Blue-winged Teal

1). 1948 Holywell Pond, male, seen, 17th April.

(G. W. Temperley, British Birds 41: 350; G. W. Temperley, Naturalist 74: 123; Galloway & Meek, 1978-83; Kerr, 2001).

2). 1970 Low Newton Pool, adult male, 30th May; same, Cresswell Pond, adult male, 4th June.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 64: 347; B. Galloway, E. R. Meek & P. Yeoman, Birds in Northumbria 1970: 14).

3). 1971 Lindisfarne NNR, male, shot, 6th September.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 66: 356).

4). 1997 Holywell Pond, female, 5th January.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 467).

5). 2006 St Mary's Wetland NR, adult male, with metal ring, 17th to 23rd April, photo; same as Yorkshire; also in Cumbria.

(Birding World 19 (4): 137, photo; British Birds 99: plate 159; P. A. Fraser and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 697, plate 334; Birds in Northumbria 2006: photo).

6). 2014 Castle Island, Ashington, female, 6th September to 1st December, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 570; Birds in Northumbria 2014: photo).

7). 2020 Castle Island, Ashington, 2CY, female, 31st May to 22nd June, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 574; A. Curry, British Birds 114: 757; Birds in Northumbria 2020: photo).