula 158 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 02/04/2023 Newbiggin 159 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 17/01/2023 Church Point 160 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27/04/2023 161 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/08/2023 162 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2023 163 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2023 164 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 04/01/2023 Morpeth 165 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 166 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 05/01/2023 167 Dunnock Prunella modularis 04/01/2023 168 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 05/05/2023 169 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 31/01/2023 Bothal 170 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 171 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 24/01/2023 172 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 23/05/2023 173 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 13/01/2023 Newbiggin 174 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/01/2023 175 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 04/01/2023 Morpeth 176 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 19/10/2023 177 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 14/11/2023 178 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2023 179 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2023 180 Twite Linaria flavirostris 13/01/2023 Cresswell Pond 181 Linnet Linaria cannabina 182 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 14/02/2023 The Mound, Newbiggin 183 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 13/01/2023 184 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 10/01/2023 185 Siskin Spinus spinus 20/01/2023 186 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 07/02/2023 Beacon Point 187 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 13/01/2023 188 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus