First records for Halifax since 1899

Cleaning out the house, I came across this I did 14 years ago, it never made the bird report so I thought people might find it of interest. I have added the latest from 2002,those marked with an * indicate just one record to date. Firsts for Halifax 1899 - 2015 Year Species 1899 Spotted Sandpiper 1900 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1902 White’s Thrush * 1903 Brambling 1907 Red-breasted Merganser Curlew Sandpiper Short-eared Owl 1908 Scaup 1909 Long-eared Owl Green Sandpiper 1910 Marsh Tit ? 1911 Sanderling Turnstone 1912 Shag 1914 Bewick’s Swan Long-tailed Skua* 1922 Bittern 1927 Hoopoe 1929 Canada Goose 1932 Little Owl 1934 Ruff 1935 Wood Sandpiper Willow Tit 1936 Eider Sandwich Tern 1937 Bar-tailed Godwit Red-necked Phalarope Common Gull 1938 Stonechat 1939 Temminck’s Stint 1940 Black-tailed Godwit Spotted Redshank 1941 Whooper Swan 1943 Black-necked Grebe Velvet Scoter Snow Bunting 1944 Greylag Goose 1947 Ferruginous Duck* 1948 Black Guillimot* Lapland Bunting 1949 Cormorant Desert Wheatear* 1950 Avocet Nuthatch 1951 Reed Warbler 1955 Woodlark 1955 Gadwall 1956 Fulmar 1958 Puffin 1960 Mealy Redpoll 1963 Red-throated Diver 1964 Stone Curlew* Collared Dove Rock Pipit 1967 Little Ringed Plover Glaucous Gull 1971 Shore Lark 1975 Water Pipit 1976 Mediterranean Gull 1977 Goshawk Iceland Gull Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1978 Wilson’s Phalarope* Great Skua Snow Goose* 1983 Ruddy Duck 1984 Bluethroat* 1988 Bean Goose Firecrest 1993 White-fronted Goose 1994 Yellow-legged Gull 1995 Ring-necked Duck* Mandarin 1998 Black -headed Bunting* 2002 Common Crane* 2004 White Stork* 2005 Yellow-browed Warbler 2008 Woodchat Shrike* 2009 Montagu’s Harrier Spoonbill* 2012 Ring-necked Parakeet 2011 Bee-eater* 2014 Richard’s Pipit* I have also noted an error in the last report, 2014 was not the year with the most species recorded, it was in fact 2008 when 166 species were recorded. Ps Please could I have any records for 2015 within the next two weeks so I can make a start on the next report. Cheers Nick D.