1). 1823 Rothbury and Elsdon, two: male and immature female, killed, January, female now at Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
(Selby, 1825, 1833; Yarrell, 1845; W. Backhouse, Zoologist 1846: 1262; Bewick, 1847; F. O. Morris, Field 27th Dec., 1862: 595; Bolam, 1912; Galloway & Meek, 1978-83).
3). 1922 Holy Island, seen, 20th May.
(W. G. Watson, British Birds 16: 325; Witherby, 1920-24; Bolam, 1932; Galloway & Meek, 1978-83).
4). 1942 Alnmouth, female or immature, seen, 16th May.
(A. Noel, British Birds 38: 318; G. W. Temperley, Naturalist 71: 120; Galloway & Meek, 1978-83).
5). 1965 Low Hauxley, 28th November.
(D. D. Harber and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 59: 291).
6). 1973 Bellingham and Lanehead area, 18th February to 16th March.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 67: 328; B. Galloway & E. R. Meek, Birds in Northumbria 1973: 58).