Joe Dobinson: NE England (Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire) Life List BOU, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 394 of 394 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 4 57.14 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 2 28.57 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 6 85.71 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 71.43 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 3 42.86 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii 2 28.57 7 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 2 28.57 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 71.43 9 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 3 42.86 10 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 57.14 11 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 3 42.86 12 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 4 57.14 13 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 85.71 14 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 4 57.14 15 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 5 71.43 16 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 3 42.86 17 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 6 85.71 18 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 4 57.14 19 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa 3 42.86 20 Garganey Spatula querquedula 4 57.14 21 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 3 42.86 22 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 5 71.43 23 Gadwall Mareca strepera 5 71.43 24 Wigeon Mareca penelope 5 71.43 25 American Wigeon Mareca americana 3 42.86 26 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 6 85.71 27 Pintail Anas acuta 5 71.43 28 Teal Anas crecca 5 71.43 29 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 3 42.86 30 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 4 57.14 31 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 1 14.29 32 Pochard Aythya ferina 5 71.43 33 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 3 42.86 34 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 3 42.86 35 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 6 85.71 36 Scaup Aythya marila 4 57.14 37 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 3 42.86 38 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 3 42.86 39 Eider Somateria mollissima 5 71.43 40 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 3 42.86 41 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 4 57.14 42 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 4 57.14 43 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 3 42.86 44 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 3 42.86 45 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 3 42.86 46 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 5 71.43 47 Smew Mergellus albellus 4 57.14 48 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 2 28.57 49 Goosander Mergus merganser 5 71.43 50 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 4 57.14 51 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 3 42.86 52 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 4 57.14 53 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 3 42.86 54 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 3 42.86 55 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 6 85.71 56 Quail Coturnix coturnix 4 57.14 57 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 4 57.14 58 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 4 57.14 59 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 4 57.14 60 Swift Apus apus 5 71.43 61 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 3 42.86 62 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus 3 42.86 63 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax 4 57.14 64 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 2 28.57 65 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 4 57.14 66 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 7 100.00 67 Stock Dove Columba oenas 6 85.71 68 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 7 100.00 69 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 4 57.14 70 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 7 100.00 71 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 5 71.43 72 Corncrake Crex crex 2 28.57 73 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 3 42.86 74 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 6 85.71 75 Coot Fulica atra 6 85.71 76 Crane Grus grus 3 42.86 77 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 5 71.43 78 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 2 28.57 79 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 4 57.14 80 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 6 85.71 81 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 4 57.14 82 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 3 42.86 83 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 6 85.71 84 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 5 71.43 85 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 4 57.14 86 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 5 71.43 87 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 3 42.86 88 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 3 42.86 89 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 3 42.86 90 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 4 57.14 91 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 4 57.14 92 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 5 71.43 93 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus 3 42.86 94 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 4 57.14 95 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 4 57.14 96 Curlew Numenius arquata 5 71.43 97 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 5 71.43 98 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 5 71.43 99 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 3 42.86 100 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 2 28.57 101 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 3 42.86 102 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 3 42.86 103 Great Snipe Gallinago media 3 42.86 104 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 5 71.43 105 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 3 42.86 106 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 3 42.86 107 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 3 42.86 108 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 2 28.57 109 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 5 71.43 110 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 3 42.86 111 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 5 71.43 112 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 2 28.57 113 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 3 42.86 114 Redshank Tringa totanus 5 71.43 115 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 3 42.86 116 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 5 71.43 117 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 5 71.43 118 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 3 42.86 119 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 5 71.43 120 Knot Calidris canutus 5 71.43 121 Ruff Calidris pugnax 5 71.43 122 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus 3 42.86 123 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 3 42.86 124 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 3 42.86 125 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 3 42.86 126 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 4 57.14 127 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 3 42.86 128 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 3 42.86 129 Sanderling Calidris alba 5 71.43 130 Dunlin Calidris alpina 5 71.43 131 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 3 42.86 132 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 3 42.86 133 Little Stint Calidris minuta 3 42.86 134 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 1 14.29 135 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3 42.86 136 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 3 42.86 137 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 3 42.86 138 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni 3 42.86 139 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 2 28.57 140 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus 3 42.86 141 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 3 42.86 142 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 3 42.86 143 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 3 42.86 144 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 3 42.86 145 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 4 57.14 146 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 4 57.14 147 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 4 57.14 148 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 4 57.14 149 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 4 57.14 150 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 5 71.43 151 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 3 42.86 152 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea 2 28.57 153 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 6 85.71 154 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea 2 28.57 155 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 3 42.86 156 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 3 42.86 157 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 6 85.71 158 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 2 28.57 159 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 5 71.43 160 Common Gull Larus canus 5 71.43 161 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 2 28.57 162 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 4 57.14 163 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 6 85.71 164 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 4 57.14 165 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 5 71.43 166 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 3 42.86 167 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 5 71.43 168 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens 2 28.57 169 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 4 57.14 170 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 3 42.86 171 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 3 42.86 172 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 3 42.86 173 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 4 57.14 174 Puffin Fratercula arctica 5 71.43 175 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 4 57.14 176 Razorbill Alca torda 5 71.43 177 Little Auk Alle alle 4 57.14 178 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 6 85.71 179 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 3 42.86 180 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 3 42.86 181 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica 3 42.86 182 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 3 42.86 183 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris 4 57.14 184 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 4 57.14 185 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 4 57.14 186 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 5 71.43 187 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 3 42.86 188 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 3 42.86 189 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 3 42.86 190 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 4 57.14 191 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 3 42.86 192 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 2 28.57 193 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 4 57.14 194 Gannet Morus bassanus 6 85.71 195 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 3 42.86 196 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 6 85.71 197 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 5 71.43 198 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 3 42.86 199 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 4 57.14 200 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 5 71.43 201 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 2 28.57 202 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 4 57.14 203 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 6 85.71 204 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 3 42.86 205 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 5 71.43 206 Great White Egret Ardea alba 5 71.43 207 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 6 85.71 208 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 2 28.57 209 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 5 71.43 210 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 4 57.14 211 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 2 28.57 212 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 7 100.00 213 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 3 42.86 214 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 5 71.43 215 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 5 71.43 216 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 3 42.86 217 Red Kite Milvus milvus 6 85.71 218 Black Kite Milvus migrans 3 42.86 219 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 3 42.86 220 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 3 42.86 221 Buzzard Buteo buteo 5 71.43 222 Barn Owl Tyto alba 4 57.14 223 Little Owl Athene noctua 3 42.86 224 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 3 42.86 225 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 3 42.86 226 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 3 42.86 227 Hoopoe Upupa epops 3 42.86 228 Roller Coracias garrulus 2 28.57 229 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 5 71.43 230 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 3 42.86 231 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 3 42.86 232 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 2 28.57 233 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 5 71.43 234 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 5 71.43 235 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 6 85.71 236 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 3 42.86 237 Merlin Falco columbarius 4 57.14 238 Hobby Falco subbuteo 4 57.14 239 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 5 71.43 240 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 3 42.86 241 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 3 42.86 242 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 3 42.86 243 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 3 42.86 244 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 3 42.86 245 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 3 42.86 246 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus 2 28.57 247 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 4 57.14 248 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides 3 42.86 249 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 3 42.86 250 Jay Garrulus glandarius 6 85.71 251 Magpie Pica pica 7 100.00 252 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 7 100.00 253 Rook Corvus frugilegus 7 100.00 254 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 7 100.00 255 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 4 57.14 256 Raven Corvus corax 4 57.14 257 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 3 42.86 258 Coal Tit Periparus ater 7 100.00 259 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 4 57.14 260 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 4 57.14 261 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 7 100.00 262 Great Tit Parus major 7 100.00 263 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 3 42.86 264 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 5 71.43 265 Skylark Alauda arvensis 3 42.86 266 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 3 42.86 267 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 3 42.86 268 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 4 57.14 269 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 2 28.57 270 Swallow Hirundo rustica 5 71.43 271 House Martin Delichon urbicum 5 71.43 272 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 2 28.57 273 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 3 42.86 274 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 7 100.00 275 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 4 57.14 276 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 3 42.86 277 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei 3 42.86 278 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 3 42.86 279 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 3 42.86 280 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 3 42.86 281 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 3 42.86 282 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 4 57.14 283 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 5 71.43 284 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus 2 28.57 285 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus 2 28.57 286 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 3 42.86 287 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 4 57.14 288 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 3 42.86 289 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 1 14.29 290 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 5 71.43 291 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 2 28.57 292 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 5 71.43 293 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 3 42.86 294 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata 2 28.57 295 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama 2 28.57 296 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 1 14.29 297 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 2 28.57 298 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 2 28.57 299 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 3 42.86 300 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 6 85.71 301 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 4 57.14 302 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 3 42.86 303 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 4 57.14 304 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis 3 42.86 305 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala 3 42.86 306 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae 2 28.57 307 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans 3 42.86 308 Whitethroat Curruca communis 5 71.43 309 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 4 57.14 310 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 7 100.00 311 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 7 100.00 312 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 5 71.43 313 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 6 85.71 314 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 3 42.86 315 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 3 42.86 316 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 7 100.00 317 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea 2 28.57 318 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 6 85.71 319 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 4 57.14 320 Redwing Turdus iliacus 5 71.43 321 Blackbird Turdus merula 7 100.00 322 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 4 57.14 323 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 3 42.86 324 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis 2 28.57 325 American Robin Turdus migratorius 2 28.57 326 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica 2 28.57 327 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 3 42.86 328 Robin Erithacus rubecula 7 100.00 329 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis 2 28.57 330 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 2 28.57 331 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 4 57.14 332 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 3 42.86 333 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 3 42.86 334 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla 3 42.86 335 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 5 71.43 336 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 2 28.57 337 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 3 42.86 338 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 3 42.86 339 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 4 57.14 340 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis 2 28.57 341 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 5 71.43 342 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus 3 42.86 343 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 4 57.14 344 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 5 71.43 345 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 3 42.86 346 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 3 42.86 347 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 3 42.86 348 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 5 71.43 349 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 5 71.43 350 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 7 100.00 351 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella 3 42.86 352 Dunnock Prunella modularis 7 100.00 353 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 6 85.71 354 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis 3 42.86 355 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 3 42.86 356 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 5 71.43 357 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 6 85.71 358 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 3 42.86 359 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii 2 28.57 360 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 2 28.57 361 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 5 71.43 362 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 4 57.14 363 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 3 42.86 364 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 2 28.57 365 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 3 42.86 366 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 4 57.14 367 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 5 71.43 368 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 4 57.14 369 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 3 42.86 370 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 6 85.71 371 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 3 42.86 372 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 7 100.00 373 Twite Linaria flavirostris 4 57.14 374 Linnet Linaria cannabina 5 71.43 375 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 4 57.14 376 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 4 57.14 377 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 3 42.86 378 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 4 57.14 379 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera 2 28.57 380 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 6 85.71 381 Serin Serinus serinus 3 42.86 382 Siskin Spinus spinus 5 71.43 383 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 3 42.86 384 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 3 42.86 385 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 3 42.86 386 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 5 71.43 387 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 2 28.57 388 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 4 57.14 389 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 2 28.57 390 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala 1 14.29 391 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 6 85.71 392 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 1 14.29 393 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 1 14.29 394 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 3 42.86