CANADA GOOSE

Anser canadensis

1. Bolam Lake, Northumberland

Feb 2009

2.  Winnows Hill, Northumberland

June 2023

pair calling  (18 secs)

flight call  (10 secs)

BARNACLE GOOSE

Branta leucopsis

1. Goswick, Northumberland

Oct 2011

2. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

Oct 2025

small party overhead  (7 secs)

large party circling in fog  (20 secs)

GREYLAG GOOSE

Anser anser

East Chevington, Northumberland

Nov 2011

flight calls  (10 secs)

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE

Anser brachyrhynchus            

Hemscotthill, Cresswell, Northumberland

January 2013

calls from flock  (15 secs)

EURASIAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons albifrons

Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland Dec 2011

large party arriving on flooded field (15 secs)

MUTE SWAN

Cygnus olor

Caistron, Northumberland

Feb 2010

wing beats & ‘grunting’ call (5 secs)

WIGEON

Anas penelope                        

1. Linton Pond NR, Northumberland

November 2012

2. Druridge Pools NR, Northumberland

November 2025

calls  (11 secs)

calls - large flock

TEAL

Anas crecca

St. Mary's Island Wetland Reserve, Northumberland

March 2015

calls  (8 secs)

POCHARD

Aythya ferina                        

Beehive Flash, Earsdon, Northumberland

May 2012

courting' calls  (10 secs)

EIDER

Somateria mollissima

Blyth Harbour, Northumberland

Dec 2011

courting' calls  (16 secs)

RED GROUSE

Lagopus lagopus

Allendale Common, Northumberland

March 2017

male with Snipe in background  (20 secs)

female  (7 secs)

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE

Alectoris rufa                         

Eshott, Northumberland

April 2010

display' song/calls  (42 secs)

PHEASANT

Phasianus cochicus                   

Eshott, Northumberland

September 2011

calls  (19 secs)

MARSH HARRIER

Circus aeruginosus

East Chevington, Northumberland

March 2025

male calling high overhead  (19 secs)

COMMON BUZZARD

Buteo buteo

Eshott, Northumberland

September 2012

call   (26 secs)

Chiffchaff singing in background

COOT

Fulica atra

1. Holywell Pond NR, Northumberland

May 2022

2. Marden Quarry, Northumberland

November 2025

call of adult with young  (23 secs)

calls  (18 secs)

OYSTERCATCHER

Haematopus ostralegus            

1. Acklington, Northumberland

Apr 2010

2. Cresswell Pond, Northumberland

May 2012

3. Blyth Estuary, Northumberland

January 2024

pair in display flight  (8 secs)

birds arriving at roost  (8 secs)

call single bird  (25 secs)

calls - several birds  (11 secs)

GOLDEN PLOVER

Pluvialis apricaria

Allendale Common, Northumberland

March 2022

song  (17 secs)

Skylark & Meadow Pipit in background

CURLEW

Numenius arquata

1. Acton Fell, Northumberland

June 2022

2. Allendale Common, Northumberland

March 2022

3. Cresswell Pond NR, Northumberland

October 2022

pair on breeding territory  (19 secs)

on breeding territory  (18 secs)

call  (7 secs)

TURNSTONE

Arenaria interpres

St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

August 2023

calls (flock feeding on seaweed bank)  (6 secs)

COMMON SNIPE

Gallinago gallinago

1. Allendale Common, Northumberland

March 2022

2. Allendale Common, Northumberland

April 2026

song  (35 secs)

Meadow Pipit in background

''drumming' display  (21 secs)

REDSHANK

Tringa totanus

St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

August 2022

 'warning' call  (18 secs)

GREENSHANK

Tringa nebularia                     

Cresswell Pond, Northumberland

Aug 2010

calls  (10 secs)

Lapwings in background

KITTIWAKE

Rissa tridactyla                      

Cullernose Point, Northumberland

June 2012

calls at colony  (18 secs)

Fulmars 'chuckling' in background

BLACK-HEADED GULL

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Whitley Bay, Northumberland

Nov 2011

calls  (20 secs)

HERRING GULL

Larus argentatus

Blyth Harbour, Northumberland

March 2013

flight calls  (13 secs)

SANDWICH TERN

Sterna sandvicensis      

1) East Chevington NR, Northumberland

July 2013

2) St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

July 2020

3) St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

July 2020

flight calls  (8 secs)

calls - adults & several fledged young  (10 secs)

calls - adults & several fledged young  (46 secs)

ROSEATE TERN

Sterna dougallii            

Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, Northumberland

September 2013

calls  (14 secs)

COMMON TERN

Sterna hirundo                       

East Chevington NR, Northumberland

May 2012

calls  (9 secs)

ARCTIC TERN

Sterna paradisaea                  

Long Nanny, Northumberland

June 2012

calls at colony  (12 secs)

GUILLEMOT

Uria aalge           

Farne Islands, Northumberland

June 2013

calls at colony  (22 secs)

RAZORBILL

Alca torda          

Farne Islands, Northumberland

June 2013

single bird on ledge  (14 secs)

STOCK DOVE

Columba oenas

Fenwick Pit, near Earsdon, Northumberland

June 2022

song  (10 secs)

WOODPIGEON

Colunba palumbus

St. Mary's Island

Aug 2010

cooing'  (18 secs)

COLLARED DOVE

Streptopelia decaocto

Stiffkey, Norfolk

May 2026

cooing'  (10 secs)

Goldfinch & Greenfinch in background

CUCKOO

Cuculus canorus

Beacon Hill, Northumberland

May 2009

calls  (30 secs)

LONG-EARED OWL

Asio otus                                

SE Northumberland

Apr 2012

female calling  (11 secs)

NIGHTJAR

Caprimulgus europaeus

Slaley Forest, Northumberland

July 2020

churring'  (24 secs)

flight call  (4 secs) - twice (sheep in background!)

BEE-EATER

Merops apiaster                    

Sunderland, Co. Durham

November 2012

calls  (9 secs)

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER

Dendrocopos major

1. Gosforth Park, Northumberland

March 2009

2. Holywell Dene, Northumberland

March 2022

two birds 'drumming' close together  (1 min)

call  (7 secs)