Ring-necked Duck

1.0). 1977 Derwent Reservoir, male, 13th February to 26th March; same, male, 27th August; same, 16th October to 6th November; presumed returning individual. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 71: 494; Bowey & Newsome, 2012).

1.1). 1977 Gosforth Park, male, 3rd to 26th April and 12th May; same, Wallsend Swallow, 9th to 11th May, and Holywell Pond, 14th to 22nd May; same, Capheaton Lake, 29th May to 14th June; same as Co. Durham. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 71: 494).

1.2). 1978 Low Newton Pool, adult male, 28th May; presumed returning individual. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 73: 500).

1.3). 1979 Low Newton Pool, male, 31st May to 2nd June; presumed returning individual. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 73: 500).

1.4). 1980 Low Newton Pool, male, 15th to 24th June; same, 1st to 2nd July; presumed returning individual. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 75: 492-494).

2.0). 1985 Holywell Pond, male, 4th to 26th May, 27th to 28th June, 6th to 24th July, 20th August; presumed same, Low Hauxley, 25th May, Arcot Pond, intermittently, 17th August to 24th October; same, Seaton Burn, male, 1st October. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 537).

2.1). 1986 Holywell Pond, male, 29th April to 24th May, 15th June, 1st July; same, Arcot Pond, 4th and 22nd to 23rd June; presumed same as 1985 individual. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 80: 528).

2.2). 1987 Woodhorn Pond, Ashington, male, 11th April; same, Holywell Pond, discontinuously, 11th April to 6th June, Arcot Pond, 15th, 25th April, Bothal Pond, 17th to 18th April; presumed same as 1986 individual. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 548).

2.3). 1988 Holywell Pond, male, 5th to about 9th April, 4th to 18th May, 10th to 12th June; presumed same as 1987 individual; also in Cleveland. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 516).

3.0). 1988 Hadston Lake, female, 24th to 25th and 29th April. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 516).

3.1). 1988 Bothal Pond, female, 30th October to 12th November; same, Cresswell Pond and Druridge Pools, 15th November to at least January 1989; presumed returning individual. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 453).

3.2). 1989 Cresswell Pond, female, 2nd to 24th January, 7th February, 4th to 5th March, 15th April; same, Druridge Pools, 19th February; same, Holywell Pond, 24th March; all presumed returning individual, Hadston Lake 1988. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 452).

2.4). 1989 Bothal Pond, male, 12th April; same, Holywell Pond, 8th to 9th May, 4th June; same, Big Waters NR, 11th to 22nd May, 5th, 15th June, Druridge Pools, 1st August; all presumed returning Holywell Pond individual 1988. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 452).

2.5). 1989 Druridge Pools, 7th, 27th to 30th October, 6th, 26th November; same, Bothal Pond, 11th, 15th to 26th October; same, Queen Elizabeth II CP, 29th November; all presumed returning individual, Hadston Lake 1988. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 452).

3.3). 1990 Cresswell Pond, female, 6th January; same, Marden Quarry, Whitley Bay, female, 28th January to 18th February; same, Holywell Pond, intermittently, 10th March to 3rd May; same, Marden Quarry, female, intermittently 29th May to 17th October; same, Tynemouth Park, 24th to 29th September; presumed returning individual; also in Co. Durham. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 84: 462).

3.4). 1991 Marden Quarry, male, 7th April, 6th and 28th May; same, Holywell Pond, 9th April; presumed returning individual. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 85: 515).

2.6). 1991 Cresswell Pond, male, 21st September; same, Druridge Pools, 22nd to 26th September; same as Co. Durham. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 463).

4). 1999 Druridge Pools, male, 8th August to 11th September. 

(G. Bowman & M. S. Hodgson, Birds in Northumbria 1999: 42).

5). 2002 Whittle Dene Reservoirs, male, 1st January. 

(G. Bowman & S. T. Holliday, Birds in Northumbria 2002: 60).

6). 2002 Holywell Pond, eclipse male, 7th July to 10th August. 

(G. Bowman & S. T. Holliday, Birds in Northumbria 2002: 60).

7). 2007 Linton Pond, male, 19th May, photo. 

(I. Fisher & S. T. Holliday, Birds in Northumbria 2007: 49, photo).

8). 2010 Branton Gravel-pits, adult male, 30th October. 

(M. Richardson, Birds in Northumbria 2010: 39).

9). 2017 Hauxley NR, male, 18th March to 9th April; same, East Chevington, 25th March. 

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2017: 40).

10). 2019 Coanwood Pond, male, 11th to 18th February; same, Grindon Lough, 26th February to 2nd March. 

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2019: 46).

11). 2020 Caistron, male, 15th Marsh; presumed same, Branton GP, male, 29th March to 11th April, photo; same, Longhoughton Quarry, male, 5th April.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2020: 51).

12). 2021 Bothal Pond, adult male, 10th to 19th June, photo.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2021: 43, photo).

13). 2022 Capheaton Lake, male, 10th April, photo; presumed same, Widdrington Moor Lake, 14th April, photo; presumed same, Maiden's Hall Lake, 15th April.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2022: 35, photo).

P). 2025 Ladyburn Lake, Druridge CP, female, 11th to 16th January, photo; same, Widdrington Moor Lake, 12th and 25th January and 8th to 11th February.

(birding information services).

P). 2025 Hedgeley GPs, male, 10th to 11th February, photo.

(birding information services).

P). 2025 Ladyburn Lake, Druridge CP, female, 11th November to 5th December, photo; presumed returning individual.

(birding information services).