James Lowen: Norfolk Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 370 of 370 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 10/12/1992 Dumfries and Galloway 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 27/01/2023 Brancaster Nominate ssp (Richardson's) 6 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 10/11/2001 Norfolk Clearly cheeky adding this at present, but I will remove it if BBRC reckon the Norfolk 2001/2 (and presumably 02/03) bird is not worthy of category A. 7 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser 9 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 10 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 12 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 05/01/2012 Buckenham 14 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 15 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 16 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 17 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 18 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 22 Gadwall Mareca strepera 23 Wigeon Mareca penelope 24 American Wigeon Mareca americana 09/04/2017 Breydon Water 25 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26 Pintail Anas acuta 27 Teal Anas crecca 28 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 15/02/1997 Welney 31 Pochard Aythya ferina 32 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 33 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 34 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 35 Scaup Aythya marila 36 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 28/06/2023 Colney GP, Norwich 37 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 31/10/2018 Sheringham can't remember exact date, but it was end Oct... 38 Eider Somateria mollissima 39 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 40 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 41 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 42 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 28/01/2024 Holkham Bay 43 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 44 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 45 Smew Mergellus albellus 46 Goosander Mergus merganser 47 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 48 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 49 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 50 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 51 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 52 Quail Coturnix coturnix 53 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 54 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 55 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 28/06/2020 Winterton 56 Swift Apus apus 57 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 29/10/2005 Cley 58 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 29/05/1993 Cley 59 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 09/05/2019 Weybourne 60 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 61 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 62 Stock Dove Columba oenas 63 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 64 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 65 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 66 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 67 Corncrake Crex crex 09/06/2018 southwest of Bungay 68 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 69 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 70 Coot Fulica atra 71 Crane Grus grus 72 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 73 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 74 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 75 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 76 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 77 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 78 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 79 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 23/08/1987 Holme 80 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 81 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 82 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 83 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 20/07/1989 Pilling 84 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 85 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 86 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 87 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 88 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 89 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 23/10/1991 Mepal 90 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 10/04/2022 Ken Hill Marshes 91 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 09/04/2017 Breydon Water 92 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 93 Curlew Numenius arquata 94 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 95 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 96 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 25/07/2021 Dickleburgh Moor 97 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 98 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 99 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 23/08/1987 Blakeney Point 100 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 101 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 09/10/2023 Stiffkey Fen 102 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 103 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 104 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 105 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 09/06/2022 Titchwell 106 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 107 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 10/06/1993 Holkham 108 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 109 Redshank Tringa totanus 110 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 23/05/1997 Fen Drayton 111 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 112 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 113 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 114 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 15/07/2016 Titchwell date approx 115 Knot Calidris canutus 116 Ruff Calidris pugnax 117 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 20/07/1991 Hornsea Mere 118 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 119 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 120 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Potter Heigham, 2018 121 Sanderling Calidris alba 122 Dunlin Calidris alpina 123 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 124 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 06/08/2017 Potter Heigham 125 Little Stint Calidris minuta 126 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 127 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 128 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 26/07/2021 Snettisham 129 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 29/07/2018 Snettisham 130 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 29/05/1993 Norfolk 131 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 23/07/1999 Titchwell 132 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 23/06/1997 Titchwell 133 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 134 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 10/11/2001 Titchwell 135 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 29/07/1991 Breydon Water 136 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 137 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 138 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 139 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 140 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 141 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 142 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 143 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 144 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 145 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 26/03/2022 Cantley Beet Factory 146 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 147 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 04/12/1984 Hull 148 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 149 Common Gull Larus canus 150 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 151 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 152 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 153 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 154 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 155 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 156 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 157 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 158 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 159 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 160 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 161 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 162 Puffin Fratercula arctica 163 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 164 Razorbill Alca torda 165 Little Auk Alle alle 166 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 26/11/2021 Wells 167 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 168 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 169 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 170 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 171 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 172 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 173 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 174 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 175 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 176 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 177 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 178 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 179 White Stork Ciconia ciconia c1998 180 Gannet Morus bassanus 181 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 182 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 183 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 15/11/2015 felbrigg 184 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 185 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 186 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 13/05/2019 Thetford 187 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 188 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 189 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/06/2019 Stiffkey 190 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 03/05/1992 Rickmansworth 191 Great White Egret Ardea alba 192 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 193 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 194 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 195 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 196 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 197 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 198 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 199 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 200 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 20/01/2011 Thornham 201 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 04/01/2003 Stiffkey 202 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 203 Red Kite Milvus milvus 204 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 205 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 206 Buzzard Buteo buteo 207 Barn Owl Tyto alba 208 Little Owl Athene noctua 209 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 210 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 211 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 09/03/2018 Burnham Deepdale 212 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 213 Hoopoe Upupa epops 214 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 215 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 216 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 217 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 218 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 219 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 220 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 221 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 222 Merlin Falco columbarius 223 Hobby Falco subbuteo 224 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 225 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 226 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 227 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 228 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 08/06/2019 Horsey 229 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 230 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 16/10/2014 Warham Green plus Holkham 2015, Sheringham 2015 231 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 232 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 21/10/2018 Weybourne 233 Jay Garrulus glandarius 234 Magpie Pica pica 235 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 236 Rook Corvus frugilegus 237 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 238 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 239 Raven Corvus corax 240 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 241 Coal Tit Periparus ater 242 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 243 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 244 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 245 Great Tit Parus major 246 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 15/04/1992 Titchwell 247 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 248 Woodlark Lullula arborea 249 Skylark Alauda arvensis 250 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 251 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 15/09/2011 Blakeney Pt 252 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 253 Swallow Hirundo rustica 254 House Martin Delichon urbicum 255 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 256 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 257 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 258 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 259 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 24/10/2013 holkham 260 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 19/10/2015 wells 261 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 262 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 263 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 264 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 265 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 266 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 267 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 16/05/2017 Walsey Hills 268 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 269 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 01/09/1991 Hartlepool 270 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 10/05/2017 Thetford 271 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 272 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 14/06/2015 blakeney point 273 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 14/06/2015 blakeney point 274 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 275 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 276 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 03/09/2021 Blakeney Point, Norfolk, UK 277 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 278 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 29/09/2000 Blakeney Point 279 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 15/07/1989 Boughton Fen 280 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 10/06/1993 Holkham 281 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 282 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 283 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 284 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 285 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 286 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 08/10/1991 Flamborough 287 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 05/05/1992 Weybourne 288 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 03/06/2018 Blakeney Point 289 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 29/04/2024 holme 290 Whitethroat Curruca communis 291 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 292 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 293 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 294 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 295 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 296 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 297 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 298 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 299 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 300 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 301 Redwing Turdus iliacus 302 Blackbird Turdus merula 303 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 304 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 305 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 306 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 307 Robin Erithacus rubecula 308 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 10/08/2017 Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, Norfolk 309 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 310 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 311 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 14/10/2011 Warham Green shite views 312 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 313 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 314 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 15/10/1994 Great Yarmouth 315 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 316 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 317 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 05/05/1997 Holme 318 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 20/10/2022 Winterton, Norfolk 319 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 320 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 20/10/2018 Salthouse, Norfolk, UK DNA confirmed 321 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 22/10/2015 Caister 322 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 323 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 324 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 22/10/2016 Gun Hill 325 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 10/11/2014 Gorleston 326 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 327 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 328 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 329 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 31/10/2022 Blakeney Point, Norfolk, UK 330 Dunnock Prunella modularis 331 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 332 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 24/12/2019 Sedgeford 333 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 334 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 335 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 336 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 03/10/2015 Stiffkey Binks 337 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 10/05/2017 Weybourne 338 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 339 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 340 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 15/10/2014 wells 341 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 342 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 343 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 344 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 345 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 346 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 347 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 348 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 349 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 350 Twite Linaria flavirostris 351 Linnet Linaria cannabina 352 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 353 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 354 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 355 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 20/10/2013 holkham 356 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 357 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 01/10/2013 lynford 358 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 359 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 10/05/2015 Holkham 360 Serin Serinus serinus 361 Siskin Spinus spinus 362 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 363 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 364 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 365 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 366 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 08/10/2018 Waxham 367 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 368 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 01/10/2022 Horsey 369 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 370 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 11/11/1996 Norwich