Sue Woulahan: World Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 318 of 318 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 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 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 9 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2023 Paull 10 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Morocco 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 12 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa 09/01/2022 Hornsea Mere 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/05/2023 Higheske 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 14/10/2023 Tophill Low 15 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 17 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/09/2023 Spurn 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 20 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 07/04/2023 Spurn 21 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 11/04/2024 Spurn 23 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris Morocco 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 25 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 02/06/2022 Hornsea Mere 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 14/10/2023 Tophill Low 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 29 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 30 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 16/05/2023 Scotland 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Hornsea Mere 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18/04/2023 Scarborough 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 34 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 36 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 03/03/2023 Spurn 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 11/10/2023 Hornsea Seafront 38 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 26/05/2023 Yorkshire Moors Red Grouse 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/07/2023 Blacktoft Sands 40 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 41 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Morocco 42 Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara Morocco 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/04/2023 Spurn 44 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 16/06/2023 Yorkshire Moors 45 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Morocco 46 Common Swift Apus apus 27/04/2023 Wassand 47 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 28/10/2023 Hornsea 48 Little Swift Apus affinis Morocco 49 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Morocco 50 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/05/2023 Higheske 51 Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus Morocco 52 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis Morocco 53 Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus Morocco 54 Rock Dove Columba livia 20/02/2023 Hornsea Seafront 55 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 56 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Hornsea 57 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Morocco 58 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/01/2023 Hornsea 59 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Morocco 60 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 24/02/2023 Far Ings 61 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana North Cave Wetlands 62 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 63 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 64 Common Crane Grus grus Blacktoft Sands 65 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 66 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 67 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Hornsea Mere Slavonian grebe 68 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 14/04/2023 St Aidens 69 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Morocco 70 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Morocco 71 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2023 Paull 72 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Morocco 73 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/03/2023 Spurn 74 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/03/2023 Spurn 75 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 24/02/2023 Far Ings 76 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/03/2023 Spurn 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 08/06/2023 North Cave Wetlands 78 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 05/01/2023 Paull 79 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus 15/05/2023 Northumberland 80 White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 29/08/2021 Blacktoft Sands 81 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Morocco 82 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 28/04/2023 Spurn 83 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 84 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/03/2023 Spurn 85 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/02/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 86 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Far Ings 87 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 88 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 09/02/2023 Blacktoft Sands 89 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Spurn 90 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/05/2023 Higheske 91 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 21/04/2023 Tophill Low 92 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 30/06/2023 Blacktoft Sands 93 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2023 Paull 94 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 02/05/2024 Swinemoor 95 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 30/06/2023 Blacktoft Sands 96 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 28/04/2023 Spurn 97 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 26/01/2023 Hornsea Seafront 98 Red Knot Calidris canutus 03/03/2023 Spurn 99 Ruff Calidris pugnax 100 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 15/09/2023 Spurn 101 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2023 Hornsea Seafront 102 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/03/2023 Spurn 103 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 30/04/2023 Flamborough 104 Little Stint Calidris minuta 18/08/2023 Spurn 105 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/09/2023 Tophill Low 106 Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor Morocco 107 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 02/06/2023 Spurn 108 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Morocco 109 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 23/10/2023 Hornsea Seafront 110 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 24/06/2023 Hornsea Mere 111 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Spurn 112 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/05/2023 Higheske 113 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 30/04/2023 Flamborough 114 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 24/06/2023 Hornsea Mere 115 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 22/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 116 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Morocco 117 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Hornsea 118 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Morocco 119 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/04/2023 Spurn 120 Common Gull Larus canus 03/03/2023 Spurn 121 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 18/08/2023 Spurn 122 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Hornsea 123 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 124 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 125 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 23/03/2023 North Cave Wetlands 126 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/03/2024 Hornsea Mere 127 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 13/09/2023 Hornsea Seafront 128 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 28/04/2023 Spurn 129 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 13/09/2023 Hornsea Seafront 130 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 30/03/2023 Flamborough 131 Razorbill Alca torda 28/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 132 Common Murre Uria aalge 22/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs Guillimot 133 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 26/02/2023 Hornsea Seafront 134 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2024 Scarborough 135 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris 09/07/2021 Bempton Cliffs 136 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 22/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 137 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis Morocco 138 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 13/09/2023 Hornsea Seafront 139 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/09/2023 Hornsea Seafront 140 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Morocco 141 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 22/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 142 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Hornsea 143 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 22/03/2023 Bempton Cliffs 144 Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita Morocco 145 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Morocco 146 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/04/2023 St Aidens 147 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 17/02/2023 Tophill Low 148 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 149 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/05/2023 Higheske 150 Great Egret Ardea alba 26/01/2023 Tophill Low 151 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 152 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21/10/2023 Spurn 153 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Morocco 154 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 26/05/2023 Scarborough 155 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus Morocco 156 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Morocco 157 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata Morocco 158 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 23/01/2023 Beverley 159 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 160 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 161 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 09/02/2023 Blacktoft Sands 162 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Morocco 163 Red Kite Milvus milvus 23/03/2023 North Cave Wetlands 164 Black Kite Milvus migrans Morocco 165 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 21/10/2023 Spurn 166 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Morocco 167 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 09/01/2023 Wassand 168 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/02/2023 Wansford 169 Little Owl Athene noctua 02/02/2023 Kilnsea Wetlands 170 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 17/03/2023 Spurn 171 Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus Morocco 172 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 173 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Morocco 174 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 17/02/2023 Tophill Low 175 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Morocco 176 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Morocco 177 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/03/2023 Filey Dams 178 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis North Cave Wetlands 179 Levaillant's Woodpecker Picus vaillantii Morocco 180 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 181 Merlin Falco columbarius 28/02/2023 Blacktoft Sands 182 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 27/04/2023 Wassand 183 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Morocco 184 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 24/03/2023 Higheske 185 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus Morocco 186 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 02/09/2023 Bempton Cliffs 187 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Morocco 188 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Morocco 189 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 190 Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides 07/07/2022 Bempton Cliffs 191 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 14/04/2023 St Aidens 192 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 193 Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica Morocco 194 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Morocco 195 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus Morocco 196 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Hornsea 197 Rook Corvus frugilegus 09/01/2023 Wassand 198 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Hornsea 199 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis Morocco 200 Northern Raven Corvus corax 10/02/2023 Scarborough 201 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 27/10/2023 Spurn 202 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2023 Hornsea 203 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 26/01/2024 Raincliff Woods 204 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 205 African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae Morocco 206 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 207 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 208 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 30/06/2023 Blacktoft Sands 209 Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes Morocco 210 Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey Morocco 211 Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti Morocco 212 Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura Morocco 213 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/03/2023 Spurn 214 Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae Morocco 215 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Morocco 216 Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha Morocco 217 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 07/04/2023 Spurn Also Atlas race in Morocco 218 Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha 219 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Morocco 220 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Morocco 221 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/02/2023 North Cave Wetlands 222 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Morocco 223 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2023 Spurn 224 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 14/04/2023 St Aidens 225 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Morocco 226 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/02/2023 Tophill Low 227 Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta Morocco 228 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Hornsea 229 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Morocco 230 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 08/10/2023 Spurn 231 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 27/10/2023 Spurn 232 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2023 St Aidens 233 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/02/2023 Tophill Low 234 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 28/04/2023 Spurn 235 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 05/05/2023 Higheske 236 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Morocco 237 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Morocco 238 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 30/04/2023 Flamborough 239 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Morocco 240 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/04/2023 Wassand 241 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2023 Higheske 242 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria Spurn 243 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 28/04/2023 Spurn 244 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Morocco 245 African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti Morocco 246 Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola Morocco 247 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Morocco 248 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Morocco 249 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 28/04/2023 Spurn 250 Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva Morocco 251 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/04/2023 Spurn 252 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/02/2023 Far Ings 253 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 254 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 255 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 256 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Hornsea 257 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor Morocco 258 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 259 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 29/01/2023 Conniston 260 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2023 Hornsea 261 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Hornsea 262 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 28/01/2023 Beverley Beck 263 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 28/04/2023 Spurn 264 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis 01/01/2024 Tophill Low 265 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 01/09/2023 Spurn 266 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Hornsea 267 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Morocco 268 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 18/09/2023 Spurn 269 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 03/05/2024 Spurn 270 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 18/09/2023 Spurn 271 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 20/10/2023 Spurn 272 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 30/04/2023 Flamborough 273 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Morocco 274 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Morocco 275 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 26/05/2023 Yorkshire Moors 276 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 09/02/2023 Blacktoft Sands 277 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 31/03/2023 Spurn 278 Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi Morocco 279 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Morocco 280 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Morocco 281 Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta Morocco 282 Maghreb Wheatear Oenanthe halophila Morocco 283 White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Morocco 284 Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura Morocco 285 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus Morocco 286 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 287 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Hornsea 288 Desert Sparrow Passer simplex Morocco 289 Dunnock Prunella modularis 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 290 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/04/2023 Tophill Low 291 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 15/09/2023 Spurn 292 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Hornsea Mere 293 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 23/02/2023 Atwick Cliffs 294 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 26/05/2023 Scarborough 295 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/04/2023 Scarborough 296 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 297 African Chaffinch Fringilla spodiogenys Morocco 298 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/10/2023 Spurn 299 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Morocco 300 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 301 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Morocco 302 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands 303 Twite Linaria flavirostris 21/10/2023 Spurn 304 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 09/01/2023 Wassand 305 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 21/10/2023 Spurn 306 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/02/2023 Scarborough 307 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2023 Tophill Low 308 European Serin Serinus serinus Morocco 309 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 10/02/2023 Scarborough 310 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Bempton Cliffs 311 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/03/2023 Spurn 312 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/02/2024 Bempton Cliffs 313 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/03/2023 Spurn 314 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Morocco 315 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 06/05/2024 Hornsea Mere 316 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Morocco 317 House Bunting Emberiza sahari Morocco 318 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 19/01/2023 North Cave Wetlands