Surf Scoter

1). 1945 Cheswick Black Rocks, Cocklawburn, male, seen, 8th and 11th December. 

(G. W. Temperley, Naturalist 71: 124; F. Brady, British Birds 39: 183-184; Galloway & Meek, 1978-83; Kerr, 2001).

2.0). 1973 Bamburgh, adult male, 25th October to 10th February 1974. 

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 67: 317; F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 68: 313).

2.1). 1974 Budle Point, male, 15th February; same, Ross Links, 16th February; same as 1973 individual. 

(J. N. Dymond and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 69: 359).

3). 1974 Coquet Island, male, 5th October. 

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 68: 313).

4). 1977 Holy Island, male, 18th September. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 73: 501).

5). 1983 Wellhaugh Point, Amble, immature male, 19th May. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 77: 517).

6). 1985 Between Hauxley and Coquet Island, first-summer male, 30th May. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 538).

7). 1989 Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, second-winter male, 15th to 19th February; same, Ross Back Sands, 4th to 28th March. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 456).

8). 1989 Buston Links, first-winter male, 18th to 26th February, 2nd, 25th March. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 456).

9). 1989 Ross Back Sands, female, 4th to 28th March. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 456).

10). 1990 Holy Island, male, 18th April. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 84: 464).

11). 1990 Seaton Sluice, male, 3rd to 4th November. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 84: 464).

12). 1992 Cheswick Black Rocks, Cocklawburn, male, 21st to 30th June. 

(D. Jardine et al., Birds in Northumbria 1993: 23).

13). 1992 Druridge Bay, 16th October. 

(D. Jardine et al., Birds in Northumbria 1993: 23).

14). 1995 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, male, 4th November. 

(I. Kerr & A. J. Johnston, Birds in Northumbria 1995: 27).

15). 1996 Between Hauxley and Coquet Island, male, 29th June to 8th July, photo; presumed same, Druridge Bay, 15th to 16th September. 

(Birding World 9 (7): 254, photo; G. Bowman & M. S. Hodgson, Birds in Northumbria 1996: 30; Kerr, 2001).

16). 1999 Holy Island, adult male, 24th to 28th May. 

(G. Bowman & M. S. Hodgson, Birds in Northumbria 1999: 46).

17). 1999 Druridge Bay, immature male, 31st August to 17th September. 

(G. Bowman & M. S. Hodgson, Birds in Northumbria 1999: 46).

18). 2000 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, adult female, 14th October. 

(G. Bowman & M. S. Hodgson, Birds in Northumbria 2000: 47).

19). 2001 Annstead Point, adult male, 17th September. 

(G. Bowman & S. T. Holliday, Birds in Northumbria 2001: 51).

20). 2003 Holy Island: Snipe Point, first-summer male, 21st to 26th May, photo; same, Farne Islands, 16th June. 

(Birding World 16 (5): 180, photo; M. Frankis, M. Kitching & J. Malloy, Birds in Northumbria 2003: 49).

21). 2003 Low Newton, adult male, 16th October; presumed same, Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, 29th October. 

(M. Frankis, M. Kitching & J. Malloy, Birds in Northumbria 2003: 49, photo; M. Frankis, M. Kitching & J. Malloy, Birds in Northumbria 2004: 197).

22). 2005 Cheswick/Cocklawburn/Goswick area, adult male, 7th to 8th October. 

(I. Fisher & S. T. Holliday, Birds in Northumbria 2005: 55).

23). 2006 Druridge Bay, adult male, 20th July. 

(I. Fisher & S. T. Holliday, Birds in Northumbria 2006: 57).

24). 2011 Goswick, adult male, 12th to 30th October. 

(M. Richardson, Birds in Northumbria 2011: 46).

25). 2014 St Mary's Island, female or immature, 24th October. 

(M. Richardson, Birds in Northumbria 2014: 51).

26). 2015 Staple Sound, Farne Islands, sub-adult, 21st November. 

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2015: 39).

27). 2018 Off Holy Island: Emmanuel Head, male, 6th October; presumed same as Lothian in previous years. 

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2018: 39).

28). 2021 Birling Carrs, male, 6th October, photo.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2021: 46).

29). 2021 St Mary's Island/Cambois area, adult male, 21st December; presumed same, Bamburgh, 22nd December.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2021: 46).

30). 2022 Howick, male, 4th July, photo.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2022: 41).

31). 2022 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, male, 20th October; same, Boulmer, 20th October, photo.

(A. Mould, Birds in Northumbria 2022: 41).

P). 2024 Off Howick Haven-Longhoughton Steel area, first-summer male, 11th to 13th August, photo.

(birding information services).

P). 2024 Cambois, 11th October.

(birding information services).

P). 2024 Druridge Bay, three: two males and a female, 3rd to 13th November, photo; four: three males and a female, 14th to 18th November.

(birding information services).