Sue Woulahan: Britain Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 231 of 231 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/01/2023 Paull 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons North Cave Wetlands 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/02/2023 Blacktoft Sands 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Norfolk 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2023 Paull 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 11 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 09/01/2022 Hornsea Mere 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/05/2023 Higheske 13 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 14/10/2023 Tophill Low 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/09/2023 Spurn 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 19 Pintail Anas acuta 07/04/2023 Spurn 20 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 11/04/2024 Spurn 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 02/06/2022 Hornsea Mere 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 14/10/2023 Tophill Low 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 27 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 16/05/2023 Scotland 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Hornsea Mere 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18/04/2023 Scarborough 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/03/2023 Spurn 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 11/10/2023 Hornsea Seafront 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 26/05/2023 Yorkshire Moors 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/07/2023 Blacktoft Sands 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/04/2023 Spurn 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 16/06/2023 Yorkshire Moors 41 Swift Apus apus 27/04/2023 Wassand 42 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 28/10/2023 Hornsea 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/05/2023 Higheske 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 20/02/2023 Hornsea Seafront 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Hornsea 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2023 Hornsea 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 24/02/2023 Far Ings 49 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana North Cave Wetlands 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 51 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 52 Crane Grus grus Blacktoft Sands 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Hornsea Mere 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 14/04/2023 St Aidens 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2023 Paull 58 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/03/2023 Spurn 59 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/03/2023 Spurn 60 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 24/02/2023 Far Ings 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/03/2023 Spurn 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 08/06/2023 North Cave Wetlands 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 05/01/2023 Paull 64 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 15/05/2023 Northumberland 65 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 29/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 28/04/2023 Spurn 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/03/2023 Spurn 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/02/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Far Ings 71 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 09/02/2023 Blacktoft Sands 73 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Spurn 74 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/05/2023 Higheske 75 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 21/04/2023 Tophill Low 76 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 30/06/2023 Blacktoft Sands 77 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2023 Paull 78 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/05/2024 Swinemoor 79 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 30/06/2023 Blacktoft Sands 80 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 28/04/2023 Spurn 81 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 26/01/2023 Hornsea Seafront 82 Knot Calidris canutus 03/03/2023 Spurn 83 Ruff Calidris pugnax Spurn 84 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 15/09/2023 Spurn 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2023 Hornsea Seafront 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/03/2023 Spurn 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 30/04/2023 Flamborough 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 18/08/2023 Spurn 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/09/2023 Tophill Low 90 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 02/06/2023 Spurn 91 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 23/10/2023 Hornsea Seafront 92 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 24/06/2023 Hornsea Mere 93 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Spurn 94 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/05/2023 Higheske 95 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 30/04/2023 Flamborough 96 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/06/2023 Hornsea Mere 97 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 22/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 98 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Hornsea 99 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/04/2023 Spurn 100 Common Gull Larus canus 03/03/2023 Spurn 101 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 18/08/2023 Spurn 102 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Hornsea 103 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 104 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 105 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 23/03/2023 North Cave Wetlands 106 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/03/2024 Hornsea Mere 107 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 13/09/2023 Hornsea Seafront 108 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 28/04/2023 Spurn 109 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 13/09/2023 Hornsea Seafront 110 Puffin Fratercula arctica 30/03/2023 Flamborough 111 Razorbill Alca torda 28/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 112 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 22/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 113 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 26/02/2023 Hornsea Seafront 114 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2024 Scarborough 115 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 09/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 116 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 22/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 117 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 13/09/2023 Hornsea Seafront 118 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/09/2023 Hornsea Seafront 119 Gannet Morus bassanus 22/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 120 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Hornsea 121 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 22/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 122 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/04/2023 St Aidens 123 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 17/02/2023 Tophill Low 124 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 125 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/05/2023 Higheske 126 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/01/2023 Tophill Low 127 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 128 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21/10/2023 Spurn 129 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 26/05/2023 Scarborough 130 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 23/01/2023 Beverley 131 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 132 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 133 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 09/02/2023 Blacktoft Sands 134 Red Kite Milvus milvus 23/03/2023 North Cave Wetlands 135 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 21/10/2023 Spurn 136 Buzzard Buteo buteo 09/01/2023 Wassand 137 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/02/2023 Wansford 138 Little Owl Athene noctua 02/02/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 139 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 17/03/2023 Spurn 140 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 141 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 17/02/2023 Tophill Low 142 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/03/2023 Filey Dams 143 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis North Cave Wetlands 144 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 145 Merlin Falco columbarius 28/02/2023 Blacktoft Sands 146 Hobby Falco subbuteo 27/04/2023 Wassand 147 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 24/03/2023 Higheske 148 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 02/09/2023 Bempton Cliffs 149 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 30/04/2024 Spurn 150 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 151 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 07/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs 152 Jay Garrulus glandarius 14/04/2023 St Aidens 153 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 154 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Hornsea 155 Rook Corvus frugilegus 09/01/2023 Wassand 156 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Hornsea 157 Raven Corvus corax 10/02/2023 Scarborough 158 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 27/10/2023 Spurn 159 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2023 Hornsea 160 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 26/01/2024 Raincliff Woods 161 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 162 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 163 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 164 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 30/06/2023 Blacktoft Sands 165 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/03/2023 Spurn 166 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 07/04/2023 Spurn 167 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/02/2023 North Cave Wetlands 168 Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2023 Spurn 169 House Martin Delichon urbicum 14/04/2023 St Aidens 170 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/02/2023 Tophill Low 171 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Hornsea 172 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 08/10/2023 Spurn 173 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 27/10/2023 Spurn 174 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2023 St Aidens 175 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/02/2023 Tophill Low 176 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 28/04/2023 Spurn 177 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 05/05/2023 Higheske 178 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 30/04/2023 Flamborough 179 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/04/2023 Wassand 180 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2023 Higheske 181 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria Spurn 182 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 28/04/2023 Spurn 183 Whitethroat Curruca communis 28/04/2023 Spurn 184 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/04/2023 Spurn 185 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/02/2023 Far Ings 186 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 187 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 188 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 189 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Hornsea 190 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 191 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 29/01/2023 Conniston 192 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2023 Hornsea 193 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Hornsea 194 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 28/01/2023 Beverley Beck 195 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 28/04/2023 Spurn 196 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 01/01/2024 Tophill Low 197 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 01/09/2023 Spurn 198 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Hornsea 199 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 18/09/2023 Spurn 200 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 03/05/2024 Spurn 201 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 18/09/2023 Spurn 202 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 20/10/2023 Spurn 203 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 30/04/2023 Flamborough 204 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 26/05/2023 Yorkshire Moors 205 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 09/02/2023 Blacktoft Sands 206 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 31/03/2023 Spurn 207 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 208 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Hornsea 209 Dunnock Prunella modularis 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 210 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2023 Tophill Low 211 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 15/09/2023 Spurn 212 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 213 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 23/02/2023 Atwick Cliffs 214 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 26/05/2023 Scarborough 215 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/04/2023 Scarborough 216 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 217 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/10/2023 Spurn 218 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 219 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 220 Twite Linaria flavirostris 21/10/2023 Spurn 221 Linnet Linaria cannabina 09/01/2023 Wassand 222 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 21/10/2023 Spurn 223 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/02/2023 Scarborough 224 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 225 Siskin Spinus spinus 10/02/2023 Scarborough 226 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus Bempton Cliffs 227 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/03/2023 Spurn 228 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/02/2024 Bempton Cliffs 229 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/03/2023 Spurn 230 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 06/05/2024 Hornsea Mere 231 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands