OK, some more year list stats before the New Year comes

I have already done a round up of some of my personal highlights of 2010 but here are some interesting totals rare/scarce birds I have had over this year:

2 Black-throated Thrush - One at Newholme in NYorks and one at Hartlepool Headland in Durham, a first for the county!

2 Red-flanked Bluetail - One at Newbiggin by the sea in Northumberland and one the following day at St Mary's Island in Northumberland.

3 Great Grey Shrikes - One on Holy Island in Northumberland and one at Seaton Pond in Durham and then one at Sleddale in North Yorkshire.

2 Red-backed Shrike - One at Cley in Norfolk, a stunning male! One in Durham at Hendon Docks a juvenile bird.

2 Broad-billed Sandpiper - One at Saltholme RSPB in Teesside, Durham. One at South Gare in NYorks discovered whilst looking for a reported Citrine Wagtail!

2 Arctic Redpoll - Two at Rainton Meadows DWT, Durham on the 29th of December. A real snowball of a bird and then a 1st winter bird (not yet 100% confirmed).

4 Shorelark - One at Trow Quarry, Durham and this was a lifer. Three at North Gare on the beach with some Snow Buntings.

What a superb year for multiple numbers of the same rare and scarce birds.
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Here is a list of all the new lifers I had in 2010 as well as where I saw it and the date on which I first saw the species:

Key

Green - Relatively common and widespread birds.

Blue - Scarce birds in the UK

Orange - Rare birds in the UK

RED - Exceptionally rare birds in the UK


224 – Mandarin Duck - Chester-le-Street Park - 08/01/2010
225 – Black-throated Thrush - Newholme - 16/01/2010
226 – Ring-necked Duck - Cowpen Bewley WPK - 24/01/2010
227 – Black-necked Grebe - Silksworth Lake - 27/01/2010
228 – Black Redstart - Newburn Bridge - 30/01/2010
229 – Woodcock- Chapman's Well - 15/02/2010
230 – Bean Goose - Cresswell Pond NWT - 19/02/2010
231 – Green-winged Teal - Druridge Pools - 27/02/2010
232 – American Wigeon - Caerlaverock WWT - 28/02/2010
233 – Common Crossbill - Kielder Forest - unknown date
234 – Capercaillie - Loch Garden RSPB - 17/04/2010
235 – Crested Tit - Aviemore - 17/04/2010
236 – Ptarmigan - Cairngorm Mountains - 17/04/2010
237 - Wood Sandpiper - Saltholme RSPB - 27/04/2010
238 - Wood Warbler - undisclosed site - 08/05/2010
239 - IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF - Potteric Carr YWT - 29/05/2010
240 - Montagu's Harrier - undisclosed site - 29/05/2010
241 - Woodlark - undislosed site - 30/05/2010
242 - Stone Curlew - Weeting Heath NWT - 30/05/2010
243 - Cetti's Warbler - Titchwell RSPB - 31/05/2010
244 - TRUMPETER FINCH - Blakney Point - 31/05/2010
245 - Turtle Dove - Norfolk - 02/06/2010
246 - Dartford Warbler - Dunwitch Heath - 02/06/2010
247 - Purple Heron - Minsmere RPSB - 02/06/2010
248 - Nightingale - Minsmere RSPB - 02/06/2010
249 - Nightjar - Salthouse Heath - 03/06/2010
250 - Broad-billed Sandpiper - Saltholme RSPB - 07/06/2010
251 - Dotterel - Crimdon Dene - 09/07/2010
252 - Storm Petrel - Whitburn - 17/07/2010
253 - White-rumped Sandpiper - Saltholme RSPB - 28/07/2010
254 - Whiskered Tern - Saltholme RSPB - 28/07/2010
255 - Sooty Shearwater - Whitburn - 02/08/2010
256 - Baird's Sandpiper - Idle Valley NR - 10/08/2010
257 - Balearic Shearwater - Whitburn - 13/08/2010
258 - Spotted Crake - Shibdon Pond - 15/08/2010
259 - SYKES'S WARBLER - Druridge Bay - 16/08/2010
260 - Icterine Warbler - The Leas Mound, Durham - 24/08/2010
261 - Bonaparte's Gull - Whitburn Steel, Durham - 31/08/2010
262 - EASTERN OLIVACEOUS WARBLER - Flamborough Head - 01/09/2010
263 - Greenish Warbler - The Leas, Whitburn - 02/09/2010
264 - Barred Warbler - Flamborough Head - 04/09/2010
265 - Lapland Bunting - Ryhope, Durham - 04/09/2010
266 - White-winged Black Tern - Cresswell Pond NWT - 15/09/2010
267 - SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER - Greatham Creek - 20/09/2010
268 - Woodchat Shrike - Hartlepool Headland - 26/09/2010
269 - Shorelark - Trow Quarry, Durham - 28/09/2010
270 - Great Grey Shrike - Holy Island - 02/10/2010
271 - Red-breasted Flycatcher - Whitburn CPK - 09/10/2010
272 - Red-flanked Bluetail - Newbiggin, Northumberland - 09/10/2010
273 - Dusky Warbler - Tynemouth - 10/10/2010
274 - Little Auk - Whitburn - 16/10/2010
275 - Pomarine Skua - Whitburn - 16/10/2010
276 - Pallas's Warbler - St Mary's Island - 17/10/2010
277 - Rough-legged Buzzard - Sleddale, N Yorks - 22/10/2010
278 - AMERICAN BITTERN - Walmsley Sanctuary, Cornwall - 05/11/2010
279 - GREEN HERON - Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall - 05/11/2010
280 - PIED-BILLED GREBE - Hollingworth Lake, Manchester - 10/11/2010
281 - Squacco Heron - Morpeth, Northumberland - 10/11/2010
       - Ross's Goose - Wooler, Northumberland - 13/11/2010
282 - Bewick's Swan - Boldon Flatts, Durham - 18/11/2010
283 - Mealy Redpoll - Rainton Meadows DWT - 15/12/2010
284 - Arctic Redpoll - Rainton Meadows DWT  - 29/12/2010