Ben Moyes: Swillington Ings Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 144 of 144 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 11/04/2024 South Ings 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 03/02/2024 single over reserve 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/03/2024 33 Main Lake 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 on Astley 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/05/2024 Astley Lake pair 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2024 14 Teal Anas crecca 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 09/05/2024 Main Lake 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 21/03/2024 2 Main Lake 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 21 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 02/03/2024 2 on hillside 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 23 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 20/03/2024 Swillington 4 24 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2024 St Aidans - West Yorks 5 over Lemonroyd 25 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 26 Stock Dove Columba oenas 27 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 28 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2024 29 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 31 Coot Fulica atra 32 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 33 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 34 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 17/03/2024 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 20/01/2024 Main Lake 36 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 30/04/2024 South Ings 37 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 07/01/2024 38 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14/04/2024 2 South Ings 39 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 09/04/2024 South Ings 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 41 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2024 St Aidans - Yorkshire 1 on Main Lake 42 Curlew Numenius arquata 43 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 17/03/2024 North Ings 44 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11/04/2024 St Aidans South Ings from Caroline Bench 45 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola over main path at dusk 46 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/01/2024 47 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 09/04/2024 48 Redshank Tringa totanus 25/02/2024 3 on Main Lake 49 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 23/04/2024 St Aidans - West Yorks 1 dropped in for 15 mins late evening before moving on 50 Knot Calidris canutus 24/03/2024 1 on Lagoon Islands 51 Sanderling Calidris alba 05/05/2024 Lagoon Islands 52 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/03/2024 2 on South Ings briefly 53 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 04/05/2024 St Aidans - West Yorkshire 2 on main lake 54 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 30/04/2024 St Aidans - Yorkshire 4 on Main Lake 55 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/04/2024 St Aidans - Yorkshire 1 on Main Lake 56 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/04/2024 St Aidans Main Lake 57 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 58 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 19/03/2024 2 adults Main Lake 59 Common Gull Larus canus 60 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 20/01/2024 Main Lake 2 1st winters 61 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 62 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 20/01/2024 Main Lake 2 adults 63 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 64 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 65 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 66 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 01/01/2024 Prison Gates 67 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 20/04/2024 Adult on South Ings 68 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 03/02/2024 booming ERB 69 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 70 Great White Egret Ardea alba 07/01/2024 71 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 72 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 73 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 74 Red Kite Milvus milvus 75 Buzzard Buteo buteo 76 Barn Owl Tyto alba 77 Little Owl Athene noctua 25/02/2024 78 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 79 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 80 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 81 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 82 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 17/03/2024 Astley Lane 83 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 07/01/2024 Methley Bridge 84 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 85 Hobby Falco subbuteo 12/05/2024 St Aidans - West Yorkshire Astley 86 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 27/04/2024 circled over Western end 87 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2024 crop fields 88 Jay Garrulus glandarius 89 Magpie Pica pica 90 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 07/01/2024 91 Rook Corvus frugilegus 92 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 93 Raven Corvus corax 25/02/2024 pair came in from Great Preston displaying and headed west 94 Coal Tit Periparus ater 07/01/2024 95 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 02/01/2024 96 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 97 Great Tit Parus major 98 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 99 Skylark Alauda arvensis 100 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 17/03/2024 101 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2024 102 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2024 103 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 104 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 105 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2024 106 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 107 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/04/2024 108 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 14/04/2024 109 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 27/04/2024 Bottom of hillside 110 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/04/2024 111 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 04/05/2024 St Aidans - West Yorkshire 112 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/04/2024 St Aidans - West Yorks VC scrub 113 Whitethroat Curruca communis 04/05/2024 114 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 115 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 116 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 25/02/2024 one with tit flock along River Aire by Methley Bridge 117 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 118 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 119 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 120 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/03/2024 singing Swilly Park 121 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2024 122 Blackbird Turdus merula 123 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 124 Robin Erithacus rubecula 125 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 27/04/2024 St Aidans North Ings 126 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 127 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/03/2024 Swilly Ings triangle field 128 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 07/01/2024 129 Dunnock Prunella modularis 130 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 09/04/2024 South Ings 131 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 07/01/2024 132 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 20/01/2024 Main Lake 133 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 134 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 13/01/2024 ERB 135 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 136 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 07/01/2024 137 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 138 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 139 Linnet Linaria cannabina 140 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 141 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 142 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2024 143 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 144 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus