Philip Niall: RSPB Saltholme Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 159 of 159 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 12/01/2024 Seaton Carew 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 15/05/2024 RSPB Saltholme 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15/03/2024 RSPB Saltholme 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16/01/2024 Saltholme 2 x seen. Ponds 50% frozen 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13/03/2024 Billingham Beck Ecology Centre 2 birds seen - Male & Female 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 08/01/2024 Durham 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 06/05/2024 Saltholme 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 16/01/2024 Saltholme Ponds 50% frozen 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/02/2024 Saltholme Hide Guides P & A sighting Wednesday 7th Feb from Saltholme West Pool 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 09/03/2024 North York Moors 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 14/02/2024 Saltholme 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 20/04/2024 Running across road, Great Ayton 32 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2024 Saltholme 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Home 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas Saltholme 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Home 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 12/01/2024 South Gare 42 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 23/03/2024 RSPB St.Aidans 43 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 07/02/2024 Saltholme Not often seen at Saltholme! 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 07/02/2024 Saltholme First return of two birds (probably bonded pair) this year for RSPB Saltholme 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Cowpen Marsh 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Newburn Bridge 48 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/03/2024 RSPB Saltholme 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 11/05/2024 Teesmouth NNR - Seal Sands 51 Curlew Numenius arquata 52 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 12/01/2024 South Gare Not often seen at Saltholme main reserve. Seen at South Gare and at Cowpen Marsh sattelite area. 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 54 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 55 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos ********** ********** 56 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Haverton Pipeline Pool 57 Redshank Tringa totanus 58 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/03/2024 Greatham Creek 59 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/04/2024 Greatham Creek, Saline Lagoon 60 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Redcar 61 Knot Calidris canutus 02/03/2024 Seal Sands hide 62 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/04/2024 Saltholme 63 Sanderling Calidris alba Redcar 64 Dunlin Calidris alpina 65 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Redcar 66 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 06/05/2024 Seaton Carew 67 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2024 Saltholme 68 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/04/2024 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 70 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 20/01/2024 Newburn Bridge 71 Common Gull Larus canus 72 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 73 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Saltholme 74 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 12/01/2024 Hartlepool (Gun Battery) 75 Puffin Fratercula arctica 13/04/2024 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 76 Razorbill Alca torda 77 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 78 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 79 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 13/04/2024 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 80 Gannet Morus bassanus 13/04/2024 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 81 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 82 Shag Gulosus aristotelis South Gare 83 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Saltholme 84 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 85 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 16/01/2024 Sub-Station 3 x seen 86 Great White Egret Ardea alba 87 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 88 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/02/2024 Home 89 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 90 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 91 Red Kite Milvus milvus 23/03/2024 RSPB St.Aidans 92 Buzzard Buteo buteo Holme Fleet 93 Barn Owl Tyto alba 94 Little Owl Athene noctua 23/03/2024 RSPB St.Aidans 95 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 27/02/2024 Holme Fleet 96 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 28/01/2024 RSPB Saltholme 97 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major CBW 98 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 99 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 14/02/2024 Saltholme 100 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 16/03/2024 Billingham Beck Ecology Park 101 Jay Garrulus glandarius 20/04/2024 Great Ayton Flying over road 102 Magpie Pica pica 103 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 104 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Home 105 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 106 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/02/2024 RSPB Saltholme 107 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 28/02/2024 RSPB 108 Coal Tit Periparus ater 109 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 110 Great Tit Parus major 111 Skylark Alauda arvensis 12/01/2024 South Gare 112 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 17/03/2024 RSPB Saltholme 113 Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2024 Saltholme 114 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2024 Saltholme 115 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 02/05/2024 Saltholme Eventually seen! 116 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Saltholme and CBW 117 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 13/04/2024 Scaling Dam 118 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/03/2024 RSPB 119 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/05/2024 Saltholme 120 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 06/05/2024 Saltholme 121 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 06/05/2024 Saltholme 122 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 10/04/2024 Saltholme 123 Whitethroat Curruca communis 10/04/2024 Saltholme 124 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 125 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 20/01/2024 Hardwick Park 126 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris CBW 127 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 128 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 12/04/2024 Saltholme 129 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 30/03/2024 Scaling Dam 130 Redwing Turdus iliacus 131 Blackbird Turdus merula 132 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 17/02/2024 Zinc Road 133 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 13/04/2024 RSPB Bempton Cliffs 134 Robin Erithacus rubecula 135 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 27/04/2024 Snilesworth, N.Yorks 136 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 137 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2024 RSPB 138 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 20/04/2024 Great Ayton 139 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 140 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Home 141 Dunnock Prunella modularis Home 142 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 26/04/2024 North Gare NNR. Blue Headed Sub Species (ssp) 143 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/03/2024 Scaling Dam 144 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Also seen White Wagtail - Zinc Rd on 19.4.24 145 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 16/03/2024 Teesmouth NNR Seal Sands 146 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Hartlepool 147 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 148 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 14/01/2024 Saltholme Under feeders 149 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 150 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula CBW 151 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 152 Twite Linaria flavirostris 27/03/2024 RSPB 153 Linnet Linaria cannabina 154 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 155 Siskin Spinus spinus 156 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis South Gare 157 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella CBW (Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park) 158 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 159 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 25/04/2024 Hartlepool back garden