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Anatidae: Ducks, Geese and Swans
Anatidae: Ducks, Geese and Swans
Black Scoter Melanitta americana (0, 2)
Black Scoter Melanitta americana (0, 2)
STATUS: Extremely rare visitor. BBRC.
STATUS: Extremely rare visitor. BBRC.
This second individual for Northumberland has damage to the right side of its bill and has reaffirmed the state of the records.
© Alan Curry - Holy Island, 9 April 2018
1.0). 2011 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, adult male, 14th to 20th April, photo.
(G. Bradbury, Birding World 24 (2): 154-159, plates 1-8; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 561; G. Bradbury, Birds in Northumbria 2011: 191-193).
1.1). 2011 Goswick, adult male, 11th October to 7th November, photo; presumed returning individual.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 561).
2.0). 2015 Cheswick Sands and nearby areas, 3CY+ male, 20th January to 2nd March, again 26th March, photo; presumed same as Angus & Dundee 2014.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 574).
2.1). 2016 Goswick, 4CY+ male, 29th December to 4th March 2017, photo; presumed returning individual.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 567; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 563).
2.2). 2018 Goswick, 6CY+, male, 7th January to 8th March, photo; presumed same as 2016-17.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 567; Birds in Northumbria 2018: photo).
2.3). 2018 Cocklawburn and Goswick, 6CY+, male, 8th to 22nd October, photo; presumed same as 2016-17.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 567).
2.4). 2019 Goswick Sands, 7CY+, male, 23rd October to 8th March 2020, photo; presumed returning individual.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 594; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 576; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 561).
2.5). 2020 Cocklawburn, 8CY+, male, 10th November to 24th December, photo; presumed returning individual.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 576).
2.6). 2021 Various localities between Holy Island and Craster, 14CY+, male, 12th December to 19th April 2022, photo; presumed returning individual.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 561; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 557; Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 48, corr.).
2.7) 2022 Various localities between Bamburgh and Cocklawburn Beach, 14CY+, male, 23rd September to 27th March 2023; presumed returning individual.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 557; Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 48, corr.; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 680; Birds in Northumbria 2023: photo).
P). 2025 Cheswick/Goswick area, adult male, 12th to 27th January, photo; presumed returning individual.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Cheswick/Goswick area, adult male, October, photo; presumed returning individual.
(birding information services).
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