Robin Harvey: Minsmere Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 293 of 293 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 16/01/2024 East Scrape Drake 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 28 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 12/09/2010 Offshore The Kessingland individual refound by myself and Rachel for the masses. 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 19/10/2023 Offshore South 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 38 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 18/04/2017 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 41 Quail Coturnix coturnix 42 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 43 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 44 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 45 Swift Apus apus 46 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 22/10/2023 Over North Bushes and car-park 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 48 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 54 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 56 Coot Fulica atra 57 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 31/07/2016 South Girder 58 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 04/10/2014 Bittern Hide 59 Crane Grus grus 60 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 61 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 22/01/2021 North Girder 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 63 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 15/01/2012 Offshore south of Sluice 64 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 65 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 66 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 67 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 07/05/2012 South Levels/Konik Field Male and female 68 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 70 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 71 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 05/05/2022 West Scrape 72 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 27/04/2015 2 73 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 74 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 75 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 76 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 77 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 78 Curlew Numenius arquata 79 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 80 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 81 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 82 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 83 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 84 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 85 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 86 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 87 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 01/06/2006 The Scrape 88 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 89 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 17/07/2005 The Scrape 90 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 91 Redshank Tringa totanus 92 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 09/10/2005 The Scrape 93 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 94 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 95 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 96 Knot Calidris canutus 97 Ruff Calidris pugnax 98 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 99 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 100 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 11/09/2023 North Girder Juvenile 101 Sanderling Calidris alba 102 Dunlin Calidris alpina 103 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 104 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 27/09/2004 The Scrape 105 Little Stint Calidris minuta 106 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 107 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 108 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 18/07/2008 South Levels and beach Self found 109 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 15/07/2014 The Scrape 110 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 111 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 26/07/2021 North Girder Full summer adult 112 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 06/07/2012 North Girder (South Scrape) 113 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 114 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 115 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 116 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 117 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 118 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 119 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 20/07/2005 The Scrape 120 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 121 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 122 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 123 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 09/05/2011 The Scrape 124 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 125 Common Gull Larus canus 126 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 28/04/2017 2nd cy on North Girder 127 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 128 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 129 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 130 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 131 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 132 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 133 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Also Thayer's Gull, 27/03/16. 134 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 30/08/2020 Offshore 135 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 136 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 137 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 138 Puffin Fratercula arctica 139 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 23/01/2005 Offshore Flew north 140 Razorbill Alca torda 141 Little Auk Alle alle 142 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 143 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 144 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 22/11/2021 Offshore North 145 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 17/10/2023 North offshore close in at 16:55 146 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 147 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 148 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 149 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 23/08/2021 Offshore South 150 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 151 Gannet Morus bassanus 152 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 153 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 29/08/2016 Offshore 154 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 02/07/2004 The Scrape 155 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 156 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 157 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 24/10/2018 North Marsh Juvenile. 158 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 159 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 160 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 13/08/2007 South Levels 161 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 03/08/2017 North Levels 4 162 Great White Egret Ardea alba 163 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 164 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 165 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 166 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 167 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 168 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 169 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 170 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 171 Red Kite Milvus milvus 172 Black Kite Milvus migrans 173 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 174 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 175 Buzzard Buteo buteo 176 Barn Owl Tyto alba 177 Little Owl Athene noctua 178 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 179 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 180 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 181 Hoopoe Upupa epops 182 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 183 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 184 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 185 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 186 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 187 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 28/03/2010 Whin Hill 188 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 189 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 190 Merlin Falco columbarius 191 Hobby Falco subbuteo 192 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 193 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 194 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 195 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 196 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 197 Jay Garrulus glandarius 198 Magpie Pica pica 199 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 200 Rook Corvus frugilegus 201 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 202 Raven Corvus corax 203 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 204 Coal Tit Periparus ater 205 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 206 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 207 Great Tit Parus major 208 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 04/11/2007 Scrape 209 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 210 Woodlark Lullula arborea 211 Skylark Alauda arvensis 212 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 213 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 214 Swallow Hirundo rustica 215 House Martin Delichon urbicum 216 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 217 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 218 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 219 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 220 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 221 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 222 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 14/10/2017 Sluice bushes 223 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 16/10/2020 Sluice Bushes 224 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 225 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 226 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 04/06/2019 Crossed the border from the National Trust into North Marsh (20 metres south of Docwra's ditch). 227 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/05/2008 Sluice Bushes 228 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 229 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 230 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 231 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 232 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 09/06/2004 North Marsh 233 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 234 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 235 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 236 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 237 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 238 Whitethroat Curruca communis 239 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 240 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 241 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 242 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 243 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 244 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 245 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 246 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 247 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 248 Redwing Turdus iliacus 249 Blackbird Turdus merula 250 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 251 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 252 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 253 Robin Erithacus rubecula 254 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 05/06/2008 North Marsh 255 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 256 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 27/03/2008 Sluice trail. Male White-spotted. Male Red-spotted North Wall, 15/05/15. 257 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 258 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 14/10/2009 Sluice Bushes 259 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 260 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 261 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 262 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 263 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 264 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 265 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 266 Dunnock Prunella modularis 267 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 268 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 09/09/2017 East Scrape 269 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 270 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 271 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 272 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 273 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 274 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 275 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 276 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 277 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 278 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 279 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 280 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 281 Twite Linaria flavirostris 282 Linnet Linaria cannabina 283 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 22/02/2017 284 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 285 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 286 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 287 Serin Serinus serinus 27/03/2020 288 Siskin Spinus spinus 289 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 290 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 291 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 292 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 293 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus