Guillemot, Uria aalge

Local status: Very rare passage migrant

Guillemots breed abundantly on the Yorkshire coast and York area records are mainly as a result of stormy weather blowing birds inland. Checking the River Ouse at the south end of the York recording area when large numbers of seabirds are blown into the Humber would be a good option for finding the seventh record of this species.

Records:
2021: River Wharfe at Bolton Percy Ings, 11th September. (moribund bird)

1999: North Duffield Carrs, 29th November. Dead.
1997: River Derwent, Wheldrake Ings, 23rd October.
1985: River Ouse, Selby and Cliffe Bend, 14th November.
1984: River Ouse, Roscarrs, Selby, 28th August. Juvenile.
1984: Wilberfoss, 13th April. Dead.
1982: Wheldrake Ings, 29th June.