The complete historical list for Swillington Ings Bird Group’s recording area.
TOTAL 259 + 8ssp (Updated 8 April 2020)
Modified :-
3 December 2019 Dipper added
22 October 2019 Red-necked Phalarope added
22 September 2019 Long-billed Dowitcher added
1 January 2019 Modified to revised BOU list – Taiga and Tundra Bean Geese split,
Ring-necked Parakeet added, ssp. intermedius of Lesser Black-backed Gull removed
1 December 2017 Coue’s Arctic Redpoll added.
18 July 2017 Caspian Tern added
9 May 2016 Red-footed Falcon added
8 August 2015 Black-crowned Night-heron added
11 July 2015 Little Bittern added
18 January 2015 American Wigeon added
18 Oct 2014 Taiga Goose ssp. added (from 2012), Lesser Black backed Gull ssp. fuscus deleted
20 August 2014 Long-tailed Skua added.
20 April 2013 Cetti’s Warbler added
12 Oct 2011 Bean Goose (Tundra) added
7 Sept 2011 Sabine’s Gull added
8 Oct 2010 Lapland Bunting (flyover) added
10 Sept 2010 Guillemot added
March 2010 Mandarin Duck added
25 May 2009 Collared Pratincole and Whiskered Tern added
8 April 2009, Red-footed Falcon deleted, Nightjar added following a records review
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus |
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Jay | Garrulus glandarius |
| Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Magpie | Pica pica |
| Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula |
| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Rook | Corvus frugilegus |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Carrion Crow | Corvus corone |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Redshank | Tringa totanus | Raven | Corvus corax |
| Taiga Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Coal Tit | Periparus ater |
| Tundra Bean Goose | Anser serrirostris | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris |
| White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Willow Tit | Poecile montanus |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus |
| Bewick’s Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Great Tit | Parus major |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Sabine’s Gull | Xema sabini | Bearded Tit | Panurus biarmicus |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Bonaparte’s Gull | Chroicocephalusphiladelphia | Woodlark | Lullula arborea |
| Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalusridibundus | Skylark | Alauda arvensis |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Little Gull | Hydrocoloeusminutus | Shore Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
| Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Common Gull | Larus canus | Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | House Martin | Delichon urbicum |
| Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Cetti’s Warbler | Cettia cetti |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
| Pintail | Anas acuta | Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus |
| Teal | Anas crecca | Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis | Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
| Pochard | Aythya ferina | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
| Scaup | Aythya marila | Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca |
| Eider | Somateria mollissima | White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Whitethroat | Sylvia communis |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Dartford Warbler | Sylvia undata |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Goldcrest | Regulus regulus |
| Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | Little Auk | Alle alle | Nuthatch | Sitta europaea |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | Common Guillemot | Uria aalge | Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus |
| Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | Blackbird | Turdus merula |
| Swift | Apus apus | Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris |
| Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Gannet | Morus bassanus | Redwing | Turdus iliacus |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos |
| Woodpigeon | Columba palumbus | Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus |
| Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Robin | Erithacus rubecula |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos |
| Corncrake | Crex crex | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | Night-heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros |
| Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
| Coot | Fulica atra | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra |
| Crane | Grus grus | Great White Egret | Ardea alba | Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Dipper | Cinclus cinclus |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | Dunnock | Prunella modularis |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Yellow Wagtail* | Motacilla flava |
| Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | Pied Wagtail** | Motacilla alba |
| Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Richard’s Pipit | Anthus richardi |
| Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | Little Owl | Athene noctua | Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla |
| Curlew | Numenius arquata | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Greenfinch | Chloris chloris |
| Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Twite | Linaria flavirostris |
| Knot | Calidris canutus | Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dryobates minor | Linnet | Linaria cannabina |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | Lesser Redpoll | Acanthis cabaret |
| Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Arctic Redpoll | Acanthis hornemanni |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Merlin | Falco columbarius | Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Siskin | Spinus spinus |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | Lapland Bunting | Calcarius lapponicus |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Ring-necked Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| Long-billed Dowitcher (P) | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra |
| Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | ||||
| (P) = Provisional | |||||
| Sub-species | |||||
| Brent Goose (pale bellied) | Branta bernicla hrota | ||||
| White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons flavirostris | ||||
| Kumlein’s Gull | Larus glaucoides kumlieni | ||||
| “continental” Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis | ||||
| Siberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita tristis | ||||
| Yellow Wagtail* | Motacilla flava | ||||
| Blue-headed Wagtail | Motacilla flava flava | ||||
| British Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava flavissima | ||||
| Grey-headed Wagtail | Motacilla flava thunbergi | ||||
| Pied Wagtail** | Motacilla alba | ||||
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba alba | ||||
| Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba yarelli | ||||
| Escapes | |||||
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | ||||
| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | ||||
| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | ||||
| Ross’s Goose | Anser rossii | ||||
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | ||||
| Swan Goose | Anser cygnoides | ||||
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | ||||
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | ||||
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | ||||
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | ||||
| Chiloe Wigeon | Mareca sibilatrix | ||||
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | ||||
| Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | ||||
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | ||||
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | ||||
| Chilean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | ||||
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | ||||
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | ||||
| Buff-necked Ibis | Theristicus caudatus | ||||
| Harris’s Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | ||||
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | ||||
| Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus | ||||
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | ||||
| Grey Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | ||||
| Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | ||||
| Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus | ||||
| Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | ||||
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
SWILLINGTON INGS BIRD GROUP 