Glossy Ibis

1). 1820 Coquet River, near Rothbury, immature male, killed, autumn. 

(Selby, 1833; Yarrell, 1845; Bewick, 1847; Hancock, 1874; Yarrell, 1871-85; Bolam, 1912; Galloway & Meek, 1978-83; Kerr, 2001).

2). 1885 Mindrum, immature male, shot, 25th August. 

(G. Bolam, History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 11: 259; Evans, 1911; Bolam, 1912; Galloway & Meek, 1978-83; Kerr, 2001).

3). 1908 Boulmer, five, immatures, 30th August, one shot, 1st September, another shot, 3rd September, one picked up dead, about 9th September, another caught in a trap later, two now at Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, photo. 

(E. L. Gill, Zoologist 1908: 394-395; E. L. Gill, Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3 (n.s.): 221-222; Eds., British Birds 2: 244; Bolam, 1912, plate X; Galloway & Meek, 1978-83; Kerr, 2001).

8). 1989 Bothal Pond, adult, 10th May. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 447).

9). 2009 Druridge Bay area, immature, 25th September to 23rd October, photo; same as original flock in Carmarthenshire/Devon/Essex. 

(Birding World 22 (9): 390, plates 4 & 5; Birding World 22 (10): 430, plate 12; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 575; Birds in Northumbria 2009: photo).

10). 2010 Cresswell Pond, 15th October; returning individual. 

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 572).

11). 2013 Cresswell Pond, 8th October, photo. 

(M. Richardson, Birds in Northumbria 2013: 61).

12). 2013 East Chevington, 20th October. 

(M. Richardson, Birds in Northumbria 2013: 61).

13). 2014 Cresswell Pond, 9th and 17th January; presumed same, Lynemouth Flash, 17th January to 23rd February. 

(M. Richardson, Birds in Northumbria 2014: 73).

14). 2014 Tynemouth, 19th to 24th February, photo. 

(M. Richardson, Birds in Northumbria 2014: 73, photo).

15). 2016 Newton Scrape, two, 27th to 28th May, photo; same, Druridge Pools, 28th May; also in Cleveland, Yorkshire, Norfolk, Suffolk. 

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2016: 54, photo).

17). 2018 Holy Island, 29th April; same, Druridge Pools flash, 29th April to 20th June, photo. 

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2018: 60).

18). 2021 Boulmer, then Alnmouth, East Chevington and Holywell Pond, 25th September, photo.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2021: 133).

19). 2021 Budle Bay, 10th October, photo; presumed same, Football Hole, Newton, 25th October.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2021: 133).

20). 2022 Newton Scrape, 12th to 13th May, photo.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2022: 122).

21). 2023 Druridge Pools, adult, 26th May, photo.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2023: 120).

22). 2023 Budle Bay, six, 27th May, photo.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2023: 120).

28). 2023 East Chevington, 10th October.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2023: 120).

P). 2025 Holywell, 8th September; presumed same, near Whittingham, 17th September, video.

(birding information services).

P). 2025 East Chevington, 1st October.

(birding information services).